Dalton Twist and Heddon Basser

It was too windy and cold last night, so I was afraid I won't be in the mood to go fishing, but when I got up at 03:30 am, I felt the weather get much calmer. I decided to go fishing, and immediately prepared.

The fishing was much better than I expected, I could catch two nice bass with a Dalton Twist in hot tiger color. It is a noisy type bait, but I used it just like a pencil bait. I cast it, waited until the water ripples disappeared, and then gave it dog-walk actions slowly. I took longer pauses than usual before I knew it, then both bass hit it during the pauses.

I was almost about to go home, but I found a small roll of water surface in a little far shallow area. I headed there, and long-cast a red head Heddon Basser. As I suggested, it was a bass and I could catch it, too. This bass may be the smallest during this fishing season for me, but I like this way of fishing going with my gut.

 

Today's tackle: ABU Ambassadeur Mag II, Mr Don 'Dog Fighter' MW59N, Daiwa Sight Surf #5, Dalton Twist, Heddon Basser, Rebel Jumpin' Minnow, etc.

BF=5/6/8

Early morning fishing

Nothing to complain. Heddon Chugger Spooks are my go-to baits, of course.

Today's tackle: ABU Ambassadeur Mag II, Daiko Prestage PBC-56L, Daiwa Sight Surf #5, Heddon Zara Spook, Chugger Spook, Jointed Jitterbug, Musky Jitterbug, etc.

BF=4/5/5

Zara Spook, again

I expected a good fishing, as it's now a spring tide during spawning season for bass. However, what I caught today was one bass that hit my Zara Spook early in the morning. What most fishers think would be the same as I, and I saw many other fishers in each water I visited. I gave up keeping fishing before  09:00 in the morning, and went back.

Today's tackle: ABU Ambassadeur 5500C (black), Fenwick Fenglass 2053, Daiwa Sight Surf #4 (yellow), Heddon Zara Spook, Lucky 13, Musky Jitterbug, Gilmore Jumping-G, Pico Pop, etc.

BF=3/4/4

Another nice one

Again, I went fishing for a short time early in this morning. When I was preparing for it last night, I put only a couple of pencil baits in my tackle box. Then I woke up this morning, watched the sky from the window, and I noticed it'd be much calmer than I expected. I added more pencil baits in my box before I left home, which resulted in a good fishing.

Yes, I caught a nice bass with an old Zara Spook. This female bass hit my bait after a longer spell of my slowly-steadily actions. I guess she was watching bait from the bottom of the pond, and finally rushed at it. She was a beautiful 5 pounder bass, and I'm feeling too happy still now.

 

Today's tackle: ABU Ambassadeur 5500, Fenwick Fenglass SP634, Daiwa Sight Surf #5 (yellow), Heddon Zara Spook, Lucky 13, Musky Jitterbug, Pico Pop, etc.

BF=2/2/3

First fishing, first bass, first splash

I went out for fishing for the first time of this year. I felt so good on the water, though it was still too cold and my fingers were frozen during the early morning time. I could catch two nice bass, one with a Magnum Tiger (GRA) and one with a Lucky 13 (PG). Good kicking-off for my fishing in 2019. Every year, I make it a rule for myself to use my favorite reel to start the fishing season with, and don't use other reels until I catch the first one. This year again, I'm happy to be able to catch bass with this vintage reel.   

 

 

 

 

Today's tackle: ABU Record 5000 (BLK), Phillipson Pacemaker PC-56, Stren 14lb (clear blue), Heddon Wood Lucky 13, Zara Spook, Chugger Spook, Lucky 13, Magnum Tiger, etc.

BF=1/1/2

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.

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