First, there was the issue of a headlight being out on my van. Then, I couldn't find my digital scales this morning. I figured those were only precursors of bigger things to come during my fishing day. However, I just drew in a deep breath, and said, "Oh well! Won't the first time and darn sure won't be the last, either."
While it wasn't a "quality" type day, I can say the "quantity" wasn't too bad. I ended up with these two bass, plus 14 more. I also caught two medium-sized grindle and a small white perch. Both grindle ended up going free without any knots on their ol' noggin'--guess I'm getting soft in my old age.
If I had to pick a highlight of the day, it would be the period between about 8:15 and 8:30 when I boated a total of seven bass and lost one more. They were whacking my bait as soon as it splashed down.
There was no one magic lure. I caught fish on all of the following: Yo-Zuri SS Minnow in green herring, Bomber Square A in chartreuse with brown back, Strike King 1XS in sexy shad, and Senko SwimWorm in pumpkin with black flakes. Once I knew all of these baits would work, I just kept rotating them throughout the day.
A chatterbait in chartreuse/white with a Ribbitt frog trailer in chartreuse/white drew several strikes today. I had momentary hook-ups with four of the fish but didn't get any of them to the boat.
All of my fish came out of Albright's--some off wood and some off the grass line. It didn't seem to really matter where I tossed my lures.
I certainly have no regrets about how this day turned out, even after considering the couple of hiccups I encountered at the beginning. It's seldom that I have a chance to enjoy an all-day bite like I had today.
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