May 25, 2006

Fishing at Shabbona

20.75 inch 5 pounder

Dr. Darin Jordan and I went out for little morning bass fishing today. We fished from 6 AM until 10 AM.

Water temp was 63 degrees and the clarity 6 inches to a foot, very similar to my last Shabbona trip 2 weeks ago with the exception that the weeds are coming on strong.

We had 4 "keepers", the 20.75 ", a 15" and a pair of 14's, and a handful of runts. Not as much action as we had hoped, but you can never complain much with a 5 pounder under your belt. The action was on the Yum Wooley Curlytail grubs thrown in 2 to 4 feet of water around the surfacing weed clumps, but I can't say that it ever felt like we had a solid pattern down today.  I also threw the golden spinnerbait very briefly, and caught one runt. I might head back out next week, schedule permitting, but if I was going out again today, I'd give Slugos or Bass Assassins a good trial out in those weeds.

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Good Luck Everybody

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