Until the 2011 flood, Wolf Lake was one of my favorite spots to fish. The Department of Wildlife and Fisheries had released thousands of bass and they had prospered due to a high shad population. It was not uncommon to catch 50 or more fish, with some nice ones included. The flood changed all that because afterward it was hard to catch any at all. I heard that things were looking up there so I paid a visit today. I started on the spots that were good in the past and the fish were there today. Most of the fish were very small but would bite my DT-6 and if they got close it got them. Little bass are the most dangerous to get off of the hook as you can see from the photo.

Thank goodness it went through the skin and just grazed the meat. It hurt, especially when the fish was still on and wiggling, but not as much as if it had gone straight through a bunch of flesh. After that I had the pliers on my belt. I was catching a lot of little ones and tried a bigger bait, a DT-10 in hopes it might attract a larger size fish. On the first cast I could tell that it was more weight on than it had been . When it got to the boat it had two fish but the same sizes as I had been catching. No help. The lake was full of shad. Plenty for the little fish to eat and grow. As I fished around the spots where I used to catch fish, every now and then I would catch one that was larger. The major period was around noon and I could tell because I started catching a few larger fish. By larger I mean just over 2 pounds. I understand some were caught the other day that were 3 1/2 or better but I’d bet they were caught on jigs. It was action that I was after. I got it too. Caught 81. They all would pass the Rexford Wooley criteria for being counted. My DT-6 has almost had it as it’s down to the balsa .