SD Fish Reported 1st: Rising big bass star Greg Springer of Vista has caught and released the largest bass in San Diego in almost two years, a truly massive 16.3 pounder. Springer landed the fish on Friday at Escondido’s Lake Wohlford near the South Shore Rockpile, while fishing from the shoreline with a 3:16 Lure Company Glide Bait (swimbait) in Kokanee color. He had been on a mission to catch this specific bass, after getting a glimpse of her on two previous trips – the first time being the previous Friday when she followed his swimbait. He checked in on her again on Thursday, and saw her rise up behind a big topwater bait he was throwing.
After running some errands on Friday, he popped in again to see if she was ready to take the jump from follower to biter. With glassy water conditions, Springer launched his swimbait in the direction of where he’d seen her previously, “she immediately came up and slapped the bait, but I missed her.” Perhaps getting too good of a look at the bait with the glassy calm conditions, and aborting at the last second.
So Springer moved on, chucking his bait down the shoreline toward the buoy line. “When I saw the wind come up in that area, I went back over there and she crushed it on the first cast,” he said. The key to finally closing the deal with this particular fish was persistence, timing and recognizing when conditions can work in your favor as opposed to against it. Continue reading – http://sdfish.com/news/freshwater-fishing/16-pound-bass-caught-at-wohlford/