More Warmouth

[JSC]

My river has been down enough to get some decent fishing in the past 2 weeks .. Have not carried an ice chest to put fish in (just my small drink box) and have been catching the warmouth while bass fishing ... So this AM I went with the intention of catching my daughter and sone in law a mess of them .. I threw my 1/4 oz Finess spinner bait the whole time .. they did not bite as well as they had been (neap tide today which is all ways tough) I managed to catch them 37 and kept some bass for them for a change .. 5 .. I kept _ Limit .. and threw back 4 more.
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[Fatman]

Sounds like a great day and nice looking fish.

 

[Ron Don]

Dang 37 on a spinnerbait! Sounds like a blast.

 

[Pup]

JSC,

That is an incredibly nice mess of warmouth. I've never caught more than one or two during a fishing trip. Maybe that's due to a smaller abundance or I'm selecting the few larger ones in the lakes I've fished in my area. Usually nab them on 6-inch plastic worms.

Lemme guess, Lew's SG Graphite Rod and Daiwa Prolite Reel? I like that outfit. :icon14:

 

[StumpHunter]

Wow and on a 1/4 oz bait. Those will be great eating, nice catch.

 

[AtticaFish]

Impressive haul! Now they better invite you for the fish fry.

Side note..... i've called green sunfish 'warmouth' for more years than i can remember and never realized true warmouth is actually a separate species of sunfish all together. They must be aggressive little guys to be going after that size spinnerbaits.

 

[JSC]

They hit like a ton of bricks but pull like a powder puff.

You can hit certain types of water here on the river at the right time and they will eat hard .. This was a slower day .. had not kept any until yesterday (kept forgetting the ice chest . my live well is being used as a dry well).
The rod & reel combo is a golden oldie .. from the 80's .. the reel is a Diawa PS10 .. one of the cheapest they made at that time but turned out to be one of their best (Bushing reel) The rod is a Bruin 610ML43 (4' 3") Fiberglass/Graphite/Epoxy .. I designed it for the company I was working for (Bruin was a division I was in the wholesale end both out of Biz now Long story) NW Fl guys wanted a real River Rod and that was what I designed it for real accurate and easy to chunk a bait under the over hangs.
Here is the spinner Bait .. the skirt has been clipped real way by Jack fish and a lot of fish. Extra Light wire (Music Wire) Hi Vibration.
1/4 oz.
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[LedHed]

Outstanding report & fantastic catch!!! WTG JSC!!!!

 

[JSC]

Got Back out today and the super high tide made me change my plans.
Tried around the edge of the bay awhile for Bass or Reds -0-
Went back to the warmouth hole ... no bass I Jack and 42 Warmouth.
I did try another color combo on them .. Texas Chicken (note the spring coil near the blade on the upper arm .. saw a wierd bend on a spinner bait in TU and thought about this .. I think some one made it before ? the coil will pick up debries. Would have stayed longer but rain clouds were building and I heard thunder so I cranked up and headed for the house .. Tide was running out good when I had to leave .. this afternoon should have been real good for where I had planned on going. Normaly I throw back 90% of what I catch but my daughter and son in law need a mess all a long and these hitting in numbers you get them while you can.
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[Ron Don]

I haven't seen a coil on the arm before. That's pretty neat. Does it work at catching the debris?

You got them warmouth cornered!

 

[Jig Man]

Lots of good eats right there...

 

[CrappieHappy]

Nicely done!

 

[Pup]

Nice mess of fish once again JSC. That spring-arm spinnerbait is interesting.

You sure sprang it on those warmouth!

 

[JSC]

Just playing with the spring arm .. may take a larger blade to vibrate more.
Will keep yal updated. It will collect debries.

 

[JSC]

Back out today .. was going to fish a little further up river but water was still in the swamp so went back to where I have been catching the warmouth (some good bass in that stretch of water but are real finicky) ... I must be stuck on the low 40s for these babies .. 41 this time with 1 Shellcracker, 5 Jack (eastern Chain Pickerel) 3 Bass (2 keeper -- 1 throw back but I realesed them all) 1/4 oz spinner bait Shad color skirt .. I heard a few red fish were in at the lower end and was to worn out to go check them out .. So next week that will be my #1 project ... (I may have to fall back on the Warmouth Bite ) -- I dont know how long my son in law will take them -- needs to take them while the bite is on


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[JSC]

Quick note -- on the spring arm could never tell if it was any more vibes from it than the regular shaft .. lost it early today to a snag.

 

[JSC]

Super High Tide and Front moved thru gave them lock jaw today.
Did get some Redfish (5) 1 20 incher.
Below is a Shot of a portion of the stream the Warmouth (and some Bass ) have been coming from ..
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Red Fish were caught down near the Bay about 6 miles or so from above (below)

 

[Lost Pole]

Wonderful thread, reports and pictures. Your spots look like mine sorta, but I'd have to run a ways for the Reds. We call em goggle eyes and they're as feisty, lb for lb, as any fish on the river. Thx for sharing.

 

[Ron Don]

Purdy water! Does look a lot like bayous round here.