Latest Catch Pics Thread 2024
Master Bait'r reply :
With all the lips getting ripped around here, I figure we should have a place to share shots of our catches regularly. Took a cool pic of my catch of the day today so I'll start
She was pretty... And not a fan of Sesame Street apparently 
Mccallister25 reply :
Holy cow.. That frog got smoked. Someone was hungry!!
TNBassin' reply :
Piggy ate Kermy!
Jar11591 reply :
Had a great weekend. This one was the biggest though. Somewhere in the 4.5 lb range.
everythingthatswims reply :
24" On the Spro BBZ-1 Jr. 6"
And a very confused, aggressive, and lost trout on a KVD 1.0...He had to have been washed down 10+miles and over a 12' dam during a flood about a month ago.
MCS reply :
Yesterday...21"
Bret Spinnerbait reply :
Jar11591 reply :
Let's see some pictures! Gotta look at something while I'm stuck at work on this gorgeous day.
TNRanger reply :
5+ lb
3.75 lb
And my favorite co-angler...
Master Bait'r reply :
Oh yeah!
Siebert Outdoors reply :
Great catching guys!!
Master Bait'r reply :
Had a nice day out yesterday.
Hope everyone else has been keeping those lines tight 
notevenanibble reply :
A-Jay reply :
Finding & catching Summer time Smallmouth can be tough.
But yesterday, deep cranking was working right in the middle of the day.
Dodging the ski boats & jet skis just made it more interesting . .
A-Jay
Weld's Largemouth reply :
Just under 6lbs
about 15 inches nailed the scum frog
QUAKEnSHAKE reply :
Here is one from yesterday 7-19 saw a fish crib and tossed palm tree to it.
boostr reply :
On 7/19/2014 at 1:46 AM, Master Bait said:Had a nice day out yesterday.
Hope everyone else has been keeping those lines tight
The topwater seems to be on fire over there, here in Jersey not so much. 
Master Bait'r reply :
On 7/21/2014 at 9:48 AM, boostr said:The topwater seems to be on fire over there, here in Jersey not so much.
The moderate to heavy cover has been treating me well lately for sure and I am not upset about it.
Just a few from a little paddle last night
Best catch of the night tore my thumb up good bucking free while I was turning on my phone's camera and I did't get a pic... Just a great fight and some thumb rash which is still fine by me. 
TNRanger reply :
Love that pic above with the little mouse head looking up from the throat of the bass!
My biggest yesterday was a 5lb caught with a DT14.
They were choking the plum crazy Texas rigged rage craws dipped in clear JJs also...
Jar11591 reply :
Did some night-fishing last night. This was the biggest, around 4 lbs.
Weld's Largemouth reply :
On 6/17/2014 at 12:30 AM, TNRanger said:5+ lb
3.75 lb
And my favorite co-angler...
Im in disbelief that the first fish is a 5lber. Looks more like a 2.5... did you weigh it?
TNRanger reply :
I know the pic is terrible. Holding a big fish out at arms length against an open background is the worst possible picture scenario. I did weigh the fish as I do with all my catches over 3 lbs and it was 5lb. The only point of reference I can give you is my hands are pretty decent size and his mouth is dwarfing them.On 7/28/2014 at 7:19 AM, Weld said:Im in disbelief that the first fish is a 5lber. Looks more like a 2.5... did you weigh it?
For reference, here is another five pounder I caught yesterday with proof. The pic may be a little better but it still doesn't do the fish justice...
Catch and Grease reply :
I could believe its a 5 pounder, just goes to show how much bigger/smaller fish can look in a certain camera angle, that 3.75 looks the same as the 5lber
TNRanger reply :
On 7/28/2014 at 8:27 AM, Catch and Grease said:I could believe its a 5 pounder, just goes to show how much bigger/smaller fish can look in a certain camera angle, that 3.75 looks the same as the 5lber
I was in a hurry with him because as you can see the line is still in his mouth, he had choked my brush hog. With the bad angle and weird shadow , the pic turned out badly.
Weld's Largemouth reply :
On 7/28/2014 at 8:09 AM, Jar11591 said:Thanks man. I got that one on a black w/ blue flake Rage Tail Cut-R. We were catching them on craws and senkos also.
Soft plastics at night? Nice, i gotta get into night fishing.. I tried some down in florida but they werent very productive nights
Jar11591 reply :
On 7/28/2014 at 8:52 AM, Weld said:Soft plastics at night? Nice, i gotta get into night fishing.. I tried some down in florida but they werent very productive nights
Yeah for night-fishing I use jigs, soft plastics and Jitterbugs. I've read that a big Colorado blade spinnerbait can be deadly for fishing after dark, but haven't tried it yet. Might have to do that soon. Night-fishing can be awesome. Dead quiet, no sweltering heat, water to yourself and a lot of BIG bass.
Weld's Largemouth reply :
On 7/28/2014 at 9:02 AM, Jar11591 said:Yeah for night-fishing I use jigs, soft plastics and Jitterbugs. I've read that a big Colorado blade spinnerbait can be deadly for fishing after dark, but haven't tried it yet. Might have to do that soon. Night-fishing can be awesome. Dead quiet, no sweltering heat, water to yourself and a lot of BIG bass.
How has the fishing been upstate? Im on the island and its been sloooooooooooooow
Catch and Grease reply :
You get all the mosquitoes to yourself too! Lol
Jar11591 reply :
On 7/28/2014 at 9:08 AM, Weld said:How has the fishing been upstate? Im on the island and its been sloooooooooooooow
Same here. July has been one BAD month. That's why I changed it up and went after dark, and that was the ticket.
Jar11591 reply :
On 7/28/2014 at 9:08 AM, Catch and Grease said:You get all the mosquitoes to yourself too! Lol
Lol, surprisingly they never touch me until I turn my headlamp on. Then its like an all-you-can-eat buffett. But if my light isn't on, they leave me alone.
Weld's Largemouth reply :
On 7/28/2014 at 9:11 AM, Jar11591 said:Lol, surprisingly they never touch me until I turn my headlamp on. Then its like an all-you-can-eat buffett. But if my light isn't on, they leave me alone.
i might have to go night fishing soon..... so when you cast do you turn your lamp on??? isnt it bad to have a light on the water? scares fish
Jar11591 reply :
On 7/28/2014 at 9:18 AM, Weld said:i might have to go night fishing soon..... so when you cast do you turn your lamp on??? isnt it bad to have a light on the water? scares fish
I keep my light off 99% of the time. The only time I turn it on is to re-tie or to land a fish.
Weld's Largemouth reply :
On 7/28/2014 at 9:21 AM, Jar11591 said:I keep my light off 99% of the time. The only time I turn it on is to re-tie or to land a fish.
Isn't it really slow fishing though, not a lot of hits
Jar11591 reply :
On 7/28/2014 at 9:25 AM, Weld said:Isn't it really slow fishing though, not a lot of hits
At times the action can be almost non-stop. Like every cast something hits your bait. It got like that for an hour or so last night (or morning I guess). The fish seem way more aggressive after dark.
Weld's Largemouth reply :
On 7/28/2014 at 9:28 AM, Jar11591 said:At times the action can be almost non-stop. Like every cast something hits your bait. It got like that for an hour or so last night (or morning I guess). The fish seem way more aggressive after dark.
I can't wait to go now I'll go tommorow night. Do you work everything slow though?
Jar11591 reply :
On 7/28/2014 at 9:32 AM, Weld said:I can't wait to go now I'll go tommorow night. Do you work everything slow though?
I mix it up just like during the day. I haven't found one speed more successful than another overall, varies night to night I guess.
Weld's Largemouth reply :
On 7/28/2014 at 9:35 AM, Jar11591 said:I mix it up just like during the day. I haven't found one speed more successful than another overall, varies night to night I guess.
Ok I'm gonna give it a shot. Do u start from late evening or just go early in the AM
Jar11591 reply :
On 7/28/2014 at 9:41 AM, Weld said:Ok I'm gonna give it a shot. Do u start from late evening or just go early in the AM
Both, but I think I've had more luck after 1ish. I feel like the fishing gets better as the night gets later. Like last night we didn't get anything the first hour or so, but then for an hour the bite was hot around 2:30-3:30.
Weld's Largemouth reply :
On 7/28/2014 at 9:51 AM, Jar11591 said:Both, but I think I've had more luck after 1ish. I feel like the fishing gets better as the night gets later. Like last night we didn't get anything the first hour or so, but then for an hour the bite was hot around 2:30-3:30.
Ok thanks for the info.. Now time to find a spot to go to... We lack the quantity of ponds that you have upstate 
QUAKEnSHAKE reply :
Does this count cause its all I got in 4 hours today
Ika over weeds it snapped at it and got hooked the weeds brought in weighed more than the fish
Jar11591 reply :
This was the biggest of today. Went 19" even and around 4 pounds. Got it on a 6" "bullfrog" senko.
boostr reply :
This was last week, and it was slow. Nothing this week yet.
Master Bait'r reply :
Got out this morning around 5. Man, it sure was the most perfect couple of hours of my week so far.
I must have landed a good 15 or so really nice fish in the couple hours I was there- also had some uberlunkers snap my 10lb SX1 like it wasn't even there, so next time I'm throwing that same bait on my 30lb braid to see what I can yank outta there.
Stumphunter reply :
Saw this little guy the other day while fishing for smallmouths in a small local river. I got within 15-20 feet from him. He never ran off he would just dunk his head under the water ever so often, Don't blame him it was extremely hot that day.
boostr reply :
That looks like a new born, was the mama around?
boostr reply :
Caught a snake on the Pad Crasher, or the snake caught the Pad Crasher.....
Jar11591 reply :
Decent night time bass. A VERY chubby 18 inches.
Stumphunter reply :
On 8/4/2014 at 11:19 PM, boostr said:That looks like a new born, was the mama around?
Never did see the mama around there was a big soybean field near by, she was probably in it somewhere. I slipped out of there so i wouldn't bother the fawn. What a joy to see tho.
Master Bait'r reply :
Snuck out for a few casts whilst on a romantic B&B jaunt to the cape this weekend.
It was a fantastic idea. Nothing like getting rained on at 5am to make you appreciate some hawg rasslin'... And going back inside after a few hours to pass back out in some warm and dry luxe accommodations. Proper planning really is paramount to enjoying oneself fully 
Caught fatty here right after an epic feast... Built like a pumpkin!
this one was longer but not as fat, er... Big boned.
Hope everybody else is keeping those lines tight- and don't forget to post your recent pics, the stoke fairy will leave a larry under your pillow!
kens reply :
22 inch 6.5 Lbs.
A-Jay reply :
A-Jay
boostr reply :
Caught these today with the frog. Went to a pond that I been to once when I was a noob, and that was a year ago. The first one scared the $#!7 out of me when it blew up the frog. The second one blew it up pretty good too on a different part of the pond, but not as hard as the first one . I was also trying to avoid a snapper that kept on going after the frog in the same spot. Tell you what, it was a little tough out there they weren't hitting much, and I lost a KVD 1.5 square bill in a tree. 
This guy destroyed the frog, and looking at the guy behind it... needs to cut back on the twinkies
boostr reply :
Caught these bad boys today, on the same lure.
kikstand454 reply :
Yesterday. 8.46# certified at ramp.
Master Bait'r reply :
Got out yesterday afternoon for a while and my gf brought her good camera. What a nice day it was!
boostr reply :
Ooooh, de fancy pityas.
Master Bait'r reply :
On 8/12/2014 at 3:08 AM, boostr said:Ooooh, de fancy pityas.
She handles the artsy, I handle the fartsy.
boostr reply :
Yeah, tell me about it. My wife fed me beans last night... ..she's also artsy.
5 Dollar Fishing Game reply :
On 7/21/2014 at 6:31 AM, QUAKEnSHAKE said:Here is one from yesterday 7-19 saw a fish crib and tossed palm tree to it.
Fish crib lmao
missouribigbass reply :
Master Bait'r reply :
Dayum MObigbass... Those are some trough bosses right there! Nice work man!
missouribigbass reply :
On 8/12/2014 at 6:35 AM, Master Bait said:Dayum MObigbass... Those are some trough bosses right there! Nice work man!
Thanks! I've had a lot of good luck this year with the big bass. I keep a log book and after the 3 big ones I caught on Saturday that made 42 bass I 've caught this year over 5lbs 29 over 6lbs 8 over 7lbs and 3 over 8lbs. Haven't hit on a 9lb fish this year.I weigh everything over the 4lb range.
Slade House reply :
12-8 caught a month ago at Casitas on a buzz bait by a friend of mine
Slade House reply :
a 5-6 caught using megastrike pro shaky head 2 ewg 1/2 oz green pumpkin with a missile bait baby d bomb green pumpkin purple, middle of the day on a busy saturday at lake casitas
boostr reply :
Mizzou big bass, nice dink..
boostr reply :
On 8/12/2014 at 2:22 PM, Slade House said:12-8 caught a month ago at Casitas on a buzz bait by a friend of mine
BOOM!
sgjackson reply :
Started fishing a few days ago and I've been throwing a Senko off a dock every afternoon. Been pulling up a small bass or two every day, but today I fished this one up - quite a bit bigger than the smaller fish I've been catching. No clue how much it weighs, any guesses from the pic?
A-Jay reply :
My new Michigan PB ~
A-Jay
Dwight Hottle reply :
Sweet.
Slade House reply :
8-7 caught 2 weeks ago by KC at Lake Casitas on some large popper. BOOM!! Big fish at the night tournament was an 8-2 this past weekend, and there were a few 7's caught last week. BOOM!!
missouribigbass reply :
On 8/15/2014 at 7:26 PM, Slade House said:8-7 caught 2 weeks ago by KC at Lake Casitas on some large popper. BOOM!! Big fish at the night tournament was an 8-2 this past weekend, and there were a few 7's caught last week. BOOM!!
That's a great fish!
Catch and Grease reply :
On 8/12/2014 at 6:32 AM, missouribigbass said:
That's what I call a pair of hawgs!
Mainebass1984 reply :
Top 3 from this past weekend. Maine doesn't have any bass.
6 lbs 8 oz
5 lbs 10 oz
5 lbs 10 oz
Master Bait'r reply :
Nice work ya Maine-iac!
I had a fun couple hours out last night. Nothing to write home about but it's better than sitting around collecting dust!
boostr reply :
On 8/20/2014 at 3:31 AM, Master Bait said:Nice work ya Maine-iac!
I had a fun couple hours out last night. Nothing to write home about but it's better than sitting around collecting dust!
Nice! Hope you didn't use lead weights ;-)
Weld's Largemouth reply :
On 8/13/2014 at 10:17 AM, sgjackson said:Started fishing a few days ago and I've been throwing a Senko off a dock every afternoon. Been pulling up a small bass or two every day, but today I fished this one up - quite a bit bigger than the smaller fish I've been catching. No clue how much it weighs, any guesses from the pic?
2-2.5 lbs
boostr reply :
Caught this 2 1/2 # guy on a Jig with a Rage Chunk on my last cast this evening around 8pm. First one on a jig for me.
Master Bait'r reply :
On 8/20/2014 at 5:53 AM, boostr said:Nice! Hope you didn't use lead weights ;-)
Of course I did! I learned a very important thing the last time that came up- that science is only as real as you believe it is. Lead? Whatever. It's only real if I let it be. I mean heck, I stopped believing in gravity and now I fly to work! Besides, it says right on the label it's only dangerous in Cali.
boostr reply :
Loled
Mainebass1984 reply :
Got this 5-2 after work today.
Master Bait'r reply :
On 8/21/2014 at 10:06 AM, Mainebass1984 said:Got this 5-2 after work today.
The markings and coloration on that fish are so perfect it almost looks fake haha nice work!
RMcDuffee726 reply :
Profile picture material haha.
missouribigbass reply :
Caught this big girl on a 4.5 inch storm wild eye shad this morning.
boostr reply :
Caught these guys this weekend.
Master Bait'r reply :
Took my gf's son out for a "dude day" while the girls were all back to school shopping. It was his first day fishing on a boat ever. He loved it! He wanted to stay even when it was totally getting dark and we were both starving. He did great too, his first cast was about a 20" pickerel, he's got a t-rig down pretty good and he can grip 'em by the lip. He even knows what bass thumb is now haha
Kid is a natural! (It's ok dude I make that face at pickerel too)
And his first bass
Mainebass1984 reply :
Tournament on Lake Champlain on Sunday.
1st place 15.6 lbs of fish. Missed lunker by .07 lbs.
My 2 biggest at 4.95 lbs and 4.5 lbs
Went after smallmouth on Monday. Nothing huge but a 3 lb 5 oz.
TNRanger reply :
6.7 lbs on a DT14 in 14' of water.
boostr reply :
Caught these today.
Master Bait'r reply :
I'm gonna need a bigger boat, man... This is a blown steel leader that I switched to because of the heifer pickerel in apparent superbloom where I was fishing. I was walking a mouse through some open water patcehs and it got slurped by what would likely be my pb bass hard- POINK! the second the rod fully loaded and I set the hook the connector end exploded. I figured it must have been the knot or line sliced by a passing pickerel or a mis-strike but NOPE. Just a whole lot of frustration... I can't wait to go back and try to reclaim my mouse off that sunuvabish's lip!
BennyB reply :
Caught the Bowfin in the River in front of my house and the 2 Bass from the Lake down the Road this weekend. I love where I live.
boostr reply :
Yesterday we went out to some of the local ponds we haven't been to before, and see what they were carrying... According to the picture not much, but we had a good time.
Master Bait'r reply :
On 9/4/2014 at 5:41 AM, boostr said:Yesterday we went out to some of the local ponds we haven't been to before, and see what they were carrying... According to the picture not much, but we had a good time.
I absolutely love that! How old is he? I've been bringing my gf's 8yo son out fishing for bass and he has become obsessed after he landed a big pickerel on his first ever cast from a boat and I showed him how to hold a bass by the lip. It's awesome to see them anxious for the next tip or trick in hopes that he can have a "bass thumb" day haha. For a young boy's attention span to be riveted for that long, you know they're into it!
But the endless stream of infinitely more complex questions... That takes a little bit of getting used to! 
boostr reply :
He'll be four in November. I already taught him to lip, one of the first things I taught him in fishing besides casting. I think he's ready for Siebert jigs, he started copying all of my jig cadences with his little Spiderman rod.
boostr reply :
Yeah, he's hooked. He wants to go fishing everyday.
boostr reply :
Caught this guy yesterday evening at a new to me pond in like 15mns of getting there. My Jig hand has been on fire lately, but I'm only catching dinks, except for that 2lbr. Seems like these man made ponds don't have good size bass.
boostr reply :
Time to get a boat, and chase the Hawgz.
Dwight Hottle reply :
On 9/4/2014 at 5:41 AM, boostr said:Yesterday we went out to some of the local ponds we haven't been to before, and see what they were carrying... According to the picture not much, but we had a good time.
I thought you had a new do until I realixed that was the wheel well just over the top of your head. The good times are important to the kids.
boostr reply :
On 9/5/2014 at 6:09 AM, Dwight Hottle said:On 9/4/2014 at 5:41 AM, boostr said:Yesterday we went out to some of the local ponds we haven't been to before, and see what they were carrying... According to the picture not much, but we had a good time.
I thought you had a new do until I realixed that was the wheel well just over the top of your head. The good times are important to the kids.
That's funny, it does. That would be my all terrain fishing vehicle...That doesn't float or have a trolling motor.
Jtrout reply :
Caught her on my lunch break on a texas rigged culprit worm 3.11 lbs 20 inches
missouribigbass reply :
Cousin landed his personal best.
boostr reply :
On 9/5/2014 at 8:11 AM, Jtrout said:Caught her on my lunch break on a texas rigged culprit worm 3.11 lbs 20 inches
Nice
boostr reply :
On 9/5/2014 at 10:20 AM, missouribigbass said:Cousin landed his personal best.
Shweeet!
A-Jay reply :
This one was sort of recently, although it seems like just yesterday ~
A-Jay
Master Bait'r reply :
On 9/5/2014 at 8:43 PM, A-Jay said:This one was sort of recently, although it seems like just yesterday ~
A-Jay
Whaaaaaaat... I didn't realize it was legal to catch manatees
I had a nice early morning today to do some exploring on a new pond. Absolute structure forest! Couldn't be more stoked to go back there again and explore some more!
buzzed bait reply :
^^ She's purdy man.... nice fish
BasshunterJGH reply :
Nice fish^^. This was an interesting one. 4 lb smallie and a dink largemouth on the same cast! Strike king squarebill 2.5. Lake lopez ca.
Master Bait'r reply :
On 9/6/2014 at 3:43 AM, BasshunterJGH said:Nice fish^^. This was an interesting one. 4 lb smallie and a dink largemouth on the same cast! Strike king squarebill 2.5. Lake lopez ca.
I don't even... How the?!! Are you some kind of wizard??
buzzed bait reply :
On 9/6/2014 at 3:43 AM, BasshunterJGH said:Nice fish^^. This was an interesting one. 4 lb smallie and a dink largemouth on the same cast! Strike king squarebill 2.5. Lake lopez ca.
that's sick!
Jtrout reply :
Damnn! That's cool did they fight good
BasshunterJGH reply :
Yep! I thought it was a HUGE smallmouth. I was pretty surprised when it was two!On 9/6/2014 at 6:15 AM, Jtrout said:Damnn! That's cool did they fight good
Master Bait'r reply :
Another day, another donkeroo.
Catch and Grease reply :
On 9/6/2014 at 3:43 AM, BasshunterJGH said:Nice fish^^. This was an interesting one. 4 lb smallie and a dink largemouth on the same cast! Strike king squarebill 2.5. Lake lopez ca.
That's awesome!
boostr reply :
Not much, but it's all I caught this weekend. Plus there were a few that spit the hook. Man, I've been on a dink tear lately. It's only gonna get tougher I think because it looks like the turn is starting to happen.
boostr reply :
Excuse "The not to fancy trying to take a selfy with the timer on my phone camera" quality picture
Stumphunter reply :
A great way to spend my Birthday morning, out on the water fishing... Not the biggest bass but big smiles.
JGBassinAL reply :
5.4 lbs on the left and 6.5 lbs on the right. Went fishing with a buddy on Labor Day and had the best day of fishing to date. I have had a rough go of it lately on the water, and I almost stayed home instead of fishing. Pulled up to a shell bed at daylight and proceeded to rip the lips off of A LOT of good fish. We had a 30 lb bag on Pickwick Lake, where my biggest bag had been 21 lbs. We left the spot as it is one of my buddys tournament spots, and found a huge school of 1.5 to 2 lbers and caught around 40 of them on a drop shot. It was an amazing day and although neither of those are my personal best fish, it was my personal best bag! This is why I fish, the pure enjoyment of catching these beautiful fish and then releasing them for a long healthy life!
Edit: BTW, the XShip on the Chronarch CI4+ is something else, it feels like magic in your hands when landing a big fish!
Catch and Grease reply :
Niceee^^ that's two hawgs man
JGBassinAL reply :
On 9/10/2014 at 1:19 AM, Catch and Grease said:Niceee^^ that's two hawgs man
Thanks bud!
Master Bait'r reply :
Just a couple dinks, but it's still great to be out on the water!
boostr reply :
At least they are bigger than my dinks.:-(
buzzed bait reply :
master baitr that looks like a sweet fishing spot dude.... nice little dinks too
Master Bait'r reply :
On 9/11/2014 at 2:24 AM, buzzed bait said:master baitr that looks like a sweet fishing spot dude.... nice little dinks too
Thanks guys, I'm very lucky to have a pretty ideal pond only a few minutes for my house- completely surrounded by heavy weeds with a couple separate deep sections in the middle and it holds some hogs for sure. It's a fantastic place to go if I'm tight on time, and a great place to work on heavy cover presentations too.
I'd say about half of my fishing goes on there, it's just so easy, quick and there's so many fish. I have a bunch of ponds and lakes I like to go to nearby but they aren't as cool or as quiet as my go-to spot. That's mah honey hole!!
buzzed bait reply :
yeah that's a frogger's paradise from the pics.... you can't beat a convenient spot man. i found one nearby the house my wife and i recently bought (4 minutes away) and have been able to get some fishing in there when time was tight. i just wish i could find a nice spot close to the house that looks like yours to dip the kayak in....
NEjitterbugger reply :
6-1, T-Rigged Rage Lobster
Master Bait'r reply :
Went a little farther to my #2 fave spot this morning for some more exploration.
boostr reply :
Did catch a nice one, but no pic. Grabbed the leader to lip the fish, and some how spit the hook... on a dredge jig no less. I thought they couldn't come off that hook... Leader touch Ill call that a catch.
A-Jay reply :
Been taking advantage of the breaks in the weather whenever I can.
A-Jay
Master Bait'r reply :
On 9/16/2014 at 6:45 AM, A-Jay said:Been taking advantage of the breaks in the weather whenever I can.
A-Jay
Some September Stoutness.jpg
Swimbait choker.jpg
I really like your tool caddy. Totally doing that in my kayak's dash today! Also nice fishing, guys!
A-Jay reply :
On 9/16/2014 at 7:56 PM, Master Bait said:I really like your tool caddy. Totally doing that in my kayak's dash today! Also nice fishing, guys!
Thanks ~ though it's cut off in that picture, there is a digital scale and a Boga Grip hanging up there as well.
A-Jay
boostr reply :
Man, I need a water vehicle.
BrownBear reply :
13SEP2014 on Clarks Hill Lake, GA
boostr reply :
Nice
Master Bait'r reply :
Snuck out of work for a little while since no parts were in yet... It was a fantastic decision.
Love those slither k's, man...
And a monster of a snapper that I saw down about 4ft eyeing the kayak haha
NEjitterbugger reply :
4.5lbs - Spinnerbait
A-Jay reply :
Nice one.
A-Jay
Master Bait'r reply :
I have a couple pics saved up, and seeing as I just about broke'd my wrist and dropped a rod setting a frog hook on what would have likely been my PB last night, I should probably dump some for the stoke Gods in the hopes that they be more merciful next time.
everythingthatswims reply :
On 8/26/2014 at 8:39 PM, Mainebass1984 said:Tournament on Lake Champlain on Sunday.
1st place 15.6 lbs of fish. Missed lunker by .07 lbs.
My 2 biggest at 4.95 lbs and 4.5 lbs
Went after smallmouth on Monday. Nothing huge but a 3 lb 5 oz.
The coloration on that smallie is so cool! Gorgeous fish!
EvanT123 reply :
got this one on a wacky rig.
QUAKEnSHAKE reply :
Here a few long distance catches 100'+ in 20' of water. Ill toss out wacky senko let it sit while fishing with another set-up. No action at all senko will catch'em. Last pic I threw out the Palm tree then grabbed the senko to bring it in. While I did this notice line going tight on palm tree rod, should have waited for it to hit bottom.
Master Bait'r reply :
On 9/26/2014 at 8:15 AM, everythingthatswims said:The coloration on that smallie is so cool! Gorgeous fish!
"bronzeback" to a T!
Dwight Hottle reply :
Two best from yesterday.
BrownBear reply :
^^Nice ones!
Dwight Hottle reply :
Best fish for today.
TNRanger reply :
5.5 lbs on a 5XD.
BasshunterJGH reply :
4.5 lbs on a spro little John.
BasshunterJGH reply :
My little brother caught his PB the other day on a strike king squarebill. Didn't have a scale along that day, how big do you guys think it is?
BasshunterJGH reply :
It was so heavy he dropped it that's why it's covered in gravel lol.
Bluebasser86 reply :
Did you get a length and girth? That makes guessing a lot easier. From those pictures I'd guess 6-7 pounds, really good looking fish.
buzzed bait reply :
On 10/2/2014 at 12:09 PM, BasshunterJGH said:My little brother caught his PB the other day on a strike king squarebill. Didn't have a scale along that day, how big do you guys think it is?
no matter what, it's a nice fish!!! really all a guessing game from pics
BasshunterJGH reply :
Unfortunately, I didn't get the length and girth either. I guess we got so excited we forgot about measuring! We wanted to get her back in as soon as possible. Caught at lake cachuma ca.On 10/2/2014 at 2:37 PM, Bluebasser86 said:Did you get a length and girth? That makes guessing a lot easier. From those pictures I'd guess 6-7 pounds, really good looking fish.
Mainebass1984 reply :
Got a couple fish today fishing in the wonderful state of Maine
5-2
5-2
6-8
buzzed bait reply :
VURRRRY nice fish maine. is it just me or do the top and bottom fish have some odd color spots on their sides?
BrownBear reply :
On 10/4/2014 at 12:19 AM, buzzed bait said:VURRRRY nice fish maine. is it just me or do the top and bottom fish have some odd color spots on their sides?
Very nice indeed! yes I see them, looks maybe like a scab or irritation on them of some sort.
BasshunterJGH reply :
Utah road trip this summer. Desert bass lol. The first pic was interesting I was swimming in the lake (it was 110 degrees out) and I saw him in some brush so I got out, cast a Yamamoto d-shad to him and caught him. He looks a little skinny.
Master Bait'r reply :
What a nice day! The big girls are out and about and the weather is fine, gotta love fall!
Mainebass1984 reply :
On 10/4/2014 at 12:19 AM, buzzed bait said:VURRRRY nice fish maine. is it just me or do the top and bottom fish have some odd color spots on their sides?
The fish in that pond are very stressed, the water there is extremely low. It is the lowest it has been in 50 years. The odd color patterns, the pinkish areas, are open sores. The fish in that pond have been extremely skinny and sickly. We need rain there in the worst of way. This year I have caught a lot of fish with open sores like that in that particular pond. Once the water level comes up and the water cools most of the sick fish will heal and put on some weight. Even though they are stressed and sick they can still be caught. They have to eat.
Catch and Grease reply :
The fish up north are supposed to be small!
Haha just kidding man nice fish mainebass!
Tuckahoe Joe reply :
The wife caught a good fish today...
A-Jay reply :
The weather's been So Bad - I can't get out
A-Jay
Dwight Hottle reply :
On 10/8/2014 at 8:51 PM, A-Jay said:
The weather's been So Bad - I can't get out
A-Jay
What do mean you can't get out.
http://forecast.weather.gov/shmrn.php?mz=lez149
A-Jay reply :
On 10/8/2014 at 9:53 PM, Dwight Hottle said:What do mean you can't get out.
http://forecast.weather.gov/shmrn.php?mz=lez149
Exactly ~
A-Jay
http://www.weather.com/weather/today/49735:4:US
fishballer06 reply :
Managed to get a few on buzzbaits this weekend, despite some nasty wind here in PA.
Stumphunter reply :
boostr reply :
Caught this one and only at a new to us lake on Friday. A good one for a slow couple of hours.
fishinfiend reply :
awesome!
guitarglynn1 reply :
Nice fish boostr! It was perfect weather for fishing yesterday here in Jersey. wish it could be like that every day and then go from Oct right back to spring.lol
guitarglynn1 reply :
caught this today on a watermelon red tiny fluke
NEjitterbugger reply :
Mainebass1984 reply :
That's one heck of a hawg !
Well done jitterbug
Master Bait'r reply :
On 10/13/2014 at 11:25 PM, boostr said:
Kid stoke is the best. For us it's probably just another fish but for them it might as well be a marlin or Biwa record. I love watching them absorb tips & knowledge and use it to catch something... The light goes on and they pretty much explode with joy. Nothing like it! This kid already wants to open a tackle shop- could he be the youngest bait monkey victim ever? 
Cheers to everybody still out there getting after it. I'm *this* close to packing away the rods and bustin' out the skis I'm sure I have a few days left in me, but they're becoming fewer & farther between.
A-Jay reply :
Been on a Fall Jig bite ~
A-Jay
boostr reply :
On 10/14/2014 at 11:15 PM, A-Jay said:Been on a Fall Jig bite ~
A-Jay
Seems the same up here.
10 Oct Jig Bass.jpg 10 Oct Jig Bite.jpg
A-Jay reply :
On 10/14/2014 at 11:59 PM, boostr said:
On 10/14/2014 at 11:15 PM, A-Jay said:Been on a Fall Jig bite ~
A-Jay
Seems the same up here.
10 Oct Jig Bass.jpg 10 Oct Jig Bite.jpg
I'm in Northern Michigan ~
A-Jay
boostr reply :
To the right of you in New Jersey then.
A-Jay reply :
On 10/15/2014 at 3:46 AM, boostr said:To the right of you in New Jersey then.
Back in the day - I was stationed down in A/C and Cape May (USCG) and lived on the shore for close to 15 years - GREAT Striper fishing - I was A-Dicted . . . .Big Time.
A-Jay
boostr reply :
I'm gonna have to try that sometime. We usually go to my cousin's in Belmar and fish for fluke in the bay, or Ill drive to Brick from thier house and do some bass fishing.
AK-Jax86 reply :
My buddy caught this 7lb 9oz on a red eye Shad yesterday afternoon
PersicoTrotaVA reply :
Caught these yesterday all on a Keitech 1/16 MONO jig with Jackall 4.8in flick shake and Zoom Finesse worms.
#1
#2
#3
I caught a bunch of dinks and 6 or 7 in the 1 to 2 lb range but I don't take pics of those. They are really killing the wacky rig. That keitech jig is pretty much done for, you can see the skirt is loose on that 3rd fish.
Dwight Hottle reply :
Best crankbait fish from today.
NEjitterbugger reply :
On 10/17/2014 at 9:41 AM, Dwight Hottle said:Best crankbait fish from today.
Beautiful fish! I'll definitely be making a stop at my smallie hot spot before ice over...
jderry reply :
Decided to cast out my Sexy Swimmer for the first time.
First catch on that lure and on a baitcaster!
Not sure on weight, felt heavy.
8" pliers for reference to length
Master Bait'r reply :
On 10/17/2014 at 9:41 AM, Dwight Hottle said:Best crankbait fish from today.
Don't look so excited! Haha nice fish man, those are some gorgeous smallies!!
boostr reply :
This is all I caught this weekend, it was a decent size pickeral, but no bass bites. Was a bad windy day.
boostr reply :
Good fight though. They hit like a freight train.
Master Bait'r reply :
Haven't posted pics in a while so I have to drop a few... Tons of pickerel but a few Larrys too.
Washout reply :
Lots of good pics but the wind has been terrible around here. I hope we get we get some pics tomorrow.
reb67 reply :
Bad windy day got only 1 bite all day (6 hours) thank goodness it was this 4.8 lber it made the a** beating I took that day worth it.
BooyahMan reply :
Glad I could sneak in my first fish on a Live Target before the bass completely disappeared from the shallows for the year. I'm a Booyah man but I am loving the Live Targets too now.
Master Bait'r reply :
Haven't been out in a while but snuck out and nabbed this lil fattie the other day
Not sure if I'll get out again though, it's getting to be that time of year!
Daniel Lin reply :
The brunt of the polar blast hit us today in Missisisippi with 38 degree air temps and 15mph winds at the community college campus pond. People left and right were looking at me like I was insane for fishing in this weather (I moved to Mississippi from the Blue Ridge Mountains, this weather is merely "chilly"). I was excited to take today as an opportunity to experience cold front fishing, and to get a feel for fishing in some colder-weather gear compared to what I usually get to wear. Things I discovered: different, more task-appropriate gloves on each hand can make all the world of difference in handling and to zip up my left outer jacket pocket so it doesn't catch on the butt of my rod, among other things.
Picked up two of these guys working a Rapala Rippin' Rap 06 (1/2oz and some uncomfortably small hooks) in Green Craw (looks an awful lot like a bluegill to me) as slow as I could on the deep end toward the dam without getting hung up on the weedy bottom. I'm told it's like a max of about 7-8 feet deep on that end.
Both strikes honestly were almost undetectable, even running straight braid. The first one did fight pretty hard given the weather conditions, but with the second, I estimate that I had reeled it maybe about 30 feet before thinking "man, this ball of weeds I picked up is pretty darn heavy" and finally got around to making sure the hooks were set well. I still actually wasn't 100% sure I had a fish on until it got within sight about 8 feet from the bank when it finally woke up, turned and took about 10 feet of drag before just giving up.
Senko lover reply :
You guys seem to love Rage Craws....might have to pick me up a package.
BasshunterJGH reply :
Got some smallmouth and largemouth this weekend at lake lopez fishing out of my friends boat. Nothing huge, a couple 2.5 lb smallmouth and some dink largemouth. Caught most of them deep cranking.
BasshunterJGH reply :
My brother got a treble hook in his finger past the barb while landing a smallie. We had to rip it out with pliers (ouch). Here's his best smallmouth of the day (with my friend holding it for him lol).
BasshunterJGH reply :
Got some of these too...
Master Bait'r reply :
Might as well fire this baby back up with my first notable couple fish of 2015.
Lilies are on their way too... It won't be long before the frogs roam!
EvanT123 reply :
Posted this in the NE section but I'll put it here as well.
Good one from earlier today.
Mccallister25 reply :
The notables from the past few days..
Slefler reply :
Caught these two last week, the first was 5.86 on a red Santone Chatterbait.
The second went 4.18 on the Black Dog ShellCracker G2, nothing doing when I was steadily retrieving it so I started twitching it and letting it float up for 1-2 seconds. On the second cast when I started doing that the fish swiped at it and missed it so I jerked the rod and he hit it again.
boostr reply :
Well, here are my first unotable fish of the year...
KnifeGuy reply :
This fatty crushed my buzz bait on Saturday. Man, that buzz bait is hard to put down.
BennyB reply :
Just Shy of 9 lbs. 3/4 oz red eye shad
Slefler reply :
Accidental but it weighed 1.84lbs lol
*Hank reply :
My latest-
And many others I did not get pics of.
Ozark_Basser reply :
On 4/24/2015 at 11:32 AM, *Hank said:My latest-
And many others I did not get pics of.
What rod is that in the last pic? It looks custom.
Philo Beddoe reply :
Latest...
Mccallister25 reply :
On 4/22/2015 at 10:07 PM, Slefler said:
Accidental but it weighed 1.84lbs lol
Nice crappie. Got a big ol dip in too!!
*Hank reply :
Actually it's a cabelas mag touch, I think their discontinued.On 4/24/2015 at 11:44 AM, Jiggin said:What rod is that in the last pic? It looks custom.
I know the handle looks like the custom you have.
Slefler reply :
On 4/25/2015 at 9:48 AM, Mccallister496 said:Nice crappie. Got a big ol dip in too!!
Lol! Just about every "fish picture" I have I've got one in. I can't rip a lip without first packin a dip. Apparently Crappie is included.
Mccallister25 reply :
On 4/25/2015 at 12:49 PM, Slefler said:Lol! Just about every "fish picture" I have I've got one in. I can't rip a lip without first packin a dip. Apparently Crappie is included.
Great minds think alike!
fish devil reply :
Some fish from early March and April.....
Had ice on a 1/3 of the lake!!!
*Hank reply :
Heading to lake lake cachuma ca, this weekend on a camping trip hopefully I can catch a some Lmb's,last year around this time I cuaght my PB (6lbs) while shallow cranking,who knows the lakes pretty far down right now and the last couple times I've gone I got skunked but hopefully the fishing will be better now.
All I know is that TW is getting some $$$ out of it.
Fin Stalker reply :
WolfyBrandon reply :
A Good Day.
*Hank reply :
Beautiful smallie!On 4/29/2015 at 2:19 PM, WolfyBrandon said:
A Good Day.
WolfyBrandon reply :
Release
*Hank reply :
Just got back from lake cachuma and had a good time!
I cuaght&landed 20 fish! Very unexpected for Cachuma.
The fish were-13 rainbow trout 12 of them cuaght on bass lures,5 Lmb's,2 smallies.
One of the trout that I fought in on 6lb test weighed 9lbs(26in.) on a wacky rigged senko! That thing was a hog of a trout! The other fish were cuaght on Drop shots,jerkbaits,wacky rig,inline spinners, tubes etc/
Didn't get pics of all of them but here are the ones I did get pics of:
Sorry but the other pics were to big to upload but at least you can see the big trout.
fisherrw reply :
Those are amazing Hank!!! 2 thumbs up!!On 5/3/2015 at 12:12 PM, *Hank said:Just got back from lake cachuma and had a good time!
I cuaght&landed 20 fish! Very unexpected for Cachuma.
The fish were-13 rainbow trout 12 of them cuaght on bass lures,5 Lmb's,2 smallies.
One of the trout that I fought in on 6lb test weighed 9lbs(26in.) on a wacky rigged senko! That thing was a hog of a trout! The other fish were cuaght on Drop shots,jerkbaits,wacky rig,inline spinners, tubes etc/
Didn't get pics of all of them but here are the ones I did get pics of:
Master Bait'r reply :
Pretty lines on this one.
Weld's Largemouth reply :
NY Prespawn bass
*Hank reply :
On 5/4/2015 at 10:09 AM, Master Bait said:Pretty lines on this one.
Nice fish,what did you catch it on?
*Hank reply :
A couple little post spawners nothin huge-
guitarglynn1 reply :
boostr reply :
Didn't catch any significant size, but did catch a few. These were all males, aggressive nest guarders. There were three fat females around the 5lb + sitting on nests next to each other waiting for their hot date. One of them even grabbed a turtle passing thru the nest, and escorted it out. Tried to catch one of them by chunking a jig and craw and reeling it into the nest, then let it sit there and wait for one of them to move it out of the nest. Three times one of them did, and three times I set the hook with her opening her yap and spitting the bait out. They eventually they got wise of me, and just ignored everything.... Frustrating, oh well at least I didn't get skunked.
Master Bait'r reply :
On 5/4/2015 at 11:14 PM, *Hank said:Nice fish,what did you catch it on?
T rigged structure bug I believe.
Slefler reply :
Jar11591 reply :
Here's a couple nice ones from over the weekend.
18.5 Inches
17.5 Inches
Huge snapper swam right up to the boat as well.
QUAKEnSHAKE reply :
Here my best from earlier today used 50E, 7'1" M/F *** black, 12# Sniper FC, Baby Bass Palm Tree(Ika)
weighed 2.71#
*Hank reply :
On 5/5/2015 at 6:04 AM, Slefler said:
HAWG!
MIbassyaker reply :
First outing of the season: today I stopped at a little river bayou on my way home from work to toss a few baits from shore for about 20min. Was not really expecting to catch anything, but ended up with this chunky 4lb-er as my first fish of the year. It took a little 4" pumpkinseed power worm on a finesse head.
BooyahMan reply :
Not the most most recent as I got this one a couple of trips ago but definitely the most memorable of the year for me so far.
QUAKEnSHAKE reply :
Cool windy and rainy.
Broke out the Keitech Swing Impact Fat 3.8". Somehow 2 nice ones didnt quite hook up very well and threw the lure Managed a few though and as a bonus a TOOTHY CRITTER nailed an IKA.
Dwight Hottle reply :
Last weeks trip with Jeff.
*Hank reply :
^^ Nice fish dwight!
Slefler reply :
On 5/5/2015 at 11:50 AM, *Hank said:HAWG!
I wished lol. It had a 6lber head but only hit 4.02lbs. It was all spawned out. Using a white bladed jig and threw kinda offset to a last post on a boat dock and when I got near the post I gave it a twitch, it hit it 3 different times on the way to the boat then inhaled it finally all in the same cast.
boostr reply :
On 5/6/2015 at 10:31 AM, QUAKEnSHAKE said:Cool windy and rainy.
Broke out the Keitech Swing Impact Fat 3.8". Somehow 2 nice ones didnt quite hook up very well and threw the lure
Catching something is better than catching nothing, and catching nothing is better than working...
boostr reply :
My PB at 3.19lbs on a Siebert B2B 1/4 oz Arky w/ a Havoc 3" Pit Boss trailer in Watermelon Orange Fleck.
A Top Water Frog fish...
A dink...
*Hank reply :
On 5/7/2015 at 12:09 PM, Slefler said:I wished lol. It had a 6lber head but only hit 4.02lbs. It was all spawned out. Using a white bladed jig and threw kinda offset to a last post on a boat dock and when I got near the post I gave it a twitch, it hit it 3 different times on the way to the boat then inhaled it finally all in the same cast.
Ya to bad you hadn't cuaght it a month ago. Fun bite though!
sierra_fishr reply :
best of the year for me so far. Going out this morning and hope to top it.
sierra_fishr reply :
Another of hte same fish. Didnt weigh it.
Ringonu reply :
My first smallmouth, so my PB, on a bitsy tube. 1.91lbs.
Master Bait'r reply :
Did a town pond trout derby with my stepson today and we both hated it haha... That shoulder to shoulder shore grind is brutal. Left and went to a really cool spillway spot nearby and caught a bunch in relative solitude. Total save.
Lol... I don't know what's more slippery, the rocks or the trout. Spawn needs to end already.
BooyahMan reply :
On 5/10/2015 at 9:54 AM, Master Bait said:Did a town pond trout derby with my stepson today and we both hated it haha... That shoulder to shoulder shore grind is brutal. Left and went to a really cool spillway spot nearby and caught a bunch in relative solitude. Total save.
Lol... I don't know what's more slippery, the rocks or the trout. Spawn needs to end already.
Priceless expression! And looks like a nice sized trout to boot.
Here's one from my most recent trip to Bass land:
Catch and Grease reply :
Caught my first chatterbait fish! It was a tough morning. All the fish have moved offshore at this small lake and the water is very muddy. Caught this one and another on a lipless crankbait...
boostr reply :
On 5/10/2015 at 9:54 AM, Master Bait said:Did a town pond trout derby with my stepson today and we both hated it haha... That shoulder to shoulder shore grind is brutal. Left and went to a really cool spillway spot nearby and caught a bunch in relative solitude. Total save.
Lol... I don't know what's more slippery, the rocks or the trout. Spawn needs to end already.
What's up with the Joey Ramone face...
guitarglynn1 reply :
Will Wetline reply :
6 lb. 14 oz. 5/6/15
*Hank reply :
^^ Nice catch will! That`s a HAWG!
WolfyBrandon reply :
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WolfyBrandon
*Hank reply :
^^ Somebody likes Fish head spins!.....................Nice catches.
no39 reply :
Quick stop after work.
WolfyBrandon reply :
On 5/14/2015 at 9:54 AM, no39 said:Quick stop after work.
Nice fish, what baits did you use?
no39 reply :
On 5/14/2015 at 10:14 AM, WolfyBrandon said:Nice fish, what baits did you use?
Thanks! I have a bag of random old plastics I use to dropshot. I think it was a darter type bait like this.
no39 reply :
Did another quick trip straight from work. Boated around 30ish smallies with the biggest at around 4. I had eight fish on eight consecutive casts. I didn't get pics of all of them but this is what I got.
*Hank reply :
^^ Those are some nice smallies! Love catching smallies on a jerkbait!
tnt2671 reply :
couple hours before work yesterday on a small local lake , caught about 13 fish this was the best of the day on a dirty jigs pitching jig w/ paca chunk trailer
*Hank reply :
^^ What rod is that? The reel looks like a scorpion.
WolfyBrandon reply :
May 14, 2015
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Non-Target Species
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EDIT: Does it still count if I catch the same fish?
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WolfyBrandon
tnt2671 reply :
On 5/16/2015 at 1:38 PM, *Hank said:^^ What rod is that? The reel looks like a scorpion.
you one of my scorpion 1001xt's mounted up on a my new megabass super destroyer phase3, i'm loving the setup. i wanted a nice compact jig/frogin rod , this little stick has some serious power!
no39 reply :
Went out today on a friends boat and caught a few smallmouth. I also happen to hook the biggest rudd I've seen yet.
NEjitterbugger reply :
Chunky one from early today..
Catch and Grease reply :
4lbs 11oz first flip of the day!
MIbassyaker reply :
Sunday morning for two and half hours at my favorite small lake -- 30 min from home, a hair under 50 acres, about 10-12 foot visibility, mostly undeveloped except for a county park and two small houses with docks at one end...and a no motors restriction. On weekdays in the summer I might be the only one there all morning, not counting herons, otters, snapping turtles, geese.
Nothing spectacular, but well worth the brief escape -- several fish about 11"-13" with the biggest coming at 16", about 2.5lb on a t-rigged PowerBait Chigger Craw about 10 feet down near a small point (picture not great; bad perspective, but you get the idea).
guitarglynn1 reply :
Jar11591 reply :
2 of the better fish from the weekend.
Rapala Skitterwalk
Senko
Senko lover reply :
Some of my latest bass, mostly on topwater.
I'll have to do them in two parts .
Senko lover reply :
This one was my bro's first senko bass:
MARsSPEED reply :
Since love pictures so much, I will join in the fun as well. This was my best over the weekend (Fished 2 hours)
19"
OroBass reply :
Turtle135 reply :
The best from this past weekend. Top fish was from a reservoir in Maryland and the bottom fish was from the Tidal Potomac River.
NJSalt reply :
QUAKEnSHAKE reply :
Here my best from today. Hit right at noon weighed in at 3.52# 18".
Was on my SC Legend Elite 7'6" M/F, Supreme XT30 and 8# nanofil green a good 80' out.
Im venturing out from the mighty senko and trying the MegaStrike MegaStick still rigged wacky. Ive only used one for over 15 bass so far, its been holding up with very little wear and still going. 
NJSalt reply :
fishinfiend reply :
Oh ya!
Great color for jig. I like chompers Missouri craw.
everythingthatswims reply :
Green Fish
Brown Fish
FloridaBasser1 reply :
My latest Bass - FAT PIG MAMMA BASS- PB #8.0 24 in.
LSUh20fowler reply :
Dwight Hottle reply :
.On 5/21/2015 at 9:58 AM, FloridaBasser1 said:My latest Bass - FAT PIG MAMMA BASS- PB #8.0 24 in.
Looks like 23" to me
FloridaBasser1 reply :
On 5/21/2015 at 10:12 AM, Dwight Hottle said:.
Looks like 23" to me
I had the tape measure about 1 in. back from the tip of her mouth- user error- didn't even see that i had messed it up until my friend showed me. But you can tell that tape was short at the mouth. Even then, weighed and verified on scale- #8.0
WolfyBrandon reply :
Have Lots of Pollen?...
Try Making Tracks Through It With A Buzzbait...
Or Dive Beneath It With A Squarebill...
WolfyBrandon
Slade House reply :
6.8 LBS California Largemouth baby. she was skinny too. huge mouth on her. pitching into some tall grass 1/2 oz tungsten sinker , D-Bomb on a 4/0 ROboworm hook , 
fisherrw reply :
Nice!! Casitas is on fire right now right??
Slade House reply :
On 5/22/2015 at 4:55 AM, fisherrw said:Nice!! Casitas is on fire right now right??
Don't know , not fishing there currently , fishing at casitas lagoon
WolfyBrandon reply :
On 5/16/2015 at 1:39 PM, WolfyBrandon said:
May 21, 2015
Third Time...
Also tossed a fluke on a bed I saw in shallow water... Hooked a nice one that was 1oz under my PB Smallmouth...
4lb 02oz, 19 & 1/2''
Released healthy and back on the bed just fine...
WolfyBrandon
Mitch G. reply :
*Hank reply :
^^ That looked like you had a good day mr.G! Those are a lot of nice fish!
tnt2671 reply :
frogging today
NJSalt reply :
caught a nice chunk on a swimbait this morning
Slefler reply :
Chatterbait bass from this morning
SSkeeterzx190 reply :
Not that big but fun to land, specially on a very slow day.
EvanT123 reply :
One from a quick trip today.
OkeechobeeAngler reply :
Weld's Largemouth reply :
Feels good to finally have some fish on after the winter... its taken long enough..
Gotten them all on storm swimbaits
guitarglynn1 reply :
FloridaBasser1 reply :
Putting the #storm smack down on them!
Big C reply :
On 5/26/2015 at 7:22 AM, FloridaBasser1 said:Putting the #storm smack down on them!
What up with the pound sign? Did you just drop a hashtag? #hashtag
fishinfiend reply :
Great job guys!!
WolfyBrandon reply :
May 22, 2015
Oops... wrong picture
Fish 01
Fish 02
Fish 03 (x2 hooked him and then caught him again on the next cast)
Fish 04
WolfyBrandon
OroBass reply :
those eyes????^^^^^
FloridaBasser1 reply :
i know, someones going to catch that fish again it will be called one eye.
On 5/26/2015 at 1:52 PM, OroBass said:those eyes????^^^^^
MCS reply :
RMcDuffee726 reply :
First decent jig fish.
OroBass reply :
wnspain reply :
OroBass reply :
nice fish ^^
fishinfiend reply :
dang! Oklahoma hawg!!!!
*Hank reply :
Squarebill chunk:
Sea Salt reply :
I caught a nice 3 pounder out of a 1/2 acre pond
(No I am not comparing it to my bike I just so happened to get my bike in the background)
A nice 4 to 5 pounder out of a 1/4 acre pond ("Im staring straight into the sun")
My first Jig fish
Weld's Largemouth reply :
How much do you guys think this one weighed/measured?
Pics can be deceiving
MARsSPEED reply :
Based on your hand and lipless, I would say around 19" and 3.5lbs on the optimistic side. Nice catch.On 5/30/2015 at 11:46 PM, Weld said:How much do you guys think this one weighed/measured?
Pics can be deceiving
*Hank reply :
I'd have to guess between 2.5-3lbs,it's hard to tell though.On 5/30/2015 at 11:46 PM, Weld said:How much do you guys think this one weighed/measured?
Pics can be deceiving
*Hank reply :
On 5/30/2015 at 12:20 PM, Sea Salt said:I caught a nice 3 pounder out of a 1/2 acre pond
(No I am not comparing it to my bike I just so happened to get my bike in the background)
A nice 4 to 5 pounder out of a 1/4 acre pond ("Im staring straight into the sun")
My first Jig fish
Congrats on the first jig fish! It's always fun to catch one on something you've never been able to catch one on...it's a nice one to!
A-Jay reply :
Short clip from the other day - first time throwing the SK 8.0 -
Initial indication is - good bait, good action, decent depth.
A-Jay
https://youtu.be/yoOEBkntmWU
WolfyBrandon reply :
May 27, 2015
Weed Spraying? (Check Following Day Pics...)
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May 28, 2015
Weed Spray Fish Kill (Perch).
WolfyBrandon
WolfyBrandon reply :
May 29, 2015
WolfyBrandon
BigSkyBasser reply :
A couple pigs from pre spawn last week.
*Hank reply :
That smallie is HUGE! ^^^^
NJSalt reply :
Another solid day. started out throwing a dropshot and got a good one then started throwing a swimbait on a ballhead and got the one I was looking for.
BigSkyBasser reply :
On 5/31/2015 at 5:29 AM, *Hank said:That smallie is HUGE! ^^^^
Yep, my personal best by far. Didn't have a scale but she was pushing 5 if not 6. Nearly snapped my dinky medium 6' 6" Berkely Cherrywood in half.
BigSkyBasser reply :
WolfyBrandon is lucky, happens to live on the 10th highest rated bass fishery in the country. Fished the Strike Open on Coeur D'Alene last year and stuck some massive footballs. It's gorgeous body of water.
*Hank reply :
On 5/31/2015 at 7:04 AM, BigSkyBasser said:Yep, my personal best by far. Didn't have a scale but she was pushing 5 if not 6. Nearly snapped my dinky medium 6' 6" Berkely Cherrywood in half.
I bet! That`s spot you were at looks awesome!
Weld's Largemouth reply :
On 5/31/2015 at 12:00 AM, *Hank said:I'd have to guess between 2.5-3lbs,it's hard to tell though.
On 5/30/2015 at 11:55 PM, MARsSPEED said:Based on your hand and lipless, I would say around 19" and 3.5lbs on the optimistic side. Nice catch.
Both wrong, and far off!! Measured 14" long and weighed 1lb 3 oz
Pics can be deceiving!!!
everythingthatswims reply :
We didn't get many bites and most were dinks but I got two pretty two and a halfs
FloridaBasser1 reply :
Caught these dinks with a frog yesterday!
everythingthatswims reply :
On 6/1/2015 at 2:16 AM, FloridaBasser1 said:Caught these dinks with a frog yesterday!
Strange eyes on that fish
*Hank reply :
Man! I would have thought it was at least 3.On 5/31/2015 at 9:13 AM, Weld said:Both wrong, and far off!! Measured 14" long and weighed 1lb 3 oz
Pics can be deceiving!!!
