While prowling the strip mines with Brent last Sunday, I tried to provide on the water updates on our catches as we established and upgraded our Top 5. For those not familiar with the concept, we weigh any bass at 12” or better as we compile a total weight for our Top 5 heaviest bass of the trip. What follows is a chronological list of our “keepers” (all released after weighing) as we established our Top 5 and then proceeded to cull (adding a heavier fish to our list and booting out the lightest of our Top 5).
And just for fun, we submitted guesses for our combined Top 5 Weight and Top Bass in the parking lot before setting out to wander the weedy expanse.
Top 5 Chronology
7:21am – Brent Senko 0-13
Top 5 Weight: 0-13
7:37am – Troy Red eye Shad 0-11
Top 5 Weight: 1-8 (0-13,0-11)
7:39am – Brent 0-13 Spinnerbait
Top 5 Weight: 2-5 (0-13,0-13,0-11)
8:15am – Troy 0-12 Spinnerbait
Top 5 Weight: 3-1 (0-13,0-13,0-12,0-11)
8:16am – Brent 1-0 Senko
Top 5 Weight: 4-1 (1-0,0-13,0-13,0-12,0-11)
8:32am – Troy 1-0 Senko
Top 5 Weight: 4-6 (1-0,1-0,0-13,0-13,0-12) culls 0-11
8:43am – Troy 3-10 Senko
Top 5 Weight: 7-4 (3-10,1-0,1-0,0-13,0-13) culls 0-12
8:58am – Brent 1-1 Senko
Top 5 Weight: 7-8 (3-10,1-1,1-0,1-0,0-13) culls 0-13
9:13am – Brent 1-5 Popper
Top 5 Weight: 8-0 (3-10,1-5,1-1,1-0,1-0) culls 0-13
9:19am – Troy 2-10 Senko
Top 5 Weight: 9-10 (3-10,2-10,1-5,1-1,1-0) culls 1-0
10:17am – Troy 2-7 Chatter bait
Top 5 Weight: 11-1 (3-10,2-10,2-7,1-5,1-1) culls 1-0
10:27am – Troy 1-10 Senko
Top 5 Weight: 11-10 (3-10,2-10,2-7,1-10,1-5) culls 1-1
10:54am – Troy 1-8 Chatterbait
Top 5 Weight: 11-13 (3-10,2-10,2-7,1-10,1-8) culls 1-5
11:02 am – Troy 2-14 Chatterbait
Top 5 Weight: 13-3 (3-10,2-14,2-10,2-7,1-10) culls 1-8
11:07am – Brent 2-12 Popper
Top 5 Weight: 14-5 (3-10,2-14,2-12,2-10,2-7) culls 1-10
Gotta like it when we exceed our estimates and darn close on those Top Bass guesses as well. Fishing has always been fun but stunts like this just enhance the experience as does logging, blogging, and videoing our outings.
Top 5 Weight: 14-5
Top Bass: 3-10
And speaking of new stunts, I am working on a special event later this month. Stay tuned to see how that all shakes out and I also have another “Prowl the Canal” report submit. Talk to you later. Troy