Great day for moving baits - Second PB for 2020

[Looking for the big one]

Got out one the kayak Wednesday on a local lake that I hadn't fished in a while- water's still cold there cause it's coming from under a dam, so the fish are still pre-spawn and chowing. The lake has a ton of carp in it that muddied up the water a good bit, which I think actually helps the reaction bite in a addition to really strong spring winds. Wednesday I threw a spinnerbait around wood, which is the main cover on this lake.  The Booyah Covert in the JC special color has become my favorite in muddy water. After getting the skunk off the boat with about 10 fish on the spinnerbait I decided to reach for the swimbait rod, still fishing around the same laydowns, and a couple minutes later my Mattlures Ultimate Gill got crushed by this fish:

Sadly I didn't have my scale because it was in the car that my dad had taken to work that morning, but I'd guess that fish was every bit of 6 pounds. She tore up my Mattlures pretty bad (the plastic used on that bait is SUPER soft and tears ridiculously easily) so I decided to retire that bait for the day before I lost the tail.

Switching back to the spinnerbait I just kept running the bank, and ran into this fish about 10 minutes later.

Ended Wednesday on that fish as a high note, but just had to go back and check it out again yesterday. Decided to throw a Jackhammer this time around to change up from throwing a spinnerbait at the same fish, and then momma decided she wanted to play.

I had my scale this time, and she was 7.05 making it another broken PB for 2020. Coronavirus has definitely let me get out on the water more this spring and it has been my best year of fishing yet. I can officially say I'm stuck on the jackhammer train now too, so pray for my wallet

[Teal]

Way to go!

[A-Jay]

Great Bass !

Nice pics and write up as well.

PB's are Always a Blast 

Congrats 

A-Jay 

[Dwight Hottle]

Congrats on the new PB. Glad you had the scale with you.  

[soflabasser]

Congratulations on your new personal best bass.