FloridaBasser1 reply :
On 6/1/2015 at 2:49 AM, everythingthatswims said:Strange eyes on that fish
Thats because i was specificly trying to catch some fish for a fish fry tommorow(my buddy caught about 2 doz. 8-10 in' bream too) and when i got back to the house I decided to post some pics. They were dead for a little while, thats why their eyes look like that. But normaly I just bass fish for fun, not for food, but tommorow is a special exception!
everythingthatswims reply :
On 6/1/2015 at 3:21 AM, FloridaBasser1 said:Thats because i was specificly trying to catch some fish for a fish fry tommorow(my buddy caught about 2 doz. 8-10 in' bream too) and when i got back to the house I decided to post some pics. They were dead for a little while, thats why their eyes look like that. But normaly I just bass fish for fun, not for food, but tommorow is a special exception!
Lol so you put the frog back into the dead bass's mouth?
FloridaBasser1 reply :
On 6/1/2015 at 4:04 AM, everythingthatswims said:Lol so you put the frog back into the dead bass's mouth?
Haha, I thought might as well "prove the frog did it". Kind of funny/wierd thing to do Lol
Mitch G. reply :
The week or so in review....
My buddy Brad with Mr. Waldo
In the midst of this nice weather streak as of late, it was 45 degrees this particular afternoon we were out...
Brad with a nice Sammy!!
We saw Mr. Bear swimming out in the middle of the lake another day
Rocky Balboa made an appearance..caught on a chatterbait.....those things are CRAZY!!!.....LOL
Walleye Chunks ready for the deep fryer...MMmmmmmmm
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MIbassyaker reply :
On 6/1/2015 at 6:08 AM, Mitch G. said:Walleye Chunks ready for the deep fryer...MMmmmmmmm
Droooooooool!
everythingthatswims reply :
Caught a couple "swimbait dinks" on the hardgill this evening.
FloridaBasser1 reply :
On 6/1/2015 at 9:42 AM, everythingthatswims said:
Caught a couple "swimbait dinks" on the hardgill this evening.
Smack down on the swimmer! Nice tail on your bait.
BigSkyBasser reply :
On 6/1/2015 at 8:14 AM, MIbassyaker said:Droooooooool!
I second the drooling. Walleye is the best freshwater fish you will ever eat.
*Hank reply :
MARsSPEED reply :
My best for last week.
guitarglynn1 reply :
*Hank reply :
On 6/1/2015 at 6:08 AM, Mitch G. said:The week or so in review....
My buddy Brad with Mr. Waldo
In the midst of this nice weather streak as of late, it was 45 degrees this particular afternoon we were out...
Brad with a nice Sammy!!
We saw Mr. Bear swimming out in the middle of the lake another day
Rocky Balboa made an appearance..caught on a chatterbait.....those things are CRAZY!!!.....LOL
Walleye Chunks ready for the deep fryer...MMmmmmmmm
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What spinning rod were you using?
Mitch G. reply :
That's a St. Croix Avid 6'3" MXF spinning rod paired up with a Quantum Smoke SL25 with 8# flourocarbon.....I LOVE that rod......
WolfyBrandon reply :
WolfyBrandon
boostr reply :
This was the only Hawg I caught this past Saturday.... I know sad. Caught on a Siebert's Sunfish swim jig with a green pumpkin Rage Tail Menace. Did have a few short strikes, and hooked a Pickeral luckily that came off by it self at the bank.
corn-on-the-rob reply :
Some footballs from a couple weeks ago, all weighed on a good scale.
14.25'' 2.24 lbs
Would have been barely a keeper at 14'' but weighed that much...
3.00lbs
4.3lbs
Fat fish.
MARsSPEED reply :
I am stuck at 18.5"....it's like one after another.
Jar11591 reply :
A few from the last week or so.
17.5''
17.5''
A few smallies showed up.
I even got a handful of browns saturday morning.
*Hank reply :
*Hank reply :
Just cuaght this carp 30mins ago:
Slefler reply :
The first one was on a guided trip on Fork caught on a 10XD.
The other ones are my first jig fish using a Sieberts/Vile Craw throwing around boat docks.
Slefler reply :
And yes I usually have that many rods on the deck of the bot because I don't know what I'm doing lol.
FloridaBasser1 reply :
On 6/4/2015 at 11:04 AM, Slefler said:And yes I usually have that many rods on the deck of the bot because I don't know what I'm doing lol.
Shameful amount of non resourcefulness... Have i ever shared my fishing arsenal... Which includes: one combo, a backback of baits, a scale, and yet i catch 8# bass, and have better days than most on this fourum! Why would you spend hundreds of dollars for all these combos, when you can use one for everything(and never break damage or mess up) and take 1 minute to tie on a bait?
corn-on-the-rob reply :
On 6/4/2015 at 11:21 AM, FloridaBasser1 said:Shameful amount of non resourcefulness... Have i ever shared my fishing arsenal... Which includes: one combo, a backback of baits, a scale, and yet i catch 8# bass, and have better days than most on this fourum! Why would you spend hundreds of dollars for all these combos, when you can use one for everything(and never break damage or mess up) and take 1 minute to tie on a bait?
not sure if serious
jtharris3 reply :
On 6/4/2015 at 11:21 AM, FloridaBasser1 said:Shameful amount of non resourcefulness... Have i ever shared my fishing arsenal... Which includes: one combo, a backback of baits, a scale, and yet i catch 8# bass, and have better days than most on this fourum! Why would you spend hundreds of dollars for all these combos, when you can use one for everything(and never break damage or mess up) and take 1 minute to tie on a bait?
You sir, just don't get it! One can never have too many rods, reels and baits!!
BigSkyBasser reply :
On 6/4/2015 at 11:21 AM, FloridaBasser1 said:Shameful amount of non resourcefulness... Have i ever shared my fishing arsenal... Which includes: one combo, a backback of baits, a scale, and yet i catch 8# bass, and have better days than most on this fourum! Why would you spend hundreds of dollars for all these combos, when you can use one for everything(and never break damage or mess up) and take 1 minute to tie on a bait?
Have you ever fished a rod built and outfitted specifically for a certain technique? If you had then your comment would not exist.
It makes all the difference for the angler in terms of efficiency and fluidity. Especially in tournaments. Would you rather have to bite off your bait and tie a new one on each time you wanted to change? Maybe, but in a tournament that 30-200 seconds could be time spent fishing because you already have a rod tied with that bait and special reel.
Dwight Hottle reply :
On 6/4/2015 at 11:21 AM, FloridaBasser1 said:Shameful amount of non resourcefulness... Have i ever shared my fishing arsenal... Which includes: one combo, a backback of baits, a scale, and yet i catch 8# bass, and have better days than most on this fourum! Why would you spend hundreds of dollars for all these combos, when you can use one for everything(and never break damage or mess up) and take 1 minute to tie on a bait?
Youthful humor.
Slefler reply :
I'd rather have designated set ups for certain baits I plan on fishing. It beats throwing a jig on a medium powered rod or a squarebill on a heavy. I don't spend the time having to tie baits when I want to switch either. It makes sense to me.
MIbassyaker reply :
On 6/4/2015 at 11:21 AM, FloridaBasser1 said:Why would you spend hundreds of dollars for all these combos, when you can use one for everything(and never break damage or mess up) and take 1 minute to tie on a bait?
1 minute to tie on a bait x 6 baits = 6 minutes, during which time you could catch another 8# fish.
FloridaBasser1 reply :
Ya, I agree with all of you in your senarios, but i'm fishing from the bank, and I try to go to parts around a river or lake that very few have gone to(Heavy brush, thorns, just annoying crap) and can't really cary more than one maybe two rods along with my back pack. But if I was in a boat, i would probably have 4-6 combos. I would definatly prefer Ducket rods with Abu Reels though, which I think Slefler has all Ducket rods too.
I'm actually thinking about getting a new 1) Duckett MIcro Guide 7'2(maybe a 7'6) Medium Heavy Fast Casting Rod with an Abu Garcia Revo Winch for all around use it for everything. or 2) a Duckett Goast 7'3 Heavy Fast Casting Rod with and Abu C4 or a Shimano Cardiff for Swimbait, Punching, A-Rig(for the river), and frogs. But like i said the only reason i only use one combo is that i can realisticly only cary "1".
FloridaBasser1 reply :
On 6/4/2015 at 11:03 AM, Slefler said:
The first one was on a guided trip on Fork caught on a 10XD.
The other ones are my first jig fish using a Sieberts/Vile Craw throwing around boat docks.
By the way, are all your combos(on deck) Ghost's? Or Micro Guides
Slefler reply :
Those are Ghosts. All of my set ups are with Ghosts except for my big bait rod which is a St Croix Mojo. I'd like to try a Micro Magic but I just can't swing another setup just yet.
FloridaBasser1 reply :
On 6/5/2015 at 4:32 AM, Slefler said:Those are Ghosts. All of my set ups are with Ghosts except for my big bait rod which is a St Croix Mojo. I'd like to try a Micro Magic but I just can't swing another setup just yet.
I no what your saying, I'm getting some gift cards from #TrophyCatch to Bass Pro/Dicks Sporting Goods. So hopefully i can get a Duckett Ghost
everythingthatswims reply :
When you have a 10 acre lake full of dinks, ya gotta spice things up to keep it interesting. Neon swimjig
FloridaBasser1 reply :
On 6/5/2015 at 9:51 AM, everythingthatswims said:When you have a 10 acre lake full of dinks, ya gotta spice things up to keep it interesting. Neon swimjig
Whats your retrieve like, and what senko is that? Like your fish, If you have the Hud Weedless Shad, throw it in their! You should get some nice dinks with the frogs this time of year also!
Weld's Largemouth reply :
My first DD
@12 lbs
everythingthatswims reply :
On 6/5/2015 at 9:55 AM, FloridaBasser1 said:Whats your retrieve like, and what senko is that? Like your fish, If you have the Hud Weedless Shad, throw it in their! You should get some nice dinks with the frogs this time of year also!
candy corn colored stick-o was the only thing I had to match the color scheme. fast retrieve with twitches
WolfyBrandon reply :
On 5/22/2015 at 1:55 PM, WolfyBrandon said:May 21, 2015
4lb 02oz, 19 & 1/2''
On May 21, 2015 I found a bed and tossed a fluke onto it and caught a 4lb 02oz Smallmouth Bass (best so far this year). I released the fish healthy and saw it return to the bed. I also saw it on the bed a few days later. Then came a busy weekend and when I returned to the location of the bed the following week I could see the bed but there was no sign of the fish - I was a little worried someone else might have caught the fish and didn't release it. Almost every day I've fished after that I have kept an eye on the bed but there was no sign of the 4 pounder. Later I could see bluegills and sucker fish feeding around it and things didn't look good. Without the bed being tended it slowly began to fade away and was no longer visible. I feared the worst, but kept fishing around the area on almost every trip for the hopes of proving myself wrong...
June 04, 2015
Today I was fishing around there and had a small bite next to the dock near where the bed use to be. I didn't think much of it and decided to fish the other side of the dock. I made a cast in about 3ft of water near the dock and suddenly my line got tight and heavy... Set The Hook and BOOM! Hooked into a good fish! As I was fighting it near the boat I knew it was the 4 pounder I had hooked before. It jumped, darted around quickly doing figure 8's, swam under the boat and was pulling hard trying to dive for deeper water. With the rod in one hand I reached for the camera hoping to record a video of the action but made a critical mistake. The combo that I happened to hook her on was my oldest spinning reel which just so happens to have an issue with the drag locking up if I don't reset it every trip. In a split second she torpedoed straight for the bottom and "SNAP!" like the sound of a .22 round going off my line broke because the drag was locked up... I had a knot in my stomach after that. 
I then settled down and tied on another fluke and decided to investigate the area. What I found was where I made the cast was right above a new bed the fish had made, and I actually saw the fish return to it after it had broke my line. (A little back story, last week and this week were suppose to be what I believed would be the spawn... but we've had some wack weather lately with thunderstorms almost every evening as well as a few days of heavy rain. The water has been hovering around the 65F-68F mark for the past 2-3 weeks and hasn't managed to get up to 70F yet.) I'm curious whats up with the new bed ~30ft away from the old location and with the new bed I'm guessing this confirms the 4 pounder is male? It seems to be the one creating the beds, as well as it's always alone on the bed.
Anyway I couldn't get the fish to commit to the 2nd fluke, and the boat was beginning to spook it off the bed when I got too close. I decided I would continue to fish and come back to it if I had time. So after a few hours of catching various other fish when the bite finally died off I decided to try again on my way back before I head home as it was starting to get dark. I tried to be as stealthy as I could and made some long casts with the fluke to try and coax another bite. 1st cast - nothing but it landed a ways off from the bed. I got a little closer and made my 2nd cast right where the bed should be, let it hit the bottom and twitched it a few times - and nothing... Made my 3rd cast which landed a little further in, let it hit the bottom and twitched it a few more times... that's when suddenly my line got tight and I Set The Hook!...
4lb 00oz, 19 & 1/2''
Same length as before 19 & 1/2'' but this time only weighed in at 4lb 00oz even. Snapped a few pictures and then released.
WolfyBrandon
Master Bait'r reply :
Absolute monster parade today
BigSkyBasser reply :
On 6/7/2015 at 8:42 AM, Master Bait said:Absolute monster parade today
I like your john boat, looks like you could productively fish some tourneys in that thing! Did you build livewells into it?
Master Bait'r reply :
On 6/7/2015 at 8:51 AM, BigSkyBasser said:I like your john boat, looks like you could productively fish some tourneys in that thing! Did you build livewells into it?
Thanks man, I didn't build one into it because it has to do a lot of different stuff. It does have a receiver for a cooler mount in the floor though so one could do a cooler livewell very easily.
everythingthatswims reply :
Took my kayak to a pond this afternoon, caught this skinny girl on a half ounce flipping jig with a pit boss for a trailer. Measured 20" long and only weighed 3.74lbs. An exciting fish nonetheless!
BigSkyBasser reply :
On 6/7/2015 at 9:28 PM, Master Bait said:Thanks man, I didn't build one into it because it has to do a lot of different stuff. It does have a receiver for a cooler mount in the floor though so one could do a cooler livewell very easily.
Sounds like a potential project! haha. Would love a solid john boat. Currently we're fishing out of a Sea Eagle inflatable but haven't taken it out much because we're having issues with our Minnkota trolling motor.
Master Bait'r reply :
On 6/8/2015 at 10:36 AM, BigSkyBasser said:Sounds like a potential project! haha. Would love a solid john boat. Currently we're fishing out of a Sea Eagle inflatable but haven't taken it out much because we're having issues with our Minnkota trolling motor.
If you're interested, check out that boat's full build thread in the boat forum. I just finished it up last week.
Master Bait'r reply :
On 6/4/2015 at 11:21 AM, FloridaBasser1 said:Shameful amount of non resourcefulness... Have i ever shared my fishing arsenal... Which includes: one combo, a backback of baits, a scale, and yet i catch 8# bass, and have better days than most on this fourum! Why would you spend hundreds of dollars for all these combos, when you can use one for everything(and never break damage or mess up) and take 1 minute to tie on a bait?
On 6/5/2015 at 4:26 AM, FloridaBasser1 said:Ya, I agree with all of you in your senarios, but i'm fishing from the bank, and I try to go to parts around a river or lake that very few have gone to(Heavy brush, thorns, just annoying crap) and can't really cary more than one maybe two rods along with my back pack. But if I was in a boat, i would probably have 4-6 combos. I would definatly prefer Ducket rods with Abu Reels though, which I think Slefler has all Ducket rods too.
I'm actually thinking about getting a new 1) Duckett MIcro Guide 7'2(maybe a 7'6) Medium Heavy Fast Casting Rod with an Abu Garcia Revo Winch for all around use it for everything. or 2) a Duckett Goast 7'3 Heavy Fast Casting Rod with and Abu C4 or a Shimano Cardiff for Swimbait, Punching, A-Rig(for the river), and frogs. But like i said the only reason i only use one combo is that i can realisticly only cary "1".
Ah, ok that's more like it! *phew* I thought you were going off the deep end for a minute there dood! One combo forever... lol.
I'm not really a duckett guy but I love a good vulgar display of good old-fashioned gear whoreism. Makes me feel all kinds of warm and fuzzy inside.
WolfyBrandon reply :
June 08, 2015
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BooyahMan reply :
I was having a pretty uneventful few hours of fishing after work yesterday and I decided to make one last cast, thinking I would go home skunked. I literally said to myself, "Ok, one more cast and that's it", and then this fish came out of nowhere.
Totally not a flattering picture of me, but there's a fish in the photo!
Bluebasser86 reply :
Fishing the lake right by my house this morning with a buddy from work who has been doing well out there. I hate the lake, 5 minutes from the house and I fish it 2 or 3 times a year. Did surprisingly well this morning, mainly on topwater and baby brush hog. Got to one little cut he said a local told him holds big fish. I'd barely gotten "Weird, I never catch anything here", out of my mouth when my bladed jig went weightless. Typical big fish bite on a bladed jig, turned into a very not typical fish for that lake. 4 pounds on the nose and my PB for the lake.
boostr reply :
Here is my donation from this past weekend:
Caught this guy Twice on 2 separate days:
Day 2
Day 1
Ouch, and you think jalapenos burn the next day...
And these guys couldn't resist a Siebert's Jig either...
*Hank reply :
On 6/10/2015 at 2:36 PM, Bluebasser86 said:Fishing the lake right by my house this morning with a buddy from work who has been doing well out there. I hate the lake, 5 minutes from the house and I fish it 2 or 3 times a year. Did surprisingly well this morning, mainly on topwater and baby brush hog. Got to one little cut he said a local told him holds big fish. I'd barely gotten "Weird, I never catch anything here", out of my mouth when my bladed jig went weightless. Typical big fish bite on a bladed jig, turned into a very not typical fish for that lake. 4 pounds on the nose and my PB for the lake.
That thing would have been HUGE if you would have caught it during the spawn! Still a pig though!
Bluebasser86 reply :
On 6/12/2015 at 5:42 AM, *Hank said:That thing would have been HUGE if you would have caught it during the spawn! Still a pig though!
Yep, she was pretty sunk in. Still encouraging to catch a fish like that out of a lake that usually kicks my butt though.
Fish_Whisperer reply :
Line broke 6 inches from the lure as soon as I laid hands on her...
Sorry for not turning my light off...
guitarglynn1 reply :
Senko lover reply :
On 6/10/2015 at 2:36 PM, Bluebasser86 said:Fishing the lake right by my house this morning with a buddy from work who has been doing well out there. I hate the lake, 5 minutes from the house and I fish it 2 or 3 times a year. Did surprisingly well this morning, mainly on topwater and baby brush hog. Got to one little cut he said a local told him holds big fish. I'd barely gotten "Weird, I never catch anything here", out of my mouth when my bladed jig went weightless. Typical big fish bite on a bladed jig, turned into a very not typical fish for that lake. 4 pounds on the nose and my PB for the lake.
What kind are those blue rods? Are those the Ethos you talk about a lot?
Mitch G. reply :
Had an okay week this past few days...mix of Bronze and Green.......no giants still...this year has been a weird one, that's for sure.....Here's a few...most caught on plastics on or near the bottom.....
Last day of the beard...but growing it back as of now...lol
Freshly shaven for my Bday last Sunday....
Birthday Rock Bass!!
I volunteered to assist at a fishing outing for the disabled last Saturday...The look on everyones faces was priceless when they caught fish....that day was my catch of the year so far in 2015
MIbassyaker reply :
Scouting missions to two new lakes for a few hours each this week. The first has a reputation as one of the few close to me that gives up bass 4lb and higher with regularity. Had an 18"+ wiggle out of the kayak before I could get a pic, and the only other one I snapped was of this skinny 16"-er who gobbled a trick worm. Caught a couple more below keeper size. I'll be back to that lake.
The other lake I knew almost nothing about. Turned out to be a massive dink factory. Absolutely loaded with bass, and lost track of how many I caught, but nothing over 12".
Bluebasser86 reply :
On 6/13/2015 at 7:45 PM, Senko lover said:What kind are those blue rods? Are those the Ethos you talk about a lot?
Yes, the two light blue ones are Ethos rods. There's 7 more in the rod locker. The darker blue rods are St.Croix LTBs. There's 5 more of those in the rod locker.
Jar11591 reply :
Biggest of the year so far.
BigSkyBasser reply :
*Hank reply :
There's nothin better than catching nice bass in rivers! Congrats!On 6/16/2015 at 7:06 AM, BigSkyBasser said:Had a good two days a big river bend that forms a sand bar.
Mostly piggy females find beds.
AlexP90 reply :
Had to get all new equipment. Starting from scratch.. Always did the basic night crawler and bobber. Caught the same ol crappie. Gets boring lol.. Been wanting to get serious with bass for years. Been nothing but videos and articles. This summer I hope to post some catches along with ya guys.
BigSkyBasser reply :
On 6/19/2015 at 1:08 PM, *Hank said:There's nothin better than catching nice bass in rivers! Congrats!
Yep, found out our fishery was rated the 84th best bass fishery in on bassmaster's 2015 best lakes. Always makes you feel good coming from an underground bass state!
Thornback reply :
Caught this 9.2 yesterday in Rodman Reservoir.
*Hank reply :
On 6/20/2015 at 8:21 AM, Thornback said:Caught this 9.2 yesterday in Rodman Reservoir.
Dude that`s a pig!
BigSkyBasser reply :
On 6/20/2015 at 8:32 AM, *Hank said:Dude that`s a pig!
That's a pig of a boat! Look at the deck on that thing, could play football on there. Looks like it would put a skeeter to shame!
*Hank reply :
On 6/20/2015 at 8:57 AM, BigSkyBasser said:That's a pig of a boat! Look at the deck on that thing, could play football on there. Looks like it would put a skeeter to shame!
Ya look`s pretty big,Would`nt mind haven one like that!
Thornback reply :
On 6/20/2015 at 8:57 AM, BigSkyBasser said:That's a pig of a boat! Look at the deck on that thing, could play football on there. Looks like it would put a skeeter to shame!
It's a 20' aluminum Sea Ark. 90 HP Merc with tiller control. Lots of room to move around.
WolfyBrandon reply :
missouribigbass reply :
Been catching some good fish on top water lately
missouribigbass reply :
BigSkyBasser reply :
On 6/21/2015 at 3:20 AM, WolfyBrandon said:
June 10, 2015 - "Fish of the Day"(Friends "FOTD")14 & 1/2", 1lb 06oz(My "FOTD")14", 1lb 05oz- - -June 11, 2015 - "Fish of the Day"9", 05oz- - -June 15, 2015 - "Fish of the Day"12", 11oz- - -June 16, 2015 - "Fish of the Day"14 & 1/2", 1lb 07oz- - -June 17, 2015 - "Fish of the Day"12", 11oz- - -June 18, 2015 - "Fish of the Day"12", 10oz- - -June 19, 2015 - "Fish of the Day"15", 1lb 13ozWolfyBrandon
Do you ever had back into the smaller bodies like Black Lake to stick those huge Idaho largemouth? I've heard that's how a lot of those guys in the aba tournaments win is with a bag of largemouth.
Big C reply :
On 6/20/2015 at 6:32 PM, Thornback said:It's a 20' aluminum Sea Ark. 90 HP Merc with tiller control. Lots of room to move around.
That thing looks sweet. But with that giant bass it looks small...er.
Will Wetline reply :
Some Quabbin Smallies from May and June:
This rainbow ate a 4" Slim Senko.
This bass' breakfast was a Duo Realis Pencil 110.
I take my friend Eric to Quabbin every year for his birthday. He fishes largemouth more often than smallmouth and wanted to see if he could interest a smallie on a sizable swimbait.
Again this season, the Duo Realis Spin Bait 80 has been a top producer.
WolfyBrandon reply :
On 6/21/2015 at 6:29 AM, BigSkyBasser said:Do you ever had back into the smaller bodies like Black Lake to stick those huge Idaho largemouth? I've heard that's how a lot of those guys in the aba tournaments win is with a bag of largemouth.
Sadly, No... I don't have a good enough boat to make it that far and back as it would take up too much time. I usually fish during the week after I get off work, and with the long days we have now I usually fish from ~4:00pm - ~9:00pm. I would love to fish all the chain lakes but it's just not in the deck of cards right now. I have in years past with friends and loved it. I try to maximize my fishing time so I'm a bit limited to the main lake area, but I make due and enjoy the challenge.
WolfyBrandon
*Hank reply :
On 6/21/2015 at 7:18 AM, Will Wetline said:Some Quabbin Smallies from May and June:
This rainbow ate a 4" Slim Senko.
This bass' breakfast was a Duo Realis Pencil 110.
I take my friend Eric to Quabbin every year for his birthday. He fishes largemouth more often than smallmouth and wanted to see if he could interest a smallie on a sizable swimbait.
Again this season, the Duo Realis Spin Bait 80 has been a top producer.
Nice catches Will! It`s funny Iv`e caught a 9lb rainbow trout on a Senko,I guess they must like Senkos!
BigSkyBasser reply :
On 6/21/2015 at 11:48 PM, *Hank said:Nice catches Will! It`s funny Iv`e caught a 9lb rainbow trout on a Senko,I guess they must like Senkos!
I always hook nice pike while pitching under trees for largemouth w/ senkos. They swallow it every single time!
*Hank reply :
On 6/22/2015 at 5:51 AM, BigSkyBasser said:I always hook nice pike while pitching under trees for largemouth w/ senkos. They swallow it every single time!
I guess there a pretty ''multi species'' type of lure.
everythingthatswims reply :
WolfyBrandon reply :
June 22, 2015
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*Hank reply :
On 6/22/2015 at 11:16 AM, everythingthatswims said:
Nice fishes!
WolfyBrandon reply :
It's late so I have to make this short, here is a "teaser" for my report coming probably this weekend. To give you an idea how the fishing has been this week, I've been wanting to head home early to get some rest and take care of other priorities... here are pictures of the time for the past two days - while I'm still on the water...
WolfyBrandon
Master Bait'r reply :
Nice day to not be at work. Doesn't hurt when you can track down a worthy bucketface either!
Man I love froggin'.
Master Bait'r reply :
Also threw my flash carp slide swimmer for the first time today and landed some meat with it which was a lot of fun.
everythingthatswims reply :
One Fish Anna was surprisingly nice to me today. I went with the intent of striper fishing but that didn't pan out too well, we only landed four with one being a keeper @ 21"...Normally One Fish Anna lives up to her name this time of year when I try to bass fish, but today I actually got on a decent bite and caught about a dozen. Most were right around 12" but that is way better than I have ever done this time of year (from a kayak).
My big fish of the day that ate a 3/8oz football jig that I was skipping under docks and dragging back out very slowly. 18"
My little brother got this 20"er on a 6XD crankbait while trolling for stripers.
BigSkyBasser reply :
On 6/23/2015 at 8:45 PM, WolfyBrandon said:June 22, 2015
WolfyBrandon
It's really difficult to catch more bass than pike on that lake. I have lost so many nice lucky craft and other pricey lures in Idaho. Pike seem to have a taste for high quality Japanese hard baits.
WolfyBrandon reply :
On 6/26/2015 at 11:13 AM, BigSkyBasser said:It's really difficult to catch more bass than pike on that lake. I have lost so many nice lucky craft and other pricey lures in Idaho. Pike seem to have a taste for high quality Japanese hard baits.
I have found with experience and knowledge of productive locations, so far this year I have caught way more bass than pike. I feel I have developed almost a 6th sense on knowing when I'm fishing around bass or pike. When I hooked that 6lb pike on the 10XD, I knew I had a high probability of catching a pike if anything, and same thing goes for the bass I caught. Not saying you won't get the occasional surprise once in a while.
WolfyBrandon
Master Bait'r reply :
On 6/21/2015 at 7:18 AM, Will Wetline said:Some Quabbin Smallies from May and June:
This rainbow ate a 4" Slim Senko.
This bass' breakfast was a Duo Realis Pencil 110.
I take my friend Eric to Quabbin every year for his birthday. He fishes largemouth more often than smallmouth and wanted to see if he could interest a smallie on a sizable swimbait.
Again this season, the Duo Realis Spin Bait 80 has been a top producer.
That is great, Quabbin is my favorite place to fish. My pics from yesterday are from Quabbin! I usually stick to the pond side but I never miss an opportunity to head up there for a day. What a wonderful place!
AlexP90 reply :
Thank you Mr. Yamamoto
RMcDuffee726 reply :
Went out yesterday and thought it was going to be some easy fishing, but I was wrong. Went out and pulled out a few nice fish. Eventually I began to figure them out and started to put some bigger fish in my kayak. This was the biggest fish of the day coming in at a weight of 3.4 lb.
everythingthatswims reply :
On 6/23/2015 at 8:45 PM, WolfyBrandon said:June 22, 2015
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What is in the mouth of the 2nd fish??? I can't see a hook or line
Jar11591 reply :
Fairly slow day today. Water was way up and pretty muddy. Bass were chasing bait fish on top all over the lake, but I only managed a few on top water, a Rapala Skitterwalk to be exact. Hit the shorelines after chasing the fish on top and managed a few more on jigs, senkos and T-rigged craws. Nothing of any real size, but I did get this guy right at the end. Got him on a 3/8 oz Siebert brush jig in black & blue with a baby Rage craw trailer.
Only smallie and also the big fish of the day at 16''.
everythingthatswims reply :
That water is ORANGE
WolfyBrandon reply :
[ June 23, 2015 ]
I fished every day last week (except the weekend) and going into this week I was starting to lose my enthusiasm to head out and fish as I normally skip a day or two so I don't get burnt out. However two things played a roll to continue... the fishing was getting really good, and a personal goal was approaching.
After viewing my 2014 fishing log, I decided to create a small project for my 2015 fishing log which was to make ~9 different "Day Icons" so when browsing the folders of my 2015 log I can get an idea how each day went. The icons first show if the day was either a fishing day or a technical day (no fishing). If it was a fishing day then the icon is one of the following... 1) Bass Success, 2) Bass Zeroed, 3) Pike Only Success, 4) Non-Target Species Only Success. Also there are versions if it was a "Mixed Day" as well, like if I was only able to spend part of the time fishing. - Because of this project I could see I had a bit of a streak going on Bass Success and decided to change my fishing attitude more toward being consistent and catching at least one bass each day I fish to keep the streak going. This changed me to fish more the way I needed to instead of the way I wanted to. This seemed to work well as if I catch a bass today... I will have caught at least one bass for the past 30 days that I have fished.
The water temperature is now in the low 70's and climbing with 12ft+ water clarity, the bass have already spawned, and I have seen lots of bass fry around different areas of the lake. It's now late June, and we are headed into July (The Mid Summer Month) and with temperatures in the high 90's potentially 100's, it's entering those hot bluebird dog days of summer. I have already tried deep cranking which has worked for pike, but bass seem to want something like a finesse soft plastic, or a topwater bait. When I first arrived at the marina I was tossing a Kalin's Lunker Grub on a 1/8th oz Jighead. I had a school of small little Smallmouth follow the bait in and I saw a slightly larger fish grab it so I set the hook...
Boom! 30 Days consistent completed! - Also with a welcome surprise as it was a Largemouth Bass which I have caught very few of this year. He came in at 9'', 4oz. Now as far as the goal of being consistent is concerned, any size counts so long as it was caught in the mouth. (One step at a time, set small goals and work up to larger ones, and be realistic so you don't set yourself up for failure).
As I kept fishing I found that the grub wasn't producing all that well, so I decided to change to a Gitzit Tube with a 1/8th oz Jighead inside it... this would become a Critical bait (color included) for the coming days...
Shortly after fishing the tube I hooked into a nice fish that turned out to be a 22'', 2lb 04oz Pike. Luckily I hooked him in the side of the mouth somehow and managed to land him as normally hooking a pike with soft plastics on monofilament line does not end well.
As I continued to fish the tube I started hooking into some small bass <10'', but finally managed to land one that was 11'', 9oz.
This was about the time I knew I needed to head out in the boat to increase my chances of catching something of size, so I loaded everything up and headed out just after 6:00pm...
Pulled up to the first dock I decided to fish - tossed the tube next to it and seconds later I lost contact with my bait. I reeled down and set the hook on a beautiful fish that equalled the weight of the pike I caught earlier, and tipped the scale in the basses favor. (17'', 2lb 04oz)
This one's for you BigSkyBasser
Hooked a few more small bass, then a nice 1lb'er... (All on the tube).
Three more small ones and then another nice one (15 & 1/4'', 1lb 10oz).
Caught three more under a pound around ~9:00pm, last one on a Heddon Super Spook Jr. (Bleeding Shad) as the sun was beginning to set and it was getting late.
Fished my way down to the last dock I planned to hit before I head back home (it was a good stopping point). I noticed a ton of little white moths or something flying all around the surface of the water and figured topwater would be productive but only managed to get a few small surface strikes on the Spook Jr. I decided to switched back to the Tube and tossed it out between the last dock and a sunken log. The line got tight and I set the hook on a good fish... it was swimming down (digging), pulling a little drag, fighting hard and doing figure 8's. Eventually I boat flipped it, and it turned out to be a nice 15", 1lb 06oz Smallmouth.
It was a great fish to end the day on, as it was now past ~9:30pm and time to head back home.
On 6/27/2015 at 9:56 AM, everythingthatswims said:What is in the mouth of the 2nd fish??? I can't see a hook or line
- The tube in this post.
Hope you enjoyed, more to come soon...
WolfyBrandon
Master Bait'r reply :
Wolfy I love the diary entry style posts. Do you keep a fishing log?
Also what does that sign say at the end? Too blurry to see.
WolfyBrandon reply :
On 6/28/2015 at 9:19 PM, Master Bait said:Wolfy I love the diary entry style posts. Do you keep a fishing log?
Also what does that sign say at the end? Too blurry to see.
Thanks,
Yes I mentioned in the post I'm creating a fishing log for 2015. The information is recorded by pictures, audio, and video.
I know the picture is blurry, I did it on purpose. You will have to wait for the June 26th report to see what it is... 
WolfyBrandon
guitarglynn1 reply :
This one is starting to get a belly like me
everythingthatswims reply :
Well sometimes the man upstairs sends you a big one. This fish was completely dumb luck, my friend and I were trolling Shad raps out of a paddle boat on a 20-30 acre neighborhood lake having fun catching dinks when this girl bit. We fish this place hard every year and usually catch a couple big ones, there aren't many though. Our saying is "if it ain't 12" it's over 20". This one was 23" with a girth of 16.5", fish calculator says 8.5 but I'm thinking she was mid to high 7s
That's three citations in four weeks!
gardnerjigman reply :
On 7/1/2015 at 2:14 AM, everythingthatswims said:
Well sometimes the man upstairs sends you a big one. This fish was completely dumb luck, my friend and I were trolling Shad raps out of a paddle boat on a 20-30 acre neighborhood lake having fun catching dinks when this girl bit. We fish this place hard every year and usually catch a couple big ones, there aren't many though. Our saying is "if it ain't 12" it's over 20". This one was 23" with a girth of 16.5", fish calculator says 8.5 but I'm thinking she was mid to high 7s
Nice fish
Jtrout reply :
On 7/1/2015 at 2:14 AM, everythingthatswims said:Well sometimes the man upstairs sends you a big one. This fish was completely dumb luck, my friend and I were trolling Shad raps out of a paddle boat on a 20-30 acre neighborhood lake having fun catching dinks when this girl bit. We fish this place hard every year and usually catch a couple big ones, there aren't many though. Our saying is "if it ain't 12" it's over 20". This one was 23" with a girth of 16.5", fish calculator says 8.5 but I'm thinking she was mid to high 7s
That's three citations in four weeks
hankphone reply :
Caught a nice 19", 3.75 lb large mouth right off my dock this evening (first pic). So far in the last couple weeks I have a 14", 17", 18.5" (second pic) and this 19", all with crawlers. Oh, first post as well!
hankphone reply :
On 7/2/2015 at 11:58 AM, cbadra2 said:First fish on a Spybait!
That is awesome!
WolfyBrandon reply :
[ June 24, 2015 ]
Since the previous day turned out to be great for fishing, and today had more cloud cover and looked more conducive for fishing, I decided to head out again after I got off work...
When I arrived at the lake I noticed the wind had picked up a bit, but soon would slowly fade away as the day progressed.
I've been wanted to try out the new swimbait I recently picked up, so I tied it on and started looking for a big bite.
I found the bait had a very slow sink to it, and could be used like a wake bait if you retrieve the bait at a medium speed shortly after it hits the water. It slow sinks about 1 foot per 10 seconds, making it a good bait to fish slowly over submerged weeds or other types of cover. I liked how if you give it a good twitch on slack line it will do like a 360 as it slowly sinks which looks really good. Sadly I didn't get any bites with it today... however I did see lots of small bass follow the bait. This could be a great bait when looking for a big bite in cold water conditions as you can fish it very slowly (only time will tell).
I fished the bait for over an hour and with no bites (I'm sure the size of the bait was the problem for the location I was fishing), so I pulled out the trusty tube bait and moments later I hooked into my first bass of the day. (8 & 1/4", 03oz)
By this time I had spent more than enough time fishing around the marina as it was now past 5:00pm. Now It was time to load up the boat and head out in search of some larger sized fish.
Continued...
WolfyBrandon reply :
[ Continued - June 24, 2015 ]
Using the tube, it didn't take long before I hooked into the first sizable fish. (16 & 1/2", 1lb 12oz)
What was interesting about this fish was on it's neck was a circular soar about the size of a quarter, and from past research - the only thing I believe it could be is a bite mark from a Lamprey Eel which I am completely unaware if they are in Lake CDA as I have never encountered something like this before.
Anyway, the tube has been working so well for me I decided to rig up another combo with another color to test how well it worked, and to see if I could pick up any additional fish.
The third fish came on the Smoke color. (12 & 1/2", 11oz)
Fourth fish also came on the Smoke color (after making multiple casts with White first). (10" 08oz)
Same thing with the 5th fish... (7 & 1/4", 02oz)
and the 6th fish... (12", 10oz)
7th Fish? You guessed it... Smoke. (11 & 1/2", 12oz)
When I removed the tube from the 7th fish, I noticed it had something down it's throat...
Well I guess that explains why the tube has been working so well... I will need to get some in that red color someday.
When the 8th fish came on the Smoke color tube, I just gave up on White. I don't think I even got a single bite with it... (11", 10oz)
By this time It was getting late (after 8:00pm), and only had a few docks left to fish before I decide to head home.
Right at 9:00pm, I made the last cast with the Smoke Tube near the last dock, and hooked into a good one which turned out to be a real chunk of a fish. (13", 1lb 01oz)
Yet another nice fish to end the day on... as now it was past 9:00pm and time to head home.
Enjoy,
WolfyBrandon
cbadra2 reply :
On 7/2/2015 at 1:04 PM, hankphone said:That is awesome!
Thanks! Little twins...
MIbassyaker reply :
This morning is the two year anniversary of my current PB (the fish in my profile). Not sure of the size, but it was around 5lb. The scale I used was an old junky spring scale that overestimates weight a little bit, and it read about 5 1/3 pounds. So I just call it "about 5" and I figure my next confirmed 5er is a new pb. The length was "about 20", but I didn't get a confident measure of that, either.
So, this morning I returned to the same lake, armed with a shiny new -- and confirmed accurate-- Rapala digital scale in search of a....
....well, sorry, no new pb happened today, but a few decent fish, anyway.
The first of the morning, 2 pounds, 4oz on a mojo-rigged junebug baby brush hog:
Second fish, about 10 minutes later 1 pound 12oz on a texas-rigged junebug Mag II worm:
Next cast, same worm, same spot, came the biggest of the day: 3 pounds 7oz:
An hour and three dinks later, another 2lb-er on t-rigged rage craw (blue craw), 2lb 6oz:
This "having an accurate scale" stuff is kind of neat!
deep reply :
No one told these guys that jerkbaits are for cold water, and that I was fishing for bass.
Released a bunch, kept a few.
*Hank reply :
Mmmmmmmmm!On 7/4/2015 at 8:38 AM, deep said:No one told these guys that jerkbaits are for cold water, and that I was fishing for bass.
Released a bunch, kept a few.
Arobb2012 reply :
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Caught this girl on a green pumpkin candy havoc flat dawg.
guitarglynn1 reply :
boostr reply :
Nothing big. This was from this past Friday at a reservoir where I have horrible bank fishing luck, but I'm starting to love it for yak fishing. I lost 4 fish at the yak, including a 3lbr maybe. Lipped 3, but only took pics of 2 cause the 3rd one got lose from my grip.
For this guy I flipped a jig over a branch sticking out of the water, and as I went to pull the jig up and over the branch he actually broke the surface to take it... scared the crap out of me. The line got snagged on said branch, and he was just hanging there. Luckily my buddy gave me a hand and untangld him.
RMcDuffee726 reply :
4 pounds flat, caught in a farm pond, which I only thought contained dinks. This fish was so satisfying due to the fact that I broke her off Sunday and was really bothered by it. I was determined to "re-catch" her. I can sleep easy now...LOL.
Bluebasser86 reply :
Got one of the biggest fish I've ever caught from one of the local lakes that I fish a lot. Ripping her out of the water willows was a good time too
gardnerjigman reply :
On 7/8/2015 at 2:00 PM, Bluebasser86 said:Got one of the biggest fish I've ever caught from one of the local lakes that I fish a lot. Ripping her out of the water willows was a good time too
Jared's bait! Glad he took you under his wing and taught you about those right?
AndyNegus94 reply :
Caught this dude Monday fishin a wacky rig. Not sure on the weight, seems like every time I catch a nice fish I never have my scale
Dogmatic reply :
Had a little time after work to hit up one of my ponds...best 3 of 18.
First two came through the slop third hit a Hudd Shad.
*Hank reply :
On 7/9/2015 at 6:59 AM, AndyNegus94 said:Caught this dude Monday fishin a wacky rig. Not sure on the weight, seems like every time I catch a nice fish I never have my scale
That thing is a Football! Nice catch!
AndyNegus94 reply :
Yeah it was funny I pitched it up by a bush that was over hanging the water and she hit it right as it hit the water and I set the hook but it really didn't feel that big, I about fell over when I got it closer and saw it swirl. I really want to know what it weighed, I could nearly fit my fist in its mouth!
AndyNegus94 reply :
On 7/9/2015 at 12:21 PM, *Hank said:That thing is a Football! Nice catch!
Yeah it was funny I pitched it up by a bush that was over hanging the water and she hit it right as it hit the water and I set the hook but it really didn't feel that big, I about fell over when I got it closer and saw it swirl. I really want to know what it weighed, I could nearly fit my fist in its mouth!
kens reply :
Muddy water put a dampner on the bass fishing in my area but is just starting to get better.
Bluebasser86 reply :
My buddy got a good one this morning on the Spro Rat in Morning Dawn, 4lb 13oz.
I had just caught a solid keeper and hadn't turned the camera back on unfortunately so I only got the end of the fight after I popped the camera off my windshield and held it while I lipped his fish.
MARsSPEED reply :
Caught my largest of the year last Thursday evening on a 1.5" Bill Lewis Trap! Weighed at 5lbs 7oz. and just under 22".
Mainebass1984 reply :
Fishing has been good up here in the northeast !
Got this one the other day in Maine.
E. Guido Soda reply :
7 lb 8 oz head, private pond, Marion, AL.
Duckett 7' MH Micro Magic, BPS Pro Qualifier 6.4:1, 12 lb Moss Green P-Line, 1/2 oz Watermelon Red Dirty Jig (football head) w/ Rage Tail Summer Craw trailer + blue Spike-It
1 + lb bream caught on random light spinning rod w/ a little KVD crankbait of some sort...
Jtrout reply :
On 7/11/2015 at 11:45 PM, MARsSPEED said:Caught my largest of the year last Thursday evening on a 1.5" Bill Lewis Trap! Weighed at 5lbs 7oz. and just under 22".
Hey your on the fish brain app lol I seen you make some comments!
S. Sass reply :
A friend and I caught these today.
Sea Salt reply :
These are all of the notable fish I have caught in the past 2 weeks. I know this is a bass forum but I didn't see any reason not to share! 
15 pound bonitos+light tackle=20 minute fight
Jar11591 reply :
On 7/12/2015 at 1:20 AM, Mainebass1984 said:Fishing has been good up here in the northeast !
Got this one the other day in Maine.
d**n man, I wish you would post more pictures of the hogs you catch. It never gets old seeing the pictures of monster bass that you somehow pull out of Northeast waters. Awesome fish. How big did she go?
Mainebass1984 reply :
On 7/12/2015 at 11:43 PM, Jar11591 said:d**n man, I wish you would post more pictures of the hogs you catch. It never gets old seeing the pictures of monster bass that you somehow pull out of Northeast waters. Awesome fish. How big did she go?
That fish only went 5 lbs 14 oz.
I post more regularly in the northeast section.
Jar11591 reply :
Biggest of the year so far
This was one of the thickest, roundest most healthy looking bass I've ever caught.
Master Bait'r reply :
Darn near broke my arm pulling this swamp donkey into the boat. Don't act like you aren't impressed!!
Big C reply :
I'm impressed that you could have swallowed it whole. BTW did you?
Master Bait'r reply :
On 7/15/2015 at 9:06 AM, Big C said:I'm impressed that you could have swallowed it whole. BTW did you?
Nah I gave him a little sip of IPA for his troubles and sent him on his way with a little extra hair on his chest haha
Big C reply :
Coulda had some swamp sushi.
BooyahMan reply :
Couple of solid fish from yesterday:
Nothing better than seeing a bass explode on a top-water in a thick sea of lily pads!
Catch and Grease reply :
Catching bowfin on marabou jigs is way too fun!
Fishing Cowgirl reply :
Lake Kissimmee on White Terminator Spinner Bait silver and gold willow blades, white twin tail grub trailer. 7 lbs according to the scale. She was released right after. I do hope I see her again on a Tournament day.. like this Saturday would be just great!
everythingthatswims reply :
21", dragging a jig in 20FOW. Fun stuff.
*Hank reply :
Caught on a Tube- 
Caught on a Drop shot- 
*Hank reply :
Fat Trout- 
Bass catcher reply :
I just started fishing for bass this month, and I caught this one at lunch. It felt like it weighed between 1 and 2 lbs, but that's a guess.
Can any experienced anglers tell me what kind of bass this is? This was in Gaithersburg, MD. Thanks!
Catch and Grease reply :
On 7/18/2015 at 1:56 AM, Bass catcher said:I just started fishing for bass this month, and I caught this one at lunch. It felt like it weighed between 1 and 2 lbs, but that's a guess.
Can any experienced anglers tell me what kind of bass this is? This was in Gaithersburg, MD. Thanks!
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Just looks like a good ole largemouth bass to me! Nice catch
everythingthatswims reply :
Did a little river bassin' today from the kayak, plenty of bass, green ones and brown ones. Caught fish on: 6" Bullshad, Senko, T-rigged trick worm, t-rigged speed craw, war eagle spinnerbait, KVD 1.0, X-Rap, and a 1/4oz spro bucktail. They were very hungry so I just started experimenting with different baits.
This fish ate a spinnerbait that I was bringing through a laydown, she tried to go back in and was rubbing my line on a log, I was so involved in the fight that I didn't realize what I was doing and rolled my kayak over! BUT I GOT THE FISH. Also recovered everything that fell out of the kayak. She was 19" long and spit up a 7" gizzard shad. People still wonder why I throw a bull shad...
I put the bucktail on as a joke but I ended up doing extremely well with it, on both green and brown fish. If guys can do it on deep ledges I can do it in a shallow river right?
Bass catcher reply :
On 7/18/2015 at 4:59 AM, Catch and Grease said:Just looks like a good ole largemouth bass to me! Nice catch
Thanks! I was not 100% sure it was even a bass, so at least I got that part right
I do have a little book that shows all the different kinds of fish, but everytime I pull one out of the lake they all kinda look the same to me...except for the catfish.
MARsSPEED reply :
MARsSPEED reply :
On 7/18/2015 at 1:56 AM, Bass catcher said:I just started fishing for bass this month, and I caught this one at lunch. It felt like it weighed between 1 and 2 lbs, but that's a guess.
Can any experienced anglers tell me what kind of bass this is? This was in Gaithersburg, MD. Thanks!
Nice fish, looks like a golf couse you were fishing. Where was this at in Gaitherburg?
Bass catcher reply :
On 7/18/2015 at 9:51 PM, MARsSPEED said:Nice fish, looks like a golf couse you were fishing. Where was this at in Gaitherburg?
I was at the upper lake at NIST.
https://maps.google.com/maps?ll=39.132576,-77.211711&t=h&z=19
everythingthatswims reply :
Got another nice one today. Wasn't expecting to pull this fish out of a laydown on a flipping jig. Thought for sure I had a 5lb largemouth. Nope, 18" 2.8lb smallie. Boy can they fight!
WolfyBrandon reply :
GreenBack I mean BronzeBack...
WolfyBrandon
Senko lover reply :
5 pounder on the Ned Rig! Hard to get perspective without someone else taking the pic, but it was officially 5 pounds even.
everythingthatswims reply :
On 7/19/2015 at 7:42 AM, Senko lover said:5 pounder on the Ned Rig! Hard to get perspective without someone else taking the pic, but it was officially 5 pounds even.
Wow that's a pig! Looks like a pretty stout hook on that jighead? Pretty heavy head too?
Senko lover reply :
1/8 head. Casts pretty nicely on spinning tackle. It is a pretty stout hook, a lot of people say to set the hook lightly on a Ned Rig, but I set it pretty hard. Super sharp, had no problem hooking fish.
deep reply :
On 7/19/2015 at 6:34 AM, everythingthatswims said:
Got another nice one today. Wasn't expecting to pull this fish out of a laydown on a flipping jig. Thought for sure I had a 5lb largemouth. Nope, 18" 2.8lb smallie. Boy can they fight!
Killing them!
deep reply :
Been on an awesome jig bite lately. There's absolutely nothing I like better than when they eat jigs on a long cast on or near the bottom.
41 keepers in ~10 hours on the water (3 trips), all over 13", none over 16" unfortunately.
All on my walmart one dollar special jig (heavily modified of course).
A Hudd68 type bass (wish I was clever enough to come up with that). These little fish pull SO hard.
This fish at least has the length to girth ratio in its favor!
Think I'll take a break for a few days.
livetofish28 reply :
5.8 pounds on a jig in a 3 hour Wednesday night tournament. Big fish and helped our other two fish to be good enough for 1st place with big fish. Pretty decent night.
Tight lines
Andrew
Weld's Largemouth reply :
Managed this guy on a senko from the kayak in the heat of the day... ~90 degrees and hotter in the sun
Fishing Cowgirl reply :
Well I didn't catch the 7 lber like I was hoping for the Tournament. BUT I did catch a new personal best and my first Florida Trophy Catch Bass. Submitted it last night. 8.90 lbs, 26" length.
For the All About the Bass Benefit Tournament.
guitarglynn1 reply :
Had the pleasure of fishing with my bro in law Tyler. That is his first NJ LM bass. Set the hook so hard on that poor little guy he fell down.lol He lives in Texas and this was the first time I got to do some fishing with him and it was a treat. That guy has forgot more about bass fishing than I know and I am a better angler for just the few days I got to fish with him. Can't wait to do it again!
That is a donkey even by Texas standards
Jtrout reply :
d**n! That's a slob right there!On 7/20/2015 at 9:21 PM, Fishing Cowgirl said:
Well I didn't catch the 7 lber like I was hoping for the Tournament. BUT I did catch a new personal best and my first Florida Trophy Catch Bass. Submitted it last night. 8.90 lbs, 29" length.
For the All About the Bass Benefit Tournament.
the reel ess reply :
5 LB 1 OZ on a Chug'n Spook Jr, frog pattern from the kayak. It was almost dark as you can see from the photo. It only had one of the 6 trebles, under the jaw. I had to wear it down to get it lipped without wearing those hooks.
no39 reply :
I fished an "undeveloped" lake a few weeks ago. Caught a bunch of largemouth and chain pickerels. It's nice to catch pristine fish every once a while.
hookset on 3 reply :
On 7/12/2015 at 1:20 AM, Mainebass1984 said:Fishing has been good up here in the northeast !
Got this one the other day in Maine.
That is a big ole pig for northern New England.
Beautiful Bass with nary a scratch on her. Great Job.
hookset on 3 reply :
On 7/13/2015 at 10:40 AM, Jar11591 said:Biggest of the year so far
This was one of the thickest, roundest most healthy looking bass I've ever caught.
That Bass gets to feed often and in large quantities!
Nice going there for the Northeast.
Mainebass1984 reply :
Got another nice northern largemouth last Saturday. A 5 lb 5 oz largemouth from Lake Champlain.
Master Bait'r reply :
Took a good friend out for his first time in over ten years. Spent most of the afternoon trip talking him through things and explaining everything- we got through where and how to cast & work the baits, how to do Texas rigs and then moved on to frogs. He ended up nailing a decent fish in the pads on a kicker frog and wrestling it out of some really thick cover- the guy was so stoked I don't think you could have slapped the smile off his face for the rest of the day haha... It felt so good to get him back in the saddle and see him really get into it. Way better than the few good fish I caught although that was cool too.
My friend
My ugly mug
everythingthatswims reply :
19" 2.6lbs swim jig
17" 2.3lbs T-rig U-Tail worm
BBZ dink action
punch reply :
Trolling a DT4 in about 12-15 feet resulted in this very nice 32" pike last night. Not bad for a residential lake 15 minutes from my house! Gotta love Minnesota.
No Thanks I'll Bass reply :
Tequila Sunrise YUM curly tail worm. Wasn't paying attention and my line had disappeared! That's what I found on the end of it!
AK-Jax86 reply :
Caught this Florida Trophy Catch certified beast yesterday around 1:30p when it was about 95°+ out here in Jacksonville, FL. It was awesome got her on the gopro too
When I stop being lazy I am gonna make a post about the year I have had it has been awesome, and if I throw my buddy's pics up it goes to unbelievable
Jtrout reply :
what a fatty! What she weigh?On 7/25/2015 at 8:51 PM, AK-Jax86 said:
Caught this Florida Trophy Catch certified beast yesterday around 1:30p when it was about 95°+ out here in Jacksonville, FL. It was awesome got her on the gopro too
When I stop being lazy I am gonna make a post about the year I have had it has been awesome, and if I throw my buddy's pics up it goes to unbelievable
everythingthatswims reply :
Skinny Girl. 20" 3.3lbs. 8" Rage Recon Worm
atcoha reply :
Heres' mine:
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not much biting.
A-Jay reply :
This one from a few days ago qualifies as fun By Catch or Nuisance, depending on your perspective.
A-Jay
https://youtu.be/5hVvcvw5nXs
everythingthatswims reply :
On 7/26/2015 at 5:41 AM, A-Jay said:This one from a few days ago qualifies as fun By Catch or Nuisance, depending on your perspective.
A-Jay
https://youtu.be/5hVvcvw5nXs
Pretty fish AJ, I like the storage setup you have for all of those rods!
A-Jay reply :
On 7/26/2015 at 10:52 AM, everythingthatswims said:Pretty fish AJ, I like the storage setup you have for all of those rods!
no39 reply :
I was just putting around side imaging areas and found an area where they dumped an old road bed in about 40 fow. I mark the spots and troll over them and throw a down a dropshot. This is what I got.
There were four of these things on this pile. I have never caught these channels out on the main lake before, or have them this color.
Bluebasser86 reply :
On 7/26/2015 at 2:19 PM, no39 said:I was just putting around side imaging areas and found an area where they dumped an old road bed in about 40 fow. I mark the spots and troll over them and throw a down a dropshot. This is what I got.
There were four of these things on this pile. I have never caught these channels out on the main lake before, or have them this color.
Spawning male, they get really dark and really aggressive this time of the year when they're spawning.
Bluebasser86 reply :
Got my second largest of the year so far on a buzzbait this past Thursday right after a torrential downpour that I got to thoroughly enjoy since my rain gear was in the truck.
vect0r reply :
Caught this 20.5" guy back on the 4th on Monroe Lake in Indiana dragging a Zoom Ol' Monster on a 1/2 oz swinging jig head. Only fish I caught all weekend.
A-Jay reply :
On 7/26/2015 at 2:19 PM, no39 said:I was just putting around side imaging areas and found an area where they dumped an old road bed in about 40 fow. I mark the spots and troll over them and throw a down a dropshot. This is what I got.
There were four of these things on this pile. I have never caught these channels out on the main lake before, or have them this color.
