I did get the boat out on Thursday and Friday anxious to try the fall fishing techniques shown in the video I posted on the 17th. Thursday was a total bust as the wind was so strong that I could not hold position even in the coves. Friday the wind had died down quite a bit but I found that ‘fall’ wasn’t happening: the grasses were not dying back and the bass were not pushing bait fish back up into the coves.
Once I had moved deeper to where the bass were I was far enough out of the coves that the wind pushed me around some. Not bad, but enough that I had to keep a constant watch on where I was and continually correct with the trolling motor.
The water was clear to a depth of 3 feet or so and I did see bass shadowing my offering several times. None were willing to commit.
This week (I’m telling myself) will be different and I’ll be hooking my limit. I do need to take the time to get the right lures on the right pole/reel combinations; some of them were much to light to easily cast on stiff rod outfitted with a bait-caster reel.
Today was spent weed-eating and burning a brush pile that had been my collection point for fallen limbs for the last 6 months. The son-in-law is on his way up and we will be loading a calf into the trailer to haul some place or another.
Hope you all have a great week !
