On March 15, 2021 the bass were biting pretty well on a buzzbait, but they were not sucking it in good enough to get them in the boat. I did not mind when they came off because the explosion is very exiting. It seemed as if there was a bass on every cypress tree that would bite a buzzbait, and occasionally I would throw a spinnerbait and work it up close to the surface of the water and catch a good one. The bass were definitely hooking up better on a spinnerbait because it goes slower in the water, so I was able to get those fish in the boat more often.

This has been a good while back, March 14, 2020 to be exact, but we were fishing one of our springtime honey holes. It was a typical cool and dreary early spring morning, and the fish weren’t biting very well. When I tried to skip my chatterbait under an over hanging tree my reel swarmed. I pulled my rod tip up to allow some line to go out to remove some of the backlash and the water boiled where my lure had landed, I ignored the birds nest and engaged my reel and set the hook hard! I knew immediately that it was large but I didn’t realize that it was my personal best at the time weighing in at 5.64#. My Dickies jacket kept me warm and dry that day. Click on the link below for great deals on Dickies clothing.

You will not buy this jig at any tackle supply store! In fact, unless I’m having an exceptional day, you won’t buy one from me. I make these jigs at home from scratch; a little lead, a little thread, a little hair, a little paint, a mold, and a little time are the ingredients for a crappie jig that will last all season unless you hang it up and break off. This was the color of choice on New Year’s Day. Dad and I have made it a tradition to ditch the bass boat and go crappie fishing on New Year’s Day. Do check out Anglermall (link below) for other great deals on tackle and gear.

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Yesterday we were trying to catch some good quality largemouth but that didn’t work out. So instead, we went to target schooled up spotted bass and had a lot of fun catching about twenty in about an hour. Prior to that Dad saw a rain storm and suggested that we go to another part of the lake where it wasn’t raining, but on the way another rain storm started in the direction that we were headed and converged with the first one. Needless to say, we got drenched, but we were able to take shelter beneath a bridge to wait it out. Never a dull moment when we are on the water.