dang. headhunter will be replacing those blades daily.
Nope, other going to my friends private place where we fillet a pile of bass, or cleaning bluegill, crappie and a few hybrids in the spring, my knife doesn't get used this time of year much at all. But I actually have been catching bass quite well on Priest. Best year for me in many years.
There have been some summers (I only bass fish for the most part in June and July anymore) recently that I did not even catch a bass that weighed 3 lbs the entire summer, much less one over 3 lbs. Actually had 2 summers I really never even found a school to speak of, I played more golf than I fished.
This year I have found several schools of bass, and found 5 schools that when they are there and catchable, that average between 3 and 4 lbs each and have caught several 4 to 5 lb bass and a few over 5. Lost one that I am sure was close to 8, I didn't get him in the boat, got off right at the boat.
Carried a friend one day last week and yesterday. I don't keep or eat bass unless they are 10 to 13" long, on Priest, that is not legal. 15" is length limit. My friend and his family love to eat fish. The 2 days we have went together, we have caught them really well (40 fish days between the both of us) and kept 10 bass that weighed a total of 33 lbs and 36 lbs on the 2 trips. We had a couple of fish over 4 each time but let them go. Depending on depth, catching them on several baits, but the best baits have been a Rapala DT 4, 6, 8 or 10 in "old school" color and a texas rigged worm. The schools are anywhere from 4 to 17 feet deep. One of the better schools is on a hump that is as shallow as 3 feet and they are the best at noon. Since the beginning of June I have went through 450 Producto lure shurhooker and vibrator worms, tequila sunrise, 6" and 8". Some of the better bass have been caught on 3/4 or 1 oz spinnerbait (I make my own spinnerbaits) with a #5 willow leaf golf blade.
The bass we kept for my friend, the bubba PRO cut through them like butter. The PRO version is night and day better than the regular Bubba cordless knife. Bass fishing is the best I have seen on Priest in many years, especially for quality bass. I have even caught a few (4 or 5) nice smallmouth, biggest was just under 4 lbs. After I got the bubba PRO, I cleaned a few hybrids and a good number of bluegill and the bass recently for my friend and the blades seem to be just fine. Both Bubba cordless knives I have came with 4 sets of blades, I do not like the stiff blades, I only use the flex blades, but they clean even a 10 lb hybrid in seconds. Well the Bubba PRO does, the regular Bubba cordless is not even close to the PRO version.
If you like to catch bass, I haven't seen it this good on Priest in many years and they are catchable, just have to find them. IMO, only a couple more weeks left and then it gets tough, at least it does for me. I will not be able to hardly even catch a bass, usually around the end of July or first of August I start wading creeks because I cannot hardly catch even one bass in Priest, much less find a school. Been that way for me since a friend showed me how to look for schools of bass on Priest back in 1989.