Nice Cat ~
And how long did it take on that first one before all that wishful thinking of "I hope this is a Bass" went out the window ?
A-Jay
Senko lover reply :
On 7/26/2015 at 3:05 PM, Bluebasser86 said:Got my second largest of the year so far on a buzzbait this past Thursday right after a torrential downpour that I got to thoroughly enjoy since my rain gear was in the truck.
I love fishing buzzbaits in the rain, one of my favorite ways to fish.
no39 reply :
On 7/26/2015 at 3:04 PM, Bluebasser86 said:Spawning male, they get really dark and really aggressive this time of the year when they're spawning.
That makes sense. I seen a group of them in a corner of the harbor but that was in 3 feet of water. Do they also spawn in deep water too?
On 7/27/2015 at 4:39 AM, A-Jay said:Nice Cat ~
And how long did it take on that first one before all thank wishful thinking of "I hope this is a Bass" went out the window ?
A-Jay
Thanks. Usually when I hook smallmouth they always make a run for the surface. This guy wanted to stay planted on the bottom, but I was hoping that maybe 8lb smallies fight differently.
ABW reply :
Since I got a scale, this is my PB for now. 4 lbs even. Not too bad for this public pond that gets heavily fished. Caught at 5:30 AM the other day.
Bluebasser86 reply :
On 7/27/2015 at 6:47 AM, Senko lover said:I love fishing buzzbaits in the rain, one of my favorite ways to fish.
This was just after the rain. There wasn't much going on during that downpour. I love fishing in rain, but when it gets that heavy it seems like they shut down until it stops. I had a 10 minute window directly after the rain that it was on fire.
On 7/27/2015 at 10:16 AM, no39 said:That makes sense. I seen a group of them in a corner of the harbor but that was in 3 feet of water. Do they also spawn in deep water too?
Thanks. Usually when I hook smallmouth they always make a run for the surface. This guy wanted to stay planted on the bottom, but I was hoping that maybe 8lb smallies fight differently.
I'm not 100% sure since most of our lakes aren't 40' deep anywhere in them, but I've caught them in what is considered deeper water here with full spawning colors on.
cdsmith14 reply :
Caught this one on a rage craw. Unfortunately he swallowed hook completely so had to cut the line. Hate when that happens but just a part of fishing...
Bluebasser86 reply :
On 7/27/2015 at 7:55 PM, cdsmith14 said:Caught this one on a rage craw. Unfortunately he swallowed hook completely so had to cut the line. Hate when that happens but just a part of fishing...
http://www.bassresource.com/bass-fishing-forums/topic/12981-how-do-i-remove-a-hook-a-bass-has-swallowed/page-2
Get a thin pair of forceps or needlenose pliers and leaving hooks in a fish will be a thing of the past if you follow the diagram in the above post. It's often better for them to die the relatively fast death from blood loss than to slowly starve if the hook has their throat pinned shut anyways.
*Hank reply :
Spent the day catching bass on jigs!
9 keepers landed and a couple that came off.
MIbassyaker reply :
I wish I had some big bass to show off like everybody else. But I don't, so I'll show off the best of my recent little bass instead.
At a new lake one morning around 8:30, two old guys sitting on a porch see me paddle up to some pads and start taking about me, kind of loudly: "Look at that! He's fishing out of a kayak! it's got rod holders and everything! If he gets a big one it will drag him all over the lake, haha!"
Kayak Fishing: Still kind of exotic, it seems!
First cast to the pads, right in front of them, with a weightless t-rigged senko...2lbs even. I should have gotten the old guys in the picture.
And I believe these may be my first two buzzbait fish ever, on a Cavitron yesterday morning:
Under 2lb but both keepers. A third one that seemed bigger came unbuttoned kayakside, unfortunately. And there were a few more strikes I couldn't hook up with. I have had buzzbaits for years and used them off and on, but i don't remember ever getting one to produce before yesterday morning.
Joe H. reply :
Chunky little 3 lber.
Senko lover reply :
On 7/29/2015 at 1:08 AM, MIbassyaker said:I wish I had some big bass to show off like everybody else. But I don't, so I'll show off the best of my recent little bass instead.
At a new lake one morning around 8:30, two old guys sitting on a porch see me paddle up to some pads and start taking about me, kind of loudly: "Look at that! He's fishing out of a kayak! it's got rod holders and everything! If he gets a big one it will drag him all over the lake, haha!"
Kayak Fishing: Still kind of exotic, it seems!
First cast to the pads, right in front of them, with a weightless t-rigged senko...2lbs even. I should have gotten the old guys in the picture.
And I believe these may be my first two buzzbait fish ever, on a Cavitron yesterday morning:
Under 2lb but both keepers. A third one that seemed bigger came unbuttoned kayakside, unfortunately. And there were a few more strikes I couldn't hook up with. I have had buzzbaits for years and used them off and on, but i don't remember ever getting one to produce before yesterday morning.
Haha it's funny, I usually either catch a lot of small fish for a while and no bigguns, or catch one big one and then I can't get a bite for the rest of the week. It's worth it to me for a big bass, but it seems like I can't catch one right now after I caught a nice one last week.
And get ready to get hooked on buzzbaits! Love those suckers.
MIbassyaker reply :
On 7/29/2015 at 2:24 AM, Senko lover said:Haha it's funny, I usually either catch a lot of small fish for a while and no bigguns, or catch one big one and then I can't get a bite for the rest of the week. It's worth it to me for a big bass, but it seems like I can't catch one right now after I caught a nice one last week.
And get ready to get hooked on buzzbaits! Love those suckers.
Hey, anything over keeper size up here is a quality fish, as far as I'm concerned! And I don't actually mind a day of dinks, either. But numbers and sizes have both been lower than usual for me this summer.
lo n slo reply :
Me and my son from last week
QUAKEnSHAKE reply :
Finessing some lily pads with #8 Nanofil and 7'6" M/F SC Elite spinning set-up wacky senko. 18" 2.4# caught next to big branch in middle of pic. Let senko drop off pad and it hit. Reared up and over the pads Nano for the win 
Karma reply :
not the greatest pic. Caught him and fix others of the same size using a tiny torpedo on a 3 rip and 3 second pause action.
mnbassman23 reply :
Few action pics from this past weekend.
Mainebass1984 reply :
Got these 2 last weekend.
5 lbs 4 oz
5 lbs 9 oz
guitarglynn1 reply :
everythingthatswims reply :
Couple three pounders from my latest outing. River rose about 3' over night but since it's a tailwater, the reservoir kept the muddy water from making its way into the river. Made for a killer spinnerbait bite, tons of fun!
Bluebasser86 reply :
Did a little night fishing Wednesday night into Thursday morning. Minus the nearly 3 dozen channel cats I caught on my bladed jigs and spinnerbaits, I caught 6 bass. 5 of them were less than a pound, one of them was my biggest of the year so far I hate night fishing during a full moon, but the plus side to the normally slow fishing is that I usually get a shot at a big one during a full moon. Slammed a black and blue War Eagle right as it was coming over a log and gave me all she had at 2:30 in the morning, 5lb 9oz.
Right when I caught her.
Our morning photo shoot at the ramp before telling her goodbye.
lo n slo reply :
Lets try this
scaleface reply :
Caught these last night between midnight and 2 o'clock had a third one come off .Used a Rapala crankin Rap # 5 in red crawfish pattern. Caught them on shallow points .
WolfyBrandon reply :
Well... Sadly, life has gotten in the way and I haven't been able to fish for over a week. Had to complete other major priorities that come first. Worked hard and was able to fish today (August 01, 2015). Fished from ~11:30am - 3:15pm. Caught 3, largest was 1lb 06oz, 14 &1/4''.
WolfyBrandon
WolfyBrandon reply :
Caught 4 today, largest was 2lb 05oz, 16 & 1/4''.
WolfyBrandon
BooyahMan reply :
Once the big mouths get to this size, they grab my attention. Nice round 16 incher from tonight.
gardnerjigman reply :
Got some decent fish from a local city lake just walking the bank (as my wife drove beside me in the car giving me the stink eye... She was pouting because one broke her off in the water willows, so obviously that meant "we" were done. ) Snapped a picture of two of them. Pretty average for this lake. They were destroying a frog in the pockets of water in the water willows. Poor guys were cross eyed after the 7' Heavy rod and 65# braid slammed them home...
everythingthatswims reply :
C&R proven once again. This is the fish from my profile photo that I caught 2 years ago, I'm shocked she is still alive, this is a REALLY old bass, her head is massive and she's very skinny, I'm thinking this fish might get one more spawn in but that's it. My brothers and I have caught her a few times over the years, (one of her pec fins has always been chopped in half so she's very recognizable) this fish normally doesn't look that rough, especially the one time we caught her pre-spawn.
Drop shotting a 4.5" yum sharpshooter. 6lb fluorocarbon leader. 24" only 5.35lbs. Hasn't grown an inch from the time I got her 2 years ago.
WolfyBrandon reply :
Caught 5 today, nothing of any size...
Except for when it comes to the 4 legged variety...
WolfyBrandon
buzzed bait reply :
dropped in by the pond last night about 20 minutes before dark just to wet a line on the way back from cabela's....
3rd cast with the zara puppy on the *** spinning rod, new sedona 1000 reel and 6lb yozuri
lo n slo reply :
Been noticing some catfish pics, so.....
I hooked this 11.86 flathead last summer while dragging a lizzard about 15' deep. He tried to straighten a 3.0 EWG
WolfyBrandon reply :
Birthday Bass + 48 Days Consistent Catching Bass.
WolfyBrandon
WolfyBrandon reply :
Yeah!!!
50 Days Consistent Catching Bass!
WolfyBrandon
lo n slo reply :
Nice work man. Beautiful landscape too. Thanks for sharing.
MIbassyaker reply :
On 8/8/2015 at 1:16 PM, WolfyBrandon said:Yeah!!!
50 Days Consistent Catching Bass!
That's amazing.
I'm at....7 days. The skunk may hide, but he is never far.
Are your pics all Lake Coeur d'Alene?
guitarglynn1 reply :
On 8/8/2015 at 1:16 PM, WolfyBrandon said:Yeah!!!
50 Days Consistent Catching Bass!
Its the beard! 
guitarglynn1 reply :
Jar11591 reply :
Got some really nice ones recently:
19"er after dark
4.25 lbs
another 4.25 lber
19.5 inches
EvanT123 reply :
Empty boat launch just how I like it.
And caught a couple good ones.
Senko lover reply :
On 8/9/2015 at 1:51 AM, guitarglynn1 said:
Not sure what that mark on the fish is? maybe a bird got it or something. Didn't seem to affect the fight in the fish. It took us straight into all kinds of heavy weeds.I saw surface activity and cast right into it and this fish hit the super fluke like a run away freight trainCaught this at my fav pondThis was a donkey
I'd say heron for that wound. I see a lot of herons in my ponds hunting fish.
squirtbait reply :
Those r some nice looking fish. Did u catch them all from the bank? BH
WolfyBrandon reply :
[ August 08, 2015 ]
51 Days Consistent & Counting...
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JamShackBandIdaho
Website: http://pjdestinymusic.wix.com/pjdestinymusic
A special thanks goes out to Jimi & Joe of the band JamShack for the Shoutout.
WolfyBrandon
einscodek reply :
Lemme join the party then.. here the biggest from this morns good expedition.. 5 pounder 20"
big girl tried to jump and nearly cleared the water.. made me chuckle
wytstang reply :
It was slow again so I pulled out my trusty (discontinued) Phenix vibrator jig in white/char, it has always been able to catch me a fatty. Paired it with a MegaStrike single tail grub in laminate smoke (great color fyi) and like always
AK-Jax86 reply :
Caught and released this Florida Trophy Catch Program fish today!
squirtbait reply :
Nice!!! what did u catch that one on?? Where?? BH
AK-Jax86 reply :
Jacksonville FL on a senko
Weld's Largemouth reply :
On 8/8/2015 at 1:16 PM, WolfyBrandon said:Yeah!!!
50 Days Consistent Catching Bass!
WolfyBrandon
That is a beautiful Largemouth. What was the weight?
Master Bait'r reply :
Nice afternoon to be out. Started off a little slow but figured out where the meat was lurking.
And this absolute pig towards the end...
MIbassyaker reply :
On 8/10/2015 at 9:10 AM, Master Bait said:Nice afternoon to be out. Started off a little slow but figured out where the meat was lurking.
[...]
And this absolute pig towards the end...
Froggin' in the afternoon in August? I keep hearing about how I shouldn't waste my time...
everythingthatswims reply :
Did a short float on the little river by my house. Caught a couple smallmouth, half a dozen largemouth, and even a fallfish. All on a Cavitron Buzzbait, the 1/4oz caught smallies and the 3/8oz caught largemouth. I stopped by a pond on my way out and hooked a giant kitty on the cavitron but he pulled off!
Master Bait'r reply :
On 8/10/2015 at 9:23 AM, MIbassyaker said:Froggin' in the afternoon in August? I keep hearing about how I shouldn't waste my time...
Yep. Move along! Nothing to see here!! Haha
Catch and Grease reply :
Caught this solid fish on a chatterbait this morning.
Jtrout reply :
Nice bass it looks like it's blind in that eye!On 8/11/2015 at 4:43 AM, Catch and Grease said:
Caught this solid fish on a chatterbait this morning.
gardnerjigman reply :
On 8/11/2015 at 7:31 AM, Jtrout said:Nice bass it looks like it's blind in that eye!
That doesn't bother them at all lol. Had a buddy have a small mouth explode on a spook that was clouded in both eyes.
deep reply :
Finally caught one over 16" from this reservoir.
Stats for this year- excluding this fish- are as follows.
Maximum: 15"
Average: 14"
Minimum: 13"
Standard Deviation: Very very low!
RMcDuffee726 reply :
Got on the water for a little while after work. Today was gorgeous, and the bite was on! In total I landed 6 fish all coming from around 12 feet on a black & blue swim jig.
everythingthatswims reply :
On 8/13/2015 at 9:29 AM, deep said:Finally caught one over 16" from this reservoir.
Stats for this year- excluding this fish- are as follows.
Maximum: 15"
Average: 14"
Minimum: 13"
Standard Deviation: Very very low!
Dang, thought no one else knew about that rock pile...Judging from the pic you were right over top of it when you took this . We caught our first fish over 16" right there last time too.
Joe H. reply :
Brush hog:
Senko:
Jig:
All on the EMTF. Sorry they're all tiny
squirtbait reply :
looks like you had a good day Joe, any fish is better than no fish. BH
Joe H. reply :
On 8/15/2015 at 8:49 AM, squirtbait said:looks like you had a good day Joe, any fish is better than no fish. BH
That's right!
WolfyBrandon reply :
I've been a little... busy.
[ August 09, 2015 ]
[ August 10, 2015 ]
[ August 12, 2015 ]
[ August 13, 2015 ]
Continued...
WolfyBrandon reply :
BooyahMan reply :
First fish on a jig!
Largest Smallie that my better half has caught to date:
Racerx reply :
Out in the canoe, yesterday, with my boy. Drifting down the northeast shore of the lake, casting a Firetiger Rat L Trap. 1-1/2 pounder LMB.
squirtbait reply :
sweet. BH
fisherrw reply :
Nice job Joe any fish at cachuma is a good dayOn 8/15/2015 at 6:54 AM, Joe H. said:Brush hog:
Senko:
Jig:
All on the EMTF. Sorry they're all tiny
squirtbait reply :
yea nice fish, Wolf those are some great pictures too. BH
MN_Bassin reply :
Caught my second personal best bass today! It was also my first fish on a baitcaster. She was 21" and I didn't have a scale, but I'm gonna guess around 6lbs give or take a few ounces.
squirtbait reply :
sweet MN, 6lb bass is nice for sure. What did you catch it on?? BH
lo n slo reply :
On 8/10/2015 at 6:24 AM, AK-Jax86 said:
Caught and released this Florida Trophy Catch Program fish today!
That thing has been eatin' good!
QUAKEnSHAKE reply :
1st pic is my biggest from the past week
8# nanofil on supreme xt 7'6" M/F Croix Legend Elite using 1/8jighead w/keitech 4" swingimpact
around 3-1/2# 18"
I like this cause of the trail it left
jtharris3 reply :
On 8/10/2015 at 6:24 AM, AK-Jax86 said:
Caught and released this Florida Trophy Catch Program fish today!
BOOM!!
jtharris3 reply :
On 8/15/2015 at 6:54 AM, Joe H. said:Brush hog:
Senko:
Jig:
All on the EMTF. Sorry they're all tiny
Nice fish. I'm not trying to be a buzzkill but, it's really not good for the fish when you lay them on the hot rocks and sand.
the reel ess reply :
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MN_Bassin reply :
On 8/17/2015 at 8:25 AM, squirtbait said:sweet MN, 6lb bass is nice for sure. What did you catch it on?? BH
A white skirted black jig, with a chartreuse paddle tail. The white and chartreuse combo is a killer up here in stained water.
Joe H. reply :
Np, I see your point and I agree. Luckily the rocks weren't very hot that day, but I can still see how it could damage the fish's skin if it flops around. I made sure to get them back into the water in 30 seconds or less. Unfortunately there's not many other ways to take decent pics of the fish without a friend along.On 8/18/2015 at 12:41 AM, jtharris3 said:Nice fish. I'm not trying to be a buzzkill but, it's really not good for the fish when you lay them on the hot rocks and sand.
RMcDuffee726 reply :
Got out for 20 minutes tonight. Caught a nice one and had to leave right after, I wish I could have stayed!
WolfyBrandon reply :
I've been having a tough time this past week. A few days ago (17th) I noticed the water I normally fish and always catch a ton of bass was not producing. I managed to catch one small fish that told me the secret. As I boat flipped him he spit up a Roboworm that had a tear in the nose from a dropshot...
All day long for the next few days I only had tiny fish following the bait(s) and caught very few sizable fish. It's like someone came through and cleaned house on all the keepers and didn't practice catch & release. I've fished this area for the past 2 weeks+, caught and released all my fish, and never had a day like this even with all the pressure I put on it personally, but after the 17th - I could sure tell the difference, it was night and day!
To add to my frustration, almost every day I've lost the would be "fish of the day" either to break off, shaking off, or missing a topwater bait. Then today I got a late start, struggled to catch anything - risking losing my consistent streak, then slammed the hook home into I kid you not a potential personal best smallmouth 4.5-5lb? Ugh I was so stupid trying to rush the landing as I was excited, she darted and the line just snapped...
Headed out in the boat after 6:30pm, managed to catch a small one to stay consistent, but had same results with lack of larger fish. I was running and gunning - fishing slowly, fast. Finally I made the executive decision to change location in the evening, and...
She was 4lb 02oz, 19 & 1/2''. (61 Days Consistent)
Released Alive & Healthy
WolfyBrandon
guitarglynn1 reply :
One of the bigger pickerel I have ever caught. caught this on a swimbait which these things always hit. I love catching pickerel but I have had more bite offs this year than I ever remember. So it was nice to land this fish. Hook came right out and got this thing right back on its way.
Small but fun nonetheless
A couple pretty little things
A-Jay reply :
On 8/23/2015 at 2:12 AM, guitarglynn1 said:
Some fish from the last few times out and a bit of a mixed bagCaught these at a local pond. Always fun fishing at this little gemThis pond donkey my sis caught came from the same pond
One of the bigger pickerel I have ever caught. caught this on a swimbait which these things always hit. I love catching pickerel but I have had more bite offs this year than I ever remember. So it was nice to land this fish. Hook came right out and got this thing right back on its way.
Small but fun nonetheless
A couple pretty little things
Definately a mixed bag.
Nice Job & Congrats
A-Jay
lo n slo reply :
No picture bass today. Caught 7, got caught in an absolute downpour, but it began like this...
Jtrout reply :
Went to a pond in Bowie by my house for a lil while only caught 2 the first was about 6 inches and the second went 2.11 both caught on a 4in Yamamoto senko
DevinFishing29 reply :
On 8/24/2015 at 5:50 AM, Jtrout said:Went to a pond in Bowie by my house for a lil while only caught 2 the first was about 6 inches and the second went 2.11 both caught on a 4in Yamamoto senko
What rig did you use to catch those fish?
Jtrout reply :
Yamamoto 4 inch senko weightless Texas rig on a 3/0 hook 10lb braid 7ft medium bps tourney special paired with a lews speen spin reel
Weld's Largemouth reply :
frog piggy. guess the weight!
NEjitterbugger reply :
5-10 on the Booyah Counter Strike buzzbait, biggest of the year.
no39 reply :
I went out to one of my favorite lakes and tried for some largemouth for a change. This place is truly beautiful.
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Jaw1 reply :
The first ones a little over 9. Here's my boys bank fish. I'm not sure who looks more worried the fish or my boy.
Arobb2012 reply :
https://goo.gl/photos/LK7Bmgy4waP4KC1n9
biggest from sunday.
Sir Real reply :
I sometimes go to a pond near work for some quick lunchtime fishing. A couple of days ago, I grabbed my 5'6" light rod, tied on a 1/32 oz beetle spin. I was going to try to catch some bluegill or crappie this time. On the 3rd cast, I hooked this guy. It was fun pulling him in on light gear.
Karma reply :
caught this one playing around in one of the ponds on our farm. Held onto the JJ's Magic dipped Chatterbait like trailer trash on meth.
first catch on a chatterbait to.
No Thanks I'll Bass reply :
5/16 ounce Booyah Baby Boo Jig in green pumpkin with a Hard Candy colored Rage Tail Baby Craw
5 lbs 21 inches
A-Jay reply :
Tanker Pike from yesterday
A-Jay
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_45ZECs3Vbc
nhpleasantlakebass reply :
A few from yesterday morning 5-2 4-10 and the smaller was 3-8
Jar11591 reply :
Had a first for me happen last night. I did some shore fishing from the small pond at my parents camp. I had a popper tied on and during the second cast something sucked it under. I hooked it, and it thrashed on the surface once then started tugging hard. I thought I had a real nice bass on the line just because of the weight and how hard it was tugging. When I banked it, this is what I find:
Never caught two fish on one cast before, especially not on top water. I got 3 bass, all on a Storm chugbug in about 30 minutes of fishing.
the reel ess reply :
Only one I caught today. But a nice one. 5.88 lbs. I had another good one come unbottoned before I got to see her.
Berkley Chigger Craw, black/blue. They won't let go of this bait!
FinCulture reply :
nice 3 or so pounder caught on a hollow body yesterday in nh.
everythingthatswims reply :
Did some kayak fishing today. Did pretty well! Between my friend and I we easily landed 75-100 bass, most of them being smallmouth in the 8-13" range, but we caught a few nice largemouth as well.
Biggest fish of the day 3.3lb, one of the prettiest largemouth I have ever caught. Watched him swim out of a laydown and eat my jig!
A little swimbait love too
Brown One
Fish were caught on squarebills, texas rigged creatures and worms, wacky rigged trick worms and senkos (wacky jighead), spinnerbaits, and an s-waver.
The bait of the day from around noon til 5 when we left was a stupid little 4" t-rigged senko with a 1/16oz bullet weight. Fished it just like a ned rig. Not the most interesting way to fish but we sure did get a lot of bites.
the reel ess reply :
On 8/30/2015 at 5:03 AM, Jar11591 said:Had a first for me happen last night. I did some shore fishing from the small pond at my parents camp. I had a popper tied on and during the second cast something sucked it under. I hooked it, and it thrashed on the surface once then started tugging hard. I thought I had a real nice bass on the line just because of the weight and how hard it was tugging. When I banked it, this is what I find:
Never caught two fish on one cast before, especially not on top water. I got 3 bass, all on a Storm chugbug in about 30 minutes of fishing.
I love the Chug Bug
Jar11591 reply :
On 8/30/2015 at 7:34 AM, the reel ess said:I love the Chug Bug
My favorite popper!
*Hank reply :
On 8/30/2015 at 5:03 AM, Jar11591 said:Had a first for me happen last night. I did some shore fishing from the small pond at my parents camp. I had a popper tied on and during the second cast something sucked it under. I hooked it, and it thrashed on the surface once then started tugging hard. I thought I had a real nice bass on the line just because of the weight and how hard it was tugging. When I banked it, this is what I find:
Never caught two fish on one cast before, especially not on top water. I got 3 bass, all on a Storm chugbug in about 30 minutes of fishing.
That's really cool!
WolfyBrandon reply :
69 Days Consistent.
WolfyBrandon
squirtbait reply :
I like when that happens Hank, two for one lol BH
WolfyBrandon reply :
Alright, so recently I had to pickup some new fishing gear. My main spinning reel's bail is going out, so I decided to pickup a replacement. I upgraded to a Pflueger President 6940x. I decided to also pick up another reel that was closer to what I was replacing, so I picked up a Shimano Sienna 4000. All I needed now was a rod and I remembered reading on these forums that a few people recommended the Berkley Lightning Rod Shock. I have messed around with them in stores for a while now and like the feel of them so I finally picked one up.
I paired the Pflueger President with my Shimano Convergence (7'0'' Medium-Heavy Power, Fast Action), and the Shimano Sienna with the Berkley Lightning Rod Shock (7'0'' Medium Power, Fast Action).
[ August 30, 2015 ]
Well, this morning turned out to be cold, windy, and rainy (I really was not motivated to fish TBH). So I had my eye watching over the weather.
While I was having lunch, it was looking like a break in the storm was coming and I would have a window of good weather around ~2:30pm. Sure enough around that time the rain stopped and the sun started to come out. I grabbed my Pflueger combo and started to fish around the marina - it didn't take long for me to become 70 Days Consistent.
The weather really cleared up around 3:00pm and was the perfect time to head out in the boat. I grabbed both combos and away we went - I had an idea on how to "break-in" the new Lightning Rod Shock, Sienna Combo...
After a short while I hooked into my second fish of the day, a little Smallmouth Bass.
The bites were few and far between so I was covering a lot of water, I wasn't even getting a bite in some of the best spots so I just kept moving. Finally after rounding a point, I could hear the words I was waiting for... "I got one!"
12'', 11oz - Smallmouth Bass (The first fish she has ever caught.)
So that settles that, the Lightning Rod Shock, Sienna Combo works. We kept fishing into the bay and it was still slow (no other fish were caught). It was getting time to head back and I was more than happy to let her catch the largest fish of the day.
Heh, that was until later that day... when I was just oh so curious to try that Lightning Rod Shock out for myself to see what all the hype was about, and that's when landed this one heck of a CHUNK of a bass...
Umm, Football anyone???
So yeah, confirmed - the Lightning Rod Shock works... Extremely Well. 
WolfyBrandon
mnbassman23 reply :
Haven't been out much lately but managed a nice one this past Saturday.
RMcDuffee726 reply :
On 9/1/2015 at 11:04 AM, mnbassman23 said:Haven't been out much lately but managed a nice one this past Saturday.
Great looking color combo on that jig. Might need to try that out, and great fish!
WolfyBrandon reply :
[ September 01 2015 ] (71 Days Consistent)
[ September 02 2015 ] (72 Days Consistent)
[ September 03 2015 ] (73 Days Consistent)
[ September 04 2015 ] (74 Days Consistent)
WolfyBrandon
everythingthatswims reply :
Just about knocked the rod out of my hands when he hit it! That's how a southern smallmouth is shaped Dwight
WolfyBrandon reply :
[ September 05, 2015 ]
52° ? ? ?
Ok I know summer is over, but it should feel like Fall not Winter!
That's ok though because...
75 Days Consistent!
WolfyBrandon
wytstang reply :
Saw this little fella chasing it with all he had and to my surprised caught up to it and went for it. I'm loving the Mega Bug
Dwight Hottle reply :
On 9/6/2015 at 11:44 AM, everythingthatswims said:
Just about knocked the rod out of my hands when he hit it! That's how a southern smallmouth is shaped Dwight
Nice one but I like the northern shape the best.
MIbassyaker reply :
Keepers have remained elusive over the last month. So has spare time for fishing. Here's what bit, so here's what I caught, minus the really little guys:
2lb 5oz on a mojo-rigged baby brush hog:
2lb 0oz on a 3.8 keitech fat swing impact + hornet underspin
2lb 0oz, on a biospawn 6.5 plasmatail, weightless t-rigged.
Biggest thing I caught was a decent pike a few days ago, about 5-6lb (sadly, no pic: only two hands + teeth + unsecured rod + spinnerbait still hanging in about 20lb of salad + kayak starting to drift = too awkward to dig out my phone).
einscodek reply :
Labor Day Largie 21" alil over 5 lbs
Got up real early on the holiday expecting to land the large ones early but only hooked the dinks til around 8am when she woke up..
Always nice to wake up on a holiday aside a big gal.
A-Jay reply :
On 9/8/2015 at 2:46 AM, einscodek said:Labor Day Largie 21" alil over 5 lbs
Got up real early on the holiday expecting to land the large ones early but only hooked the dinks til around 8am when she woke up..
Always nice to wake up on a holiday aside a big gal.
Nice Bass & one Serious Rubber Glove.
A-Jay
mnbassman23 reply :
Found them in the slop this weekend. Happen to be hanging around a magical place with the coolest trees you'll ever see. Landed a bunch of solid fish on the frog and t-rig but this one stood out at 5.56lbs.
WolfyBrandon reply :
[ September 06, 2015 ]
76 Days Consistent.
[ September 07, 2015 ]
77? How About 7+ Pounds of Bass!
77 Days Consistent.
WolfyBrandon
MIbassyaker reply :
On 9/8/2015 at 9:41 AM, mnbassman23 said:Happen to be hanging around a magical place with the coolest trees you'll ever see.
I grew up in MN, and I think I recognize that place!
Kinda hazy, though -- been ages since I was there, and there may have been some....controlled substances involved...
NJSalt reply :
Big C reply :
On 9/8/2015 at 9:41 AM, mnbassman23 said:Found them in the slop this weekend. Happen to be hanging around a magical place with the coolest trees you'll ever see. Landed a bunch of solid fish on the frog and t-rig but this one stood out at 5.56lbs.
Those are happy little trees.
einscodek reply :
On 9/8/2015 at 8:05 AM, A-Jay said:
Nice Bass & one Serious Rubber Glove.
A-Jay
Yup I wear big loose oversized one from Harbor Fright so I can slip it on like lightning and grip the gals
A-Jay reply :
On 9/8/2015 at 9:41 AM, mnbassman23 said:Found them in the slop this weekend. Happen to be hanging around a magical place with the coolest trees you'll ever see. Landed a bunch of solid fish on the frog and t-rig but this one stood out at 5.56lbs.
That is really funny !
A-Jay
Mainebass1984 reply :
Fishing has been great up here in the northeast. Got a couple good ones last Saturday.
In the early morning fog
5 lb 5 oz
Later on in the afternoon
7 lbs 4 oz
no39 reply :
Haven't caught anything remarkable as of recent but here's a healthy pickerel.
WolfyBrandon reply :
everythingthatswims reply :
The Potomac river was a cruel, cruel place today! The wind was so bad that we would just motor up a creek and drift down the banks to fish, if there was a laydown you had one shot at making a presentation. Couple that with a high pressure system and things were just lovely....My first fish came on a texas rigged baby brush hog pitching it at the edge of the grass, the second one came on the edge of the grass with a senko.
Two bass for 5.13lbs was enough to get third place and lock in a shot in the State Championship this spring! Winning weight was 11.8, the only kid who caught a limit. Second place had 3 bass for 6 something. A huge thanks to those on BR who gave me some pointers on fishing the Potomac!
MIbassyaker reply :
On 9/11/2015 at 1:33 PM, WolfyBrandon said:
[ September 10, 2015 ]I've seen a school of ~6-9 Largemouth Bass all between 1 & 1/2 to 3 & 1/2 pounds, over the past few days... I've thrown a Tube, Beaver, Squarebill, Spinnerbait, & Popper. They would reveal themselves but showed no interest to strike or bite. That was until today...They're in trouble now!80 Days Consistent.WolfyBrandon
I think something is up with your pics, Wolfy -- they're not all showing up. Unless it's just me, but I don't think it is.
No Thanks I'll Bass reply :
Tore them up Saturday morning! Biggest was 3lb 10oz.
Senko lover reply :
Believe it or not, those three on the top are different bass, all caught with a dropshot rig within 15 minutes of each other. And that big catfish that slammed my H20 swimbait, yeah I though I had a new pb on.
Will Catchum reply :
Briery Creek this past Saturday. 
Sir Real reply :
3rd cast with a white Booyah buzz bait about 2 feet off the bank. Sorry for the poor perspective on this picture. I didn't have my scale so I don't know the weight but she measured 23.5 inches and had a thick back. Really the biggest of the year so far. Any estimates on the weight?
boostr reply :
What lake you at in the second pic, not the local pond.On 8/23/2015 at 2:12 AM, guitarglynn1 said:Some fish from the last few times out and a bit of a mixed bag
Caught these at a local pond. Always fun fishing at this little gem
This pond donkey my sis caught came from the same pond
One of the bigger pickerel I have ever caught. caught this on a swimbait which these things always hit. I love catching pickerel but I have had more bite offs this year than I ever remember. So it was nice to land this fish. Hook came right out and got this thing right back on its way.
Small but fun nonetheless
A couple pretty little things
guitarglynn1 reply :
On 9/17/2015 at 5:36 AM, boostr said:What lake you at in the second pic, not the local pond.
boostr that is round valley reservoir. Not sure if you have ever been out there? If you have not been and if you ever check it out, look up spruce run reservoir as well. It is right around the corner from round valley.
everythingthatswims reply :
On 9/17/2015 at 12:10 AM, Sir Real said:3rd cast with a white Booyah buzz bait about 2 feet off the bank. Sorry for the poor perspective on this picture. I didn't have my scale so I don't know the weight but she measured 23.5 inches and had a thick back. Really the biggest of the year so far. Any estimates on the weight?
6-7lbs. I caught a 23 this summer with similar proportions and I was like oh yeah this fish will go 8. Scale said 5.9 lol...Humbling
boostr reply :
On 9/17/2015 at 9:27 AM, guitarglynn1 said:boostr that is round valley reservoir. Not sure if you have ever been out there? If you have not been and if you ever check it out, look up spruce run reservoir as well. It is right around the corner from round valley.
Thanks, yeah I know where its located, I've been wanting to make a Kayak fishing trip out there. It's about 45 min from where I'm at.
WolfyBrandon reply :
[ September 19, 2015 ]
Headed out with a friend and caught a few...
Then we decided to move to a new location, and when we did the fish finder looked like this...
I figured I had better throw the Rapala DT-10 that I had tied on, and it's a good thing I did because...
Fish of the day! 87 Days Consistent.
WolfyBrandon
WolfyBrandon reply :
[ September 20, 2015 ]
... 88 Days Consistent!
WolfyBrandon
Scarborough817 reply :
unfortunately no pics but i was able to find a nice 5lb 1oz largemouth this weekend caught her on a kvd swimjig in bluegill with a castaic jerky j in bluegill.
there were also a lot of smaller ones on a livetarget pumpkin seed squarebill and a couple 2-3 pounders on a strike king buzzbait in sexy shad
Jtrout reply :
On 9/21/2015 at 12:38 PM, WolfyBrandon said:[ September 20, 2015 ]
... 88 Days Consistent!
WolfyBrandon[/quote
Awesome man! Keep it up that is a beautiful bass u got there!
MIbassyaker reply :
Left home at 6. On the water by 7. PB at 9:35. Made it to work by noon.
At least I think it's a PB; It's my longest bass and the heaviest I've weighed with an accurate scale. 5lb 2oz, and just short of 21"
The pic does not do it justice:
On a 3/8 Cavitron, black on black.
Dwight Hottle reply :
.On 9/26/2015 at 4:00 AM, MIbassyaker said:Left home at 6. On the water by 7. PB at 9:35. Made it to work by noon.
At least I think it's a PB; It's my longest bass and the heaviest I've weighed with an accurate scale. 5lb 2oz, and just short of 21"
The pic does not do it justice:
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On a 3/8 Cavitron, black on black.
Congrats on the new PB.
everythingthatswims reply :
On 9/26/2015 at 4:00 AM, MIbassyaker said:Left home at 6. On the water by 7. PB at 9:35. Made it to work by noon.
At least I think it's a PB; It's my longest bass and the heaviest I've weighed with an accurate scale. 5lb 2oz, and just short of 21"
The pic does not do it justice:
On a 3/8 Cavitron, black on black.
The 'ol 3/8 Cavitron sure can catch some fish
MIbassyaker reply :
On 9/26/2015 at 9:00 AM, everythingthatswims said:The 'ol 3/8 Cavitron sure can catch some fish
Up until this year I had never caught a fish on a buzzbait despite having several and using them off and on for years. I bought some cavitrons on the strength of recommendations on this board, resolved to be a little more persistent than usual and, boom, like magic, they produce. They've been far and away my most productive topwater this year.
A-Jay reply :
Here's a Last Cast Fatty from the other day.
A-Jay
everythingthatswims reply :
On 9/26/2015 at 9:13 AM, MIbassyaker said:Up until this year I had never caught a fish on a buzzbait despite having several and using them off and on for years. I bought some cavitrons on the strength of recommendations on this board, resolved to be a little more persistent than usual and, boom, like magic, they produce. They've been far and away my most productive topwater this year.
And in a kayak we can make long casts keeping the buzzbait within a foot of the bank fishing parallel. That's deadly .
Bluebasser86 reply :
Fishing was slow Thursday, but I made up for it by catching my biggest bass of the year so far. 5lb 15oz on one of my homemade bladed jigs in Golden Shiner color.
Caught a couple nice ones flipping the grass at a little local lake Friday morning too.
everythingthatswims reply :
Cavitron And War Eagle were the main players today. Brown ones and green ones
ABW reply :
on a gummy worm???????
MIbassyaker reply :
On 9/28/2015 at 3:47 AM, ABW said:on a gummy worm???????
My wife has the paranoid fear that one day she will grab a pack of gummy worms from the cupboard to snack on, and discover upon putting one in her mouth that I've accidentally swapped them with powerbait.
Scarborough817 reply :
My first time ledge fishing and cranking i found this beauty. weight in at 4.36 caught on a strike king rage blade in green pumpkin with a blade minnow trailer
Sorry for the terrible angle i know you can't really tell how big the fish is
EvanT123 reply :
A couple decent ones from earlier.
everythingthatswims reply :
Had an hour to kill after school, the rain was dumping so the current was picked up in the river and fish were holding by runoff creeks. caught 8 on a chatterbait, these two were the biggest.
fishinfiend reply :
yes sir!
Well done
AK-Jax86 reply :
Caught on a Booyah Pad Crasher in Albino, my favorite frog! I cut the legs at the tip of the frog nose then I snipped another 1/2inch off and I have never had an issue with the hook set. At first I thought I cut the frog too short so I ordered another one, by the time it arrived it has stayed in the box and this one has never came off my rod except to re tie.
NEjitterbugger reply :
PB! Got her on a Savage Gear line thru trout (6")... She went 7-3 beating my previous PB by 9oz
WolfyBrandon reply :
A lot has happened recently, and is too much to post right now... but here are some updates. (The Fall Feed Is In Full Swing, Bass Are Schooling In The Shallows.)
[ September 22, 2015 ]
90 Days Consistent.
[ September 26, 2015 ]
[ September 29, 2015 ]
95 Days Consistent.
[ September 30, 2015 ]
"Split-Lip" LMB (3rd Time Caught)
96 Days Consistent.
WolfyBrandon
everythingthatswims reply :
On 9/30/2015 at 9:10 PM, NEjitterbugger said:PB! Got her on a Savage Gear line thru trout (6")... She went 7-3 beating my previous PB by 9oz
First photo looks like Matt Allen Jr.
jitterbug127 reply :
Here you go
deep reply :
Stay on them guys!
WolfyBrandon reply :
[ October 04, 2015 ]
So today is the special day I've been waiting for... Let me start off by saying that it just so happens to be the day that there was also a bass tournament on the lake. I could see bass boats running up and down the lake like crazy. I raised my arm and fishing combo in the air and cheered many of them on as they passed by the marina at full speed waving back at me. I don't know the details of the tournament yet, but I decided to head out in the boat around 2:20pm to see if I could hold my own against them...
I managed to talk to a few of them, and I guess the tournament was already over. The guys in the 2nd to last pic had one decent one in the livewell that they released as they were leaving the area. I will be honest and say my goal was to go out and catch something while i was out in the boat with all the pressure that was put on the lake from the tournament. I don't want to admit how many docks and miles of shoreline that I fished and didn't even get a single bite! That is the reality of the pressure that was put on the lake. All I can say is - no matter where I fished, a bass boat was within sight, and sometimes a new one would pull in behind me or ahead of me (respectfully). All I can think about is the question of how many boats fished each of those docks today, 5? 10? 15?...
Well... luckily I learned early on that sometimes to stay consistent I need to stay and fish the area I know best. That's why before I head out in the boat I always faithfully fish the prime spots at the marina that I know hold bass, and...
That is why I am 100 Days Consistent!!!
WolfyBrandon
Scarborough817 reply :
Was able to get a line in the water for a couple hours after work today
WolfyBrandon reply :
[ October 05, 2015 ]
3lb 07oz, 17 & 1/2"
Release
101 Days Consistent!
WolfyBrandon
Big C reply :
On 10/2/2015 at 3:52 PM, everythingthatswims said:First photo looks like Matt Allen Jr.
That's hilarious, so true.
Congrats, Wolfy on 101 days consistent. Great accomplishment.
Montanaro reply :
5lb 10 oz. Missed big fish by 1 oz. 2nd biggest fish of year for the club.
monkeyman3dee reply :
Jig fishing. Only one of the day, slammed it no subtle jig bite! Put up a good fight.
WolfyBrandon reply :
[ October 08, 2015 ]
102 Days Consistent.
[ October 10, 2015 ]
103 Days Consistent.
[ October 11, 2015 ]
104 Days Consistent.
WolfyBrandon
lo n slo reply :
The shallow bite was on today. 8 spots, and this bonus LM at nearly 3 lbs, made for a decent early fall day.
boostr reply :
The only one from this past Friday. Took the yak out for a couple of hours at a not new to me, but new to the yak and being on the water spot. The yellow perch were vicious, they kept giving me false hope. My Frogg Toggs rain gear worked great because it started pouring after this catch.
kevin///mlee reply :
On the drop shot.
Catch and Grease reply :
Solid bass I caught on a BPS Boss Shad Swimbait today, he had a belly on him!
ogbfishing reply :
On 10/14/2015 at 12:56 AM, Catch and Grease said:Solid bass I caught on a BPS Boss Shad Swimbait today, he had a belly on him!
you have the longest toes I think I have ever seen
Catch and Grease reply :
I think its the camera haha I've got Terradactyl feet in that picture hahaha
The Real Bigfoot reply :
On 10/14/2015 at 12:56 AM, Catch and Grease said:
Welcome to the family. Now all you need to do is stop getting haircuts and slink through the woods unseen. Nice fish by the way.
WolfyBrandon reply :
[ October 12, 2015 ]
105 Days Consistent...
Unfortunately I now have to put down my fishing gear, and pick up my rifle as this Saturday (17th) is opening day for deer season. My love for hunting is the same as fishing and sadly I can't do both at the same time. I will be hunting non-stop for possibly the next two months looking for hopefully my 6th 5x5 or larger whitetail buck. Then I will be looking for my elk. So until I fill my tags, fishing is now put on the back burner...
If it's too late in the season when I fish again and happen to zero, I'm happy with 105 Days Consistent.
WolfyBrandon
Retired@176 reply :
Nice surprise today while finesse fishing from my dock on a worm landed a nice rainbow
NEjitterbugger reply :
Got this stout 5.1 on one of the 4" huddleston weedless shads right before sundown.. Got em real shallow in 1-2 ft of water
Happy fall!
Smokinal reply :
^^^Dang Bugger, that is a stud. You coulda said 7 and I would have believed it.
NEjitterbugger reply :
On 10/18/2015 at 8:41 AM, Smokinal said:^^^Dang Bugger, that is a stud. You coulda said 7 and I would have believed it.
I need to find my measuring board, she was pretty short but certainly was mature!
everythingthatswims reply :
Had to help stack some wood this morning, and afterwords the landowners let me fish their pond, didn't look like much, silted in cow pasture pond but I never pass up a chance to fish! Caught 4 fish in 45 minutes, all of them healthy 2.5-3lb class fish. Bluegill DT4 did the damage
This evening I fished a little stretch of river that is a wintering hole, and fish are already stacking up... Nothing much heavier than 2 pounds, but 27 largemouth in 3 hours, all but 4 of them on the bluegill DT4, tons of fun!
Cow pond bass
Cow pond
I think they wanted it
River fish
Yeah they wanted it
ABW reply :
3.5 lbs on a 110 JR
WolfyBrandon reply :
On 10/17/2015 at 5:08 AM, WolfyBrandon said:I will be hunting non-stop for possibly the next two months looking for hopefully my 6th 5x5 or larger whitetail buck.
Deer Season ended early for me, back to fishing until Elk Season...
http://www.bassresource.com/bass-fishing-forums/topic/164347-wolfybrandons-2015-buck/
WolfyBrandon
everythingthatswims reply :
It was so good yesterday that I decided to go back...28 this time
Derekbass02 reply :
On 10/17/2015 at 9:34 AM, Retired@176 said:Nice surprise today while finesse fishing from my dock on a worm landed a nice rainbow
I'm pretty sure that fish is a brown trout. Nice trout btw
deep reply :
Bluebird.
BooyahMan reply :
First fish landed on a buzzbait and I'm a buzzbait believer now! 19 inches and second biggest for me this year.
everythingthatswims reply :
Put in 7 hours today on the kayak for 9 fish. Slowwwwwww. This was the only nice one, taped out at 18". Hit a chatterbait a few feet from my kayak in crystal clear water, very cool to watch!
boostr reply :
MEH!
Joe H. reply :
The 6.1 I caught right before the 8. Broke my PB twice in less than an hour!
long island basser reply :
Largest of 9 boated from this past Saturday.
4.2 lbs caught on t/rig 4" pitboss.
S10rman88 reply :
*Hank reply :
10+Lber
mnbassman23 reply :
2 weekends ago my father in law and I got out for a few hours and put together a solid bag including this 6.92lber. Thought we finally clipped the 7lb mark but just a bit shy. Checked on 2 scales with the same weight reading. Choked a homemade jig I made for him last winter.
Mothercanucker reply :
Length of a 3 pounder. Belly of a 5 pounder.
guitarglynn1 reply :
Another mixed bag. Past couple of months the pickerel bite has been on and the bass bite has been slow for me, so I have been throwing cranks and spinners at the pickerel.
Got this one on a yellow perch shad shallow
This one kept following the shad shallow but would not hit it. I changed to a booyah super shad spinner and first cast it hit it like a run away freight train. Wet my hands, got a pic and back it went.
caught my first salmon. I was fishing for bass but the salmon schools are very active right now and shallow. I was in the right place right time. This one was feeding aggressively at the surface and I cast into the ruckus and it went right after it. Super cool fish.
For over a month I have not caught many bass and any I have caught have been small. But fun!
NEjitterbugger reply :
From Friday Oct 30th,
Fished for 5 hours and got 5 bites... All were over 3 lbs the biggest was pushing 4, d**n good day as far as quality goes in my eyes and had a good time finding them.
The Outkast RTX jig with a rage craw on the back got three and the line thru trout got two...
NEjitterbugger reply :
On 10/29/2015 at 11:39 AM, mnbassman23 said:2 weekends ago my father in law and I got out for a few hours and put together a solid bag including this 6.92lber. Thought we finally clipped the 7lb mark but just a bit shy. Checked on 2 scales with the same weight reading. Choked a homemade jig I made for him last winter.
That is quite a fish! What a TANK
Sir Real reply :
There's a county park near work with a small pond. I head over there often for about 45 minutes of lunchtime fishing. Caught this one today on a 3/8 ounce Z-Man Chatterfrog. I didn't have a scale but it measured 22 inches.
lo n slo reply :
That's freakin awesome!
Weld's Largemouth reply :
<------------ 18 inch brook trout
Cyacnba reply :
Caught this 7.5lb bass on my third cast with a jig today. Missed a couple of bites, but I still managed to catch 7, one of them weighting 5.45lb. I still can't believe this small ponds holds such big bass
Smokinal reply :
^^^Nice New England fish!
guitarglynn1 reply :
Caught this at a pond I have only fished a few times. It runs right along a quarry I fish and it was very windy and I was having a tough go of it at the quarry. I figured I would jump over to the pond for a few which was much calmer. Caught this on a wacky rigged salty sinker.
Joe H. reply :
Lake Lopez this weekend with fisherrw. Nothing huge, got a 4-4, two 4-1's, one 4, and a 3-3. Caught probably 50 fish, Mostly largemouth with a couple smallmouth and crappie.
fisherrw reply :
good fishing out there deep cranks, dropshots and tubes are your best bets. biggest fish for the weekand was 4'4 pounds with a 4'1 and a 4 behind them...
hzzhangc reply :
My two recent catches. Unfortunately didn't measured the weight. Anyone has some idea?
Bluebasser86 reply :
The big fish were eating this week for me! Wednesday was my biggest smallmouth of the year at 4lb 11oz on a Luck-E-Strike STX jerkbait.
Thursday I only got 3.5 hours of fishing and I took too long to figure them out. Once I did though, I caught 2 4lb 10oz, a 4lb 12oz, and a 5lb largemouth. First one ate a homemade brush jig, the last 3 were on my homemade bladed jigs in black and blue.
everythingthatswims reply :
On 11/9/2015 at 11:34 AM, hzzhangc said:My two recent catches. Unfortunately didn't measured the weight. Anyone has some idea?
Is that a SK series 3 crankbait? Basing it off of that the first fish looks to be about 2-2.5 and the second 3-3.5 but I could be totally wrong. Those are really healthy bass! Did you get a length on them?
Dwight Hottle reply :
Best bass from yesterday.
WIGuide reply :
Jake the Cake reply :
Fishing our farm ponds!!! Always a good time
Jake the Cake reply :
On 11/11/2015 at 6:35 AM, Jake the Cake said:Fishing our farm ponds!!! Always a good time
Except the Gar and the big ol' Catfish. Those were on our trotlines on Table Rock.
Fin Stalker reply :
Caught on a gill patterned swim jig w/a Big EZ paddle tail trailer.
*Hank reply :
BASSIN AT LOPEZ LAKE CA-
fisherrw reply :
On 11/11/2015 at 1:43 PM, *Hank said:BASSIN AT LOPEZ LAKE CA-
good going hank!
A-Jay reply :
mnbassman23 reply :
Last fish of the year for me since I winterized the boat today. Went out with a bang. 5.79lbs on a Dream Smasher Swimbait.
everythingthatswims reply :
On 11/11/2015 at 1:43 PM, *Hank said:BASSIN AT LOPEZ LAKE CA-
A couple of those are some really pretty bass! Nice and round
fisherrw reply :
On 11/12/2015 at 10:08 AM, mnbassman23 said:Last fish of the year for me since I winterized the boat today. Went out with a bang. 5.79lbs on a Dream Smasher Swimbait.
wow nice fish so fat!!
Joe H. reply :
Sweet!On 11/12/2015 at 10:08 AM, mnbassman23 said:Last fish of the year for me since I winterized the boat today. Went out with a bang. 5.79lbs on a Dream Smasher Swimbait.
Joe H. reply :
I know haha some of those fish we caught that day were surprisingly healthy considering the drought and lopez's overabundance of panfish and lack of baitfishOn 11/13/2015 at 11:19 AM, everythingthatswims said:A couple of those are some really pretty bass! Nice and round
Joe H. reply :
Probably eating the bluegill lol
everythingthatswims reply :
21" on my trusty DT4.....Not sure how all that red stuff got in the photo, my camera must be acting up
Rick Howard reply :
I've been struggling but here are a few from a recent outing.
fishinfiend reply :
nice one, gentleman.
Very nice pike A-jay
Rick Howard reply :
Managed to sneak out for a bit today.... This and a few pickerel were it....
Master Bait'r reply :
Haven't been out in a while. Things have been pretty crazy with work and the mountain and ski season approaching. Managed to get out today for a couple hours though, and the skunk was nowhere to be found thankfully. Landed a bunch of really nice fish. The jerkbait bite was head and shoulders above every other presentation. It was awesome.
Lol
And the exclamation point:
Cheers!!
everythingthatswims reply :
The river I fish was really blown out today, but since it's a tailwater, the mud hadn't made its way through the reservoir yet, and I decided to try and catch a bass. The places I normally walk around on (dry land) to fish would have been well over my head in depth and had too much current rolling through them for a bass (largemouth) to even think about setting up shop. There were some very small eddies up against the bank that I figured the bass had to be sitting in, there was no where else to go! The brush was pretty bad so I would walk up, and drop the bait straight into the brush. Water was pretty cold so I would just jiggle the shakey head around a little bit then dead stick it in 5-10 second intervals. Shockingly I caught 7 bass in about 2 hours. I didn't even expect a bite!
I pulled two 2lb bass from this eddy on back to back pitches (more like freespool's to the bottom)
RyneB reply :
My last bass of 2015. I caught this last week and decided I would put the gear away for the winter
lo n slo reply :
Caught 8 today, 4 LM, 4 Spots. Threw a gold/black Red Eye, Yum Craw, and a Zoom Shakeytail that this 20", 4.26 lb hoss could'nt resist. Water temps around 57 with little to no wind.
guitarglynn1 reply :
My sister and bro law flew in for the holiday so we all did some fishing. My bro law was most interested in trying to catch a salmon because he never has had an opportunity to fish for them. So we went with medium shiners and a split shot rig.
My sister caught this salmon not long after we got set up. She had a huge birds nest and after it all got cleaned up it turns out a fish was on the line. The legend of the salmon lives!
This bass inhaled the hook. A littler work but we got it out no problem and the fish was on its way good to go
Tyler caught his first pickerel ever. They don't have these where he is from. It started squirming and he threw it back in lol
We put some weight on plenty of pickerel on this day. They were taking shiners left and right
The legend lives
Derekbass02 reply :
Are you sure those are salmon? They look like Brown Trout to me.
everythingthatswims reply :
On 12/2/2015 at 12:03 AM, Derekbass02 said:Are you sure those are salmon? They look like Brown Trout to me.
Landlocked Atlantic salmon look a lot like browns, the fish pictured look to be salmon to me.
The jaw in relation to the eye on salmon and brown trout is similar to spots vs. largemouth. (The jaw on a salmon does not extend beyond the eye)
Derekbass02 reply :
Ok I was just wondering because they looked alot like brown trout.
everythingthatswims reply :
Caught 8 today after school. River was up and had every fish within 3 feet of the bank. I caught some on a shakey head but it got hung up too much so I fished a 1/8oz texas rig with a trick worm and a baby d-bomb. Fished SLLLOOOWWWW. Any bass is a victory for me from December through mid March!
Jtrout reply :
On 12/3/2015 at 10:17 AM, everythingthatswims said:
Caught 8 today after school. River was up and had every fish within 3 feet of the bank. I caught some on a shakey head but it got hung up too much so I fished a 1/8oz texas rig with a trick worm and a baby d-bomb. Fished SLLLOOOWWWW. Any bass is a victory for me from December through mid March!
Nice fish! What river are you fishing?
GetBent reply :
Coulple of small ones on my first time to try a jig.
everythingthatswims reply :
On 12/6/2015 at 7:34 AM, GetBent said:Coulple of small ones on my first time to try a jig.
"small ones" Texas
boostr reply :
Small Fatties
everythingthatswims reply :
Baby d-bomb is still catching here in VA. I had to go to a 1/16oz texas rig though, the fish are so slow that 1/8th was not doing it. They don't really fight in these temperatures
Smokinal reply :
On 12/9/2015 at 12:27 PM, everythingthatswims said:They don't really fight in these temperatures
I'm afraid to ask just what those water temps are.
lo n slo reply :
Hit Lake Norman with my cousin this afternoon. Caught 9, including doubling up on this pair! We found water temps had dropped significantly in the last week, down to the 54-55 degree range, and stained. We fished up the lake near the state park. We threw lipless cranks and Zoom plastics.
