Fun big bass after storm/cold front
In my area of Maryland we had torrential rains Friday night, then a
cold front Saturday morning. It was windy and clear by afternoon
Saturday. I waited until Sunday dusk to get out fishing at our
neighborhood pond (maybe 2 acres).Our pond still had high water, mostly muddy murky, but covering the
shore-weeds. At first I tried a size 1 G-lock hook, with a 5-inch
black Wave-worm (soft, heavy, tiny ribbed, thick) Texposed hooked, but
no hits. I next tried a black 4-inch curly tail worm, and got only
got a lot of sunfish nibbles on the tail. One 6 inch bass (no
fooling.) I worked all of the one-third of the shoreline that's
accessible. No 'real bass' seemed to be available. As darkness was approaching I tried an opposite approach as my last
resort: a Berkely jarred earthworm. It was light brown worm colored,
and only about 1/8th diameter, and about 3 inches long. It was kind
of overwhelmed by the big hook, but I threw it anyway. It didn't have
weight, so it didn't go far, and sank pretty slowly. I wasn't
expecting it, but I got a great bite from a fine larger bass. It sure
was fun to feel a real fish on the line, hooked solidly, with much
more mass than any sunfish. I was able to work it in gently/slowly.
It swam back and forth, and surfaced for a twist to try to get
unstuck. I kept rod pressure, and also didn't let it get stuck in some
thicker shore weeds. I carefully lip-grabbed it at the shore to lift
it out. I was sure glad I didn't lose him thrashing and snapping my
6-lb line (as one did a few weeks ago.) I measured along my rod (I
taped some marks) and it was an honest 16-inches from the tail notch
to the very tip of its lip. I didn't have a scale, but it was big
enough to fully fill the oval of my two hands thumb/index finger.
Healthy and strong. What a great time - fishing and catching! Do other folks have successes with such tiny lures getting gobbled up
by bigger bass after a storm? Also, how long after the front passes
through? RichardB
Columbia, MD |
rberke
Sep 20
2004
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