Hellish Heat, Heartless Bass, and the Mojo Rig

 

I got done with work, and popped over to the neighborhood pond. It was about 4:45pm, the sun was high and the temperature was 96 degrees. Not a cloud in the sky and a tiny breeze was taking the current to the east banks of the pond.

I'll tell you right now the first 30 minutes wasn't going good. I was recently at this pond over the weekend and had a little success on a plastic worm. But the pattern had changed. The worm wasn't doing it. I tried some moving bait stuff...no dice.

A spawn definitely occurred again and there continue to be many minnows on the banks. I could still see some bass striking the banks for the minnows, but I also understood that the bass were finicky. I had a couple "play" with the bait instead of violently attacking it which I so love. The bass on this day were heartless, LOL.

In times like these...I might pull out the Mojo Rig. I am glad I did. One of my "Go To's" in situations where bass are really, really finicky. The Mojo Rig is nothing more than a sinker up the line, kind of like a Carolina Rig. You use bobber stoppers to keep the sinker in place so it is adjustable to where you would like the sinker to be.

Sure enough...as soon as I slowed down and dragged my fluke on the bottom with a few twitches here and there, the bass started to gulp my Houdini Zoom Super Fluke. I caught 5 in in a matter of 20 minutes. I love when a plan comes together! Once I caught 5, I had enough. I got into the truck and cranked up the AC! Stay Committed, Stay Driven.  Until next time.

End of August Fishing Log 2024

 

Today was a fun little session before I needed to pick up my dude from football practice. They had their Blue and Gold game last night and this morning was just film sessions. So I dropped him off and headed over to Da Neighborhood Pond. 

I haven't been to this pond in about a month. Conditions had definitely changed! In this pond there is definitely a species of fish that are doing a later summer spawn. There are an abundance of minnows on the banks right now. There are two things I see the bass doing:

1. Chasing the minnows in the middle of the pond. I see the swirls. When I am able to cast my lure into the swirls, I get the bass bite.

2. Bass are come up to the bank and crushing the minnows. I witnessed the violent water splashes at the bank.

So what about the lures on this day?

What got it done was a good ol' Zoom Junebug Trick Worm. I caught all my fish on this. I did try to use a little swim bait, but really no takers on the moving baits. Caught 5 in an hour. Then off to pick my guy! Stay committed, Stay Driven.