Jtrout reply :
So yesterday i was fishing my local lake on my lunchbreak throwing a jig around caught nothing. So i leave and go to the giant in a shopping center across the street and i run into a guy who ive seen fishing at the lake. I tell him i had no luck so he tells me i just caught a 7lber outta the lake im like no way hes like yeah its in my truck! So i go take Look and didnt look like a 7 so i offered my scale...4.3 was the weight! Dang fisherman stories lol heres a pic of it
Will Catchum reply :
Not a beast but I'll take it for December 13th.
deep reply :
Caught a few on a spoon and a couple on a jig earlier today. Mostly small and barely legal.
HoosierHawgs reply :
On 12/19/2015 at 5:28 AM, deep said:Caught a few on a spoon and a couple on a jig earlier today. Mostly small and barely legal.
Are you fishing that as a jigging spoon? Vertical up and down?
deep reply :
On 12/19/2015 at 5:36 AM, HoosierHawgs said:Are you fishing that as a jigging spoon? Vertical up and down?
Negative. It's a Lake Fork Flutter spoon, and apparently you're supposed to fish it like a texas rig. That's what I learnt from a couple youtube videos anyway. Never fished a casting spoon before this morning; lots to learn..
HoosierHawgs reply :
On 12/19/2015 at 5:40 AM, deep said:
Negative. It's a Lake Fork Flutter spoon, and apparently you're supposed to fish it like a texas rig. That's what I learnt from a couple youtube videos anyway. Never fished a casting spoon before this morning; lots to learn..
Neat, never caught any fish on any type of spoon ever, so definitely lots to learn!
everythingthatswims reply :
On 12/19/2015 at 5:28 AM, deep said:Caught a few on a spoon and a couple on a jig earlier today. Mostly small and barely legal.
I see you're on my point there.....
lo n slo reply :
On 12/19/2015 at 5:42 AM, HoosierHawgs said:Neat, never caught any fish on any type of spoon ever, so definitely lots to learn!
I used to throw a Little Cleo back in the day. Slayed the white bass. So many tactics, so little time.
lo n slo reply :
On 12/19/2015 at 5:40 AM, deep said:
Negative. It's a Lake Fork Flutter spoon, and apparently you're supposed to fish it like a texas rig. That's what I learnt from a couple youtube videos anyway. Never fished a casting spoon before this morning; lots to learn..
You seem to be off to a pretty good start
Sandhillcrab reply :
Bass newb reply :
2lb 10oz today at 4 o clock!
deep reply :
Plenty of fish today; just wrong species and/or wrong size.
FloridaFishinFool reply :
Nice fish!
Bluebasser86 reply :
Caught my biggest smallie of the day on Christmas Eve after we got called off of the lake due to high winds. Slammed my bladed jig almost as soon as I started my retrieve.
Derekbass02 reply :
Nice fish everyone. Where I am there's a half a foot of snow on the ground and most lakes are frozen over. Only 133 days til fishing season.
lo n slo reply :
Went out on Lake Norman this afternoon. Caught 11, all on t-rigged Zoom plastics. Good fish biting today despite tournament traffic. Surface temps near 60! Hooked this 18" spot that weighed at almost 3 lbs.
fishinfiend reply :
nice spot!
They are a blast to catch
ABW reply :
Cold, muddy water, high winds, and it was still raining. Throwing a 1/8 siebert finesse jig with a blue bug rodent
first cast
2nd cast.. 4 lbs 5 oz, my biggest pulled out of this lake
lo n slo reply :
Caught 9 today out on Lake Norman including this 18" 3.58 lb largemouth. Feels good to still be catching them like this as the new year approaches.
everythingthatswims reply :
Wanted to remember what it feels like to set the hook like a man, so I threw this instead of the shakeyhead. Fun stuff and my first two cold water jig fish.
everythingthatswims reply :
I know there are people further south than me who can keep this thread alive!
I caught this 3lb class fish today on a jig. The window of opportunity between school and work was very slim but I made it happen! Guides were icing up the whole time, things are changing a LOT. The dots near the corner of my mouth are not from me being a messy eater, the bass decided to send some mud and water my way when I reached down to pick it up
EricTheAngler reply :
I dont know if this counts but I caught a 4 pound catfish at a pond I fish at.
roadwarrior reply :
Do you think that might belong in "Other Species"?
EricTheAngler reply :
On 1/7/2016 at 3:36 AM, roadwarrior said:Do you think that might belong in "Other Species"?
Sorry man, Ill start a Lastest catch thread in Other Species, but the first page there is a pike and a trout????
everythingthatswims reply :
On 1/7/2016 at 3:36 AM, roadwarrior said:Do you think that might belong in "Other Species"?
But it's January, they all count don't they?
Big C reply :
On 1/6/2016 at 11:47 PM, EricTheAngler said:
On 1/7/2016 at 3:36 AM, roadwarrior said:Do you think that might belong in "Other Species"?
If you squint it looks kinda like a really slimy bass with a moustache.
Bluebasser86 reply :
Second bass of the year.
Senko lover reply :
Nice chunky 3 1/2 pounder on the jig from about a week ago. The smaller one was my first of 2016. And also came across a rather unwelcome guest while fishing :/.
Big Easy Bassin' reply :
New PB today! 5lb15oz
EricTheAngler reply :
On 1/10/2016 at 6:07 AM, Senko lover said:Nice chunky 3 1/2 pounder on the jig from about a week ago. The smaller one was my first of 2016. And also came across a rather unwelcome guest while fishing :/.
What were you using. I cant seem to catch anything in muddy water...
Senko lover reply :
On 1/11/2016 at 5:27 AM, EricTheAngler said:What were you using. I cant seem to catch anything in muddy water...
I was catching them on black/blue jigs, spinnerbaits, and the Ned Rig. I haven't fished in over a week though, my school week was super busy and my weekend was otherwise occupied.
fishinfiend reply :
nice!
EricTheAngler reply :
On 1/11/2016 at 7:45 AM, Senko lover said:I was catching them on black/blue jigs, spinnerbaits, and the Ned Rig. I haven't fished in over a week though, my school week was super busy and my weekend was otherwise occupied.
Nice!
WolfyBrandon reply :
[ January 15, 2016 ]
WolfyBrandon
Burtonxj reply :
Best smallie of the day.
Great Falls National Park (Potomac River, Virginia side)
Water level was still pretty high but snagged this 19" smallie on my last cast of the evening. Caught on a watermelon candy coffee tube in about 7 feet of water in one of the calmer pockets off of the river. Real pretty fish.
Weld's Largemouth reply :
On 1/16/2016 at 8:44 AM, WolfyBrandon said:[ January 15, 2016 ]
WolfyBrandon
There goes your streak! 
WolfyBrandon reply :
On 1/17/2016 at 8:46 AM, Weld's Largemouth said:There goes your streak!
I didn't fish so it doesn't count.
All of you guys with soft water right now are lucky...
WolfyBrandon
James Frise reply :
I caught both of these beauties down in South Florida on senkos wacky rigged with a dropshot
WolfyBrandon reply :
On 1/16/2016 at 8:44 AM, WolfyBrandon said:[ January 15, 2016 ]
[ January 30, 2016 ]( Ice-Out! )
I had planned to log this day which is 15 days after my previous log day. Had some warm weather, rain, and slight snow over the past few weeks. I was not expecting the lake to be "Ice-Out" quite yet... (Context: In 2014, The lake was completely iced over - up to March 05.) Got word the lake had opened up from ice sometime mid last week. I just picked up my 2016 License - it's time to gear up and get this season started!
WolfyBrandon
fisherrw reply :
8.6
2 5s
9.2
Finally got last summers pics up...
buzzed bait reply :
the old trusty panther martin 1/8 oz black/yellow dots gold blade kept the skunk off my back this weekend....
aquaholik reply :
75 degrees this morning in St Petersburg, FL and they were chewing:
A solid 5lbers at 21 inch:
Lots of 3lbers to go with it:
corn-on-the-rob reply :
My last fish of the season, went out on Erie in mid December, 42 degree water. We each kept our best two for fun. I'm in the middle.
We each had a 3lb and a 4lb class fish.
Each of our smaller ones were 3lb 8oz, 3lb 8oz, 3lb 9oz
Our bigger ones went 4lb 3oz, 4lb, 4lb 9oz
Brought in 24 smallies between the 3 of us in about 6.5 hours
Derekbass02 reply :
Argh. Wish I could fish. All I can do right now is watch my pet perch swim around in their tank.
gardnerjigman reply :
Bluebasser and myself put it on them at a power plant lake today. Easily over 100 fish including LMB, SMB, whites, wiper, walter and a MONGO DORKFISH (drum).
Blue has better pics, and a video as well.
everythingthatswims reply :
When people say a blade bait will catch anything, they do mean anything. Reel is smooth as silk, you'd never know it was in the bottom of a lake.
Bass newb reply :
Senko lover reply :
On 2/6/2016 at 7:44 AM, everythingthatswims said:
You scored!
BooyahMan reply :
First good Bass of the year! Caught on a Rapala Crankin' Rap reeled reeeeeeaaaaaaaaaalllllllllllyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy slowly.
everythingthatswims reply :
Stud!
fishinfiend reply :
thats a dandy
HeavyTwenty reply :
Largest @ ~19-20 inches (took a photo of him along my rod and then measured my rod when I got home).
Fattest @ ~18-19 inch:
Rest of them here: http://imgur.com/a/4WSAv. This pond skunked me a few months ago when I only used a weightless senko. First hour today I didn't get a single bite on a senko again. Even when I pitched a senko to a missed fish from the chatterbait, they didn't bite until I tied on a mini jig w/ craw trailer, which caught them fine. First two casts with chatterbait both caught fish. This is actually only the second time I've caught fish with a non-topwater moving lure from the bank... spinners, chatterbaits, and crankbaits seem to never work for me in small ponds (I've gotten them to work fine on big lakes from my kayak). I was going to leave my second rod in the car and just fish senkos only... I'm happy I didn't.
everythingthatswims reply :
On 2/11/2016 at 1:22 PM, HeavyTwenty said:Largest @ ~19-20 inches (took a photo of him along my rod and then measured my rod when I got home).
Fattest @ ~18-19 inch:
Rest of them here: http://imgur.com/a/4WSAv. This pond skunked me a few months ago when I only used a weightless senko. First hour today I didn't get a single bite on a senko again. Even when I pitched a senko to a missed fish from the chatterbait, they didn't bite until I tied on a mini jig w/ craw trailer, which caught them fine. First two casts with chatterbait both caught fish. This is actually only the second time I've caught fish with a non-topwater moving lure from the bank... spinners, chatterbaits, and crankbaits seem to never work for me in small ponds (I've gotten them to work fine on big lakes from my kayak). I was going to leave my second rod in the car and just fish senkos only... I'm happy I didn't.
What state are you in?
buzzed bait reply :
On 2/12/2016 at 12:01 AM, everythingthatswims said:What state are you in?
somewhere nice and warm, as evidenced by those tropical trees in the background!!
HeavyTwenty reply :
On 2/12/2016 at 12:01 AM, everythingthatswims said:What state are you in?
Jacksonville FL.
Rest of them: http://imgur.com/a/YIAvx
Went kayak fishing at a new lake. Didn't bring my net or fishfinder because access to the lake was difficult... ended up losing a 21-23 inch bass while trying to lip him (I didn't want to flip a 5+lb bass). This raged me so I went back to shore and got my net and fish finder out of the car, but unfortunately just caught dinks for the next hour until winds forced me into a creek (the wind was blowing me across the lake with my 5 lb anchor). All of the fish from the lake were caught near a 5 to 10 ft drop off. Only caught one in the creek. The creek looks ridiculously good for warm water fishing. I'm guessing there aren't many in there during the winter.
Water temperature was 55-58F. About 6 inch visibility. Air temp 65F. 5-15 mph winds.
All of the fish were caught on a strike king bitsy mini jig (probably 1/4 oz but I can't remember) w/ pumpkin craw trailer. They refused to bite blue/black brush hog t-rigged 1/4 oz, white chatterbait, blue/black chatterbait. Missed one while pitching a junebug zoom speed craw 1/2 oz. Probably a dink because he almost pulled it off the hook. The 20+ inch bass had the most subtle bite (I felt no feedback when I tried hopping it, so I just set the hook twice to be safe)... the most intense bite came from that 10 inch dink (I set the hook so hard on the dink that he was launched about 6 ft into the air).
BooyahMan reply :
Couple more from today. Stuck a couple other nice sized ones (possibly bigger) but they all spat the hook. What a thrill in February!
I've been meaning to merge my two favourite things in fishing: centerpinning and Bass. Well, I finally did it today.
Now time to hunt for a bigger one on the pin!
clh121787 reply :
fishinfiend reply :
Nice fish !!
few fish from Friday and Saturday caught on kietech noisy flapper
BooyahMan reply :
Another couple from the other day. February has been surprisingly good to me (knock on wood).
Bass newb reply :
3lb 3oz it's big for me!
everythingthatswims reply :
On 2/20/2016 at 3:59 PM, Bass newb said:3lb 3oz it's big for me!
I have no experience with spots but I'm pretty sure 3# is a nice spot for anyone! Our state record is only 4lbs7oz
Cyacnba reply :
Caught 3 bass today on my new Aldebaran and finesse jigs. I never imagined I would be fishing at this time of the year in Boston
HeavyTwenty reply :
My first frog fish (14 inch). I seen my frog go under, but thought my line got stuck under a brush branch as I was moving it. Set the hook when it didn't immediately resurface.
First swim jig fish (17 inch)
My first sight fish (15 inch). Looks like she was bedding in real shallow waters (1 ft). It didn't really look like a bed, but I spent about 15 mins trying to get her to bite, and then a 2nd smaller fish showed up and kept hitting the jig I was using without mouthing it. Eventually I got the big one with a Snake'O Stick.
Also spotted my first gators while kayaking.
I stopped dangling my legs over the sides of the kayak.
Bass newb reply :
On 2/21/2016 at 3:46 AM, everythingthatswims said:I have no experience with spots but I'm pretty sure 3# is a nice spot for anyone! Our state record is only 4lbs7oz
Big spot in last weeks tourney was 4lb 8oz Jordan Lake Alabama!
everythingthatswims reply :
Had some fun on the hot side today, fish on the right was 4.46, didn't weigh the other. Everything else I caught was little.
Derekbass02 reply :
On 2/22/2016 at 7:12 AM, everythingthatswims said:Had some fun on the hot side today, fish on the right was 4.46, didn't weigh the other. Everything else I caught was little.
What bait is that in the second picture? Looks awesome!
everythingthatswims reply :
On 2/22/2016 at 9:45 AM, Derekbass02 said:What bait is that in the second picture? Looks awesome!
Mattlures Hardgill. "Heavy Floater"
Hog Basser reply :
Well, my nephew and his buddies got to go out to our fishing lake yesterday and I couldn't be prouder. They got a 20 incher and a 23 incher! Caught about 10 crappie and several more smaller bass too. I will finally get to go again weekend after next and can't wait. I wet my line a little bit on Beaver Lake this weekend, but that water was like chocolate milk from all the rain over the winter and I didn't have the right tackle. They caught these on the private 60 acre lake I'll be going to next.
lo n slo reply :
On 2/20/2016 at 3:59 PM, Bass newb said:3lb 3oz it's big for me!
nice spot
BooyahMan reply :
This fish fought way harder than its size. I was thinking 5+ and was surprised when it finally surfaced.
Gundog reply :
On 2/21/2016 at 9:32 AM, HeavyTwenty said:
Also spotted my first gators while kayaking.
I stopped dangling my legs over the sides of the kayak.
Yea no reason to tease the toothy dinosaurs!!!
Bluebasser86 reply :
Well, I'm doing my best to make good on my 2016 goal of learning how to fish a drop shot. They're not monsters, but any fish is huge when you catch it doing something you're trying to learn at. I was using a 7' 3" ML/XF Ethos with a 25 size President spooled with 5lb Maxima ultragreen with a YUM Warning shot in Oxblood/red.
gardnerjigman reply :
It's great little puddle to try new techniques on!
J._Bricker reply :
We don't have gators to contend with Heavy Twenty, only sea lions. And just like Sea World or the zoo, they know when feeding time is. I'm refering to weigh-ins at the dock. I'm hoping these drop shot fish weren't on their menu this past Saturday ... Continued good fishing everyone, JB
Hog Basser reply :
Well....my nieces fished our lake this last weekend and tore 'em up! We keep everything between 10"-15" to keep the lake from getting overcrowded and they caught 20 in that slot! (we need to cull about 1,000 per year per biologist recommendations) Plus, they got a nice 4-5 pounder to boot! (released that one) This weekend it's my turn and I hope I have some pictures similar to this to share.
gardnerjigman reply :
Great fish. You have to cull 1000 15-20" fish per year? Man that seems like a lot of your big spawn fish.
Hog Basser reply :
On 3/2/2016 at 2:22 AM, gardnerjigman said:Great fish. You have to cull 1000 15-20" fish per year? Man that seems like a lot of your big spawn fish.
Oops, typo, I meant 10"-15". I'll edit that. Thanks for catching.
gardnerjigman reply :
On 3/2/2016 at 3:18 AM, Hog Basser said:Oops, typo, I meant 10"-15". I'll edit that. Thanks for catching.
Lol, I was in shock!
Hog Basser reply :
On 3/2/2016 at 3:54 AM, gardnerjigman said:Lol, I was in shock!
We'd have some world records if that was our mid-to-small range! I wish.
buzzed bait reply :
On 3/2/2016 at 4:10 AM, Hog Basser said:We'd have some world records if that was our mid-to-small range! I wish.
i was about to ask you what it would cost me to fish there if that's the case!!
Hog Basser reply :
On 3/2/2016 at 5:35 AM, buzzed bait said:i was about to ask you what it would cost me to fish there if that's the case!!
Ha, I'm still figuring this lake out, we've had it less than a year and it's about a 3 hour drive away from me. Once I get it dialed in real good, there's a possibility we may open it up to outside fishermen as a weekend retreat with a lodge, etc., but right now that's a long way off and we may decide not to do it at all. There's a ton of stumps and trees in it, so all you can use are small aluminum jon boats and trolling motors. It was a private hunting and fishing club (one of the oldest continually operating ones in the state) since 1921 until we bought it, but the fishing lake was created in the mid-90's.
buzzed bait reply :
On 3/2/2016 at 5:45 AM, Hog Basser said:Ha, I'm still figuring this lake out, we've had it less than a year and it's about a 3 hour drive away from me. Once I get it dialed in real good, there's a possibility we may open it up to outside fishermen as a weekend retreat with a lodge, etc., but right now that's a long way off and we may decide not to do it at all.
the more people i meet, the less i like people!! keep that baby to yourself and family!!
everythingthatswims reply :
The river is finally fishable again. Went for an hour in the snow after school, caught two small ones. Happy with that!
chubaka reply :
This little chunker...
fishinfiend reply :
nice!
Hog Basser reply :
21" and 5.19 pounds this morning, just stopped for lunch and going back out again. We got about 5-6 crappie and another 6-8 bass in the 12-15 inch range too! The 5 pounder went back and we're culling the rest to keep the pond healthy. I will update with a full report and accurate numbers for the weekend when we're done.
Hog Basser reply :
Total count for today was 22 bass and 4 crappie (on bass lures). I was a little off on the crappie count earlier, but that's why I write down everything, to get clean records at the end of the day.
Burtonxj reply :
shimmy reply :
On 3/7/2016 at 4:15 AM, Burtonxj said:
nice, but the beard steals the show.
Fishin Ethan reply :
Caught these two dinks yesterday. Size can only increase from here
fishinfiend reply :
nice!
EricTheAngler reply :
Caught this beauty on a strike king midnight special since the water was so muddy.
Hog Basser reply :
Our total count for the weekend came out to 39 bass and 7 crappie! Largest was still my 5.19 lbs bass pictured above from Saturday. I caught the big one and most of the others on a rebel crawfish crankbait. Also caught a couple on a booyah spinner bait, booyah hollow-body frog and a football jig with a curly tail grub trailer. My dad caught almost all of his on a Norman Quarterback in gold color (he doesn't stray from his confidence bait very often, but hey, it works). Here's a pic of the two largest crappie, about 14.5 inches and 1.65 lbs each.
HeavyTwenty reply :
Pitching seems to be working again. Didn't get a weight because she started flailing when I put her in the water to let her breathe. I should have used the net. Probably 3.5 lb.
rest here: http://imgur.com/a/0uKZh
6 for 6 while pitching strike king twin tail menace. 1 for 3 on swim jig. Pretty sure one was bedding and just attacking the jig, the other managed to jump the hook while I tried pulling it about ~150 ft through grass. 0 for 2 on frog. They were small fish so I assume they had trouble swallowing the frog. Spotted a giant 8+ lb bass roaming through a spot I already pitched to. She didn't seem to be bedding.
Broke my Dobyns heavy rod on accident at the end of the trip... probably won't be able to fish here till I get that replaced in two weeks.
J._Bricker reply :
Great story and pic Heavy 20. Sorry to hear about the rod, hope it was on a hook set....
ethan-333 reply :
dont know weight. 20 inches exactly. on a tube in 2 feet of water
Cyacnba reply :
4.5lb bass caught on my first cast with a jig! I only had 45' to fish today, and caught 2 bass and 1 pickerel within 30', all on jigs
Joey Bass reply :
Caught just at dusk on a football jig with Pit Boss trailer. First fish of the year! I'll take it!
5 pounds 6 ounces, 21" long fatty...
everythingthatswims reply :
no.7 Shad Rap
Bass newb reply :
Chain Pickerel in Alabama!
everythingthatswims reply :
On 3/14/2016 at 8:06 AM, Bass newb said:Chain Pickerel in Alabama!
How's that thumb?
Bass newb reply :
On 3/14/2016 at 10:07 AM, everythingthatswims said:How's that thumb?
I was careful to keep it way way on the front where there were almost no teeth. I've never caught such an athletic fish before. Bass are like power lifters compared to this high jumping sprinter. I was so excited when she was on the hook. She darted back and forth faster than any bass I've ever caught.
That is quite some fish in your sig. I haven't had a whole lot of luck bass fishing recently.
everythingthatswims reply :
On 3/14/2016 at 10:43 AM, Bass newb said:I was careful to keep it way way on the front where there were almost no teeth. I've never caught such an athletic fish before. Bass are like power lifters compared to this high jumping sprinter. I was so excited when she was on the hook. She darted back and forth faster than any bass I've ever caught.
That is quite some fish in your sig. I haven't had a whole lot of luck bass fishing recently.
I held one one time thinking I would be able to stay away from the teeth easily. Then it got angry and I had my hand tied up in my t shirt for a few minutes to stop the bleeding! We have an "other species" pics thread now too btw
Master Bait'r reply :
On 3/5/2016 at 12:07 PM, chubaka said:This little chunker...
Whoa!! Nice fish!!!
In other news I got out on lunch and called out the rest of the afternoon it was so darn nice. Ended up bein a good idea- First Larry of 2016! It's on!!!
Western-Mass-Bass reply :
Congrats on a nice bass
everythingthatswims reply :
Bluebird skies and a high pressure system had the fish doing something I sure couldn't figure out. Two babies, one brown one and one green one was all I ended up with, but it was the first brown one of the year! When I was throwing the swimbait, the largemouth knocked a ton of slack in the line he hit it so hard and my heart skipped a couple beats until I swung and he skidded in across the surface.
Ski reply :
My partner (Boat owner) and I spent Tuesday, Wed and Thursday on the FP-13.
This was our third trip of 2016 and our expectations were high as this is typically our best month for size and numbers, we have had some 100 fish days in March with an occasional trophy class(10Lb +), but also have had some days when you would think there was not a fish in the lake. We normally start in January and fish till June when the air temps reach high 90's, no breeze and the hydrilla gnats can carry you off.
On Day 1 we found the ramp crowded again with out of state, and out of county tags.
We ran to an area known as the "nursery" because of the hard bottom and numerous stumps and apparently the word was out because by sun rise there were 20 boats with us and everyone catching fish. That bite lasted till around 1 P.M.
On day 2 we beat the morning fog that settled in on the lake and held back a lot of boats so we had the nursery just about to ourselves for about 1.5 hours.
Day 3 the fish had been beat up pretty bad by now in the nursery and the bite was off by 9 A.M. and we only had 9 with no picture fish(5lb or better) so we relocated to another area as we know as the totem pole were we found a school of fish and ended our day there.
Again stick baits were responsible for the lion's share of catching with a few spinner bait, crank bait, Texas rig ribbon tail worm and swim baits.
Air Temp- Highs, mid 80's, Lows mid 60's.
Mostly cloudy.
Wind - 5-10 Variable.
Rain- 0.
Barometer reading- low.
Day 1. Caught and released 27, Two 7 lbs, One 6 lb, Two 5 Lbs.
Day 2. Caught and released 37, Three @ 6lb, Three @ 5 lbs,
Day 3. Caught and released 32, Largest was 6 lb, Two @ 5 lbs.
R/ Chris
Ski reply :
On 3/10/2016 at 3:57 AM, ethan-333 said:dont know weight. 20 inches exactly. on a tube in 2 feet of water
Two feet of water, tail worn way down and bloody, appears to be a bedding fish.
My guess is to 41/2-5Lb. 20"x20"x20" divided by 1600=5.0
R/ Chris
lo n slo reply :
19" 4.04 lbs
ethan-333 reply :
On 3/20/2016 at 3:48 AM, Ski said:Two feet of water, tail worn way down and bloody, appears to be a bedding fish.
My guess is to 41/2-5Lb. 20"x20"x20" divided by 1600=5.0
my guess was 4.5
i really need to invest in a good scale
gardnerjigman reply :
Buddy stuck a good one while we were pond hopping today.
Molay1292 reply :
Nice one!
Ski reply :
On 3/20/2016 at 10:18 AM, gardnerjigman said:Buddy stuck a good one while we were pond hopping today.
Yes, He did !!
R/ Chris
everythingthatswims reply :
On 3/20/2016 at 3:48 AM, Ski said:Two feet of water, tail worn way down and bloody, appears to be a bedding fish.
My guess is to 41/2-5Lb. 20"x20"x20" divided by 1600=5.0
R/ Chris
Looks like her tail is just curled up to me
Bass newb reply :
New personal best with this hog. Look at that yapper.
Ski reply :
On 3/20/2016 at 11:28 PM, everythingthatswims said:Looks like her tail is just curled up to me
Have seen them open.
Have seen them closed.
Have seen them damaged.
But never half curled.
R/ Chris
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everythingthatswims reply :
On 3/20/2016 at 11:54 PM, Ski said:Have seen them open.
Have seen them closed.
Have seen them damaged.
But never half curled.
R/ Chris
The camo on his shirt looked like the bottom half of her tail haha, I didn't look closely
Bluebasser86 reply :
Someone not from the KC area finally took me up on my invitation to come fish, and what a day to do it! Kickerfish1 and his friend joined me for a day chasing smallmouth. We had wind, rain, snow, and sleet, but we caught over 50 fish with several pretty nice ones in the mix. You can see the snow in the last picture of kickerfish1 with his nice smallmouth. Believe it or not, it snowed a lot harder than that for quite awhile.
wnspain reply :
Hugo OK
My buddy's 6.4 and my 5.3
Ski reply :
Nice fish !!
EvanT123 reply :
First one of 2016. Felt pretty good!
Jar11591 reply :
On 3/23/2016 at 5:24 AM, EvanT123 said:First one of 2016. Felt pretty good!
Nice smallie. I guess that means the fish are biting around here. I gotta get out there!
Master Bait'r reply :
It's really nice to see people posting in this thread regularly again!
Joey Bass reply :
Slowly but surely (Very slowly), picking them off one at a time. Only 3rd fish of the year but another quality one at 3 lbs 14 ounces, 19" long? On a white spinnerbait this time.
Fishin Ethan reply :
First South Carolina Bass and boy was it great. My friends and I guesstimate that the fish was 4lbs. That ties my PB!!!!! Super stoked and I have found a new SC honey hole. Water conditions were in the 40s with the cold front. I did see some fish crusing the banks. Caught it on a 10 inch BPS Tourment Seris size 4 offset hook Texas RIgged. So happy hopefully this bass will jump start 2016
Afishionado reply :
Got this one on my last trip a couple days ago.. not sure of the weight at all unfortunately .. I was guessing possibly 5lbs? It's my biggest to date in my long and illustrious two whole weeks I have been bass fishing lolllllll
everythingthatswims reply :
On 3/23/2016 at 8:05 PM, Fishin Ethan said:First South Carolina Bass and boy was it great. My friends and I guesstimate that the fish was 4lbs. That ties my PB!!!!! Super stoked and I have found a new SC honey hole. Water conditions were in the 40s with the cold front. I did see some fish crusing the banks. Caught it on a 10 inch BPS Tourment Seris size 4 offset hook Texas RIgged. So happy hopefully this bass will jump start 2016
Nice fish, but your thermometer may be wrong!
Loochy88 reply :
First fish of the year worth mentioning. Pulled from the meramec river this evening on a black/blue rage blade.
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HeavyTwenty reply :
Had an awful day. Caught 4... out of 15 hits. Started off well enough with 2 catches on a trick worm. Swapped over to a fluke to practice it (second time using it), caught the first one, and then missed 5 in a row. Started using a spook puppy and missed 5 in a row.... I don't know how a bass could miss a stationary top water twice in a row, but it happened three times. At that point I was raging, but I caught another on the fluke and missed another.
Most of the misses felt like short strikes. Normally I'd just delay my hookset by 1-2 seconds so they could get the lure in their mouth, but these guys were just hitting and running. On the first miss I almost dropped my rod because it ran so fast.
Unfortunately most of the bass looked sick. http://imgur.com/a/ZAaEI
Bass newb reply :
On 3/26/2016 at 8:44 AM, HeavyTwenty said:Had an awful day. Caught 4... out of 15 hits. Started off well enough with 2 catches on a trick worm. Swapped over to a fluke to practice it (second time using it), caught the first one, and then missed 5 in a row. Started using a spook puppy and missed 5 in a row.... I don't know how a bass could miss a stationary top water twice in a row, but it happened three times. At that point I was raging, but I caught another on the fluke and missed another.
Most of the misses felt like short strikes. Normally I'd just delay my hookset by 1-2 seconds so they could get the lure in their mouth, but these guys were just hitting and running. On the first miss I almost dropped my rod because it ran so fast.
Unfortunately most of the bass looked sick. http://imgur.com/a/ZAaEI
Dayum. They look hungray! Can't worry about the shortstrikes. They sometimes do that. I guess they don't really want it, they just want it to stop.
Joey Bass reply :
Was able to pick up another nice one today using a swimbait. It was 4 lbs 2 ounces, 20" long. On my 3rd cast, but was unable to bring any others in.
Bass newb reply :
This dude got lucky 2x. First, it appears as though a baby osprey got ahold of him and then dropped him....
Then I got him and released him.
EvanT123 reply :
caught this one Thursday, had to get ready for family Friday. Going out today looking for his mama. Working nights has me feeling like I'm a day behind.
Master Bait'r reply :
On 3/24/2016 at 9:43 AM, Loochy88 said:First fish of the year worth mentioning. Pulled from the meramec river this evening on a black/blue rage blade.
Something definitely tried to munch him, and it was semi-recently. Wherever you were fishing, go back there with the biggest swimbait you can throw!
Loochy88 reply :
On 3/26/2016 at 8:37 PM, Master Bait'r said:
Something definitely tried to munch him, and it was semi-recently. Wherever you were fishing, go back there with the biggest swimbait you can throw!
I didn't pick up on that, but now looking at the picture I dont know how I missed it. What would be swimming around in the Meramec River (st louis county) that would try to snack on a 2 lb bass I wonder???
Bluebasser86 reply :
On 3/27/2016 at 9:51 AM, Loochy88 said:I didn't pick up on that, but now looking at the picture I dont know how I missed it. What would be swimming around in the Meramec River (st louis county) that would try to snack on a 2 lb bass I wonder???
A 5 or 6 pound pass or any catfish over 10 pounds. A big snapping turtle, osprey, or blue heron could do it as well. The cut makes me think a heron narrowly missed a large meal.
Ski reply :
Farm Pond-13 2016
Master Bait'r reply :
On 3/27/2016 at 3:59 PM, Bluebasser86 said:A 5 or 6 pound pass or any catfish over 10 pounds. A big snapping turtle, osprey, or blue heron could do it as well. The cut makes me think a heron narrowly missed a large meal.
I was thinking catfish given the lack of teeth marks and the force to crush like that, but that could easily be a big bass too. Looks like it grabbed him and gave him a good shake.
yeah I'd be back there ASAP wetting lines haha
MIbassin reply :
Master Bait'r reply :
On 3/27/2016 at 11:48 PM, MIbassin said:
You know it's illegal to fish for manatees right? Lol
chubaka reply :
She couldn't stand the trap....
buzzed bait reply :
Managed to find 3 fish Saturday Evening, all of them on the spinnerbait. Don't know why i've brought the other rods lately because I've only caught them on the spinnerbait my last 3 or 4 trips out!! This was the medium one, had a tiny one shake off right at the kayak. The bigger one was about 3# but i thought there was another fish with it so i tossed it back and immediately went back to casting, so no pics, but it was 17.5" on the hawg trough. And no, did not catch "the other one"!
All 3 fish were in about a foot of water which may not be a huge deal considering the place i was fishing is only about 6-8 feet deep for the most part. But man what a rush when you see that torpedo waking behind your bait!!!!!! And i also love that they were loving my homemade skirt yet again, until i snapped that pretty puppy off halfway through the day! you can bet I'll be tying up some more of that lovely "Tarheel" skirt this week!
wnspain reply :
On 3/27/2016 at 11:48 PM, MIbassin said:
That thing is a tank, unless of course dwarfism runs in your family. In any case, that thing looks ginormous!!
HeavyTwenty reply :
On 3/29/2016 at 3:12 AM, buzzed bait said:
I've never seen a rod storage like that on a kayak... I might copy that.
Bluebasser86 reply :
On 3/29/2016 at 11:11 AM, HeavyTwenty said:I've never seen a rod storage like that on a kayak... I might copy that.
I've been looking for a solution to rod storage since I can't really use a crate with my dog on the back. I think that just might be it.
Ski reply :
Florida Stick Marsh/Farm pond -13
buzzed bait reply :
On 3/29/2016 at 11:11 AM, HeavyTwenty said:I've never seen a rod storage like that on a kayak... I might copy that.
On 3/29/2016 at 1:29 PM, Bluebasser86 said:I've been looking for a solution to rod storage since I can't really use a crate with my dog on the back. I think that just might be it.
you boys are in luck then!! cheap as you'll find! i kinda got the idea from @Fishing Rhino with that cool setup he has on the canoe in his avatar.
I took 2 of the cheap vertical rod hangers that i already had, trimmed up the foam pieces and figured out an easy way to mount them on the yak. the front one is held in by the bungee that was already there, just ran it though the screw holes on either side of the mount. the back one is mounted with the scotty holder that was already on the kayak when i bought it, just ran a bolt/nut through the mount and that holds it in place.
Works pretty well if i may say so myself! only thing to be mindful of is that the rod tips are out in front of the kayak so when i'm skipping around docks and stuff i have to just pay attention and not let them get too close to the dock. but since i've had these, i've never dealt with the rod/lure caught on a tree limb situation that i used to have. also makes it super easy to switch back and forth from one rod to another while standing up and fishing.
Ski reply :
Stick Marsh/FarmPond-13
everythingthatswims reply :
They were in 1-2FOW, the backs of pockets and coves were up to 4 degrees warmer than the main lake, and bass knew it. Even a 4" senko spooked them. Ended up slow rolling a weightless 4" swing impact, and it turned out pretty well!
WolfyBrandon reply :
[ March 31, 2016 ]
First Bass of 2016...
Release...
WolfyBrandon
Ski reply :
Lake Kenansville Fl.
Joey Bass reply :
How about we trade some of your best Florida bass for some of our best Illinois bass? I would definitely improve my PB
On 4/1/2016 at 8:57 PM, Ski said:Lake Kenansville Fl.
Ski reply :
On 4/1/2016 at 10:10 PM, Joey Bass said:How about we trade some of your best Florida bass for some of our best Illinois bass? I would definitely improve my PB
How about we trade some of your Illinois deer for some of Fl's best bass ??
Come on down whenever you like and trail your boat.
R/ Chris
Gundog reply :
Finally got out friday for some fishing on the Susquehanna river. The amazingly warm nights we've been having really turned the fish on.First one bit a crankbait after that I switched to a in-line terminator spinnerbait. Caught 4 altogether. Only 1 was under 2 pounds. In the "I"m lucky to be alive" category while I was fishing we had some really heavy winds. A tree broke off at its base and came crashing down about ten feet from me. I only got hit by some of the smaller branches, nothing but a few cuts and scrapes on my arms.
Hurricane reply :
My first bass of the year here in Buffalo.
Jd_Phillips_Fishin reply :
Badin was tough today... only got 2 fish but I got the right ones.
This one was right at 6lbs. Caught it on a junebug colored lizard
Total was 2 fish 9.5lbs
fishinfiend reply :
nice fish bro!
Joey Bass reply :
On 4/1/2016 at 10:20 PM, Ski said:How about we trade some of your Illinois deer for some of Fl's best bass ??
Come on down whenever you like and trail your boat.
R/ Chris
Since I don't deer hunt, I will let you have what you want. Although some of my buddies would be pissed?
Will definitely make a trip down that way eventually (After the kids graduate)?
Love seeing those big bass. Keep showing pics!
Jd_Phillips_Fishin reply :
On 4/3/2016 at 6:01 AM, fishinfiend said:nice fish bro!
Thank you sir
Ski reply :
Stick Marsh, Back Lot.
WolfyBrandon reply :
[ April 02, 2016 ]
Today was just one of those special days... Recently on March 28, 2016 there was snow on the ground... the last few days have had temperatures in the high 60's, and today the temperature reached 70. The sky was partly cloudy with moderate wind, and the pressure was falling... It seemed everyone knew it was a great day for fishing as you could constantly see bass boats running up and down the lake all day long...
Bass #1
Bass #2
Bass #3
Jerkbait Modification to Suspend...
Pike #1
Battle Scars...
Bass #4
Bass #5
Bass #6
Bass #7
Pike #2
Bass #8
Bass #9
^Catching that last & largest one on the Spro McStick (Old Glory) as the sun was going down... was awesome.
Though it can be tough, I Absolutly Love Fishing The Pre-Spawn!!! 
WolfyBrandon
wnspain reply :
Wife's first bass
2nd
Ski reply :
You are a lucky Man !!!!!!!!!!!!!
I need not say anything more.
Ski reply :
Stick Marsh / FP-13
gardnerjigman reply :
Finally. Went 5.87lbs. I think the .87 was in her throat lol. Kicker curse busted!
J._Bricker reply :
Nice fish! Yup, I'd say the .87 was in her throat creating that big ole belly!
Vinson reply :
Wish I had a scale to weigh this one. Caught her dropshotting a trick worm on 10lb test. What do you guys think she weighs.
fishinfiend reply :
thats a good one!
5 pounds or so would be my guess
wnspain reply :
I agree with fishinfiend, 5lbs. give or take a little
Ski reply :
On 4/5/2016 at 7:32 AM, fishinfiend said:thats a good one!
5 pounds or so would be my guess
On 4/5/2016 at 7:15 PM, wnspain said:I agree with fishinfiend, 5lbs. give or take a little
This ^^^
Ridi620 reply :
On 4/4/2016 at 8:59 PM, Ski said:Stick Marsh / FP-13
is that a baby bass coming out of her, but your bottom hand?
Ski reply :
On 4/5/2016 at 7:15 PM, wnspain said:
Partially digested swim bait I removed from it.
(NASTY)
R/ Chris
fishinfiend reply :
On 4/5/2016 at 8:22 PM, Ridi620 said:is that a baby bass coming out of her, but your bottom hand?
lol hope you are joking
Ridi620 reply :
On 4/5/2016 at 9:42 PM, fishinfiend said:lol hope you are joking
um well is it? that really did not answer my question there Darth
wnspain reply :
The "New Florida" strain of livebearing bass 
gardnerjigman reply :
On 4/6/2016 at 12:04 AM, Ridi620 said:um well is it? that really did not answer my question there Darth
| Once the nest is built, the female will arrive and lay between 2,000 and 40,000 eggs, depending on her size. The male will stay and guard the eggs, which will hatch in about a week. When the fry (group of baby fish) hatch, they will stay in the nest for another week. |
Ridi620 reply :
On 4/6/2016 at 12:07 AM, gardnerjigman said:
Once the nest is built, the female will arrive and lay between 2,000 and 40,000 eggs, depending on her size.
The male will stay and guard the eggs, which will hatch in about a week.
When the fry (group of baby fish) hatch, they will stay in the nest for another week.
Yea I guess that was a dumb question haha. Totally didn't think that through. So what is sticking out of her?
gardnerjigman reply :
He said i was a partially digested swim bait. (soft plastic)
Ski reply :
On 4/6/2016 at 12:12 AM, gardnerjigman said:He said i was a partially digested swim bait. (soft plastic)
This ^^
fishinfiend reply :
On 4/6/2016 at 12:04 AM, Ridi620 said:um well is it? that really did not answer my question there Darth
On 4/5/2016 at 8:36 PM, Ski said:Partially digested swim bait I removed for it.
(NASTY)
R/ Chris
Did the swim bait you pulled out smell bad?
WolfyBrandon reply :
[ April 04, 2016 ]
Two days after my previous fishing day, a cold front moved through the area dropping both the air temperature, and a lot of rain. Late that evening there was even a bit of thunder and lightning...
It's spring, pre-spawn, and the bass want to move shallow. I figured the cold front would probably push them back out deep where things are more stable. The forecast predicts nine good days of clear warm weather after the front, so the question is... how long will it take for the bass to move back shallow and for the fishing to turn back on?
- - - - - - - - - -
[ April 05, 2016 ]
Well today while I was at work, the sky was partly cloudy with a good amount of wind. I was trying to decide which day of the week might be best to try fishing again. I was even considering today if the weather stayed nice enough, but thought it might be too early as it was only the day after the front. That's about the time I found this...
Well... that settles that, I decided to answer my own question and fish today to see what comes of it... so at 4:30pm I headed out in the boat with my 5 combos & gear. This was the result...
Bass #1
Bass #2
Bass #3
Bass #4
Bass #5
Bass #6
All were caught on 3 of the 5 combos.
WolfyBrandon
Ski reply :
On 4/6/2016 at 2:52 PM, WolfyBrandon said:thought it might be too early as it was only the day after the front. That's about the time I found this...
Looks as though the front is still sitting on top of ya.
Looking @ the water the wind looks to be light.
I am guessing the fishing will begin to worsen a little as post front conditions move in (high pressure, wind/breeze, sun)
Nice fishing.
BillyBassMaster reply :
Caught this on a all white spinnerbait with a Colorado blade
21.5 inches
5.09 pounds
WolfyBrandon reply :
On 4/6/2016 at 8:10 PM, Ski said:Looks as though the front is still sitting on top of ya.
Looking @ the water the wind looks to be light.
I am guessing the fishing will begin to worsen a little as post front conditions move in (high pressure, wind/breeze, sun)
Nice fishing.
1.) The radar image was taken the day before, it passed over and the sky was partly cloudy on the day I fished.
2.) There was a good amount of wind during the day (I was fishing the protected side of the lake where the wind was less.)
[ April 06, 2016 ]
3.) Today the sky was clear, sunny, light wind, and the pressure was high (above 30.00 in)... Result?
Bass #1
Bass #2
Bass #3
Bass #4
My 4 Friends Say... The Power of Pre-Spawn > Post-Frontal Conditions.
Unfortunately, I only caught 4 today, and couldn't get that last one for a 5 fish limit. The lack of numbers however was made up for in size of the fish though. I fished clean with no losses, caught all fish on 2 of the 5 combos.
Did I mention I love Pre-Spawn?
WolfyBrandon
Ski reply :
Now that is high pressure, You know your not suppose catch fish under those conditions.
Nice job.
R/ Chris
Stick Marsh/FP-13
NEjitterbugger reply :
Had a beast of a fish get off right under the canoe on my second cast of the outing but I still nailed some nice chunky pre-spawn fish to make up for it.. Stuck with the catchem caro uncle manny minnow and got 6 fish that morning, water is still pretty cold up here..
WolfyBrandon reply :
[ April 07, 2016 ]
More High Pressure (30.00-29.98 in), Clear, Post-Frontal Conditions...
I've been waiting for this day for over a week, as it was originally forecasted to be one of the warmer days (75). I had hoped it would be the day that a large number pre-spawn bass would be drawn to the shallows to feed before the upcoming spawn. I even got one of my co-workers involved and he planned to take a friend out in his boat to also fish today. I headed out in the boat around 4:30pm and fished till 7:40pm, here are the results...
Bass #1
Bass #2
Bass #3
Bass #4
Bass #5
It took some work, but I got it done... Caught the 5th one in the last 5 min before I had to call it a day and head back. It took a bait change to make things work today... I will check with my co-worker tomorrow, and update this with his results.
(Co-Worker's Results: Caught 1 Largemouth ~12'', & 1 large Crappie - was fishing warmer muddy water)
WolfyBrandon
Ski reply :
My partner and I, Stick Marsh / FP-13 and a couple good ones.
Hog Basser reply :
On 4/8/2016 at 9:21 PM, Ski said:My partner and I, Stick Marsh / FP-13 and a couple good ones.
Those are some monsters! Get a weight and length on any of them?
Ski reply :
On 4/8/2016 at 11:07 PM, Hog Basser said:Those are some monsters! Get a weight and length on any of them?
Pic 1. 9.11oz
Pic 2. 10.05oz
We do not photo nor weigh unless 5 + lbs.
fishinfiend reply :
whoa that is a dandy!
Joey Bass reply :
On 4/8/2016 at 11:28 PM, Ski said:
Pic 1. 9.11oz
Pic 2. 10.05oz
We do not photo nor weigh unless 5 + lbs.
Wow! You guys are catching monsters. Based on your criteria, here's a photo of mine...
Ski reply :
On 4/9/2016 at 1:41 AM, Joey Bass said:Wow! You guys are catching monsters. Based on your criteria, here's a photo of mine...
Trail your boat and come on !
Jtrout reply :
Two lil slobs after work lol both ate a zara puppy spook
WolfyBrandon reply :
[ April 08, 2016 ]
Today turned out to be the warmest day so far (76), with the pressure rapidly falling from 30.02-29.65 in. The sky was bright and clear, and I continued my search for pre-spawn bass...
I loaded the boat up with my gear and 5 combos, and left the marina around 4:30pm... How did I do today?
Bass #1
Bass #2
Bass #3
Bass #4 "Boom Shakalaka G-G-G-G-Giant Bass!"
Bass #5
Caught my 5 fish today, and left them biting as it was getting dark and I had to head back. There is a bass tournament scheduled for this Sunday on the 10th, which gives me one more day before the lake gets heavily pressured (& No, I'm not in the tournament). It's been fun watching bass boats fly by all week long, while caching these good fish... (All >12'') There was only 1 day that I encountered one, which proceeded to fish right in front of me - in the exact area I was fishing while I was taking pictures of a bass I just caught. I watched him pass over the area twice with no luck, then get on plane and cruse out of there... I continued fishing as he was leaving and proceeded to catch two more right behind him.
WolfyBrandon
Hog Basser reply :
Did a little creek bassin this morning with my boys, caught 3 in about 15 minutes (attention spans of a 3yo and 18mo don't last longer than that)...
Having trouble getting photos uploaded
Sorry, something weird happened there
Hog Basser reply :
A few more pics
sorry, hard to upload right from my iPad, keeps duplicating
HeavyTwenty reply :
Two of my largest fish in the last two weeks:
Blind in one eye, big tear in side mouth. He's probably been caught 3+ times. Weighed in at 2 lb 14 oz, but he has the head of a 4+ lb.
3 lbs 14 oz.
Was fishing a pond across the street from my house and seen a top water explosion so big that I thought it was a gator. I eventually made my way over to the spot and seen the largest bass of my life. She wouldn't bite and I found out that someone caught her the next day with live bait. She was 12 lbs.
WolfyBrandon reply :
[ April 09, 2016 ]
Last day before the bass tournament tomorrow... The weather was nice - clear sky, moderate wind, 74 degrees as a high, and pressure around ~29.65 in. I got an earlier start since it's the weekend, and headed out in the boat around 1:00pm...
I continued my search for pre-spawn bass, here is today's results...
Bass #1
Bass #2
Bass #3
Bass #4
Bass #5
Bass #6 (First Largemouth Bass of 2016)
Fished up until 7:20pm, and decided to call it a day...
It turned out to be another great day, caught some nice bass. Sadly, I lost two today... one ~1.5 lb-er I hooked on the jerkbait managed to shake off while fighting it to the boat, & another good one ~3lb+ managed to come unbuttoned from the soft plastic even with the rod loaded up and a tight line... idk what happened - if it was just skin hooked, or I didn't get a good hookset... I really wish I could have added that one to the caught list - would have made today even better.
Still debating when I will fish again... it's been so good lately I really hate to miss a day, but with the tournament pressure and other things I need to get done It might not be until next week. Soon the smaller male buck bass will begin moving up and start creating beds. Going to miss having days like I've had this past week...
WolfyBrandon
Ski reply :
Partner and I @ FP-13
Jon G reply :
Haven't been out since December since life has been in the way. Had two hours to kill yesterday and decided to go to a pond since I haven't gone pond hopping in years. Brought my 7' MH St Croix Legend Elite with a Shimano Metanium Hg and 16lb Sunline FC Sniper. First fish of the year caught on a black and blue Siebert Outdoor Brush Jig with a Netbait paca chunk in black and blue with the tips dyed chart. Weighed in at #5.04
MIbassyaker reply :
Jeez, you guys are whackin 'em. I've got snow in my yard and a work/life to-do list that will keep me grounded through the end of the month...
Ski reply :
Retirement is GREAT !!! Getting old SUCKS!!
Partner and I @ Stick Marsh / FP-13
NEjitterbugger reply :
No scale but this was a THICK fish, biggest of the year for me, action is going to start getting real good!
A-Jay reply :
On 4/10/2016 at 3:29 PM, WolfyBrandon said:[ April 09, 2016 ]
Last day before the bass tournament tomorrow... The weather was nice - clear sky, moderate wind, 74 degrees as a high, and pressure around ~29.65 in. I got an earlier start since it's the weekend, and headed out in the boat around 1:00pm...
I continued my search for pre-spawn bass, here is today's results...
Bass #1
Bass #2
Bass #3
Bass #4
Bass #5
Bass #6 (First Largemouth Bass of 2016)
Fished up until 7:20pm, and decided to call it a day...
It turned out to be another great day, caught some nice bass. Sadly, I lost two today... one ~1.5 lb-er I hooked on the jerkbait managed to shake off while fighting it to the boat, & another good one ~3lb+ managed to come unbuttoned from the soft plastic even with the rod loaded up and a tight line... idk what happened - if it was just skin hooked, or I didn't get a good hookset... I really wish I could have added that one to the caught list - would have made today even better.
Still debating when I will fish again... it's been so good lately I really hate to miss a day, but with the tournament pressure and other things I need to get done It might not be until next week. Soon the smaller male buck bass will begin moving up and start creating beds. Going to miss having days like I've had this past week...
WolfyBrandon
Super Painted up & Pretty Smallies ~ And that Green Bass is no slouch either
Congrats
A-Jay
Jtrout reply :
So after work yesterday i went to my favorite pond and everything was going wrong/bad. Got my truck stuck in the mud soon as i pull up got it out went to the pond immediately lost 2 lures lol bunch of hang ups, stepped in the water and wasnt catching anything. My brother called me and siad he was comi g by so were fishing and he gets his new bait caster all wind knotted up so i offer to get it out and tell him to use my rods so he picks up the spook rod and first couple of casts lands this 3 lber. He was so happy and excited it made my whole crappy evening into me just being happy seeing him catch a decent one.
lo n slo reply :
went out on Lake Noman for a few hours this afternoon. we caught 18 and my cousin hooked this 3.24 lb spot.
Jd_Phillips_Fishin reply :
On 4/13/2016 at 6:46 AM, lo n slo said:went out on Lake Noman for a few hours this afternoon. we caught 18 and my cousin hooked this 3.24 lb spot.
Norman is on fire right now. I'll be fishing it Thursday. Can't wait!
lo n slo reply :
On 4/13/2016 at 12:13 PM, Carolina Bassin said:Norman is on fire right now. I'll be fishing it Thursday. Can't wait!
are you fishing in the Operation North State tourny for wounded warriors on Thursday? i had planned on it but we have a barn job to begin.
Ski reply :
Another day on FP-13
Jtrout reply :
On 4/14/2016 at 12:29 AM, Ski said:Another day on FP-13
Dang u guys r cleaning up out there! Nice bass!
YoTone reply :
first catch ever on the chatter bait. she's a hair off of 4 lbs.
Jd_Phillips_Fishin reply :
On 4/13/2016 at 9:04 PM, lo n slo said:are you fishing in the Operation North State tourny for wounded warriors on Thursday? i had planned on it but we have a barn job to begin.
Yep, we'll be taking a veteran out on Norman tomorrow.
Ski reply :
On 4/14/2016 at 1:30 AM, Jtrout said:On 4/14/2016 at 12:29 AM, Ski said:Another day on FP-13
Dang u guys r cleaning up out there! Nice bass!
We are just about all post spawn now.
There might be a small % of row laden females but for the most part they are done. And again we did not get a GIANT.
But any one cast here can really surprise ya.
There are still some grown ones lurking about.
WolfyBrandon reply :
On 4/12/2016 at 10:40 PM, A-Jay said:Super Painted up & Pretty Smallies ~ And that Green Bass is no slouch either
Congrats
A-Jay
Just wanted to say thanks for all the likes everyone... unfortunately I've caught a really bad bug which has put me down since Sunday. Not sure if it's allergies as there was a ton of pollen all over me when I was fishing on Saturday, or if I wasn't careful and got bacteria from the fish. As far as symptoms go you name it I've had it from top to bottom. This is the first day I've even had the energy to turn my computer on, let alone think about fishing. Believe I'm feeling better now as I'm taking medication, but it is that time of year and a lot of people are getting sick, just a warning you can never be to careful...
WolfyBrandon
A-Jay reply :
On 4/14/2016 at 10:25 AM, WolfyBrandon said:
Just wanted to say thanks for all the likes everyone... unfortunately I've caught a really bad bug which has put me down since Sunday. Not sure if it's allergies as there was a ton of pollen all over me when I was fishing on Saturday, or if I wasn't careful and got bacteria from the fish. As far as symptoms go you name it I've had it from top to bottom. This is the first day I've even had the energy to turn my computer on, let alone think about fishing. Believe I'm feeling better now as I'm taking medication, but it is that time of year and a lot of people are getting sick, just a warning you can never be to careful...
WolfyBrandon
A-Jay
everythingthatswims reply :
The pointer 78 nabbed the first two smallies of the year for me in the little river/stream near my house. The water is unusually clear for this time of year, typically it is green with 3-4' vis, right now it's so clear that it looks like the water isn't even there. Sure was fun watching them chase down the jerkbait! Now that the little ones have moved up into the stretch behind my house, the big ones won't be far behind.
Gundog reply :
Fished for 4 hrs today and only caught 1 but she was a good one.
Jd_Phillips_Fishin reply :
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Had a blast yesterday fishing in a wounded warriors event. We caught about 25 fish. Our vet had fun all day long and really enjoyed it. Going out again tomorrow hoping to have another good day again.
MDBowHunter reply :
4.76 from today, caught one other around 3.5 just didn't take a pic, and a bunch of pikerel.
Jar11591 reply :
I got to one of my home lakes this morning expecting some hot pre-spawn action, but things never go to plan. This particular lake has ZERO weeds or cover except for downed and overhanging trees along the bank. This is THE ONLY cover on the lake and the only spots that hold fish so they are usually pretty easy to locate. When I got there this morning, I was very disappointed to see that, due to the lack of snow melt this year, the water level was down by about 15 feet, leaving the over-hanging and fallen trees on dry land about 10 feet away from the water. And to make matters worse, the water was very muddy (its usually gin clear) and a few degrees cooler than I was anticipating. I knew it would be tough fishing but decided to put the boat in anyway. I did manage my first bass of the year, a tiny one, and that was it. Felt good to smell fish again, and this little guy happened to be my first Ned Rig fish..thumb.jpg.17750e145e5dcb2c7a7084f3757d0f22.jpg)
fishingfan25 reply :
Had my college club Tournament yesterday and absolutely smoked them, beat the other teams by over 9 pounds. My two biggest went 7-6 and 6-11
Hog Basser reply :
Had a great weekend! I got a 3.45 pounds 20 3/4 inch one and my nephew got a 3.55 pounds 20 incher.
