catching the last of the spawn/dry fly action on mid section KY lake before draw down is complete. my son went with me and had a blast, hilarious at times. the solar major was going on and 12-4pm non stop a action. long cast 1/32 black/red popeye hair jigs tipped with gulp waxies(maggot and chartreuse) was excellent then switched over to 1/32 beetle spin tipped with gulp waxie was excellent as the bite got more aggressive. kept 30 and released any over 9".
tried to get into some white/yellow bass at the creek mouths but too many aholes with pontoons joy riding. who in their right mind puts a motor on a pontoon to go 40mph and doesnt know how to trim it up? my son said these pontoons are going as fast as us, lol. saw a couple of aholes cussing each other at Eva ramp. undoubtedly one redneck bass angler thought it was ok to run wide open in 6ft of water at the ramp while someone was putting in. this is why i dont fish weekends.
most of the creek mouth drops and ledges had descent bait balls and what appeared to be bass under them at around 18ft. checked a few on the east and west side up to dry creek. came back by the last 2 at about 6:30 and they had moved on, probably shallow. seems like some bass were shallow at mid day and probably feeding on bluegill/fry. my son said he wanted to catch a big bass but i told him my old bass rods i had in the boat was rigged for catfish but he could probably catch one on a gravel boat ramp/point that we were about to pass. i told him to line up on it let sink and reel like heck and let it bounce the gravel. first cast, bam good solid 5 lb and measured at 21 inch. it was hilarious watching him try to get it in on an ultralight rod and 4 lb line and 2 lb leader. i told him when he came back in the fall i will have the bass rods spooled up and ready to hit the fall shallow bite on the bars.
this time of year we usually have an algae bloom in some of the bays so pay attention to your colors if you fish them. birdsong is brown and yucky and whole bunch of dead fish floating. we need some rain.
tried to get into some white/yellow bass at the creek mouths but too many aholes with pontoons joy riding. who in their right mind puts a motor on a pontoon to go 40mph and doesnt know how to trim it up? my son said these pontoons are going as fast as us, lol. saw a couple of aholes cussing each other at Eva ramp. undoubtedly one redneck bass angler thought it was ok to run wide open in 6ft of water at the ramp while someone was putting in. this is why i dont fish weekends.
most of the creek mouth drops and ledges had descent bait balls and what appeared to be bass under them at around 18ft. checked a few on the east and west side up to dry creek. came back by the last 2 at about 6:30 and they had moved on, probably shallow. seems like some bass were shallow at mid day and probably feeding on bluegill/fry. my son said he wanted to catch a big bass but i told him my old bass rods i had in the boat was rigged for catfish but he could probably catch one on a gravel boat ramp/point that we were about to pass. i told him to line up on it let sink and reel like heck and let it bounce the gravel. first cast, bam good solid 5 lb and measured at 21 inch. it was hilarious watching him try to get it in on an ultralight rod and 4 lb line and 2 lb leader. i told him when he came back in the fall i will have the bass rods spooled up and ready to hit the fall shallow bite on the bars.
this time of year we usually have an algae bloom in some of the bays so pay attention to your colors if you fish them. birdsong is brown and yucky and whole bunch of dead fish floating. we need some rain.
