Twice Caught Smallmouth - Ronnie's Story, Part 1
Thursday October 9, 2008
Have you ever wondered how soon a bass will hit after being caught? I have had a couple of experiences catching fish within minutes of breaking them off. One smallmouth in Wisconsin hit for Fritz before supper and for me after supper.
Twice Caught Smallmouth - Ronnie's Story, Part 1
Twice Caught Smallmouth - Ronnie's Story, Part 1
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Several years ago while fishing Wisconsins’ Chippewa Flowage for walleye, my youngest son and I were working a rock bar when we caught more than a dozen smallmouth between 2 and 4 pounds. Thinking the undersized walleye we were also catching were the reason for our break offs we soon realized we were wrong, we started catching bass with our hooks in their lips. This was minutes after the break offs. Since it was obvious that these bass were spawning, and it was the day before the bass opener in the northern zone (Wisconsin has 2 different opening days for kept bass) we left this spot. Two days later we returned to this spot and the same thing happened except the bass had spawned out. Several of which had holes in their lips from hooks. We may not have caught these fish but in that 3 day period someone had. Luckily we only foul hooked 2 of these fish and the rest were returned. When they’re on the feed fish seem to never learn.