Hot Weather Bassin' - Report

[JustinHoffman]

Hello All,

 

The temperature is certainly warm, and with little surprise, the bass action has been equally hot.

 

With light winds and a humidity of 40-degrees, I launched into the Rideau River this past Tuesday. One thing that became obvious early on was how the ferocious storm from two nights earlier had decimated many of my mid-lake slop areas. I am certainly used to them moving around or changing size as the season progresses, but have never witnessed huge expanses disappear completely. Finding new water would be the name of the game this outing.

 

When the water warms and the sun blazes overhead, largemouth always seek out some sort of shelter. This can take the form of docks, laydowns, slop, pads, and thick weed clumps. Prodding this heavy cover is generally your best bet for getting bit.

 

Shoreline slop coughed up the usual fish as did the odd deep laydown. The largest concentration of largemouth were found in two distinct spots – undercut banks and small, isolated slop mats found a considerable distance from shore. Isolated cover – be it pads or slop – should always be investigated, as roaming bass utilize these shaded canopies once the sun begins shining, and the more isolated they are, the better the chance is for it to cough up a fish.

 

Frogs, flipping jigs and Texas-rigged creatures or craws accounted for the vast majority of fish.

 

 

For the rest of the report and to view more pics, check out my website/blog at:

 

http://www.justinhoffmanoutdoors.wordpress.com

 

Good Fishing,

 

Justin

[young_one]

Excellent report! Thanks for sharing.

[BFSC Kevin]

Nice

[lunkerbasshunter]

great report!

 

cheers!