July 6, 2014
Fishing Time: 8:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Rating: 10
Weather Conditions: Sunny with Blue Skies
Bait: Drop Shot with Green Pumpkin Iron Giant drop shot worm and Quick Drop 1/4 ounce weight
Rod: G-Loomis GX2 Jig and Worm
Reel: Quantum Catalyst PT
Line: 8-pound Berkley 100% fluorocarbon
Total Bass Caught: 5
Final Weigh in Weight: 4.5 pounds
I got out on the water around 8:30 and once again launched at the south end boat launch. I decided to try the docks closer to the boat launch on the right hand side today, since I had not yet fished there. I started working those docks and on the third dock I casted to the far corner and was able to land a nice 1.5 lb bass. After that I continued down the docks and a few minutes later I was able to land a small 0.5 lb bass. I continued on without success, so I decided to motor over to the v-shaped dock on the right hand side that I had released the bass at yesterday. I made a few casts and was able to catch another small 0.5 lb bass. I worked those for a little, but the sun was high in the sky and the bite had seemed to turn off. After an hour without success, I decided to motor over to the point that extends outwards on the left hand side and gave those docks a try. At the second dock I casted to I was able to land yet another 0.5 lb bass. Then, two docks later I made a cast to the middle of the dock and was able to land a nice 1.5 lb bass. I continued fishing those docks for another 30 minutes, but was not able to catch any more fish. By this time the sun was high in the sky and it was around 75 degrees, so I decided to head in around noon.
Observations: The bass still were holding tight to structure today, but seemed to be out a little deeper because I caught all my bass on docks that extended farther out into 18-20 feet of water. This is probably due to the increase in water temperature, as the average temperature rose from 69 to 70 degrees. However the bass seemed to be favoring the warmer water because I caught mine in 71-73 degrees of water.