Percy Priest September 5, 2013

Percy Priest September 5, 2013

It's getting light later now so we got an extra 30 minutes of sleep before embarking for Percy Priest. Jack and I made our usual stop at Hardee's for a bit of breakfast. This is to give us strength to handle the big fish we expected to catch...hope to catch...maybe will catch. It was a gorgeous, cool morning perfect for throwing a buzzbait so we headed for  the area we call double flat. It is filled with stickups and underwater brush about 2.5 to 1.5 feet deep.  After a half dozen casts I hooked a nice 2+ bass on a vicious strike. He made a couple of aerial acrobatics then threw the buzzbait back at us.  A few minutes later I connected on a nice 2.75 lb bass with bulldog in his DNA. Jack scored with a 2.25  buzzbait bass. This sounds like fast fishing. It wasn't. But it sure is fun when they bust a buzzer. Naturally we both missed a few blowups without hookups. 

We then moved over to the saddle between an island and a point. Nothing on the saddle but we almost had a double on the point. I caught a 2 lb'er on a plastic bait rigged mojo style. Jack had one at the same time but his came unbuttoned. Jack picked up another on a Squarebill near the same point but in open water. Back to the double flat where I caught a couple of bass on a Baby 1- . It isn't quite a wake bait but it runs about 6" underwater. Next stop was what we call the big flat. Jack caught a nice 2+ lb channel cat on a Squarebill. We made a brief run down lake a couple miles, fished a pocket then motored into Spencer Creek. Seldom miss here but...we missed. Back to the ramp. I think our take for the day was 9 bass and 1 catfish. We had 3 over 2 lbs and 3-4 club keepers. Not a great day but not so bad either. Man, I love bass fishing.