May 10 2021
Joshua Massoud
Keeper
Member Since :
2021
Number of Posts :
487
Reservation Number : 28467
Property Name : Malouf Lake
Reservation Date : 05/09/2021 PM -
Total Fish/Sizes : 27 up to 3.1lbs
Lures Used : Pop R/Buzz Bait/Swim Bait
I crushed mothers day for my wife and my mom this AM so my wife let me sneak out for an afternoon of fishing.
I had watched Gerald Swindle this weekend at Neely Henry run buzzbaits throughout the day off weedy points/areas to catch some nice post spawn bass and decided to try my best to imitate it when I arrived at Malouf around 3:30. I’ve never had tremendous success using one and PWF really gives you the opportunity to try different stuff and develop confidence in it b/c of the variety you get in lakes. I thought about running a frog but I absolutely hate the hookup ratio on frogs and didn’t really have the setup on my rods anyway (braid).
I alternated between the BB on points and a Pop R in the shady spots I could find (and a swimbait near the timber in the middle of the lake when I fished there for a bit). Aside from a lull period when I couldn’t make it happen near the dam, I was able to catch a bunch of fish quickly in my 4 hours fishing. Not sure if Malouf has any that are that big, but aide from 3 on a swimbait, I was pretty evenly split between the PopR and the buzzbait in terms of numbers. My bigger fish were definitely on the buzzbait – they absolutely crushed it. By 7pm I kept thinking ‘just one more’ and then finally forced myself to leave at 7:30.
If the vegetation matts over in the summer, I can definitely see myself running a punching rig – not sure what else you would do other than weightless senkos/flukes.
Conditions – windy, warm – water was 79 degrees, good green stain with visibility at about 2 feet. Fished down both banks, looking for shade, and where the depth changed from 3 to 6 feet off points where the wind was blowing over it. Mot of the forage I saw when launching the boat was a pale-ish color and I matched it with ghost/bone color lures. There are severral little mini coves/pockets and focusing on the points out from those where the wind crossed them I found mini schools of bass – 10-15 in a group.
May 10 2021
John Jones
Fingerling
Member Since :
2017
Number of Posts :
59
That breaks my heart hearing you say that about frogs! LOL! Give ‘em another chance! A lot of my bigger fish have come on frogs! Yes, i’ve missed plenty, but the practice is half the fun for me!
Thanks for the report, i’ve always been interested in Malouf, just never have gotten out there.
And to answer your question at the end about what to throw over those matted areas…...Frog! lol