Today is a stat and photo heavy supplemental post to yesterday’s Friday Flashback. The point of the post is to convey that those bass down there were built differently, bit differently, and generally behaved differently. Basically, the length to weight ratio was more robust and it was highly unusual to catch any that were not “keepers” (under twelve inches). The latter feature was what we found most phenomenal, especially for a public fishery. Most places require running through a batch of “dinks” (short fish under 12”) to fool a few good ones.
Excerpt below from the original June 13, 2012 blog post
While I have learned a thing or two about bass fishing during the last four decades, the numbers to follow say a heck of a lot more about the fishery than the fisherman. I don’t know where most anyone out there fishes but I have never experienced a body of water (especially a public access body of water) that can hold a candle to the mix of quantity and quality that can be found at Emiquon. Mind you, it still takes some work and knowhow but oh the reward for paying your dues.
Back in the day, you had to make sure that you had plenty of space on the SD card in the camera as the quality catches could add up in a hurry.
The Numbers from June 7, 2012
0-14 Average weight of a 12” bass (2 fish sample)
1-8 Average weight of a 14” bass (11 fish sample)
1-12 Average weight of a 15” bass (7 fish sample)
1-15 Average weight of a 16” bass (7 fish sample)
2-9 Average weight of a 17” bass (3 fish sample)
3-6 Average weight of a 19” bass (2 fish sample)
98% Percentage of bass caught 12” or better (54 of 55)
78% Percentage of bass clustered between 13.5” to 16” (43 of 55)
14 Number of bass equaling or exceeding two pounds
7.1 Bass per hour (55 bass in just under 8 hours on the water)
1:18 Longest stretch without a bass (1:07pm-2:25pm)
2 Number of bass in first two hours on the water (12:25pm-2:25pm)
17 Number of bass in last hour plus (7:00pm-8:13pm)
99-13 Total weight of the 54 bass 12” or greater (throw in the 10” oddball and Emiquon gave up over 100 pounds of bass on the trip. How cool is that?
The place ain’t normal, which suits a guy in a goofy hat just fine.
Enough said. Well, at least until another Friday Flashback post or two featuring Emiquon as 2022 rolls on. Talk to you later. Troy