All Spots All Day

[John H]

We fished the spotted bass in his stronghold today and the bobber bite was good. Not great size but some in the 15" - 17" range and one a little bigger than that. A 14" spot is a hard puller under the boat in open water. Lots of fun and the bass chewed up a few flies.


The shape of the bobber is surprisingly important. The long thin bobbers with the ring eye are very sensitive and if anything touches the fly you know it. The bass suck in the fly and don’t swim off with it so the bobber won’t move much but you will know they have it and need to set before they detect it is a fake and spit it out. Jaydacator makes them in two sizes. The smaller size is about right. The fly should be about 1.0 to 1.5 grams. A 1/32 ounce jig with a little lead added is about right.