So after I got off work today, the weather looked pretty decent so I thought I would try out a lake that I have never been to before. I knew there were largemouth in Scriber so I figured it was worth a shot.

I got to the jenky dock around 7:30 pm or so. I started off tossing a 4" Tru-Tungsten Tru-Life Swimbait in Rainbow Trout Color. It was the fast sink version with both tungstens balls inserted. I started off casting at the edge of the lilys and the shoreline. I was using various retrieves. When I was pausing and jerking it, I noticed that it just sort of curls up and falls backwards straight down. As it was falling I watched a dink largemouth come out and slam it but avoided the hooks. Was disappointing but still fun to watch.

After about 20 minutes of trying to get one on a swimbait, I switched to Soft Plastics. Stick Baits, Lizards, etc. No luck there so I busted out the nightcrawlers. I heard there were sunfish and yellow perch in there so I tried to see if I could catch a few. No luck on the sunfish or perch but I did manage to catch 2 dink Largemouths. It was still fun using an ultra light set up with my drag set pretty loose.

As the sun started to come down a bit and most of the lake was covered in shad, I decided to try top water. I started off using a Super Spook Jr and was walking the dog along the edge of the lily pads and about 10 minutes later I get an explosion! It caught me off guard because I was staring at these 2 giant bullfrogs in the pads that looked like they "playing". By playing I mean unusual behavior that I have never seen before. Kicking each other with their back legs, playing dead, biting each others face, slapping each other. They seriously looked like 2 kids horsing around and I almost wanted to film it because it was so strange.

Anyways!!

So I get the topwater explosion and I immediately turn my head, reel in the slack line and set the hook! It made a few hard pulls in the beginning then just sort of gave up. I knew it was a small bass but it felt heavier in the water. When I got it to the dock, it had the center hook with 2 of the trebles buried in it's upper mouth with the back treble buried in it's side. Which explains why it felt heavier, coming in sideways.

This bass was a short dink but it was the biggest / fattest bass that I have ever seen for it's length. It was getting close to bluegill shape because of how tall it was for how short it was.

As the sun started to set more, the mosquitoes started to come out so I decided to call it a night.

Well, so it was my first time at Scriber and I managed to land 3 Largemouth Bass. None of them really had any size to them but hey, at least I didn't get skunked! Oh and getting a top water explosion and landing it is always awesome!

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