Warmwater Tenkara

Posted by Jason Klass on May 6, 2012 in Warmwater Tenkara | 20 comments

Largemouth Bass on Tenkara

With all the local trout streams low and clear, this was a good weekend for some tenkara bass fishing.  In the late morning, I hit the ponds at South Platte Park, where I had caught by first tenkara bass just a couple of weeks ago and it didn’t let me down!

My 1st Tenkara Bass

Posted by Jason Klass on Apr 21, 2012 in Trip Reports, Warmwater Tenkara | 18 comments

This might come as a surprise to some of you but today, I caught my first tenkara-caught bass.  Funny thing–I guess if you only go fishing for trout, you only catch trout!  Until today, I have only used tenkara in trout streams so I thought I’d give one of our local lakes a try for some warmwater tenkara.  Actually, it’s a chain of lakes next to the South Platte that I drive by every day on my way to work.  It’s close to home and I’ve always wanted to fish them so today was kind of a test run.  This summer, I hope to expand the number of species I’ve caught on tenkara beyond just trout so I’ll be making an effort to catch some sunfish, bluegill, and largemouths (I guess I can cross smallmouths off the list now).  Here are a few more pics…