Gah.  I love bass fishing.  It’s tough.  And I have to do my part like cast accurately.  
 

it was a scorching day.  My face was like smeared with sunscreen the whole time.   The fish went deep.  10 feet deep water with 10 foot tall grass.  Nobody could or wanted to navigate the mess with their boats.  Me on my kayak had the north section all to myself.   Water was invisible- clear.   Long bomb cast into the grass pockets was fun.  Lots of 4’s and 1’s.  Not much in between.  
 

im still exploring salt water fishing, but I’ll never stop chasing bass.  Ever. 
 

 

12 hours ago, Darth-Baiter said:

Nobody could or wanted to navigate the mess with their boats.  Me on my kayak had the north section all to myself.

 

Hey, we fish alike.

 

12 hours ago, Darth-Baiter said:

Lots of 4’s

 

I love the 4's. Well fished, DB!

On 5/31/2025 at 9:09 PM, Darth-Baiter said:

...The fish went deep.  10 feet deep water with 10 foot tall grass.  Nobody could or wanted to navigate the mess with their boats.  Me on my kayak had the north section all to myself.   Water was invisible- clear.   Long bomb cast into the grass pockets was fun.  Lots of 4’s and 1’s.  Not much in between.  
 

 

 

C'mon man, give us the "deets".   

 

How did you catch them?

Sounds like the fishing was hotter than the air temp!! Toughing out those conditions in the yak really paid off but I bet you had a headache the next day after fishing in that heat (but sounds like it would be worth it!).

5 minutes ago, pdxfisher said:

Sounds like the fishing was hotter than the air temp!! Toughing out those conditions in the yak really paid off but I bet you had a headache the next day after fishing in that heat (but sounds like it would be worth it!).

hahha.  yup.  lessons learned.  i keep an insulated bottle in my truck stuffed full of ice.  i fill the voids with water.  by the time i am done fishing, the bottle has a few cubes left, but it is full of icecream-headache level cold water which i slug on the drive home.  saves me the hangover.  

1 hour ago, HawkeyeSmallie said:

 

C'mon man, give us the "deets".   

 

How did you catch them?

it so boring.  a senko tex rig weightless.  i just let it drop horizontal.  the tail undulates.  if nothing..a quick twitch of the rod tip to make it act fluke-like.  nothing?  i bring it back and target another weed void.  i have to stand on my kayak so i can see the missing weeds poking out of the water..and i send it.  there are still weeds, but they have yet to reach the surface.  the bass are there.  

 

when they bite, they immediately dive into the thick stuff.  they all feel huge covered in the daily salad mix.  

30 minutes ago, Darth-Baiter said:

 

 i have to stand on my kayak so i can see the missing weeds poking out of the water.

 

 

I'd love a stand on kayak.

 

I have 2 sit in and 2 sit on.

 

I'll never fish out of the sit in ever again.