Name: Wayne P.
Email: purdum43@aol.com
Date: 08/19/08
Time: 7AM-5PM
Briery Creek
Sunny 95 degrees
Stained 84 degrees
Mid lake and upper end
34 bass, largest 3-6, and 1 pickerel
Zoom Super Fluke and Zoom Trick worm
10'-22'
Used a weighted swimbait hook with the Fluke and weedless wacky rigged the Trick worm Fished the outside edges of the mid lake vegetation and uplake creek channel edges
The fish were more scattered than the last few times I fished there. The height of the vegetation uplake seems less than last week, maybe the grass carp are doing their thing.
Name: Doug
Email: d_0069@juno.com
Date: 08/09/08
Time: 6:00am-11:00am
Briery Creek
partly cloudy...55 degrees at ramp
upper 70's to lower 80's
middle of lake...grass edges
bass and pike
spro frog, super fluke, 10.5in ole monster worm, wacky worm, swimbait, wake bait, everything but the kitchen sink....
1-14ft
caught 8 bass and 1 pike....caught them on wacky worm and fluke.....
nothing on topwater...fish were breaking on the shelf but would not hit a thing...
Name: Wayne P.
Email: purdum43@aol.com
Date: 08/08/08
Time: 7:30-5:00
Briery Creek
Sunny 85 degrees, light wind
Stained 86 degrees
Mid lake outside weed edge and upper end creek channels
58 bass-largest 7-4, 1 pickerel
Zoom Super Fluke, Zoom Trick worm, Reaction Strike Fathead Jr., Yum 10" worm
8'-22'
Used a weighted swimbait hook with the Fluke and Fathead. Weedless wacky rigged the Trick worm. Tx rigged the 10" worm
I tested the "theory" that insect repellant will deter bass from taking a lure due to a thread started on another website about carefully washing your hands to eliminate contamination after applying sunscreen-this was part two of the test. First stop: after finding a familar bunch of bass, I caught the first one 3-1 and then sprayed the Fluke with OFF containing 15% DEET. Two casts later I caught a 3-4, next cast at 2-10. Had to replace the Fluke, put a new one on, sprayed with OFF again, next cast a 3-0. Switched among the Fluke, swimbait, and Trick worm and also tried several "fish attractants" and some with no added scent. I caught 19 bass at that location in 2 hours. I saw no negative effect using the insect repellant as opposed to the fish scents. Then I moved to another area and caught one on the first cast with a 10" worm and some more with the Fluke and Trick worm. About 3:00 I went by the first stop and a boat was there, I went on to another place about 1/4 mile away and caught a few more while watching the boat. I saw them leave about 4:00 and I waited until 4:30 to return and caught two more in the 3# class, I decided to quit at 5:00 and at less than 2 minutes 'til, I made the last cast and caught the 7-4, weighed it, took a picture, released it, and went home after talking with a couple of guys at the ramp that saw me catch the 7-4. I showed them the weighted Fluke and weedless wacky rig that accounted for the most caught. Conclusion of the test: insect repellant containing DEET does not repel bass. I did the same type of test (part one)the day before at Hunting Run using Coppertone SPF 50 with no negative results. In that case, the sunscreen seem to be a better attractant or at least comparable to so-called "attractants". My fishing partner and I discussed maybe repackaging the Coppertone and selling it as a "new fish attractant" with a "secret" ingredient, LOL. The tests were my version of the cable TV show "Mythbusters", and I certainly busted the long held "theory/myth" that hands or baits contaminated with sunscreen and insect repellant will deter bass for taking lures.
Name: Wayne P.
Email: purdum43@aol.com
Date: 08/01/08
Time: 7AM-5PM
Briery Creek
Mostly sunny, 90 degrees
stained, 88 degres
Mid lake and upper end
44 bass-largest 4-9, 1 pickerel
Zoom Super Fluke, Zoom Trick worm and finesse worm, Fathead swimbait
8'-25'
Used a weighted swimbait hook on the Fluke and swimbait, weedless wacky rigged the Trick worm and finesse worm Fished holes in the deep weeds at the upper end and the deeper part of weed beds at mid lake
There were 8 boats and 3 canoes fishing at various times of the day. There is a sign posted about grass carp must be released.