Today's tackle: ABU Record 5000 (BLK),Phillipson Pacemaker PC-56, Stren clear blue (14lb), Heddon Crazy Crawler, 210, Magnum Torpedo, Original Zara Spook, Chugger Spook, Lucky 13, Southbend Bass Oreno, Fred Arbogast Jitterbug, etc.
BF=14/21/2
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Showing posts with label W/Movie. Show all posts
Saturday, September 7, 2019
Go back to basics
Today, I went back to my basic bass fishing. I used my favorite heddon lures, old ABU reel, and Phillipson rod. I caught a total of three bass, and enjoyed a lot.
Friday, November 9, 2018
November Bass
This week, my daughter was hostitalized to have an ACL reconstruction. She now can't walk without assistance, so my wife and I are taking care of her. I took a day off today to help her, but could spare time for a short time early in the morning (before she got up), so I decided to go fishing. I could catch three bass with a Bass Oreno and Zig Wag.
Saturday, October 20, 2018
October bass
I got skunked a couple of times in Sep-Oct, so I wanted to catch a bass by all means today. I first tied a Heddon RH Wounded Spook that I recently obtained, and luckily I could catch a bass as soon as I started fishing. It was a skinny bass, but fought hard.
I changeds baits to a Zara II, as water level there was almost full and I thought tighter dog-walk action would work. I could catch another bass with it, and succellfully took a video of the fight with the bass. Both bass were not so big, but as always size doesn't matter.
Today's tackle: ABU Ambassadeur 5000, Fenwick Lunker Gear LGX 38C, Daiwa Sight Surf #4 (orange), Heddon Wounded Spook, Zara Spook, Zara II, Pico Slasher, Nip-I-Diddee, etc.
BF=8/19/16
Wednesday, May 23, 2018
Day to go fishing
Considering the moon phase and weather, it's today to go fishing by all means.
Today's tackle: ABU Ambassadeur MAG II, Daiko Prestage PBC-56L, Daiwa Sight Surf #4 (yellow), Heddon Big Bud, Lucky 13, Chugger Spook, Zara Spook, etc.
BF=5/10/8
Friday, May 18, 2018
Good day off
I could take a compensatory day off today, and went fishing in farm ponds a little far south from here.
In the first pond, which is very famous among local anglers and so many of them often fish, I got a few small bites and caught a small bluegill with a Chugger Spook. I gave up fishing there and headed to the next pond. The weather was cloudy, so I was thinking I would have some more chances to catch bass.
After about 15 or 20-minute drive, I got there and re-started fishing. I tied a Pico Pop (black shore color) and cast it near-shore spots one by one. When I cast it into a small spot under overhung trees, which you can easily see a prime point, my line slightly got caught on leaves of the trees. I twitched my rod a few time, and then immediately my bait sank underwater without any splashes and sounds. I suggested it as a bite and set a hook hard. Yes, it was a nice bass hitting my bait! I enjoyed fighting with it and finally caught it.
After I caught this bass, I also got some more bites with a Lucky13, Wounded Spook, and a few others. Some bass were spooky and didn't bite hard, some male bass were protecting their juvenile bass, and some attacked my baits with a big blowup. One that I caught with a Wounded Spook was also a good fighter and I enjoyed a lot.
This time, I tried editing my videos using a GoPro application. I can't fully master it, but here is one that I made for today's fishing.
Today's tackle: ABU Ambassadeur 5000 De Luxe, Phillipson #705, Daiwa Sight Surf #4 (yellow), Heddon Big Bud, Chugger Spook, Zara Spook, Lucky 13, Wounded Spook, Pico Pop, etc.
In the first pond, which is very famous among local anglers and so many of them often fish, I got a few small bites and caught a small bluegill with a Chugger Spook. I gave up fishing there and headed to the next pond. The weather was cloudy, so I was thinking I would have some more chances to catch bass.
