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Fishing for spawning Largemouth Bass on Lake Hamilton in Hot Springs Arkansas
18 Responses to Fishing for spawning Largemouth Bass on Lake Hamilton in Hot Springs Arkansas
Already gave the Thumbs Up for the video, now my questions.
BTW – You caught 17 Fish..lol.
Ok’ 1. What was that white plastic you were using?
2. I see you are using the Flip Camera, but where did you have it to give the angle / perspective camera shot? Looked like you might have had it Taped to your chest or hat somehow.
3. Would you mind before ending your videos just give a brief break down of tackle and lures used in the video?Thanks and as always…I’m jealous. I need a BOAT bad.
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At first we are using Zoom Flukes rigged finesse style all the means is with a 1/6 oz lead head. We use Gamakatsu hooks and lead heads. The Whites are being caught on Rooster Tails. The worms we are using are Pumpkin Seed Zoom Trick worms rigged Wacky Style.
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At first we are using Zoom Flukes rigged finesse style all the means is with a 1/6 oz lead head. We use Gamakatsu hooks and lead heads. The Whites are being caught on Rooster Tails. The worms we are using are Pumpkin Seed Zoom Trick worms rigged Wacky Style. That means you hook the worm sideways through the egg sack with no weight. We show this in another video.
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It is a very common way to rig a plastic worm especially this time of year when the Bass are spawning and in real shallow water or when you want the bait to fall very slowly. The Flip is mounted on the brim of my cap with a thumb screw from a tripod.
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Very cool. You gotta show me a pic of that Camera setup. That is pure Genius right there.I will look and see if I can find some of the plastics you mentioned. I have pretty good bass hooks. so they should work out ok. I really appreciate the replies with the information. All help in my pursuit to become a better fisherman is always appreciated.
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I guess you don’t believe in catch and release! It’s people like you who F**k up the fisheries. You’re worse than the Asians.
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@Hookinem did you not watch the video dip shit! They released a bunch of fish.
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@thebitterclinger Those fish were half dead… Did you not see that they were already at there house? There was no water in the live well when he put the fish in the net. Did you not watch the video dip shit! I didn’t know releasing fish meant putting them in a ice chest.
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@Hookinem If you were to watch our videos you would discover that we release about 3 to 1 On this day we caught around 30 blacks and we lost count on the white bass. There were 3 people fishing 17 fish isn’t unreasonable to keep. Arkansas Game and Fish sets a 10 fish limit per person on Black Bass. What does the Asian comment mean by the way?
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Great Video! When is the fish fry?
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@tamaman7777 Well I’m from California and our limit is 5 per person, so that’s why I was pissed seeing all those dead bass. But really, do you really need 17 bass. I mean, how often do you go fishing? The Asian comment was reffering to how they keep everything they catch and don’t care about the future of the fishery. You do practice catch and release though?
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Wow I don’t think I should have to defend myself but I can see you are passionate about Bass Fishing I appreciate that! We tend to release the larger fish. I haven’t kept a Black Bass over 4 pounds in the last 25 years We weigh and measure them and let them go right back.
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@Hookinem as the “dead bass” we stopped on the way home and put them on ice. I don’t like dumping live well water on my driveway.
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@thebitterclinger Thanks Mr. Clinger, We are saving the bass and crappie for our annual fish fry at St. John The Baptist Youth Home. The kids really need our help this year.
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i dont see y ya kept small fish
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@ballarac3rboi we could go out and catch a hundred LMB in the 10 to 14 inch slot. We keep the smaller fish because it benefits those that are in that 15 to 20 inch and larger slot. It’s very simple. We usually keep the 12 to 14 inch fish to eat. I have returned to that water many LMB that are anywhere from 3 to 12 pounds.
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20 fish , 16 lbs. none of them legal….lol if its for a good cause ok i guess. we usually keep alot of yearlings in order to maintain the big fish population. the yearlings eat up all the food so no fish can grow to hog sizes. i never keep fish over 4 lbs. never. except for 1 my buddy just got out of prison and his mouth was watering so he kept a 10lber i caught , lol good fishin. p.s. is this lake hamilton fl? i live in haines city.
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Well we kept 17 and in Arkansas there is no length limit on LMB or Spotted bass,we don’t keep anything less than 12 inches though as none of these were. We release fish over about 3.5lb and larger. We catch good #’s of those each year and they all go back.There isn’t a length limit in Ar. because the LMB are so abundant and the smaller fish tend to take the lakes over.
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