Thursday evenings are turning into my weekly fishing outing due to my schedule these days. I try very hard to get out at least once a week. This was probably my last wet wading trip of the season. It felt great during the afternoon, but when the sun went behind the trees my fingers I got pretty cold. My hands were just about numb when I made it back to the car past dark. My friend and I fished a little different this time. Usually we fish downstream for Smallies, but this day we ended up fishing upstream. I think I prefer our usual method, but we still caught plenty of fish. As this season moves on, I am starting to find the Smallmouth are getting fewer and fewer on my outings. Oh well, it's about time to switch target species for the winter.
I was working a small cove when I got the big bass take, you know where they just come up and sip the popper like a trout sipping a dry fly. In my experience small bass don't do this, only the nice ones do. Damn it! I missed the hook set. A quick false cast and placed the popper right in the same spot. Same fish, same take, game on! After a good fight, I got the fish to hand. It turned out to be my PB Spotted Bass, right at 15". Not a huge fish, but it is always nice to catch the biggest of a species that you have ever caught! Most Spots I catch are around 8 - 10", so it was a great delight to catch one significantly bigger. We fished till dark, but not more big fish were landed. I'm looking forward to next Thursday. Where to go, where to go?
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