Today was one of those days you wish you’d have every day…it was cool, low humidity and cloudy with a front rolling in…and the bass were hungry.
My buddy Tom and I were on the water by first light and were happy to see that there was almost no current to speak of…which is just the way I like it. The water temperature was still 75 degrees, which is unbelievable for this time of year. Instead of heading downstream like we usually do, I suggested we hit some rip rap upstream…there’s a big flat along there with drop-offs on either side where it goes from 6 to 15 feet or more of water, depending on which side you fish. We caught several nice bass along the rocks, right at the edge of the flat; Tom caught one on a crankbait and I caught mine on a black, 4” Senko. Then we drifted slowly down the shore, fishing the rip rap and rocks walls and once again, caught bass…I caught all mine on Senkos and watermelon seed-colored Zoom Ultra Vibe Speed Craws fished on a 1/8 oz shaky head jig.
As you can see by the number of times my white shirtsleeve shows up, I had a pretty darned good morning out there today and by the way, that song was wrong…that was NOT the last train to Clarksville after all.
