There's one right there!
We have got a real one right here boys and girls.
Oh Ya!
(Sigh) I'm so Nervous. It's a big white one. A brand new one that just come up for the
spring. Come here to me. I like getting these big ones with a crankbait on light line. Just
got to take your time. Looky there. Are you done? Give me my shad rap. Oh Ya! That's what
we're talking about. That fish there you can see how he is kind
of pale in color. Now this is like the third day of sunlight we've had and he's just come
up from that deep water. It's a Pretty and a clean fish. Beautiful fish. We got to catch
several like this today.
Come on lil feller! He's kind of dark looking. He has been up shallow for a little longer
than those other ones. Not a real big one but lets see if we can catch us another one.
Lets see if we can catch us a bigger one. He was right against the bank.
A lot of times this time of year I think it can be important or just as important as choosing
the right vibrating or wobbling crankbait; is paying attention to your casts. Cause what
you'll have is a lot of times you get these warm sunny days and these fish will get up
real shallow. A lot of times we'll be backed off the bank in 5-6-7-8-10 feet of water and
we have a tendency to make our casts out here trying to fish our crankbaits out deeper.
What happens a lot of the time is you get these warm days and those fish will get up
in the first foot or two from the bank to catch that warm sunlight up against those
rocks. So pay attention and try to make sure you make your casts as close to the bank. Now
that one there I missed the bank by a couple feet. But you really want to pay attention
to make sure you make your cast all the way to the bank because some days that can be
the difference in catching 2 or 3 bass or even 15 or 20 bass. I've noticed that especially
as you get later in the day a lot of the times the fish will get shallower. We might start
out early in the morning catching them off the bank and a lot of times all the fish do
is they get right up there against the bank. When you first start reeling you can kind
of hold your rod tip up like this so you're crankbaits not digging in the rocks as hard.
Then as you come off the bank you can start to bring that rod tip down. But that's one
thing I've noticed that a lot of times you've got to make sure you pay attention and throw
your crankbait all the way to the bank and a lot of times that's the difference between
catching a bunch of fish or no fish.
Not very big, but we got one. He just barely got the back hook. The fish are still a little
cold and not getting the bait real good. Maybe here in the next hour it will warm up and
they'll bite it a little better.