Thread: Weekly Meetup 5-09-23

That’s a good spot! Your trip and day was better than mine. Glad that you and your friend found a few and beat the rain. I didn’t do so good on the rain part Saturday. Ended the day with a wet butt.

Originally Posted by skeetbum

That’s a good spot! Your trip and day was better than mine.

If you’ll notice the riprap in the crappie pic . That’s the key . The green sunfish and other small fish as well as crawfish and other small creatures live around those rocks . Bass and other fish use the rocks as a buffet. They must think the Trout Magnet is either a crawfish or small baitfish. Maybe some kind of aquatic insect.
Whatever they think it is , they recognize it as food .

BTW , a boat came in to load up at the side of the double ramp I was fishing .
I moved off to the side while they loaded up .
As usual, the boater gunned his motor and stirred up the whole area loading his boat onto the trailer .
You would think this would disturb the fish , but they’re used to it . I actually think it stirs up the bait in the area drawing in the bigger fish .
I caught my largest bass within two minutes after they pulled the trailer out . The water was still swirling.
I love fishing boat ramps .