Another fishing report during turkey season

[WaterDawg]

Visited San Vicente reservoir last weekend. Haven’t fished there since it reopened. Expected a solid bass bite based on reports but slow for us.

Around noon we were about to call it and I decided to try a spy bait I rarely use. Rarely because it is only good in fairly deep, snag-free water where you can cast a long distance and let it sink. Most water like that isn’t fishy. San V has lots of that water and this lure has worked in the past when nothing else was getting a sniff.

Anyway I caught two bass on my first three casts, then got three gigantic bluegills (each well over a pound). The gills fight harder than bass pound for pound, and everything that hits this lure hits it hard. I’ve caught bass, catfish, Crappie and bluegill all on this lure.

If you’re a fisher and haven’t already, give this technique a try.

 

[ilovesprig]

Nice Kevin.....At 14 bucks a whack.....I'd have that lure on 50 lb braid.....lol

ps....Looks like a topwater bait, but sinks?

 

[Muledeerhunter]

Man, nice panfish.

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[WaterDawg]

Nice Kevin.....At 14 bucks a whack.....I'd have that lure on 50 lb braid.....lol

ps....Looks like a topwater bait, but sinks?

Hey Steve, yes it sinks. I was using 6 lb mono leader and 10lb braid on a spinning outfit. You can cast it a mile, count to ten and retried VERY slowly. The engineering is excellent, the props will spin at high RPM at extremely slow retrieve and put out a surprising amount of flash, and the body gently wobbles. You can google videos on Spybaiting, it’s huge in Japan.

 

[nicapopolis]

Sweet stuff. I never got into spy baiting when it picked up steam in So Cal, but good gawd lots of guys hammered the schooling fish in the summer with those.

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[WaterDawg]

Sweet stuff. I never got into spy baiting when it picked up steam in So Cal, but good gawd lots of guys hammered the schooling fish in the summer with those.

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I haven’t done it much either. I generally prefer topwater, spinnerbaits and other stuff with 15 lb line that you can pull hard on. But in our hard-fished lakes finesse is often the only option. Spybaiting is no good in shallow, weedy, or murky water but perfect for places like San V and DVL. I plan to do it more often.

 

[TRICER]

Very cool. Wonder how they would work in the bay.

 

[WaterDawg]

Very cool. Wonder how they would work in the bay.

Wouldn’t surprise me at all if they work well in the bay. My only concern would be toothy saltwater bass sawing off my $14 dollar lures, but I’m cheap.