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Author:
shortypowers
Date:
Jun 22, 2009
Subject:
Eastford - 6/20
Message:
Had a couple hours to kill on Saturday and the weather wasn't half bad so I headed out in the kayak. Spent most of the day throwing frogs with a few small fish early on. A decent number of hits through the day. Ended up boating 3 of them. Missed the hookset on what was surely the biggest one. Setting the hook with the frog has proved diffcult. I'd say less than 50% hook up for the day. It seems especially tough low in the water in the kayak. I think I'll try to shorten my casts next time so perhaps I have a better angle. At the end of the day I pulled the kayak out and hit a spot near a dam before I left. Turned out that was way more productive than fishing in the boat! I wonder why I bother. Got four fish in 15 minutes including this, by far the largest of the day: [img:364951510a]http://www.ctfishtalk.com/gallery2.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=5945[/img:364951510a] Scale read 3lbs 3oz; I'll take it :)
Author:
Bass Addict
Date:
Jun 22, 2009
Message:
frogs are tough to get good hook sets. You literally have to wait until the bass inhales it, then once you feel the weight of the fish and your pole flops over, then set the hook. If you are like me, that is easier said then done. :roll: Also, a pointer I got from just4fun was to have a backup bait to try and follow up a missed fish. Something like a weighted lizard, brushhog, weighted worm - to see if you can get another shot at her. Regardless, how you did on the yak, it is still relaxing to get out there. Land doesn't compare. I would rather skunk on the water then fish from land.
Author:
Esox CT
Date:
Jun 23, 2009
Message:
Nice fish. A few that I caught this weekend out of Falls River also had that black lip. Bass Addict, I'm gonna try that follow up bait next time I miss a topwater fish, and be careful what you say about shore fishing :wink: If I had a boat I'd probably have the same outlook as you do!!
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