5/4/16

Rule #30:  Pay for good luggage, good shoes/boots, and a good watch.

Week of 5/1:  Plans, Prepping, and Possible Conditions

Thursday:  "Fisher Ponds"

*folding chair

*NET!

*"Big Yellow," 7' 6" BPS Micro-Light, ultra-light rod:

• Set up for a drop-shot wacky rig with either a 4" Dark Watermelon with Red Flakes, or 5" Baby Bass Senko-like worm.

*"Bank Pole," MH, 7 foot, line weight 10-25 lb., lure weight 1/4 -- 1 1/2 oz.:

• Set up with heaviest available line to fish deeper water with:
• jig/pig
• Rat-L-Trap
• Medium--Large Crankbaits, sinking or deep diving
• "drop-shot" Senko-like worms, largest
• white, 4" swim baits

*"Big Bronze," light weight pole, 4 lb. flourocarbon to fish shallow flats and shorelines with:

• Baby Bass Senko-like worm, wacky-rigged
• Darker, Watermelon/Red Flake Senko-like worm, wacky-rigged
• Smaller Spinner-bait

I know I'm breaking my two pole rule, but I'm trying to do a couple of things that I don't usually attempt.  First, I want to try to catch some bigger bass than I have been catching.  There's nothing wrong with 1-2 pound fish, but I know there are some much larger bass in there, and I suspect they're in deeper water.  Thus, the addition of the heavier "Bank Pole" to reach those fish.  I'm sticking with "Big Bronze," rigged the same way I had it last time I was there and had such success.  Also, I'm taking the "Galati" rig off of Big Yellow because I really don't see myself regularly bait fishing for the rest of the season.  I just prefer lure fishing.  Also, it's hard to dedicate one of my best outfits for a system of fishing that doesn't really require great equipment.  

Also, I'm bringing a net so that I can land any Channel Cat that I hook--for a change!