After a very busy winter, I was able to sneak away from the house to chase some open water bass with some good bassin’ buds. A place that I have fished a few times before in the winter, but a first for several of the others. The fishing started decent but was not as hot as I had seen it before.
We all caught fish on several lures from flukes, to jigs, swim jigs and chatterbaits, but as the day went on the swimbait bite started to dominate. It was clear the swimbait would elicit strikes form better quality bass that would pass on most normal offerings. For the most part we fished a range of 6-8″ swimbaits in slow to moderate sink rates and had to fish them quite slow.
The patience and persistence paid off in the from of several 3-5lb fish for all those that stuck with the swimbaits. I have done a fair amount of dabbling with swimbaits and caught fish here and there, but this is probably the first time I felt the swimbait was the predominant bite. It was very addictive, as these fish keyed on the vibrations of these swimbaits until well after sunset. My Dobyns 795 Mike Long swimbait rod finally got a well deserved work out!
I inserted a couple pictures into this post, but you can see the full gallery of fish catches here.
Also, Fantasy Bass Fishing season is almost upon us, so catch the first Podcast of the season here. We break down the Bassmaster Classic, Bassmaster Central Open on Lake Lewisville & much more.
Rich
