Enterprise X2
Tuesday, September 25th, 2018 | Author: admin
After a good day, I just could not stand not going back for more even though I knew the last time I went and had a good day and then went back it was a bust. Jackson was working but met me at the ramp to pull the boat off the trailer. While we were talking, we saw some bass hit along the waterfront in front of town. I got out my Ribbit and promptly caught a goggle eye . It almost looked like a small mouth, brown and chunky. I had made a pact with myself that I was going to use my side finder more today to save some time. The plan was to idle by a spot and see if there were any schooling bass there and if not go to another place. I did that in a couple of spots but then I came to one of the spots from the other day and started casting a DT-6. I had made quite a few casts when some bass came up right beside the boat chasing shad. On the first cast into them a good fish latched on, got halfway to the boat, and came up to the top and got off. Estimated 4 1/2. Started on a sour note but caught 3 more after circling the area a couple of times. The fish were out in the middle of the lake which is full of shad. One of the fish was the FOD at 3-8. When it was obvious that things had cooled, I high tailed it for the 72 spot. Did not ride by there and look with the side finder just started casting. I had the depth finder set on the look down mode and was watching it for bass. There were plenty of shad and finally I saw something that looked like a bass so I threw behind the boat. Caught a fish and then another and felt good about that. I kept looking at the depth finder but soon the look down mode malfunctioned. Rather than picture like viewing I was reduced to the old type soar picture. All other modes worked fine but I had become dependent on the look down and was a little out of sorts. Some other places came to mind but I caught only one straggler. It was getting time for me to quit so on the way to the ramp I stopped at the first place that I caught fish. I tried the look down again just to give it one last chance and somehow it worked. Shortly afterward I caught another fish but saw no others on the depth finder. I was putting up my rods when a bass blasted a shad that was in casting distance. That spot got peppered but no bite was had . It was time to go. Seven bass and a goggle eye. Jackson gave some curb service by coming to the ramp, backing my truck down, and pulling me out. A big thanks for that! He told me that his computer would not start this morning and something electrical in the gin was haywire too. Must have been a small version of a solar storm centered on Wilmot.