gettin skinny on badin

[zooker]

well i have fished badin enough to know when it is time to sneak WAY back into da creeks.. but man does it ever produce..if i was any father up this creek i would be inside new london city limits..





think i may be needin a shorter shaft on the next troller


today in the skinny water alone 8 bass big about 4 pounds. ran to the other end of badin "gladys fork" was just mindin my own business when all heck starts breakin loose. the striper,cat fish,and bass had a big school of shad hemed in skinny water. -3-4 feet- and were beating them bad..i easied out in to the churning water and with lost no time hookin up a striper. eww he is a dink..


i caught about 15 of these lil beast. took 6 more bass big in the 5 pound range. a ton of cat fish had 9 in my boat at once.-took an HOUR to clean up the mess-

dam cat fish bleed like stuck pigs i tell ya..



i was using a sebile chugger and a dt 6..i hooked up a big striper well over 12 pounds. and off to the races we go. he jumps and breaks my dt 6. bastage!!!


i would toss the dt 6 at them busting and once clear of that spot i would keep my eyes open and chunk the sebile. i was not popin it -they would not hit it- but steady retrive just wakin the surface was the ticket. only one striper made the trip to the live well he was 8.6 pounds.. i had 2 fish on at the same time several times..yeah i know "what are they doing THERE??" as they are supose to be making there spawning run to the upper dam..

hooked 4 flat heads 5 blues and one channel cat..small fish went about 3 pounds big was 20+ pounds -of all the times to leave my scale at home- of course when fighting mid sized cat fish on a TOP WATER rod using 8 pond TEST you don't have time or want to take pictures.. i got a major doh! in my regular top water reel putting it out of action. be ampin the poundage in my back up reel though..

by the way this is my first top water bass..he is a dink but what ever



zooker

[PowerBass]

Nice. I love fishing skinny water. Nothing quite like seein that wake come up and chase your bait.

[bassintxlady]

that is such a beautiful site zooker.....i love the little places..they hold the biggest surprises sometimes....steve and i go to a place here called stubblefield lake....it has a natural canopy growing and it's full of lots of nice fish.....it's like going on a jungle ride to me.....with the fun of catching a nice fish in the process.....
thanks for sharing your pictures.....
nice dink too.....

[3dkicker]

That's my type of fishin' right der. The one I wanted to fish yesterday was blocked by a tree that was half chewed by a beaver. He better finish the job or I need to start packin' a chain saw.

[zooker]

kicker
see the tree leaning way over the creek in the below picture? err the one about in line with the moter..



he was sitting right were it goes into the water..

thats a 5 pound blue cat talk about a fun fight in the skinny stuff...

zooker

[PowerBass]

water looks kinda clear there too Zook, at least in the Pic above your catfish.

[zooker]

yeah power it is. actually i am sittin in the channel which is 2 feet wide and about 20" deep. everything else is 8-12" deep.. my boat is actually bumpin the very big tree in the upper pictures..

zooker

[PowerBass]

Originally Posted by zooker

yeah power it is. actually i am sittin in the channel which is 2 feet wide and about 20" deep. everything else is 8-12" deep.. my boat is actually bumpin the very big tree in the upper pictures..

zooker

Nice. Take it you aint scared of scratchin the boat like some guys are then. Thats the nice bonus of my tin can, is I can get in small areas. I know when I get my glass rig Im gonna be a bit more careful lol. careful but not scared....

[zooker]

i am careful with my boat but i know what it can thump and not hurt it much..btw if it ever stops raining i am going to wax the boat..i aint scared of using it but i am totally anal about keeping it clean too..

zooker

[BERKLEY83]

Looks Like A Lot Of Fun Zook

[PowerBass]

Originally Posted by zooker

i am careful with my boat but i know what it can thump and not hurt it much..btw if it ever stops raining i am going to wax the boat..i aint scared of using it but i am totally anal about keeping it clean too..

zooker

I hear ya there. I gotta clean my boat. For a 2006, it looks like a 2001....

[lowrider]

great pics zook, i love the looks of the place you are fishing. i've gotta start taking the camera.

[bamabassman]

great to hear zooker. alotta fun in da back waters, huh? and what have you got there on yer chin? a goat-tee? hahaha. good to see the pics ol buddy.

[zooker]

bama
i have always had a goatee..

zooker

[3dkicker]

Counting down the days before the adventure begins????

[bamabassman]

ooooohhhhh, just hard to see with the greay huh? lol, or maybe it's me old eyes,lmao. yes i know i have a grey beard, i know zooker. it ain't fun getting old. greaying, losing some or the hair on top, eyes going bad, back going bad, knees, neck..... oh to he-- with it. hahahahaha.

[Captmikestarrett]

Looks like a great place to fish.. Was the tide incoming or outgoing?

Capt Mike

[zooker]

outgoing.. go figure







btw
we are 400 miles off the ocean here..

zooker

[bassnman30]

Zook, are you sure that was Badin lake ? Looks more like the back of Panther creek on Highrock.
Just wondering.

[BassAddict]

Sweet looking place. Sounds like you had a great day! Good job Zooker!