Reconnaissance mission, new fishin' hole Sunday 9-27-2020

'Lil Shaka and I were in full baseball tournament mode during the weekend.  We had to leave for the tournament for a game around noon on Sunday.  If we won that game, we would be in the championship.  That being said, I got my butt up early and headed out to a neighborhood lake that I have never fished before.  We have been on bike rides in this neighborhood, but I never fished the lake. 

So, I decided to take a little bike ride with my fishing tackled on this Sunday morning.  Well, as you can see in the picture the bass are in this lake. 😀 What was interesting was I caught this bass on my second cast on the good ol' black plastic worm.  Then, not another bite for an hour.  Then I had to head out and get ready for the tournament.  But, I was happy I was able to hook into a bass on this day.

There is definitely something about getting out early to fish.  It calms my nerves.  It is quiet, even in a big neighborhood where this lake sits.  It was a great day, and I am happy to report that the 'Lil Shaka and his team won their baseball tournament later in the day.

Scouted new fishin' hole on Friday afternoon 9-25-2020

I hit up a new place this day.  This was a community park in a town that I grew up in not too far from where we live now.  I was able to hook into a couple of bluegill.  As you can see one of them went for my plastic worm.  The bluegill in the bottom picture I snagged up top.  Headshot with the treble hook! 😀

I fished in two different lakes in the park.  The first one seemed to be very cloudy or muddy.  And, of course in this lake, I had no bites.  When I moved over to the other lake, I noticed the water was much more clear.  This is where I was able to catch a few bluegill.  The bass have to be in this lake!  But, I did not get any bites.  It could also be the case that these lakes see quite a bit of fishing as it is a local park. The park was clean and the lakes were pretty.  Here are a couple of pics below.  It was a nice sunny day to fish in the afternoon.  I am enjoying this fall outdoors, and it has helped me mentally during this time of the Covid pandemic.

Baseball and Fishin' session Thursday 9-24-20

Well, we headed back out to the local park to hit some baseballs and do some fishing.  'Lil Shaka had a baseball tournament to stay sharp for, so we got some practice on this day.  I did not catch any fish but look at this little bass he caught on the Rebel Craw!  Pretty Cool!

Monday afternoon fishing session 9-21-20

After our fishing excursion the day before, 'Lil Shaka and I just could not get enough.  The next day, in the late afternoon we decided to fish at another fishin' hole in our town.  It is a local park that has a decent size lake.  I caught this one on a plastic worm again.

'Lil Man caught his on the Rebel Craw!

Here is another one I caught on the Rebel Craw as well.  It seems the bass are smaller in this lake as you can see above. The biggest one I have caught so far in this lake is about a pound.  But, we won't give up, I think they are in there. 

Sunday morning fishin' session 9-20-20

'Lil Shaka and I woke up early and headed out to one of our favorite lakes.  We took some good friends with us this time to enjoy the fun.  As you can see by the pictures we were able to do very well catching fish!  On the day, our entire fishing crew caught largemouth bass, bluegill, and crappie.

All of the bass I caught were caught on plastic worms in the Texas Rig Style. Some of the bass had a nice healthy dark color as you can see above.  

Check out a little recap video of our adventure above!

'Lil Shaka caught a nice bass!

They were hitting the plastic worms!  That's it for now.  It was a very fun day of fishing and the weather was a beautiful, sunny, September day.