Never knowing how many more nice days there may be to get on the water, I decided to take advantage of what today offered. As it turned out, I'm glad I did.
The water temp when I launched at 0900 was just slightly above 60 degrees. When I quit at 1500, it had reached 67 degrees.
Because I've been concentrating all my recent attention on that part of West Neck Creek going toward the river, I opted to start the other side of the bridge this morning. I spent the first hour working a couple different topwaters and boated two bass with each one. When that action seemed to die, I tried a spinnerbait and the Bandit Footloose that worked fairly well last week, but the fish weren't having any part of either one.
Shortly before passing back under the West Neck Bridge and heading toward the river, I tied on a Mann's Baby 1-Minus in chrome with black back, and things immediately started happening. They weren't big fish, but it doesn't take a big fish to keep me happy. I just like to feel a tug on the line, and I had plenty of that. I didn't keep count, but I'm certain I missed more fish than I boated. Nevertheless, I managed to catch nine more bass (for a total of 13), two pickerel, and a yellow perch--all on that 1-Minus. The best four bass weighed 1-0, 1-1, 1-3 and 1-6. The 1-6, like the 2-0 last week, ended up with a hook in one of its gill plates, so like the last time, I gave it about a 30-minute ride in my livewell, with the aerator running, and then it was ready to be released.
All in all, it was a pleasant day on the water, with only a couple other boats in the vicinity, and if I'm lucky, I plan to get in one more outing before the weekend arrives--while we have these 70-degree temperatures. On Saturday, barring the unforseen, I'll be at Bob's Fishing Hole with my camera to cover the open tourney being sponsored by the Stateline Bass Anglers that day. That's in response to a promise I made to Mark Ingram a couple days ago.
Tight Lines!
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