Rod Bendhard Posted March 3, 2018 Report Share Posted March 3, 2018 Went out in the yak yesterday before this storm hit. We had 3 warm days in a row so I knew it would be money. Started out throwing a small rat lure I made. I was tossing it right up under some overhanging branches and within a few minutes I had my first fish of 2018! Next cast I hooked into a 5lber but dumped it at the yak like a complete amateur. That got the blood pumping! I kept fishing for another hour with no action. As time went on I started really wishing I hadn't missed that fish haha. I broke the tail off the rat on a snag so I switched it up to this weird shallow cranking rat I made. I'm fishing a shallow cove for a few minutes beating the bank with no luck when I randomly decide to bomb a Hail Mary cast right into the middle. Before my lure even hits the water I feel my phone buzz. I fumble around with my phone for a minute replying to the text when out of my peripheral I see the lure just disappear. No explosion, no swirl, just gone. It took me like 3 seconds to realize what was going on! I dropped the phone and started reeling the slack as fast as I could. When the line tightened up the fish was still on! I couldn't believe it! Took a few pics and off she went At this point I was beyond psyched. First bass of the year, on lures I made (one of the best feelings humans can experience, on par with beer in the shower) It was starting to get cold and my back was starting to feel like a dry bag of concrete from sitting in that damn kayak so I decided to call it. On my way out caught another one cranking the rat a few feet down by a fallen tree sfla, porkmeatballs, Rmcgrath and 4 others 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danthefisherman Posted March 3, 2018 Report Share Posted March 3, 2018 No better way to start off the year than with baits of your own making...well done and good fish! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassbass Posted March 3, 2018 Report Share Posted March 3, 2018 Great job Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zigtherat Posted March 5, 2018 Report Share Posted March 5, 2018 Great way to "knock the rust off"! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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