7/16/06--HOT Time Bassin'

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7/16/06--HOT Time Bassin'

Post by Lightninrod » Sun Jul 16, 2006 12:23 pm

Went to a new-to-me pond yesterday and caught three, the biggest a 2lb, 5 ouncer. Very frustrating?

Today though was a Hot time, both weather-wise with a high temp of 100 degrees F and Bassin'-wise as they were hitting left and right for the first hour or so. Got to the swamp pond at 10 AM and left at 1 PM, all wrung out.

Started catchin' several on a T-rigged ZOOM Speed Worm. Didn't take any pics of those under 2 lbs and there were quite a few of those too.

Started throwing a shallow runnin', chartruse cr/bait and caught several with it. Two hit it as it landed before I moved it.

I threw a frog on the pads and had 3 blow-ups but no fish on. The pads were folded over and laying on top of each other as the water had dropped to its lowest point I've ever seen here. Three or four months without any rain will do that to this pond.


Yesterday's 2 lber

Today's 2 lber

Again

18 incher

Another 2 lber

3 lber--I think?

4 lber

4 lber

cr/bait

Same

2 lber


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Re: 7/16/06--HOT Time Bassin'

Post by frogpond11 » Sun Jul 16, 2006 8:12 pm

Nice fish Dan! Those fish have great color to them..

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Re: 7/16/06--HOT Time Bassin'

Post by Fishing Fanboy » Sun Jul 16, 2006 10:00 pm

Nice fish, nice pond, and nice pictures. :)

Dan do you prefer worms over crank baits? Which one tends to catch bigger fish? Do worms work better (catch more fish) than crank baits in your expeience?

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Re: 7/16/06--HOT Time Bassin'

Post by D.R. » Mon Jul 17, 2006 3:10 am

Way to go Dan,

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Re: 7/16/06--HOT Time Bassin'

Post by Bass Pro » Mon Jul 17, 2006 7:29 am

Dan you should try early mornings/late evenings this time of year. Less sweat!

Nice fish though!

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Re: 7/16/06--HOT Time Bassin'

Post by Lightninrod » Mon Jul 17, 2006 7:37 am

Fishing Fanboy wrote:Nice fish, nice pond, and nice pictures. :)

Dan do you prefer worms over crank baits? Which one tends to catch bigger fish? Do worms work better (catch more fish) than crank baits in your expeience?
Day-in-day-out, no question but I would go with a T-rigged worm of some kind. They are just so versatile and will catch Bass at any depth. top to bottom :) .

But, big Bass can be caught on either bait. I like to use different baits as I Bass fish so sometimes, I'll stop using one rig and just throw another for the heck of it 8-) . I am not a "scientific" Basser ;) .


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Re: 7/16/06--HOT Time Bassin'

Post by Vaporzz » Mon Jul 17, 2006 5:34 pm

Nice Fat Fish Dan the Man! :lol:

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