Fishing Last Weekend
Well this past weekend I got out on one of my favorite south metro lakes to do some fun fishing. I quickly found some of the larger bass keying in on bluegill beds. This is an often overlooked pattern and at the same time one of my favorite ways to target post spawn largemouth bass. You can hear more about Bluegills beds and post-spawn fishing very soon on a Podcast I did with John Haynes and Bass Fishing the Midwest. I actually won a tournament on Chisago & Lindstrom Lakes last year on the bedding bluegill pattern.
I caught most of my nicer this past weekend in 1-4ft of water on frogs and a Deps BuzzJet in a Bluegill pattern. You cannot complain catching 3-4lbs bass on topwater. The frog fish were fun, but the strikes that the Buzzjet drew were some of the most ferocious I can remember. I think it does such a great job of imitating a wounded bluegill, the big bass cannot resist hunting it down and destroying it, its pretty wild!!!
The buzzjet has a very unique and loud action on the surface, kind of a topwater slash wakebait. Below is a picture of one of the many bass caught on the Deps Buzzjet this weekend. This was one of the smaller ones.
Also, this weekend, I have sorted though some of my extra gear and have listed it here on eBay! Check out my listings. I have some Sonar & GPS units, Lowrance accessories, Sebile Magic Swimmer, Lucky Craft, more swimbaits & jigs.
Tight Lines & Good fishing!
Rich
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That's a good lookin' lure - I love throwing that type of a lure this time of year. When the weather gets real hot over here it's just about the only thing that'll work.
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Weren't you afraid to throw a $27 bait with all of those toothy critters swimin' around?
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Truthfully, the though never crossed my mind. FEAR NO FISH!!! LOL!!
But now that you mention it, I have rarely caught any northerns around Bluegill beds, which is weird, because a northern pike likes to much on juvenile panfish as much as bass do, interesting obeservation in retrospect
Also, that podcast mentioned in this post is up on, so check it out!
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Bedding bluegill patterns are diefinatley overlooked during the spring postspawn. I usually hit them with a senko style bait on the outer edges of the bass. This is primarily because their beds are in heavy vegitation areas where I fish mostly. Topwater is always effective though. Nice looking bait. Thanks for the insider and report.
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That's a pretty wild looking lure there. Seems like it'd be a lot of fun ripping something like that across the surface. For $27 though, I might stick with my cheapo buzzbait.
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