12-19-2002, 01:41 PM
[cool] Great report. But it makes me wanna jump off my tackle box. My wife and I also hit Saguaro at Butcher Jones Saturday, but we outsmarted ourselves. We had been getting bit later in the morning, so we didn't hit the water this week until later. Then, thinking the bass would be chasing trout, or hanging in the leftover weeds in the shallows, we stayed shallow.
In short, I tossed plastic swimbaits, dropshotted and threw spinners...all to no avail. Fished my little jigs for yellow bass up to about twenty feet deep and couldn't find them. I contemplated moving out past the point, but haven't done anything there the last few attempts, so I never did go deep.
Ended up catching a couple of whacked out channel cats on my bottom bounced jigs, and just about decided that would be my last trip of the year.
You are right about the weather though. Couldn't have been a nicer day. And, fishing is always good...even if the catching ain't.
Appreciate the tip on the spooning. I buy Kastmaster blanks and decorate them up with prism tape. I use different types of silver sparkle and some blue stripes...adding either white or chartreuse eyes. Rigged with a single hook these things do a good job on late fall fish...including the whites and stripers in Pleasant. But, as you found, sometimes a plain silver is hard to beat. Of course, in the hands of a pro like yourself, you could probably take them on a teaspoon with hooks.
HAPPY HOLIDAYS
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In short, I tossed plastic swimbaits, dropshotted and threw spinners...all to no avail. Fished my little jigs for yellow bass up to about twenty feet deep and couldn't find them. I contemplated moving out past the point, but haven't done anything there the last few attempts, so I never did go deep.
Ended up catching a couple of whacked out channel cats on my bottom bounced jigs, and just about decided that would be my last trip of the year.
You are right about the weather though. Couldn't have been a nicer day. And, fishing is always good...even if the catching ain't.
Appreciate the tip on the spooning. I buy Kastmaster blanks and decorate them up with prism tape. I use different types of silver sparkle and some blue stripes...adding either white or chartreuse eyes. Rigged with a single hook these things do a good job on late fall fish...including the whites and stripers in Pleasant. But, as you found, sometimes a plain silver is hard to beat. Of course, in the hands of a pro like yourself, you could probably take them on a teaspoon with hooks.
HAPPY HOLIDAYS
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