Total for the weekend was 57 bass, 5 crappie, one bream.
Same fish, no long-arm.
Jd_Phillips_Fishin reply :
Caught 22 on Saturday, had a few that spit the hook. No size at all though.
BillyBassMaster reply :
My first bass on my new bass boatwas a dink
Ski reply :
A couple from FP-13, will be heading back for a 4 day adventure on Sunday.
R/ Chris
everythingthatswims reply :
First nice topwater fish of the year. About a 3 and a half on a spook jr. Getting to be that time!
Jar11591 reply :
First two good ones of the year.
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Ski reply :
On 4/24/2016 at 6:46 PM, Jar11591 said:First two good ones of the year.
Good start! Amazing difference in regions, I only have a month of my season left while our brothers to the North are just kicking it off.
We stop fishing 1 June as the temps are "just to darn HOT"
Jar11591 reply :
On 4/24/2016 at 7:34 PM, Ski said:Good start! Amazing difference in regions, I only have a month of my season left while our brothers to the North are just kicking it off.
We stop fishing 1 June as the temps are "just to darn HOT"
A month from now up here will only be mid-spawn lol. That's too bad you only have a month left in your season, because I love seeing all the pictures of the lunkers you have been posting.
Ski reply :
On 4/24/2016 at 7:53 PM, Jar11591 said:A month from now up here will only be mid-spawn lol. That's too bad you only have a month left in your season, because I love seeing all the pictures of the lunkers you have been posting.
Heading down for a 4 day adventure this afternoon. Air Temps already mid 80's and if the wind is not between 10-15 the Hydrilla gnats carry ya off.
Jar11591 reply :
Fishing wasn't as fast-paced as my last trip out, but I did manage three good ones in just two hours, including two surprise smallmouth. I have never gotten a smallie out of this lake in 4 years of fishing it, and never heard of them being caught here either. I ended up with TWO good ones. I could not believe it!
Texas-Rigged Rage Tail Structure Bug.
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Wacky-Rigged 5" senko
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MDBowHunter reply :
The biggest of the day @ 4.05, caught about 10 others between .75 and 3 lbs
EvanT123 reply :
On 4/25/2016 at 7:07 AM, Jar11591 said:Fishing wasn't as fast-paced as my last trip out, but I did manage three good ones in just two hours, including two surprise smallmouth. I have never gotten a smallie out of this lake in 4 years of fishing it, and never heard of them being caught here either. I ended up with TWO good ones. I could not believe it!
Texas-Rigged Rage Tail Structure Bug.
Wacky-Rigged 5" senko
Texas-Rigged Rage Tail Structure Bug.
Very Nice, I have heard there was some smallies in that lake, you just proved it!! you can probably thank hurricane Irene for that!
Turkey sandwich reply :
Spring football season!
WIGuide reply :
Two of our biggest from the tourney this weekend. 
Logan S reply :
Two toads from Lake Gaston this past weekend. These 2 anchored a big bag that helped me jump from 14th after day 1 all the way to a second place finish. If I could have just made one more cull on the first day I would've probably won the whole thing . The big one was 6-1, the other one was around 5. Both caught on a @Siebert Outdoors Dock Rocker jig .
Siebert Outdoors reply :
Awesome!!
A-Jay reply :
On 4/26/2016 at 3:37 AM, Logan S said:Two toads from Lake Gaston this past weekend. These 2 anchored a big bag that helped me jump from 14th after day 1 all the way to a second place finish. If I could have just made one more cull on the first day I would've probably won the whole thing
Great Bass
Congrats
A-Jay
everythingthatswims reply :
On 4/26/2016 at 3:37 AM, Logan S said:Two toads from Lake Gaston this past weekend. These 2 anchored a big bag that helped me jump from 14th after day 1 all the way to a second place finish. If I could have just made one more cull on the first day I would've probably won the whole thing
You're making me look bad lol. Did you end up fishing near holly grove Marina at all?
NEjitterbugger reply :
These were caught within a few days of each other both on a swim jig with a rage craw, left one went 4.7 and the right went 5.7, not sure why the right photo is turned but she's there..
Logan S reply :
On 4/26/2016 at 5:34 AM, everythingthatswims said:You're making me look bad lol. Did you end up fishing near holly grove Marina at all?
Different weekend man , fishing got better each day I was there from Wednesday on. You guys had the tougher fishing last weekend.
I fished downlake, Stonehouse was the furthest uplake I went...But I essentially fished everything between there and the dam. All the major creeks plus a bunch of main lake cuts/coves on both sides.
MDBowHunter reply :
4.05# the vision 110 has been money so far this year!!!
GLK reply :
Not a big one but to pretty not to share
YoTone reply :
after early success with the jig and craw its been almost 2 months of failure with that combo. but today i was able to hook this 3 pounder. a few minutes later after this catch i thought i got it snagged on a branch before realizing it might be a big bass but as soon as that thought came into my head it popped off. im still kicking myself for not at least trying to set the hook. i remember reading the jig tips and they say when in doubt set the hook. im still a rookie at this game so i still have a lot to learn.
Weld's Largemouth reply :
5.5 lb pig on a wacky rigged zoom centipede.
EvanT123 reply :
My usual prespawn spot for lack of a better term has been crapped on. Quite literally I think someone may have dumped a port a john up stream or something. So I've been struggling to find decent or any fish lately.
just when I was starting to feel the frustration this girl brought me back to life.
Got this one too, glad I found a new spot. I'll be back on it later today.
Turkey sandwich reply :
A few more chubby ladies from last weekend including my dad's PB
Ski reply :
Another FP-13 trip.
Ski reply :
On 4/29/2016 at 2:38 PM, Turkey sandwich said:my dad's PB
Your dad could almost pass for Rick Clunn.
Turkey sandwich reply :
Lol. They both rock the "old dude with a beard" look pretty well.
everythingthatswims reply :
Hopefully the tournament will go as well as practice! This one went 4.3, I think I shook off enough for us to catch tomorrow ?
HeavyTwenty reply :
Haven't kayked in a month due to car problems. Finally got a truck yesterday, so...
Caught this guy and thought I had a new personal best, but she turned out to be skinny 5lb4oz
Caught another nice one nearby 4lb14oz on a pitboss (probably my favorite plastic because its so cheap and durable but effective)
Missed something that was at least 30 inches long. Looked too skinny to be a bass, but too thick to be an alligator gar (the lake has a reputation for tons of gar). I'm assuming it was a 6-10 lb mudfish. Funny part is I felt the hookset on that mystery fish was the best one I had all day, but it was the only one I missed.
Rest here http://imgur.com/a/BTE3c. Caught 10 but didn't take a photo of all of them.
everythingthatswims reply :
Had a pretty solid day at Buggs Island. 12.24lbs puts us in 2nd in the state championship on day one. The forecast for day two looks like a lot of rain but we are hoping to scratch our a few before the storm rolls in wth thunder/lightning and shuts us down.
N Florida Mike reply :
Caught 13 on the home lake last evening.Most were caught on senkos and trick worms.Total fishing time was 2 and a half hours.Windy ! This one was the biggest.Caught on watermelon seed trick worm.Caught my PB 30 feet from where I caught this one.
MDBowHunter reply :
Caught this one a few weeks ago thought I posted it but I guess not. This one went 6.47, caught another 10 or so just didnt take pics. Another great day thanks to the vision 110!!!
Master Bait'r reply :
On 5/1/2016 at 8:10 PM, MDBowHunter said:Another great day thanks to the vision 110!!!
Dang that's pretty!
Some fish I've caught I really wish I had an HD scan/shot of the scale pattern. I kind of wonder why that isn't more of a thing- having a binder of "whole fish" shots next to a close up of just their side pattern would be pretty cool IMO. You could also tell when you caught the same fish again, as the markings are unique.
Bluebasser86 reply :
Finally sort of getting the hang of catching fish out of the kayak. Setting the hook has been a difficult thing for me to figure out, but I'm getting there. Made the best of the 2 hours I had at a really tough lake.
lo n slo reply :
this one isnt a giant but it's pouring rain here this morning so i thought i'd check in. we've been catching alot of fish this spring, mostly spots in the 1.5-2 lb range on Lake Norman. i've been fishing another, smaller lake, alone on early weekend mornings. yesterday i caught over 40 fish including ths 19" LM that went a little over 3 and a quarter. yall take care.
Weld's Largemouth reply :
lo n slo reply :
WOW!
fishingfan25 reply :
been having a good run of big fish lately
this one ran 7-5
YoTone reply :
had the crazy itch to sneak out of work 20 min early. a tad under 3 lbs on a tiny jig.
Jd_Phillips_Fishin reply :
On 5/1/2016 at 10:04 PM, lo n slo said:i've been fishing another, smaller lake, alone on early weekend mornings.
Would that be Mtn. Island?
Brikon reply :
Motor Oil Zoom Trick Worm on a Shakey Head
GLK reply :
Good evening on the lake
fishingfan25 reply :
been keeping my big fish streak alive, 6.4lbs on a 8.5 inch glide bait
lo n slo reply :
we drove up to Lake Hickory today and had to work hard for 8 fish, all large mouth, including this one i caught, that went close to three and a half
Joey Bass reply :
Was able to get 1 nice catch Monday after work at a local pond (5 lbs 2 oz). Picture quality was horrible, sorry.
Master Bait'r reply :
Joey that is a basketball with fins!
Ski reply :
Couple post spawn from FP-13.
Starting to get pretty warm around the lakes come mid afternoon.
Will not be long before the boat and tackle get put up for the year.
Going back down on Sunday for a four day adventure.
roadwarrior reply :
Nice fish!
A-Jay reply :
On 5/6/2016 at 7:56 PM, Ski said:Couple post spawn from FP-13.
Starting to get pretty warm around the lakes come mid afternoon.
Will not be long before the boat and tackle get put up for the year.
Going back down on Sunday for a four day adventure.
Nice ~ Congrats
You guys have been one them good.
Good Luck on your next adventure but something tells me you'll probably do OK.
A-Jay
scaleface reply :
First trip of the year . Cold temps puts the bass spawn on hold , pulling them into slightly deeper water into the heaviest cover . Texas rigged Jelly worms caught them . 4 over the slot , 2 under .
Master Bait'r reply :
First time back out in a couple weeks early this AM. It rained, was a bit windy and cold but who cares, I needed it. Caught a couple dinks and a few panfish that were approaching too-big-for-the-pan sized, but no big bucketfaces today.
Bluebasser86 reply :
I started out slow, but figured them out pretty good on a tough lake in the last 3 hours of the day.
MIbassyaker reply :
First time out this year on friday morning for a few hours, then a few more this morning today. Water was 52 friday, 54 today. Mostly i was itching to try some new setups, new lures, and make a renewed effort at some lower-confidence presentations (jerkbaits, jigs, dropshot) after a winter of reading up on them. I caught 5 total; not many, but some very satisfying firsts:
-- first bass of the year, on a duo spinbait 80 (also first ever spybait fish)
-- first bass I have ever caught on a drop shot -- forced myself to make it happen, finally!
-- first time catching a bass on a baitcaster. I resolved to learn baitcasting this year, so I have 4 new rods and reels to break in...2 are now officially broken in with successful catches.
--first time catching a bass on a jig with a skirt of my own making -- a 3/8 siebert brush head with a green pumpkin/watermelon/purple skirt
--first time catching a bass on a bladed jig I assembled myself -- I put together a barlows head, split ring, blade, snap, and tied my own skirt...sort of a "baby bass color", black, whisky-green on back, and translucent white underneath. The biggest fish (3.1) took this one. Botched the only pic I had, sorry. Next time...
WolfyBrandon reply :
[ May 11, 2016 ]
The spawn is approaching, the small male buck bass have taken over the shallows and soon will be creating beds. Caught 5 today, first of which turned out to be the largest (Fish of the Day), and I managed to capture the catch on video...
Enjoy,
WolfyBrandon
jtipton91 reply :
Caught this little lady last weekend skipping a dock with a senko. Caught another of similar size on a 3.8? swing impact on an owner underspin.
Big Easy Bassin' reply :
A 4 pounder and a 3.5 from the past week. Got the 3.5 last Thursday after work and the 4 on Saturday. Those NOLA City Park post-spawn bass have been biting really good the past couple weeks
Ski reply :
A few from this week.
Weld's Largemouth reply :
Master Bait'r reply :
I keep forgetting to post pics! Been a struggle just finding time to get out lately, and the fishing has been pretty tough to boot. Still better than not being out!!
Tons and tons of huge panfish lately too, might have to bust out the cast iron to lay down the law soon!
Derekbass02 reply :
Did a bit of smallmouth fishing over the last 2 days. I have caught 6 Smallmouths with the biggest being 18 inches long
Bluebasser86 reply :
Had my best day so far from my kayak yesterday. 35 fish in 1 hour and 45 minutes on my home made bladed jig and a YUM beaver with a 4lb 2oz on the bladed jig being the biggest.
Master Bait'r reply :
On 5/18/2016 at 4:31 PM, Bluebasser86 said:Had my best day so far from my kayak yesterday. 35 fish in 1 hour and 45 minutes on my home made bladed jig and a YUM beaver with a 4lb 2oz on the bladed jig being the biggest.
While you were having your best day yet I was having my worst. Two foul hooked crappies was all I could manage yesterday. Lol. I didn't even catch a buzz!
GoCougs14 reply :
Girlfriend caught a nice one the other day.
buzzed bait reply :
On 5/18/2016 at 8:55 PM, GoCougs14 said:Girlfriend caught a nice one the other day.
2 keepers there....
Ski reply :
Pair of 7's
Derekbass02 reply :
This is my attempt at an underwater picture of a smallmouth me and my brothers have now caught 3 times on 3 straight days. I caught 2 more nice ones today with the biggest being around 17 inches
DevinFishing29 reply :
Did some Smallmouth fishing over the last 3 days! There was a lot of fish in shallow and on beds! Super fun fish! - I can't upload the pictures because it says you can only upload them if they are less then 7.1 MB or something like that.
Derekbass02 reply :
On 5/19/2016 at 1:09 AM, DevinFishing29 said:Did some Smallmouth fishing over the last 3 days! There was a lot of fish in shallow and on beds! Super fun fish! - I can't upload the pictures because it says you can only upload them if they are less then 7.1 MB or something like that.
I think only 1 picture can fit on a post unless you make the picture smaller or something. Here's one I caught this last monday.
gardnerjigman reply :
On 5/18/2016 at 8:55 PM, GoCougs14 said:Girlfriend caught a nice one the other day.
Smallie has some awesome color!
Burtonxj reply :
Terrible picture (I still shake like a leaf when I get a fish in) but had a good evening fishing the spoils on the Potomac. Weather was awesome. This was one of the better fish. Caught it on a t rigged baby brush hog thrown on some wood.
Also did a bunch of shad fishing at Fletchers. Good time catching these guys, but man are they dumb. Used the go to shad darts. Caught ~50 of these guys over a couple days.
QUAKEnSHAKE reply :
Here is one from 5/17 close to 4 pounds
WolfyBrandon reply :
[ May 18, 2016 ]
WolfyBrandon
Derekbass02 reply :
On 5/19/2016 at 2:51 PM, WolfyBrandon said:[ May 18, 2016 ]
WolfyBrandon
How big is that one?
WolfyBrandon reply :
[ May 19, 2016 ]
WolfyBrandon
Logan S reply :
I did some homework and figured out how to get way upriver on the lake my next tournament is at. I was getting sick of all the jet boat guys bragging about the awesome smallmouth fishing that us glass boat guys couldn't get to....Nothing gigantic but a lot of decent sized smallies were caught and they are a ton of fun up in that current . We'll see if I can give them a run for their money this weekend!
boostr reply :
I'll just leave this here...
GoCougs14 reply :
More ned rig catches, Its the perfect technique for my girlfriend
j bab reply :
Excited to say I got a new PB last night Here's the link
WolfyBrandon reply :
[ May 21, 2016 ]
Today is the full moon, bass are currently on beds, and should be spawning. I was really looking forward to heading out in the boat today to look for some nice ones, but sadly the weather was anything but conducive for it...
Overcast sky with both wind and rain, and chance of thunderstorms...
I waited till 3:00pm to see if the conditions would improve a bit... and that's about when the rain became off and on spotted showers. Decided I was up for the challenge, and fished around the marina until 7:30pm. Caught 3 small Bass & 3 Crappie...
WolfyBrandon
Logan S reply :
5lb 6oz anchor to a 19 lb 10oz bag and a tournament win this weekend . I did run up the river and gave the jet boat boys a run for their money. Put together about 15 lbs of smallies but just could not upgrade more than an ounce or two at a time. It was very hard to leave 2 and 3 lb smallies biting...But I ran all the way downlake and went flipping for some big LM's and got this one plus one pushing 4 lbs that culled up to my final weight. One of those days where everything went right!
3lb smallmouth selfie from way up river, lots of cookie-cutters like this up there.
A-Jay reply :
On 5/6/2016 at 7:56 PM, Ski said:On 5/23/2016 at 5:34 AM, Logan S said:5lb 6oz anchor to a 19 lb 10oz bag and a tournament win this weekend
3lb smallmouth selfie from way up river, lots of cookie-cutters like this up there.
Triple Congrats on a Great Bass - A Killer Bag - and the Tournament Win.
You saw your plan through nicely.
A-Jay
MIbassyaker reply :
Two of six from this morning. Top one went 3.75; bottom one about 2:
Derekbass02 reply :
A nice 3 pounder I caught this last saturday. I caught her on a BPS Stick-O. I also caught 3 Smallies today.
Zach P reply :
This 4lb 10oz LMB was part of my 17lb 8oz bag that helped me secure my first win as a co . I had my limit by 8:30 am on a dropshot bite that stayed hot throughout the entire morning. It was tough to put it down, but I could not cull out a few of my smaller 14 and 15 inch fish with that technique. I picked up a homemade jig sometime around 11 am and made 3 or 4 critical culls including the fish in this photo. It was an awesome Saturday!
HistoryNerd27 reply :
After a week of fishing lake Anna from my boat and catching nothing over 3 lbs, I decided to fish a local pond today. Ended up pulling in this 4 lb 7 oz fish on a drop shot. New personal best! Who needs those big lakes anyways
Advantage reply :
Here's pics of 4 of my 5 best from Saturday that went for 21 lbs. (4.75, 4.5 4.5, 4.2, and 3.5, one of the 4.5's I forgot to get a pic after weighing)
Ski reply :
Long Day and FP-13
EvanT123 reply :
I'm liking the easy shiner on a jig head.
everythingthatswims reply :
3.9 & 4.7 in clay colored water from the kayak
Jtrout reply :
On 5/25/2016 at 5:40 AM, everythingthatswims said:3.9 & 4.7 in clay colored water from the kayak
Nice bass what were u throwing?
everythingthatswims reply :
On 5/25/2016 at 10:18 AM, Jtrout said:Nice bass what were u throwing?
First one was in about 6" visibility on a 1/4oz single colorado blade white spinnerbait. I had never actually thrown it but I know you're supposed to use it in muddy water haha. Second one was in water with 1-2' vis so I was just flipping a pegged baby brush hog in willow grass.
HeavyTwenty reply :
New PB, 6lb 12 oz, from my local lake:
I've pitched into this area before and never caught a fish even though it looks like a high probability spot. Today I decided to pitch into the hole and then sip my coffee. When I was done, I lifted the rod tip and the fish struck. The rest of the day was pretty similar... the fish wanted it much slower than how I was fishing throughout spring. Didn't get a single bite on a crankbait, frog, or swim jig today. Caught 8 on trick worm, z-craw, or strike king craw.
From last week:
4lb exact
4 lb 6 oz
Caught another 4 lb 4 oz but couldn't find my phone... left it in the crate.
Bluebasser86 reply :
Spent the day on the water with @kickerfish1 and his dad hoping to put them on some Kansas smallmouth, the fish did not disappoint. Over 100 fish came to the boat, a mix of smallmouth, largemouth, spots, white bass, crappie, walleye, sauger, and drum. The water was still high and muddy from the constant rain, which normally produces tough fishing, but the fish are post spawn and hungry apparently. The white bass and smallmouth were all skinny from their recent spawns, but very active and cooperative, the whites were frustrating at times they were biting so aggressively. Lots of fish were left out just because it's hard to get good video with 3 in the boat.
I fished from my kayak for 45 minutes before a big storm came out of nowhere and chased me off Monday morning, but it was a productive 45 minutes, including my first catfish from the kayak.
WolfyBrandon reply :
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(Only used 2 combos today with 2 baits... both were successful)
WolfyBrandon
Toallhisdoom reply :
Are striped bass allowed?? Haha
40" 24lbs
Live herring. Couple weeks ago on hudson by rensselaer.
kickerfish1 reply :
To piggyback on Bluebasser86's post here are some of the memorable photos of the brief but fun trip to KS.
S. Sass reply :
Caught yesterday evening at Pat Mayse Lake. Biggest yet from my SeaArk ZX180 I purchased a few weeks ago. 6 1/4lbs caught on RAW08-271 4.5 Inch long swimbait.
WolfyBrandon reply :
[ May 26, 2016 ]
Catching Dinks on Large Baits...
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Catching Giants on Small Baits...
WolfyBrandon
BigBen77 reply :
black and blue arkie jig with a georgia craw zoom u-vibe speed craw. same for both fish! (7.5 btw)
N Florida Mike reply :
On 5/26/2016 at 7:05 AM, HeavyTwenty said:New PB, 6lb 12 oz, from my local lake:
I've pitched into this area before and never caught a fish even though it looks like a high probability spot. Today I decided to pitch into the hole and then sip my coffee. When I was done, I lifted the rod tip and the fish struck. The rest of the day was pretty similar... the fish wanted it much slower than how I was fishing throughout spring. Didn't get a single bite on a crankbait, frog, or swim jig today. Caught 8 on trick worm, z-craw, or strike king craw.
From last week:
4lb exact
4 lb 6 oz
Caught another 4 lb 4 oz but couldn't find my phone... left it in the crate.
Nice fish man.You in the Jax area?
Will Wetline reply :
Finally got around to getting a spring clamp so I don't have to stick a big, dull hook through a fish's jaw.
All fish from central Massachusetts' Quabbin Reservoir. The first two took a Duo Realis Spin Bait 80, the third ate a GYCB 5" Hula Grub, T-rigged.
fishinfiend reply :
great job guys!
ErikmonBillsfon reply :
HeavyTwenty reply :
On 5/28/2016 at 9:14 AM, N Florida Mike said:Nice fish man.You in the Jax area?
Yeah, I'm at the Orange Park side.
Bluebasser86 reply :
Twice in 3 weeks I caught a new kayak PB. Same lake as the last one, but this time it was 4.43 pounds.
everythingthatswims reply :
A brown one and a green one
Master Bait'r reply :
Pulled a few dinks this morning, along with about a 20# snapper I had to cut off lol... It was nice to get out though! Work has been brutal.
This is the only pic I could manage of the snapper's nose. He was not happy. It's been a while since that's happened!
Ski reply :
A couple Memorial Day weekend, FP-13 over nighters.
everythingthatswims reply :
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Here are photos of both sides of this super cool hyperpigmented melanosis fish, caught her today on a wacky senko. Weighed 4.56lbs
A-Jay reply :
On 5/31/2016 at 3:32 AM, everythingthatswims said:
Here are photos of both sides of this super cool hyperpigmented melanosis fish, caught her today on a wacky senko. Weighed 4.56lbs
Cool ~ That's Old Blackie . . . . .
A-Jay
WolfyBrandon reply :
[ May 29, 2016 ]
Sunday, Memorial Day Weekend...
Bait Selection for Today... a Mix of Soft Plastics & Search Baits as the Bass should be transitioning from Spawn to Post-Spawn. I know bass were recently on beds, but due to frontal conditions and missed days, I'm unsure exactly how far along they are. (I'm currently still looking for signs of bass fry...)
As expected, being Memorial Day weekend, there was quite the crowd. Lot's of boat's, jet ski's, etc, which turned the lake into a washing machine of waves. It was also a windy day with strong gusts of wind which added to the frustration of casting and boat control. It was also Sunday, so I was expecting high fishing pressure from both Friday & Saturday. All in all, it was one of those days if you keep your wits about you, and remain positive - you will be rewarded...
Caught a total of 12 bass today, and that's with only fishing till 6:30pm (started at 2:00pm), because I decided to call it early and head back to record videos of the local live band "Tell the Boy's".
WolfyBrandon
YoTone reply :
5lbs, smashed my previous personal best by over a pound this past weekend.
jig and craw.
boostr reply :
My sorry bag...
Did find new favorite lure though, The Ned Rig with a Hula Stickz.
HeavyTwenty reply :
Forced myself to learn how to use crankbaits yesterday at a pond without too much weeds. Was rewarded today with this beast
8lb 15oz
Caught her on an Academy H20 CRS chartreuse crankbait in about 4-5 ft of water. I hit a weed, then jerked the crankbait off, she thumped it hard immediately after. Completely swallowed it. Took photos of the weigh-in and release for Florida Trophy Catch. The fight was actually disappointing. Reeling her in she felt like a 1lb bass + weeds attached... barely any pull. When she seen the kayak and net, she went crazy and charged a few times, took about 30 ft worth of line through the drag. Still, the fight was easier than Rodman Reservoir 3lbers I caught last week. She barely even moved my unanchored kayak...
5lb 5oz, first bass of the day on the frog. This guy actually fought. Pulled my yak about 25 ft through top water grass.
WolfyBrandon reply :
[ May 30, 2016 ]
Monday, Memorial Day 2016.
Today's Bait Selection...
The final day of my three day weekend, I headed out in the boat and started fishing around 5:30pm. I arrived at my first spot and could see that the water color had really taken a hit from all the waves over the weekend hitting the shoreline and stirring things up. It had dropped from around 10ft, down to inches...
I spent around 15min fishing high percentage areas, and with no bites - I decided to change location to a new spot where the water color was closer to what it was before... First cast at the new location - I hook into my first fish, which turned out to be a Smallmouth with a strange looking face...
It didn't take long for me to remember why I hate dropshotting so much... as every 1-3 casts I would get hung up on the bottom. (Need to replenish my stock of pencil weights...) I fished till 9:00pm and managed to catch a total of 8 bass, here are the three largest for today...
No giant's, but I'll take what I can get considering the situation. It was a good day on the water, the wind was light and the weekend crowed thinned out in the evening - which was when I started fishing. Caught the last one around 9:00pm, then headed back after the release.
WolfyBrandon
smr913 reply :
Got a couple this past weekend on a Fat Free Fry. 
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Derekbass02 reply :
Did a couple hours of smallie fishing each day for the last 2 days. I have caught 9 Smallies 9 Bullhead and a few Rock Bass. Here's one I caught today on a spook. It was 19 inches and I'm not sure about the weight. It was a pretty thick one. It was one of a bunch of fish that were eating minnows. I was very lucky that I caught her. I set the hook with my line stuck in a stump that was sticking out of the water so I got a terrible hookset. She was barely hooked in the front hook while the line was tangled in the back hook.
Ktho reply :
Fished the drop shot with a 4" bubbling shaker and got a nice bass
slonezp reply :
Couple nice ones from this week
ErikmonBillsfon reply :
Got on a white keitech, also got 2 pike on a rapala BX minnow in CT.
everythingthatswims reply :
Think they wanted a spinnerbait today?
lo n slo reply :
pre-frontal conditions this morning led to some good fishing. check out this 4 pounder with the funk-a-delic coloration. peace
lo n slo reply :
that front kinda stalled out on top of us so i hit the water again this morning. caught over 20 fish, alot of schooled up dink spots, along with this pretty 4 and half pound LM off a brush pile. i got some guy on a jet ski to take this pic. home in time for the race too!
Master Bait'r reply :
Found a really nice new place today. Really secluded and quiet, no houses or roads nearby and only an abandoned adjacent campground. Only a handful of unpicworthy dinks but snapped a nice parting shot. Really going to enjoy getting to know this spot better!
A-Jay reply :
On 6/8/2016 at 6:00 AM, Master Bait'r said:Found a really nice new place today. Really secluded and quiet, no houses or roads nearby and only an abandoned adjacent campground. Only a handful of unpicworthy dinks but snapped a nice parting shot. Really going to enjoy getting to know this spot better!
My kind of place too.
A-Jay
MIbassyaker reply :
Not huge (3.5lb), but it's nice sometimes to re-visit a place you once dismissed as a dink factory, and find out you may have been wrong.
JG233 reply :
This one was a little over 2 lbs. Caught it a couple weeks ago--fought and jumped like hell!
buzzed bait reply :
On 6/6/2016 at 1:37 AM, lo n slo said:pre-frontal conditions this morning led to some good fishing. check out this 4 pounder with the funk-a-delic coloration. peace
what the??? you catch that near McGuire Nuclear plant or something??? holy cow!
lo n slo reply :
On 6/9/2016 at 3:47 AM, buzzed bait said:what the??? you catch that near McGuire Nuclear plant or something??? holy cow!
right down the road from where you used to work. the black is more common, but the greenish stuff, and those eyeballs? fish was pushing 20" and fought like a champ. go figure.
buzzed bait reply :
On 6/9/2016 at 8:59 AM, lo n slo said:right down the road from where you used to work. the black is more common, but the greenish stuff, and those eyeballs? fish was pushing 20" and fought like a champ. go figure.
definitely a duke power mutant!!
Jd_Phillips_Fishin reply :
Snuck out before the sun came up, fished for a few hours, and caught a few
FastVette reply :
One for four yesterday evening in my subdivision pond. Brought in on a Stanley Ribbit on a Eagle Claw Laser Sharp 5/0 EWG w/Keeper. Still getting back into bass fishing, working on my hook set timing obviously with a 25% catch rate. Fish is bigger than he looks. I'm 6'3" and about 280 for reference, lol.
lo n slo reply :
took my cousin today and it was his turn to cash in. blue bird skies and light NE breezes didnt seem to make any difference. this early bird went nearly 4 and half. the biggest weighed in at 5.35 and every bit of 22". she was old though and musta been something to behold in her prime. we hooked over 40 fish today, mixed bag of spots and LM. much fun!
A-Jay reply :
Little Spinnerbait action from this morning. I don't take pics any more - seems it's all video now. Here's a couple of very short ones.
A-Jay
everythingthatswims reply :
I'm at WVU for orientation, but when we drove up yesterday I couldn't help but stop for a few on deep creek lake in MD since it was so pretty. Also caught some smallmouth and largemouth on the river here in Morgantown.
N Florida Mike reply :
Went out in the home lake this morning.The frog bite was decent and caught a few on the 5 inch strike king watermelon Senko.Also got one on a 10 and a half inch red shad culprit.
I decided to try the MLF format for weighing fish.Caught 10.Seven measured over 12 inch for an 11.6 total weight.Fished 3.5 hours.I caught most of the fish spread out.But the wind came up a little around 830 and I caught several then in the same area.I was about to go home and tried the last real good dock before going in.Had a big fish swell up and are the frog but it came off.
Anyway, these were the two best.One on the frog and one on the Senko.
Mike
wytstang reply :
I've had fish come up and grab my top water lures but never had one go air borne. If you ever seen videos from BamaBass on youtube I had that type of explosion (scared me half to death, no really). Mr. Bass completly leaped out of the water and then folded itself making the fastest 180 I've seen. Cavitron buzzbait w/single tail grub (also MegaStrike) used.
The scene
The talented Mr. Bass
slonezp reply :
On 6/11/2016 at 1:40 AM, A-Jay said:Little Spinnerbait action from this morning. I don't take pics any more - seems it's all video now. Here's a couple of very short ones.
A-Jay
A front deck the size of an aircraft carrier and you're in the back of the boat...........
From this morning 
A-Jay reply :
On 6/12/2016 at 3:12 AM, slonezp said:A front deck the size of an aircraft carrier and you're in the back of the boat...........
From this morning
That's where the camera was mounted - I'm still evaluating different spots for their cinematic benefits
You're right though, it is a particularly vast front deck . . .
A-Jay
lo n slo reply :
i stayed home this morning because of the intense heat (waaah). but the next best thing is scrolling thru all these pics. we all share this common bond, a passion and appreciation for fishing. thanks to every one of you for sharing your experiences from all across the nation. keep them coming.
slonezp reply :
On 6/12/2016 at 8:03 PM, lo n slo said:i stayed home this morning because of the intense heat (waaah). but the next best thing is scrolling thru all these pics. we all share this common bond, a passion and appreciation for fishing. thanks to every one of you for sharing your experiences from all across the nation. keep them coming.
We fished 5:30 til 11. Enough time to get in some fishing, and get off the lake before the heat and the drunks hit the water. Had some drunk jagleg talking crap from his dock as we were trolling by around 10am. Guess he thought he was cool standing next to his half million dollar Formula. No fish near his dock either. I figure bass don't like douchebags either
iiTzChunky reply :
Ay, I just stumbled upon this thread. Got my first bass this weekend.
lo n slo reply :
On 6/12/2016 at 11:07 PM, slonezp said:We fished 5:30 til 11. Enough time to get in some fishing, and get off the lake before the heat and the drunks hit the water. Had some drunk jagleg talking crap from his dock as we were trolling by around 10am. Guess he thought he was cool standing next to his half million dollar Formula. No fish near his dock either. I figure bass don't like douchebags either
LOL
MIbassyaker reply :
The Cavitron strikes again!
One of three bass this morning, all 15"-16".
...and a crappie on Berkley Pit Bull, of all things.
MIbassyaker reply :
On 6/13/2016 at 5:30 AM, iiTzChunky said:Ay, I just stumbled upon this thread. Got my first bass this weekend.
AND SO IT BEGINS....
GetBent reply :
Did some damage with ole Ned rig. Couldn't get a bite on anything else. Caught about 12 crappie.
lo n slo reply :
we just happen to be in Florida this week and got to hit Lake Toho early this morning. no giants for me but we did ok til the sun shut things down. thanks to Kip for putting us on the fish.
Master Bait'r reply :
Snuck out for a quick shot today before it was time to do wedding crap and get yelled at for being late for things that don't matter at all. Must say, wish I had just stayed out on the water, it was awesome. The frog bite is ON!!
Man I sure do love froggin'.
kickerfish1 reply :
On 6/19/2016 at 6:17 AM, Master Bait'r said:Snuck out for a quick shot today before it was time to do wedding crap and get yelled at for being late for things that don't matter at all. Must say, wish I had just stayed out on the water, it was awesome. The frog bite is ON!!
Man I sure do love froggin'.
Sweet looking fish and cover to fish! BTW, is that the wedding party attire
Master Bait'r reply :
On 6/19/2016 at 6:40 AM, kickerfish1 said:Sweet looking fish and cover to fish! BTW, is that the wedding party attire
It was today! Lol... I requested that the next meeting happen on the water since we all have kayaks. Nobody objected
Jar11591 reply :
Testing out the new tripod. Gotta move it back apparently lol. I did okay this morning. Once I found the bluegill spawn beds, I found the bass. Even sight fished a couple. Best was 18". I forgot my sunglasses, and got a headache from squinting which forced me in earlier than I would have liked.
James Frise reply :
Caught this nice one on a white spinnerbait from Walmart. I swear sometimes it feels like cheating when using a spinnerbait, they just catch a lot of quality fish.
Jar11591 reply :
A couple shots from the recent fishing/camping trip. Great fishing all weekend. Top-water bite was ON FIRE! Got these guys along with 99% of the bass on a Rapala Skitter Walk. Pictures of the best fish are on a camera which now resides at the bottom of the lake
Most fish were spawned out and skinny, but wanted that Skitter Walk!
iiTzChunky reply :
Got this guy today, nothing special but the only one of the day so far.
Hard to see, but my first fish using a top water frog I've been trying to get one for a couple weeks now with one.
slonezp reply :
Sturgeon bay fathers day weekend 
Gundog reply :
Nice little top water PA bass. Caught it on a Heddon Spit N' Image. A lure I haven't used in about 10 yrs. The morning bite was on that day. Snagged 3 more in a short period of time and then nothing.
boostr reply :
Only one from Friday, and yesterday I got skunked.
MIbassyaker reply :
Best of 15 this morning went 19", but a somewhat "trim" 3.65lb.
This is one of two I caught shallow early on a black/black cavitron, before switching to a finesse worm on a shaky head to probe a steep, weedy dropoff ...and for a little while it was a fish on almost every cast. Mostly dinks, but 2 others about 16".
HeavyTwenty reply :
4lb15oz off of dropshot junebug trick worm nose hooked.
Didn't weigh, but he felt a lot heavier than he looked. Probably close to 5-5.5lb. Pitched a 3/8 t-rig green pumpkin pitboss.
Smallest, but best fight out of the three. I thought I had him foul hooked because he was going nuts, but I had a good hookset in the upper lip. Caught on 1/16 t-rig junebug trickworm. Felt like a 4lber.
Master Bait'r reply :
The last few choices I've made have not panned out in terms of big fish, but they've been beautiful adventures for sure.
Also my gf finally asked to try a BC reel while we were out soaking up some sun... So I let her try the Megabass/DC combo. She loved it!
iiTzChunky reply :
My son hot his very first bass tonight. As you can tell, he was absolutely ecstatic
everythingthatswims reply :
Got on some very DEEP drop shot fish in the kayaks today
clh121787 reply :
had a great first father's day. Maybe one of my best days ever on the water . Atleast 50 fish maybe alot more lost count. But totally wipes out two 20 count bags of of plastics and started on another. And several on the jig as well. Here's 2 six pounders from that day.
lo n slo reply :
caught 19 today in a little over 6 hours. by the time i left at 12:30 it was 88 degrees. but some good ones were biting, including this 2.46 LM, a 2.14 spot, and a 5.82 fattie to top things off. i got several 16-17" spots too. brush piles 10' - 20' deep held the better fish. i threw t rigged worms and lizards.
Jon G reply :
This year I have been doing a lot of bank fishing to get back to my roots. I honestly forgot how enjoyable it is and how much simpler it is. Yesterday I had an hour to kill so I decided to fish a little. I brought one setup a 7'MH 2015 St Croix Legend Elite with a Shimano Metanium HG, which happens to be my favorite. I used a 3/8 oz Picasso Shockblade in Green Pumpkin with a Zoom Z Craw in the same color rigged sideways. Biggest fish weighed 3.7lbs
Ktho reply :
Got some golf course Ned Rig bass and one on a jig.
Kyrazzy7 reply :
My new PB. Caught on Boyd duckett castaic top water.
Jar11591 reply :
Decent morning on the water. This was the best.
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fishinfiend reply :
great fish, gentleman. Very jealous. I haven't caught nothing but dinks lately.
everythingthatswims reply :
When you have a pond full of dinks, you punch with a trick worm.
lo n slo reply :
went out again this morning. a little NE breeze and less humidity felt good. only caught 6 though, but three of them were decent. hooked another pig off a deep brush pile ( 5.64 ) and a ( 2.77 ) off a dock.
Brikon reply :
Zman Chatterbait with Reaction Innovations Little Dipper
iiTzChunky reply :
Took a camping trip to mark Twain Lake, didn't get to go out on the lake but I found a little pond for us to fish. My buddy and his ol lady got their first bass this weekend so hopefully I got them hooked on bass fishing.
Here's the biggest fish of the weekend, a small 1.5 lbs
kickerfish1 reply :
On 6/23/2016 at 5:41 AM, Master Bait'r said:The last few choices I've made have not panned out in terms of big fish, but they've been beautiful adventures for sure.
Also my gf finally asked to try a BC reel while we were out soaking up some sun... So I let her try the Megabass/DC combo.
You let her try the E-DC? That is a risky proposition given the price of the reels now vs 6 months ago. The SP setting would be perfect to have her casting backlash free! Maybe add one of the those rod floater things to that compo in case she gets a bit too excited and drops it for a swim!
Mosster47 reply :
The algae bloom is starting already. Got five really good smallies today, but it was slow slow. Caught all of them on a drop shot.
Master Bait'r reply :
On 6/27/2016 at 11:29 AM, kickerfish1 said:You let her try the E-DC? That is a risky proposition given the price of the reels now vs 6 months ago. The SP setting would be perfect to have her casting backlash free! Maybe add one of the those rod floater things to that compo in case she gets a bit too excited and drops it for a swim!
Right? That should have been kept a secret lol... They flat out vanished!
Master Bait'r reply :
Instead of sending the kids off with my sister to "babysit" (go ride around in the boat and hang out on the river sand bars) I made a last minute call to nix work and join. Brought a couple combos and set up the boy with a Ned rig to try- wouldn't you know it? Kid was killing it! Several smallies today but this chunker had the drag peeling on him for probably about a minute! He was STOKED!!
lo n slo reply :
low clouds and a SW wind hung around til 11 or so this morning. no 5 pounders today but i caught a dozen. this pretty 2.44 Spot and 3.31 LM came off the deeper brush piles.
Big Easy Bassin' reply :
Took a ride out to New Orleans City Park yesterday afternoon to do some bank fishing. Bluebird skies with temps in the 90s (feeling like 100+) with absolutely no wind. When I say bluebird I mean not a cloud in the sky. Hit 4 or 5 spots without a bite. Figured I'd try one of my favorite and most productive spots in the park and finally got on them. Water was low and the fish were much farther out off the bank than usual. Caught 3 LMB. All over 2lbs. Biggest was right at 3lbs. Lost 2 near the bank, one of which I think would have been a new PB. At least a 6.5 pounder. Still a good day.
iiTzChunky reply :
Had my first encounter with current on a river. After throwing out once into the middle to see how much the current would effect my worm I studied my surroundings and found a place I knew was holding bass. First cast at it and nailed this little guy. Felt a lot more then 14oz pulling him in against the current.
Took a quick pic of the area I knew would be holding one as well.
missouribigbass reply :
Been hitting it pretty hard the last few days. The ol booyah buzz bait had been hooking up the best fish lately. Really caught some nice fish the last few days. Texas rig 10 inch ribbon tail had also been doing the trick.
Attila reply :
The jerk bait bite was ON yesterday!! The area had large rocks extending out into a weedbed with a gradual drop off along the way. If I was a largemouth, I told myself, I’d want to live there. With the wind gusting up to 25km/h, a topwater just wasn’t an option. I figured a jerk bait would be the way to go, and I wasn’t disappointed. My first cast produced a largemouth of about 2lbs, and subsequent casts produced fish all the way up to about 3lbs. I purchased a new spinning combo before the trip which I wanted to break in, and these fish were just the ticket for the Daiwa Tatula 7' medium action jerk bait rod and Exceler 2000 reel. I had it spooled with 20lbs Power Pro Super 8 Slick in timber brown with about a 4ft long 8lbs test Seaguar InvisX flurocarbon leader all connected with a uni to uni knot. The bait of choice was a Rapala Shadow Rap Shad in yellow perch. The largest fish of the day, pictured below, came in at about 4 ¾ pounds; it hit like a freight train and ran that leader all over the rocks but it didn’t damage it at all. I’ve really grown to like InvisX over the last couple of years, and this fish just further reinforced that I made the right call. Sorry for the image quality, but I was shaking like a leaf from excitement and there wasn’t much light available at that time due to the clouds that had poured in.
lo n slo reply :
brushpiles not so hot today. did most of the damage on points. caught this one in about 15 fow on a june bug worm texas rigged . welcomed clouds and an easy NE breeze felt nice. got to use my spinning gear today too.
BillyBassMaster reply :
Finally found lake with mostly smallies instead of largemouth. Really have been hooked lately since the first time I actually can catch them in the numbers. Before this week I had only ever caught one smallie.
boostr reply :
Caught my PB at 4lbs 2oz.
Jar11591 reply :
On 7/4/2016 at 11:42 PM, boostr said:Caught my PB at 4lbs 2oz.
Nice fish, @boostr
Jonathan Evans reply :
This baby kept the stink off yesterday. 3:30 in the afternoon and hot as a dog. caught him on a June bug Zoom trick worm with a 2/0 lazer sharp hook and a brad nail in the head.
reb67 reply :
First good size bass on light tackle
4.5lber on 6lb test flo, spinning rig
DrePac3000 reply :
First ever chatter bait fish
Dan Ramsey reply :
On 7/2/2016 at 4:24 AM, Big Easy Bassin' said:Took a ride out to New Orleans City Park yesterday afternoon to do some bank fishing. Bluebird skies with temps in the 90s (feeling like 100+) with absolutely no wind. When I say bluebird I mean not a cloud in the sky. Hit 4 or 5 spots without a bite. Figured I'd try one of my favorite and most productive spots in the park and finally got on them. Water was low and the fish were much farther out off the bank than usual. Caught 3 LMB. All over 2lbs. Biggest was right at 3lbs. Lost 2 near the bank, one of which I think would have been a new PB. At least a 6.5 pounder. Still a good day.
Nice! What were they biting? Got a couple up there Fri afternoon, small ones.
James Frise reply :
New PB
MarkH024 reply :
Here's some from past couple weeks. Been posting down in the "IL" or "FIB" thread if you will. It's been fun but mainly fishing for a BIG bite that seems to be eluding me.
Mosster47 reply :
This high mountain lake near me has good fish, like it's almost impossible to catch a dink. The average fish is a 2lb smallie.
So, it's 37 degrees when I launch and the sun is hitting the water. I motor over to a spot I usually do well at. Drop the TM, big fish, big school if 15ft of water. First cast I'm letting my spinnerbait fall down to 15ft range and my line just picks up and starts moving away. I've never seen such a thing in open water so I reel up and it's solid. At least a 4lb smallie. I get him to the boat and didn't even take him out of the water. I just lipped him and popped the hook out. Grabbed my drop shot rod and went to work. I caught three more around 2lbs.
Worked a little more around the lake and put three more in the boat. I didn't get a picture of the good one because I thought I was in a school of them that size and wanted to get back to fishing right away. Pretty good Monday.
A-Jay reply :
On 7/12/2016 at 3:26 AM, MarkH024 said:Here's some from past couple weeks. Been posting down in the "IL" or "FIB" thread if you will. It's been fun but mainly fishing for a BIG bite that seems to be eluding me.
Very Nice ~ and I'll predict right now that if you stick with your approach (and we both know you will) your Big Bite will come around the 1st of September (New Moon) ~
A-Jay
MarkH024 reply :
Quick session yesterday. They were crushing this bait and they weren't even big. Lots of fun.
bigbassin' reply :
On 7/12/2016 at 6:23 AM, Mosster47 said:This high mountain lake near me has good fish, like it's almost impossible to catch a dink. The average fish is a 2lb smallie.
So, it's 37 degrees when I launch and the sun is hitting the water. I motor over to a spot I usually do well at..
It's the middle of July and still in the 30's for you?
Mosster47 reply :
On 7/15/2016 at 10:10 PM, bigbassin' said:
On 7/15/2016 at 10:10 PM, bigbassin' said:It's the middle of July and still in the 30's for you?
Yeah up there it is. The lake is 4,700 feet in the middle of a mountain range. It won't stay above the 40's at night until mid August.
If you went by the textbook water temperature do bass spawning there they wouldn't spawn until September lol.
Bluebasser86 reply :
Had the pleasure of fishing with @roadwarrior yesterday. It was tough but I still got to introduce him to some of the locals
A-Jay reply :
On 7/16/2016 at 7:40 PM, Bluebasser86 said:Had the pleasure of fishing with @roadwarrior yesterday. It was tough but I still got to introduce him to some of the locals
July's always tough ~ but That's a Nice One !
Congrats
A-Jay
On 7/15/2016 at 8:20 PM, MarkH024 said:Quick session yesterday. They were crushing this bait and they weren't even big. Lots of fun.
Nice Bass Skeletor ~
Fishing looks pretty good there in Eternia.
Congrats
A-Jay
Master Bait'r reply :
On 7/16/2016 at 7:40 PM, Bluebasser86 said:Had the pleasure of fishing with @roadwarrior yesterday. It was tough but I still got to introduce him to some of the locals
I absolutely love RW sightings. Nice fish!!
Dwight Hottle reply :
On 7/12/2016 at 3:26 AM, MarkH024 said:Here's some from past couple weeks. Been posting down in the "IL" or "FIB" thread if you will. It's been fun but mainly fishing for a BIG bite that seems to be eluding me.
Nice looking swimbait fish Mark. That big bite will happen sooner or later. Keep chucking.
Dypsis reply :
First snakehead of the season. Hardest fight of my life. No scale but it's a nice one.
Master Bait'r reply :
On 7/17/2016 at 6:37 AM, Dypsis said:First snakehead of the season. Hardest fight of my life. No scale but it's a nice one.
*calls home*
"heat up the grease, we're havin a fish fry!"
MarkH024 reply :
Cool looking fish!
Bluebasser86 reply :
NoBassPro reply :
Nice Michigan bass. 5.5 - 6 lbs on that scale.
boostr reply :
On 7/17/2016 at 3:56 PM, Bluebasser86 said:
What were you chucking, a chatterbait on the first couple
Bluebasser86 reply :
On 7/18/2016 at 7:28 AM, boostr said:What were you chucking, a chatterbait on the first couple
First few were on my homemade bladed jig in golden shiner color, which is what I normally catch them on at this lake. I caught 2 decent ones in the middle of the video on a 7" Slammer. Halfway through I stopped being stubborn and switched to my homemade bladed jig in a color I call Ivy (chartreuse with white/red blood spots), and it was on after that. Unfortunately, I'd been so stubborn in trying to make them eat what they normally do that I only had 2 hours with the more productive color.
bigbassin' reply :
On 7/16/2016 at 12:22 PM, Mosster47 said:Yeah up there it is. The lake is 4,700 feet in the middle of a mountain range. It won't stay above the 40's at night until mid August.
If you went by the textbook water temperature do bass spawning there they wouldn't spawn until September lol.
I sure am glad I live in Florida...I'd probably freeze if I had to deal with those temperatures year round.
roadwarrior reply :
On 7/16/2016 at 7:40 PM, Bluebasser86 said:Had the pleasure of fishing with @roadwarrior yesterday. It was tough but I still got to introduce him to some of the locals
Clayton is being too modest, he put on a show and served me up a butt whooping! Great time fishing with THE MAN!
MIbassin reply :
dtux reply :
This dude was my last freshwater catch about a week and a half ago and my second bass after a 10 year or so hiatus. It's nothing crazy but it was enough to get me back into it -
Jtrout reply :
Got a 2 and 4 lber in the rain yesterday on a humpin toad.
smr913 reply :
This is a little late, but took the yak out two weekends ago for about two hours. It has been crazy hot so I knew they were deeper, but with no electronics I had to cast blind. I figured they were in about 15' of water on main points. Started by looking for a topwater bite, but no takers. Same with shakeyheads and mid depth cranks. Decided to try a Carolina Rig in deeper water. Rigged up my Powell Max 734 and Shimano Chronarch 200e7 with 50# braid, 1/2 oz brass bullet weight with a bead, 2' of 15# mono leader, and Brown/Red Flake Pit Boss and started chucking. Caught one largemouth right off the bat about 15" then a second one right about 16". Boat traffic picked up and I booked it back to the house.
I keep going back and forth on if I'm going to upgrade this kayak with a depth finder, anchor trolley, and other goodies or just keep saving for an outboard.
everythingthatswims reply :
On 7/19/2016 at 11:15 PM, smr913 said:This is a little late, but took the yak out two weekends ago for about two hours. It has been crazy hot so I knew they were deeper, but with no electronics I had to cast blind. I figured they were in about 15' of water on main points. Started by looking for a topwater bite, but no takers. Same with shakeyheads and mid depth cranks. Decided to try a Carolina Rig in deeper water. Rigged up my Powell Max 734 and Shimano Chronarch 200e7 with 50# braid, 1/2 oz brass bullet weight with a bead, 2' of 15# mono leader, and Brown/Red Flake Pit Boss and started chucking. Caught one largemouth right off the bat about 15" then a second one right about 16". Boat traffic picked up and I booked it back to the house.
I keep going back and forth on if I'm going to upgrade this kayak with a depth finder, anchor trolley, and other goodies or just keep saving for an outboard.
No gas, no trailer, no registration, you can fish ANYWHERE.... I can keep going
MIbassyaker reply :
Decent one this morning, 19", 3.92lb, plasmatail on a shakyhead:
EDIT: Actually, now that I look more closely, I think it's the same fish as this one, from June:
If so, in a month it has gained 4oz and moved north about 1500 feet along the same shoreline, but a little deeper; the fish was in good shape and I couldn't even tell it had been caught before.
A-Jay reply :
This little Bronze Fatty choked Football Head Jig & Craw this morning.
Dropped a mini-beast at the boat right before this one -
I was very hurt with that.
A-Jay
MarkH024 reply :
Beauty Ajay!
Gundog reply :
On 7/20/2016 at 5:18 AM, A-Jay said:This little Bronze Fatty choked Football Head Jig & Craw this morning.
Dropped a mini-beast at the boat right before this one -
I was very hurt with that.
A-Jay
DANG that is one fat smallie. Congrats A-Jay
EvanT123 reply :
Had a great day on my off day today. Got out from 730am-1030am on the boat and caught a few. Gotta teach my old man how to use the iPhone camera; he has a flip phone and is alittle old school.
Then got out from 7pm-830 pm and got a few on topwater. Had a hammer handle pike shoot up like a rocket after my popper. It was pretty cool.
Heres one from the day.
i don't play with river smallmouth and trebles. Fiesty ones they are.
missouribigbass reply :
Booyah! And my buzz bait keeps churning out big bass! This is a GIANT for north Missouri!
Master Bait'r reply :
On 7/21/2016 at 10:13 AM, missouribigbass said:Booyah! And my buzz bait keeps churning out big bass! This is a GIANT for north Missouri!
Whoa. Nice meat bucket!!
MarkH024 reply :
Congrats! Monster fish
Turkey sandwich reply :
On 7/20/2016 at 5:18 AM, A-Jay said:This little Bronze Fatty choked Football Head Jig & Craw this morning.
Dropped a mini-beast at the boat right before this one -
I was very hurt with that.
A-Jay
Holy ****, that smallie is fat. Our river smallies don't get that round
scaleface reply :
My first night trip of the year yielded my biggest fish so far this season . Caught 6 foot deep at midnight on a Manns Jelly worm .
buzzed bait reply :
man there's some big fish on here this week!
QUAKEnSHAKE reply :
My best for today came at noon. I was deadsticking a palm tree out 100+' and 20fow. While that was resting I was throwing paddletail with another set-up got 2 casts in when I noticed other line going tight. Dropped set-up in hand grabbed resting rod and set hook on a 3#10oz 18"+. My Fenwick World Class 7'6" MH/F rod didnt skip a beat handled it easily. With this rod I could feel every movement the bass made coming up sideways shake rod performing extremely well just a bit too strong, maybe.
MarkH024 reply :
Bass candy mail day. Babywake action
Jar11591 reply :
First night trip out this year. Slow fishing, only got a couple including this surprise bronzer.
Gundog reply :
On 7/21/2016 at 10:13 AM, missouribigbass said:Booyah! And my buzz bait keeps churning out big bass! This is a GIANT for north Missouri!
Time to update your "personal best" status on the forum. Congrats.
Bluebasser86 reply :
With daytime temps approaching and surpassing triple digits, I made the switch to the night shift this last week. The water is a bit warm.
I saw water down to 87, up to 94 at the ramp. Never a good feeling to step into the water at the launch and it feels hot.
The power plant lit up with the full moon shining through.
Frog bites in the dark, even from little guys, are about heart stopping.
lakeannaangler reply :
Almost new PB, misses it by 3 ounces
Also, sorry for the sideways picture
S. Sass reply :
Dang close to getting skunked today. But the lake was having a small tournament (I somehow didnt know) and it was 103 degrees. Was a great day anyway as I was fishing. Nice and thick but I didnt weigh it. I put it back safe and sound for all you that have a soft spot for that. 
It was caught on a Zoom Motoroil with Chartreuse U tail worm at Pat Mayes Lake.
