To hell with April, I'll hit it hard in May!

So what! I skipped my post in April. And do you know why? Cause April sucked!! It sucked, and blowed, and snowed, and snowed, and then it snowed some more. Every other damn day it would snow. It would hit the mid 60s in between but then more snow. Awful month. Just awful. Not that I didn't do anything in april. Cause I did. Oh I went fishing at least two times a week (weather permitting), and I snuck in an opening morning spring turkey kill. But that doesn't change the fact that the month was terrible. But on to May. It is now almost the end of the month and I have been waiting to write because this is a month worth detailing. For those who pursue black, largemouth, smallmouth and all other species of the bass family know, may is the month of the spawn. And for those who don't know what  the spawn is, well how do I put this?  "It's just that when a mommy bass and a daddy bass really love each other" ok ok you get the point. They get down, sweet lovin time, ya know. They spawn. And in order for this to happen they must first build some energy. So they do what most do on a date. They eat. Gorge themselves is more like it. Pre spawn bass are like garbage disposals. They eat everything, and anything and then some. And for catch and release bass fishing you just about can't get much better. Except for "The Big Feed" but we will get to that subject in the fall. I say catch and release because these fish are trying to carry on the family tree so to speak and it does no good to take them kill them when you think of the fact that you are not just eating one fish but killing the possability of thousands more that would never be born. So we just catch'em, pat them on the head and put them gently back in the water. I don't look down on taking home a ( legal ) fish now and again just not before or during the spawn.  Anyway this pre spawn was amazing. On one day alone while playing hookie from work and school, my son kevin, my friend justin, and I caught 52 fish, 39 of which were largemouth pre spawn bass. Kevin ( who is only 8) ended up with the grandprize of catching a 21 inch 9 pounder.  I have actually lost count at this point of the total numbers but between myself, justin, and my full time fishing partner Brandon. I would say that the month of May has yielded over 200 lbs of bass and somewhere in the neighbor hood of 300+ fish. Now don't get me wrong we caught more than our share of ones, and two pounders. But the point is if you want to catch that story of a life time bucketmouth this is the time to try and do it. It does take a little dedication though. Brandon and I start our days at 3:50 am so we can be on the water by 4. And then its off to work at 7:30. But that is what it takes to catch the big ones. You can be a weekend warrior and compete with everyone else for water, or you can go out and fish when the fish are eating and catch multiple trophys every day. And now its on to june, just a couple days away. Back to chasing mythical wild browns on the republican. Which I have yet to catch by the way. And there are lots of post spawn bass still lurking in dark waters waiting to be caught. Plus it won't be long before those duck calls come down off their peg in the gear room so I can start practicing up for another duck season. Only three months and one week to go.