Howdy,

Jim and Dave were out this past weekend battling the bass and the boaters! Here's what Jim reports and hey you idiots take a boating lesson before you hurt yourself or worse yet some one that knows what they're doing! And keep your trash in your boat!

Jim writes:

Dave had a very good weekend with the bass. These were the two biggest, but he also had other very nice fish. Most of the bass came on worms. We did troll up a double on crank baits, and missed some fish on weightless worms. We couldn't get hook sets on the weightless worms.



After Dave left I took another big bass in the rain that he left for us. Didn't get the camera out since it was raining and I didn't want to risk damaging the camera. For the first time in a couple of years we found some bass on my little point and we also took some bass on Dick's favorite point.

Tried to find suspended bass up in the ski area, but only had one that came unbuttoned and a couple of hits that never connected. Fished several shore lines, but our best success was on points.

Saturday evening was a big boat traffic night and not pleasant. Both Friday and Saturday night we had idiots going between us and the shore as we were fishing. Pontoons and jet skis both acted like true idiots and we cleaned out a bunch of beer cans from the lake each day since the idiots decided that the lake was a trash can.

Rained here last evening and last night. Looks like more is in store for today. Probably helps the garden, but I can't mow the hay field, er yard.

I need tips on setting the hook on unweighted worms. If you let the bass run they get into the weeds and drop it. We tried Texas rigs and Tex-posed hooks with no success either way.

Well, good job Jim and Dave. Does anyone out there have any tips on how to hook a bass using a non-weighted worm??

Crappie fising continues to be slow and what I mean by slow is maybe 6 crappie per outing and you have to go to 6 different spots or 1 fish per spot and no by going to 12 spots doesn't mean you get 12 fish. For some reason 6 is the best you can do per outing.

Bluegill fishing is going gonzos! The fish are in the pockets in the back of the bays and coves as they prepare to spawn. Tie a cork on and a small hook baited with a cricket or meal worm and take a kid fishing.

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Fish On!
Mike O.
UBetcha Outdoors