Conditions
Water low and clear, 63 Deg
Air Temp 70's
Time- mid-morning to mid-day
Baits used 3/8 oz spinnerbait, 3inch tube, buzzer
Boat used- Old Town 119
Jim and I met up at mid morninfg and floated a short stretch of a good river. I immediately got a hit on the spinnerbait and then threw the tube back in and a nice 12 inch smallie nailed it. After a few more fish I moved downstream and a monster smallie nailed my spinnerbait but like a rookie i still had by drag set too light and didn't get a good hookset!....I was very disappointed that I made such a rookie mistake. I quickly shook the bad memory of that fish and proceeded to work likely looking spots midstream. Most hits all day came from the middle of the river. Almost all the hits came on the spinnerbait with just a few of the tube. I only had one hit on the buzzer and it may have been a redbreast grabbing the skirt. My top 3 smallies today were 14 - 14 1/2 inches. The rest were 12-13 inches with none under 12. .....14 I think was the smallie total with the one lone largemouth that may have been 16 inches. It was a very nice day on the water with Jim and we were always surrounded by a few ospreys and even got to witness their fishing skills. We saw at least 2 ospreys that had fish in their talons and other wildlife seen were a lot of geese and a few ducks.
See why I hardly ever fish a spinnerbait or a buzzer without a trailer hook!
Here is Jim and his Coosa. Not sure of Jim's final tally but I know he landed some smallies and also 1 largemouth as well.
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Towards the end of the float I pulled this gal out from a laydown on the spinnerbait. A nice river largemouth.
Oh, I almost forgot about the Florida Strain Largemouths. When I left the river I was set on getting to a very little known lake ( Lake Burton ) that that has been stocked with Florida's. I was determined to get there even if only to get a view of it before dark. I actually made it there with an hour to spare and immediately paddled down one bank throwing anywhere that looked good. After about 10 minutes I was rewarded with this Florida.
A great day on the water. Smallies, Northern and Florida Strain largemouths in one day.
See ya on the water, Mack
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2 comments:
Both of those largemouth are quality fish. Too bad you didn't land that hawg smallmouth. I've got a few missed fish this year that haunt me.
Awesome post Mack and some very nice fish man. Way to go.
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