Hybrid Bass fishing is a
completely different animal, both
figuratively and
literary, compared to how and what I usually fish for. I have seen them break on the lake before, but up to this point have never actually pursued them. After getting some reports from fisherman that the shad were running and that Hybrids were breaking Austin and I tried our luck with them. We got to the lake at daylight on both days and killed a little time
waiting on the Hybrids by doing some bass fishing. We each caught several bass of various species. Then the lake began to erupt at several spots as the Hybrid Bass began attacking multiple shad balls.
It took us a few attempts to get the hang of it, but the idea is that you set in the boat alert scanning the water and when you hear and/or see the Hybrid breaking you
drop the hammer and fly up to the spot as fast as you can. When you get within casting distance you kill the engine, jump up to the front of the boat, and begin casting into the mayhem.
You need a lure that fairly resembles a shad, some kind of crank/plug or
spinnerbait that is white or silver will do, and when you hook up with one hold on because they are tenacious fighters. Austin ended up catching three and I ended up with two over the two day period. From what I understand the Hybrid break primarily anytime from now through the end of September, so I am hoping that we will get a few more cracks at them.
