Looking for Bass

Tom and I (Rick) and a friend Kirk Morris met at a walk-in basin lake where Kirk has done well for largemouth in the past and where we have also caught planted rainbows. This late in the spring we were hoping to find some bass. A cold front had blown through just hours earlier and few bass were to be seen. Kirk found some in the end of a cove, but we saw few cruising the shore. However, fishing the dropshot with a soft rubber worm in about 20 ft of water was the ticket for bringing up trout after trout, all about 14 to 16-inches.

Nice planter rainbow on a dropshot bass rig

I finally changed from the rubber worm to a balanced leech fished dropshot style, using a triple swivel with the fly off a short leader on the branch of the tee and a split shot weight at the bottom of about 12 inches of leader on the run of the tee. It worked as well as the worm. Kept catching them in up to 30 ft of water. Maybe a dozen and a half to hand. Tom also caught a bunch of trout, and one bass slightly larger than the rubber worm. I may go back later in the year and give it another try for bass.