Garry2rs
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Today I went fishing for LMBass. The lake we chose was east of Stoney, off #46, it's sometimes called Kosh.
There is a large weedy bay called Bass Bay. We cast Flukes and ran spinnerbaits over and through the weeds.
For those that don't know, a Fluke is a plastic minnow that looks like this...
Notice that the 3/0 hook is passed through the head, then back through the body.
The hook point is pushed through the top of the bait and then skin-hooked to make it weedless.
You cast with or against the wind, not across.
The rod tip is held high and twitched to make the bait swim in a walk-the-dog fashion and crawl over lily pads...
The rod tip is lowered when crossing open water so that the bait can sink a little between twitches.
I like pink Flukes because they are very easy to see.
When you are doing it right, it looks like a struggling minnow and good things happen...
It takes a little more skill than a crank bait, or a wacky worm, but even children and old guys can learn to fish it successfully...Hahaha.
We started out in full sun with hardly a cloud in the sky. As the day went on it got cloudier, then around 3:00 O'clock we spotted a big thunder storm heading straight for us. We turned tail and ran down the lake at 90kmh. As we finished loading the boat, the skies opened and rain drops the size of eggs fell. By the time we reached home...20 or 25 minutes later, the rain had passed.
Welcome to the Summer of 2008...grin.
There is a large weedy bay called Bass Bay. We cast Flukes and ran spinnerbaits over and through the weeds.
For those that don't know, a Fluke is a plastic minnow that looks like this...
Notice that the 3/0 hook is passed through the head, then back through the body.
The hook point is pushed through the top of the bait and then skin-hooked to make it weedless.
You cast with or against the wind, not across.
The rod tip is held high and twitched to make the bait swim in a walk-the-dog fashion and crawl over lily pads...
The rod tip is lowered when crossing open water so that the bait can sink a little between twitches.
I like pink Flukes because they are very easy to see.
When you are doing it right, it looks like a struggling minnow and good things happen...
It takes a little more skill than a crank bait, or a wacky worm, but even children and old guys can learn to fish it successfully...Hahaha.
We started out in full sun with hardly a cloud in the sky. As the day went on it got cloudier, then around 3:00 O'clock we spotted a big thunder storm heading straight for us. We turned tail and ran down the lake at 90kmh. As we finished loading the boat, the skies opened and rain drops the size of eggs fell. By the time we reached home...20 or 25 minutes later, the rain had passed.
Welcome to the Summer of 2008...grin.
