On The Road

Backwater Casting is on a road trip and what is a road trip without some fishing. Here are a couple of beauties that fell for some soft stick baits. Largemouth bass certainly seem to put on a lot of weight around the belly compared to the smallmouth that we fish for at home. These fish were caught with the same basic tackle as I use at home. Shimano 2000 Stradic reel spooled with 20 lb Power Pro with a 15lb flourocarbon leader on a Crucial 6’6″ Medium Heavy rod. You don’t need big heavy rods and reels to enjoy a day on the water. Three days out on two different lakes and we put about 130 bass in the boat with the biggest one going a cool 6.95 lbs.That was a great fish but John is trying to beat last years personal best which came in at 8.75 lbs  As you can see from the picture below, John and I weren’t the only ones out and about.