Percy Priest 10-25-12

Percy Priest 10-25-12

Another tough day on JPP. Jack and I started a little later today, around 9:00 am. Now who would expect October 25 to experience 83 degree temps, water temps at 65 degrees? We keep expecting the bass to move into the creeks and flats chasing shad but evidently the bass don't know that they are supposed to be feeding voraciously.

I should say now that Jack informed me during the day that he was fishing for musky in Priest. They weren't biting either. He ultimately settled for a shad, slightly smaller than the KVD 1.0 Squarebill.

We fished in Fate Sanders creek with no success. Fished a big flat off the main channel with the same success. Finally back in a slough off the river I caught a 13" bass. This was after 16 hours spread over 3 trips without a bass in the boat. The celebration went on for a while but we didn't have a parade...yet. After roughly 2000 casts in the flats with the 1.0 and the Red Eye Shad the final total was 5 bass and 2 shad.

Soon, fall fishing will be here but it wasn't on this day.

A couple of interesting events occurred today. As we fished around a point we saw an immense flock of buzzards, on the ground, in the trees and in the air. There were at least 100 or more, the most I have seen. Also as we hit the wake of passing boat, the trolling motor was not locked down and dropped into the water giving Jack and I a nice shower.

On another note, as I was sitting in my garage this week, I sighted a bald eagle circling a short distance away.

Percy Priest 10-16-12

Percy Priest 10-16-12

I didn't want to do this report. Even my fishing partner, Jack, told me to leave his name out of it but hey, if I am here, so is he. We hit the lake at Stewarts Creek about 6:45 am and headed upriver to a bay with a lot of grass, bass attractors right? Not today. I finally hooked a small bass 13-14" on a Chatterbait but he came unhooked before I landed him. This was the high spot for the day. We fished a great point where Fall Creek merges into the Stone. Nada.

We moved on up to the pumping station up river. This flat usually holds lots of shad this time of year, not today. No bass either. Next stop at the East/West Fork. Finally, I boat a fish, a small bluegill on a KVD 1.0 Squarebill. Fished around the island that usually produces at least one bass, but not today. Back down river to the big flat off the Stone we finally lots of shad and baitfish. There were even a few single bass slashing at the baitfish but they refused our multiple offerings. One more area to try before we surrender, the cove at Fate Sanders Marina. Same result.

We are completely mystified that we couldn't get bass bites or should I say A bite. Jack (yeah he was really here) and I threw out the white flag around 1:30 pm. If you followed this depressing report you will note that we boated not one bass. That would be a double zero, sad but true. It is a good thing that catching success is not "entirely" necessary for two friends to have a good time on the water.

Percy Priest 10-4-12

Percy Priest 10-4-12

Well, I have had the grunge for 3 weeks, a combination of allergy, asthma & bronchitis. I had to get on the water Thursday. Shoulda stayed home. Caught 1 squeaker and not another one. I can't even offer an excuse. Had one decent fish on but couldn't land it.

On another note, Jo Anne and I spent a great day just boat riding on Tim's Ford lake Friday. We were invited by friends Jim and Pat Broadhead to ride in their cutty cabin EbbTide. Tim's is a beautiful lake and Friday was a great day.