April 20

 

Fished with Brad B., an exceptionally savvy fisherman. I regularly address him as "Bassmaster Brad" because he is very good at a number of techniques. Gave him a couple of 1/8 oz. bucktails a couple of years ago and look at what he does with them:

 

 

 

He had the focus and patience to work this little jig excruciatingly slowly at a depth of 20'. He was well rewarded, doncha think?

 

I couldn't seem to get my jig mojo working this day so partly to help me keep awake, I went to a Lucky Craft Staysee 90.

 

 

And this fully inflated football of a bass put me into the "4+ lb. Club" along with Brad.

 

 

And Brad was still slaying monsters with the tiny black bucktail . . .

 

 

We covered many miles for today's fish. One smallie here, two smallies there. And we (alright, mostly Brad!) put together a 20 lb. limit.

 

 

April 22

 

I was fishing solo this day and headed back to a spot that had a very steep break nearby. Thought I'd start with a bear hair jig. Curious whether there'd be any difference in performance from the bucktail.

 

 

The comb from my beard trimmer does a good job removing the underfur. Note no Krystal Flash or Flashabou along the shank. Therefore, this is called The Bare Naked Bear Jig.

 

. . . Back on the water:

 

 

The 1/8 oz. lightweight beat this 4.34 lb. heavyweight.

 

And a hard fighting 3.52 lber:

 

 

Then, since Quabbin ate the bear, I returned to bucktail for the rest of the day and it accounted for 1/2 dozen more good smallies.

 

Time to wrap up this lengthy report.

 

Tight lines, all.

Nicely Done Guys ~

A-Jay

Very nice!