I fished for about 9 hours today, without a touch. Mostly just threw the Hud, as usual. A few hours into the trip I made a cast to a spot that just about always holds big fish, and sure enough, I have 4 big followers ranging from 9 to about 12 lbs, come up, then just stop about 4 feet from the shore, mill around a bit, then leave. A few hours later I had one of those fish (I believe it was the biggest one) follow me in again...... But geez, these fish must have seen a Hud about 9000 times by now, and they are just SO clued in :-(

So anyway, all boats must be off the lake by 7pm. I was off by 6pm..... but the park doesn't close until 8pm ;-) So I go back to my spot from the shore, and flip out a Huddlebug, rigged on 1/4 oz Owner jig hook. I just know there are fish looking at my Huddlebug...... So I let it sit. Every once in a while I tick it, and drag it a few inches, but I'm talking about 1 cast taking 10 minutes.

At 7:50 pm I give it a little pull, and tick.... my line starts to ease out.... Swing ! Fish on !

It end's up being a nice, healthy, 11.8 lb'er :-)

BTW, this is kind of a first for me.... I didn't catch it on a swimbait (about 1/3 of my DD's) I didn't catch it sight fishing (another 1/3 of my DD's) and I didn't catch it on live bait (the remaining 1/3 of my DD's).

Basically I was just blind fishing with a small fish lure (kind of.... although as I have said, I had every reason to believe there were some good fish right where I was casting, even though they were too deep to see).

Once again, who cares if you have fished all day without a bite :-) "One more cast" can just change everything !

Peace,

Fish

Congrats on a great fish.

FishChris you never cease to amaze me with these big bass

Chris, I've been looking at those Huddlebugs for the last year, if you keep this up I might have to 'invest' in a few.  

Hey Burley, those dang things look so much like the real thing, it's just flat amazing ! Live crawdads are not even allowed at this lake, but I have so much experience (especially back in the old days) fishing with the real thing, that sometimes I'll reel in my Huddlebug (mostly when I nose hook the ones that are pre-rigged) and I find myself trying to avoid the claws ! Doh ! :-)

Remember I stuck a few nice Smallies on them earlier this year too !  Very cool little lures.

Peace,

Fish

Man!! That lake has been on fire this year!!!! Shes back! Congrats on the fish, blind casting a 3" plastic?!?! I thought that was low percentage jk

Oh so thats what Fish Chris looks like without sunglasses LOL!

Wow!

That's another beauty. Keep 'em coming...

8-)

great fish as allways,please forgive my ignorance but what is a huddlebug?

Awesome fish.

bassbob, check out the huddlebug.

Its cool looking....and apparently quite effective  

Wayne

Like Jimmy V says:  Never give up!

ok thank you for you info,cool bait.

As always, YOU DA MAN!

BTW, I just checked out the huddlebug on the website, pretty cool!

Fish Chris, what style and size hook do you use on the bug?

and hey Bassnleo, I rigged the Huddlebug (in mudbug color... my favorite) on a 1/4oz, Owner football head jig... hook into the tail end, with the claws facing away from the lead head....

Peace,

Fish

Fish Chris has caught more 10+ lb plus bass in the last 2 months, then I have probably seen in my entire life. Outstanding work, and keep it up!

this one makes 8 for this year..... But I have a VERY long ways to go, to top my best year ever for DD's. In 2002 I caught 27 over 10 lbs, from 5 different lakes ! I was just on fire that year. Twenty more DD's, to top 2002, would certainly be awesome ! But I'd be happier to only get one more DD for 2007..... that went 19 plus lbs ;-)

Peace,

Fish

Beautiful fish!!!  

Congrats!

-J

Beautiful, beautiful bass FC!!! 12lb shore bass, that's a dream for me! Thanks for the inspiration!

So what does this say about the bigger the bait the bigger the bass?

So what do you do to keep from getting skunked? Keep chunking!

So that's what Chris looks like without his glasses  ;D. Great fish as always, Chris.

there he is agin with the chiteatingrin.  It should be made into a poster.

go get em big feller.

Dude,  you never cease to amaze me.   Thank you!!!  

Another one bites the dust.  8-)

Thanks for sharing, Fish.

With the pre-rigged bug.  what size/style hook

It looked like a size one octupus.  but he never gave a real good looksee.

Great job, that just makes me sick ;D  guess its back to just trying to catch a dink for me.  :'(

Right before I clicked on this thread I knew you were going to have another tru LUNKER....gaw chriss