Rockin' Bass Opener

[johnnyb]

I wasn’t sure that I’d get a lot of bass fishing in this weekend….as I was on Gull Lake again, and I really like chasing the lakers. However, by the time Saturday morning rolled around, I was too tired to get the portable downrigger and rodholder mounted on the boat….and I only had a couple hours to myself anyway. I grabbed the leadcore just in case the bass didn’t co-operate, and headed to a nearby corner of the lake where I’ve caught a few bass over the years.

 

Started out a little after 7am with a clown coloured Clackin’Rap, and promptly lost 2 decent fish. Didn’t feel like they were hooked that well….I suspect the wide gap treble was grabbing them in the side of the face.

 

At this point, I figured I’d try something new….wacky rigging. You’d think I would have tried this by now….and I really wish I hadn’t waited so long! The fish just ate it up, and, using a wide gap worm hook, I hardly missed any hooksets. (Thanks for the confidence boost on hook choice, Garry2r's) By the time 9am rolled around, I had boated 8 largemouth, 1 smallmouth, and many many rockbass. And all I really did was work a couple hundred feet of shoreline!

 

I was pretty pleased with myself, and definitely got the bass bug fired up again

 

A few pics….

 

 

 

This guy wasn’t net worthy – I just wanted to get ONE in the boat on the clackin’Rap LOL

 

 

That bulge in his belly turned out to be a 3.5” sunfish…now I’m kicking myself for not buying the larger LiveTarget pumpkinseed

 

 

Love this shot of my little girl…who demanded to see some fish when I came back in

 

 

The rest of Saturday was consumed with “Big Music Fest”…a fantastic concert in Bobcaygeon that Laker Jessy and I thoroughly enjoyed. I mention it, because some of you were likely there, and I saw THIS, which simply must be shared:

 

 

Hope you all had a great opener….bring on the weekend!!!!

 

 

[NAW]

Nice report.

 

Can't wait to see this hip this weekend at Downsview

[ctranter]

That bulge in his belly turned out to be a 3.5” sunfish…now I’m kicking myself for not buying the larger LiveTarget pumpkinseed

 

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Haha funny enough, I have used the smallest size pumkinseed crank for 2 years now, but I upgraded to a bigger one this year and it got chewed apart from all the small smallies this weekend. I'm definitely a fan

[Homer Is King]

Great report! Thanks for sharing!

 

Hip in Bobcaygeon ... I'm jealous!

[chuckymcd]

nice report, and i was there for the hip, great show but the mess at the end of the concert was a bit much!

[Lunatic]

awesome, the colour on the netted bass is just awesome.

i know what you mean with the whacky rig, i caught a few 3 and 4 pounders on it on sunday.

[solopaddler]

Great stuff bud! Y'know I grew up fishing Gull lake for bass, my uncle had a cottage there for years.

 

I used to do pretty well, lots of big bass.

 

Nice to see there's still a few left.

[bassmaster4]

i dont know if its just the lighting in the picture but either way the bass in the 2nd picture has amazing colour, way to go dude!