I havent fished in a while, so I am going after work today and will fish till dark. Hopefully tonight is the night I catch a biggun, the moon is right, the weather is right, and hopefully the lure is right . Not sure whether to bust out the 10 inch worm, throw the crank, roll the money minnow, or hit it hard with the vibrashock. Just getting too excited and can't figure out what I will take with me for beating the bank. I hope I am not the only one who gets so excited they can't really think straight with regards to how and what they will fish with.
Sort of..{ -; Can't give away all my spots..LOL same side yes..EAST SIDE..but I pitched the shoreline..the 3rd bass felt like a 10 pounder..I'm going 12 poound mono..I had problems last year with braid breaking on the sudden shock of the hook set..the line should not have broke.
5:45 big hit on the 10 inch worm in some weeds close to the bank, felt like a stump and I couldn't budge her. Slowly the line started moving sideways and then its on. She jumps once to show me her size, and then dissapears in the water again. 5 seconds later, not sure what happened, but the line went limp. Hook and worm still attached but worm in bad shape.
6:00 10 inch worm, throwing in the weeds again. Feel the thump, set the hook, and bring in a nice one.
The bass wanted a quick retrieve with the worm which was interesting. Both big fish hit while I was reeling with a medium retrieve and popping the rod tip. Got no bites at all with the typical lift pause worm retrieve. I dont get any more hits along the bank with the worm for the rest of the night.
After the last fish, the bite was dead on the worm, but the fish were located elsewhere and they were apparently all grouped together. 13 fish were pulled out of one spot maybe 50 feet by 50 feet, one of which that was caught by a friend and went close to 4 lbs. All were caught on a 99cent white spinnerbait with no trailer and a single willow leaf blade. Was a great time fishing. We threw quite a few back because of size, but this is what we kept for an upcoming fish fry.
When I opened them up, I expected to see shad remains, but only one (the second largest fish) had a shad approximately 5 inches long inside of him. Every single one of the others that had anything in them had crawfish from 1 inches to 3 inches in length. I never would have guess that, now I know to start throwing the jig in here more often.
Every single one of the others that had anything in them had crawfish from 1 inches to 3 inches in length.
and people wonder why a jig, craw worm, or brush hog type bait works,,,were the crawfish red, brown, or greenish colored, just wondering with the moon phase
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reddish brown, but i was fillet'ing in somewhat low light so dont take that as fact. I am also way down south, and most crawfish you find down here are reddish brown for the most part.
the reason i ask is, i have been told that there color will vary during molting, so i was little curious, one of my best colors for a jig and trailer the past few years has been green pumpkin, but like you most of the mudbugs i recover are dark red/ deep brown
here is something else i found that may be of intrest...
Color and size varies with species, diet, and age. Most are red, some are green, brown, tan, or blue with black or orange markings in various combinations. Often juveniles will be a light tan color that turns to a deep red as an adult. The coloration depends in part on their diet, and can change with a change in diet. Adult size is 2" to 6" for most US species. Some Australian varieties can be much larger.
They grow by molting, that is they shed their carapace (shell) when they outgrow it, and form a new hard shell. When they first molt they are soft, and very vulnerable to attack by other crayfish or fish. It can take a couple days for the new shell to fully harden. Juveniles can molt every week or so. Adults may only molt a couple times a year, and only under the right conditions. The empty shell should be left in the tank, where it will be consumed over the next few days to recover the lost minerals and help form the new shell.
__________________
John 3:16
things are more like right now than they've ever been
It is our attitude at the beginning of a difficult task which, more than anything else, will affect its successful outcome.
William James
Tonights the night
. Not sure whether to bust out the 10 inch worm, throw the crank, roll the money minnow, or hit it hard with the vibrashock. Just getting too excited and can't figure out what I will take with me for beating the bank. I hope I am not the only one who gets so excited they can't really think straight with regards to how and what they will fish with. 
,,,were the crawfish red, brown, or greenish colored, just wondering with the moon phase
