Trollin, trollin, trollin.
Larry, Logan and Jacob spent some quality time on the water today chasing Australian Bass. The boys persisted throughout the morning casting all types of lures to the edges of the lilies, without so much as a touch. It wasn’t until we switched to trolling that they found some good fish. Bass often only respond to a hand full of techniques on any given day. Cycling through the tackle box using a variety of techniques is key to ‘cracking a pattern’ for that day. Today, the lure of the day was a Jackal Derabreak with a Plazo yellow core paddle tail grub.
Easter Sunday at Clarrie Hall Dam
It’s Easter already and the average daily temperatures have dropped now that summer is over. But that hasn’t stopped the bass from feeding on the surface of Clarrie Hall Dam. There are still plenty of dragonflies doing their business and laying their eggs in the water. I have seen dragonflies hovering just above the surface, dipping their tails in as they go. I am not exactly sure what they are doing but I notice they often choose a gap between the lily pads to perform this strange dance. In any case the bass notice it too and use these gaps to wait in ambush. These are perfect little windows to cast your surface lure. Low light conditions that occur at the book ends of the day are best, as are overcast days. However today I still managed a few fish on surface lures in the middle of a bright sunny day. Fishing the lily pads that were in the shade of the bank side vegetation was the key. The cover provided by the lily pads and the shade cast from the trees was all that was needed to give bass the confidence to feed at the surface.
