At first light a trio of excited anglers pulled away from the ramp and started fishing.  As they neared a shallow bank a bass exploded out of the water blowing shad up onto the bank. Joe Giles promptly pitched a frog right on top of the bass and another explosion followed. Giles dropped his rod tip and drove the steel home and our first bass of the day, a nice six pounder, tail walked into history.

    After a quick photo, Giles released the fish so other anglers could feel the thrill also. The topwater bite quickly faded after a surge of topwater action, however, as the sun cleared the horizon. Just as we suspected the bass were obviously headed deep with the rising temperatures.

     Moving across a stump filled flat, Justin Giles wasted no time getting in on the action and promptly caught his first bass of the day. As we continued working the stumps and log infested waters, the bass were biting, but slower than anticipated. By 8:00 a. m. my fishing partners were concerned as the bite was nothing like it had been on my previous 100 fish outing a couple weeks prior. I wasn’t the least bit concerned and knew from experience that the hot sunny weather would put the bass down where I liked them.

    I’ve never had a bad day on Triple D Ranch and this day would be no different.

As we moved on across a shallow flat young Giles caught another bass and we kept moving. I promptly sailed a lure near a stump and caught a bass myself. After admiring and releasing the bass I pitched back out to the same spot and wham! Another bass sucked in my offering and we promptly put down the anchor.

           

Hot Action

 

     Justin followed up with a worm and caught a lunker bass of his own. A few minutes later I had another lunker on myself. X marked the spot and almost every time we hit that spot we got a bite. On more than one occasion a monster bass hit and was just too much for us and dove down and wrapped on a stump. For the next three hours we worked an area about 75 to 100 yards long, enticing bites and catching lunker bass.

    By the noon hour we had caught nearly 45 bass in the three to six pound range with more than our share of seven pounders. With the temperature rising we decided to head to the landing and back to the air conditioning and a little noontime siesta!

    As we fished our way back to the landing Joe suddenly caught a bass and we stopped and fished a minute. In seconds he was back on the water and caught another one. Lunch would have to wait, as the fish were biting and a sudden surge of adrenaline had us all charged up.

    “There he is,” Giles said as he reared back and set the hook on another bass. This time his rod loaded up and bowed so much we thought it was going to break. Wham! Suddenly it was like he had hit a concrete wall. And then the monster bass surged away just before exploding through the surface and tail walked across the water vaulting again and again. The feisty F-1 bass just wouldn’t quit and bore down again and again as it neared the boat trying to avoid the net.

    Giles trophy bass had smashed his worm just as the clock struck high noon! The lunker was surely a trophy and weighed eight pounds and 14 ounces and was caught in extreme heat in the middle of the day.  

           

Afternoon Delight

 

    After an extended siesta we were back on the water around 4:30 and the high temperatures were beginning to cool down. With a slight breeze our afternoon turned out to be just as good as the morning. When the heat ramps up, you have to slow down to catch big bass and that’s just what we did. As we trolled the lake looking for a new honey hole we’d stop and fish an area thoroughly if we caught a bass. And find the honey holes we did as we continually caught and released bass in the three to five pound range all afternoon. And we caught several in the eight to 10 pound range.

    Now you might think action like this is only possible in Texas or Mexico, or maybe Florida. Surely there can’t be lunker bass like this prowling our local waters you say. But yes, it’s true, only a short 45 minute drive to Emelle, Alabama will take you to some of the most fantastic bass fishing in the world. Believe me when I tell you that a 100 bass day is possible for experienced anglers. And if you’re more into catching lunker bass just slow down and you can catch a few of those too! While hot weather will slow the fishing down everywhere, the best action of the year is occurring right now at Triple D.

    Contact Dee or Vicki Dial at 205-652-7407 for more information on fishing one of the most fantastic bass fishing lakes in the southeast! Now they can’t guarantee you’ll catch a lot of bass, or a monster bass, but I’m here to tell you that you will have the opportunity to do it, because I have done it many times.