I DON'T want to believe there are many huge bass in this lake! It was very beautiful morning, and the water surface was calm (usually very good for topwater fishing), but I caught no fish there.
On the way back from the lake, I happened to go through a river. When I looked into the water surface from a bridge, I found a couple of bass cruising and chasing small fish. Immediately, I cast this Chug Bug, and one of the bass was quick to bite it. This is the first time for me to catch a bass with Storm Chug Bug, though some of my good friends say "Chug Bug is a live bait."
Here comes a new addition to my mouse lure collection. Paw Paw Mouse, it has a flocked body and a thin thread tail. So cute, isn't it?
I had been thinking to renew my running shoes. Yesterday, I bought two pairs, one for daily pace- and LSD-running, and the other for build-up and shorter distance running. Today, I wanted to try them right away and went out to run about 19 km in the early morning. I felt them not so bad.
The weather forecast said, "You'll have rain in the morning." I decided to go out with my rain wear, expecting good fishing. The sky is very darkish, even after the dawn. At first, I tried Heddon Zig Wag, but had no hits. Then, I changed the lures to Heddon Chugger Spook, and I caught a small bass with it.
In the next pond, it started to rain, and the water surface became choppy. I tied a prop bait, Heddon Wounded Spook in BF color. When I cast it just near a fallen tree, a bomb exploded on the water. the rod I used was so light (Mr. Don PC 50B travel rod with a replaced Fuji handle) that I could enjoy the fight a lot. A nice fall bass (about 43-44 cm, 1.2kg).
Today, I woke up 4:00 AM and drove to some ponds to enjoy float-tube fishing. We had little rain these days, so water quality was not so good. As I was afraid, the fishing was very slow.
This was the only fish I caught. Small one (30cm in total length or shorter), but I am happy to manage to take a video of it. The lure was Heddon Zara II in GRA color (I replaced the line-tie hardware from the chin to the nose, just like the 1st Zara Spook). As you can see, I gave it three actions and then it was pulled into the water.
