What a day to kick off the 2009 bass season.
I had the great pleasure to guide for largemouth bass on Sunday with a first time customer. The sky was blue and the sun was hot (my neck is reminding me how hot as write this some hours after dark.)
As we fished we talked about bass fishing on the fly along with many other things. My customer was a accomplished caster so after some brief bass-specific instruction my job was easy, all I had to do was put the kayak at the right angle to reach the fish.
In the morning many nice bass were caught but nothing big, but boy did we ever see some big ones. After lunch things picked up and the average size increased. Mid afternoon we were already having a good day when I saw something in the water I could not quite identify. When the shape turned I had a good idea what it was.
As calmly as I could I told David what I’d seen and turned the boat to line him up for the cast. The cast was good but the fish immediately spooked in the clear shallow water. Instead of leaving the scene as we might expect the fish turned about a 20 foot wide circle and came back to the fly. The fish ate and we knew we had some work to do.
The Ohio largemouth bass measured 24 inches, we didn’t weigh it. Congratulations David. I hope Vic won’t be too unhappy with us.