Jonathan Evans reply :
My first decent PB!! Not bad for my first year of bass fishing I guess. What do you think she weighs? I will be getting a scale soon.
how do you print screen
YakPirate reply :
Nice catch .. i'm gonna go with 3.2- 3.8lb range
Jonathan Evans reply :
On 7/25/2016 at 9:09 PM, YakPirate said:Nice catch .. i'm gonna go with 3.2- 3.8lb range
Nothing beets that adrenaline man. I watched him come out of the hydrilla and nail that fluke! no drug on this earth can come close to that feeling.
Gilgamesh reply :
CA Delta chatterbait fish! My electronic scale broke, but my friend's old spring scale read somewhere about 5.5. My new PB!
Jonathan Evans reply :
On 7/26/2016 at 4:37 AM, Gilgamesh said:CA Delta chatterbait fish! My electronic scale broke, but my friend's old spring scale read somewhere about 5.5. My new PB!
Nice fish!!
Jonathan Evans reply :
On 7/19/2016 at 11:15 PM, smr913 said:This is a little late, but took the yak out two weekends ago for about two hours. It has been crazy hot so I knew they were deeper, but with no electronics I had to cast blind. I figured they were in about 15' of water on main points. Started by looking for a topwater bite, but no takers. Same with shakeyheads and mid depth cranks. Decided to try a Carolina Rig in deeper water. Rigged up my Powell Max 734 and Shimano Chronarch 200e7 with 50# braid, 1/2 oz brass bullet weight with a bead, 2' of 15# mono leader, and Brown/Red Flake Pit Boss and started chucking. Caught one largemouth right off the bat about 15" then a second one right about 16". Boat traffic picked up and I booked it back to the house.
I keep going back and forth on if I'm going to upgrade this kayak with a depth finder, anchor trolley, and other goodies or just keep saving for an outboard.
You can find a used depth finder on CL, Does not have to be the best thing in the world, All that other stuff is not to much to do. You could upgrade the Yak and still get an outboard. Have 2 different fishing platforms.
missouribigbass reply :
Jd_Phillips_Fishin reply :
Couple of nice ones walking the bank
Jonathan Evans reply :
On 7/26/2016 at 4:12 PM, JDP said:Couple of nice ones walking the bank
Arobb2012 reply :
Fun morning on the river. This smallie was a touch over 16 inches, had another about the same size.
QUAKEnSHAKE reply :
Got a new rod to try out Okuma Helios 7' M/F. Nice and light and good balance with core50. Throwing saltwater ikas on slop and managed a couple 17" 15". Also throwing a Rage Swimmer next to a fish crib for a 16"er. The Helios rod is a keeper the fish got put back
Jonathan Evans reply :
On 7/27/2016 at 4:58 AM, QUAKEnSHAKE said:Got a new rod to try out Okuma Helios 7' M/F. Nice and light and good balance with core50. Throwing saltwater ikas on slop and managed a couple 17" 15". Also throwing a Rage Swimmer next to a fish crib for a 16"er. The Helios rod is a keeper the fish got put back
Wow, Now that is a good day.
everythingthatswims reply :
On 7/26/2016 at 1:13 PM, missouribigbass said:
The skunk pic
missouribigbass reply :
On 7/27/2016 at 6:13 AM, everythingthatswims said:The skunk pic
Negative. Just thought I'd snap a pic of the yak. Just got in to it and really enjoy it.
Loving the yak fishing. My first week fishing from a kayak had been a blast. Caught several bass and really enjoyed getting in to tight spots and fishing weed lines.
everythingthatswims reply :
On 7/27/2016 at 12:21 PM, missouribigbass said:Negative. Just thought I'd snap a pic of the yak. Just got in to it and really enjoy it.
Loving the yak fishing. My first week fishing from a kayak had been a blast. Caught several bass and really enjoyed getting in to tight spots and fishing weed lines.
Yak fishing is the way to go ?
We get to fish for bass that don't see baits because no one can get to them
missouribigbass reply :
On 7/27/2016 at 11:30 PM, everythingthatswims said:Yak fishing is the way to go ?
We get to fish for bass that don't see baits because no one can get to them
I've contemplated butting one for years. I've fished pretty hard for 30yrs. I still enjoy fishing from the big boat and my 2 man but yak definately is handy. Throw it in and go without much effort or planning.
HeavyTwenty reply :
People were complaining about getting skunked at the boat ramp because it was too hot. I caught 9 in about 5 hours in kayak.
Head looked like a 4.5-5 lber, but felt like a 3.5lber because he was so skinny.
Caught almost all of them pitching a pitboss.
Gundog reply :
Finally got out in my canoe, started fishing around 6 PM and ended about 8 PM. Tossing a drop shot I hooked into a 1 lber. Switched to a twin-tailed skirted grub on a football head dragging it through the grass. Hooked into 2 more. 2nd fish was about 3 lbs but while I was admiring it it slipped out of my hands and back into the water. Pretty good day.
MarkH024 reply :
Pair of deuces today.
Fish4bigfish reply :
missouribigbass reply :
Bite was really tough. I ended up catching 5 bass all over a 2lb but the bite was slow. I caught all of them slow rolling a 5 inch wild eyed shad swimming bait. Caught a couple crappie on it as well. Biggest fish was 5lb 10 bass. Not a bad day
MarkH024 reply :
Couple from last night on the @Mattlures waking Strong Perch. I can't buy a 4+ or bigger fish. BIgger one was 3lbs dead even.
Bassfishin91 reply :
3LB Peacock Bass caught on a shiner. Tight lines everyone.
Fish4bigfish reply :
Cali dink
Bluebasser86 reply :
On 8/1/2016 at 11:39 PM, Fish4bigfish said:Cali dink
AKA Kansas kicker
Master Bait'r reply :
On 8/2/2016 at 7:24 PM, Bluebasser86 said:AKA Kansas kicker
AKA Mass Monster
MIbassyaker reply :
On 7/27/2016 at 11:30 PM, everythingthatswims said:Yak fishing is the way to go ?
We get to fish for bass that don't see baits because no one can get to them
I thought I'd buy a boat sooner or later.
Then I started kayaking semi-regularly.
Then I started bringing a rod with me when I saw somebody else fishing out of a kayak.
Then I bought another kayak specifically for fishing.
And all of a sudden, I found I didn't need or want a boat any more...
Pair of 3s this morning:
Master Bait'r reply :
Finally got back out again today after work. Had plans to go to my favorite spot but it didn't pan out so I made a point to go to my least favorite way over pressured pond in the ghetto to see if I could find a decent fish anyways. I did. Built like a football lol.
Mosster47 reply :
Hit the local golf course this evening and landed a couple of these pound and a halfers. The tail walk by this one was awesome. Drop shot and Senko didn't the work. I just fished my new Revo MGX baitcaster on my weightless setup tonight and was VERY impressed!
WIGuide reply :
Things have been crazy at work the last week and a half or so and it hasn't left me with much free time to contribute a whole lot on here. Figured I'd throw up some of the catches the last few weeks. I haven't been catching tons of numbers lately, but some very solid fish have been coming over the side of the boat
Jar11591 reply :
A few good ones from recently.
Onvacation reply :
On 7/21/2016 at 10:13 AM, missouribigbass said:Booyah! And my buzz bait keeps churning out big bass! This is a GIANT for north Missouri!
That is a giant for anywhere in Missouri. Of course if you listen to people, you would think stringers of five pounders are Commonplace here and everyone has a buddy who caught a ten pounder in this pond just last week.
Yeajray231 reply :
Ohio pond hog
QUAKEnSHAKE reply :
slow 4 fish in 4 hours yesterday with this being the biggest fish caught near bottom 21fow out far. Weeds disappearing and water clearing.
Gundog reply :
Got out this morning. Thought it would be a better day than it was. Cool temps and a cloudy sky and all I could get was 2 small bass and 1 that was about 2 lbs. Caught them all on a spinner bait. Tried the whopper plopper and couldn't buy a bite. Only pic I got was of the 2 lber.
RMcDuffee726 reply :
First time using my new swim-bait setup. I would have looked more excited but I was fighting off a strong hangover lol. Ahhhhh good times!
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long island basser reply :
Got out Saturday for a few hours, managed to boat 11 bass.
Jigs and an 11" netbait C-Mac black/grape doing most of the damage.
Largest of 6 lb 1 oz coming on the worm.
heres the big girl.
Jon G reply :
Finally got a good one on the Metanium MGL. I had an hour to kill so I decided to go to a pond I was swimming a 3/8 siebert outdoor arky jig in Black & Blue with a matching rage craw. Once I found fish I would just drag it along the bottom. This one of the fish I caught dragging it. She ran 3.89lbs and had a belly full of bluegill. This has been an amazing season for me so far, I've caught at least 60+ fish so far 3.5lb+. It seems like it doesn't matter if I'm on a boat on a lake or walking around a pond trying to kill an hour or two, I just keep on catching a lot of quality fish.
RMcDuffee726 reply :
Savage Gear 3D Line Thru Perch and a broken GoPro!
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N Florida Mike reply :
Just caught this one in between jobs.Caught her in a 1 acre pond on a 5 inch watermelon red senko.
Mosster47 reply :
On 8/8/2016 at 10:31 PM, RMcDuffee726 said:Savage Gear 3D Line Thru Perch and a broken GoPro!
Witness protection bass fisherman?
Kyrazzy7 reply :
My secret lake is south eastern wa is still pumping out toads!
smallest fish I've ever caught out of here was caught today at 3.01, also got a 4.06 and 7.01!
Jar11591 reply :
Got a couple chunks tonight pitching to over-hanging trees. Only a few bites, but they were good ones.
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Gundog reply :
On 8/10/2016 at 8:12 AM, Kyrazzy7 said:My secret lake is south eastern wa is still pumping out toads!
smallest fish I've ever caught out of here was caught today at 3.01, also got a 4.06 and 7.01!
Kudos to you. Those are some fine looking hawgs.
QUAKEnSHAKE reply :
Well cant catch the big ones every outing but this is ridiculous. Only caught two in 4 hours and they were both this size.
Yeajray231 reply :
On 8/10/2016 at 12:25 PM, QUAKEnSHAKE said:
Well cant catch the big ones every outing but this is ridiculous. Only caught two in 4 hours and they were both this size.
Perfect for bait (;
Gundog reply :
On 8/10/2016 at 12:25 PM, QUAKEnSHAKE said:
Well cant catch the big ones every outing but this is ridiculous. Only caught two in 4 hours and they were both this size.
How do you get fish that small hooked?? Ahhh, Ned rig!! That's what you guys are always talking about.
QUAKEnSHAKE reply :
On 8/10/2016 at 9:39 PM, Gundog said:How do you get fish that small hooked?? Ahhh, Ned rig!! That's what you guys are always talking about.
Well nothing I was throwing was working senko ika jig keitech impact fat so went for gills. Started using 1" gulp minnow on 1/80 jighead size 10 and not even one bluegill caught.
WIGuide reply :
On 8/10/2016 at 12:25 PM, QUAKEnSHAKE said:
Well cant catch the big ones every outing but this is ridiculous. Only caught two in 4 hours and they were both this size.
You should feel more accomplished for caching multiple fish that size! Heck anyone can get a hook in a 5 pound basses mouth. Heck some can fit a whole fist in there, but to catch something that small takes extra skill!!
YoTone reply :
2.5 lbs on the Loon Plopper 130. got her right after the pause.
everythingthatswims reply :
On 8/12/2016 at 9:47 PM, YoTone said:2.5 lbs on the Loon Plopper 130. got her right after the pause.
"right after the pause" makes you think a little
iiTzChunky reply :
Got my person best today, 3 lbs 11oz.
Noy the biggest the little privet pond holds but it's a start.
Burtonxj reply :
Quickie on the Upper Potomac after work today
dtux reply :
Between work and school just starting up I've been busier than a one legged man in an...nevermind.
Anyway, the last couple days I've managed to get a little time between class and work to hit the pond. I was also finally able to get my very first fish on frogs. They aren't giants or anything but the way they hit that Pad Crasher is almost addicting.
everythingthatswims reply :
I've been at WVU for a week now, and today my bio lab was cancelled so I headed to the river (all public transportation, I'm still getting used to the weird looks). Never would I have expected to be in the mountains of West Virginia throwing a frog in grass!
Janderson45 reply :
Here's a couple smallies I worked fairly hard for today in 20+ FOW. Both caught on a 3.5" green pumpkin strike King tube dipped in Chartruese JJs Magic. 3.54 and 3.08 lbs.
YoTone reply :
After spending last night sorting through my tackle to get ready for my vacation on Cape Cod i was staring at my $1 Walmart spinner that ive never used. Decided to hit my local lake at night right after the rain and got this. Had another one that dwarfed this one but my stupid ass tried to heave her up while on a small bridge. It was inches away from being landed until the line broke off while rubbing on the stone ledge. this catch barely takes away from the sting but what ever.
slonezp reply :
On 8/18/2016 at 1:10 PM, dtux said:Between work and school just starting up I've been busier than a one legged man in an...nevermind.
Anyway, the last couple days I've managed to get a little time between class and work to hit the pond. I was also finally able to get my very first fish on frogs. They aren't giants or anything but the way they hit that Pad Crasher is almost addicting.
A TW shirt I don't have....
Yeajray231 reply :
I find it hard to take pictures of nice fish . Seems I only catch the big ones when I fish by myself
missouribigbass reply :
Caught this pig on a 10 inch ribbon tail powerba it worm Texas rigged dragging it in the bottom in 12ft of water.
boostr reply :
Our catch from our trip to Damariscotta Lake
My son's PB Lmb on the boat. 3lbs 10oz
His first Small jaw at night off the dock.
My biggest Lmb of the trip at 4lbs. Caught her right before my son caught his in the same spot.
Some 2lb 9ozs
My first ever Small jaw caught on a baby bass Spook Jr off the dock at the Cabin:
There were allot more pics, but you can smell what I'm saying . All in all the best fishing off the year for me and my boy.
Dwight Hottle reply :
Great PB by your son & pics. Congrats to you both.
everythingthatswims reply :
On 8/14/2016 at 4:21 AM, iiTzChunky said:Got my person best today, 3 lbs 11oz.
Noy the biggest the little privet pond holds but it's a start.
That fish weighed almost 4lbs?
iiTzChunky reply :
On 8/24/2016 at 9:40 AM, everythingthatswims said:That fish weighed almost 4lbs?
Scale said he did took him off twice and reset scale and it kept reading the same all 3 times. I didn't think he was 3+ lbs
Attila reply :
Was a fun morning to be out and about....caught quite a few with this being about the average size. Rock flats were the ticket early in the day with fish sitting in less than 4ft of water.
Dwight Hottle reply :
First smallie of 2016 for me after a long recovery. It felt really good to get back on the water.
Dypsis reply :
@Dwight Hottle Very awesome for you my friend!!!! Glad to hear you are back on the water. Hope all is well going forward as well.
everythingthatswims reply :
On 8/24/2016 at 10:07 AM, iiTzChunky said:Scale said he did took him off twice and reset scale and it kept reading the same all 3 times. I didn't think he was 3+ lbs
I think your scale must be wrong, I got a little digital scale wet one time and it was giving weights way heavier than what the fish were. Unless that fish was 18+" long, a fish of that build is not going to weigh that much. But you've got plenty of time before winter to go out and whack a 6lber. Keep at it!
Choporoz reply :
he's probably got really big hands
Yeajray231 reply :
4-5 lb bass will look something like this..
iiTzChunky reply :
On 8/25/2016 at 12:43 AM, Choporoz said:he's probably got really big hands
Well, you know what they say about big hands...... It's hard to find gloves that fit.
I'll have to get somthing g b know the weight of and check my scale. I hope it's not messed up, I got it a month ago.
00 mod reply :
On 8/24/2016 at 9:59 PM, Dwight Hottle said:
First smallie of 2016 for me after a long recovery. It felt really good to get back on the water.
Like x 1,000,000. Very happy you are making a recovery and back on the water!
Jeff
roadwarrior reply :
EvanT123 reply :
Just wrapped up the 3rd annual great american fish off...a bbq and fish tournament on my co workers private like. A good time seeing old friends and catching up. I caught about 4 this size in 20 minutes for the win again.
everythingthatswims reply :
reb67 reply :
Don't tell me you can't catch bass in trees
Mosster47 reply :
I fished this lake two weeks ago. I thought we would get them early in deep water. Well, it was at least 30ft lower and we didn't catch anything early or deep. We caught about thirty 2lb smallies, had a toad largie jump off, and boated at least seventy fish. The bite got hot when it was over 90 degrees and we caught almost every fish in 3-5ft of water. So much for that water too hot, nothing shallow stuff. When the wind picked up it was a frenzy for hours.
Hog Basser reply :
Caught my first two Ned Rig fish a few weeks ago (couldn't upload pics the last few weeks, not sure why but I was limited to 0.07 MB). Fishing a creek about 20 mins from home. The water is way down so not flowing enough for fish to move between holes, so just worked different deeper holes I know about with a captive audience. To be honest, I've had a lot of trouble with the Ned Rig in the past, but I think I just wasn't using it in the right places before. They sure liked it here. I had a lot of fun trying out some different baits in three different holes all along about a mile stretch. Worked a Zara Spook, an off-brand plastic swimbait (local maker), jig & craw and caught fish on all of them. At the hole in the last pic, I had to stop for a few minutes while a couple of otters swam by so I wouldn't hook them, first time I've ever seen any on this creek. They were great to watch even though they slowed down my fishing a bit.
kybassguy reply :
Finally my first top water bass with the zebra spook crushed it as soon has it it the water
Bluebasser86 reply :
On 8/31/2016 at 6:58 PM, kybassguy said:Finally my first top water bass with the zebra spook crushed it as soon has it it the water
Congrats man! Now take that giant snap swivel off and I'll bet you'll catch even more and you'll have a way easier time walking that spook! That thing is going to drag the nose of your bait down instead of allowing it to ride up in the water and kill the action.
bagofdonuts reply :
Was thinking same. take off the snap, tie a loop knot, and that thing will walk much better.
S. Sass reply :
8/31/2016 Avery Lake Just stopped and bank fished for a couple hrs after work. Nothing fancy missed 2 one seemed to be a much better fish size wise but we will never know for sure.
Sorry for the fish being dirty but they wouldnt be still so I gave up dipping them after the third attempt.
A-Jay reply :
6 LB Slaunch on a trick worm & Spinning gear ~
A-Jay
Torn Thumb reply :
On 9/1/2016 at 8:07 PM, A-Jay said:Slaunch...
I'm not gonna look it up so as to hear it from the horse's mouth, but is that a real word and what does it mean?
2.6 lbs. Really long with dark red gums. I think it lost some weight recently because the head was a lot bigger than the body. June bug looking yum wooly bug.
A-Jay reply :
On 9/2/2016 at 8:07 AM, Torn Thumb said:I'm not gonna look it up so as to hear it from the horse's mouth, but is that a real word and what does it mean?
Although Definitely not an actual word, I do believe this slang term SLAUNCH was first coined by Mark Zona (that's who I stole it from) & used to describe any rather Oversized Bass. I'm not certain if it's a combination of Slob & perhaps Staunch. Either way I think it sounds funny.
Bass anglers have a number somewhat bizarre and often kind of off the wall names for Big Bass; besides pig, hoss, & fatty there's . . .
- beast, brute, monster
- sucker, giant, dandy
- sow cow
- moose, toad, mule
- whopper
- Sasquatch or Basssquatch
- chunk, chub, slob
- big nasty
- slaunch donkey (credited multiple times to Mark Zona)
- Godzilla, water zilla, hogzilla or Basszilla
- butterball
- football
- bucketmouth
- Rumpletoadskin (by Sv Rider)
- Hog Molly
- biggun'
- girl names: Nadine, Bertha, Mona, Jezebel
- boy names: Bubba, Tyrone, Ned
- big mama or big papa
- Frankenstein
- swamp donkey
- swamp gator
- grass monster
- Big Mac
- wildebeest
- Big Mama Jama
- hippopotobass
- slobber knocker
- chunky monkey
- pole bender
- behemoth
- hydrilla gorilla
- Jolly Green Giant
- Toad Choker
- humdinger
- Slabber Jabber
- Granddaddy
- whale
- log donkey
- moss monkey
- tank, truck, hemi
- Loch Ness Monster
- swamp jockey
- stump knocker
- hammer, bruiser, beefcake
- Boom Boom Pow
- heart attack
- wooly monster
- stud
- game changer
- freak neasty
- Donkey Kong
- Yeti
- T-Rex, Donkeysaurus Rex, Slobosaurus Rex, pteradactyl
- Shamu
A-Jay
Torn Thumb reply :
Did you have that list queued up somewhere or did you type it out on the spot?
Bass_Fishing_Socal reply :
One of the catches today. Dont know how heavy, gotta start carry scale with me from now on.
Torn Thumb reply :
Starting to gain confidence in chatterbaits. This has been a great year for me while others that I know have nearly quit bassin for various reasons. Oh well. More for me. 2.7 lbs on SK Rage blade blue/black 3/8 oz. with missile baits d bomb (I think) trailer in blue/black.
ipianomantanner reply :
Well, had quite the day yesterday with my fiancé.
A-Jay reply :
On 9/3/2016 at 5:29 AM, Torn Thumb said:Did you have that list queued up somewhere or did you type it out on the spot?
It's committed to memory.
I have no life.
A-Jay
Torn Thumb reply :
Look at it as dedication instead of calling it no life.
A-Jay reply :
On 9/4/2016 at 5:29 AM, Torn Thumb said:Look at it as dedication instead of calling it no life.
Thanks ~ But I was being funny. (apparently unsuccessfully I might add.)
A-Jay
Torn Thumb reply :
I love being able to see how the bass are all different shades of green, white, and black depending on where they came from. Obvious lateral lines to faint ones. Another reason to keep at it. Gotta Catch Em All.
Jar11591 reply :
Got a really good one on a COLD morning in the Adirondack Mountains. Air temperature was 42°, very foggy and she crushed a Rapala Skitter Walk. Biggest of the year so far. This fish is responsible for the most aggressive, violent top-water strike I have ever witnessed. Caught, weighed, photographed and promptly released..jpg.742a120cf8c759a87fd7c00b87787b99.jpg)
Torn Thumb reply :
Because weekends tend to be slow and I've nothing better to do, we will go back to June here:
"hamma" reply :
Torn Thumb,....A day those kids wont soon forget Im sure,..thats awesome!
Torn Thumb reply :
Thanks. I think the key to really getting a kid hooked on fishing is for them to catch some big ones early on. My son definitely loves it and my daughter loves it if she's catching them.
ubfishy reply :
I finally have a fish worth sharing. Unfortunately I didn't check the scale battery (of course it was dead) so I don't know the weight. Caught on Lake Kissimmee using black and blue senko. It was really hot and she didn't put up much of a fight.
Jd_Phillips_Fishin reply :
Had an absolute blast, fishing in Venice LA. If you ever get the chance to fish down here, don't pass it up.
Torn Thumb reply :
Those look fun. What are they?
Yeajray231 reply :
I believe Red drum aka redfish or channel bass . A type of croaker
Jd_Phillips_Fishin reply :
On 9/16/2016 at 6:25 AM, Torn Thumb said:Those look fun. What are they?
Redfish
Karma reply :
caught it on the Cumberland River near Gainesboro, TN fishing the old port barge mooring pillars with a black spinnerbait. 2 lbs 11 ounces.
Attila reply :
A very fun smalljaw that hit a SD Jr.....
A-Jay reply :
Musky Time ~
A-Jay
Janderson45 reply :
A recent long but not very fat smallie:
MarkH024 reply :
Awesome Ajay! What did you get her on?
A-Jay reply :
On 9/17/2016 at 8:45 PM, MarkH024 said:Awesome Ajay! What did you get her on?
Thanks - she was an accidental crankbait Musky ~
A-Jay
Yeajray231 reply :
A-Jay reply :
Water Temps are in the mid-60's here now.
Perfect "Football" Weather and today they came in Pairs.
A-Jay
riverbasser reply :
Few still on ledges
Gundog reply :
Got out on the Susquehanna river for some wading. The river is low but that is normal for this time of year. The first smallie I hooked was a nice 1 1/2 to 2 lbs. The 4 others were dinks but fun. The first one came on a Zoom fluke. After that nothing bit for about an hour so I switched to a small spinnerbait with a twin tailed grub on the back. That bait is almost a guarantee to catch fish on the river. Not a big bass bait but good for numbers.
EvanT123 reply :
First buzz bait fish
MIbassyaker reply :
Dawn buzzbait fish from a week ago; best of 4 on an otherwise slow morning, about 2 3/4 lb:
Unfortunately it might end up being my last until spring. I rarely get to fish oct through mar, even when there is open water. and the way this fall is shaping up, finding time for another outing before dec is unlikely to happen except by accident.
Gundog reply :
These pics are from this weekends trip to the Susquehanna river. My first fish Saturday was the biggest of the weekend, coming in at about 3 1/2 pounds. Caught it throwing a small beetlespin style spinner downriver. It gave me a good five minute fight then jumped out of the water. After that happened I thought I lost the fish cause I didn't feel it on the line. Turns out the smallie ran upriver faster than I could reel. When I caught up with it on the reel it was still not exhausted. It tried to swim between my legs like most do but I blocked it then lipped it. After the big one all the others were dinks.
Turkey sandwich reply :
On 9/27/2016 at 12:37 AM, Gundog said:These pics are from this weekends trip to the Susquehanna river. My first fish Saturday was the biggest of the weekend, coming in at about 3 1/2 pounds. Caught it throwing a small beetlespin style spinner downriver. It gave me a good five minute fight then jumped out of the water. After that happened I thought I lost the fish cause I didn't feel it on the line. Turns out the smallie ran upriver faster than I could reel. When I caught up with it on the reel it was still not exhausted. It tried to swim between my legs like most do but I blocked it then lipped it. After the big one all the others were dinks.
Nice! Out towards Bloomsburg? What is the water temperature like?
Gundog reply :
North of Bloomsburg, close to the new Shickshinny boat launch. Water temp that weekend was cooler. Not sure how cool but I could feel the difference between Wednesday when I was out and Saturday as far as water temp.
WIGuide reply :
Finally back to catching some nice ones again after a week long dink-fest up north. Smallest one pictured was just over 17"
Master Bait'r reply :
I haven't been fishing in over a month. Cruising through this thread is worse than water boarding lol
A-Jay reply :
A-Jay
MarkH024 reply :
Nice gator AJay
shimmy reply :
Been almost two months since i wet a line. Been too busy creating a bass boat! The process is a nightmare, but a fun nightmare. One of the last few times i went fishing, my dad and i had a good day on the water. We each had some 4s, 5s, and each landed a 6 and a half pounder. It is always rare in Minnesota for two people to catch a 6 pounder in the same outing. Were on the water for 6 hours. I was feeling confident with the early 4s and a 5 and was quite satisfied with my day. Then my dad hooked the 6 pounder. I was extremely excited for him, but knew my chances were slim for catching a giant. His was on the 7 inch worm. About an hour later, i hooked mine with a ghost swimjig i made and painted couple nights earlier. Always the best to catch them on your own creation. Not sure if this picture will be right side up...
Shimmy
A-Jay reply :
Very Nice Bass ~
WTG Shimmy & Shimmy SR.
A-Jay
A-Jay reply :
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It's like deja-vu, all over again ~
A-Jay
Ktho reply :
Tried the Zman Finesse Shroomz jig for the first time and it worked out like I thought it might
Attila reply :
A darker largie from the Kawartha region up here in Ontario...water is still pretty warm for this time of year and fish are relating to summer cover and still hitting topwaters.
Attila
Attila reply :
Tricked out a Shadow Rap with different hooks...it worked.
To give everyone an idea of what I did, attached is a photo with the new hooks swapped in after a largish musky destroyed the regular stock trebles that you can see in my previous posting.
I have substituted the treble hook at the head of the lure with a slightly larger (Size 4 instead of 6) red hook for 2 reasons; first to give the predator the impression that the fish they are chasing is bleeding or injured; the second reason is that most gamefish attack at the head of their prey, so a larger hook will be able to give a more successful hook up ratio than a smaller one. The middle treble hook remains a stock treble hook, a size 6 1X Strong Round Bend Treble in black nickle. The last or rear treble is a size 6 2X Strong Barbarian Treble also in black nickle. I find that it's a good hook to use on this lure because there are times when the fish will strike short, leaving only the rear treble in contact with the hooked fish.
All the hooks are made by VMC, and they held up very well in the conditions that I was fishing. I'll be doing some more late night walleye fishing on some deep weed edges and hope to catch some larger fish at that time.
Master Bait'r reply :
On 10/4/2016 at 5:24 AM, Attila said:Tricked out a Shadow Rap with different hooks...it worked.
To give everyone an idea of what I did, attached is a photo with the new hooks swapped in after a largish musky destroyed the regular stock trebles that you can see in my previous posting.
I have substituted the treble hook at the head of the lure with a slightly larger (Size 5 instead of 6) red hook for 2 reasons; first to give the predator the impression that the fish they are chasing is bleeding or injured; the second reason is that most gamefish attack at the head of their prey, so a larger hook will be able to give a more successful hook up ratio than a smaller one. The middle treble hook remains a stock treble hook, a size 6 1X Strong Round Bend Treble in black nickle. The last or rear treble is a size 6 2X Strong Barbarian Treble also in black nickle. I find that it's a good hook to use on this lure because there are times when the fish will strike short, leaving only the rear treble in contact with the hooked fish.
All the hooks are made by VMC, and they held up very well in the conditions that I was fishing. I'll be doing some more late night walleye fishing on some deep weed edges and hope to catch some larger fish at that time.
Barbarians are sweet hooks. Like 3x katsuages!
WIGuide reply :
Only managed one decent picture worthy fish yesterday. I caught her on a Rapala Shadow Rap Deep in the molten copper color.
EvanT123 reply :
Starting to chub up for winter...
Molay1292 reply :
On 10/5/2016 at 5:34 AM, EvanT123 said:Starting to chub up for winter...
That's a beautiful fish, thanks for the share.
bholtzinger14 reply :
I don't think it's my pb, but since it's my first on a scale I'm counting it as my pb.
Caught on the whopper plopper 90 in Monkey Butt color right before the sun came up.
A-Jay reply :
EvanT123 reply :
On 10/5/2016 at 7:52 AM, Molay1292 said:That's a beautiful fish, thanks for the share.
Thanks man. I'm lucky to have a great fishery in my backyard. About 800,000 gallons of raw sewage was dumped into the river over the summer, so I took some time off. River has bounced back though. Lots of young fish and some big ones still around. There tough fish.
Attila reply :
On 10/5/2016 at 8:19 AM, A-Jay said:
Nice fish there amigo!
WIGuide reply :
It's getting to that time of year again that there isn't much time to fish after work. I'm not letting that stop me though and it just makes catching one like this in that short window that much sweeter. 
A-Jay reply :
Nice one ~ !
That's Old Blackie
A-Jay
WIGuide reply :
On 10/6/2016 at 12:26 AM, A-Jay said:Nice one ~ !
That's Old Blackie
A-Jay
Most of the fish I caught last night were really dark like that. I know they're shallow river fish so that's probably why but I did catch a few smaller ones that were considerably lighter.
Yeajray231 reply :
@A-Jay is that all you ever catch is dinks ?
A-Jay reply :
On 10/6/2016 at 1:08 AM, Yeajray231 said:@A-Jay is that all you ever catch is dinks ?
Apparently.
A-Jay
Yeajray231 reply :
I'm just jealous.
Those smallest aren't dinks ... I feel like since you posted another picture you couldn't tell I was joking.
Dypsis reply :
On 10/6/2016 at 1:15 AM, Yeajray231 said:I'm just jealous.
Those smallest aren't dinks ... I feel like since you posted another picture you couldn't tell I was joking.
@A-Jay is a good dude as most know and I can say with confidence he knew you were joking and also feel he was joking back!
MarkH024 reply :
Ajay is also a master in photoshop
Yeajray231 reply :
First he said "yup" now it says "apparently" Ha-ha. Regardless.. I was just playin.
A-Jay reply :
On 10/6/2016 at 2:32 AM, MarkH024 said:Ajay is also a master in photoshop
LOL ~ Hardy.
Don't own it or know the first thing about it.
Besides, Photoshop can not save me from that hated feeling I get from . . . . . . . Jambalaya.
A-Jay
Reel Guy reply :
Caught this guy under some green slime that had accumulated along the shoreline of the reservoir I fish. I slid a frog across it and he came up and swirled several times but wouldn't take it. Switched to a Strike KIng green pumpkin 6" worm and just slid it through the slime and did a jig with it and wham, he slams it! Not my biggest but a learning experience with the slime coating.
NYWayfarer reply :
Fishing on Lake George yesterday. Caught 14 Smallmouth and 1 Largemouth. Was fishing a Ned rig with a mud minnow colored zman TRD. Also a drop shot with a green pumpkin TRD on it or a blood colored Roboworm.
BankBassing reply :
Got my first white bass today! Caught on a white spinnerbait (same thing I have caught all 3 bass on so far.) I just started bass fishing this summer, and so far I've got a smallmouth, a spotted bass, and now this white bass. Forgive the mud on him. He was pretty feisty, and got away when I was removing the hook. This was a pretty satisfying catch, since I was at the local tailwater, which was crowded with people using live bait. He's not a big one, but he was bigger than any of the others I saw caught today. Take that minnow throwers! LOL!
Dwight Hottle reply :
Had a total of three hits yesterday. All between 4-5 lbs.
Gundog reply :
On 10/8/2016 at 12:02 AM, Dwight Hottle said:Had a total of three hits yesterday. All between 4-5 lbs.
Good golly those look like like they've been feeding non-stop for weeks. Good job Dwight.
MarkH024 reply :
@Mattlures 7.5 Strong Shad
Ktho reply :
Got a couple more bass on the Zman shroomz jig and a Texas rig 7" bubbling shaker
Jar11591 reply :
Usually, I'll fish right up through November. But with the truck in need of some TLC, I decided to call it a season and put the boat up for the year. But not before one last outing! I really wanted one more good fish to end the year on.
The fall season is in full swing here, with the daytime highs not even cracking 70° and the nights dipping well below 40°. With a strong cold front moving in, I was hoping the fishing would be hot. The pickerel were certainly active. I boated 10-12 big picks, with another half dozen coming off at the boat. But I wasn't there to catch pickerel!
In between the pickerel, I boated one 2lb bass and had another come off boatside. We started to head in, as the temps were dropping fast and it looked like rain. On our way in, we stopped and fished a mid-lake brush pile that sticks out of the water. I pitched a @Siebert Outdoors grass jig with a paca craw trailer deep into the brush pile. I felt it hit branches, then bottom, then a hard thump. I set the hook, and stuck the good fish I was hoping to end the year with. This 4lb football-shaped girl should be the last fish of the 2016 season for me!
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Siebert Outdoors reply :
Awesome
everythingthatswims reply :
The WVU bass fishing team hosted a tournament on stonewall Jackson lake on Saturday. In between blast off and when I had to bump fish at the weigh in, I did a little bit of kayak fishing. Nothing big but a pretty spot and a 2.5 largemouth were the highlights.
Bluebasser86 reply :
Had a couple pretty good trips last week despite the 4.5" of rain we got in 3 days. Wednesday I chased smallies with my BIL @kanasbassfisher08 We had good numbers, some bigger fish with lots coming on a WP 90, and I finally caught a smallmouth on a frog! 2 of them in fact! Some of the most aggressive topwater bites I've ever had.
Thursday I chased big green fish. Didn't get any monsters but had some very solid fish. Most of them fell for my homemade bladed jigs.
Logan S reply :
Some shots from the last couple days on the water and my last regular tournament of the season. Started out chasing smallies in practice, but the sunny/breezy conditions went away and we had rain and calm winds for the tournament day so I leaned more on largemouth. It was sort of a grind since the dams weren't moving any water at all, which is usually the kiss of death on this lake/river. Managed to put together a 12lb limit (3 LM, 2 SM) and take 2nd place .
This is probably the coolest fishery I get to fish...You've got 'traditional' largemouth fishing - flipping, grass, wood, etc...Then there's great smallmouth fishing on the main lake/river...Then, if you're brave enough, you can run far up river and get into true river smallmouth fishing. Add in the great scenery and the fact that there's quality sized fish of both species and it makes for an awesome place.
WIGuide reply :
Cold weekend here in WI. Big cold snap had the fish in a funk instead of feeding. Did manage to get these two, but the rest of the fish I caught this weekend were dinks.
Jd_Phillips_Fishin reply :
Caught 34 bass and one mystery fish in two days. Pretty good for a lake we've never been on before. Normally these would be considered nice fish, but all we caught were a bunch of Falcon "dinks."
VolFan reply :
I think that's a tilapia...nice one.
Bluebasser86 reply :
On 10/11/2016 at 6:01 AM, VolFan said:I think that's a tilapia...nice one.
Yep, blue tilapia, and a nice one!
Bass_Fishing_Socal reply :
Hummm tilapia sound yummy. Those are all nice looking fish btw.
Advantage reply :
Couple of decent fish from this past week. 4lbs even on the short stocky one and 4lbs 10oz on the longer skinny one. 
Gundog reply :
Another river smallie on a fluke. I do love this time of year but its always to brief.
Master Bait'r reply :
On 9/27/2016 at 8:38 AM, Master Bait'r said:I haven't been fishing in over a month. Cruising through this thread is worse than water boarding lol
Went once about two weeks ago and I've been so busy I forgot to post pics of it.
Better late than never tho, right? At least I tracked one decent fish down. I needed a good thumb tear-up job somethin' fierce. Finesse frog keeping the skunk away even in late September!
Couple large & in charge chain pickerel and a nice buzz too. It was good to be out. *sigh*
Jar11591 reply :
This thread has really come alive with some good late-season fish!
A-Jay reply :
On 10/11/2016 at 9:05 PM, Jar11591 said:This thread has really come alive with some good late-season fish!
Yes Sir ~
Happens every year ~
Just have to be able to get out there . . .
A-Jay
fishinfiend reply :
great fish, gentlemen!
everythingthatswims reply :
My new-to-me Calcutta Conquest 50 drew first blood today. Fun little reel.
MarkH024 reply :
On 10/12/2016 at 8:01 AM, everythingthatswims said:
My new-to-me Calcutta Conquest 50 drew first blood today. Fun little reel.
I have the 300 for one of my swimbait rigs. Amazing reel. If i could afford more I certainly would add another couple.
EvanT123 reply :
This guy swallowed a lc pointer 78 about 6 feet from the boat. Lure was there than gone pretty cool to see.
Bluebasser86 reply :
Had only 1 day to really fish much this week and even that was shortened. It took me 3 hours to get my first bite, a little over 4 hours for the first big bite. The fish were talking, I just wasn't listening until the first big one bit. I didn't catch a ton of fish, but I wasn't after a bunch of fish, just the right ones. They were munching my homemade bladed jig and I got one good one on a homemade brush jig. Biggest 5 for the day came up just shy of 20 pounds (19lb 6oz) that I usually consider to be a really good day.
I got a video of most of the jig fish catch. Also happened to be about the 3rd fish on my new Okuma Helios I just got from @Mosster47.
roadwarrior reply :
Advantage reply :
On 10/15/2016 at 5:10 PM, Bluebasser86 said:Had only 1 day to really fish much this week and even that was shortened. It took me 3 hours to get my first bite, a little over 4 hours for the first big bite. The fish were talking, I just wasn't listening until the first big one bit. I didn't catch a ton of fish, but I wasn't after a bunch of fish, just the right ones. They were munching my homemade bladed jig and I got one good one on a homemade brush jig. Biggest 5 for the day came up just shy of 20 pounds (19lb 6oz) that I usually consider to be a really good day.
I got a video of most of the jig fish catch. Also happened to be about the 3rd fish on my new Okuma Helios I just got from @Mosster47.
Dang, a 5lb jig? Coty gives me crap for using 2oz tungsten weights for punching! Hahaha
Advantage reply :
Another decent fall bass. (1oz shy of 4lbs)
MarkH024 reply :
Nothin big but I got to try out a new bait. Tater Hogs Angry Gill wake glide. Sweet bait. Got this little chunk about 5 casts out. Had a couple more swipes at it but no eaters.
Gundog reply :
On 10/16/2016 at 6:24 AM, MarkH024 said:Nothin big but I got to try out a new bait. Tater Hogs Angry Gill wake glide. Sweet bait. Got this little chunk about 5 casts out. Had a couple more swipes at it but no eaters.
Nice pig. Gotta get some of those glide baits.
long island basser reply :
Got out Saturday for a few hours, landing 12 bass in all.
The largest of 6 lb 3 oz coming on a Bass Assassin straight tail in 20 ft of water.
Cranks and plastics did the damage. Water temps were 61/62.
buzzed bait reply :
On 10/16/2016 at 8:29 PM, long island basser said:Got out Saturday for a few hours, landing 12 bass in all.
The largest of 6 lb 3 oz coming on a Bass Assassin straight tail in 20 ft of water.
Cranks and plastics did the damage. Water temps were 61/62.
that's one toad right there!!!
WIGuide reply :
Didn't have a whole lot of time to fish this weekend, but still got into a few decent fish.
QUAKEnSHAKE reply :
Monday, October 17, 2016, 12:00 PM
82 / 77 °F
Scattered clouds.
Humidity: 57%
Barometer: 29.46 "Hg
S Wind: 23.614 mph
Warm and windy here gusts were in the 30's. I headed out shore fishing not much action few small bass one kicker pike. Had new Curoado 70 out breaking it in.
Went old school with inline spinner Mepps for a few bass last week
A-Jay reply :
On 10/18/2016 at 7:50 PM, QUAKEnSHAKE said:
Monday, October 17, 2016, 12:00 PM
82 / 77 °F
Scattered clouds.
Humidity: 57%
Barometer: 29.46 "Hg
S Wind: 23.614 mph
Warm and windy here gusts were in the 30's. I headed out shore fishing not much action few small bass one kicker pike. Had new Curoado 70 out breaking it in.
Went old school with inline spinner Mepps for a few bass last week
That is Old School ~
Congrats
A-Jay
WIGuide reply :
On 10/18/2016 at 7:50 PM, QUAKEnSHAKE said:S Wind: 23.614 mph
Dang that's a precise measurement there! Haha
Congrats on getting out and catchin' them old school!
BankBassing reply :
I caught 2 today fishing the Ned Rig for the first time. One tiny smallie, and I believe a rock bass? Can anyone verify that it is indeed a rock bass? Never caught one before.
Jar11591 reply :
On 10/18/2016 at 11:41 PM, BankBassing said:I caught 2 today fishing the Ned Rig for the first time. One tiny smallie, and I believe a rock bass? Can anyone verify that it is indeed a rock bass? Never caught one before.
That sir, is a crappie.
BankBassing reply :
On 10/18/2016 at 11:43 PM, Jar11591 said:That sir, is a crappie.
Ah, cool. Never caught one of those before either, obviously. LOL Is there something that makes it easy to identify?
WIGuide reply :
On 10/18/2016 at 11:47 PM, BankBassing said:Ah, cool. Never caught one of those before either, obviously. LOL Is there something that makes it easy to identify?
Yep, they all look pretty close to the one you caught. There are white and black crappie, and you can determine which is which by the info found here ---> http://bluegillfishing.us/black-crappie-vs-white-crappie-the-difference/
BankBassing reply :
On 10/19/2016 at 2:57 AM, WIGuide said:Yep, they all look pretty close to the one you caught. There are white and black crappie, and you can determine which is which by the info found here ---> http://bluegillfishing.us/black-crappie-vs-white-crappie-the-difference/
So which is this? The pattern seems random and dorsal fins further back, but it has more spines than it says a white should have. It was very light colored though. Is this a hybrid of the two possibly? I caught it in a creek off the Ohio River.
scaleface reply :
Caught on a 20 foot deep ledge by working a Silent Red Eyed Shad like a worm .
Yeajray231 reply :
Nice one on a shad rap. Don't make fun of my Jimmy Houston rod. It's landed a few pigs.
Reel Guy reply :
Beautiful warm fall day (eventually) and caught this guy on a rubber salamander. Caught four in all but this one was the best! Salamander was the dinner favorite today!
TnRiver46 reply :
On 10/19/2016 at 5:04 AM, BankBassing said:So which is this? The pattern seems random and dorsal fins further back, but it has more spines than it says a white should have. It was very light colored though. Is this a hybrid of the two possibly? I caught it in a creek off the Ohio River.
Fairly sure yours is a white crappie. It takes years of catching both species to tell them apart
WIGuide reply :
On 10/19/2016 at 5:04 AM, BankBassing said:So which is this? The pattern seems random and dorsal fins further back, but it has more spines than it says a white should have. It was very light colored though. Is this a hybrid of the two possibly? I caught it in a creek off the Ohio River.
I'd say it's a black crappie. From you picture it looks like it had 7 dorsal spines and no pattern. The coloration can vary based on water clarity and how deep they were just like a bass. They aren't always this different, but here's a different picture that shows the two better.
Jar11591 reply :
On 10/19/2016 at 9:14 PM, WIGuide said:I'd say it's a black crappie. From you picture it looks like it had 7 dorsal spines and no pattern. The coloration can vary based on water clarity and how deep they were just like a bass. They aren't always this different, but here's a different picture that shows the two better.
I immediately thought black crappie as well.
everythingthatswims reply :
Caught my first chatterbait smallmouth today. 15" which is darn good for the Mon River in Morgantown. 2nd biggest I've caught fishing the river several times a week since August.
A-Jay reply :
On 10/20/2016 at 10:35 AM, everythingthatswims said:
Caught my first chatterbait smallmouth today. 15" which is darn good for the Mon River in Morgantown. 2nd biggest I've caught fishing the river several times a week since August.
Nice ~ Congrats
Looks like something took a bite out of crime .
A-Jay
bassh8er reply :
On 10/19/2016 at 9:35 AM, TnRiver46 said:Fairly sure yours is a white crappie. It takes years of catching both species to tell them apart
Not quite, I'd say that is a black crappie.
You have to count the spines to be certain, but the whites usually have vertical bars where the blacks have consistent "specks" throughout. It's especially easy to tell a male black crappie during the spawn because the darken up so much.
There are 2 white crappie at the top of the picture ( If you blow it up) and the rest blacks. The other is a male black crappie during this past spring's spawn.
TnRiver46 reply :
On 10/20/2016 at 7:41 PM, bassh8er said:Not quite, I'd say that is a black crappie.
You have to count the spines to be certain, but the whites usually have vertical bars where the blacks have consistent "specks" throughout. It's especially easy to tell a male black crappie during the spawn because the darken up so much.
There are 2 white crappie at the top of the picture ( If you blow it up) and the rest blacks. The other is a male black crappie during this past spring's spawn.
I like it when the black crappies put on their spawning tuxedos like that
Ktho reply :
Slow rolling the underspin and burning a lipless have been good to me the past 2 days
everythingthatswims reply :
On 10/20/2016 at 7:41 PM, bassh8er said:Not quite, I'd say that is a black crappie.
You have to count the spines to be certain, but the whites usually have vertical bars where the blacks have consistent "specks" throughout. It's especially easy to tell a male black crappie during the spawn because the darken up so much.
There are 2 white crappie at the top of the picture ( If you blow it up) and the rest blacks. The other is a male black crappie during this past spring's spawn.
Looks like you actually have 3 white crappies there
bassh8er reply :
On 10/22/2016 at 2:34 PM, everythingthatswims said:Looks like you actually have 3 white crappies there
Ha, you are correct.
Dypsis reply :
Went out this morning man was it a change from the 80 degree weather we have for the past few days 43 when I got to the water. Bite as tough, I caught a few on moving baits and a small one on a jig. As I'm about to pack it up I throw the jig a few more times and this beauty hit it. While it was super skinny, its head was HUGE!
pawpaw reply :
Nice. Seems even nicer on a tough day, huh?
Hog Basser reply :
A few from the weekend on the pond. My best was 3.16 lbs. My buddy caught a 4.4. Overall a good weekend, except when I broke a 1 month old Tatula 6'10" MHF in half not paying attention as the wind blew the boat past a tree that grabbed it and snapped it. Probably 30-40 bass total on the boat with me, my buddy and my nephew.
Funny thing was, they weren't hitting plastics or topwaters at all. Everything was caught on red and orange colored cranks. Even the whopper plopper struck out this trip.
Logan S reply :
Last official tournament on my schedule was the FOBA Classic on Lake Anna this past weekend. Had crazy changing conditions, 85 degrees with no wind on my only practice day...Front moving though with rain on the first tournament day...And sunny skies with 20-30mph winds on the second tournament day. Swing-head, spinnerbait, and skipping docks produced my fish both days. Weighed in 10-11 on day 1 and 12-5 on day 2 which was good enough for the win . It sucks that the season is over, but it's always good to close it out with style! May get down to Gaston for team event in November also, so we'll see if I can keep the momentum rolling...
slonezp reply :
4" bass looks huge when you hold it close to the camera
smr913 reply :
Got a chance to try my new river setup out. 7' light Legend Elite paired with a 1000 Stradic Ci4. Caught her on a 4" white Dinger trimmed down to about 2.5" on a 1/8 oz shakeyhead .
Bass_Fishing_Socal reply :
Finally caught one on whopper plopper.
here a youtube of the catch, not a dramatic one but my first video of bass fishing lol.
A-Jay reply :
45 degree water - clown colored Jerkbait ~
A-Jay
N Florida Mike reply :
Man,those are nice!?
pawpaw reply :
Very nice. What brand of jerkbait?
A-Jay reply :
On 10/30/2016 at 9:19 PM, pawpaw said:Very nice. What brand of jerkbait?
Thanks
I used two - The LC Pointer 100 deep diver in Nishiki & the SK KVD jerkbait in Clown
A-Jay
MarkH024 reply :
Couple of Slaunches Ajay! nice !
MarkH024 reply :
Got 4 on a LC pointer 78 today. here's the better of the 4. nothing huge but all fun fish. That bait is a money bait.
TnRiver46 reply :
On 10/30/2016 at 1:32 PM, A-Jay said:45 degree water - clown colored Jerkbait ~
A-Jay
Our water down here is still 70 degrees even on the flowing rivers. And I ain't in Florida!!!! Hard to believe. Oh yes and, as always, excellent smallmouths
Bass_Fishing_Socal reply :
On 10/30/2016 at 1:32 PM, A-Jay said:45 degree water - clown colored Jerkbait ~
A-Jay
You alway got some nice fish there.
everythingthatswims reply :
Spent four hours on the river with nothing to show but a microscopic spot that somehow pinned himself on the trailer hook of my spinnerbait. Made a stop on my way back to the dock at a spot that usually will produce a walleye at dusk, but this guy found his way to the 4" swing impact instead! Any day on the river in Morgantown that you catch a bass over 12" is a good day. Man, I need to get home for thanksgiving and remember what bass fishing is.
WIGuide reply :
On 10/30/2016 at 1:32 PM, A-Jay said:45 degree water - clown colored Jerkbait ~
A-Jay
A-Jay aka the toad slayer! Way to knock it out of the park!
A-Jay reply :
Smallies were no where to be found today - buy the walleye could not hide . . .
A-Jay
BankBassing reply :
Well, not a bass, but this is the biggest fish I've ever caught. Got him on a dark red crawfish colored deep diving crankbait at the Hannibal Lock and Dam, fishing the WV side. It had been raining, and I wasn't having any luck. As soon as the rain stopped I got this big guy and a small smallie. Because I never really fish for walleye, I didn't know it at the time, but I believe this would have been the WV state record in weight, had I brought my scale and called the DNR. The current record is for a fish only an inch longer (this guy was just over 29 inches), and not as big in girth. This thing was heavy. Best fight I've ever had with a fish.
Ktho reply :
Got a couple on the Umbrella rig
S. Sass reply :
Had a fun day fishing caught quite a few but most were just punks had to toss them back. Finally a small break through in a slow fall season. Still much better than going to work.
Points were where it was at today. No real structure was holding anything that we could get to bite. Just the wind fed side of points and banks seemed to be the ticket. Used Square bills and shallow diving crankbaits to 5ft deep chrome, sexy shad, and firetiger colors all produced.
Biggest one of the day was this almost 4lb one. Thick as all get out but only 18" long. Caught on Zman Pumpkinseed ribbon tail worm 3/16oz lead weight T-rigged at about 8am Pat Mayes Lake. Was the only fish caught on plastic today.
A-Jay reply :
A Jerkbait is hard to beat in clear cold water ~
A-Jay
Ktho reply :
Went fishing after work and the bite was solid just after dark. Used the same baits and colors as I've been using during the day mostly due to laziness but @A-Jay speaks the truth. The key was not bringing any other tackle but 2 rods, it always goes off when you don't have any replacement baits.
A-Jay reply :
On 11/7/2016 at 11:15 AM, Ktho said:Went fishing after work and the bite was solid just after dark. Used the same baits and colors as I've been using during the day mostly due to laziness but @A-Jay speaks the truth. The key was not bringing any other tackle but 2 rods, it always goes off when you don't have any replacement baits.
Nice Green Bass ~
A-Jay
Dypsis reply :
Had the last club tournament of the season yesterday, super windy all day 10-15 knots. Ended up in 3rd and missing big fish by less than a tenth of a pound. Great way to end the season with my biggest Potomac fish and 5 keeper of the day at 3.96.
MarkH024 reply :
On 11/7/2016 at 7:27 AM, A-Jay said:A Jerkbait is hard to beat in clear cold water
A-Jay
Pretty colors on those brownies Ajay. Way to go!
smr913 reply :
Finally got a 20"er out of my little river (my goal this year). After multiple 19s and even a 19.5 it is a great feeling. On a TRD with a 1/10 oz mushroom head. St. Croix Legend Elite 7' Light; Shimano Stradic Ci4+ 1000; 15#PP and 8# FC Leader.
A-Jay reply :
Fist Full of Smallies ~
Great way to Wrap up the 2016 Fishing Season . . .
A-Jay
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NYWayfarer reply :
On 11/7/2016 at 11:41 PM, smr913 said:Finally got a 20"er out of my little river (my goal this year). After multiple 19s and even a 19.5 it is a great feeling. On a TRD with a 1/10 oz mushroom head. St. Croix Legend Elite 7' Light; Shimano Stradic Ci4+ 1000; 15#PP and 8# FC Leader.
This should put to rest the ned rig only catches undersize fish. Grats on a great Smallie!
I told and proved to my fishing partner that the law of averages says if I catch lots of fish on a bait one of them got to be a keeper.
NYWayfarer reply :
On 11/8/2016 at 10:07 AM, A-Jay said:Fist Full of Smallies ~
Great way to Wrap up the 2016 Fishing Season . . .
A-Jay
That there is a live fish mobile. I advise hanging it over a kid's crib unless you want more than their diaper to be wet.
I enjoyed watching your you tube vid on catching these. You keep a neat boat.
N Florida Mike reply :
So one goal I set at the start of the year was to catch more fish on baits I haven't fished with,or haven't fished much with.
One of these is spinnerbaits.I tried a strike king small spinnerbait and got a solid fish after a few casts.
Then I tried what I think is a shad rap.( shows how little I know about them ) Tell me if I'm wrong.And 2 casts caught this fish.Very pleased.Fish are really on moving baits.
everythingthatswims reply :
On 11/9/2016 at 7:53 AM, N Florida Mike said:So one goal I set at the start of the year was to catch more fish on baits I haven't fished with,or haven't fished much with.
One of these is spinnerbaits.I tried a strike king small spinnerbait and got a solid fish after a few casts.
Then I tried what I think is a shad rap.( shows how little I know about them ) Tell me if I'm wrong.And 2 casts caught this fish.Very pleased.Fish are really on moving baits.
I'm not sure what bait that is, but it isn't a shad rap! Seems like the bass didn't mind that it wasn't one.
IndianaFinesse reply :
On 11/9/2016 at 7:53 AM, N Florida Mike said:So one goal I set at the start of the year was to catch more fish on baits I haven't fished with,or haven't fished much with.
One of these is spinnerbaits.I tried a strike king small spinnerbait and got a solid fish after a few casts.
Then I tried what I think is a shad rap.( shows how little I know about them ) Tell me if I'm wrong.And 2 casts caught this fish.Very pleased.Fish are really on moving baits.
Nope, its not a shad rap, but apparently it was the right lure choice from the way the bass t-boned it! No idea what it is though, I can't quite make out the lettering on top of the bait and I don't remember ever seeing it before.
MarkH024 reply :
It says Floating on the top. Unsure of the maker, someone here will know.
