Well Rob, this post is for you since you demanded some pics by 8:00 
. I’ll have you know that I was tired and wanted to sleep in but when someone demands pics, then pics there shall be. Unfortunately, these probably weren’t the type of pics you were expecting.
First of all, let’s get the sunrise pics out of the way:
I was going to go back and fish the same spot I fished earlier in the week, but as I was driving along, I saw this area and I thought it looked pretty bassy (I think you’d agree):
I started out with a wacky-rigged Senko and on my very first cast along the left side of the weeds you see in that last pic, a nice bass hammered it and took off (I must have hit the fish right on the head because I never even had a chance to start reeling before he took off with the worm)- but it was not to be, not today, anyway. The fish jumped and threw the hook halfway to shore and after that, no more bites in that area. I switched to a black/red buzzbait, tried a frog for a while, and then switched to regular Senkos for the time I had left and walked the shore. I caught a few bass, but none of them were any bigger than this little fellow here.
The water is pretty shallow along that entire stretch of shore and I bet the water temperature is at least 80, maybe even 85 degrees. Hmmm…if I go again tomorrow morning, I don’t know if I want to try Idong Lake again or head to the river to see if things have improved since a few weeks ago.
This morning, I tried something completely different; instead of heading out to the river for some early morning bass fishing, I headed to Idong Lake to try my luck. It was foggy and pitch black dark when I arrived so I couldn’t really pick a good spot since I didn’t want to wade out and hit a deep hole (been there, done that, it’s not fun).
No sunrise pics today since I couldn’t even see the sun from where I was but here’s a duck 
- and this pic also gives you a good idea of the type area I was fishing.
I wish I would have brought some top water lures because I think they would have worked pretty good out here but my old standby, the Senko, did the job for me once again.
A bass so nice I had to post it twice 
This fish hammered my Senko hard in about two feet of water and immediately took off for deep water, taking out line as it went - one heck of a good fight, I must say.
This is the other decent one I caught this morning - the rest were dinks. All fish were caught on 5-inch Senkos, black and black with blue flakes. A good way to start out the week 
That seems to be the magic number lately; I went out three times this week and each time I caught four bass, and none of them have been anything to write home about. The bigger fish are out in the deeper (and cooler) water right now and I think it’ll be mid September or October before things from shore pick up again. Here are a couple of sunrise pics:
What you see below was pretty much it; all four fish this morning were about the same size and hit 4-inch, black Senkos.
Even though I’m only catching dinks these days, I still enjoy being out there early in the morning, doing what I love to do and of course, the thought is always in the back of my mind that I could get lucky and hook into a decent fish 
I probably didn’t need to tell you that but just in case you haven’t noticed, I thought I’d throw that out there. The rains we’ve had lately put a crimp in my fishing plans and although I knew it was going to be miserable out there, I had to give it a try this morning.
As you can see, I wasn’t the only one who had fishing fever. Both of these boats launched around 4:45 this morning, headed straight across the river and stayed in that one area for most of the morning - while I was out there, anyway. I sure hope they had better luck than I did because from shore, the fishing was tough; the water is still stained from the recent rains and the green algae, and like I said in the title of this post, it was pretty darned hot and muggy out even at 4:30 and once the sun popped over the horizon, I started dripping with sweat.
Speaking of the sun, here are a couple of sunrise pics.
I caught four bass this morning, and unfortunately, the one to the left was the biggest of the lot. I threw everything but the kitchen sink (maybe I should have tried that too ); 5-inch Senkos, 4-inch Senkos, spinnerbaits, chatterbaits, rattle traps and even a crankbait. Surprise surprise, all four bass were caught on 4-inch Senkos (black with blue flakes), fished with a fast, jerky retrieve, close to shore. Heh, just a few months ago it was so cold out that I had to get into the car and turn on the heater to warm my hands up; this morning I couldn’t wait to get in the car to turn the AC on full blast so I could cool off.
Well what a great way to fish my last trip before going back to work 
I fished from around 6:00am until 3:00pm, caught 50 bass and missed or lost at least 20 more including one that would of been the biggest of the day 
The weather was perfect, cloudy the whole time is was there except for the last 30 minutes or so, so it was cool enough, plus I had my small ice cooler with 6 bottles of ice cold water in the boat.
The fish were all in some kind of cover, either grass, fallen trees or tree stumps in the water. I’ll let the photos tell the story
I fished at a one acre pond yesterday morning and had a bit of fun. I know there’s no monsters in this pond so I just went to catch a few bass. Well, I managed to catch 18 bass from 4:30am ~ 11:30am. All bass caught before daylight were caught on buzzbaits (including a “good-for-this-pond” bass) and as soon as it was light all they mainly wanted was wacky rigged 5″ watermelon/red flake senkos. Good fun!! here’s a few of the photos….
Oh yea, there was also a small snake and a turtle swimming around, but I couldn’t get a photo of the turtle :(
Man it’s freaking hot this year :??? : The green algae is showing itself around these parts but not at all waters. I fished at 4 or 5 lakes on Wednesday and one was very green and one of the others only 20 minutes away was absolutely crystal clear.
The first 2 photos below are from the “green” lake where I actually caught the most fish….so it seems that the algae doesn’t bother the fish too much although I found they were hitting my frogs a bit short, maybe a visibility thing.
Most of my bass were caught on frogs from 3″ to 5″ monster fogs that I got from the UB sponsors. The 2 fish below were caught on a black cherry vibrashock and my favorite Neko rig.
I went out both yesterday and this morning but all I caught were dinks, not even worthy of being posted. There have been some nice sunrises though, so for those of you still snoozing at that time of day, this post is for you.
