Day 3, 4 and 5

Sorry for the lack of reports… It was a loooooong week. Here is a brief look back at the last few trips.

On Wednesday, day 3 with Larry, we started out slow but ended up doing OK. We worked for everything we got though and even spent an extra 2 1/2 hours on the water trying to figure the bass out. Other than sunburned feet, my reward for the day was watching Larry battle a 50″ 44 pound bass.

We also had Bob and Larry’s son Drew on board. Everyone boated decent fish. Bob had one that went 47″ if I remember correctly. Bob is a big dude, the pic doesn’t really do the fish justice, but it was a just over 40 pounds…

We went in, cleaned a few bass and had some lunch. The guys went on their way and I got ready for a trip with Daiwa and Connecticut Outfitters aboard the Black Hawk. We shoved off at 4 pm with 35 of our customers and fished the race for bass. The weather was nasty with heavy rain and lightning. Our guys made the best of the conditions and caught a few fish in less then stellar conditions. Captain Greg even stayed out an extra hour for us. I ended up with 3 hours of sleep in the truck before meeting Larry and Natt for day 4.

Day 4 was a real grind. The fish just weren’t in an eating mood. I was seeing them on the electronics but we had very few hits. We fished in as little as 15 feet of water and as deep as 80… I think we ended up with 6 bass or so. Again, we worked hard for every fish that we got.

Thursday night I slept like a rock and when the alarm went off at 2:30 am felt like a new man. Larry had Chris with him today. The bait gathering went well. It was overcast with a slight breeze and mist in the air. There were only a couple of other boats out and I felt great about the conditions.

This time we were getting plenty of hits but the fish just weren’t inhaling the baits. We went through quite a few baits and eventually put few fish in the boat. We lost a couple of bigger fish and even had one chase one of our baits to the surface in 30 feet of water. We watched him smash it a couple of times before grabbing it and heading back to the bottom. Not really sure what happened but the hook somehow pulled out of the bass. That one hurt as it was deffinitely over 45″… Oh well. Chris had never fished like this before and was having a ball watching all the action. He was a quick study and picked up technique quickly.  Here are a few pics from my 5th and final day with Larry.