My first outing at Lake Meridian earlier this week left a bitter-sweet taste in my mouth. Sweet to have been fishing, and bitter because I went 0 for 2.

I had an opportunity to change that a few days later...

Outing #2 – Friday, May 6, 2011 Lake Union

This was definitely an unplanned trip. Had to run some errands downtown and happened to have one rig, a casting rod and a reel and some finesse tackle with me. The weather conditions were overcast as is was on the first trip, but this time there was no accompanying rain.

I only had time to use one tactic and I chose the drop shot. After a number of snags, forced break offs, and trying two different plastics, I finally broke through with the third bait, a brown sniper snub. After dragging the drop shot rig about three times, I felt a mushy take and I knew it was game on and fortunately this time around, I remained composed.

Yes! My first bass of the season, and I am glad to get that monkey off of my back. I released the bass after taking a photo and it swam away vigorously. I am glad I caught her when I did because I was also out of time. She was not a pig, but I'll take her!

Conditions: Fair – Overcast, but dry about 50 degrees F.
Gear:
Cabelas Mag-Touch casting, Curado 101D, Sniper Snub worms, 8# Spiderwire Mono

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