Garhole
Monday, June 14th, 2021 | Author: admin
I went this morning but late because the tables said the bite was going to be in the afternoon. First cast was at 10:30 and I could have waited a couple of hours more. It was a bluebird sky with a slight North wind that I was thankful for because of the heat. Nothing was going on to start, could not even get the tight eyes to bite. Finally things started to happen when I caught one on a DT-6 and another one was trying to take the bait out of its mouth. You could really see it happening in the clear water. I could stick a 6 1/2 foot rod down to the first guide from the reel and could still see the bait on the end of the rod, 4 1/2 feet I guessed. I couldn’t get anything else going after trying all my good spots. Then I went deep with worms and even a River 2 See Tactical DD that is supposed to be able to pull the drain plug out. It casted pretty well and went deep but it did not pull out the plug nor did it catch a fish. It did provide a little anxiety when the $15 bait got hung up. I take my gitter with me everywhere and thought I was going to have to break it out but when I got on the back side and pulled gently, the DD came out. I threw the DT-6 by a top and did not realize there were some sunken vines there. The bait got hung up but a bass scarfed it and was hung. I went over to try to sort out the situation and there were 3 other 2 1/2 pounders trying to get the bait. Alas the line had been pulled back and forth too many times and the DT-6 was gone. I had seen it sinking a few minutes before so I knew there was no use to hope it would float up. A few more places along that same bank were good and had multiple fish hanging around made the day a little better. A 5-11 that was under an overhanging limb made it a lot better. I threw back under the same limb and got a bite from another big fish but it turned out to be a catfish that I guessed was around 7 pounds. I had also caught a sliver carp and a grinner on that DT-6. The grinner broke off one of the hooks but not before I gaffed it with the boat hook. My net completely rotted in the high water so until I get a new one I have started to gaff unwanted species. After the 5-11 the bite was slowing but I managed to catch a few more. I ended up with 13 bass and caught a grinner, a silver carp, a catfish and even a bream on a versatile DT-6.