Winner of the evening. Not the reason for this post but pictures always make it better.
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I stopped by my local little reservoir this evening and the bass are back at the shoreline after retreating last week. Great to see but they were very shy today. Makes sense as the temps are still a little low but as I covered the shoreline, I attracted a buddy.
This one maybe 11” bass just kept following me, within 2’ of the shoreline. Of course I did the obligatory place my bait in front of him, he wanted nothing to do with it but as I worked the shoreline he just kept following, cast after cast. At one point I put on a PBJ colored worm and he turned and watched me put it on the hook with what seemed like avid interest, like a puppy! Of course I let it dangle in the water, non-hook side just to see if he would like it, nah. He just continued to watch me for 20 minutes.
Oddest thing I’ve ever seen a fish do. Maybe I’ll bring some real food for him next trip for a treat if he’s hanging in the same area. Non-hooked of course, I can’t go hooking my buddy now.