Tough day to teach the worm bite

Dec 24 2021

Robert Lundin

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Spent 3.5 hours in 25+ mph winds with my grand daughter having some memories made.  We started at lower Tear Drop and just couldn't get the bite.  We decide to drive up the hill to upper Tear Drop. We started at the dock with the wind howling. Today the Bass wanted nothing moving. No spinners, no lipless cranks, no chatterbaits.  The lesson for the day became more difficult.  Worm fishing in 25 mph winds and feeling the bite.  We used a ½ oz. bullet weight on a zoom black sapphire speed worm.  Except we didn't use any speed . We would cast and let it hit the bottom and sit for a few minutes. After that we did a little shaking and 3 or 4 turns on the reel. Bingo, bango, bongo that was the ticket. She managed to catch a couple of nice fish.  She lost one at dock that I could have put a football in its mouth.  So we ended with 6 for the afternoon.  All the Bass were between 3 and 4 pounds. The 3 lakes are full and 3 to 4 feet clarity. The roads are gravel and the fields are drivable to the docks. My grand daughter only regret was we didn't stop at the general store for sushi.  She said we will do some better planning the next time and sushi will be a priority.

Dec 24 2021

Joshua Massoud

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I always forget to stop for sushi at that place as well – I keep saying ‘next time’ – I need to put in my calendar as a reminder or something.  Glad you got on some fish – that is a rough intro to bass fishing indeed!

Dec 24 2021

Bob Scheidemann

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Your granddaughter's smile says it all! 

Merry Christmas!

Bob

Dec 24 2021

Steve Alexander

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I absolutely love sushi but have not stopped for sushi either.It is only available on certain days and times.  Rumor has it that on Friday and Saturday nights the line is out the door. Lots of folks come from Dallas; perhaps for the novelty of buying sushi at a tiny conveince store in the middle of nowhere or perhaps the sushi is as good as they say? 

Dec 24 2021

Robert Lundin

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Originaly Posted By Steve Alexander

I absolutely love sushi but have not stopped for sushi either.It is only available on certain days and times.  Rumor has it that on Friday and Saturday nights the line is out the door. Lots of folks come from Dallas; perhaps for the novelty of buying sushi at a tiny conveince store in the middle of nowhere or perhaps the sushi is as good as they say? 

I told my grand daughter that the upper lake has Tiger Bass. So she asked me what a tiger Bass looks like.  I didn't have an answer. So how can I tell a tiger from a Florida?

Dec 24 2021

Steve Alexander

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Originaly Posted By Robert Lundin

I told my grand daughter that the upper lake has Tiger Bass. So she asked me what a tiger Bass looks like.  I didn't have an answer. So how can I tell a tiger from a Florida?

Hi Bob,

There is no way to tell what a tiger bass from a native or Florida bass. A Tiger Bass is a branded largemouth bass by a company called American Sportfish. I am friends with and I have frequent conversations with the principals of American Sportfish (ASF). ASF has spent years breeding very large (8lb+) Florida female bass with the most aggresive male (usually much smaller (3-4 lb) native bass. The tiger bass are the offspring (fry), called a F1 large mouth bass. F1’s are bred by lots of hatcheries. However, ASF branded their fish Tiger Bass. Are they better than other F1’s? Most likely, as they spend an incredible amount of time and effort to pair up the best of the best. Moreover, they have built a brand and as anyone who has ever built a brand knows, it takes time and money to develop a brand that folks ask for. 

Steve

Dec 24 2021

Steve Scanlon

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Great memories for both !  Nice patience. 
 

Steve

Dec 24 2021

Robert Lundin

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Originaly Posted By Steve Alexander

Hi Bob,

There is no way to tell what a tiger bass from a native or Florida bass. A Tiger Bass is a branded largemouth bass by a company called American Sportfish. I am friends with and I have frequent conversations with the principals of American Sportfish (ASF). ASF has spent years breeding very large (8lb+) Florida female bass with the most aggresive male (usually much smaller (3-4 lb) native bass. The tiger bass are the offspring (fry), called a F1 large mouth bass. F1’s are bred by lots of hatcheries. However, ASF branded their fish Tiger Bass. Are they better than other F1’s? Most likely, as they spend an incredible amount of time and effort to pair up the best of the best. Moreover, they have built a brand and as anyone who has ever built a brand knows, it takes time and money to develop a brand that folks ask for. 

Steve

Thank you. I told her that they get stripes during the spawn. Of course being 19 years old she saw right through that answer.   I'll see her tonight and let her know that even Steve Alexander can't tell them apart.