First Day on the Water 2012

April 25, 2012
Lake Bloomington
6:45-8:45 AM
Temp: High 40's-Mid 50's moderate wind (10MPH)(Partly Cloudy)
Days High in the Upper 70's very windy.
Water Temp-High 57-58F

SM Bass-1 Runt (Spot 1) (1/16 oz Ned Rig-Zinker Z PBJ)  less than four feet of water

LM Bass -4 - Runt, 10.5", 13", 13.5"

Crappie- 11.5" (parallel to road by spot 2) (1/16 oz Ned Rig-Zinker Z PBJ) less than 4' feet of water

LM Bass- Runt, 10.5", 13" (parallel to road by spot 2) (Ned Rig-Zinker Z PBJ) less than 4' feet of water

LM Bass-13.5"  (Spot 2) drifting quickly with the wind blowing out of the cove on White 3/8 oz John Graham Swim Jig with 3" big hammer tail, I was fising it over the top of weeds in less than four feet of water

2011 Totals

Lake Bloomington
21 Trips
59 Hours of Fishing
42 Total Bass
27 Bass less than 12"
11 Bass 12"-15"
4  Bass greater than 15"
6 Smallmouth Bass all less than 12" included in above totals

Fall Fishing

Date: 9/16/2011
Location: Lake Bloomington
Time: 10AM-3PM
Weather: High in the lows 60's moderate wind
Water Temp: 65F

10.5" LM Bass shaky head, off of laydown right before no wake zone
10.5" SM Bass spinnerbait, edge of emergent weeds right before girls scout camp swim beach

Date: 9/24/2011
Location: Lake Bloomington
Time: 8AM-9PM
Weather: low 60's and rainy/stormy
Water Temp: 64F

Shutout (buzzbait and swim jig inlet strait across lake from boat launch)
Storm chased me off of the water early




Date: 10/1/2011
Location: Lake Bloomington
Time: 8:30AM-10:30AM
Weather: High 40's and very windy
Water Temp: 61F

1 Runt LM Bass spinnerbait off of laydown west side of  main lake across from houses

Date: 10/16/2011
Location: Lake Bloomington
Time: 12PM-3:30 PM
Weather: High 50's and  windy
Water Temp: 61F

4 LM Bass 13", 12", 12", 11"

2- just past girls scout camp pitching to laydowns in shallow water (3/8 oz black/blue football jig with netbait paca chunck trailer)

2- west side of main lake across from houses on shallow secondary points (KVD 1.5 sexy shad)

Date: 10/23/2011
Location: Lake Bloomington
Time: 1:30PM-2:30 PM
Weather: Mid 60's light breeze
Water Temp: 56F

2 LM Bass 11" and 13" main lake secondary points across from houses 2'-5' ft of water (KVD 1.5 sexy shad)

Bass were super agressive could of wacked them, Olivia was trying to film me however she burned out quickly.

Date: 11/1/2011
Location: Lake Bloomington
Time: 10:30AM-3:30 PM
Weather: Unseasonably warm with a high of 70F (morning low was 35F)  Very Windy
Water Temp: 52F

3 LM Bass - 15" East side of lake off of a rocky corner of an inlet 2 feet of water (KVD 1.5 sexy shad)
13" and runt 3" senko on 1/8 oz jig head rocky bank diagnol across from boat launch 5-8 ft of water

Labor Day Weekend

September 3, 2011
Lake Bloomington
6:15AM-9:00AM
High 70's low 80's and sunny
Days high mid 90's
Water Temp: 81F
1 Runt Bass on Shaky head & KVD Finesse Worm in back cove before no wake zone







September 5, 2011
Lake Bloomington
7:00AM-10AM
Low 50's and very windy (major cold front)
Day's high in the high 60's
Water Temp 75F
2 Runt bass one on T-rigged KVD Rodent(mini) and one on swim jig with twin tail grub both in far back creek arm.
Missed keeper sized bass on spinnerbait at first turn past back no wake zone

August 13, 2011

Location: Lake Bloomington

Date: August 13, 2011

Time: 6:00-9:00 AM

Weather: Low 70's and overcast, days highs in mid 80's

Water Temp: 81 F

1 Bass 17.5" on White Strike King bladed swim jig 

The only bass I managed to catch was a super skinny 17.5" fish that I caught in shallow weeds straight across from the boat launch.  The fog rolled in shortly after I caught the fish.  I couldn't manage another bite after the weather changed.

August 7, 2011

Location: Lake Bloomington
Date: August 7, 2011
Time: 1:30-3:00 PM
Weather: High 80's and Sun
Water Temp: 89 F

Shutout

Lost one fish at the boat on a Swim Jig
Super busy on the lake with pleasure boats.

July 14, 2011

Date: July 14, 2011
Location: Lake Bloomington
Time: 4:15-6:15 PM
Weather: Low 80's and sunny with a light breeze
Water Temp: 84F
Result: 2 LM Bass 11" and 14" caught on 1/8 Shaky Head and KVD Finesse Worm

Same 11" fish, had to use
the camera on the phone
my wife had the
camera.

I made a quick trip out to the lake after work.    I thought I would fish boat docks, but I decided to try the football head jig first.  I went to the little point straight out from the boat ramp and threw a 3/4 ounce Jig into 10'-20' of water.  I actually hooked one and got it close to the boat when it jumped and threw the jig.  This seems to be happing pretty frequently this year.  I was happy to hook one out away from the bank though.  The fish looked to be about 13".  Within a few more casts I snagged the jig and had to break it off, this has also been common this year.  I decided to go with the shaky head in closer to the seawall and managed to catch the fish noted above in about 7' to 10' feet of water.  The 14" fish actually followed the shaky head to the boat as I was reeling it in, after I saw it turn I cast back towards it and it almost immediately picked it up.  I did not manage a picture of it because as I was measuring the fish it flipped out of the boat.  I still was not feeling well and I wanted to see the girls so I cut the trip short and was content to catch the 2 fish.                                


Year to date results:  23 Bass, 2 Legal Fish

11''  Caught on Shaky Head