09 May 2018 ~ Beat the Rain with a Local Trip (video)

A-Jay · May 10, 2018

Initial plans were to run north to some bigger water this morning. Didn’t happen. I slept through the alarm (an hour) and then it was too late to head up. WIth forecasted wind & rain moving in some time early afternoon – I needed to stay local to optimaize the time I had. Ok, so enough of that mess.

Morning started out calm & flat enough, first stop (a mid lake sandy point) yeilded no bites.

Second spot (pre-spawn staging flat) gave up a few keeper (probably male) smb; fish came on a Drop Shot. My bait, a nose hooked 4 inch caffine shad (which I called a fluke in the video) was the go to all day. After not seeing any of the fat girls, I moved to another point. By this time the south wind had started to come on and I switched to a jerk bait. Took a few more smallies & a pike in short order.

With the wind cranking pretty good now, I made my last move of the morning. Headed to a shallow grass flat at the very north end of this lake. Decided to have “The Chatterbait Challenge”. The two combatants where - The Z-Man / Evergreen Jackhammer vs The O.S.P. Spec II Bladed jig – it’s a Japanese bait – Here's some info http://www.osp-lures.com/product/o-s-p-blade-jig/

Both baits were 3/8 oz., had the same trailer & were thrown on the same rod, reel & line. Z-Man bait was Green Pumpkin vs the OSP bait that included a perch pattern skirt I made. Results ~ The OSP bait killed it. Z-Man couldn’t hang. I explain in the video.

A couple of times when the the bladded jig bite would slow down, I mixed in the drop shot and stung a couple of fatties.

All in all, a very decent trip that included a few nice sized Brown and Green bass.

Here's a few pics and there a video loading I add when it's done.

A-Jay