N Florida Mike reply :
I'm pretty sure it's a rapala.It has a fairly wide wobble.J just don't know the particular name of it.Its been in my box for at least 10 years.
WDE reply :
Slow day, very few bites, but I pulled this guy in on a lipless ghost shad rat-l trap(which has been my go-to lure in this pond for the past month). And it's a PB(I'm guessing 3lbs--other estimations welcome--I have yet to buy scales), so I'm happy.
Apologies for the angle, a passerby snapped it.
shimmy reply :
On 11/12/2016 at 7:58 AM, WDE said:Slow day, very few bites, but I pulled this guy in on a lipless ghost shad rat-l trap(which has been my go-to lure in this pond for the past month). And it's a PB(I'm guessing 3lbs--other estimations welcome--I have yet to buy scales), so I'm happy.
Apologies for the angle, a passerby snapped it.
Holy smokes batman, did someone just guess a weight that legitimately looks like the weight without using a scale? I see a good future ahead for this man.
MarkH024 reply :
Smallest jerkbait catch ever. Matchin the tiny hatch, lol. did catch two short 14" bass but not as pic worthy as this.
Start of the super moon
BurrStone reply :
Here's some I pulled in today in CT. The 3rd one down got weighed at 4.78 lbs. They were hitting everything we threw: small spider parts, binsky blades, and the 62G-Fix lipless crankbaits.
Senko Junkie reply :
One of two better bass that I caught at Dale Hollow this weekend
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mllrtm79 reply :
Broadkill River east of Milton DE last weekend, the Stripers are in town
Custom silver lipless crankbaits... Medium baitcasters make catching these a lot of fun.
WDE reply :
3 today. 1 decent. Caught my previous one's sibling.
A-Jay reply :
Old Town making it happen ~
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A-Jay
Dypsis reply :
On 11/15/2016 at 8:07 AM, A-Jay said:Old Town making it happen ~
A-Jay
Seriously man, NO ONE LIKES YOU!!
Sir Real reply :
There's a small park pond near work. I sometimes go fishing for 30-40 minutes during lunch. I hadn't been in awhile so I was itching to go, since the weather was a balmy 60 degrees. I tied on this chatterbait.
and on the first cast pulled in this fat boy (4.2 lbs).
BurrStone reply :
On 11/16/2016 at 2:39 AM, Sir Real said:and on the first cast pulled in this fat boy (4.2 lbs).
A business casual lunchtime lunker!
A-Jay reply :
On 11/15/2016 at 9:07 AM, Dypsis said:Seriously man, NO ONE LIKES YOU!!
So I guess this probably isn't going to help my cause then . . . .
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Popularity is over rated.
A-Jay
Dypsis reply :
On 11/16/2016 at 7:49 AM, A-Jay said:So I guess this probably isn't going to help my cause then . . . .
Popularity is over rated.
A-Jay
WOW!!!
Now that's a pure slab!! Can't even be mad at you for that one!
pawpaw reply :
On 11/16/2016 at 7:49 AM, A-Jay said:So I guess this probably isn't going to help my cause then . . . .
Popularity is over rated.
A-Jay
MAN!!!!! That's SICK!!!
You still on a jerk bait bite?
A-Jay reply :
On 11/16/2016 at 7:55 AM, pawpaw said:MAN!!!!! That's SICK!!!
You still on a jerk bait bite?
Today's very cool & calm conditions required a deep approach.
I used a 3/4 oz rattle bait & fished it like a blade bait. The Duo Realis G-Fix has a small & thinner profile -
A-Jay
Booty Freak reply :
Caught Big Momma this past weekend.
fishinfiend reply :
whoa dude!!!
Did you get a weight on that monster?
BurrStone reply :
Holy hand grenades that's a beast.
A-Jay reply :
Three days in a row - not bad for the middle on November ~
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A-Jay
slonezp reply :
On 11/17/2016 at 8:22 AM, A-Jay said:Three days in a row - not bad for the middle on November ~
A-Jay
Folks, don't let A Jay fool you. He keeps many changes of clothes in those huge storage lockers on the Lund. As soon as he's done snapping the first photo, he changes clothes, snaps another, changes clothes, snaps another, changes clothes, snaps another....You get my drift. The fact is, A Jay has only had the Lund out once this year. He's too worried the boat might get dirty if he takes it off the trailer. Why a man would take such measures to impress the good folks of BR, I'm not sure.
A-Jay reply :
On 11/17/2016 at 8:52 AM, slonezp said:Folks, don't let A Jay fool you. He keeps many changes of clothes in those huge storage lockers on the Lund. As soon as he's done snapping the first photo, he changes clothes, snaps another, changes clothes, snaps another, changes clothes, snaps another....You get my drift. The fact is, A Jay has only had the Lund out once this year. He's too worried the boat might get dirty if he takes it off the trailer. Why a man would take such measures to impress the good folks of BR, I'm not sure.
You're High.
A-Jay
slonezp reply :
On 11/17/2016 at 8:58 AM, A-Jay said:You're High.
A-Jay
Or envious.
Booty Freak reply :
On 11/17/2016 at 12:55 AM, fishinfiend said:whoa dude!!!
Did you get a weight on that monster?
Nope. She was too big for the hook on my small digital scale. I would say 8 to 10 pounds easy.
I've got 4 pounders and I can tell you she was at lease twice that weight. Lesson learned I'm gonna buy one
of those scales that clamps to the bottom lip.
Dypsis reply :
On 11/17/2016 at 10:30 AM, Booty Freak said:Nope.
I've got 4 pounders and I can tell you she was at lease twice that weight. Lesson learned I'm gonna buy one
of those scales that clamps to the bottom lip.
Awesome fish either way!!
Dypsis reply :
@A-Jay Do green ones count as well?
Went out today on the good ole Potomac and man was she giving. I caught what was be FAR my biggest fish ever. Now neither my boater or I had a scale but, respectfully, he has been fishing about as long as I've been alive and he thought it was a solid 7+lber. No matter the weight it was AWESOME.
I also caught my one and only really small, smallie of the year today.
A-Jay reply :
On 11/19/2016 at 7:14 AM, Dypsis said:@A-Jay Do green ones count as well?
Went out today on the good ole Potomac and man was she giving. I caught what was be FAR my biggest fish ever. Now neither my boater or I had a scale but, respectfully, he has been fishing about as long as I've been alive and he thought it was a solid 7+lber. No matter the weight it was AWESOME.
I also caught my one and only really small, smallie of the year today.
Nice Bass ~ and of course they count.
I'm fishing (and catching) what's most available and more importantly most cooperative - just so happens that's it's fat Brown Bass.
Seems like the green ones were that for you guys
Congrats
A-Jay
Fishin' Fool reply :
November on Lk St Clair. A couple of stud smallmouth.
A-Jay reply :
On 11/19/2016 at 11:04 AM, Fishin' Fool said:November on Lk St Clair. A couple of stud smallmouth.
~ Very Nice.
Congrats
A-Jay
fishinfiend reply :
beauties!
everythingthatswims reply :
Had to go back for a little more a-rig love today. Top fish was 4.8. Fished for a few hours this evening as a massive cold front hit central Virginia like a slap in the face! White caps and everything but the bass were still chewing.
A-Jay reply :
On 11/20/2016 at 7:55 AM, everythingthatswims said:
Had to go back for a little more a-rig love today. Top fish was 4.8. Fished for a few hours this evening as a massive cold front hit central Virginia like a slap in the face! White caps and everything but the bass were still chewing.
Very Nice Double ~
I've been having a hard time even getting a single bite on that ever loving rig !
Congrats
A-Jay
JG233 reply :
1st desert bass of any size, a little over 3lbs at Saguaro on Saturday:
Bluebasser86 reply :
On 11/20/2016 at 7:55 AM, everythingthatswims said:
Had to go back for a little more a-rig love today. Top fish was 4.8. Fished for a few hours this evening as a massive cold front hit central Virginia like a slap in the face! White caps and everything but the bass were still chewing.
Had my first ever double on the Rig this past Sunday during a tournament, and they were both keepers. Unfortunately, they were also both white bass
If I'd managed a double like that on it, we'd have been in the money.
Jtrout reply :
On 11/20/2016 at 7:55 AM, everythingthatswims said:
Had to go back for a little more a-rig love today. Top fish was 4.8. Fished for a few hours this evening as a massive cold front hit central Virginia like a slap in the face! White caps and everything but the bass were still chewing.
Awesome! Did u net them or lip them both lol
everythingthatswims reply :
On 11/22/2016 at 11:45 PM, Jtrout said:Awesome! Did u net them or lip them both lol
Lipped them/halfway grabbed the rig. I don't know how it all worked out. I have landed 3 doubles in 3 days of fishing, I though they were supposed to be uncommon on an a-rig!
Logan S reply :
Hit Gaston last weekend for a team tournament...Had a great practice day and disappointing tournament day (we got 4th), but it's always fun to fish my favorite lake . Most fish were caught on Jigs and Swingheads with several also coming on shakeyheads.
The wind kicked into overdrive about an hour before weigh in and made for a pretty hellish ride back to the ramp...Thankfully we only had to go a few miles but crossing the main lake was bad. Several boats did not make it to weigh in because they couldn't get across the main lake. I've seen some rough stuff on the Potomac, Upper Bay, and Erie...and this ride ranked right up there with the worst I've been in. We were both wearing PFDs and it's a good reminder to always wear them...I've never seen Gaston get even close to this rough, but with 40-50 mph winds anything is possible.
TnRiver46 reply :
On 11/23/2016 at 12:40 AM, everythingthatswims said:Lipped them/halfway grabbed the rig. I don't know how it all worked out. I have landed 3 doubles in 3 days of fishing, I though they were supposed to be uncommon on an a-rig!
A bite on that rig is uncommon for me. I gave up after donating a few to the bottom of the river. I know it catches fish but it's not for poor folk. Especially when you spend all the money and don't get a bite. Then cast a rattle trap and catch one in the first 5 minutes
roadwarrior reply :
Never had a double nor a single fish on the outside arms. BTW, The Rig is also the #1 presentation for stripers!
everythingthatswims reply :
On 11/24/2016 at 3:09 AM, roadwarrior said:Never had a double nor a single fish on the outside arms. BTW, The Rig is also the #1 presentation for stripers!
I think I'm catching more fish on the outside arms than the inside right now. Doesn't make sense. Stripers usually hit the inside, this is the first time I've gotten into bass on the rig.
WDE reply :
Had a little time to kill before Thanksgiving dinner at my wife's grandparents' place. They've got a little pond on their land, but it's way down and I've never fished it.
Caught 8, hooked 10 in an hour and a half. Biggest is in the middle, approached 2lbs.
greggt4736 reply :
Monster scale certified 10 pounder. Personal best. Caught her on a rattle trap on my wife's uncle's busted Shakespeare flipping reel with hardly any drag. The reel is permanently stuck in flipping freespool mode. Despite the gear challenges I walked her at water level from the dock to the bank for some family photos. Wife's unc put it on the scale and started ranting and raving cause it came out of his pond. A really awesome moment.
The nerves are visible on my face as I just knew she was coming unbuttoned when I saw how she was skin hooked when she surfaced. Everybody had given up fishing but me and went on to other stuff. No one was around to see "the one that got away" She stayed on and I have a lot to be thankful for.
A-Jay reply :
On 11/25/2016 at 10:23 AM, greggt4736 said:Monster scale certified 10 pounder. Personal best. Caught her on a rattle trap on my wife's uncle's busted Shakespeare flipping reel with hardly any drag. The reel is permanently stuck in flipping freespool mode. Despite the gear challenges I walked her at water level from the dock to the bank for some family photos. Wife's unc put it on the scale and started ranting and raving cause it came out of his pond. A really awesome moment.
The nerves are visible on my face as I just knew she was coming unbuttoned when I saw how she was skin hooked when she surfaced. Everybody had given up fishing but me and went on to other stuff. No one was around to see "the one that got away" She stayed on and I have a lot to be thankful for.
Great Bass ~ PB's Are The BEST !
Congrats
A-Jay
roadwarrior reply :
CONGRATULATIONS!
Gundog reply :
Bravo!
Dwight Hottle reply :
Sweet!
fishinfiend reply :
whoa!!!!!
QUAKEnSHAKE reply :
Caught a few today on trd ned rig. Daiwa SV105 20# braid 7'MH/MF Crucial rod one 18" 3# and another 15". Around 40-45 out a little windy all out far and deep.
trick worms reply :
On 11/25/2016 at 10:23 AM, greggt4736 said:Monster scale certified 10 pounder. Personal best. Caught her on a rattle trap on my wife's uncle's busted Shakespeare flipping reel with hardly any drag. The reel is permanently stuck in flipping freespool mode. Despite the gear challenges I walked her at water level from the dock to the bank for some family photos. Wife's unc put it on the scale and started ranting and raving cause it came out of his pond. A really awesome moment.
The nerves are visible on my face as I just knew she was coming unbuttoned when I saw how she was skin hooked when she surfaced. Everybody had given up fishing but me and went on to other stuff. No one was around to see "the one that got away" She stayed on and I have a lot to be thankful for.
Congrats??
everythingthatswims reply :
Alabama rig bite was good today
TnRiver46 reply :
Sweet screenshot
fishinfiend reply :
Couple from yesterday
Mosster47 reply :
We caught about a hundred of these little guys yesterday. Shasta is a fun place.
A-Jay reply :
My LAST Smallie of 2016 ~ See ya next year . . .
A-Jay
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quanjig reply :
Caught this on a pointer 100DD! Love the jerkbait bite!!
Choporoz reply :
^NIce, Quan. Impressive fish.
I never had confidence there was enough clear water for a good jerk bait bite around here.
(I boated some on lipless yesterday, but never would have considered a pointer)
quanjig reply :
The pinned jerkbait thread in here is so worth a read if you want to learn about them, lots of good info!! @Choporoz
WDE reply :
Bank fishing, ghost shad lipless crank. Sub 50 outside temp. No clue about water temp, which brings this question--why is this fish so light in color? Is it the water temperature? This is probably the lightest colored bass I've caught in recent memory(if not ever).
Bluebasser86 reply :
On 12/7/2016 at 8:04 AM, WDE said:Bank fishing, ghost shad lipless crank. Sub 50 outside temp. No clue about water temp, which brings this question--why is this fish so light in color? Is it the water temperature? This is probably the lightest colored bass I've caught in recent memory(if not ever).
Fish can get that washed out color in cold water, open water, and also in dirty water (which doesn't appear to be the case in your picture). I'm not sure the exact reason but I believe it may be due to changes in circulation in the fishes blood caused by the colder water.
WDE reply :
On 12/7/2016 at 2:20 PM, Bluebasser86 said:Fish can get that washed out color in cold water, open water, and also in dirty water (which doesn't appear to be the case in your picture). I'm not sure the exact reason but I believe it may be due to changes in circulation in the fishes blood caused by the colder water.
Here's a fun comparison, a beautifully marked baby LMB from a similar pond 2 miles down the road. Caught under the same conditions, 2 days ago:
Bluebasser86 reply :
It seems I catch some of my best colored fish out of cold water every year, but then some will be very washed out as well.
scaleface reply :
On 11/27/2016 at 10:09 AM, everythingthatswims said:Alabama rig bite was good today
This is a great screen shot .You can see the mass of " I presume shad" moving , trying to avoid the bass . Now what do you think is on the far left ? Bass on the bottom or cover ?
WDE reply :
Caught a nice chunk today. Also a PB.
everythingthatswims reply :
On 12/10/2016 at 11:00 PM, scaleface said:This is a great screen shot .You can see the mass of " I presume shad" moving , trying to avoid the bass . Now what do you think is on the far left ? Bass on the bottom or cover ?
I think it's more baitfish. This lake has a pretty barren bottom.
WDE reply :
Only had time for a few casts and caught my first carp. I had no idea how to handle this fish. It was much too large to mouth grip, and I wasn't going to use my pliers. Left him in the water until he calmed down and I could dislodge my lure.
For future reference, how am I supposed to handle these fish?
TnRiver46 reply :
On 12/13/2016 at 7:43 AM, WDE said:Only had time for a few casts and caught my first carp. I had no idea how to handle this fish. It was much too large to mouth grip, and I wasn't going to use my pliers. Left him in the water until he calmed down and I could dislodge my lure.
For future reference, how am I supposed to handle these fish?
Handle them very carefully, they can be pretty wild. They have sharp fin rays that can stick you pretty bad. I usually try to get my hand under the gill flap (not the gill rakers)
WDE reply :
On 12/13/2016 at 8:21 AM, TnRiver46 said:Handle them very carefully, they can be pretty wild. They have sharp fin rays that can stick you pretty bad. I usually try to get my hand under the gill flap (not the gill rakers)
I tried to retrieve my lure numerous times before he finally settled down long enough to get my crankbait out without fear of taking a treble to the hand.
Noted on the actual handling of it. When I got him to the surface, I saw a very sharp dorsal protruding from the water. I think I'll just continue dislodging them from the water, should they want to hit a bass lure again.
Is this even considered a "decent" sized carp?
Bluebasser86 reply :
On 12/13/2016 at 8:57 AM, WDE said:I tried to retrieve my lure numerous times before he finally settled down long enough to get my crankbait out without fear of taking a treble to the hand.
Noted on the actual handling of it. When I got him to the surface, I saw a very sharp dorsal protruding from the water. I think I'll just continue dislodging them from the water, should they want to hit a bass lure again.
Is this even considered a "decent" sized carp?
I usually just put my thumb in their mouth and my other fingers under the gill plate, but you can just grab under the gill plate as well.
That's actually a smallmouth buffalo, not a carp. They look similar but buffalo are suckers, while carp are in the minnow family. The world record is listed at just over 82 pounds. I enjoy bowfishing for them and even though that may not be a big one, I know from experience how hard one that size fights.
WDE reply :
On 12/13/2016 at 2:20 PM, Bluebasser86 said:I usually just put my thumb in their mouth and my other fingers under the gill plate, but you can just grab under the gill plate as well.
That's actually a smallmouth buffalo, not a carp. They look similar but buffalo are suckers, while carp are in the minnow family. The world record is listed at just over 82 pounds. I enjoy bowfishing for them and even though that may not be a big one, I know from experience how hard one that size fights.
This is great information, thanks! I thought I had a good fish, but only 70 pounds shy of a world record. 14lb fluoro got him in. Was an adventure for sure.
everythingthatswims reply :
On 12/13/2016 at 2:20 PM, Bluebasser86 said:I usually just put my thumb in their mouth and my other fingers under the gill plate, but you can just grab under the gill plate as well.
That's actually a smallmouth buffalo, not a carp. They look similar but buffalo are suckers, while carp are in the minnow family. The world record is listed at just over 82 pounds. I enjoy bowfishing for them and even though that may not be a big one, I know from experience how hard one that size fights.
I snagged one that looked to be around 30lbs the other day on a medium action rod with 12lb line. The only fish I have seen behave like that one did is honestly a sailfish. That thing dumped 75 yards off my reel in seconds and was going completely airborne every 10 or so yards. Came unbuttoned but I didn't mind. Kind of makes me want to target them now, I had heard about how hard they fight but that was astonishing.
IndianaFinesse reply :
I have yet to catch a buffalo, but I do carp fish occasionally. Biggest one yet weighed 38 pounds, caught her on the ned rig while bass fishing. It was spawning and full of eggs, so it was less energetic than a smaller carp, but it still put up an impressive fight on a medium lite rod.
Bluebasser86 reply :
On 12/14/2016 at 1:36 AM, everythingthatswims said:I snagged one that looked to be around 30lbs the other day on a medium action rod with 12lb line. The only fish I have seen behave like that one did is honestly a sailfish. That thing dumped 75 yards off my reel in seconds and was going completely airborne every 10 or so yards. Came unbuttoned but I didn't mind. Kind of makes me want to target them now, I had heard about how hard they fight but that was astonishing.
Black Buffalo are a nuisance at one of the power plant lakes. They pile into the outlet in the washout where I like to target wipers with spoons. Most days I end up snagging more of them on my spoons than I catch wipers. I've landed a few over 30 pounds, but most of them are in the 8-12 pound range. It's pretty wild when I get one that decides to start jumping, and they are crazy fast for a fish that look like they'd be slow moving, bottom feeders. Occasionally I'll catch one with the spoon completely in their mouth to the point they had to be trying to eat it. This is a pretty average one.
everythingthatswims reply :
On 12/14/2016 at 2:31 PM, Bluebasser86 said:Black Buffalo are a nuisance at one of the power plant lakes. They pile into the outlet in the washout where I like to target wipers with spoons. Most days I end up snagging more of them on my spoons than I catch wipers. I've landed a few over 30 pounds, but most of them are in the 8-12 pound range. It's pretty wild when I get one that decides to start jumping, and they are crazy fast for a fish that look like they'd be slow moving, bottom feeders. Occasionally I'll catch one with the spoon completely in their mouth to the point they had to be trying to eat it. This is a pretty average one.
Yep that is definitely the fish I hooked
everythingthatswims reply :
Got my butt handed to me today. Weather was doable and the next two days will not be so I spent the day on a local reservoir. Only bite I had was this 2.5 I caught on a shad rap, so I did avoid the skunk. Rain dropped the water temps into the low 40s. Should have gone to the magic A-rig lake again!
Bassfishin91 reply :
Went fishing in the Everglades today for a bit caught a solid 2.5 lbs on a white zoom horny toad rigged on a eagle 3/0 wide gap worm hook and a 1/8th bullet weight. also caught a couple more smaller ones as well
Bluebasser86 reply :
Never made it out of the 20's Wednesday, but the urge was too strong. Glad I went, fished for 3 hours and ended up with over 50 in the boat. Most of them were small, but I had a couple respectable fish. Biggest one of the day fell for a Duo Realis Shad 62DR.
everythingthatswims reply :
Guess the weight of this fish.
Headed to the lake where I caught all the A-rig fish in November. Water is down to 44 degrees now, and the past two days here in VA did not get above freezing, with nights in the teens, so I'm sure the fish were affected by the drop in temps. Lots of fish nipping at the rig, but I did put 4 bass in the kayak with me. I am hoping to head back out there later in the week once conditions stabilize, maybe those fish that were bumping the rig will be eating it by then. Off to the power plant lake tomorrow!
Ktho reply :
Fished this morning before work. Air temp was 45, water temp probably in the 50s. Pretty darn cold for Socal, there was even frost on the grass in the shade. Fished textbook winter stuff. Steeper bank with quick access to deep water fished the Finesse jig and reins craw.
hawgenvy reply :
My Christmas Pig. 6 pounds, 3 oz. Caught at sunset today from the bank on a Livetarget Trap
Ktho reply :
Caught 2 Christmas bass today before dinner on the jig again, sure is a fun bite.
Yeajray231 reply :
@hawgenvy if that's a livetarget lure then I have the same trap . And it has caught me a nice fish as well. Apparently it works nice all around . I don't own many because of the price (and because other ones work ) , but no doubt they work. Nice one. !
N Florida Mike reply :
Hawgenvy.Nice catch.I caught a 6 pound ,3 oz fish on Christmas evening right at dark ! but it was last year.
Got out today for a little while before dark.It was my reward to myself for doing chores all day.I fished a pond about a mile away.
Someone had fenced in the front gap in the fence so I went around to the back and found a hole in the fence.Its ringed by cypress trees and the water is Fairly clear.Not posted.
I decided to use a Pit boss in California color.Good choice.Fished with it only and caught 4 before dark.Also missed 2-3.Every fish was caught with the bait moving,on the surface and just under it.I may go back at first light tomorrow.
I have fished this pond several times, because I got a tip of a couple 10s being caught there .
Never mind my boat.I posted it by accident and can't remove it.
Here's several of the fish.
Does anyone know why the pics are sideways,? when I post they are right side up.
hawgenvy reply :
On 12/26/2016 at 4:25 PM, Yeajray231 said:@hawgenvy if that's a livetarget lure then I have the same trap . And it has caught me a nice fish as well. Apparently it works nice all around . I don't own many because of the price (and because other ones work ) , but no doubt they work. Nice one. !
Yep, it's a Livetarget Golden Shiner, and it has been a great lure for me in the winter and spring. I always change out the hooks. The lures are not cheap but they are durable. After many hours of use, superficial tooth marks are the only damage.
everythingthatswims reply :
Fished the power plant lake today. Collectively, my two brothers and I landed exactly 80 bass today. They were all under 2lbs but it was a really good time. Can't complain about throwing topwater and sight fishing in December!
TnRiver46 reply :
On 12/27/2016 at 12:43 PM, everythingthatswims said:Fished the power plant lake today. Collectively, my two brothers and I landed exactly 80 bass today. They were all under 2lbs but it was a really good time. Can't complain about throwing topwater and sight fishing in December!
That's sounds pretty wild, thanks for the post
N Florida Mike reply :
Went to the pond down the road again this morning.Bite was slower but the fish were bigger average than yesterday.Caught 2 on the pit boss,2 on watermelon red trick worm,and 1 on a 5 inch senko.Still haven't found the 10s out there yet,but I did see a couple decent sized BEDS .That's right BEDS.Its been warm here so they're starting.No fish on them today,but they'll be back in a couple weeks with the full moon.I f it stays warm enough.
everythingthatswims reply :
These did not come from the 70 degree nuclear water, had to switch things up today and fish in cold water like the rest of the world has to
IndianaFinesse reply :
On 12/27/2016 at 11:27 PM, N Florida Mike said:Went to the pond down the road again this morning.Bite was slower but the fish were bigger average than yesterday.Caught 2 on the pit boss,2 on watermelon red trick worm,and 1 on a 5 inch senko.Still haven't found the 10s out there yet,but I did see a couple decent sized BEDS .That's right BEDS.Its been warm here so they're starting.No fish on them today,but they'll be back in a couple weeks with the full moon.I f it stays warm enough.
You've already got beds there?! Lucky, I can only dream about spawning bass right now with two inches of ice over the lakes here.
N Florida Mike reply :
Yeah they were early last year too.Seen a little activity in my home lake already this year but the beds are better developed at the pond a mile down the road.
It's a blessing to live in Florida.The fishing slows n winter but never stops.
everythingthatswims reply :
Caught a couple little guys dragging/dead sticking a jig in a pond yesterday. The best method was honestly to drag the jig about a foot and then do something on my phone for a while, then drag it a little more. They wanted it SLOW!
fishinfiend reply :
Yesterday on speed shad
Today on red eye shad
Bluebasser86 reply :
Got out the first time since the baby was born. The fish were not very nice but we did catch a couplegood ones. I had some baits I've been working on to test out and all our fish came on those so that was a nice bonus. My buddy had big fish with a thick 20" fish that went 5 1/4.
fishinfiend reply :
great fish guys. Keep them coming!
everythingthatswims reply :
Went out to do some more blade bait fishing on a new body of water. Landed about a dozen.. but... uhhhh... they were fun sized. I know there are lots of nice fish in there, I just have no idea what they were doing. I'm pretty sure I was staring at them all day but they wouldn't show me any love!
Bluebasser86 reply :
My first big fish of the new year ?
Bluebasser86 reply :
One of my first few bass of the new year choked a Duo Realis Rozante.
IndianaFinesse reply :
On 1/6/2017 at 1:00 AM, Bluebasser86 said:One of my first few bass of the new year choked a Duo Realis Rozante.
You fishing in a power plant lake or something?
Bluebasser86 reply :
On 1/6/2017 at 1:35 AM, IndianaFinesse said:You fishing in a power plant lake or something?
2 of them actually
TnRiver46 reply :
Enjoy it while you can!!!! EPA shut down all the hot holes on the Tennessee river. They are now lukewarm holes. But it still draws in fish
IndianaFinesse reply :
We're going back and forth between having the main lake ice free but the coves still iced up, and ice thick enough to ice fish on. A week and a half ago I was ice fishing, and three days ago I plowed through some ice on the edges of the lake to do some open water fishing. The weather has been a rollercoaster, one day it's a high of 14 degrees and snow, the next it's in the fifty's and raining.
everythingthatswims reply :
Had a pretty good redemption today, my little brother has a tournament on the 19th so we went to look for some fish on Lake Anna. Found them in 35FOW and put a dozen in the boat, biggest was the low 4 I'm holding, she wouldn't sit still on the scales but I wanted to get her back since they can have a tough time coming from that deep water. I apologize for the scratched out background, that was for a little fun to send to his friends who will also be fishing that tournament, then I realized it was the only picture I had of the fish!
I think this was my last outing before I head back to school, gonna be a long winter 
N Florida Mike reply :
First decent fish of the year.
What was weird was that it had line coming out its poop hole.I guess someone cut the line or broke it off , and the fish swallowed the line.
Bluebasser86 reply :
Temps in the twenties, wind chill in the teens, but they still have to eat.
J._Bricker reply :
Nice fatty!!! What was the water temperature that day?
Bluebasser86 reply :
On 1/9/2017 at 4:36 AM, J._Bricker said:Nice fatty!!! What was the water temperature that day?
That was earlier today, it was 41 degrees at that spot.
J._Bricker reply :
Thank you sir! There's hope for the rest of us
budgetbassin reply :
I finally had a chance to fish this year and caught my first fish of 2017 even if it is a dink.
Bass_Fishing_Socal reply :
Finally caught my first bass of 2017. I had been busy unpacking, fixing some stuffs around the house since we moved here on the first.
I didnt really get a chance to fish much at all, only 2 times, first time only 15 mins since my dog decided to jump in the lake so I had to take her home to wash her and kept her warm.
Today while waitting my roof guy to replace 2 of cracking sky-light, I went to the spot near me for a quick wet. While fishing my usual drop shot I got a follower while reeling in. I thought to myself that guy might want something a little bit faster so I re-tie plastic jerkbait within a few casts I got this guy.
Bass_Fishing_Socal reply :
On 1/6/2017 at 7:45 AM, N Florida Mike said:First decent fish of the year.
What was weird was that it had line coming out its poop hole.I guess someone cut the line or broke it off , and the fish swallowed the line.
You should pull the line out of her butt LOL. I just watched lake fork guy pull out a plastic lure from her mouth and also a senko from the same fish butt the other day.
N Florida Mike reply :
I tried but No go.Im sure theres a hook in there .
TnRiver46 reply :
On 1/12/2017 at 8:23 AM, JustJames said:Finally caught my first bass of 2017. I had been busy unpacking, fixing some stuffs around the house since we moved here on the first.
I didnt really get a chance to fish much at all, only 2 times, first time only 15 mins since my dog decided to jump in the lake so I had to take her home to wash her and kept her warm.
Today while waitting my roof guy to replace 2 of cracking sky-light, I went to the spot near me for a quick wet. While fishing my usual drop shot I got a follower while reeling in. I thought to myself that guy might want something a little bit faster so I re-tie plastic jerkbait within a few casts I got this guy.
That's a nice one
roadwarrior reply :
Nice fish, great pic!
Bass_Fishing_Socal reply :
Another fish on jeakbait today after all day of rain yesterday.
Bluebasser86 reply :
Had the first 100+ fish day of the year yesterday before the big storm gets here. Largemouth, smallmouth, whites, wiper, walleye, crappie, and drum all found their way to the boat. Caught fish on swimbaits, bladed jigs, traps, cranks, traps, beavers, even a float-n-fly. I literally caught fish on my first and last cast of the day when I got called off the water. This was my first cast of the day.
Bass_Fishing_Socal reply :
100+ fish, ill be d**n. Im happy with just one fish every trip.
J._Bricker reply :
On 1/14/2017 at 11:07 AM, Bluebasser86 said:Had the first 100+ fish day of the year yesterday before the big storm gets here. Largemouth, smallmouth, whites, wiper, walleye, crappie, and drum all found their way to the boat. Caught fish on swimbaits, bladed jigs, traps, cranks, traps, beavers, even a float-n-fly. I literally caught fish on my first and last cast of the day when I got called off the water. This was my first cast of the day.
One heck of a day! So, how long did it take you to call your shot? Just an incredible day that we all want to have any time of year. Continued good fishing.JB
Bluebasser86 reply :
On 1/14/2017 at 11:01 PM, J._Bricker said:One heck of a day! So, how long did it take you to call your shot? Just an incredible day that we all want to have any time of year. Continued good fishing.JB
They were so thick the last 2 hours that it was a bite every cast. It was so bad that if I'd hook one and lose it, all I did was stop reeling and another one would grab it. I had video where I was casting my RES and while it was sinking I was starting my camera but a fish would run off with it like I was fishing a jig instead.
N Florida Mike reply :
Got out today with my son for a couple hours.Got 9-10 all about the same size.Caught most of them on watermelon flukes and senkos.
Good time to catch up and discuss things.He'd rather saltwater fish,but he'll still go bass fishing with me occasionally.
S. Sass reply :
Spent a couple hrs at a pool to kill the rest of the day.
Mosster47 reply :
Caught this in the creek about a minute from my house. It fought like a spot, looks like a largie, but has red eyes. This Tennesee River area is ridiculous. If there is water over a foot deep there is a bass worth catching in it.
Not sure why the picture is sideways but you'd rather look at the fish than me so it works out.
WDE reply :
After being in a bit of a slump for the past month or so, I finally had a decent day and lucked up on bass feasting on schooling shad. Largest 3.5lbs, smallest 1.45lbs.
gimruis reply :
Ya'll need to have the co-angler take your photo with the fish. These selfies are beyond terrible!
Mosster47 reply :
My six year old caught his first spot today.
WDE reply :
On 1/17/2017 at 7:50 AM, gimruis said:Ya'll need to have the co-angler take your photo with the fish. These selfies are beyond terrible!
I don't disagree.
wytstang reply :
My first whopper plopper fish and man the explosion was awesome
Rapala DT flat
North Star baits with a Rage craw
hawgenvy reply :
Fishing with a regular ol' jig is not my strong suit, so that's why every once in a while, like today, I try to use one exclusively, mainly to keep my jig skills up, but also because I like how a jig bite feels. There is one particular black/blue jig with which I sometimes have some success, and I tend to pick that one out of my box if I can find it in the jumble of silicone tendrils. I don't know what brand it is, the paint and eyes are long gone, the skirt is ragged and mostly missing, it has a bent wire trailer keep, but it works. With the help of a Rage craw and a hook sharpener, this 5 pound 10 oz fat bellied beast was tricked by that old jig this evening. I do believe that old lure has a few more lunkers still in its future.
Fishing with a regular ol' jig is not my strong suit, so that's why every once in a while, like today, I try to use one exclusively, mainly to keep my jig skills up, but also because I like how a jig bite feels. There is one particular black/blue jig with which I sometimes have some success, and I tend to pick that one out of my box if I can find it in the jumble of silicone tendrils. I don't know what brand it is, the paint and eyes are long gone, the skirt is ragged and mostly missing, it has a bent wire trailer keep, but it works. With the help of a Rage craw and a hook sharpener, this 5 pound 10 oz fat bellied beast was tricked by that old jig this evening. I do believe that old lure has a few more lunkers still in its future.
fishinfiend reply :
great fish!
A-Jay reply :
On 1/19/2017 at 12:32 PM, hawgenvy said:Fishing with a regular ol' jig is not my strong suit, so that's why every once in a while, like today, I try to use one exclusively, mainly to keep my jig skills up, but also because I like how a jig bite feels. There is one particular black/blue jig with which I sometimes have some success, and I tend to pick that one out of my box if I can find it in the jumble of silicone tendrils. I don't know what brand it is, the paint and eyes are long gone, the skirt is ragged and mostly missing, it has a bent wire trailer keep, but it works. With the help of a Rage craw and a hook sharpener, this 5 pound 10 oz fat bellied beast was tricked by that old jig this evening. I do believe that old lure has a few more lunkers still in its future.
Congrats ~
A-Jay
samwise2u reply :
@hawgenvy, cool.
everythingthatswims reply :
On 1/17/2017 at 7:50 AM, gimruis said:Ya'll need to have the co-angler take your photo with the fish. These selfies are beyond terrible!
Where are your fish pics?
J._Bricker reply :
Went out Tuesday in between storms, 41 degree air temp, 49.2 degree water temp and didn't get a bite. Took this flick of the competition who's been working the area in front of the dock for at least three weeks now.... and I know he's on fish. I did get to watch another sea lion feed on a 6+ pound bass. So I for one appreciate the photos of what everyone's been catching. Continued good fishing, JB
hawgenvy reply :
On 1/17/2017 at 7:50 AM, gimruis said:Ya'll need to have the co-angler take your photo with the fish. These selfies are beyond terrible!
I often fish alone. What should I do, hire a photographer?
WDE reply :
On 1/20/2017 at 10:03 AM, hawgenvy said:
I often fish alone. What should I do, hire a photographer?
I'm in the same situation. It'd be nice to have even an occasional fishing partner, but I often prefer to keep to my own agenda and my erratic work hours regulate me to that anyhow.
Mosster47 reply :
I caught this 2ish-lb large mouth tonight when I was on the phone with @road warrior lol.
A-Jay reply :
On 1/22/2017 at 8:24 AM, Mosster47 said:I caught this 2ish-lb large mouth tonight when I was on the phone with @road warrior lol.
So is that like "phone a Fish" then . . . . ?
A-Jay
Mosster47 reply :
On 1/22/2017 at 8:28 AM, A-Jay said:So is that like "phone a Fish" then . . . . ?
A-Jay
I guess he might be good luck or something lol.
A-Jay reply :
On 1/22/2017 at 9:26 AM, Mosster47 said:
I guess he might be good luck or something lol.
What's his number ?
I can use all the help I can get.
A-Jay
Knightiac reply :
Caught this 7 pounder on a large berkley grass pig. I let it hit the bottom and as soon as I lifted my rod tip she was on - must have landed right in front of it. Caught the speck on a chug bug during a nice topwater bite, same day different lake.
IndianaFinesse reply :
On 1/17/2017 at 9:57 AM, wytstang said:My first whopper plopper fish and man the explosion was awesome
Rapala DT flat
North Star baits with a Rage craw
Your already catching bass on topwater and crankbaits?! Lucky, the ice just came off up here and today's most productive lure was a micro jig intended for panfish.
Mosster47 reply :
On 1/22/2017 at 10:32 AM, Knightiac said:Caught this 7 pounder on a large berkley grass pig. I let it hit the bottom and as soon as I lifted my rod tip she was on - must have landed right in front of it. Caught the speck on a chug bug during a nice topwater bite, same day different lake.
When you catch a monster like that in a little neighborhood pond it make you wonder what is swimming around in a continent of water like Toledo Bend.
wytstang reply :
On 1/22/2017 at 10:48 AM, IndianaFinesse said:Your already catching bass on topwater and crankbaits?! Lucky, the ice just came off up here and today's most productive lure was a micro jig intended for panfish.
Cranks never stop here, Ive caught them in 38* mornings last year. Top water I don't do much of it just felt right to throw one and that hefty girl was right there to grab it. I don't know how you guys do it up north but fishing year round is great for my blood pressure lol.
Knightiac reply :
On 1/22/2017 at 1:39 PM, Mosster47 said:
When you catch a monster like that in a little neighborhood pond it make you wonder what is swimming around in a continent of water like Toledo Bend.
Just about every pond down here has 5+ lbers in it. Just a matter of figuring them out... Love it.
Yeajray231 reply :
@Mosster47 yea Ohio's state record was taken from a pond. At 13+lbs
Mosster47 reply :
On 1/23/2017 at 11:05 AM, Yeajray231 said:@Mosster47 yea Ohio's state record was taken from a pond. At 13+lbs
Oregon's too, a couple time by the same fish.
WDE reply :
Snipe Hunter reply :
On 1/20/2017 at 10:03 AM, hawgenvy said:
I often fish alone. What should I do, hire a photographer?
Burtonxj reply :
Or we can all take whatever kinda photo we want
Crazy, I know.
Hog Basser reply :
Fishing during duck season in Arkansas...only near 80 degrees this last weekend, so why not?
This is two fish...I did the long arm and the normal pose to show the difference on each one. Both caught on a bladed jig with craw trailer. The big one went 3.98 and the other was about 3.25. Had a business partner I was guiding catch a 4.64 and a 5.6 on Monday afternoon in the same spot within his first 10 minutes of being there on a spinner bait.
Sittin there reelin em in reply :
Sweet bass guys!
Jar11591 reply :
9 pounds 13 ounces
8 pounds 9 ounces
Mosster47 reply :
Finally got the big spot I've been after in the creek near my house. Rage Space Monkey did the trick.
clh121787 reply :
On 2/8/2017 at 1:06 PM, Jar11591 said:9 pounds 13 ounces
8 pounds 9 ounces
Cali? Or mexico?
Been testing out some different baits. Things are starting to happen around here. No big ones yet. Still looking
Jar11591 reply :
On 2/10/2017 at 12:03 AM, clh121787 said:Cali? Or mexico?
Mexico!
soflabasser reply :
On 12/11/2016 at 7:23 AM, WDE said:Caught a nice chunk today. Also a PB.
Congratulations on your new PB!
lonnie g reply :
On 2/10/2017 at 1:01 PM, soflabasser said:Congratulations on your new PB!
congrats on pb. keep dragging them in!
soflabasser reply :
On 2/11/2017 at 12:19 AM, lonnie g said:congrats on pb. keep dragging them in!
Its not my PB, It's @WDE's PB.I qouted his post to congratulate him on his catch.
38 Super Fan reply :
Since I haven't posted in over a year, thought I'd show off this little smallie from Norris Lake I caught a couple weeks ago.
Mosster47 reply :
I caught this little largie on my lunch break today.
Mosster47 reply :
On 2/11/2017 at 9:41 AM, 38 Super Fan said:Since I haven't posted in over a year, thought I'd show off this little smallie from Norris Lake I caught a couple weeks ago.
Stud smallie! That thing is shaped like a missile. I bet it fought like no other!
Bluebasser86 reply :
If only she was a couple inches longer
N Florida Mike reply :
Healthy fish!
Darren. reply :
On 2/11/2017 at 9:39 PM, Bluebasser86 said:If only she was a couple inches longer
I'm tellin' ya, Blue. Ya need a longer bump board!
Bluebasser86 reply :
On 2/11/2017 at 9:52 PM, Darren. said:
I'm tellin' ya, Blue. Ya need a longer bump board!
That one has a spot built into the deck for it so it takes up zero space. I'll get a longer one once I can start fishing kayak tournaments I'm sure. Catching them too long for board isn't ever a bad thing though
Darren. reply :
On 2/11/2017 at 9:55 PM, Bluebasser86 said:That one has a spot built into the deck for it so it takes up zero space. I'll get a longer one once I can start fishing kayak tournaments I'm sure. Catching them too long for board isn't ever a bad thing though
I'll bet your kayak tourneys require the Hawg Trough?
Though I don't fish 'em, I believe some locally do. I use
one and though awesome, it can break easily. Have
had to use zip ties and super glue to keep it together.
lonnie g reply :
On 2/11/2017 at 12:56 AM, soflabasser said:
Its not my PB, It's @WDE's PB.I qouted his post to congratulate him on his catch.
thanks for the correction. hope to maybe see yours this year! tight lines my friend
38 Super Fan reply :
On 2/11/2017 at 9:09 PM, Mosster47 said:
Stud smallie! That thing is shaped like a missile. I bet it fought like no other!
Oh yeah! On a weak little jerkbait rod too, it was a heck of a fight. I think it was probably my PB smallie, I didn't have a scale though.
Mosster47 reply :
We got this little chunker on Guntersville today in the grass on a drop shot. Pretty slow day overall though.
WDE reply :
Put in about 4 hours over 6 ponds today. Landed 3. Largest was somewhere in the neighborhood of 3.5-4lbs.
TravisVirginiaAngler reply :
10.5 pounds. 4 fish. 3, 3 pounders on shaky head zoom cranberry flake colored in 2 hours.
Bluebasser86 reply :
Wore these little dudes out. Fished for 1.5 hours and barely moved. Stopped at a nice even 50 so I could get some sleep today. Only took 1 rod with 1 65 pointer and that was all I needed. A bunch of cold water dinks in February, I'm not complaining.
Smokinal reply :
Man you guys are killin me! Some really great reports recently. Wish I had some soft water.
Bluebasser86 reply :
Beautiful day out today. Got done filling bait orders and couldn't help but go back to my dink lake. They were not stacked like yesterday, or I wasn't catching them as good. I did get what was by far the biggest bass I'd caught from there at that spot.
decided to go hit the mouth of the main spawning cove. Casting my.little 65 pointer and catching dinks pretty steady, I was thinking if there's a big one in here, she ought to be soaking up this sun right on the edge of this flat. Sure enough, she was there!
No scale, wasn't expecting to catch a 2 pounder, let alone one like that. Fat and healthy and she swam away strong after her glamour shots.
Bass_Fishing_Socal reply :
Went out to the same spot with same setup as yesterday where I caught 4. Fish there for about an hour until the school start showing up. I made 3 cast and caught 3 fish back to back. They are all about the same size. First one on drop shot and the last two on shaky head. After that nothing for the last 30 mins so I call it quit.
Bluebasser86 reply :
I'm on a role now! Biggest bass I've caught in a few years on a homemade football jig in thE same color as Seiberts Bluebasser86 storm series jigs,
Bass_Fishing_Socal reply :
My first bass on huddy 68, not the giant but good enough.
It was windy cold and start to rain here, we are expecting the big storm coming the whole weekend and until next week. Gotta beat the strom be4 I have to put everything down for a few day.
Thank @Bluebasser86 for the huddy.
lonnie g reply :
On 2/16/2017 at 5:24 AM, Bluebasser86 said:
Beautiful day out today. Got done filling bait orders and couldn't help but go back to my dink lake. They were not stacked like yesterday, or I wasn't catching them as good. I did get what was by far the biggest bass I'd caught from there at that spot.
decided to go hit the mouth of the main spawning cove. Casting my.little 65 pointer and catching dinks pretty steady, I was thinking if there's a big one in here, she ought to be soaking up this sun right on the edge of this flat. Sure enough, she was there!
No scale, wasn't expecting to catch a 2 pounder, let alone one like that. Fat and healthy and she swam away strong after her glamour shots.
you keep slaying them like that, uncle sam is going to want you.
On 2/17/2017 at 8:06 AM, Bluebasser86 said:I'm on a role now! Biggest bass I've caught in a few years on a homemade football jig in thE same color as Seiberts Bluebasser86 storm series jigs,
PRETTY LADY!!!
NCbassraider reply :
After a good day of bass fishing the bite went cold late in the day today when suddenly I caught three monster crappy on a jerk bait.
In 5 minutes I caught a 1 lb 14oz, l lb 11oz and this big 2 lb 2oz. I know the State record is well over 3 lbs but a 2 pound crappy is not that common and I caught 3 big ones in about 8 casts. Crazy.
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Bass_Fishing_Socal reply :
On 2/18/2017 at 1:04 PM, NCbassraider said:After a good day of bass fishing the bite went cold late in the day today when suddenly I caught three monster crappy on a jerk bait.
In 5 minutes I caught a 1 lb 14oz, l lb 11oz and this big 2 lb 2oz. I know the State record is well over 3 lbs but a 2 pound crappy is not that common and I caught 3 big ones in about 8 casts. Crazy.
Sound like a good dinner to me. Never tried one before but from what i've heard its good eating fish.
On 2/18/2017 at 1:04 PM, NCbassraider said:
lonnie g reply :
On 2/18/2017 at 2:05 PM, JustJames said:Sound like a good dinner to me. Never tried one before but from what i've heard its good eating fish.
NICE SLAB!! CRAPPIE OUT OF COLD WATER IS GREAT. make sure you get the fin meat or small strip off, its really fishy tasting. cut the bigger filets into smaller pieces so they cook faster and not suck up oil
NCbassraider reply :
On 2/18/2017 at 11:52 PM, lonnie g said:NICE SLAB!! CRAPPIE OUT OF COLD WATER IS GREAT. make sure you get the fin meat or small strip off, its really fishy tasting. cut the bigger filets into smaller pieces so they cook faster and not suck up oil
That's what I hear but I don't eat fresh water fish. Just don't like it, seafood only for me. I have a buddy that comes out to my place and takes the crappy and big blue gill home to eat. He loves them and I need the panfish thinned out so it's a win-win.
everythingthatswims reply :
Put my kayak on a small lake here in Northern West Virginia today, I landed 6 small bass, one on the jerkbait, and the rest on a 1/4oz lipless. Water was freezing cold and they were incredibly sluggish but they know the days are getting longer!
MikeWright reply :
@NCbassraider
Had a 1.16 Slab the other day...ccut him up...sseasoned him with garlic salt, onion powder, and a sprinkle of habanero powder. Wrapped it in some foil and through a slice of lime in there. Mmmmm mmmmm good!!!! Don't forget to soak the meat in milk though!!
Unless you like to fry fish!! Of that's the case you'd be better off buying catfish 2$/1lb from HEB!!
Bass_Fishing_Socal reply :
On 2/19/2017 at 9:56 AM, everythingthatswims said:Put my kayak on a small lake here in Northern West Virginia today, I landed 6 small bass, one on the jerkbait, and the rest on a 1/4oz lipless. Water was freezing cold and they were incredibly sluggish but they know the days are getting longer!
d**n the water in that lake is so crystal clear, I wish my lake was half that.
On 2/19/2017 at 8:54 AM, NCbassraider said:That's what I hear but I don't eat fresh water fish. Just don't like it, seafood only for me. I have a buddy that comes out to my place and takes the crappy and big blue gill home to eat. He loves them and I need the panfish thinned out so it's a win-win.
Fillet them put in the freezer and Fedex this way lol.
everythingthatswims reply :
On 2/19/2017 at 11:26 AM, JustJames said:d**n the water in that lake is so crystal clear, I wish my lake was half that.
There was really only about 4' of visibility, there is a lot of limestone around here so water gets that greenish stain to it, not like anything I have fished before.
Mosster47 reply :
I caught a bass with no color. Just silver. Oh, I caught a crappie too, been awhile.
lonnie g reply :
On 2/20/2017 at 6:15 AM, Mosster47 said:I caught a bass with no color. Just silver. Oh, I caught a crappie too, been awhile.
my cousin told me they are biting on lay lake too .scoot over I'm coming down this wen. save some for me!
Logan S reply :
Fun day on Lake Anna today...Shame that first one was so skinny, it was looooong. Couple good fish and filled the day with 14 to 16 inchers, awesome for February. I also caught several sight fishing in less than 2 feet of water, which was fun and a little unexpected given the 49 degree water temps.
Crankbait, Swing-head, and shakeyhead accounted for all fish.
fishballer06 reply :
First trip out for the year was yesterday. We had ice on the water earlier in the week, and the water was 41* yesterday after a few warm days. Only caught one fish, but it was a good one.
N Florida Mike reply :
Healthy fish!
mllrtm79 reply :
a friend got a "new" boat, so we went out for a few hours yesterday. I only hooked into one, but it was nice to be out on the water again, and the weather was beautiful.
this one is from Saturday, I got in a little bank fishing at a local farm pond between chores.
J._Bricker reply :
Nice fish and photos fishballer06 and mllrtm79! Wish I could be out on the water, but it's currently raining here in "sunny" Northern California. Some lakes are closed to boat traffic due to high water and now flash flood advisories are being broadcast on the tv. Be safe and continued good fishing, JB
lonnie g reply :
On 2/21/2017 at 3:03 AM, J._Bricker said:Nice fish and photos fishballer06 and mllrtm79! Wish I could be out on the water, but it's currently raining here in "sunny" Northern California. Some lakes are closed to boat traffic due to high water and now flash flood advisories are being broadcast on the tv. Be safe and continued good fishing, JB
seen that bad weather out there, be safe my friend.
boostr reply :
My first of the year
The one time I didn't have my fishing license
J._Bricker reply :
On 2/21/2017 at 9:59 PM, boostr said:My first of the year
The one time I didn't have my fishing license
Hey boostr, congratulations on your first fish of the year and a belated Happy Birthday! Sorry to see you got cited. California recently tied fishing licenses electronically to our driver licenses and I was wondering if that was the case in New Jersey. And I had to crack up at the eyes box, "2", not brn, blu, hzl, etc. Hope you're able to work this out and have better luck fishing the rest of the year, JB
Mosster47 reply :
We fished Smith yesterday and it was really slow. I tried the Damiki rig and it worked. Dangling a little fish in front of a bigger fish works. Incredible...
Bass_Fishing_Socal reply :
On 2/21/2017 at 9:59 PM, boostr said:My first of the year
The one time I didn't have my fishing license
Sorry about you ticket but a good expensive lesson learnt. So far I got check twices by my community patrol.
lonnie g reply :
maybe some one should start a donut shop on the water.LOL or invent game warden repellant. hate you got a ticket man, have a better year.
boostr reply :
On 2/22/2017 at 12:12 AM, J._Bricker said:
Hey boostr, congratulations on your first fish of the year and a belated Happy Birthday! Sorry to see you got cited. California recently tied fishing licenses electronically to our driver licenses and I was wondering if that was the case in New Jersey. And I had to crack up at the eyes box, "2", not brn, blu, hzl, etc. Hope you're able to work this out and have better luck fishing the rest of the year, JB
LOL, I didn't even see that. Guy tried to be funny for 75 dollars.
On 2/22/2017 at 8:34 AM, JustJames said:
Sorry about you ticket but a good expensive lesson learnt. So far I got check twices by my community patrol.
That's a $75 bass by the way.
On 2/22/2017 at 9:43 AM, lonnie g said:maybe some one should start a donut shop on the water.LOL
The next day they busted 5 more people. Seems to be a hot spot. To tell you the truth, I see plenty of non licensed anglers or what I think are non licensed anglers. Even folks keeping their catch even when the sign say C&R only.
Bluebasser86 reply :
Had a first for me this morning. Caught 2 on topwater in February in Kansas not at a power plant lake. There was 28 others to go with them too.
budgetbassin reply :
Caught several small ones today including two beautifully colored ones on the super fluke. I caught 13 on the fluke and 1 on the jig in a little over an hour.
Chowderhead reply :
First fish of the new year. Was able to get about 1 1/2 hours of fishing time with my oldest son using the Bass Raider 10E. Weather was in the high 60's (crazy for Omaha in February) and the wind was pretty steady. Just two LMB, but it sure was fun. Both came on a Havoc "flat dawg" worm on a 2/0 hook in about 5 feet of stumps. The bigger of the two was a little over 1 1/2 lbs and was just shy of 15" in length.
Mosster47 reply :
I just got the 7'6" ML/XF Legend Xtreme drop shotter in and wanted to try it out. We hit a local pond and I had five fish on, but they all came off. I was thinking is was the rod being softer than my UMBX's and it wasn't getting the hook in (a buddy landed a 7lb toad with the same rod in my boat last year), I was thinking it was the mono leader because I forgot my fluoro in my boat and I NEVER use mono. I almost, almost, almost blamed my equipment. Then I broke my weight off and I realized I didn't run my tag end back through the hook and it was dancing with the hook sideways and every time I really got into the fish the worm popped out without any hook catching.
This whole time my six year old put five fish on the bank on a ned rig. He skunked me and I am totally fine with that! He even caught this deformed looking thing:
clh121787 reply :
February frog fish
Mosster47 reply :
I don't tolerate skunk, so I used my lunch break accordingly. I caught the first one on the new Legend Xtreme. If you're a drop shot disciple like I am it's definitely a rod to consider. I fished the rest of the pond and nothing, threw on a Ned and hit it again and landed three more. These are the best looking fish I have seen out of this little quarry pond. Oh that Ned!
everythingthatswims reply :
My biology lecture today got cancelled so I took it as a message from the universe telling me to fish. I headed to the magic lake with my friend to kayak fish for the afternoon. It was slow when we got there, but eventually I stumbled upon a decent jerkbait bite, and once I figured out the cadence they wanted it was GAME ON! I landed 29 bass, most on the jerkbait, a couple on a popper, and one on a jig. I anchored my kayak in one area and landed 15 bass on the jerkbait without moving!
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Most of the fish had the front hook in their mouth, they were big fans of the fancy bait from Japan
corn-on-the-rob reply :
Enjoyed the 74 degree Ohio weather yesterday, caught a few bass, but this bluegill almost ripped the rod outta my hands!
S. Sass reply :
First RedEye Shad I bought to try. First fish I caught on a RedEye Shad. Kind a puny but it did catch one.
Dwight Hottle reply :
Having fun with a Gan Craft jointed claw 178 SS.
Dypsis reply :
On 2/27/2017 at 11:26 PM, Dwight Hottle said:
Having fun with a Gan Craft jointed claw 178 SS.
