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Author:
Pappy
Date:
May 16, 2009
Subject:
Bashan 5-16-09
Message:
Hit Bashan today with my brother Jim. We were on the water around 7:15 and off at noon. Water temps were in the low 60's (61-63). Wind was calm initially and picked up by noon. We each had 5 fish. We began by tossing wiggle warts on the left side heading out as I tied on some white tubes in case we found them on any beds. I was initially hopefully because water temps were only 61. I landed a small perch on the crankbait. My brother Jim hooked the first bass a 12" in about 10' and then followed that up quickly with a nice 18" rainbow trout which he foul hooked on (both on the crankbait). When I put it back in it floated upside down so I scooped it up with the net and put it in the livewell with some Rejuvinade. I figure worse case it would be supper for my two boys. We released it 90 minutes later when I checked on it because it appeared fine. It swam away apparently just fine. We spent a little time in drop shot alley just off the island in the center where I hooked my first bass of the year a little 12" Bashan drop shot special in `12. From there we headed to the back coves at the far end looking for bedding bass. We saw a lot of empty beds (about 90%) but did find a few still on beds. This guy was the nicest one I landed right about 3#. I'll have to remember how to show the fish for pictures. This one doesn't do the fish justice. [img:5aa274a715]http://www.ctfishtalk.com/gallery2.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=5587[/img:5aa274a715] Caught a smaller one off another bed as well. I used a white mizmo tube to catch both. The wind picked up which made sight fishing tough so we went back to cranking. My last bass was on the crankbait near the middle island in about 10'. Jim also caught one there both were about a 1.5#. Nice first real trip out but spent way too much time fussing with equipment which I should have done before going out but free time's been at a premium with my first year teaching. I took a picture of Jim with his 1st bass, but it was missing from the camera when I downloaded the pics.
Author:
Stratos17
Date:
May 16, 2009
Message:
Nice job!! Gotta love that launch at Bashan! Especially in the wind!
Author:
chuckc
Date:
May 16, 2009
Message:
Very nice report Walt! Where have you been? :D
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