After about 15 or 20-minute drive, I got there and re-started fishing. I tied a Pico Pop (black shore color) and cast it near-shore spots one by one. When I cast it into a small spot under overhung trees, which you can easily see a prime point, my line slightly got caught on leaves of the trees. I twitched my rod a few time, and then immediately my bait sank underwater without any splashes and sounds. I suggested it as a bite and set a hook hard. Yes, it was a nice bass hitting my bait! I enjoyed fighting with it and finally caught it.
After I caught this bass, I also got some more bites with a Lucky13, Wounded Spook, and a few others. Some bass were spooky and didn't bite hard, some male bass were protecting their juvenile bass, and some attacked my baits with a big blowup. One that I caught with a Wounded Spook was also a good fighter and I enjoyed a lot.
This time, I tried editing my videos using a GoPro application. I can't fully master it, but here is one that I made for today's fishing.
Today's tackle: ABU Ambassadeur 5000 De Luxe, Phillipson #705, Daiwa Sight Surf #4 (yellow), Heddon Big Bud, Chugger Spook, Zara Spook, Lucky 13, Wounded Spook, Pico Pop, etc.
BF=4/9/6
Saturday, April 14, 2018
Just restarted this weblog
I'd been too busy working in this past winter, and I couldn't spend much time thinking about and keeping this weblog. I'm still busy, but I'd like to restart it as 2018 fishing season has just started.
I went fishing early this morning. To tell the truth, I went short-time fishing twice in March and got skunked in a row. It was too cold for topwater fishing then and I felt frozen. It's got a little warmer this week, and I decided to go again.
I started fishing at about 05:00 am in a farm pond, and in an hour I fished almost all the near-shore spots except for one small inlet. I almost gave up catching a bass, but I tried a long-cast into a spot surrounded with submerged branches of a tree. The bait I tied was a Heddon Lucky 13 in green scale dace color (D), one of my go-to baits. I waited until all the ripples disappeared, and then twitched the dace a few times. BLOW-UP, and I saw a big bass lean forward to grab my bait! I set a hook hard, and felt a telling heavy response. The bait I used is with 3-treble hooks, and I believed it'd be hard for the fish to escape from the hooks. Finally, I could catch it, and I felt awfully glad with the first bass of this season.
Today's tackle: ABU Record 5000 (BLK), Phillipson #705, Stren 14lb (Clear/Blue Fluorescent), Heddon Zara Spook, Chugger Spook, Lucky 13, Pico Pop, Cotton Cordell Boy Howdy (w/ props), etc.
I went fishing early this morning. To tell the truth, I went short-time fishing twice in March and got skunked in a row. It was too cold for topwater fishing then and I felt frozen. It's got a little warmer this week, and I decided to go again.
I started fishing at about 05:00 am in a farm pond, and in an hour I fished almost all the near-shore spots except for one small inlet. I almost gave up catching a bass, but I tried a long-cast into a spot surrounded with submerged branches of a tree. The bait I tied was a Heddon Lucky 13 in green scale dace color (D), one of my go-to baits. I waited until all the ripples disappeared, and then twitched the dace a few times. BLOW-UP, and I saw a big bass lean forward to grab my bait! I set a hook hard, and felt a telling heavy response. The bait I used is with 3-treble hooks, and I believed it'd be hard for the fish to escape from the hooks. Finally, I could catch it, and I felt awfully glad with the first bass of this season.
Today's tackle: ABU Record 5000 (BLK), Phillipson #705, Stren 14lb (Clear/Blue Fluorescent), Heddon Zara Spook, Chugger Spook, Lucky 13, Pico Pop, Cotton Cordell Boy Howdy (w/ props), etc.
BF=1/3/1
Friday, November 4, 2016
Day off
I took a day off and went fishing again. It was a freezing morning due to radiative cooling under clear sky, and I had to fish with my gloves. Fish were slow as well as yesterday, and I had a hard time to catch bass. Fortunately, I could meet an active ones and caught two.
