The wind was blowing 25 mph out of the south, and it was cloudy with a threat of rain, perfect spinnerbait weather for me! I headed out to a pond in my area that I haven't fished in about a year. The water was very clear, and the wind died down briefly. First cast with a jerkbait resulted in a nice 3 pounder! It was going to be a good day. The wind cranked back up, so I grabbed my spinnerbait rod armed with the new Berkley Power spinnerbait in a double willow subtle shad pattern. It worked and I started catching one solid fish after another. My excitement was dashed when I hooked into a 3 pounder and my spinnerbait broke in half! Dang it!
I switched to a spinnerbait that I have extreme confidence in, a Booyah Covert double willow in white. It worked and I started catching them again along a windblown bank, good ones too! I caught 11 in the pond then switched areas to another nearby pond which was a short drive away.
Once I got there, I began catching one big fish after another. It was then that I did a rookie mistake, I didn't retie after catching a big one. I casted my spinnerbait along the shoreline and then she hit! It was a big fish too! I fought her back and forth and could get a good look at her in the clear water. She was about an 8 pounder! She took a surge and then snap! My line broke! Dang it, I should've retied! My line was all frayed.
I switched to a Nichols Pulsator double willow spinnerbait in a bluegill color, and it was epic. Every fish that I caught was a good one. I fished around the pound and got to a point where I wore the spinnerbait out. I didn't want to chance it breaking in half, so I switched to a War Eagle double willow in a silver shad color, and it worked too.
I ended up with 31 bass with most of fish going 4 to 5 lbs. The biggest 3 were cookie cutter identical fish, each weighing 5.99 lbs. believe it or not! It was the best day that I've ever had on a spinnerbait for number of quality fish. It was the perfect spinnerbait conditions, windy, cloudy, with a threat of rain.
Time to order some more spinnerbaits!
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:o :o Wow!! Awesome outing Steve!! ~c~ Thank you for sharing.
I hate it when spinnerbaits break on you on like that. ~xyz ~rant
As far as the retying, yep,, been there!! :'( :'(
An epic day for sure! Congrats ~c~
Heck of a day!! When they are eating a spinnerbait like that it's sure a LOT OF FUN!!
Love those kinds of days, just haven't had too many of them recently...
Congrats on the catching and tks for sharing the trip and pictures with us also.