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Author:
sbehuniak09
Date:
Jul 26, 2012
Subject:
Ugly Ugly day at Seymour Reservoirs
Message:
Rangerskid and I decided to got the the reservoirs today as we have been fishing several spots in the area recently but hadn't gotten around to the long hikes yet. We started around 1pm at the first one. I was throwing a green spinnerbait and he was throwing a wacky Senko. Not as much as a nibble and when I lost my spinner on an underwater branch we decided to move on to number 2. At number 2 we saw many tiny sunnies swimming near the edge as we worked our way around the entire reservoir. I threw a wacky Senko and several Rapala's with a few small hits all coming on the Senko. We spent about 2 hours at #2 and the skunk was still well intact. After a bit of misguidance we ended up taking a 45 minute trek all the way back to #4. I was very hot and waded in waist deep as I got in I saw the first decent sized bass of the day swimming about 15 feet from me. It was probably 16-17" and as I went to throw the Senko in its direction the Senko flew off. This was the story of the day. After that, we saw a few tiny bass but nothing more. We then navigated back to #3 and it looked promising. Lots of great structure in the water and plenty of shore access almost all the way around. I said that this would be the place we would finally beat the skunk. I was fishing off the dam with my toes in the water which was about the nicest thing that happened all day. I was throwing a Rapala Husky Jerk and was thrilled when a 4in bass paid attention to it. He never hit it but just knowing there was a fish interested in something was nice. I got exactly one small hit there before Rangerskid called me over to see a school of LMB all over 14" and led be a monster 20"+ fish! ALAS, no matter what we threw their way the most we could get was a passing glance. Its nice to know that there are fish in there though. I tried my last resort popper with a rattling tail and got nibbled by nearby sunnies. As the storm was approaching we made a very brisk walk back to the car and were not quite in time. All in all we spent 6.5 hours there (probably 1.5 spent walking) and neither of us caught a single fish. I have heard time and time again about big fish in these reservoirs but after fishing them about 10 times I have only caught 3 pikeral and 1 bass in the first one and that is it. I don't think I will be going back there ever again. :x :(
Author:
PECo
Date:
Jul 27, 2012
Message:
Oh, you can't give up, yet! :roll: Were you fishing slowly? You should let a wacky Senko fall all the way to the bottom on slack line and let it sit for a couple of seconds before twitching it back off of the bottom. You could try this with a Texas rigged Zoom Baby Brush Hog, too. When fish aren't feeding aggressively, they'll often pick up a lure off of the bottom. Give it another try! :D
Author:
bad fisherman
Date:
Jul 27, 2012
Message:
I used to fish those Resevoirs quite a bit about 5 years ago nad i always had good luck. But it seems over the years the populations have seriously dwindled. I don't know exactly why, but I have seen a lot of bass on stringers coming up the path to the parking lot. I mean cmon, who the hell eats largemouth bass??
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