All day fishing

Taka wanted to fish all day, so our plan was to go first to Puddingstone, and then try out a new lake later on. We ended up fishing three different lakes today. We arrived at Puddingstone at around 8:30 am. Most action was at Puddingstone where the fish were chasing shad for over 2 hours, sadly only one fish was caught. I actually lost one also while reeling my lure up to cast again; a bass decided to take it a foot away from shore and needless to say, I missed it.

At the 2nd lake which was new to both of us, Taka ended up catching his first bass in 2 weeks! Also topped it off with a bluegill, his first ever from CA.

We arrived at the 3rd lake at sunset and fished probably only 30 minutes before it got too dark, so we called it a night and plan on returning there soon.

Total Fish Count: 6

Taka:
2 Shad lol
1 Bass
1 Bluegill

Me:
1 Shad lol
1 Bass


My Gear for today:
Jackall Poison Heritage Hyper Approach HC-68MH w/ Shimano Core 100Mg
Shimano Cumara CUC68M w/ Shimano Core 50Mg
Jackall Poison Heritage VCM-CAST 68 w/ Shimano Curado 200 E5


Finally witnessed a fish stocking in progress...


Shad Killer!


Biggest Bass of the day:


Taka's first bass in 2 weeks:


Bluegill!

I Love Hard Lures...

Just got my other Jackall rod in last week and even though I'm not a big fan of hard lures, I'm slowly starting to love it. Got a few lures from Japan again and already caught a few fish on them. Here are pictures from a few outings...


Rod: Jackall VCM-CAST 68
Reel: Shimano Curado 200 E5
Lure: Jackall Squad Minnow 95 "HL Wakasagi"



Rod: Jackall VCM-CAST 68
Reel: Shimano Curado 200 E5
Lure: Jackall Cherry 1 Footer "Purple Monican"


Rod: Jackall Poison Heritage VCM-CAST 68
Reel: Shimano Curado 200 E5
Lure: Jackall Squad Minnow 80 "Hasu"


"Match the Hatch" Bass were eating shad up for over 2 hours, I threw plastics, topwater, cranks, finally catching a tiny shad. Stuck with the "Hasu" color lure that closely resembles the shad in shape, size, and color and land this a few casts after.



I am starting to love hard lures!

It's been a tough two weeks

I haven't caught a fish in over two weeks, during that time, I lost 2 HUGE fish on my new Jackall Poison Heritage rod. I thought that rod was cursed, I also missed 2 more fish on the rod setting the hook too early. Today however, I was able to get one!

Rod: Jackall Poison Heritage "Hyper Approach" HC-68MH
Reel: Shimano Core 100Mg (12# Seaguar InvizX Fluorocarbon)
Lure: Jackall Sasuteki Craw (Pumpkin Pepper)