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Liberty Lake Report
Spokane County, WA

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04/26/2010
Bottom Fishing From Boat
Largemouth Bass
Crankbait
Afternoon
04/26/2010
3
839

Hit up Liberty after work with Prohawk for a few hours. Did our good deed for the day by towing in a stranded family on their new-to-them boat.

Onto the fishing...
Water temp was around 54.5F, a nice little breeze of about 5mph and overcast skies. Barely hooked a nice largemouth and got it next to the boat before it came undone. A few minutes later, my buddy pitched a dock and ended up boating a 1-2 lb smallmouth but refused to be seen on film with anything under 3lbs so no pics. It was his first bass for the year though. About 20 minutes later, I hooked up again and lost it after it made a strong run. Went another 30 minutes, hooked up and lost another fish. Ended up losing the lure after either it broke or somehow worked loose because the split ring was still on my line. Switched up to the same pattern only a smaller lure (shallower running depth) and couldn't get a bite.

Learned three important lessons.
1. "Sure-set" hooks are junk. Change them out to a decent treble.
2. You have to be deep enough to be catching weeds on your lure to elicit a strike.
3. Only having one of your "go-to" pattern is a poor approach.


Comments

ProHawk
4/27/2010 8:03:00 AM
Keep in mind everyone, this guy hadn't even caught a bass in his life by this time last year. I've created a monster! Look out bass clubs, this guy's out for glory. And yeah, no photos of dinks.
ryancompetition
4/27/2010 8:13:00 AM
Lesson learned #4: When fishing with Prohawk, make enough room on the bow for him because there's no way he's staying in the back of the boat.
And ask him lots of questions, try for about 1 a minute. He likes that.
Thrasher
4/29/2010 8:23:00 PM
Sage advice on the first three. good job
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