Super User roadwarrior Posted July 16, 2007 Super User Posted July 16, 2007 This weekend I stayed in town, pond fishing only. Saturday, before sunup, the GYCB Kreature was hot. The pond usually takes about 1 1/2 - 2 hours to fish, but Saturday morning the bite was strong early and I fished a little longer. No size to speak of, but nine largemouth 2- 4 lbs. Around noon I returned with my Baby Bass for two fruitless hours, no strikes. Sunday morning was a repeat, but I decided to fish a little deeper. Saturday I fished the Kreature weightless, this morning with a weight and bead, unpegged. Similar results, no big fish. Returned about 11:30 with Mr. Baby Bass. For an hour and a half it was nothing but chunk and wind...no slaps, no follows, no nothin'. As I headed towards the truck I decided to stop at an area that has treated me well over the years, but have had no success fishing the past several weeks. I had already fished this particular spot for more than an hour over the last two days, but what the heck... After my fourth or fifth cast, I tossed the Baby Bass straight out to where a steep drop-off empties into the main channel and let line out as I walked the bank. This was my last cast and I was just straightening out the spool to leave. I walked down the bank about twenty yards and by this time the lure was laying on the bottom. I reeled up the slack I had created on the walk and eventually started fishing the bait, out nearly one-hundred yards. My Shimano CTE 200GT is a slow cranking reel. At a steady pace, the reel moves the Baby Bass just fast enough to wag its tail. I felt the bait nick the ridge of the flat as it came out of the channel. I continued to reel, paying more attention to my line pattern on the reel, not really working the lure. Suddenly, my bait got hung-up...BIGTIME! To anyone else it would look like I was casting to the middle of the pond, fishing dead water. However, on this pond, it's all about structure. Big bass patrol the flat which supports a large bluegill and minnow population. The bass attack from deep water, using the ledge as a reference. When the Mattlures Baby Bass moved out of deep water, the predator struck. Most of the bass in my pond will fight for a short period, but tend to give up in skinny water. The bigger bass are even more prone to a short fight, but not every big bass in my pond has been caught. This fat girl that I had on didn't like my hook, at all! She only came up once and if she had gotten away I'd be guessing about 12 lbs. : She was a fat toad, 23 1/2" long and probably only 7-8 lbs, but she was full of spit and fire. This bass would not give up, she never gave up. I can hardly wait to catch her again...when she's full grown. Quote
Super User flechero Posted July 16, 2007 Super User Posted July 16, 2007 RW, Nice fish... wish you had a pic! Quote
Guest avid Posted July 17, 2007 Posted July 17, 2007 cool story, and yes it is a great bait. I lost another one yesterday. It was the most productive one I have ever owned. It was a gift from Lightnin rod, and has caught my biggest mattlure bass to date - just under 7 lbs. What a heartbreak. It was totally my fault too. I fish it on braid with a flouro leader. I have been fishing it alot and even though I thought to check the briad to leader knot, I didn't check the line for damage. Sure enough, I whipped out a cast, and there was a spot where the braid had dug into the spool a little. Man you won't believe how far a mattslure baby bass can travel after it gets jettisoned by some snapping flouro. what a sight. Oh well, sorry Dan, the lure had be boiled once and reglued a couple of times, but still had plenty of time left on it. But it caught a number of decent bass for me including that 7 lber. May it rest in peace. Quote
Mattlures Posted July 18, 2007 Posted July 18, 2007 Thanks for posting RW. When guys ask me how to fish the baby bass, I tell them to think about where baby bass hang out and hide. Then I tell them to think about where a baby bass should NEVER go. Thats exactly where you threw your BB. that big fish just coudnt hepl it self to that pour little lost bass! I am glad you are having fun with your baits. Avid I have more Quote
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