John H
04-26-2022, 08:47 PM
Some days it seems like the bass are really smart. I make a lot of casts and nobody grabs and when I spot one they know exactly what I am up to, ignore my bug and then swim off. I feel like I have been fishing for them for a while and this should not happen but it does. Very humbling. I guess you just keep showing up and making your best effort.
Enough complaining. I did get one today which I will say is way better than not getting one. I spotted him in a weedy backwater sipping bugs off the surface like a trout. I thought I spooked him but he stayed around. First topwater fish and first underwater photo of the year. Lucky catch. I tried another turtle shot but they were less cooperative than the one I shot a couple of days ago so the photo is a little grainy. There is a damsel fly sitting on him which is interesting. The carp were chasing each other around in some sort of spawning frenzy. You could see a big females being followed by four or five smaller males. Quite a scene.
http://i.imgur.com/UiqO248.jpg (https://imgur.com/UiqO248)
http://i.imgur.com/fodBnW5.jpg (https://imgur.com/fodBnW5)
Enough complaining. I did get one today which I will say is way better than not getting one. I spotted him in a weedy backwater sipping bugs off the surface like a trout. I thought I spooked him but he stayed around. First topwater fish and first underwater photo of the year. Lucky catch. I tried another turtle shot but they were less cooperative than the one I shot a couple of days ago so the photo is a little grainy. There is a damsel fly sitting on him which is interesting. The carp were chasing each other around in some sort of spawning frenzy. You could see a big females being followed by four or five smaller males. Quite a scene.
http://i.imgur.com/UiqO248.jpg (https://imgur.com/UiqO248)
http://i.imgur.com/fodBnW5.jpg (https://imgur.com/fodBnW5)