The Season Begins…
Filed under: Observations — admin @ 7:40 am
Memorial Day weekend in Minnesota means the official opening of bass season. Reports have been varied across the state, but most smallmouth anglers had decent action, largely based on spawning fish. I assume it will be similar for largemouth as well.
We had a weird thing happen. My brother took his son fishing on a small mid-Minnesota river via canoe. He was steering the boat and trying to fly fish periodically while his son was throwing a wood popper plug off the bow.
The boy had good action going 13 for 17 on smallies up to 18 inches with the plug. My brother did not get a hit on his fly popper. Hmmmm.
Anyone else out there have anything weird happen this weekend. I believe this anomaly might have something to do with spawning fish.
A larger plug might have created a more formidable intruder in or near a nest instigating a more forceful reaction. The small popper moving along the surface may not have been invasive enough to cause such a response. I doubt that’s what happened, but it’s possible.
The season finally begins, what could be better?