Mainebass1984 Posted October 28, 2014 Posted October 28, 2014 This past Saturday I was able to sneak away for a day of fishing. With calm winds forecast and temps approaching 60 degrees I had a good feeling about the day. Given that light winds were forecast I decided to fish a lake that had an offshore hump that produces very well in late October and early November. I got on the water about 9 am and trolled out to the offshore hump. The hump comes up from deep water over 50 feet on wide side to 2-3 feet deep on the top. I was targeting the steepest part of the drop off. Every year there are smelt there this time of year and so are the bass. the first few casts with a jig I got nothing. I decided to take a few casts with a silver buddy which had produced here in the past. On my third cast with a silver buddy I got my first bite of the day and it was heck of a fight on 8 lb fluorocarbon. 4 lbs 2 oz A few casts later I caught another fish over 2 lbs. They were hitting it after the initial fall while I was slowly hopping it to the boat. Not to much longer after I got the 4-2 I hooked into a good smallie. 3 lbs 6 oz Very next cast another better fish hit my buddy. This time on the initial fall. A very skinny 3 lbs 5 oz After the first time I had fished around the entire hump I had caught 7 bass. I fished very slowly and it took nearly 3 hours to go around the entire hump. I was catching fish in 25-40 feet of water. The second time around the hump wasn't as productive numbers wise. I tried some other presentations, a jig, a drop shot, Carolina rig, suspended jerkbait but on this day in this situation there was nothing out producing the silver buddy. During this second time around hump I caught one of the biggest smallmouth I have caught this year. 3 lbs 8 oz Several casts after the smallmouth I hooked into another good largemouth. This fish has sort of special significance. It was the 200th largemouth for the year over 3 lbs. 3 lbs 11 oz. I caught a couple more fish for the rest over the next couple hours but nothing good. I finished the day before 4 and had caught 6 largemouth and 5 smallmouth off of this one hump all on a silver buddy. Water temperature was 52-54 degrees. It was a beautiful fall day. Biggest 5 fish went 4-2,3-11,3-8,3-6,3-5 for exactly 17 lbs. A good fall day of fishing. I only missed one bite all day. 2 Quote
Global Moderator Bluebasser86 Posted October 28, 2014 Global Moderator Posted October 28, 2014 200 largemouth over 3 pounds sounds like a heck of a good year to me! Quote
jbw252 Posted October 28, 2014 Posted October 28, 2014 Congratulations on some nice fish, and a good haul for the year. Quote
Super User gardnerjigman Posted October 28, 2014 Super User Posted October 28, 2014 200 largemouth over 3 pounds sounds like a heck of a good year to me! If take half that a year and call it a success! Congrats! Quote
Super User Shane J Posted October 28, 2014 Super User Posted October 28, 2014 Nice job, man! Some nice fish, and a heck of a milestone. Quote
Smokinal Posted October 28, 2014 Posted October 28, 2014 Good day man! We're going out this Sunday and I plan on throwing the buddy quite a bit. Quote
MainelyBASS Posted October 29, 2014 Posted October 29, 2014 Way to go man. I was catching 8 inch salmon with my silver buddy last week. The unfortunate part was, the school of bait I found was being heavily attacked by what I thought was bass. I found out they were bass, but the school of bait turned out to be salmon. Quote
Super User Dwight Hottle Posted October 29, 2014 Super User Posted October 29, 2014 Your buddy was my buddy too. http://www.bassresource.com/bass-fishing-forums/topic/146408-fall-basin/ Quote
jitterbug127 Posted November 17, 2014 Posted November 17, 2014 that's great man. Awesome fish, and sounds like a good year all around. Can't argue with results. Quote
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