Keith Lusher 04.30.24
Because the climate warms right here within the south, the rivers and lakes have gotten busier with boat site visitors. From pontoon boats to jet ski’s, this commotion could make fishing down proper troublesome typically.
Chris Basey of Covington, LA is not any stranger to fishing busy rivers. He fishes the Tchefuncte River which is likely one of the most closely trafficked waterways in Louisiana. “It may possibly get irritating typically once I’m fishing a event on the Tchefuncte,” he stated. Basey has been fishing the Tchefuncte River for over 30 years and has realized how one can not solely ignore the boat site visitors, however how one can use the commotion to his benefit.
On Basey’s most up-to-date journey he launched his bass boat up river north of Interstate 12 in Covington, LA. He then proceeded to make a run south into Madisonville to fish a deep water canal that was dug to permit boats to entry the harbor at Salty’s Marina. “I’ve been desirous to attempt some deep-water cranking and with the clear water we’ve been seeing, I figured this was the proper probability,” he stated.
After getting into the canal that lead into the harbor, Basey began making bomb casts with a chartreuse Attractive Shad KVD crank bait. His casts have been touchdown in 8 ft of water and after just a few turns of the reel deal with, his crank bait dove down right into a the principle channel that was 25 ft deep. Then Basey felt his lure cease. He set the hook and began reeling in a bass. Because the fish neared the boat he noticed one other fish making an attempt to chew the crank bait out of the mouth of the hooked bass. “At one level, the bass bit the lure and I had two fish on one lure,” Basey stated. After touchdown the fish, Basey weighed it and it. It totaled 1.6 kilos. “After I noticed that I knew that was a great signal,” he stated. Basey added 4 extra fish to the livewell and abruptly the chew died. “It’s a blast getting on a great deep college of bass as a result of whenever you discover them, it’s normally a ton of motion. However when the chew dies it over,” he stated. Fortuitously, Basey’s seen this sample play out earlier than so he knew what to do.
He rotated to see 2 boats heading his was within the canal. One was a pontoon boat and the opposite was a big yacht. “I seen it occur time after time when these massive boats move by means of it will get the water shifting. Generally that’s all it takes to stir the fish up so I waited on the boats to move,” Basey stated. His hunch was proper as he started casting after the massive boats handed and set the hook on a 2-pound noticed bass. He continued to catch bass each largemouth and spots and ended up with a pleasant stringer of bass. “No person likes boat site visitors however typically you should utilize it to your benefit. It labored for me at present,” Basey stated.
