Another Numbers Day
October 27, 2023
Leslie joined me today but he decided to do a half day trip like the Timex watch. We were going to take advantage of the weather and fish from 10 till 2 instead of the usual hours. Bass were the targeted species and I knew just where to go. He was going to have a great day!
After driving some distance, we arrived at the destination and it looked great! The water color wasn’t as bad as I thought it might be, after all the rain we had received, several days before. We were going to be cranking them up today!
Leslie was joined by a coworker Marty who had never fished before. It shouldn’t be a problem as there were plenty of fish to go around! Leslie got the skunk out of the boat early when we arrived on the first spot. He also added another half dozen bass to his numbers in a short time too! Marty on the other hand was a working process and got to reel a couple of fish in that were passed off from us. Although it took him a little while to get the hang of casting, he eventually managed to hook up on his own. Unfortunately, after the first jump, it threw the hooks and was gone. Leslie was on fire however with multiple fish coming to the net. With each new spot we stopped on, he was tight to fish almost immediately.
Time was passing quickly today and I decided to hit only the areas that I knew were loaded. Our last stop saw Leslie boating double digits. He caught some of the better bass of the day here, before we were done. He had single handedly caught a large number of fish, in a short period of time. I can only imagine how many his total would have been, had we fished for an entire day!
Although the bulk of the fish were caught on cranks today, several were also taken on a dropshot as well. The action was great with every spot holding plenty of fish. Leslie definitely took advantage of this and caught his fair share and more. This may have been his last trip of the year, but who knows! He may want another taste of success if the weather holds out long enough. If not, he will at least have the memories of today to tide him over, until next season when he wets another line. Today was just another great day for fishing!!
