Category: Kansas Bass Fishing

Fishing Fundraiser On Perry

I decided to fish a fundraiser this last weekend on Perry for K-State Fishing Team with a friend. I did a little pre-fishing, and it was tough.  I was able to catch one 3 pound smallmouth of a main lake point. I decided to start on main lake points with plastics. It was supposed to be a very nice day, but it started cold and a north wind was on the spot. After just one bite, we moved to the next point in the area. I would catch 4 non-keeper smallmouth on 5 casts. Being a big fish contest with 4 weighing periods, we needed to find some bigger fish. We moved around the lake trying docks, the marina, and the back of pockets. We didn’t have any luck for several hours. Then we went to fish some wood, and was able to catch one more non-keeper smallmouth on a swimming jig. We had heard that the big fish was 5.12lb and several more 5 pounders were weighted in. I probably ran around the lake more then I have ever before. We never could find any more fish. My friend was able late in the day to hook up with a fish on a crankbait. I thought we finally had a fish we could weigh in. NO, IT WAS A DRUM!! We decided to call it a day.  It was nice to hangout with a friend I had not fished with in 4 years. K-State put on a nice tournament. One thing about fishing, there is always a next time.

 

 

Melvern Sunflower Team Series Tournament

Sunflower Team Series had their first event; Kyle and I were ready. It was a cold morning as we waited at the ramp with the other 39 boats for take-off. The wind was going to blow hard out of the NW about 20 mph. That was going to make it hard to fish our best spot. But, we were going to go there and fish as long as we could. Kyle was throwing a finesse bait and I started with a Jerkbait. We fished two hours in the spot with only 1 bite, and we did watch another boat land a keeper in the area. I knew they were there, but something had changed. Kyle was also getting very cold, and it was hard to fish in the wind.

We decided to move to another spot out of the wind, so we could fish a little slower and maybe feel a bite. We moved to area that had a lot of secondary points as we could fish multiple spots out of the wind. Everyone else was there too, and there were probably 10 boats or more in the area. I looked at Kyle and said, “Lets do something crazy; go throw square bills in the back of these pockets.” The water temp was 49 to 50 degrees. We fished around in the back of a pocket when we came to a drain, and I hooked up. I had a good smallmouth on, and Kyle was fighting with getting the net out. I told him to take his time; he finally got it out and netted our first and only keeper of the day.  It weighted 2.34lb. We would catch 3 more fish on square bills in the pockets. Kyle would catch 1 smallmouth on a secondary point with a finesse bait to end the day. I thought we fished hard for the conditions, and was so proud of Kyle.  He never said anything negative about the weather and just kept fishing. We would end up 16th place out of 39 teams; not a bad start. There were about 20 boats that didn’t come in with a keeper. The next Sunflower Team series event will be at El Dorado April 14. Thanks to Rick and Kip for putting on a great event and letting me fish with my boys. Nick will fish the 3rd Event at Wilson with me.

March Bass fishing on Melvern

I had an upcoming tournament on Melvern, so the twins and I decided to go prefish. It was a cloudy day with a little bit of wind. It didn’t take very long to hook up on my first three casts. We caught 12, lost 4, and we had the best luck on finesse baits and Jerkbaits. There was only one area we could get a bite. It is funny to watch the video and notice how long I would let the jerkbait set. It was cool to have Kyle catch a jerkbait fish. We are hoping the fish will be there next week when Kyle and I fish the first Sunflower Team Series Tournament.

15 Minutes of Greatness

We decided to fish a little lake in central Kansas that I have caught a lot of fish on this time of year. Of course with the water temperature about 41 when we started, we couldn’t get a bite on any of the deep spots after two hours. So we decided to move shallow, and the water temperature was 45 degrees.  It didn’t take us very long to get hooked up. The bite only really lasted 15 minutes, but the twins were able to catch a couple of good bass.

1st Trip of 2018 Coffey County

It felt really good to get the boat out for the first trip of the year. We decided to go to Coffey County to fish the hot water. It was a beautiful February day in Kansas with light wind and partly cloudy. I told the boys there would be alot of boats out fishing. Yes, there were when we showed up.  We had a little hard time getting on any of the good spots. Kyle hooked up on his third cast with a really nice bass on a Ned Rig. About 10 minutes later, Nick hooked up with a small bass, but lost it at the boat. We would fish for a couple more hours only catching 4 white bass. We watched a lot fish be caught by other people; I think they were mostly white bass. We left the hot water area and fished main lake riprap. We were able to catch two white bass on suspended jerkbait on the main lake with a water temp at 46 degrees and the hot water was 66 degrees. It was just really nice to go fishing today.