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3.5lb, 18 inch Largemouth Bass caught at Wapato Lake
| Length | 18 inches (exact) |
| Weight | 3.5 lbs. (exact) |
| Catch Date | 07/05/2010 |
| Kept/Released | Released |
| Location | Wapato Lake |
| Bait/Lure | Powerbait 4" Chigger Craw |
| Description | Woo! I was so pumped when I got this guy into the net. I had tried Rapalas and grubs and didn't have any luck all weekend from the boat. Then just before we left I fished a bit from shore off the rocks near the orange buoy. I switched to a soft plastic crawdad and cut the trailing pincers apart so they looked more natural. I flicked it in along the bottom and caught 3 bass within 10 minutes, including this healthy one. I know the pic doesn't look that impressive cuz it's such a big net, but I weighed and measured him. |
Largemouth Bass caught at Wapato Lake
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a guest
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... The guys over at http://www.Reddit.com/r/fishing told me that these were all largemouth, not smallmouth. I'm new to bass fishing, but now I know the easiest way to tell for sure if large or smallmouth is the mouth and eye. If the mouth ends right on the eye, it's a smallmouth. If the mouth extends all the way past the eye it's a largemouth. |
swese44
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... I used a 3/8 football hook. Hook the crawdad through the butt just like you would do the head of a grub, then bring it out on top. They eye that you tie your line to is now sitting on top of the football head, so the hook will always face up. The crawdads I was using had their claws stuck together and they were too stiff. After I cut the claws apart they fluttered in the water and looked more realistic or at least more flashy. When you stop and let it sit on the bottom they also now float up into the water a little so overall it looks much better. All you need to do is pull it in a few short feet at a time, then reel in that slack and let it sit again. You just need to move it enough to pull it off the bottom and make a little plume of dust in the water. I read somewhere that this causes a natural strike response in a lot of different fish, and it seemed to work great for me. Let it sit 5 seconds or so, then bring it in a few more feet. This works best in still water where there isn't much debris on the bottom to snag on. |
fishfreak
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... That is a nice fatty. Haven't caught anything on those crawdad plastics yet. Any tips on how to flick it on the bottom and how to rig it up? |
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