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B52 bugger

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06/14/08 06:41:57

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Please forgive for I have sinned. I fished last night at a local pond. Every thing was perfect. Since this was going to be my first serious trip for largemouths I started using my spinning rod with my old standard Jitterbug. The wind died down, I checked with Doug Hannon "Moon clock" ideal from 8:06 pm to 10 pm. Six largemouths best going five pounds, three bluegills not the size of Curlew Pond, two crappies. Missed several savage strikes.

Next time I'm leaving the spinning rod. For now please forgive me.

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gillbuster

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06/15/08 11:48:43

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Armand,
The Bass Pond council has acknowledged your confession & found you are weak and the fishing urge for bass is very strong. You are forgiven, here is your confessional repent tasking.... Say 4 Hail Marys, Repeat 10 times.... "I will fly fish a classic deer hair bass bug and catch a whopper large mouth on a fly rod" If you don't complete this task, you will have to do a tying demo of a your classic "Bass bat" at our next meeting.

Oh by the way nice fish....love that top water action on the ole Jitterbugs...I sinned once... a long time ago
Gillbuster

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Wee Hooker

Maybe

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06/17/08 10:53:23

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Since the lure you chose was well over 50 years old and brings burbleing memories of younger days to all of us, I can hardly beleive that old Sam T himself could find fault in what you've done. You were fishing a classic lure on classic farm pond waters out of a classic craft. No shame there. Now if you had been flipping spinner baits off a 200hp glitter barge, we'd have to unlearn you the hand shake!

BTW: I once had a "friend" who learned that 5/8 oz black jitterbugs fished at night worked "well". I ...

er...he used to upgrade the hooks to bigger SW trebles , painted the blade red and finally drilled the body,added 5-6 bb's and resealed with epoxy. It was allot of work but was ( reportedly) well worth the effort!

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B52 bugger

Getting old

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07/12/08 10:49:15

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I kept track of the weather yesterday. I had a new bug in mind. I tied it up going to be a killer. Took my 7 wgt. outfit, stripped the line from the reel, replaced reel, put line back on reel, put new leader - ready to go. I had errands to do. Rushing around. Get to the pond, unload gear - No Fly Rod - I had left it on the lawn home. Grab spinning gear - forgive me again, spinning gear. Cloudy sky, no wind. Started at 7 pm for 1 1/2 hour no action. Fishing the same Jitterbug. At 8;30 pm got a hit from monster bass, pull 12 ft canoe all over the place, circled the canoe a real circus, I dropped the fish along side. Please remember no action for 1 1/2 hour. I lost this fish, made three cast, three fish on biggerst maybe three pounds. Had action until time to leave 10:15 pm this is my biggest. I have to adjust rig for my camera. That is not a growth on my neck it's a flashlight to see. See Jitterbug peaking from mouth. Fish released to fight another day. Would have been a fantastic night with fly rod.

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B52 bugger

Getting dumber

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07/30/08 09:36:47

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Monday night I was fishing hard. From 7 pm to 10 pm. Three bass on the bug - got tired and grabbed the spinning rod. Got this bass on Jitterbug. The fish came from deep water to hit.

Fished last night with new bug tied yesterday. I got to the pond at 8 pm - four yahoos with Ranger type boats. I got no hits and no bass.

Today I'm resting, bad weather for tomorrow. July 31, 1960 I took my biggest bass on Jitterbug a 9 lb, 7 oz. fish - 38 years ago, been trying all my life for a bigger one.

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spinzo

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07/30/08 17:53:18

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T'aint nuthing wrong with that fish, brother Armand. In fact, I'd say that fish was the opposite of something wrong.

Mike

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gillbuster

Awesome fish

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07/31/08 16:51:07

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Great Bass pictures!!!... If I caught a huge bass that size, I would have to go home and change my drawers. I have been wanting to try night fishing with a bass bugs... have a couple ponds in mind that have good reports of big fish...Armand, do you anchor your canoe in a likely spot and fish in complete darkness or with a small flashlight in the bottom of the boat?... With a fly line, it can get easily tangled around your legs etc, etc?... any night time set up/ bass bug recommendations... I would think bass cork poppers would be easy to cast and gurgle loud when stripped...

