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SnS
Guide Service
Location:
Lake
of
Egypt
Lake Temp
: 82(South End) 86(North
End)
Species:
Bass
Wind:
0-5
S SW
Air Temp:
HOT
Barometer:
30.12
Conds:
Sunny,
Clear Skies
The lake remains in about the same pattern. The water has cooled
some what. I still rate the bass bite at Excellent.
I know it is hard to believe, but the lake is still producing numbers
and quality!
We are lucky to have a lake of this quality in our back yard.
I began my short afternoon, fishing without starting the big
motor. I had noticed bass surfacing and chasing shad, before I
could get the boat backed into the water. Typically these are not large
fish in the summer months (over 16in.) But, someone forgot to tell
that to the schooling bass. The bass had managed (with the help of a
light breeze) to corner what must have been a million shad, or so it
appeared.
I
started with a spinner-bait on 15lb Vicious fluorocarbon and caught a 3
1/2 pounder in just a few cast. I made several other cast with no
success. I reached for my top water plug, a Heddon Pop N Image in
thread-fin shad color. (Lucky's Guns and Tackle)They basically
ate the paint off it. I would cast to weed edges and anything that
looked like shad or bass. The bass was so aggressive I thought I was
going to catch-one every-cast. It was not uncommon to catch 2 or 3
in a row, and boating several 2 to 3 pound fish.
The action finally slowed a couple of hours before sunset. I decided to
run to the south end and try frog n and the shaky head. I fished a
couple main lake stretches and points with only a couple blow ups on the
frog.
I turned to the shaky head and jig. I started probing some deep
water spots, the jig produced one small fish and the shaky head caught a
few, with one keeper bite. I can assure you the 20ft bite is not over.
In only a few short hours I had boated about 15 bass. It was another one
of those days where you wished you could of gotten to the lake earlier.
I never boated any real large fish, but it was a blast!!!!!!!
Please visit Lucky's Guns and Tackle and order a spool of this line and
other great products, you won't be disappointed! It also comes in a
Co-polymer, in several colors. You won't find a better line for the
price!
MATT
STROBEL
SnS
Guide Service
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