Will Wetline Posted April 29, 2013 Posted April 29, 2013 If I said that to a non-fishing friend, he might say, "Don't you mean the jig's up, as in "The jig's up, Shorty! Come out with your hands up!"? If I were talking about cops and criminals, I'd stand corrected. But I'm not. What's happening here is a cold water tactic, getting a jig down to the bottom to fish I know are there but in a fussy, non-aggressive mood. My reaction baits got teased more often than taken in the early a.m. although I did have a small bass show real interest in a Pointer 78. This smallie "ticked" the Pointer on the pause and this telegraphed clearly through 8 lb. Sunline Sniper fluoro and my St. Croix 7' medium power, fast action rod. But that one small brown bass was the only one that took a suspending jerkbait. There were several others throughout the course of the morning who swam behind it and flipped me the fin as they went by. (They knew I was watching.) Mildly unhappy that there wouldn't be a jerkbait bite this morning, I relocated to the Heavyweight Hump. I figured these standoffish smallies might respond to a jig slowly gliding over the rocky bottom. When I hung up I popped the jig free and it got thumped - hard! Don't you think Boston's water supply grows some healthy looking bass? Later in the day I worked a quick drop off the northern end of another rock pile. There was enough wind at this time to put a heavy ripple on the surface so I tried the Pointer again. I could hear them saying in a whiny voice, "No, I don't want it!" So I jigged their scaly butts. Other stuff: - Water temp: 49.5 - 53.5 - Depths fished: 10' - 25' 'til next week's adventure, WW 2 Quote
Super User roadwarrior Posted April 29, 2013 Super User Posted April 29, 2013 Great post & pics! Quote
Super User Bankbeater Posted April 29, 2013 Super User Posted April 29, 2013 Nice looking smallies, good job! Quote
Super User senile1 Posted April 29, 2013 Super User Posted April 29, 2013 Those are some nice fat smallies. You didn't happen to hang 'em on a scale did you? Quote
Will Wetline Posted April 29, 2013 Author Posted April 29, 2013 Those are some nice fat smallies. You didn't happen to hang 'em on a scale did you? Only one which weighed 3.8 lbs. The next biggest I eyeballed at 3.3. There was a 2.7 or thereabouts as well. Quote
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