Went out to Banner lakes today (Friday) to try for some bass. I ended up mixing my day up. I fished the lakes south of Highway 52 as the north lakes are closed for hunting. I fished with my spinnerbaits, bucktails grubs, and hula poppers. I caught 9 bass. The biggest was 14". The smallest was around 5". They all went back. I caught most on the bucktail grub and a couple on the spinnerbait and hula poppers. They fought okay. Seemed a little lethargic to me. I fished the first, second, and third lakes. Then I called it a day to fish for some bullheads. I was hope that maybe one pike still existed in the third lake but no luck. I guess they were all caught out ten years ago. The DOW does no stocking of any kind on these lakes. I think pike would help with the overpopulation of sunfish, bullheads, and bass.
Anyways, I went fishing for bullheads. I started on the second lake south of the highway. I started out fishing tight lines on the bottom with no luck. I switched to a slip float floating works, livers, and Gulp worms. Had a few hits on the worms and livers but slammed them on the Gulp worms. I caught 32 bullheads all together. One was a 13" keeper, but I put him back. A small child will appreciate me for this some day. They have more fun anyways. The rest were from 3" to 8". Nice sized bait for cats. But since I have no way of keeping them alive during the winter they all went back.
All in all I fished 10 hours and did pretty good!
Anyways, I went fishing for bullheads. I started on the second lake south of the highway. I started out fishing tight lines on the bottom with no luck. I switched to a slip float floating works, livers, and Gulp worms. Had a few hits on the worms and livers but slammed them on the Gulp worms. I caught 32 bullheads all together. One was a 13" keeper, but I put him back. A small child will appreciate me for this some day. They have more fun anyways. The rest were from 3" to 8". Nice sized bait for cats. But since I have no way of keeping them alive during the winter they all went back.
All in all I fished 10 hours and did pretty good!