Awesome Turnout for Largemouth Bass
Last fishing trip at Kent Lake was an awesome turnout for Largemouth Bass. I don’t know what it was, but the Largemouth Bass were just biting on everything that day. Every lure I used was great! But, they were my favorite lures, so it’s not like I threw any kind of lure on my line.
First I was using my famous beetle spin in the shallows, reeling it right above the weed beds. The largemouth bass couldn’t resist, right within 30 minutes I had two good size 16″ bass in my boat. I was so happy that it wasn’t going to be one of those competitive days looking for the bass and the right lure. I tried the Gitzit out for a bit and got a 14″ bass, nothing huge, but good enough for a nice fillet.
After catching a few more bass in the shallows, the bass turned off in that spot. So I thought why not tryout the Huron River. If you’re not familiar with Kent Lake, part of the Huron River is connected to Kent Lake. I think there are some good size fish in there, last time I caught two smallmouth bass in there. I didn’t get any bass casting, so I tried trolling. The bass started hitting the beetle spin immediately. I ran the beetle spin on a number four speed on my 30lb Minn Kota trolling motor. It seemed to be the best speed for the bass and perfect for trolling it right above the weeds. I lost about four small bass trolling, for some reason the hook wasn’t getting set properly.
That slowed down a bit then I tried fishing deep spots of Kent Lake, it took me awhile before I found a drop off point where they were hitting. I switched to a rainbow colored Bomber crankbait and the Bass were absolutely all over it. The 2nd cast I ended up catching the largest bass of the day, weighing in at 2lbs, 6oz on the Berkley electronic scale. The big bass gave me a really nice fight, at first I thought I had something really big on like Pike or Walleye, then I saw this huge plump body. I was amazed to see such a big largemouth bass in deep water. I threw that one in the cooler, few casts afterwards I caught another good size bass. The bass seem to really love the Bomber crankbait.
At the end of the day the total came to 20 bass, ended up keeping 5 of them since that’s the legal limit. I was so glad to come home with a nice size dinner. The lures that worked great were the Bomber crankbait in deep water and the beetle spin in the shallows. I did however catch a nice size Bass on the Gitzit.
This is my favorite shot of the day
The five bass I’m about to fillet. My girlfriend said it looks like they are singing, lol.
Some other pictures of the largemouth I caught.
The bass I caught on the Gitzit jig.
Nice little picture of the boat launch before I was on the lake.
Nice aerial view of Kent Lake with the American Flag in the photo.
What the weeds look like in Kent Lake.