Continue reading ‘Dawns & Dinks’
Just in case any of you haven’t noticed, it’s hot and humid out there…and if you’re wondering, it doesn’t feel all that much better at 4:30 in the morning 
, especially when there’s not even a hint of a breeze.
I liked both of the above pictures and couldn’t decide which one to pick so I decided to put both up. The green algae-scum-stuff is getting really thick in the river, at least close to shore - as the below pics show:
There were two carp fishermen at my favorite spot when I got there (at 4:30 am!!!) and two more showed up later on so the pickings were slim as far as the spots went but I did manage to catch two bass out there:
The one on the left was caught on a 5 inch, black Senko, and the one on the right was caught on a 4 inch, black Senko.
(By Hunter Dave)
Sorry for the long time between posts. I’ve been very busy lately and decided to reward ourselves with a week in Jeju. While down there, we enjoyed many of the fun island excursions and of course the one that I found to be the most fun was fishing for my supper. We found an operation on the west coast that takes you out for a few hours to let you catch your own dinner. Took the wife and daughter a couple of kilometers offshore and commenced to start slaying them. Quickly we had a couple of nice flounder on board and the captain gets them sushied up real nice. Yum Yum! 
We continued to pull in some nice multicolored fish of unknown species and are having a good time. My daughter is slaughtering the 8 to 10 inch mackerel (which deep fried up very nicely by the way) on tiny shrimp catching them 3 at a time, while I start using a larger strip bait and start hooking some sort of larger predators. We had a blast but after a while the waves started to get to my wife (landlover) and so we decided to head back in with a total of about 70 fish. Once were back on shore the operation’s restaurant prepared us up a nice dinner of sushi, spicy fish stew, deep fried mackerel and various other fish dishes. It was outstanding meal topped off by a nice sunset on Jeju’s west coast (sorry I forgot to get a sunset picture). Next time we go down there I am going to try one of the all night offshore fishing trips under the lights. That is supposed to be very fun.
I got up at 2:00am and headed to the lake where I’ve been having some great luck. It wasn’t until around 5:00am that I knew the condition of the water. The water had gone from crystal clear 4 days ago to a coffee color. Needless to say, the bass were not in the mood to co-operate and I skunked at this lake after missing several shy bites on a frog and popper.
I then moved to another place. A 1 acre pond that not many people know about (or so I thought, because there seems to be a lot of empty worm packets around). The water here was worse than the other lake so my expectations were very low. Here’s what the water looked like……
I tried for a short time using the lures that normally work here but got no bites. The only way I was going to get a fish was to use sound and a dark color. I tied on a Black Cherry Vibrashock and almost immediately caught this little fella……
I ended up catching 2 dinks in the couple of hours and managed to miss and lose a few more.
This morning, Rob and I hit Idong, complete with waders so we could get out past the shallow areas, since the water level is still very low. Rob stayed near the parking area and also fished the deeper water close to the dam, while I walked along the cliff shores to the left.
Let me tell you, walking along those cliffs wearing chest waders while carrying several rods plus my tackle bag in this heat was a chore. By the time I got down to the other corner, I was drenched from head to toe. I caught lots of bass but unfortunately, this one was the biggest out of the lot - yes, the rest were even smaller than this one - they ranged from a four inch dink to what you see.
I should have stayed with Rob. He did pretty good fishing in the same area he caught that nice bass from just last Saturday and just as I got back from my sweat-fest, he hooked into yet another nice fish.
This one was close to three pounds and put up a really good fight - that’s one nice looking, healthy bass, isn’t it? All in all, a good morning and some of my faith in Idong has been restored.
Last night, both KMA and USFK were calling for wind and rain today but when I woke up at 3:15 this morning, the weather looked good to me so I started the coffee and got myself ready to head out. The wind had kicked up pretty good by the time I arrived at the river, but for once, the bass didn’t seem to mind. I caught one on my second cast, and the bite was pretty steady after that.
I caught five and lost three, and all bites came on 5-inch, black Senkos today, fished slow - and I never moved from the spot I started out at. Pretty amazing morning, for this time of year - and the second half of 2008 is taking up where the first half left off
Some carp fishermen left all of their garbage behind for others to enjoy…
I didn’t have a bag with me, otherwise I would have cleaned this mess up…this is the last thing I want to see early in the morning
I’m back home and I’m back fishing again. I fished yesterday morning from 4:30am and caught several small bass on as many casts with a buzzbait…..now that was fun fishing :grin: even though they had no size to them.
Then I move to the other side of the lake and started fishing frogs over the thick weeds and pulled heaved these 2 bass out.
The last one (last 2 photos) was 49cm (AGAIN). I have caught four 49cm bass in the last 4 visits to this lake and STILL can’t find a 50cm :sad: I’m sure the bass shrink in size when they see me coming
After getting skunked at the river early yesterday morning I talked my wife into heading out to Idong for some bluegill fishing yesterday afternoon, which seemed like an excellent idea to me, but apparently somebody (Nomad??? / Hacker???) tipped the bluegill off before we arrived because we didn’t get a single bite. After thirty to forty five minutes of that, we both decided to switch over to bass fishing, and I’m thankful that we did. Before the wind and rain ultimately drove us away, we caught six in approximately an hour and a half of fishing, and I caught one that was a personal best out of Idong, a 3-10 pounder.
The water level was extremely low so I used my chest waders to get out as far as I possibly could, which was, I’m guessing at least 150′. Senkos and chatter baits are what we served up. Here are some pics:
Biggest catch of the day:
Here’s one to provide you with a reference for how far out in the water I was:
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