Spring Time Bass

Spring is here and the fish are starting to bite.  It has been a little difficult to fish the river lately due to high water that we've had for the past couple of weeks.  I built a kayak cart over the winter, which allows me to utilize the kayak on solo fishing trips.  This gives me access to flooded spots that are inaccessible when wading.  I have be on a couple of trips and have caught several bass on green and brown tube jigs.  Due to high water I have been limited to fishing around islands and locating isolated holes of slack water where bass have been hanging out, but my methods have been fruitful and I look forward to a long spring, summer, and fall of float fishing.

Spring is Finally Here!

It is still going to take a while for the water temperatures to match the air, but finally it seems like Spring is finally here.  After a Winter that didn't want to let go (we got a freak snow storm only two days before) temperatures are finllay feeling more like Spring.  Austin and I did some hole hopping up at Shanklin's Ferry.  I was able to pull a decent little smalllie out from under a ledge on a pumpkin seed tube jig.  I hooked up with another but the fish shook the hook loose.  Austin had some good hookups, but had one break him off and a couple more get away.  It won't be long before it really starts to heat up!