Act 3
Well was back at it again after 5pm today. Wind was tough at the launch but after dorking up some shore fisherman's spot I was off (gave them my humble apology to no avail as they spoke no English).
With the short light window and being solo I made a b-line to my "spot" a subtle point with a 4ft to 10ft drop that has a grassline. As I got near my spot a conversation with a buddy of mine got me thinking of another old spot and with the way the wind was going made a last second decision to hit the old cove.
The cove has a shallow sloping point which I hit but no takers. Worked some old railroad tie walls that are now just heavy brush hanging in the water. Missed a hit on the Berkley slug. Moved down a bit deeper in the cove hit another wall and nabbed a chunky 2lbs bass. Next cast to a floating dock/swimming barge got rat pick. Fished some good looking pads docks and a fallen tree top to bottom nada.
Worked the opposite side of the cove a couple of bats on the Berkley slug but more nada. At the exit of the cove spent some time working a small island with a quick drop and weedline. Hit it from multiple angles no takers.
Trucked on to the back brush laden shore again, a theme here lol, missed a nice whack on my slug. Well after getting all set up on my original spot....nothing not even a tap. I pull anchor and begin a drift and a slime dart nabs my spinnerbait. The drift takes me by a hard bottomed hump but no takers on top or sub surface.
It is dark as I head back into the main cove and with no moon it is harder to see my targets (the lily pads) but on the final cast with my spinnerbait I get a weird feeling hit that turns into a battle. After one of my best all time largemouth battles I net a big girl. She went 20in. but much to my disappointment my scale would not work. I have an extra battery in my bag but was having a hard time getting it out and in to my scale in the dark. Well getting nervous about having her out of the water for to long I gave up and set her free. My best guess a solid 5/heavy 4 but again she did not know it as she fought like mule.
That was it tried some better lit pads in the cove but no more takers. Off the water at 7:40pm.
Lures used a shallow DT,j9,spinnerbait (1 pick 1 bass),buzzbait,mouse,minus1 and Berkley slug (1 pick 1 bass).