June 29, 2016
Fishing Time: 9:00 p.m. – 9:45 p.m.
Rating: 6
Weather Conditions: Overcast skies
Bait: Drop Shot with Poor Boy’s Baits Green Pumpkin Erie Darter and Poor Boy’s Baits Green Pumpkin Drop Shot Darter and Quick Drop 1/4 ounce weight
Rod: Megabass Orochi XX Drop Shot Rod
Reel: Shimano Sustain
Line: 7-pound Sunline Super Sniper FC
Total Bass Caught: 3
Final Weigh in Weight: 3.68 pounds
After my great last outing on Lake Sammamish, I have been eager to head back out to see if the bass frenzy would continue, so when my friend invited me to go fishing with him I jumped at the opportunity. We got a late start to the day and weren’t able to launch our boat until 7:30 p.m. I figured that with the rising water temperatures the bass would be moving to deeper water, so our initial plan was to fish the docks in Bass Cove and on Eagle Point because the majority of them lie on steep drop offs and extend to 20+ feet of water. We were just about to reach the first docks in Bass Cove when all of a sudden the motor cut out on us. After realizing that we were low on gas, we were forced to return to shore to fuel back up. By the time we fueled back up and were ready to go it was already 9:00 p.m. and it was starting to get dark, so we decided to just fish the docks on the second point on the right. I began by casting over to an old wooden dock and immediately something picked up my worm. I set the hook and was just about to bring it into the boat when it suddenly jumped and shook off. I was disappointed, but quickly cast back to the same spot. Fortunately, the bass came back and this time I was able to get it into the boat. It only ended up being a dink 0.5 pound bass. I then continued to work my way down the point, but didn’t have much luck until I came to a nice plastic dock. I cast over to it and shook my worm a few times. I felt something pick it up, so I set the hook and landed another dink 0.5 pounder. We then motored down a few docks until we came to one with a bunch of bricks on it. I cast over to the right pillar of the dock and slowly hopped my worm back to the boat. The worm was about halfway back to the boat when I felt something hammer my worm. I quickly set the hook and instantly felt a big bass on the other side of my line. I fought with it for some time, all the while trying to keep it from jumping, and eventually got it into the boat. I put it on the scale and it came out to be a nice 2.68 pound smallmouth. I wanted to continue on, but it was really dark at this point, so we decided to call it a day and head in.
Observations: The water temperature ranged from 66-68 degrees, so it is slowly warming up. There were plenty of bass by the docks and they all seemed very active and hungry. However, I noticed that the bass by the dock were a lot smaller. It seems that the bass are slowly moving to deeper water and that the bigger bass are moving to a lot deeper water than the smaller ones, as I caught my big bass in 20-25 feet of water. This outing wasn’t as good as my last one, but it was still good to get out on the water and get into a quality bass.