Korea bass fishing report - Andong Lake - 8th and 9th May 2021

Bassinkorea · May 15, 2021, 08:52:46 PM

The spawn is well underway at Andong Lake, but I believe it's still just the early part of it.
On Saturday which was a practice day for Sunday's tournament, I found a couple of patterns. 1) prespawn bass we suspended in the water column in water depths of 10 ~ 15 FOW near spawning areas and 2) spawning bass were in the flooded brush.
The majority of other anglers were focused on the flooded brush fish and come Sunday these bass had seen a LOT of lures.

On Sunday (tournament day) I focused on the prespawners. I was throwning a 5" wacky senko at them and they would hit it as it dropped by them. I would see the line jump or feel the tick and set tbe hook. I had 4 keepers in the boat within the first 2 hours of the event. Then the wind start blowing hard so I threw a spinnerbait and flipped brush for several hours without a single bite.
With a 30 minutes of the tournament left I headed back towards the ramp and fished one last short stretch of bluff wall and after a few casts with the senko I connected with and landed bass no. 5. With my heart beating out of my chest and being physically unable to make another cast I went back and weighed in.
Finished in 4th place out of 72 boats and cashed a check.

Water temps were 60 ~ 62°f
Water levels are about 6 foot below full pool but staying stable.
Water in the coves and pockets is a little more stained than it's usual crystal clear due to the water run-off from recent rains, but the main lake is still pretty clear
Weather was mostly sunny with a little cloudy, but the wind was rippin' both days

Mike Cork · May 17, 2021, 10:01:56 AM

Congratulations of the top 5 finish, that's awesome

Curious... were you able to see the suspended fish on your scope and then cast to them?

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Bassinkorea · May 17, 2021, 05:29:04 PM

Thanks Mike.

Believe it or not, I actually turned all of my units off for the whole day. I have found that I have been spending too much time staring at the screens and not focusing on fishing. I found the pattern the weekend before based off seasonal history, so I was confident the pattern was the same on tournament day.

abzack1 · May 17, 2021, 05:34:04 PM

Congratulations on a solid showing!

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Bassinkorea · May 17, 2021, 06:06:22 PM

Quote from: abzack1 on May 17, 2021, 05:34:04 PM
Congratulations on a solid showing!

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Thank you sir!

BassmanRudy · May 23, 2021, 10:05:13 AM

Great finish!! Def slow working a wacky rig 10'+ but it sure worked for ya.

You mentioned turning the graphs "off"- did you specifically mean the livescope?? Either way not having the constant pinging going on might have helped your bite.

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geneinnc · May 23, 2021, 07:43:00 PM

Great report and finish! What strain bass are in your lakes?

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Bassinkorea · May 26, 2021, 06:04:44 AM

Quote from: BassmanRudy on May 23, 2021, 10:05:13 AM
Great finish!! Def slow working a wacky rig 10'+ but it sure worked for ya.

You mentioned turning the graphs "off"- did you specifically mean the livescope?? Either way not having the constant pinging going on might have helped your bite.

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Thanks Rudy.
Yep, I have one Livescope unit and 3 Lowrance units. All of them were turned off on this day, I don't know for sure if not having them all "pinging" help or not, but I caught and weighed in 5 bass, so I'm happy

Bassinkorea · May 26, 2021, 06:05:44 AM

Quote from: geneinnc on May 23, 2021, 07:43:00 PM
Great report and finish! What strain bass are in your lakes?

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Thank you Gene.
We only have Northern strain bass here.

Donald Garner · May 26, 2021, 07:41:39 PM

Steve, congrats on a Top 5 finish in the tournament

. Tks for sharing the trip and details with us.

Bassinkorea · May 27, 2021, 04:03:43 AM

Thanks Donald

Bassinkorea · May 30, 2021, 04:34:28 AM

Below is the link to my video thread for this tournament.

http://www.ultimatebass.com/bass-fishing-forum/index.php?topic=155130.new#new

big g · May 30, 2021, 02:11:03 PM

Quote from: Bassinkorea on May 17, 2021, 05:29:04 PM
Thanks Mike.

Believe it or not, I actually turned all of my units off for the whole day. I have found that I have been spending too much time staring at the screens and not focusing on fishing. I found the pattern the weekend before based off seasonal history, so I was confident the pattern was the same on tournament day.

I totally agree with you. I often turn off my unit, and let the wind drift me in a planned direction so I'm off the trolling motor also. This puts me in stealth mode so the bass don't even know I'm in the area. Good on tough days when bass are not out chasing baits.