Testing Out My Theories on Fishing Current

my buddy Ralph’s biggest bass ever

Well, my theory about fishing in current was sort of right. I fished some current coming into John’s Lake and caught about 10 fish between 2 and 3 pounds. I got one on a black buzzbait and none on my 1/4 ounce spinnerbait. I tried the senko and trick worm and they wouldn’t bite for some reason. There was way too much timber for me to try the carolina rig, but I’m sure it would’ve worked. All the rest came on a watermelon red fluke made by Gitem Baits. I ran out of that color but it didn’t matter. They were biting the chartreuse and white ones as well.

Even my buddy caught a few and he can barely cast a spinning rod. I mean there was a few instances where I saw some flukes fly eerily close to my face, but heck it’s about having good company out there. He was really out there to suck down some Bud Light on the lake, but he was pretty excited about the biggest bass of his life so far. I told him I’ll get him on some bigger ones sometime soon.

All I know is everyone’s gonna know about this spot soon because some of kids that hang out at the boat ramp were asking everyone pulling their boat out of the water whether or not they’d found the spot with the gate, aka the place with the current. I told them that’s where I just came from. I normally wouldn’t care, but it’s a tough spot to find. I guess the current’s gonna stop soon and it won’t matter anyway.

A note to self. Don’t tell the kids at the ramp where the fish are.