Trying to beat the heat and avoid the pleasure boats, i decided to take a crack at some night time bassing. i hit a few humps and was not disapointed.
found a ton of fish all around the humps out deeper, but couldnt entice a strike at last light. i did manage to pop one fat white crappie on a blade just after dark, so i think i will return again with my crappie rigs!
once the darkness took over i changed gears to a 10" worm. i think it was a black belly with some kind of purply-pearl back and they liked it....they like it alot! first fish i though i was snagged since i didnt "feel" a bite, but like they say, When in doubt, set the hook, so i did, and this bass headed to the surface like a rocket. ofcourse i didnt have a headlamp on, and i had 2 other rods dangling over the side of the boat just aching to tangle my line, luckily i got her to the boat no problem. Biggest fish of the night that i boated. my little Rapala digital scale registered 4.14. Maybe that was right, maybe it was off, but it was a long, heavy fish. i have it pulled back behind my head, hard to take a selfie in the dark! lol.
That was the only fish i landed off that hump but had several other hits and i rolled another big fish. I moved to another hump and found the motherload! i boated a ton of bass, but nothing over 1.5 pounds. Ive always said i will take quantity over quality, which is still the truth, im not complaining. that was a riot. anywhere on that hump, just cast, let it hit bottom, bounce it once and Smack! But there i couldnt pinpoint and bigger fish. i circled the hump in deeper water and just couldnt find quality. So i focused back on the hump and wore em out! lol.
All fish came on the 10" worms and black/blue craws. Tried a crankbait but only managed to snag 1 small bass with it.
Great night over all!
Jpp 08-01-2015-night
