First fish in a while

Well, I am a college graduate, or will be soon. This Saturday I will be getting my diploma and license.

But back to the fish. A few days ago I decided instead of doing nothing I'd go fishing at a local tick-infested lake. I only grabbed my UL swimbait rod: a Rainshadow HS 962 wrapped by Adam Cargill that had been cut down a couple inches with a Curado 200E7 with 50# braid. My bait of choice was a weedless Hudd shad. I came up on a small patch of tulles and flipped the bait into a pocket. I spaced out for a second and then noticed my line had come tight. I swung hard to get a good positive hookup, and was rewarded by a fish rolling around in some submerged brush. At first I thought it was a rat, then I thought I hooked a monster, then realized it was nice, but not huge. Either way, I was really happy with it. The fish probably went about 5lbs.

Look for more posts soon, I have about 2 weeks before I join the working force, during which time I plan to fish as much as possible.

A little knowledge...

I'm still trying to keep this blog going, but it's kinda tough when you strike out every time you fish. I'm in over 100 hours without a bite on the swimbait. A buddy and I were talking about leaders, line, and connections and I offered to make a video showing how to tie the Albright knot. It's traditionally used in combination with an Bimini Twist, however it will work fine just used by itself. I have been using it with heavier stuff, particularly with about 1' of 30# mono to 80# Power Pro for working big walk the dog baits. I apologize for the quality, I shot the video using my old digital camera.

First bass of 2012

I know it's a little late but I finally caught my first bass of 2012. A couple weeks ago my buddy Adam and I scoped out Lake Collins by Marysville, where we blanked on the big baits. We were about to leave when we saw the stocker truck drive by, so we followed it to the launch ramp hoping to see some of the 8-12"protein bars get crushed by some of the lake's giant spotties. That didn't happen either so we broke in Adam's new spinning rod on a few trout with a ghetto rig consisting of a treble hook and Roboworm tail off a rat. Fast forward to Friday February 3rd, I needed to clear my head so I decided to go hit a lake that hasn't let me down. I was punching with a 5.20 Sweat Beaver in sprayed grass, a money maker colored Paycheck punch skirt, 1oz tungsten weight and 65# braid. Fish ate it deep in the tulles. No monster, but definitely a good fish.