bass

I finally made it out to fish this week. It’s been an expensive December for me and it wasn’t the gifts that were bought but a new motor for my 2019 truck. Modern technology isn’t that great when the things they put into these expensive vehicles just don’t work as well as it should. Ok my rant is over now to the fishing.

The road to Headwaters and Stick Marsh is finally completed so the dust issue is in our past. To my surprise after the cold days we have had in the mornings the water temperatures were in the mid 70’s. Although I feel the first area we fished we had dirty water. We fished in a heavy fog bank for nearly 3 hours and not one bite so off to find better water we went. Once we did the bite was very slow and the bass weren’t eating anything we threw at them. They just didn’t want anything to do with a moving kind of lure. My friend John who I tag along with on our weekly outing finally broke the spell. Downsizing to a 4” stick bait lightly weighted was the winning ticket for bites. Once I made the switch we both started catching fish. I was also surprised that the parking lot wasn’t full either in the morning but once the holidays are in the past that will change and more northern friends will show up. I wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a safe New Year. Looking forward to 2025!