Slight chance of rain...

The weather was less than cooperative Saturday morning starting out with a cold rain and moderate wind. But that wasn't about to stop us. Ryan and I just pulled out our ponchos and away we went. Again, we concentrated on the southern end of Spring Lake, just off of the lilly pads. We armed ourselves with Rapala minnows and Thunderstiks now that we know that's what works.

The day started out badly, unfortunately. Ryan hooked into what looked to be a very nice bass, but it dropped off of his line just as he was about to land it. He wouldn't shut up about it the rest of the day. We went on to catch five more. They averaged about this size to the right. I also gave Ryan an honorable mention for this fairly big pumpkin seed. It was caught on a Rapala!


I think it was just one of those days. We experienced MANY reel malfunctions, mostly line knotting and tangling. I've switched from Fireline to Spiderwire to see if that fixes the problem. I think those little crank-baits just don't have enough weight, causing the line to explode out from the spool. We will see.