Just see the right top side of the video screen, and don't miss a nice blow-up in the later fall. I hoped a bigger one, but I won't complain about size, which doesn't matter for me.
If you want to fish slowly-steadily during this season of the year, Gilmore Hoodler may be a go-to lure. It is well acted with your jerk, twitch, or even do-nothing but just making the prop slightly spin.
Today's tackle: ABU Record 5000 (BLK), Phillipson Challenger (9055 rebuilt), Stren 14lb (Clear/Blue Fluorescent), Gilmore Hoodler, Bass Oreno, Pico Pop, Heddon Zara Spook, Crabwiggler, etc.
Just see the right top side of the video screen, and don't miss a nice blow-up in the later fall. I hoped a bigger one, but I won't complain about size, which doesn't matter for me.
If you want to fish slowly-steadily during this season of the year, Gilmore Hoodler may be a go-to lure. It is well acted with your jerk, twitch, or even do-nothing but just making the prop slightly spin.
Today's tackle: ABU Record 5000 (BLK), Phillipson Challenger (9055 rebuilt), Stren 14lb (Clear/Blue Fluorescent), Gilmore Hoodler, Bass Oreno, Pico Pop, Heddon Zara Spook, Crabwiggler, etc.
BF=35/48/95
Thursday, November 3, 2016
Final phase
We had warmer days during last week, and I had a chance to go fishing. Water temperature was still warm, and I caught some small bass with Heddon Pico Pop and Gilmore Hoodler.
It is a holiday today, and I went fishing again. Unfortunately, cold air system has been intensifying in our area, and we had a very cold morning. As I was afraid, I got skunked and got no reactions from fish at all! I had chores in the late morning today, so I got home before 08:00. It's the final phase of this year's bass fishing, I'd like to go out for fishing as often as possible.
Today's tackle: ABU Ambassadeur 5000 De Luxe, Phillipson 3M B7L1 custom, Stren Hi-Vis Gold 12lb, Gilmore Hoodler, Pico Pop, etc.
It is a holiday today, and I went fishing again. Unfortunately, cold air system has been intensifying in our area, and we had a very cold morning. As I was afraid, I got skunked and got no reactions from fish at all! I had chores in the late morning today, so I got home before 08:00. It's the final phase of this year's bass fishing, I'd like to go out for fishing as often as possible.
Today's tackle: ABU Ambassadeur 5000 De Luxe, Phillipson 3M B7L1 custom, Stren Hi-Vis Gold 12lb, Gilmore Hoodler, Pico Pop, etc.
BF=34/47/93
Saturday, October 1, 2016
New camera
One of my cameras was broke the other day, and I replaced it. I was wondering which to buy, an sports-action camera or a conventional waterproof one, but I find I like ones that I can hold with my hands when I take pictures/movies. This time, I bought an Olympus TG-4.
Today, I used it outdoors for the first time. It can take bright pictures even under dark conditions, which I feel very fine as I often fish before the sun rises. Moreover, I'm impressed with the performance of movie recording, which is much improved compared to my old cameras.
Even clipped-out pictures from videos are beautiful enough, if you want to use them just for your blog. This is one from the video above. I'm really pleased to buy this camera.
As for fishing, we had much rainfall in September, and most waters around here are full and have got muddy. I could catch some bass but all were small.
Today, I used it outdoors for the first time. It can take bright pictures even under dark conditions, which I feel very fine as I often fish before the sun rises. Moreover, I'm impressed with the performance of movie recording, which is much improved compared to my old cameras.
Even clipped-out pictures from videos are beautiful enough, if you want to use them just for your blog. This is one from the video above. I'm really pleased to buy this camera.
As for fishing, we had much rainfall in September, and most waters around here are full and have got muddy. I could catch some bass but all were small.
