The Bass College

Well Scottie "Spanky", his nephew Austin , Vinnie and myself went to Candlewood yesterday  4-21-12.

We got there around 6:00am  and it was about 58 degrees and a light wind.

Water temp was 54 degrees in the morning and by time we left it was 56.

I fished with Scottie in my boat and Austin fished with Vinnie in his boat.

Scottie and I  tried some of my Spring spots.

I was looking for beds to see if I could figure out what the fish were doing, so we started shallow with Dirty Jigs and Kreature baits.

i was throwing a Nemisis bullet craw with no luck, so i switched up to an Assassinator spinnerbait  "compact" in chartuse with gold blades and in about 5 minutes I had my first fish, a 2 1/2 lb.

i told Scottie to try a fast moving bait, and he tried a Rattlebait and in 5 minutes, he had his first fish, a 3lb  Brown Trout! lol! 

We moved to some of my favorite spring spots and in alot of spots there were already boats in them! ..so we went to this paticular cove that I like with no luck but, we saw some dead and dying Aelwives floating.

That made me think of  trying a Keitech Swing Impact , a 4in little swimbait rigged on a 1/8 oz Keitech jighead "Tungsten" with a dab of super glue to hold it on better.

Scottie got the first one with it a nice 3lb Smallie.

We tried alot of spots, then we hit this island in the middle of a flat and Scottie and I got about 7 or 8 fish, mostly largies and a couple of smallies.

i called Vinnie to let him know what was going on and he came there also, and they caught 3 nice ones there!

We fished until about 6 pm and for Candlewood this was a tough day, i think with this last mild winter and weird Spring weather we had here up north it had something to do with it!

We talked to a few guys who were actually from Connecticut and they all said the same things, it was tough.

I'll be going back up there and hopefully Scottie will join me with his new Go Pro Camera he will be getting soon.

I had a great time and I'll be going back soon and my next report should be ALOT better!   I would have had video of all the great bass we caught but Scottie left the camera out on the deck of a high speed Skeeter and it is at the bottom of the lake.

Tom Wolverton  Pro-Staff

great report...  i managed to get on in first thing in the morning a good 2 pound smallie in a spawning cove on the spinner bait and in the last half hour scottie switched wit austin and came on my boat so me and scottie went down the shorline fishing torward the ramp  throwing an  assassinator spinnerbait in the golden  shiner and keitech swim impact in between the docks .. i mangaged to get 2-3 largmouth on the spinner baits and scottie got a nicee 3-4 pounder on the swimbait ... great way to end the day in the last half hour .. i wish i was going back today but ill be up there for a tournament on thursday .. i had a blast!!! 

I have Vinnies video coming to me I'll do what I can as far as upconverting to HD, and editing the rest, and I'll get it up sometime next week. Thanks Vinnie.

steve there is 4 fish caught on there not much i had a pretty slow day id have to say they were the keepers but could a couple little ones . so there is not much at all 

Sounds like it was tough. Sucks about the camera Scottie, lol.. those boats get up and go! Cant wait to see the video from the other boat.

Camera ,sd card, tri pod = $200.00 ...  Hanging with Tom all day (Asprin) = 9.99...  Fishing Candlewood.....Priceless. If you guys get a chance to fish it ...GO!!!    Every where you look , It looks so fishy  . Good luck Thursday Vinny. I hope we helped you find some spots. At the end of the trip , you said those docks were calling you all day. We got there and pulled out a couple keepers. Dont second guess yourself. You know where they are.... GET'UM!!!  Lets us know how you do. Looking forward to helping you pre fish the next one. 

thanks scottie and yes them docks are good .. i thought about it 3 times to go try it buts one of them spots you finish in bc its close to the ramp but i might try it out during the day if nothing is going on they have the keitech tourny there wednesday so im sure there will be lots of bass let go there ... that really sucks about the camera i no you had some good footage to...

Great report I have been waiting for a good report since I talked to scottie on the phone about him fishing candlewood and here it is great job guys! Scottie that stinks about the camera :(!!!!! but atleast you had fun and thats al that matters!

frigan lake is awesome  huge smallies.  i also has success  a 4 inch live impact and a 1/2 oz red eye last year. unfortunately i have not fished it this year yet.  great report on the best lake i have ever fished.

scottie will be getting my new go-pro camera , thanks to steve hes getting me a different one . and scottie also got a few other items and he brought me some stuff i needed for my yard so i guess next time i meet him ill have to replace his bottle of aspirin.

Thanks for the new camera guys... Thanks for the trade Tom. Here's what i got on my end of the trade. Fishing out of a big boys bass boat, 2 shimano Stradic 2500 1Fh and 1 Fi. A Shimano Crucial Drop Shot rod . bundle of magazines , A bunch of baits like grande bass mega claws, Jackall , beavers, spider grubs,  super spots , crank baits , jerk baits, drop shot baits. several diferent trailers , jigs, frogs , scents, weights a bag of Keiteck swim baits in all colors ..feel free to add what ever else i missed

OK Now I ordered Tom a new KODAK tonight so go get some video now and dont lose this one.

We will get  video next time we go. which should be in less then a month... cant wait...ill make sure i dont lose this one. We had some good footage on that thing....:(

yes ill be back up there soon , and im pretty sure will get some great footage this is an AWESOME lake! ill be sure to bring some aspirins for ya!  LOL!  and thanks for the stuff you got for me!

no problem... Thats what we do...lol dont worry about the asprin. i still have some left.

Great Report. I'm going to get a new Video Camera after I pay for this Wedding in June.

i dont know wat you traded but thats alot of stuff!

Delawarebass at April 24, 2012 at 8:06 PM

OK Now I ordered Tom a new KODAK tonight so go get some video now and dont lose this one.

What model camera did you get. I am looking at the Kodak play/ sport.  Just wondering which model is best?  Where did you get it, for the best price?

Walmart but they have it on Amazion for 88. Zx3 0r 5