headwaters bass

Last week’s outings were a better catching time for me. We spent our first outing at 3 Forks. Our intentions were to head south but that didn’t work for us as we came very close to the end of the narrow trail that you must take in a boat to a disappointing stop. The trail was clogged up with floating hyacinth and debris from winds the days before. We managed to get the boat turned around and start the slow ride back the opposite direction and went to another area of the impoundment.

The topwater bite didn’t happen for us so changing over to throwing Beetle Spins we started catching bluegill and cichlids which was a slow bite to say the least. After tiring throwing this, I picked up my old trusty bubblegum Zoom trick worm and the bass accepted it. I managed 7 bass with this combo before it just got too hot to be out.

My next outing was at Headwaters. Being at the ramp in the dark we put the boat in the water and set off at safe light. It amazes me whether I’m out on the lagoon or in any freshwater lake how many boaters leave the dock in the dark in their boats and never turn on their navigation lights. Anyways, the bite was fast and furious for me on this outing. I pretty much threw nothing but a Gambler Popping Frog in the thicker hydrilla that had open areas mixed in. I boated a 4 then several 2-3 pounders within the first hour but my best fish so far on this impoundment came a little while after that weighed in at 7.2 pounds. Throwing this pattern you need to be throwing with a heavy action rod and at least 50 pound test braided line to be able to fight these fish out of the thick vegetation.

It was a great few days before the full moon started to show its bright shine in the sky. I’m not too optimistic about this week’s bite because of that factor but as they say “You’ll never Know if you Don’t Go.”