whrizob
02-21-2011, 10:15 AM
well guys i got out about 10:00am yesterday. i loaded at station camp creek. i was going for bass today. i started out fishing a couple banks that usually do well for me, fished them for about an hour. i threw lipless cranks, medium depth cranks, jerbaits, and a jigging spoon. not one bite! the wind was just blowing too hard to fish it slow. so i decided to run to spencer creek. i fished down some bluffs with no luck. i then came to a big spawning pocket that i have caught fish in the past. first thing i noticed was turtles on logs along the edge. first ones i have seen. looked at water temp and it read 50 degrees. i got excited! i notice there were shad flickering in the mouth of this cove. through lipless and caught my first bass. about 7 inches long. it was a start. i ended up catching 6 more bass in this same spot, but all were 6 to 7 inches long. decided to do something different. i make a long run up lake, almost to bledsoe to fish another spot like the one i was catching fish in. i get there and start fishing the rip rap bank in about 10 ft of water. caught 2 more 6 inch bass. there were a couple guys crappie fishing, and i asked how there were doing. they said they caugth a few, but only one keeper. it was obvious to me that i was catching males that have moved up first and no big fish have. i decided to go back to station camp to fish with these guys for crappie. we ran back and started fishing a tree they had found. we ended up catching about 15 with only 5 keepers. they decided to call it day and headed in. it was only 4:00. so i decided to keep on bass fishing. i decided to fish the creek channel this time and slow down and throw a jig. the wind stop blowing hard, so i could do this. my third cast i catch a fish. finally a keeper, right around 2 pounds. then about 5 cast later i feel another tap! i set the hook. another good solid keeper. right at 3 pounds! im getting excited now. ive been at them all day and finally! so i fished about 25 yards down the channel and i feel a tree on the bottom. i worked the jig through it and felt something odd? then my line went side ways. i set the hook! bam, a big one! i fight the fish and bring it to the top. and guys, the lord is my witness. this fish was everybit 6 to 7 pounds. a hog! i wear her down and this is where i messed up. i have my net laying there to be used and i decide that im just going to reach down and lip her. i reach down, held my rod high, and as soon as i touched her lip, bam the line broke. and then my heart broke! i wanted a pic of that fish so bad to show ya'll, but she one that battle. i made a mistake that has never happened to me before. but i learned my lesson and believe me, im using the net next time! so i sucked it, retied, and finish fishing the rest of the creek channel bend. i caught one last one, about 7 inches long. i decided to call it a day! so for the first time since winter, i finally go on some fish on the lake. i had many positive things to take from the day, and some negatives i hope to learn from. but all in all, another good day on the water!