5.4lbs Largemouth Bass
This weekend I went fishing at a local reservoir. And didn’t expect to get much action. However, I was excited to test out my new 3/8oz jigs I bought off Amazon. I love the jig head & skirt color combination. I bought a variety. However, I decided to started with the red and black coloring. And for a trailer I used a soft plastic craw which was red with black spots.
I reasoned this bass fishing lure set up and color combination would be most effective because of the water conditions. More specifically, it had been raining consistently. Causing water to flow through the creeks into the reservoir. This obviously makes the water extremely muddy. In muddy fishing water, with low water clarity, it’s important to use extremely dark color combinations for your fishing lure. This maximizes its profile. Making it easier for largemouth bass to see.
Pro Tip: bass have trouble seeing in muddy water, I’ve learned they tend to favor shallow water. And are also found along the shoreline/bank of a reservoir. With this being said use a dark color lure, in shallow water to target largemouth bass. Anyway as I casted out adjacent to the waters edge I moved my jig extremely slowly along the bottom. I moved the lure about 1 inch in distance per second. Occasionally, I stopped and let it sit in place for multiple seconds. I was intentionally mimicking a crawdad.
And specifically placed my lure moving parallel to an extremely steep drop off point. I knew if my theories were correct in this instance, than, this is most likely where a bass would be. And realizing I was at the right spot, I kept my lure, in the strike zone for as long as possible. While keeping the possibility of a fish interested in it. Eventually, I thought to myself, was that a nibble? It was so hard to tell. But, I felt something, almost like a fish bumped the lure. I knew this was my chance. My gut was telling me, there’s a big largemouth bass feeling out the prey. I maintained my consistent jigging motion in hopes I’d get a strike. And within two or three seconds the line was pulling in away from me. That’s when I realized it wasn’t a snag and in fact a fish was running with my lure. I immediately, pulled up my rod and hooked the largemouth bass. It almost got away, the fish was clearly a big fish, I’ve caught enough to realize that. Even on my Medium Heavy Action Shakespeare fishing pole I had trouble bringing it in. I thought my pole won’t break, but, my 12 lb test line might. It took me a minute or two to bring in. I tried as quickly and safely as possible to land the fish without any foul play. I was successful, and when I saw it, adrenaline shot through me. I almost fell into the water. However, I managed to pull the largemouth bass out of the water and put him on a scale. This is my 5.40lbs personal best largemouth bass.
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