Hit the Delta this morning for some topwater largemouth bass bugging out of the inflatable kayak. Focused on a favorite area I haven't fished in a while. It was a beautiful day with very little wind:
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Fished the same frog pattern deer hair bass bug that I used on the last couple of trips and did quite well. The majority of the bass today were a chunky 14" or a little better, with only one that only went 12" and none over 16". The green/yellow frog pattern seems to be pretty popular among the bass and I must say it's pretty durable -- today was the 3rd time I've fished it and it still looks as good as new. I only had one frog pattern fly with me today and it was the only fly I used. (I'm going to have to tie up some more!)
I did particularly well targeting holes up against the bank next to the thick stuff. I was fishing and finding most of the fish in water like this today:
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In the photo above, you can just make out a couple of holes next to the bank. As you can tell, this kind of fishing takes quite a bit of accuracy rather than distance to keep your fly out of trouble. Also, one of the keys to this type of water is getting the fish up, across the weeds, and to the boat as quickly as possible. The bigger fish in particular will often head down towards the bottom and tie you up otherwise. As it was, I did lose a couple of nice ones in this stuff today. So it goes. Here a few more shots:
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At one point, I cast to a spot shaded by a large tree that I was just sure held a 5lb+ fish. Sure enough, I got a hit and a hookup, only to find that this redear sunfish had taken my deerhair bug:
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That's a 3 3/4" bass bug tied on a size 2 Tiemco 8089 hook! :shock: Ah well, I'm not one to complain if another species of fish wants to join the fun. :D
Well, didn't land any lunkers but it was definitely another very fun day on the Delta!