RSM789 Posted February 22, 2015 Posted February 22, 2015 I just had one of those magical days on the water. I hope this doesn't come across as bragging, it is actually nothing more than enthusiasm. After weeks of warm weather pushing our water temps into the upper 60's on my home lake, we had some cloud cover this morning in Southern California (with some rain to follow the next two days). Many male bass had already started moving shallow earlier this week, with the females staging just outside the coves & spawning flats. With the cloud cover, I started the day seeing if I could get any interest on a top-water bite, using a Rebel Pop-R. In the first 45 minutes, I caught 8 bass and had another half dozen swipe at it and miss. The action continued like this all morning & by 10:30 am, as the clouds started to break up a bit, I had caught 23 keepers on top (a one day top-water PB) with probably 15 additional strikes that didn't hook up. I was comfortable with that ratio, because the strikes were ranging from a few that choked the Pop-R to those that were annoyed with it and did a drive-by swipe. I was able to catch 4 of those misses with a followup plastic worm, but the Pop-R was definitely the fishes choice of the morning. Now I know many of you fish on lakes where this kind of top-water action is not unusual, but on my home lake, this was an anomaly. My lake has no shad and there is never a time when the bass are boiling, feeding on bait fish on the surface. It takes the right kind of circumstances to get any kind of sustained top-water action and today was one of those days. As the sun popped out, the action switched back to more conventional for this lake, T-rigged plastic worms being the ticket. Over the next 6 hours, I caught an additional 36 bass, most on a T-rigged Roboworm (29), with a few on a Senko (4) and a crankbait (3). Total for the day was 63 bass (another daily PB), with the largest going 5 lbs., 2 oz. on the Roboworm. My thumb is shredded & I am grinning like the Cheshire Cat. Take heart those of you in the North, your spring is coming soon. 6 Quote
I.rar Posted February 22, 2015 Posted February 22, 2015 Congrats! That's a lot of fish in one day. Those roboworms are fish magnets. Nice work. Quote
paul. Posted February 22, 2015 Posted February 22, 2015 oh yeah!!! that's one heckuva day! congrats on the new records. may they not stand long. Quote
Super User Bankbeater Posted February 22, 2015 Super User Posted February 22, 2015 Wow Congrats! You did have a great day! Quote
Thornback Posted February 22, 2015 Posted February 22, 2015 That's a ton of bass for one day. I bet you are still on cloud 9. Quote
WarEagleBassin Posted February 23, 2015 Posted February 23, 2015 Wow...What a day!!! That would be a good year for me Quote
Trenton Posted February 23, 2015 Posted February 23, 2015 Only thing I think your bragging about is being able to have 60 degree water temp. It's hard to hear man. 9inches of ice here in Pa and I just want to take the boat out and throw some lures. But congrats on the huge day hope it's not the last. 1 Quote
Super User Darren. Posted February 23, 2015 Super User Posted February 23, 2015 Well done, sir!! Quote
Super User scaleface Posted February 23, 2015 Super User Posted February 23, 2015 Nothing like a good case of bass thumb . Quote
RSM789 Posted February 24, 2015 Author Posted February 24, 2015 Only thing I think your bragging about is being able to have 60 degree water temp... With our ridiculous real estate prices, horrible traffic, way too many people living here who believe a Holiday Inn is roughing it and a general lack of lakes & drinking water, being able to fish in non-freezing water year round sometimes seems like Orange County's only salvation. Quote
plumworm Posted February 25, 2015 Posted February 25, 2015 "Take heart you in the north, your spring is coming" Pray tell when Soothsayer? It's only going to be around -10 tonite with snow coming. I wish we could have 2 versions of BR, one for those of us north of the Mason/ Dixon (where we could comfort each other) and another for you braggarts from the south and west. May your reels backlash, your knots fail, and somehow/ someday your guides be choked with ice. Just kidding . Sounds like you had one of those days we all dream about. Congrats. 1 Quote
Trenton Posted February 26, 2015 Posted February 26, 2015 With our ridiculous real estate prices, horrible traffic, way too many people living here who believe a Holiday Inn is roughing it and a general lack of lakes & drinking water, being able to fish in non-freezing water year round sometimes seems like Orange County's only salvation. Well when you say it like that lol Quote
BasshunterJGH Posted February 26, 2015 Posted February 26, 2015 With our ridiculous real estate prices, horrible traffic, way too many people living here who believe a Holiday Inn is roughing it and a general lack of lakes & drinking water, being able to fish in non-freezing water year round sometimes seems like Orange County's only salvation. Lol that's the truth. Btw congrats on an amazing day of fishing! Quote
Super User Catch and Grease Posted February 26, 2015 Super User Posted February 26, 2015 Nice work! Quote
Super User senile1 Posted February 26, 2015 Super User Posted February 26, 2015 Sweet! That's a lot of fish in one day. Congratulations. Quote
gavinspop Posted February 27, 2015 Posted February 27, 2015 Only thing I think your bragging about is being able to have 60 degree water temp. It's hard to hear man. 9inches of ice here in Pa and I just want to take the boat out and throw some lures. But congrats on the huge day hope it's not the last. Heat isn't all it's cracked up to be. I live in Phoenix and it's been 75 for a month now. Sounds wonderful, but the 120's are on the horizon, and to top that off, desert lakes do not have NEARLY the ecosystem that the north and east have to produce lunkers. Catching a 6 lb bass is practically impossible in my experience out here. I'm definitely hoping that changes, but without frogs and snakes and millions of other critters to fatten up on, our bass stay skinny. That's why Havasu is the only AZ lake on the elite circuit. Quote
RSM789 Posted February 27, 2015 Author Posted February 27, 2015 Heat isn't all it's cracked up to be. I live in Phoenix and it's been 75 for a month now. Sounds wonderful, but the 120's are on the horizon, and to top that off, desert lakes do not have NEARLY the ecosystem that the north and east have to produce lunkers. Catching a 6 lb bass is practically impossible in my experience out here. I'm definitely hoping that changes, but without frogs and snakes and millions of other critters to fatten up on, our bass stay skinny. That's why Havasu is the only AZ lake on the elite circuit. I visited your fair state last August and you aren't kidding about the 120's. I fished in the mornings & by 8:30 am, it looked like I had gone swimming. One place I did fish that seemed to have a few fat bass was those 3 "urban ponds" back behind the Phoenix zoo. At the top pond, the one closest to the canal, I caught 4 bass over the 4lb mark, including one that just missed the 5lb mark. All 4 came on a KVD squarebill in bluegill color, they all hammered it as it bounced off of the rocks on the bottom. The water in that top pond has much lower visibility & appears to be healthier. It also seemed to get less fishing pressure than the other 2 ponds. I found the middle pond to be the least productive (& highest pressured) and the bottom pond to be fair to good, probably due to its deeper water on the outlet side. Quote
Super User BassinLou Posted February 28, 2015 Super User Posted February 28, 2015 Congrats, days like that leave you on a high for quite sometime. Glad you were able to break a couple of PB's along the way. Quote
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