Small lure=Big Bass

[Skunk City]

After some family obligations in the early afternoon, I took the ride to Sussex County to fish Lake Lenape, a private lake that my buddy just bought a house on. The lake was lowered for dam repair over the winter, which limited our ice fishing trips to one. With the dam repaired and the lake level back to normal, we were good to go.

Spotted lots of Yellow Perch, along with LMB's and a few Crappie in the feeder creek mouth and the surrounding cove, but nothing was hitting until near sunset. After picking up a few Yellows, my 2" swimshad got crushed. After a nice fight, I was pleasantly surprised to see a nice spring fattie Largemouth in my net. Fish measured out to 21.5" and had a nice gut. It's amazing how these bigger fish love small lures.

Also, pretty interesting, when I arrived at the lake, my buddy and a few other guys from the lake were relocating some fish structures that had moved over the winter. Nearly all of them had loads of eggs on them. Wonder what they are?











Last but not least, the fish sex tree lol...