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Float Tube Trip
Success by
Jim Bess
| "Required Reading
for anyone planning a fishing outing" - USSFN |
USSFN: 7/08/2002 -
There is something about a float tube
trip that brings up images of one-on-one battles against your quarry that
overall make the trip more intriguing. As I had explained previously my time
was limited so planning was very important.
As shown above I met my time planning goals with time to spare, which I used
to finish off a breakfast sandwich I had bought from a local gas station. As
the sky began to lighten I made my way to the water. Prepared with all the
items mentioned before my float tube was packed and it was only necessary to
carry my rod with my other hand.
Reaching the water not knowing that where the local snakes were I decided to
throw my trusty buzz bait. As always it provided me with the excitement me I
was looking for as my first cast brought on a very hot three-pound bass. In
the darken sky I would have sworn it was a five pound fish obviously the
Spiderline not providing any stretch made for increased action. The darken
skies would provide two more fish both just under the three pound range.
As the sun rose I made may way into the water and began to work my way into
the flooded grassy coves. As I expected the Chartreuse Glass Minnow took
charge and in a big way. From this point forward I should say I lost track
of exactly how many fish I was catching. It seemed from 6:30 a.m. to 9:30
a.m. as I fished what I would call the unreachable areas fish after fish
came until I had exhausted twenty Glass Minnows. The twenty Bass Assassin
Minnows were also used up to the 11:00 a.m. pre-planned quitting time.
Just as I started to make my way back to my starting point I noticed Bass
ranging from one pound to five pounds jumping out of the air and feeding on
orange and black dragonflies. Knowing that I had previously determined that
11:00 a.m. was quitting time it was necessary to make a decision. The
executive decision was to continue fishing thirty to forty-five minutes just
to see if those crazy bass jumping as far as three feet in the air would
bite my lures.
It did not take long to figure out that they did not want anymore-soft jerk
baits. After trying several other options I got to Strike Kings “Wild Thang”.
Since I did not have Orange and Black I tried the Black Neon color. The
school that was working the area was very particular though and would only
strike the lure on its way down or when it was just about to hit the
surface. This made for a lot of action but my arm was ready to fall off in
the forty minutes I was working the method. It did bring my largest fish
weighing 7 pounds 2 ounces and it was while I was skipping the lure across
some patches of grass.
Well the newly appointed quitting time had arrived and it was time to go.
With an outstanding day of “catching” fish and no leaks, or issues with
snakes or turtles I can truly say the day was a success. This will most
likely be the last time I will be able to float the Meecham Airport Nature
Area as the water has already reached the level where there will soon not be
enough water to move around freely. It should be noted that it was difficult
just moving in the areas I was working in on this day of fishing. And this
day brought most likely over seventy fish, anywhere from a 1 pound to my
largest fish 7 pounds 2 ounces
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