Back from Beseck 10/29: 44° air temp.at the ramp, 56°water temp. Two trailers in the lot, and one leaving (2guys, skunked). Headed straight for the dam, deepest part of the lake, and...

Fredfish Loc: Prospect CT.

44° air temp.at the ramp, 56°water temp. Two trailers in the lot, and one leaving (2guys, skunked). Headed straight for the dam, deepest part of the lake, and it was nearly empty of life. No Calico, or Yellow Perch, and only 2 light bites in some deep wood. Spoke to the guy with the nice Bassboat and he was skunked also, Bass and Panfish. I missed the 2 bites after talking to him, so I left the dam and did a lap around the lake. I saw the other boats leaving while eating my lunch, so I headed back to the dam. Put away my old reliable Watermelon Dinger and got out a Junebug. Started working the bank with the wood,in the opposite direction from the morning. BANG! A 1lb 5oz Largemouth. Circled around for another pass, and Bang again, 1lb 3oz, made a third pass, Bang, 1lb 8oz fish. Though I was on to something, but 4 more passes were fruitless. Called it a day at 2:30.

Colors are fading
Colors are fading...

1lb3oz

1lb5oz not cloudy, just wrong angle to the sun.
1lb5oz not cloudy, just wrong angle to the sun....

1lb8oz

My second favorite color came through,Junebug

ghaynes1 Loc: Strawberry Plains, TN

Fredfish wrote:

44° air temp.at the ramp, 56°water temp. Two trail... (show quote)

Not bad Fred. I have to try something other than minnows. I have too many lures to not try different options and see what happens. It beats getting skunked. Our water temps are still around 68 on Douglas. Too warm yet I think. We have had a few bass lately but no crappie unless they are hitting after dark.

Jer Loc: N. Illinois 🇺🇸

Fredfish wrote:

44° air temp.at the ramp, 56°water temp. Two trail... (show quote)

I knew that you would come through.
3 nice bass, no PB, but decent.
Thanks for the pictures and the update.

nutz4fish Loc: Colchester, CT

Fredfish wrote:

44° air temp.at the ramp, 56°water temp. Two trail... (show quote)

Nice goin' Fred.... and not a single pickerel 👍🏻

saw1 Loc: nor cal Windsor

Fredfish wrote:

44° air temp.at the ramp, 56°water temp. Two trail... (show quote)

Alright Fred. Nice goin and nice fish. Congrats buddy.
It always gets me when a lot of the other boats, and some are Guides, come in and they either didn't catch ANY or very few and they say the fish just aren't here. I never tell them how many we caught.

They wouldn't believe me anyway.

I always tell most of the people we caught a "few".

Fredfish Loc: Prospect CT.

ghaynes1 wrote:

Not bad Fred. I have to try something other than minnows. I have too many lures to not try different options and see what happens. It beats getting skunked. Our water temps are still around 68 on Douglas. Too warm yet I think. We have had a few bass lately but no crappie unless they are hitting after dark.

Thanks Greg. There are a million little Crappie jigs out there. Bobby Garland's are supposed to be good. Just buy a bunch of different colors, I hear they get fussy. Take notes from Brad and Andy, as to what they use. As far as Bass go, most days you can't beat an unweighted Yum Dinger, in Watermelon/Red flake, June Bug, and Green Pumpkin. Especially if you're fishing around blowdowns, or docks. On open water, Crankbaits, Spinnerbaits, and Topwater baits all work at times. I only fish artificials, because I like to contribute something to fooling the fish, and convincing them to eat something man made.

Fredfish Loc: Prospect CT.

Jer wrote:

I knew that you would come through.
3 nice bass, no PB, but decent.
Thanks for the pictures and the update.

Thanks Jer, it was slow early, but got exciting for a while.

saw1 Loc: nor cal Windsor

Fredfish wrote:

Thanks Greg. There are a million little Crappie ji... (show quote)

You do a good job of it too Fred.

Fredfish Loc: Prospect CT.

saw1 wrote:

Alright Fred. Nice goin and nice fish. Congrats bu... (show quote)

Thanks Steve. No Hawgs, but no skunk, so it's all good. I see guys, even tournament fishing, only throw one thing all day. Then they say they're not biting. I usually try 4 or 5 different things, and then go back to the stick worms. I usually catch something anyway.

Fredfish Loc: Prospect CT.

nutz4fish wrote:

Nice goin' Fred.... and not a single pickerel 👍🏻

Thanks Maxx. Yeah I was surprised, no Pickerel and no Panfish. I was happy in the end.

Fredfish Loc: Prospect CT.

saw1 wrote:

You do a good job of it too Fred.

ghaynes1 Loc: Strawberry Plains, TN

Fredfish wrote:

Thanks Greg. There are a million little Crappie ji... (show quote)

I have 3 jig colors for crappie. Used the chartreuse one and had some luck. I also have some that look like white worms for crappie plus some worms. I could use some more bass lures. I have a blue bait for bass. Caught a 5 llb walleye on it. The guide Bear and I used last May was surprised.

ghaynes1 Loc: Strawberry Plains, TN

Glory days back in May.

saw1 Loc: nor cal Windsor

ghaynes1 wrote:

I have 3 jig colors for crappie. Used the chartreuse one and had some luck. I also have some that look like white worms for crappie plus some worms. I could use some more bass lures. I have a blue bait for bass. Caught a 5 llb walleye on it. The guide Bear and I used last May was surprised.

Nice SM Greg.

Gordon Loc: Charleston South Carolina

Fredfish wrote:

44° air temp.at the ramp, 56°water temp. Two trail... (show quote)

Nice going Fred.