Fishing Journal Entry 5

5/5/2016

Today I went fishing with my dad and my son Dakota.  I took them to one of my favorite fishing holes and we had a blast.  The fish were biting a bit on the slow side, but we managed to catch a few.

The temperature was 72 degrees with a clear skies and wind blowing out of the north at 9 miles per hour.  The barometric pressure was 30.01 and dropped to 30.00 before making a u-turn and rising to 30.10.

The water was quite muddy but seems to be clearing up a little bit.  Unfortunately there is more rain in the forecast which will dirty it up even more.

After fishing for about three hours the fish count was three and a half for dad (One didn't quite make it to shore, but we got a good look at it.  It was a bit bigger than the one in his picture.)   He caught one bass, one crappie and two channel catfish.  I caught two bass and one crappie.  Cody caught one bluegill.

Together we caught a total of seven fish using minnows, with several more bites we didn't manage to bring to shore....(We won't include dad's half fish in the count, but don't tell him.)

-Any day in the outdoors is a good day

Largemouth Bass Fishing

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The largemouth bass is a variant of black bass and is one of America's most popular game fish.  It is typically olive-green in color with a white underbelly and black splotches that form a line along both sides.  The largemouth bass is referred to as such because the upper jaw extends beyond its eyes making it noticeably larger than the mouth of a smallmouth.

When feeding, the largemouth bass will use all of its senses in order to locate prey.  They are excellent at detecting food by sensing the vibration it makes as it moves through the water.  There are many great lure choices when fishing for bass including jigs, spoons, spinnerbaits, crank baits and topwater lures.  Plastic grubs and worms are also excellent choices.

Some of the live baits that will entice largemouth bass include minnows/shiners, shrimp, crayfish (crawdads) and frogs.  Bass will also bite on many larger insects and have even been observed consuming other gamefish, snakes and lizards.  If a largemouth bass can fit something in its mouth, it's fair game.

Largemouth bass can be found in shallow water during the spring spawn and will readily snatch up anything that invades their territory.  When spawning is over smaller bass will remain in shallower water while the larger fish will make their way into deeper areas of the reservoir.   Preferring to remain hidden, these bass will often congregate near brush and other sunken objects as well as around and under docks.

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- Any day in the outdoors is a good day