Deathwade 2012: The Century Mark Falls 7/23/12

Matt D and I have done a few Deathwades in the past. Usually good fishing, if not really good. Today was no exception. Pretty much wade further than most people would dare over rough terrain, starting early, ending late, fish like hell.

Bike shuttle set in place we started slow and on the water at 7am. Started slow, but then stayed consistently very good all day. Tubes for me, Matt was pulling dinks on a tiny buzzbait or various tubes. Lots of impact strikes, lots of ultra dinks biting tubes- leading to swearing all day. Today was a case of getting more out of the water than one fisherman ever could alone. Matt kept the pace slow and topwater was nil, so we worked the wood like champs.



We finished with 112 bass and 8 Googs. 3 or 4 largemouth in the group, the rest smallmouth bass.



We had a shootout, where Matt took the early lead and kept it most of the day until I went ahead at 33-32 with a flurry of pigs. Didn't last long as Matt downsized and started nailing dinks on a small tube.





Some great moments maybe I'll describe in more detail when I'm recovered.





BT 52 (3-18-18.25", 2-17.5", 17", 2-16" 3-15") 4 Googs
Matt 60 (2-18", 17.5") 4 Googs

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No Particular Theme Fishing Report 7/3/12

Returned for a second dose of my last trip. T-storms forcasted, so it was going to be cloudy again, right?

Wrong. I did do one thing right. Got there early. Had 3 18"'s and a 16" before 10am. Sun got bright. I got paranoid about doing a 7 mile wade and what the sun would do to the bite. Turned around maybe 2 miles in.





Don't know what this pose was.



Left to hit another flow, changed my mind. Hit a new section of the same one. Lost a 16-17" on a spinnerbait that was simply an amazing fight. Got off in the shallows and skimmed away. Some kids had been fishing ahead of me. Got out and hit a downstream stretch which was cooking. Warm water, sun baked and nothing going on. So I sat in the shade and watched the fish swim around. Tied a senko on and caught 4 or 5. Bite woke up a bit, got 14 back to the car, but lost a pig up top that would have been the 4th 18"+ of the day.

Threw a Supreme on today because it had Power Pro 15/4. The new Power Pro Slick 15# I've been using is just garbage. Wraps far more than normal and less cast distance by quite a bit.

Puttered around too much on a cooked river, but nothing else was near. Lots of walking between casts and fish out there.

Ended with 26 (3-18", 16")