Oh, by the way, .....Remember to say your 3 Hail Mary's in confession asking forgiveness for sinning and using spinning gear... hm-mm, with big fish like that, I may be saying Hail Mary's long side you.... those fish are awesome

Gillbuster

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B52 bugger

I have been focused on big bass

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08/01/08 05:15:12

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I don't anchor the canoe. I look at the water, see which directrion wind is from I like 5 mph and hope the wind dies down for the evening. I am using deer hair bugs, orginally tying weedless. Now I'm tying non weedless hook size 2/0 or 3/0, the pattern I settled on is a frog wide body with two deer hair legs (rear). When the mosquitos start to bother you - look out that's bass time - they are on the prowl. I am constantly moving, staying parallel to the shoreline. The reason I use the spinning rod I'm trying to get a pattern. I'm finding out that in this lake, the bass are in deep water 6 to 10 feet deep. It takes a big bait to get them to come up. I went back Tuesday night figuring to get them on my fly rod. 4 yahoos with big motors on the lake zooming around here and there, one time zoomed in front of me - got no hits, no bass

I hope to get out August 4th so on. I read in Worcester Telegram this am, a bass pro guy fishing Chauncey Lake, Monday with 10 pound test caught a four foot Muskie about 33 pounds on crank bait. He wasn't prepared for this. He took photos with his phone.

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Wee Hooker

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08/02/08 12:26:23

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I'll tell you what. a 4' Muskie hooked out of your 12' OT Pac is going to take you on a Nantucket Sleigh ride ;-)

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B52 bugger

What a way to go

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08/02/08 14:07:07

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Show me the love, hurt me - I would love a 4 ft Muskie. I think I would have to beach the canoe to land?????

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Wee Hooker

ybema

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08/03/08 05:04:09

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I think I would have to beach the canoe to land?????

It would certainly make it easier (given the combination of weight and teeth.) However, if you play them OUT, it's not all that hard to get big fish into the boat. You just need to watch you ballance ( and those teeth!) Kayakers routinely land big stripers from their craft, I've landed a few from a yak myself but none quite that size.

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B52 bugger

Forgive me again

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08/15/08 15:54:00

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What can I say. I have been fly fishing but I'm not able to get the big ones to come up. We have a very strange weather pattern, rain cloudy, thinder and lightning, few mosquito, no frogs croaking at night, no lightning bugs. I got this fish on Jitterbug.

Wee Hooker I visited X pond yesterday with no gear. Pond is low, houses all over the place - very, very sad.

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gillbuster

J-bug!

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08/15/08 16:49:43

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Wow! what a fish....The way you have been sinning this summer, your going straight to the devil house... what can I say your putting the J-bug to the test and it is a proven winner.... keep the pictures coming. Are you having any luck at night?

gillbuster

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B52 bugger

Weather pattern changing

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08/16/08 03:23:55

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When it's hot say temps in the 90's rule of thumb fish at night. Lots of mosquito you will have a chance for a lunker at night. Thursday nite I caught this fish at 7:15 pm, lost a big one around 8 pm, took a smaller bass at 8:45 thing real slow the water is cool from the rain, no frogs croaking or lighting bugs.

I am actually killing myself throwing large bugs but nothing happening. I don't think they really want to hit the Jitterbug. It's the combination of action, noise and big bait they can't resist

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Wee Hooker

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08/16/08 06:36:15

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Nice fish,Aj! keep sending pics with those apologies :-) just a thoiught. Have you tried a steady hand over hand retrieve with a BIG water pushing bug? I'm thinking they may key in on it better after dark than a traditional stop and go. When I used to fish rubber frogs at night, we used to toss them into cover and drag them out with a slow steady crank..

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B52 bugger

I have been using a different retrieve

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08/16/08 15:52:02

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It worked for a while in day and night time until the weather pattern changed. Ever see the film clip of Lee Wulff fly fishing for Minipi Brooktrout. The opening clip fopr his videos showing a large skater fly with unclipped deer hair. The fly is toss accross the river and skated back - the trout jump out of their scales to hit the fly.

Well I used the same approach for bass. Skating the bug back - purposely getting the tail to flip in different directions. Hopefully the weather pattern will change with constant heat for three days.

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