My daughter lost one very large bass after several jumps but caught another of a good size on the huge popper several casts later. She’d never caught a largemouth before, though she had caught a number of smallmouths up north. My daughter was throwing the 8 wt remarkably well especially considering the high winds and the fact that she only uses a rod for a couple days a year at best. I’m hoping the winds die eough tonight to get her onto a striper tomorrow on beaver lake. She wouldn’t touch the bass though, hence my mug in the shot below.

Hey, all There were 20mph winds on Muskamoot Bay off  (flats area) to do a little smallmouth fishing before the rains. Fishing in 2′ of water with the only rod i have thatll punch through the wind, my 8wt with a lamson konic reel. I never fish a dropper system but i tried it today figuring i could increase my catch ratio with bass and bluegill. I used a home tied sculpin pattern with a small size 8 chart green wooly bugger. In an hour and a half i was able to get 6 smallies and 1 largemouth. Not a great day but not a bad day either. No pike, no carp. Surprisingly, half the fish came on the green bugger? I had to use a sink tip line just to keep it off the 1′ chop just so i could feel any strikes. And even that was difficult losing alot of fish