Did a three day trip to the Seeps to hunt for bass, hoping the warmer weather would bring them out - I was not disappointed. (Locations deliberately omitted, please don't name names if you recognize anything!) Had to split this into two posts to get pics in.
I fish from a Hobie Compass, usually listening to tunes on neckband speakers, which focus sound around my head so I can crank up without disturbing other folks or affecting my own situational awareness with earphones, and I like to note what's playing when I catch
Day 1: Over the pass, arrived mid morning to a new to me lake that I thought had panfish & LM, but instead reluctantly yielded up a couple smallies. Drifting my Hobie 30ft out and casting to shore as usual, I heard a noisy rise in the open water 30 ft behind me, so I reversed the cast over my shoulder and dropped the small gurgler into the ring - bam! Very satisfying. A good start! Dua Lipa as my co-pilot.
Great scenery, also
Nights were no-frills camping at Potholes SP, hiding from the mozzie patrol in the van; summer sausage and goat cheese on crackers for dinner, listening to serial killer podcasts till bedtime. Up at first light.
Day 2: My now go-to SM lake (thanks @Billy!!) made for a great morning taking a good number of these on both topwater and a sinking line streamer, though again finding them in what I'd normally think of as LM lies. Springsteen, Stones, and The Band apparently appealed to those guys.
Cows were unimpressed
Tried another new to me pair of lakes in the late afternoon/evening, but only found one nice 2lbish LM, spotted from the boat ramp. 15ft cast with a stealth bomber fooled him, but that incurred the first cast curse, and nothing but dinks after that. Phone was still in the car, so no pic and no tunes.
Day three I was determined to find largemouth...TBC!
I fish from a Hobie Compass, usually listening to tunes on neckband speakers, which focus sound around my head so I can crank up without disturbing other folks or affecting my own situational awareness with earphones, and I like to note what's playing when I catch
Day 1: Over the pass, arrived mid morning to a new to me lake that I thought had panfish & LM, but instead reluctantly yielded up a couple smallies. Drifting my Hobie 30ft out and casting to shore as usual, I heard a noisy rise in the open water 30 ft behind me, so I reversed the cast over my shoulder and dropped the small gurgler into the ring - bam! Very satisfying. A good start! Dua Lipa as my co-pilot.
Great scenery, also
Nights were no-frills camping at Potholes SP, hiding from the mozzie patrol in the van; summer sausage and goat cheese on crackers for dinner, listening to serial killer podcasts till bedtime. Up at first light.
Day 2: My now go-to SM lake (thanks @Billy!!) made for a great morning taking a good number of these on both topwater and a sinking line streamer, though again finding them in what I'd normally think of as LM lies. Springsteen, Stones, and The Band apparently appealed to those guys.
Cows were unimpressed
Tried another new to me pair of lakes in the late afternoon/evening, but only found one nice 2lbish LM, spotted from the boat ramp. 15ft cast with a stealth bomber fooled him, but that incurred the first cast curse, and nothing but dinks after that. Phone was still in the car, so no pic and no tunes.
Day three I was determined to find largemouth...TBC!
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