As we backed the boat into Round Lake, I pictured yet another day filled with pike, and a few bass thorown in here-and-there. But today, today my friends, would be different.
Idling into a nice drop from 5' to 18', I picked up my drop-shot rod and rigged up a 3" Nemesis Goby in KLK. Fishin' the weed edge around 16', we fish long and hard to no avail. After a half-hour with no bites, it's time to move.
Moving down the bank, we pull into a large weed flat filled with milfoil and intermingled cabbage. Out comes the Senko rod, rigged with the new Strike King "ZERO" (a bait I would not choose over others of the same family), which, again, produces a big "ZERO".
A short spell later we pull into a new spot, a nice rise in the bottom from 25' to 11' - sandy. I pull out the jig rod and rig up a Picasso "Fantasty Football - Ken Cook", 1/2 oz. jig, and let fly. A few casts later my efforts produce! Nothin' like a big fattie to get you fired up, eh?
(http://i389.photobucket.com/albums/oo340/NorthernBassBum/100_1055.jpg)
Right on 20" and four pounds even, she really got the heart racing. Great fish for the day...
(To be continued. I'm tired, darnit!)
Humbly,
-NBB ;) :D
Very nice catch. Persistence pays off.
Thats awesome, doesn't it feel great to catch a big fish! I've really been stacking some big ones up this year and i feel on top of the world! Everything I seem to do goes as planned,had some mishaps and new equipment probs but thats behind me. Where is Round Lake? Im heading up north this next week. whats the water temps running theses days near traverse city? you fish the bfl on burt and mullet with pipkens?? you look familiar?nice fish buddy!-skeeterman-(a buckethead on top of it! my favorite!) oh yeah keep that nemesis goby close its gonna put a load of fish in the boat soon.(id go with the 4" though!) feeding up for winter big baits, big fish in the fall. experiment though the 3" may produce!
Maybe I should've said Round Lake in Lenawee County, eh?
-NBB :D
Is that the Round lake by Wamplers or Devils Lake?
Round by Devil's Lake. Both great lakes, although my father and I prefer Round over Devils. If anybody would like to bring a boat or join me in mine, I'd be willing to show them around.
-NBB :)
I got skunked on both Wamplers and Round this summer. In my defense I only got to fish Round for less than thirty minutes and almost had a smallie.