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#1 Bassassins

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Posted 15 October 2013 - 09:41 PM

Its brisk out this morning, even though the sun is up its still chilly and the wind is up quiet a bit, so less than stellar conditions to say the least. The little 4hp drives our 10' aluminum craft towards our first spot. We only fished this lake in the winter time, so open water was a first. Regardless, we had basic understanding of its character, shallow and weedy, hardly any structure at all.

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Searching for anything that would stick out of this sloppy mess was a priority. Cruising along the shore lines quickly revealed what we were looking for, a change in the consistant and it came by the way of large rocky patches sprinkled throughout the thick vegetation like leopard print. These isolated oasis stick out like a soar thumb visible to us and the fish.

We have the location, lets find the pattern.

The water is crystal clear, we started drawing bass in from a distance with spinner baits, picking off the shy followers one by one with the wacky sick sticks. It's a just in case tactic that lets you cover lots of ground and helps you locate and understand the fish, specifically when tackling shallow waters with high visibility.

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Location - check!

Pattern - check!

Lets have some fun.

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When a system works, it works so as they say...

Don't leave fish to find fish!

We stayed in the general area all day cruising up and drifting down. Keeping it simple, sticking to what was working and just having a blast doing it. You know you are having fun and enjoying one of those highlight fishing days when time flies and you loose all sense of what is going on around - just you, your buddy and fish after fish.

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A little friendly competition is always healthy and it was great to see we could step up to the challenge with such success. Fun was had by all with lots of smiles and bass for everyone - thanks boys for the invite!!!

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On this Thanksgiving we were thankful for bass thumb - Tight Lines...
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#2 hamiltonangler94

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Posted 15 October 2013 - 09:48 PM

Nice fish guys!
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#3 MENACE

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Posted 15 October 2013 - 10:04 PM

darn nice haul!


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#4 rhymobot

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Posted 15 October 2013 - 10:05 PM

great find. always feels good when you search and find a spot and the spot pays off.


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#5 CJR

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Posted 15 October 2013 - 10:56 PM

Awesome, nice buckets! Great report.  :cool:


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#6 BASS BUSTER !

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Posted 16 October 2013 - 02:16 AM

Now those are REAL FISH!!!  Nice Job Guys!!!


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#7 Brian

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Posted 16 October 2013 - 06:44 AM

Great post...


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#8 FishingNoob

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Posted 16 October 2013 - 07:54 AM

Look at the mouths on those monsters! Love these posts. Keep them coming.


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#9 Bassassins

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Posted 16 October 2013 - 09:59 AM

Thanks guys - this was a lot of fun!... Makes the work week a little harder.
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#10 getin

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Posted 16 October 2013 - 12:44 PM

Beauties!
Were all 4 of you in the 10 ft boat? That's quite a ride. Lol
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#11 buck

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Posted 16 October 2013 - 12:48 PM

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#12 Bassassins

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Posted 16 October 2013 - 01:34 PM

Hey Getin - no it was a little tournament 3 boats in total lol would have been a little tight!!!
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#13 AKnook

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Posted 16 October 2013 - 06:03 PM

Looks like a blast.  Nice fish!


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#14 Kleiner

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Posted 16 October 2013 - 07:04 PM

How big was the winner?? It's always fun having little tournaments with buddies for bragging rights!
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#15 Bassassins

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Posted 16 October 2013 - 07:22 PM

We had the winning bag with 15.67lbs. ;)
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#16 BASS BUSTER !

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Posted 17 October 2013 - 02:46 AM

HOOT! HOOT! HOOT! Way To Go Guys!!!!


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#17 Lure

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Posted 17 October 2013 - 05:49 PM

Bass Bass Bass and more Bass....good job!


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Posted 22 October 2013 - 01:00 PM

WOW.. Those are some massive bass!  Some of them look to be pushing 6lb !


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