Today's tackle: ABU Ambassadeur 5000 De Luxe, Smith Super Striker GO-103 w/ STTS grip, Daiwa Sight Surf #4, Heddon Crabwiggler, Chugger Spook, Wounded Spook, Whopper Stopper Hellcat, etc.
BF=31/43/85
Friday, September 16, 2016
Great escape
I took a day off today. I had a headache last night, and I was feeling bad this morning as well. However, I did go fishing anyway.
I first caught a small bass with a Gilmore Large Jumper before the sun rose. The bite was almost the same as the lure got to water.
I fished with a headache, and was thinking to go home as soon as I finished fishing this pond. I may have been lacking in concentration, and dropped this fish!
As you can see in the last slo-mo part of the video, this fish showed a great escape. It shook the head over the water, and admirably unhooked. The fish won, and I lost.
I caught a few more bass, but all were small. I couldn't continue fishing due to the headache, and I took a snap in my car. Now, I'm feeling much better.
Today's tackle: ABU Ambassadeur 5000C, Phillipson 3M B7L1 custom, Stren Clear Blue 12lb, Gilmore Large Jumper, Heddon Chugger Spook, Zara Spook, Zara II, Lucky 13, CCBO Wiggle Fish, etc.
I caught a few more bass, but all were small. I couldn't continue fishing due to the headache, and I took a snap in my car. Now, I'm feeling much better.
Today's tackle: ABU Ambassadeur 5000C, Phillipson 3M B7L1 custom, Stren Clear Blue 12lb, Gilmore Large Jumper, Heddon Chugger Spook, Zara Spook, Zara II, Lucky 13, CCBO Wiggle Fish, etc.
BF=30/40/80
Sunday, September 4, 2016
Two days in a row
It was too hot and humid last night, and I couldn't sleep well. We had some rain in the midnight, so I decided to go fishing again early this morning. Due to the typhoon, I expected stormy weather and I put more prop lures than usual in my tackle box.
When I started fishing, it was calm and windless. Nevertheless, I used prop baits most of the time today. When it was still dark, I chose a Wounded Spook in black shore color, and it worked fine.
About 30% of the pond was covered with floating vegetation, and I also fished with a weedless mouse lure (Snag Proof Moss Mouse). Another nice bass grabbed the mouse deep in its mouth. I had a hard time to catch it, as the fish dived into weeds, but I could finally caught it.
Some more small bass entertained my lures, Heddon SOS, Pico Slasher, and so on. I could get my kicks from today's fishing. Unfotunately, I left a SD card of my better camera in my house today, so I had to use spare ones, but I can remind all the blow-ups in my brain.
Today's tackle: ABU Ambassadeur 5000 De Luxe, Smith Super Striker GO-103 w/ STTS grip, Daiwa Sight Surf #4, Heddon Wounded Spook, SOS, Lucky 13, Pico Slasher, Snag Proof Moss Mouse, etc.
When I started fishing, it was calm and windless. Nevertheless, I used prop baits most of the time today. When it was still dark, I chose a Wounded Spook in black shore color, and it worked fine.
About 30% of the pond was covered with floating vegetation, and I also fished with a weedless mouse lure (Snag Proof Moss Mouse). Another nice bass grabbed the mouse deep in its mouth. I had a hard time to catch it, as the fish dived into weeds, but I could finally caught it.
Some more small bass entertained my lures, Heddon SOS, Pico Slasher, and so on. I could get my kicks from today's fishing. Unfotunately, I left a SD card of my better camera in my house today, so I had to use spare ones, but I can remind all the blow-ups in my brain.
Today's tackle: ABU Ambassadeur 5000 De Luxe, Smith Super Striker GO-103 w/ STTS grip, Daiwa Sight Surf #4, Heddon Wounded Spook, SOS, Lucky 13, Pico Slasher, Snag Proof Moss Mouse, etc.
BF=28/38/76
Thursday, August 25, 2016
Nothing to complain
BF=25/35/67
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