Full Moon
Sunday, February 28th, 2010 | Author: admin
When I saw this Saturday night I was nervous about the dishing trip Sunday morning. In case you can’t tell what it is, it is the full moon rising over my neighbor’s house. Jackson and I went to Lake Monticello, full moon or not Sunday morning. In the first 20 minutes I had a bite on a 5 1/2 inch Bassmagic swimbait. The fish immediately pulled a lot of drag and hung me up. Powerful fish. After I retrieved my bait, I tested the drag and it was looser than I would like. Losing a good fish is not the way to start the day. Jackson and I each had another bite or two but the one I had just bumped the bait and never inhaled it. After lunch, Jackson caught one on a small Lucky Craft crankbait that he has worn me out with before. Later I had one hit the swimbait right at the boat. After fighting for a few seconds, it liberated itself, I’m sure because I did not delay setting the hook. Got a good look at that one, probably 4 pounds. I finally caught a large white bass on a DT – 4 late in the afternoon. We could not put together any sort of pattern today. It seemed the fish were scattered. Even though the sun came out and felt good on my back, the a air was cold all day. My depthfinder is at the factory getting a software update so it will be capable of down imaging as well as side imaging so I’m not sure of the water temps. One fisherman told us it was 50.5 in one spot. This year is getting a crummy start. That’s about as nice as I can put it.