09-01-2010, 09:00 AM
Got out about 7:30 from CFP. Going to try some different techniques for bass. 1st stop, marked some fish on 15&#39; flat adjacent to drop to 26&#39;. Caught 1st fish of the day on jigging spoon. Tried shaky head and got hit right away with nice 2.5#LM. Next two hits were cats and I decided to move on to main area I wanted to try.<br /><br />Marked an unbeliveable number of fish on a 19&#39;-24&#39; flat near a channel drop to 36&#39;. Not too far from main river channel. I rigged up a drop shot with gulp 4&quot; minnow and the game was on. I started catching good fish immediately. The day was overcast and the water cooler so I guess that is why the fish were shallower. Each time I caught a bass it seemed to be better than the one before. Some really nice fish holding there. At on time I had 4 markers out and was just working around and between them. Fish were everywhere on a large area on the flat.<br /><br />I stayed in that general area for about 3.5 hours and caught 17 LM Bass there, with 9 weighing from 3# to just under 5#. By far my best day for quality fish and probably numbers too on Chick. It was amazing and lots of fun. Also caught 4 drum, biggest about 10#, 4 cats, and several yellow bass. You had to be there to appreciate the number of fish holding on that flat.<br /><br />I did make one change to my dropshot rig, left a longer space between hook and weight and that got the bait up about 2.5&#39; off the bottom. Seemed to help as I got fewer cats than usual and some very nice bass. I tried a trick that Mr Whiskers showed me of slacking the line and letting the bait fall to the bottom and resting it a few seconds, them tightening it back up to regular level. Had one bass pick it up while it lay on the bottom, and several hit when started to fall and/or started back up. Thanks Michael.<br /><br />Lot of pictures, sorry about the quality of some of them, I was busy and the fish were bitting so no time to compose a good picture. <br /><br />Regards, Labman