Mead 4-5-14

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Madi wasn't feeling good last night so I got the you're on your own at 9pm. I was going one way or another so off I went this morning all alone.

Of course there was a tournament but it was out of Callville so at least I didn't have to deal with that launch. Didn't take most of them long too get to the north end though... 1-3 of them in every cove on top of one another... How it goes. Been my luck lately to go fishing when a tournament is happening.

60 degrees at launch and the back of some coves in the later afternoon hours was 67 degrees. It was supposed to be windy but essentially it was glass the majority of the day.

Landed 14 large mouths including my "new" biggest bass to date on Mead, 6 Stripers, 1 kittycat and a stinky shad. I didn't go anywhere where a small mouth would typically be found. Should of... Would of rounded out the day by catching essentially everything Mead has swimming in it minus a carp...

They are out and about. Seen lots of LMB in 1-3 foot of water but the majority were under a pound size. Tough catching them consistently. Lots of casting for a few bites and each bite was far and few. I never got into any quantities in any one spot.

Mixed bag of tackle caught them. Off the top of my head... SK 3XD crank, LC 100DD pointer, SK 2.5 squarebill, LC KJ flatside squarebill, River 2 Seas Ish Monroe smalls squarebill, 1/2oz jig, Texas rigged worm and a dropshot all got some action today. Some more than others. I had rods everywhere trying a little this and a little that. Nothing really stuck out.

Took some pics but being alone leaves the picture department hurting...

A good way of getting the heart pumping in the AM. Please be a bass please be a bass... NOPE. Hate hooking into these things with 15 buck cranks... And I didn't have the net out at the time. Fun getting that big sucker in the boat w/o getting hurt or losing a spendy crank. At least a 5 pounder.



The weather looked threatening early on but never amounted to much other than some nice shade.



Another morning thrill. 2nd time so far for me on Mead. There isn't anything faster or wilder of a ride than hooking one of these suckers. About the same as hooking onto the rear bumper of a Vet. And they jump 6+ feet in the air. (Snagged on top between the head and vertical fin.)



Now this was more like it and made the day. 5.15 pounds. Just beat out the 5 pound even LMB I caught last year about this time. Dragging a 1/2oz jig across a cove (less than 10 feet of water).



A little over 22 inches.



Had to get into at least one picture with her [cool]



Then later on a nice 4.05 pounder on a drop shot. Gotta love a little medium light rod fun!



If there was any such thing as a mutt LMB this would be it... What a mangy looking thing. All beat up.



Almost all of the bass caught on cranks where solid! They were eating it! Almost all of them had both hooks in 'em. I never lost/missed anything that hit a crank today. They were killing them.


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