creek fishing 3-11 = 3 smallies

[young-gun-fisher]

Finally got some nicer weather and had to fish a local creek before the weekend ended. I got the jon boat out and spent about 3 hours out on the water. The fish surprised me a bit yesterday, they wouldn't hit a tube, a jig, or any other small plastic bait. I thought for awhile that I was going to catch another skunk this year, but decided to tie on the BETTER version of the "ohio special" onto my ultralight. I made a only a few casts downstream and slowly reeled it in before I felt some weight on the end of my line. I ended up catching a nice 12 inch smallie for my first bass of the year. It wasn't long before I caught a second smallie that was only about 10" long. I decided to try one more spot before I called it a day. Once again I tossed my lure downstream and this time I felt a hefty pull on the end of my line. My ultralight was doing its best and then I finally saw a large smallie on my line. It did one big jump about 1.5' out of the water and I thought I was going to lose it, but finally pulled in a 17" bronzeback. It was a nice way to end the day and I finally headed home without the stink!!

[RBoyer]

Nice I got my first of the year yesterday myself! This weekend with it warming up there might be a pretty good bite for smallies


-Ryan Boyer

[SMBHooker]

Nice!! Got to love the fight of the big'ens!

BTW: Hurry and post a pic of the 17"er . . . Mike keeps the southwest forum honest and he'll be asking for proof shortly.


Sent from . . . off and over there.

[young-gun-fisher]

I will post a few tonight when I get home, so I am not called a "liar" or get accused of telling "fish story's"

[QueticoMike]

Originally Posted by SMBHooker

Nice!! Got to love the fight of the big'ens!

BTW: Hurry and post a pic of the 17"er . . . Mike keeps the southwest forum honest and he'll be asking for proof shortly.


Sent from . . . off and over there.

Mike who????

Sounds like a good report to me! If the water ever gets low enough around here I will be throwing me some of those Ohio Specials

[young-gun-fisher]

Here are a few pics, the first two are of the 17" smallie and the 3rd is of the first bass of the year along with the BETTER version of the "ohio special"

[Crankb8]

Originally Posted by young-gun-fisher

Here are a few pics, the first two are of the 17" smallie and the 3rd is of the first bass of the year along with the BETTER version of the "ohio special"

Can't tell for sure from the picture, but if its the bait I think it is, I agree with your assessment of a BETTER "Ohio Special".

[justin3687]

Nice job. Did your fish measuring board come broken to lol I just got that same one and the end is broke off

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[ML1187]

Hey young gun...

That bait sure looks like the bomber a you were talking about in the thread on Ohio special. Is the bait in the picture the best color? I want to buy a few...would u say the larger size is best?

Thanks!

Matt


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[young-gun-fisher]

ML1187 - I prefer to use the smaller size in colder weather and in smaller streams. In a river or larger body of water I will sometimes use the larger size bomber or other similar crankbaits. That color has been the most productive for me me in all of the river systems, but I will also sometimes throw a chartreuse or shad color.

But if I could only have one, it would be the smaller bomber which is in the picture.