Nice fish buddy, glad to see you getting your lines wet!!!
lo n slo reply :
On 2/25/2017 at 1:12 PM, everythingthatswims said:a message from the universe telling me to fish.
i get those all the time too. it's a gift. ;- )
Bass_Fishing_Socal reply :
Fat Ika still works. Caught this one on first cast and then nada for the rest of two hours switching between fat ika and wacky senko.
mllrtm79 reply :
I got out of work a few minutes early yesterday, and the pond looked right for a buzzbait... Finally got a chance to properly try out the whopper plopper 
Had two other hits on it, but this was the only one hooked. Starting to get a belly on her.
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lonnie g reply :
On 2/23/2017 at 4:47 AM, Bluebasser86 said:Had a first for me this morning. Caught 2 on topwater in February in Kansas not at a power plant lake. There was 28 others to go with them too.
does 29 mean that you caught your age?LOL
On 3/1/2017 at 11:45 PM, lonnie g said:does 29 mean that you caught your age?
On 2/24/2017 at 7:12 AM, Mosster47 said:I just got the 7'6" ML/XF Legend Xtreme drop shotter in and wanted to try it out. We hit a local pond and I had five fish on, but they all came off. I was thinking is was the rod being softer than my UMBX's and it wasn't getting the hook in (a buddy landed a 7lb toad with the same rod in my boat last year), I was thinking it was the mono leader because I forgot my fluoro in my boat and I NEVER use mono. I almost, almost, almost blamed my equipment. Then I broke my weight off and I realized I didn't run my tag end back through the hook and it was dancing with the hook sideways and every time I really got into the fish the worm popped out without any hook catching.
This whole time my six year old put five fish on the bank on a ned rig. He skunked me and I am totally fine with that! He even caught this deformed looking thing:
sign him up for the tour , he's ready!!
thebillsman reply :
S. Sass reply :
Fished a small pond yesterday. Was originally looking to catch a mess of Crappie. I went after a few Bass as well.
Here my fishing partner was with his Crappie minnow and low and behold out of this small pond he drags a 5.25 lb momma Bass out.
Ktho reply :
Spring is in full effect in my area, hit the local pond to flip the creek and got a nicer one.
Bass_Fishing_Socal reply :
On 3/3/2017 at 3:13 PM, Ktho said:Spring is in full effect in my area, hit the local pond to flip the creek and got a nicer one.
I've heard at the perris and DVL the bites are getting good too, have you gone there yet?
Ktho reply :
On 3/3/2017 at 3:55 PM, JustJames said:I've heard at the perris and DVL the bites are getting good too, have you gone there yet?
I haven't, been meaning to hit DVL or Skinner just hasn't happened yet. They should be up shallow if not this week then next week for sure.
NCbassraider reply :
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IndianaFinesse reply :
On 3/4/2017 at 10:24 AM, NCbassraider said:Still crushing it on the jerkbaits here in NC.
Nice, you know your doing something right when they hit the head of a vision 110.
NCbassraider reply :
On 3/4/2017 at 10:29 AM, IndianaFinesse said:Nice, you know your doing something right when they hit the head of a vision 110.
Yeah, very windy here today so I was pulling it with the wind towards the wind-blown bank so they would be looking straight at it. Had 30 minutes to kill and caught 7 fish in that time.
It's tough to spend $25 on a jerkbait but these things are killer in clear water.
Bluebasser86 reply :
Kind of a slow day with post cold front conditions but I did manage to catch one pretty nice one on a LC 78DD pointer.
Crop9 reply :
With a cold front just having blown through, and lows significantly lower than the past week, I thought today might be a tough day.
After getting to the lake and remembering I didnt renew my license, I had to trek back to the nearest Wal-Mart.
After that, it was still near freezing, air temps hovering around 38.
I was lucky enough to not get skunked and got this one on the "one last cast." Length of right at 22" but I didnt bring my scale. 
NCbassraider reply :
Nice early March pig on the Vision 110. 5 lbs, 11oz
N Florida Mike reply :
Got out with my G- daughter.Cold front had just came in.Not biting good and battling wind.Got this dink of the year contender and closed out with a decent fish.
QUAKEnSHAKE reply :
Braved the wind(30-40mph) today but went to the corner of lake and had wind to my back plus a little hill and trees to block some wind. I managed 2 on a Keitech 3.8" fat paddle tail. Around 17" 2-1/2 pounds was the big one and fortunate to have landed it...
I had been tossing inline spinners for pike just before keitech and had a wire leader by means of a snap swivel well that snap swivel gave out. I thought my line snapped at first but 30# braid doesnt let go so easily. Once flopping bass was under control I eyed my line and saw the culprit.
cport0519 reply :
Caught my first ever bed bass today. Went to a little retention pond I know of at lunch and spotted this buck guarding a nest. I had been throwing a small baby bass zoom fluke, so I tossed it at him for about 10 minutes, and all he did was look at it. Tied on a 3.5" watermelon red flake havoc and after 3 casts, he finally got pi**ed and swam off with it. Weighed in at 1 lb 10 oz, not huge, but great lunch time fun.
lonnie g reply :
Me and my cousin.a 8 and a 10 lb
Smokinal reply :
^^^Holy cow Lonnie! 2 pigs! Nice
dtux reply :
Whiskeytown has been producing ok for me the last little bit.
J._Bricker reply :
On 3/10/2017 at 11:15 AM, dtux said:Whiskeytown has been producing ok for me the last little bit.
Nice football dtux!
BigSkyBasser reply :
We found a hot spring that stays fishable even when it is 9 degrees outside like this day.
It doesn't hold fish larger than about 2 pounds at the very most but it gets us by.
IndianaFinesse reply :
On 3/10/2017 at 11:15 AM, dtux said:Whiskeytown has been producing ok for me the last little bit.
That's a big spot!
On 3/10/2017 at 9:16 AM, lonnie g said:Me and my cousin.a 8 and a 10 lb
Lucky dog, after catching those Texas pigs Indiana's little dink's aren't going to seem very exciting. Every time I fish out of state (never fished down south yet though) I am reminded of how pour Indiana's bass fishing is, and am sorely disappointed when I return to reality world. Cangrats on the pb, hopefully you'll break that again before coming back.
Gundog reply :
On 3/8/2017 at 7:54 AM, QUAKEnSHAKE said:
And that's why I don't use snaps anymore. Seen it too many times.
Ktho reply :
Got a couple today fishing a finesse jig
N Florida Mike reply :
Caught this one out back before work with a zoom speed craw.She followed and swallowed it on the way in.
Nice way to start the work day!?
lonnie g reply :
On 3/10/2017 at 12:06 PM, BigSkyBasser said:We found a hot spring that stays fishable even when it is 9 degrees outside like this day.
It doesn't hold fish larger than about 2 pounds at the very most but it gets us by.
Looks like2nd definition of ice fishing? Beats working tho!!
On 3/10/2017 at 12:37 PM, IndianaFinesse said:That's a big spot!
Lucky dog, after catching those Texas pigs Indiana's little dink's aren't going to seem very exciting. Every time I fish out of state (never fished down south yet though) I am reminded of how pour Indiana's bass fishing is, and am sorely disappointed when I return to reality world. Cangrats on the pb, hopefully you'll break that again before coming back.
Thanks! We are coming back today weather man said storms. He lied only cloudy wish I would have gotten one more day. We are already planning to go to Florida next year
ArmyBassin' reply :
Caught my personal best today at FT Stewart, GA. 7lbs 8ouncesSwallowed a black and blue jig
A-Jay reply :
On 3/12/2017 at 4:07 AM, ArmyBassin' said:Caught my personal best today at FT Stewart, GA. 7lbs 8ouncesSwallowed a black and blue jig
That's a Toad !
PB's are always a Blast
Congrats
A-Jay
Dwight Hottle reply :
Congrats on the new PB.
Gundog reply :
Way to go Armybassin'. That is a hawg indeed.
TravisVirginiaAngler reply :
Today. 930 am. 32 degrees. Fat girl on a zoom trick worm.
S. Sass reply :
Siebert Outdoors 3/8 oz Dredge Brush Jig in Summer Craw with 5/0 hook. I used a Paca chunk in Crawfish color and a small glass rattle inserted in the Paca chunk. Can't hardly work the bottom of the place we were at so I just swam the jig right above the growth in the bottom. Those hooks are just deadly they work exceptionally well. Hardly ever catch a lip most are like this one way back almost even with the eyes
Again my fishing partner had the big one for the day. He drug in this 4.74lb mom on a 1/2 bent out Crappie hook. I'm gonna start claiming to be hunting crappie so I can catch the big Bass.
lonnie g reply :
nice fish!! hunting is fun too!!
CrawfishKiller reply :
Got this 5lb 10oz Louisiana piggy this weekend. He hit it hard!
Mosster47 reply :
On 3/10/2017 at 11:15 AM, dtux said:Whiskeytown has been producing ok for me the last little bit.
One of the few places in North America you can sight fish in 20ft of water. There are some monster spots in there too!
lonnie g reply :
On 3/14/2017 at 11:10 PM, CrawfishKiller said:Got this 5lb 10oz Louisiana piggy this weekend. He hit it hard!
love that new fish call ,HERE PIGGY PIGGY!! nice catch
On 3/15/2017 at 3:04 AM, Mosster47 said:
One of the few places in North America you can sight fish in 20ft of water. There are some monster spots in there too!
spots are deffinatly fun. some times I think they fight even harder in the boat. they seem to like to give the hook back . ouch!
Gooldy reply :
First fish of 2017, and I broke my PB! Previous best was probably just under 5, this one was much bigger than that. The wise Internet says 5.5-6 (about 21-22"). Why is it that anytime I catch big ones I forget my scale?!
Bass_Fishing_Socal reply :
On 3/17/2017 at 11:24 AM, Gooldy said:First fish of 2017, and I broke my PB! Previous best was probably just under 5, this one was much bigger than that. The wise Internet says 5.5-6 (about 21-22"). Why is it that anytime I catch big ones I forget my scale?!
At least you have your phone to take picture. I went fishing today in very beautiful California wild flower in background. Caught a probably my PB about 20" long and I forgot the d**n phone in my car.?
Bass_Fishing_Socal reply :
On 3/17/2017 at 11:24 AM, Gooldy said:First fish of 2017, and I broke my PB! Previous best was probably just under 5, this one was much bigger than that. The wise Internet says 5.5-6 (about 21-22"). Why is it that anytime I catch big ones I forget my scale?!
At least you have your phone to take picture. I went fishing today in very beautiful California wild flower in background. Caught a probably my PB about 20" and I forgot the d**n phone in my car.?
lonnie g reply :
On 3/17/2017 at 11:24 AM, Gooldy said:First fish of 2017, and I broke my PB! Previous best was probably just under 5, this one was much bigger than that. The wise Internet says 5.5-6 (about 21-22"). Why is it that anytime I catch big ones I forget my scale?!
congrats on PB, nice fish. she flat ate that thing!!
Gooldy reply :
On 3/17/2017 at 4:02 PM, JustJames said:At least you have your phone to take picture. I went fishing today in very beautiful California wild flower in background. Caught a probably my PB about 20" and I forgot the d**n phone in my car.?
Hahaha that's rough! Both times I've caught my "PB" I have been both scale and measuring tape-less. I am starting to think I need to just always leave them home!
On 3/17/2017 at 10:11 PM, lonnie g said:congrats on PB, nice fish. she flat ate that thing!!
Yea and the crazy thing is there was basically no strike. Felt like I reeled into the thickest grass patch or a log or something. Tried to rip it out of the "grass" and the log started swimming away lol
S. Sass reply :
Went to a local pond for a few hrs this evening.
Caught on a 110 KDS jerkbait
Oops this Crappie jumped on a 110 Jerkbait.
Bluebasser86 reply :
Had a slow day Thursday, which I expected the day after a massivery 5 day cold front left the area. On the plus side, most every one I caught was a nice one. Had 4 keepers for 14.56 pounds, all on jerkbaits.
kickerfish1 reply :
On 3/14/2017 at 11:10 PM, CrawfishKiller said:Got this 5lb 10oz Louisiana piggy this weekend. He hit it hard!
Nice fish but even nice shirt
Mosster47 reply :
I had about a 15" largie hit the trailer on my chatterbait yesterday and held on for about 30' while I reeled it in. It just swam in a straight line right towards me. Right when it got to the bank it let go and swam off.
I've never seen anything like that in my life. I never had a hook in it at any point. I thought I was dragging grass so I was reeling it in as fast as I could. Odd stuff.
J._Bricker reply :
Finally got on the water yesterday and caught this nice blade fish. She was 8.3 on my hand held scale. Water was 61 degrees and looks like the spring bite we all wait for is starting! Good fishing everyone, JB
Bass_Fishing_Socal reply :
Went fishing again today, didn't get any fish bite but got to enjoy this instead.
N Florida Mike reply :
Got out for awhile this evening and got this 4.3 not long before dark.Caught her at what I call " big hole " the deepest water in the home lake.Caught her on a 5 inch senko,purple with a chartreuse tail.
Caught 4 other fish too,some on the watermelon trick worms.
Seen a decent fish on a bed but couldn't get her to eat.She did chase a lizard once.
Nice,cool evening on the water.
lonnie g reply :
On 3/20/2017 at 8:42 AM, N Florida Mike said:Got out for awhile this evening and got this 4.3 not long before dark.Caught her at what I call " big hole " the deepest water in the home lake.Caught her on a 5 inch senko,purple with a chartreuse tail.
Caught 4 other fish too,some on the watermelon trick worms.
Seen a decent fish on a bed but couldn't get her to eat.She did chase a lizard once.
Nice,cool evening on the water.
nice! I'm jealous ,its still cold up here. am going to take 3 grandkids to bama this weekend crappie fishing.im just gonna have fun watching. and retieing, pulling hooks out of my head, unrapping loops etc... will try to get pic of my little fishermen.
soflabasser reply :
On 3/10/2017 at 9:16 AM, lonnie g said:Me and my cousin.a 8 and a 10 lb
Congratulations to both of you on catching a 8 pounder and 10 pounder.Is the water you caught them clear? Those bass have a similar color pattern to the big bass I catch in the clear lakes of South Florida.
lonnie g reply :
THANKS a little stain. very choppy tho ,lots of wind. 58 degree cloudy, rainy.
A-Jay reply :
On 3/19/2017 at 10:06 PM, J._Bricker said:Finally got on the water yesterday and caught this nice blade fish. She was 8.3 on my hand held scale. Water was 61 degrees and looks like the spring bite we all wait for is starting! Good fishing everyone, JB
Great Bass !
Congrats
A-Jay
everythingthatswims reply :
Got out in the kayaks today and caught several. Slow going though, the fish are wondering where the warm weather went!
budgetbassin reply :
First frog fish 2017 on 3-18-2017.
lonnie g reply :
On 3/20/2017 at 11:08 AM, A-Jay said:Great Bass !
Congrats
A-Jay
nice chunk !!!congrats.
1234567 reply :
Ned rig bass.
lonnie g reply :
On 3/22/2017 at 1:53 AM, 1234567 said:Ned rig bass.
NICE!!! that's a fatty. great fish congrats!!
Onvacation reply :
Getting a little kayak time in on Kentucky Lake and this fat white chick starts hitting on me.
lazeebum reply :
Not a bad day on Wheeler lake.
JustinCT reply :
Wow, really nice pigs being caught! Congrats to those that have caught fish in 2017 I am very jealous 
jimf reply :
There are some nice fish being caught. In the upper midwest I'm just happy to get out. Last Sunday was my first trip of the year, this was the second fish I caught of the year (first was a dink). About 1/2 dozen like this one, not a bad start to the season.
lo n slo reply :
we caught 19 spots yesterday on Lake Norman. my cousin made it an even 20 with this bonus largemouth.
lo n slo reply :
here is another one. a friend of mine caught this Lake Norman pig on a minnow while crappie fishing this past Saturday
HeavyTwenty reply :
I've had a slow 2017 until this week.
Caught both in the same area, maybe same bed, 3 days apart. Both off of watermelon trick worm on a bubba shot. Battery was dead on scale for the first one, but it was 22.5". Second bass was much thicker, 22" @ 6lb13oz. For whatever reason they look kind of small in the photos, I'm guessing its camera angle. PBs for retention ponds+bank fishing.
Bass_Fishing_Socal reply :
On 3/24/2017 at 6:48 AM, HeavyTwenty said:I've had a slow 2017 until this week.
Caught both in the same area, maybe same bed, 3 days apart. Both off of watermelon trick worm on a bubba shot. Battery was dead on scale for the first one, but it was 22.5". Second bass was much thicker, 22" @ 6lb13oz. For whatever reason they look kind of small in the photos, I'm guessing its camera angle.
I can see the fish mouth is bigger than your fist and that is a really good size fish for sure.
shovelmouth83 reply :
lonnie g reply :
On 3/24/2017 at 6:54 AM, JustJames said:I can see the fish mouth is bigger than your fist and that is a really good size fish for sure.
nice fish man !! bet that felt good hog mouth.
Catt reply :
Horrible picture but a nice chunk
38 Super Fan reply :
My biggest one of the year...so far.
lonnie g reply :
On 3/26/2017 at 12:13 AM, 38 Super Fan said:
My biggest one of the year...so far.
nice fish! nice shirt! can you throw better than andy? if so your hired. friends tell me they have been doing good in wood creek.tight lines
38 Super Fan reply :
On 3/26/2017 at 6:36 AM, lonnie g said:nice fish! nice shirt! can you throw better than andy? if so your hired.
Thanks! I was at Wood Creek not too long ago, just caught little ones though. I haven't caught any big ones there in quite a while. This fish was on Laurel, lots of big girls there, but they're not easy to catch.
TravisVirginiaAngler reply :
My new PB!!! Shaky head creature bait. Missile baits d-Bomb. 5 pounds 14 ounces!
A-Jay reply :
On 3/26/2017 at 8:35 AM, TravisVirginiaAngler said:My new PB!!! Shaky head creature bait. Missile baits d-Bomb. 5 pounds 14 ounces!
Nice Bass ~
PB's are always a Blast !
Congrats
A-Jay
Bass_Fishing_Socal reply :
I got to go out and spent some quality time with my wife and my nephew. I'll have to teach my wife how to catch some bass since she is all about bait and wait for catfish. Anyway got to stay out just a few hours until she started complain about the sun. I caught totally of one fish, but no complain from me since Sunday suppose to be our family day anyway. Came back home, ate and now relaxing with my wife and 3 doggies.
Hez reply :
Fished a new chain of lakes this weekend. Caught 14 the first day, but nothing over 2 lbs. Went lunker hunting today...found this baby. New PB by .13 lb - slim margin, but still new record. This one weighed in at 6.63 lbs
Caught on culprit fat max worm in Green Pumpkin, 3/16 oz - Florida rigged
Mosster47 reply :
The smaller females are hitting the banks so that's always my sign to start throwing a bream colored chatterbait. I caught three fish in the 3.5 to 4lb range. I didn't get a picture of the first. I had a hell of a time getting her released. Oh and Go Ducks! First Final Four since before the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor!
S. Sass reply :
This came from Pat Mayse Lake. Texas Rigged worm caught several all in this weight range today. Man our water is so dirty right now. 
everythingthatswims reply :
Finally got a couple bass within walking distance of WVU campus. Water was dirty from recent rain but I managed a couple. Hopefully better things to come!
Bluebasser86 reply :
Had a tournament at Table Rock this weekend. I think out kicker on Sunday really wanted my jerkbait.
everythingthatswims reply :
On 3/28/2017 at 9:48 PM, Bluebasser86 said:Had a tournament at Table Rock this weekend. I think out kicker on Sunday really wanted my jerkbait.
It really freaks me out when they eat it like that. I see them come up and I just know the bait is destined to pop out with one headshake!
Mosster47 reply :
They will even bite on a dreary day on your lunch break!
Ktho reply :
Been fishing from shore after work most nights, it's been a lot of fun:
N Florida Mike reply :
How'd the tournament go ?
Nice fish.
Bass_Fishing_Socal reply :
On 3/29/2017 at 4:34 AM, Ktho said:Been fishing from shore after work most nights, it's been a lot of fun:
I went out last night to fish a little bit with my wife also. I saw a lot of activities, boiling on surface, not sure if it bass or carp. I did not have any top water with me, I'll try again tomorrow night with all kind of top water lure I have lol.
BTW, I missed a hook set on one bass that bite my missile bait D stroyer on 3/0 weighted hook, this is second time I miss hook set at night, not really sure why?. May be I set hook too fast or too slow, but I always make sure I feel the fish on the line before setting the hook.
bagofdonuts reply :
Bad pic of a giant i caught on a buzz bait this am. Missed her sister two casts later. BTW I'm loving the new tatula. Throwing a buzz bait into a stiff wind.
lo n slo reply :
caught 26 spots today including this one that weighed in at 2.24 lbs and measured right at 18"
Ktho reply :
On 3/29/2017 at 7:05 PM, JustJames said:I went out last night to fish a little bit with my wife also. I saw a lot of activities, boiling on surface, not sure if it bass or carp. I did not have any top water with me, I'll try again tomorrow night with all kind of top water lure I have lol.
BTW, I missed a hook set on one bass that bite my missile bait D stroyer on 3/0 weighted hook, this is second time I miss hook set at night, not really sure why?. May be I set hook too fast or too slow, but I always make sure I feel the fish on the line before setting the hook.
Nice! The one I got on the underspin came when they were boiling. I've been losing fish a lot more than I'd like too, it's pretty frustrating isnt it. I'm going to head to Wohlford tomorrow and give it my best go. Good luck!
guitarglynn1 reply :
Some Lake Conroe Donkeys. Bro in law.
Some Lake Conroe Donkeys continued
Mosster47 reply :
On 3/30/2017 at 5:13 AM, bagofdonuts said:Bad pic of a giant i caught on a buzz bait this am. Missed her sister two casts later. BTW I'm loving the new tatula. Throwing a buzz bait into a stiff wind.
Oh, so you like to catch fish and take pictures of them next a buzzbait too, huh?
Interesting....
KLoell reply :
Sorry for the sideways pics. I couldn't figure out a way to rotate.
Caught my personal best this past Sunday 3/26/17! 8lbs 7oz!! (really big for Indiana as far as I know)
Caught by the same lay down as my previous personal best last year. About 3' deep with a shaky head.
It was the only bass we caught during a 5 hour day in the cold rain.
boostr reply :
On 3/30/2017 at 6:51 AM, guitarglynn1 said:Some Lake Conroe Donkeys. Bro in law.
Some Lake Conroe Donkeys continued
I looked out the window and thinking what part of Jersey you at
A-Jay reply :
On 3/31/2017 at 12:37 AM, boostr said:
I looked out the window and thinking what part of Jersey you at
The part in Texas ~
A-Jay
boostr reply :
On 3/31/2017 at 12:39 AM, A-Jay said:The part in Texas ~
A-Jay
QUAKEnSHAKE reply :
Wind and rain 43 degrees today but was rewarded with this nice 5 pound bass. Was at the place only 15 minutes and caught it, only bass of the short day.
Caught on Mepps in-line spinner using Avid 8' ML/Mod rod Daiwa RG-AB reel 8# Nanofil.
lonnie g reply :
On 3/30/2017 at 6:51 AM, guitarglynn1 said:Some Lake Conroe Donkeys. Bro in law.
Some Lake Conroe Donkeys continued
heck ya! honkey donkey. like the song says ride that donkey donkey down to the honkey tonkey .nice fish
Dwight Hottle reply :
My best Mississippi bass. Never fished that state until this week.
jbw252 reply :
Wow - nice looking bass there @Dwight Hottle. The fish aren't safe from you, no matter what state you're fishing in.
J._Bricker reply :
On 4/1/2017 at 5:31 AM, Dwight Hottle said:My best Mississippi bass. Never fished that state until this week.
Beautiful, healthy fish Dwight! How much your Mississippi PB go, and what you get her to eat?
lonnie g reply :
NICE! from your last few post your wearing them out man! I'M JEALOUS!! keep swinging that's great.
Dwight Hottle reply :
On 4/1/2017 at 8:55 AM, J._Bricker said:
Beautiful, healthy fish Dwight! How much your Mississippi PB go, and what you get her to eat?
She went 8.30. Caught her on a deep diving jerk bait.
N Florida Mike reply :
Nice one Dwight!
paul. reply :
6-9. big fun on a short line.
S. Sass reply :
Took my brother out on the boat Saturday. Was his first time out fishing in about 20 years. If you couldn't tell he was happy.
5.88lbs on a Keitech Swing Impact 4.5" Pro Blue Red Pearl color.
Mosster47 reply :
The Whopper Plopper was on fire tonight!
lonnie g reply :
On 4/2/2017 at 3:23 PM, S. Sass said:Took my brother out on the boat Saturday. Was his first time out fishing in about 20 years. If you couldn't tell he was happy.
5.88lbs on a Keitech Swing Impact 4.5" Pro Blue Red Pearl color.
quality time with a brother ,it don't get any better!!nice fish !!even makes it better.
38 Super Fan reply :
Norris lake double.
budgetbassin reply :
Was finally able to hit the water after a near 10 day hiatus (Got married and went on honeymoon).
Ktho reply :
On 4/3/2017 at 11:56 PM, 38 Super Fan said:
Norris lake double.
Wow nice job! That's my jerkbait dream right there, one day!
38 Super Fan reply :
On 4/4/2017 at 1:48 AM, Ktho said:
Wow nice job! That's my jerkbait dream right there, one day!
Thanks! There's definitely some luck involved, I've had a few brief doubles in the past, but one would always shake loose before I could get them both to the net.
Ktho reply :
Got a chance to get out on the water on my day off, it was tough but managed one small fatty pitching a brush hog. The after work fishing at the local park has been hot fishing the rc stx.
Bass_Fishing_Socal reply :
A good and a bad today?.
I went fishing at my honey hole and had to hurry back home. I killed a bass?, gutted hook on weightless Texas rig Senko(he didn't even take the bait that long before I set hook, may be 3 seconds). I removed hook from gill side per instruction posted here but some how the fish didn't survive. I did not see a lot of blood either tried almost 5 mins to keep him stay up but he couldn't. I guess dinner for my wife.
on the other hand before that incident, I got this 3.9lbs from the same watermelon green Senko.
clh121787 reply :
WDE reply :
New PB at 4.74 pounds. He was quite a bit of fun to bring in.
everythingthatswims reply :
In the shadows of downtown Morgantown
guitarglynn1 reply :
On 4/4/2017 at 12:03 AM, budgetbassin said:Was finally able to hit the water after a near 10 day hiatus (Got married and went on honeymoon).
A whopper plopper bass, nice!
UPSmallie reply :
On 4/6/2017 at 10:59 AM, everythingthatswims said:
In the shadows of downtown Morgantown
Heck of a smallmouth. Nice catch!
QUAKEnSHAKE reply :
Got this one just under 4 pounds. My new Daiwa RG-AB real is getting broke in nicely.
Avid 8' ML/Mod rod Daiwa RG-AB reel 8# Nanofil
everythingthatswims reply :
Got some rain and snow at the end of this week so the water was up and pretty dirty. 2-3' vis at best. Somehow found a school of them in 30FOW. Caught them on keitech swing impact 4" on 1/4 and 3/8oz heads. Weird fishing here in WV.
RoLo reply :
Good going fellows, as usual 
"Nothingthatswims" is safe.
Roger
A-Jay reply :
First Smallies of the 2017 season - Long Slanky bass.
A-Jay
Logan S reply :
First tournament of the season yesterday...Started it right where I left off last year, with a win on Lake Anna . 5 fish limit for 15lbs. even.
All of my fish were in 4' or less, mostly prespawn but I did sight fish for some that ended up being culled out. Swinghead, shakeyhead, spinnerbait, and jerkbait accounted for all my fish.
Next up is is Gaston, hoping to keep the momentum rolling!
A-Jay reply :
On 4/9/2017 at 9:56 PM, Logan S said:First tournament of the season yesterday...Started it right where I left off last year, with a win on Lake Anna
All of my fish were in 4' or less, mostly prespawn but I did sight fish for some that ended up being culled out. Swinghead, shakeyhead, spinnerbait, and jerkbait accounted for all my fish.
Next up is is Gaston, hoping to keep the momentum rolling!
Nicely Done ~
Keep tapping into that KVD Mojo
Good Luck
A-Jay
everythingthatswims reply :
Today my West Virginia PB moved from 3.94 to 4.51... Definitely earned this one, I had a bit of a morning flurry, but after that I went 6 hours with 2 bites, this being one of them!
S. Sass reply :
Today this was the biggest of the day. 3.79lbs Was caught on a H2O XPRESS™ Suspending Jerk Bait in Sexy Shad 01 color.
mllrtm79 reply :
We had the first of 7 buddy tournaments yesterday, only had 2 keepers. The weather late last week made it a tough bite. My partner had one pickerel all day, and I had these and one that we couldn't quite get the tail to touch the 12" mark (11 31/32). A beautiful day on the water though, once the sun came up and it wasn't 32 degrees any longer. 
Oklahoma Mike reply :
WDE reply :
Biggest was 4.5lbs. I didn't weigh the other two, but 2.5-3lbs if I had to guess.
lonnie g reply :
On 4/9/2017 at 9:56 PM, Logan S said:First tournament of the season yesterday...Started it right where I left off last year, with a win on Lake Anna
All of my fish were in 4' or less, mostly prespawn but I did sight fish for some that ended up being culled out. Swinghead, shakeyhead, spinnerbait, and jerkbait accounted for all my fish.
Next up is is Gaston, hoping to keep the momentum rolling!
congrats dude! keep on keeping on, nice way to start!!
On 4/10/2017 at 11:25 AM, everythingthatswims said:Today my West Virginia PB moved from 3.94 to 4.51... Definitely earned this one, I had a bit of a morning flurry, but after that I went 6 hours with 2 bites, this being one of them!
your killing them man!! there ought to be a law for having as much fun as you are!! love the pics you are showing us nice ones for sure
lo n slo reply :
caught 33 spots today in a stiff SW wind while the other guys beat the banks on the calm side. secondary points with scattered stumps was the ticket. love me some spotties!
iiTzChunky reply :
Somehow managed to snag this. Hooked him in the head, not sure if he was striking my kvd or I just happened to throw it right in him.
Mocktopus reply :
Not sure why the pics are sideways. Oh well. First 3 of the season. Pumpkin seed creature bait on a jig head and a black purple creature jig.
everythingthatswims reply :
Found a couple on beds today, managed to catch one before a thunderstorm chased me off the lake, I didn't paddle fast enough and had to hunker down in a low spot while it passed, but made it back in one piece!
Mosster47 reply :
Text book 3.5lb jig fish.
Fishin' Fool reply :
Just a typical Lk St Clair smallie
Mosster47 reply :
On 4/14/2017 at 12:39 AM, Fishin' Fool said:Just a typical Lk St Clair smallie
It seems like the average size of smallies has gone through the roof in the past five years.
Fishin' Fool reply :
On 4/14/2017 at 5:21 AM, Mosster47 said:
It seems like the average size of smallies has gone through the roof in the past five years.
That was bigger than average. Probably 4.5 to 4.75. But I don't disagree with your comment. A lot of big uns in that lake.
WDE reply :
Found this little guy floating/swimming lazily on his side. I scooped him up out of the water to snap a quick pic, and he flopped out of my hand. I thought for sure he was dead, but I put him back in the water and he swam away. Definitely the smallest bass I've ever "caught".
And I also saw this one cruising rip rap for shad, two casts and he took the lure.
Mosster47 reply :
A little Plopper at dusk. I hit a few on a Rage lizard too, but the lizard bite isn't on yet.
Jtrout reply :
Just 2 today after work. seen some bigger girls rolling around no takers.
QUAKEnSHAKE reply :
Chronarch MGL on Smoke rod using paddletail yo yoing off bottom. Right at 18" little over 3 pounds
I freed this robin from some braid that it got tangled in. Knotted around its neck and both feet/legs it was in a perdickerment. I only had long nose pliers with wire cutter so it wasnt very easy being gentle around its neck took about 45 minutes to get all braid off of it. It looked away camera shy and all.
A-Jay reply :
A-Jay
HeavyTwenty reply :
Caught using BPS black buzz bait. I didn't weigh her, but she felt about 6.5 lbs. She fought like a 1 lber; no fight when I dragged her through the grass... must be weak from spawning?
iiTzChunky reply :
On 4/14/2017 at 10:11 AM, HeavyTwenty said:Caught using BPS black buzz bait. I didn't weigh her, but she felt about 6.5 lbs. She fought like a 1 lber; no fight when I dragged her through the grass... must be weak from spawning?
My pb was like that. But the small bass I've been getting have put up a fight, the big one was like just dragging it in. Wasn't very exciting.
Yeajray231 reply :
Lil pig I caught on a baby bass super fluke. Hooked it far away from me and it jumped 3 times . 1 of 3 . I earned em today for sure. Wasn't the best day of fishing. But it did involve fish , so better than most days
Mosster47 reply :
On 4/14/2017 at 9:34 AM, A-Jay said:
A-Jay
And so, it begins.
A-Jay reply :
On 4/15/2017 at 9:24 AM, Mosster47 said:
And so, it begins.
I hope so my friend.
Should have been on the water again today - but I was getting a little behind on the 'honey-do' list (which was getting pretty long)..
So I put some quality time in on that instead. Now we're getting rain for two days.
Hopefully next week we can get out and throw the smack down - Big time !
A-Jay
N Florida Mike reply :
Got out today and got 12 with a friend.It was his first time bass fishing. Today he learned to cast , work the baits ,and play the fish. Had a really good time.Perfect weather. Caught all the fish on flukes/ senkos.
HeavyTwenty reply :
On 4/15/2017 at 8:53 AM, Yeajray231 said:Lil pig I caught on a baby bass super fluke. Hooked it far away from me and it jumped 3 times . 1 of 3 . I earned em today for sure. Wasn't the best day of fishing. But it did involve fish , so better than most days
Is that a blue dye on the fluke? I've never seen that before.
Tody reply :
Greetings from a new member. Raided a nest the other day with a Keitech Swing Impact Fat, slowly retrieved on the bottom. I don't have a scale to weight her but she was heavy enough to bother my recent hernia surgery
https://ibb.co/d3Xp35
lonnie g reply :
On 4/14/2017 at 12:39 AM, Fishin' Fool said:Just a typical Lk St Clair smallie
that's not typical, that's a goooood one!!
On 4/15/2017 at 10:05 AM, N Florida Mike said:Got out today and got 12 with a friend.It was his first time bass fishing. Today he learned to cast , work the baits ,and play the fish. Had a really good time.Perfect weather. Caught all the fish on flukes/ senkos.
he is gonna love you for taking him fishing, he's gonna hate you when the bait monkey bites him!
Bluebasser86 reply :
Caught some fatties Thursday, part of a 20lb bag for the day.
Yeajray231 reply :
On 4/15/2017 at 10:14 AM, HeavyTwenty said:
Is that a blue dye on the fluke? I've never seen that before.
Yes . There's chartreuse on there too. Spike it markers . You can get em for like 2 bucks. I have all the colors and they apply easily and stay on for a long time ! And you can get crawfish scent if you don't like smelling garlic the whole time !! Check em out!
NYWayfarer reply :
The skunk is gone! My third outing of the year and first two largemouth bass caught at a small local pond.
lo n slo reply :
took the jon boat out this morning on Lake Davidson. had to anchor on a few locations due to the SW wind that kicked up early. managed 27 spots and this nice LM on a Zoom lizard.
everythingthatswims reply :
Downtown Morgantown is producing some fish right now, bites are hard to come by but it is always like that, very tough fishery for sure. My friend and I are fishing it 3 days in a row, today was our second day out. So far we have caught 4 bass over 12". Tuff for sure but it definitely makes you a better angler to stick it out and keep your head up. Won't have long tomorrow but we should be able to get the kayaks out for a little while in the morning before the storms roll in.
I have class in the green building to the left of the spinnerbait line tie!
everythingthatswims reply :
The bite was pretty good this morning, we caught 4 keepers, doubling the number we had caught in the past two days. I was lucky enough to catch three of them, and they just so happened to all be different species. Easter Trifecta
Mosster47 reply :
There is a little one acre pond tucked away that I fish about once a week. There are a ton of 2.5 to 3lb fish. I've never caught of seen anything really big, but I know there is at least one pig in there. I absolutely crushed it tonight. I caught a good fish on a Ned, Neko, Split Shot, Senko, Drop Shot, and Spinnerbait.
I cast a Senko, I let it sink down to the bottom and I left it there for about 20 seconds dead sticking. I feel two taps, reel down and hammer it home. It's completely solid. No head shake, just brute force pulling back. I'm telling my buddy I've finally got the pond monster on and right after it just goes limp. I'm standing there staring at the sky, my rod starts dancing again, a dink picked it up.
I go put my Senko back on the hook and I notice my EWG's point is nowhere near the body of the bait. That fish had the hook point bent about 30 degrees out. In all of my years of bass fishing I've never had a fish actually straighten out a hook. I will land that fish soon and it's going to be awesome
Still a great night though.
everythingthatswims reply :
On 4/17/2017 at 9:27 AM, Mosster47 said:There is a little one acre pond tucked away that I fish about once a week. There are a ton of 2.5 to 3lb fish. I've never caught of seen anything really big, but I know there is at least one pig in there. I absolutely crushed it tonight. I caught a good fish on a Ned, Neko, Split Shot, Senko, Drop Shot, and Spinnerbait.
I cast a Senko, I let it sink down to the bottom and I left it there for about 20 seconds dead sticking. I feel two taps, reel down and hammer it home. It's completely solid. No head shake, just brute force pulling back. I'm telling my buddy I've finally got the pond monster on and right after it just goes limp. I'm standing there staring at the sky, my rod starts dancing again, a dink picked it up.
I go put my Senko back on the hook and I notice my EWG's point is nowhere near the body of the bait. That fish had the hook point bent about 30 degrees out. In all of my years of bass fishing I've never had a fish actually straighten out a hook. I will land that fish soon and it's going to be awesome
Still a great night though.
sounds like a snapping turtle to me, especially because of the dead stick... Might help you sleep better
Mosster47 reply :
On 4/17/2017 at 10:38 AM, everythingthatswims said:sounds like a snapping turtle to me, especially because of the dead stick... Might help you sleep better
Way to kill my dream...you could be right though. I do catch most of my Senko fish dead sticking.
S. Sass reply :
Tried like crazy to get the frog working this Easter morning but I only had one blow up and it was a miss. Had a light wind and cloudy skies for a lot of the morning so I tried a spinnerbait, then a soft plastic swimbait and didn't get much attention there so I tried the worm. Zoom Magnum Ol Monster Worm in June Bug was the ticket, it was killing it today. It was a slaying once I got on what they wanted. All fish were 3.67lbs and and up. I quit counting after 17 or 18 fish. Just a guess probably landed 40 to 50 total before I decided I wanted lunch.
I think I got a bad bag of worms these kept breaking where the hook goes through. See 2nd pic. Anyone else notice this on the Zoom Magnum Ol Monster Worm?
WIGuide reply :
Got out on the Mississippi on Friday with my dad for our first trip of the year. Had a blast and was pretty happy with the results, being that I've never fished that pool of the river before. Boated around 20 in 6 hours and lost a handful of others. Hoping to head back tomorrow and learn a little more before our tourney this weekend.
Bass_Fishing_Socal reply :
Yesterday was pretty bad took the boat out after getting new gas tank, ran for awhile now the boat won't start without choke and won't stay running even choke on. Time to spend Money again.
today not very bad, caught two, one barely legal and one 4.7lbs on 1/10 weedless shroom head and Zman paddler shad.
Fishin' Fool reply :
Not a lot of numbers today but 2 fish weighing almost 10 pounds will do
The top one was 5 pounds 4 ounces the bottom one was 4 pounds 10 ounces.
QUAKEnSHAKE reply :
Chronarch MGL on Smoke rod using paddletail 3#7oz. Started fishing 10:00am didnt catch this bass, first/only, til 2:45pm.
Gundog reply :
Finally got out this morning before work. The Susquehanna river is higher than I would like but I took a shot anyway. My first 2 spots yielded nothing. Not even a bite. The last spot I hit was mostly flooded but did have a small strip of land I could cast from. There is a log extending from shore out about 15 feet in the water. I stood just up-river from the log and started casting my big, ugly spinner bait. After about 5 minutes without a bite I made a very long cast. As the lure moved across the river it passed the log. That is when this big girl hit.
Bent my spinner all up and measured 20 inches which means it was over 4 pounds.
Turkey sandwich reply :
On 4/18/2017 at 11:51 AM, Gundog said:Finally got out this morning before work. The Susquehanna river is higher than I would like but I took a shot anyway. My first 2 spots yielded nothing. Not even a bite. The last spot I hit was mostly flooded but did have a small strip of land I could cast from. There is a log extending from shore out about 15 feet in the water. I stood just up-river from the log and started casting my big, ugly spinner bait. After about 5 minutes without a bite I made a very long cast. As the lure moved across the river it passed the log. That is when this big girl hit.
Bent my spinner all up and measured 20 inches which means it was over 4 pounds.
Great fish! I'm super jealous. I was hoping to get on the river this past weekend, but stupid life got in the way. Any chance you got a water temp? The weekend and today should have been killer.
Gundog reply :
On 4/18/2017 at 12:23 PM, Turkey sandwich said:Great fish! I'm super jealous. I was hoping to get on the river this past weekend, but stupid life got in the way. Any chance you got a water temp? The weekend and today should have been killer.
Sorry didn't get the water temp but I can tell ya it wasn't as warm as it should have been. The brown water is cooling it down.
Catt reply :
Don't matter what the boys catches it's big
Scarborough817 reply :
i know the season up here isn't officially open but the bass don't know that. caught her on a strike king kvd jerkbait
A-Jay reply :
On 4/19/2017 at 4:15 AM, Scarborough817 said:i know the season up here isn't officially open but the bass don't know that. caught her on a strike king kvd jerkbait
Down here we call that Poaching.
It's sort of frowned upon as well.
Nice self-incriminating picture though.
A-Jay.
Scarborough817 reply :
On 4/19/2017 at 4:39 AM, A-Jay said:
Down here we call that Poaching.
It's sort of frowned upon as well.
A-Jay.
it swam away fine
Fishin' Fool reply :
On 4/19/2017 at 4:15 AM, Scarborough817 said:i know the season up here isn't officially open but the bass don't know that. caught her on a strike king kvd jerkbait
A-Jay is right if your season is closed that's not a good idea. Michigan used to have a closed season but catch and release year round is the law now. Get with those in power and try to get the laws changed.
Scarborough817 reply :
On 4/19/2017 at 4:58 AM, Fishin' Fool said:
A-Jay is right if your season is closed that's not a good idea. Michigan used to have a closed season but catch and release year round is the law now. Get with those in power and try to get the laws changed.
i guess you guys are right i just dont see the harm in catch and release
Fishin' Fool reply :
On 4/19/2017 at 5:00 AM, Scarborough817 said:i guess you guys are right i just dont see the harm in catch and release
I hear you but the MNR has a closed season for a reason. I'd fish more in Ontario if they had a longer catch and release season.
Scarborough817 reply :
On 4/19/2017 at 5:13 AM, Fishin' Fool said:
I hear you but the MNR has a closed season for a reason. I'd fish more in Ontario if they had a longer catch and release season.
ya i know i shouldn't have fished out of season i guess i'll just wait for the pike season to open in may
N Florida Mike reply :
Yall have a FISHING SEASON??
Gadzooks!
Jtrout reply :
My buddy and i went fishing after work no fish for me. He caught his pb on the second cast pearl fluke witht the tail dipped in spike it. 5.51 lbs
lonnie g reply :
On 4/18/2017 at 2:57 AM, JustJames said:Yesterday was pretty bad took the boat out after getting new gas tank, ran for awhile now the boat won't start without choke and won't stay running even choke on. Time to spend Money again.
today not very bad, caught two, one barely legal and one 4.7lbs on 1/10 weedless shroom head and Zman paddler shad.
nice fish!! sorry to here about you boat. kind of takes the fun out of fishing when you afraid to get further than the trolling motor will get you back
Scarborough817 reply :
On 4/19/2017 at 7:41 AM, N Florida Mike said:Yall have a FISHING SEASON??
Gadzooks!
the open season is the 4th saturday in june to the 30th of november
N Florida Mike reply :
Wow. I assume they're trying to conserve bass? Is that really a problem or just politics run amuck,??
Bass_Fishing_Socal reply :
On 4/19/2017 at 10:25 AM, lonnie g said:nice fish!! sorry to here about you boat. kind of takes the fun out of fishing when you afraid to get further than the trolling motor will get you back
I can do without engine, since I always in 5mph zone anyway, done that a few times already about a mile or two from launch lamp. The only problem is when I use the boat just to cruise around with my wife and doggies, and when loading the boat which way harder with trolling motor alone. Luckily my boat is very light weight so I can push/pull up onto the trailer.
Scarborough817 reply :
On 4/19/2017 at 6:23 PM, N Florida Mike said:Wow. I assume they're trying to conserve bass? Is that really a problem or just politics run amuck,??
my guess would be that they're trying to protect the spawning bass so there is a higher bass population not really sure if it's just politics
everythingthatswims reply :
On 4/19/2017 at 7:41 AM, N Florida Mike said:Yall have a FISHING SEASON??
Gadzooks!
Not only is it ridiculously cold, they can't even fish when it lets up!!
fishballer06 reply :
First 4 pounder of the year. I was reeling in a small bass and this fish came out from under a dock and swiped at the fish I was fighting. I landed the small fish, released it, and tied on a LC 1.5 and swam it right beside the dock. Bam!
Bass_Fishing_Socal reply :
Today my fishing trip get cut pretty short. I didn't fish yesterday since my honey do list called me to give my 3 dogs a bath and one get nice puppy grooming.
I planed to fish today after work, got to the spot around 7:30AM took my two fishing rods out looked around and oh **** I forgot my backpack. Looked at the rods I got 4" Senko (pink)? and another with Zman paddle shad. I said to myself let do it just this two since I've never caught a fish on pink worm before. Fish around 1/2 hour on so got a keeper on Zman, then 5 mins later got another bite but this time it kept pulling my line out with no jump, might have been a nice size catfish. Then the d**n fish tried to go into the tree. I slow the drag down with my thumb and then my line broke off. Fish for another while with my pink Senko until it snag and lost that one too.
I came back home around 8:30 and had time to walk my two dogs. THE END.
lonnie g reply :
On 4/19/2017 at 6:38 PM, JustJames said:
I can do without engine, since I always in 5mph zone anyway, done that a few times already about a mile or two from launch lamp. The only problem is when I use the boat just to cruise around with my wife and doggies, and when loading the boat which way harder with trolling motor alone. Luckily my boat is very light weight so I can push/pull up onto the trailer.
don't tell the animal rights activist. they might accuse you of cruelty!
Mosster47 reply :
A good little female all loaded with eggs on a Rage Craw.
lonnie g reply :
On 4/20/2017 at 8:30 AM, Mosster47 said:A good little female all loaded with eggs on a Rage Craw.
I drive right down I65 on my way to lay lake several times a year. at what mile marker should I start casting?
Mosster47 reply :
On 4/20/2017 at 9:16 AM, lonnie g said:I drive right down I65 on my way to lay lake several times a year. at what mile marker should I start casting?
I pull bass out of anything from about 18" to 100' depending on the time of year.
lonnie g reply :
On 4/20/2017 at 10:08 AM, Mosster47 said:
I pull bass out of anything from about 18" to 100' depending on the time of year.
the Tennessee river sure looks enticing when I cross it. have also seen the water around Decatur looks cool as well
Will Wetline reply :
4/18/17 Here's a pre spawn smallmouth from Quabbin Reservoir. I'll post about this trip in the near future, but right now this bucktail jig and I are headed back to the Q.
WDE reply :
We just left Gaston's White River Resort in Northern Arkansas. We hit our limit of 15 rainbows early on, and spent the rest of the day catching and releasing. After spending about 8 hours on the river we popped over to the little pond on the resort. I lost count after landing 8, hooked into I don't know how many. They were biting the second the plastic worm hit water.
lo n slo reply :
check out this nice spot i caught earlier today. not my pb spot but a good second place. love me some spots.
fisherrw reply :
nice fish I caught last week at lake lopez.
Gundog reply :
I headed up to Lake Wallenpaupack because the weather report was for sun and warm weather. Got up there and it was cloudy and in the mid 50's. I wasn't gonna turn around and drive the 2 1/2 hrs back home without wetting a line. Started by throwing a Rapala Husky Jerk with a very long pause. I mean looooonnnnnnnggggg. Caught this little 1 1/2 pounder.
Hooked into and lost a nice smallmouth and then the bite went cold. I switched to a spinnerbait but no luck. Decided to drive to another location. Once there I started back throwing the jerk bait. Wasn't long till I got another hit. A 2 pound largemouth.
After the largie I retied my line moved down the shore. 10 minutes later I got a huge bite. As I was fighting the fish I thought it was a hybrid striper. Then it came to the surface. My jaw dropped. It was a big smallmouth. And I only had it by the back treble hook. I tried not to panic and let the rod do its job. Finally I wore that pig out and got her close enough to land her.
Easily a 4+ pounder. I snagged one more little smallmouth and that was it. But it was a great day and that big smallie made it even better. BTW, I have said in another thread that a Rapala will catch bass just as good as a Megabass. Here is the proof.
Yeajray231 reply :
@Gundog
AMEN.
Bluebasser86 reply :
First fish on one of my new finesse jigs, and first fish on my new Favorite rods White Bird. An exceptional fish for this lake. I caught over 30 more, only 1 of them would have even approached 1 pound.
Bass fishing is best reply :
Broke my PB twice in one day last week. I don't carry a scale with me regularly, but this one was over 24 inches and fat. It munched my craw about 8 feet away and at one point it was about 25 feet behind me in an underwater canal that went under the road. Best part about it was it was landed on an ugly stik combo I keep in the car. Kid fishing across the way came running out of the woods right after I released it and asked why I let it go so fast. As soon as he asked I wondered the same thing myself. Biggest bass I've ever seen, looked longer than the ones at BPS. Also caught a monster crappie, that was almost 2 inches thick that I didn't bother taking a picture of. For an hour that young man thought I was a fisherman...and so did I.
Anyone want to guess what this one weighs? My previous PB was about 4 lbs.
lonnie g reply :
On 4/22/2017 at 1:52 AM, lo n slo said:check out this nice spot i caught earlier today. not my pb spot but a good second place. love me some spots.
heck yea!! when you hook into one of hose the fight is on
NICE FISH! holding up ones like that will give you carpals tunnel
Gundog reply :
On 4/22/2017 at 4:35 PM, fatmaple said:Broke my PB twice in one day last week. I don't carry a scale with me regularly, but this one was over 24 inches and fat. It munched my craw about 8 feet away and at one point it was about 25 feet behind me in an underwater canal that went under the road. Best part about it was it was landed on an ugly stik combo I keep in the car. Kid fishing across the way came running out of the woods right after I released it and asked why I let it go so fast. As soon as he asked I wondered the same thing myself. Biggest bass I've ever seen, looked longer than the ones at BPS. Also caught a monster crappie, that was almost 2 inches thick that I didn't bother taking a picture of. For an hour that young man thought I was a fisherman...and so did I.
Anyone want to guess what this one weighs? My previous PB was about 4 lbs.
Congrats on breaking your PB twice in one day. My guess would be about 6 lbs.
Yeajray231 reply :
Full 24" ? And thick ? High 7's low 8.
CroakHunter reply :
Caught these with my grandpa yesterday. What a blast we had! And some good eating too.
N Florida Mike reply :
Got out at daybreak today.Expecting a great bite. They were biting better than average .,not as good as I thought it would be.Still caught 17. 2nd or 3rd cast got one on the frog. All the rest caught on senkos/ yum dingers. All watermelon red. Got a pic of the frog fish,and a couple of the best fish. Lost the best fish after a tussle with him in the eel grass.Seems to be a recurring thing for me this year.
Good morning overall right?? I was prety satisfied til I got back to the dock and one of my combos was missing.I still cant believe it. I have no recollection of an extra splash,or any way it could have fell overboard. I can not remember it ever happenning before in my life.
But still,after the week I had at work,it was a good morning.
A-Jay reply :
A-Jay
N Florida Mike reply :
On 4/23/2017 at 6:52 AM, A-Jay said:
A-Jay
Nice football er, uh ,fish.
J._Bricker reply :
On 4/23/2017 at 7:29 AM, N Florida Mike said:Nice football er, uh ,fish.
I don't know Mike. I'm pretty sure I've seen a picture last fall with A-Jay holding this same fish, er football, and she decided it was time for her spring portrait , lol. I gotta say those are beautiful pics!
CybrSlydr reply :
Went to Dow Lake with my brother today and scored my first fish of 2017.
Caught it on a SPRO BBZ-1 Shad 2.5"
everythingthatswims reply :
On 4/23/2017 at 9:44 AM, CybrSlydr said:Went to Dow Lake with my brother today and scored my first fish of 2017.
Caught it on a SPRO BBZ-1 Shad 2.5"
heck yeah
A-Jay reply :
On 4/23/2017 at 7:48 AM, J._Bricker said:
I don't know Mike. I'm pretty sure I've seen a picture last fall with A-Jay holding this same fish, er football, and she decided it was time for her spring portrait
Thanks you ~
Different fish, Same Mad Skills ~
A-Jay
Master Bait'r reply :
Finally got our kayaks in the same state I live in last night so we went out on the water today. Only pulled one dink pickerel but man it was a gorgeous day, and I was just stoked to be floating around the new digs and using my new gear.
lonnie g reply :
On 4/22/2017 at 10:41 PM, Gundog said:
congrats on the double PB. sounds like a fun day!!
WDE reply :
3lb on a black/blue spinner in muddy water.
A-Jay reply :
A-Jay
GetBent reply :
Bluebasser86 reply :
On 4/24/2017 at 9:04 AM, Master Bait'r said:Finally got our kayaks in the same state I live in last night so we went out on the water today. Only pulled one dink pickerel but man it was a gorgeous day, and I was just stoked to be floating around the new digs and using my new gear.
Looks like a beautiful day to be on the water, which rarely equates to good fishing for me.
Master Bait'r reply :
On 4/24/2017 at 1:24 PM, Bluebasser86 said:Looks like a beautiful day to be on the water, which rarely equates to good fishing for me.
Haha yep, nailed it. The ice has only been off that lake for a few days so my expectations were low. Man it was great to go for a float, dial in the new combos and feel a little fish slime again though! The good life right there!!
Jtrout reply :
2.3 and 2.2
Logan S reply :
Spent 4 days on Lake Gaston last week for the 2nd tournament of our season...It was an interesting trip for sure, the fishing was pretty good but not easy and there were several other tournaments on the lake so it was very crowded with other bassboats.
I stuck this fish in practice, which was fun...But always hurts a little when it's the day before it actually counts .
I normally lean heavy on sight fishing at Gaston, but with all the other boats on the lake targeting them and the fact that the warm spring had the first big wave of spawners already done I decided to just 'fish' for them - mostly. Late on day 1 I found a decent fish on a bed. Setup on it, made a few pitches, fish noses down and flares its gills on the bait so I set the hook and flip it in the boat - But it's hooked just outside the mouth and our rules state that while sight fishing, the fish has to be hooked INSIDE the mouth...So back into the lake it went. It wasn't huge, about 2.5 lbs, but it would have given me about 1/2 a pound upgrade on the cull.
Weighed in 11-11 on day 1 and was sitting in 6th and had 13-5 on day 2 (thanks to the 5-0 picture below ) and jumped up to finish in 2nd place. 1st place beat me by 9oz, so I'll be wondering all year what would have happened if that fish I had to turn back was hooked just slightly differently, would have been super close .
I'm happy with how it turned out, I really played the strategy game and saved a lot of water for day 2 since it was so crowded. Many of the guys ahead of me on day 1 were sight fishing and burned up everything they had on the first day and dropped off on day 2. I was one of very few people to actually go up in weight on day 2. Swinghead, shakey, spinnerbait, and jerkbait accounted for all my fish that were weighed in. I was fishing all kinds of targets (docks, points, rocks, stumps, etc), but was focused on 3-6 feet of water so that I could run into fish in all 3 phases.
A trip to Gaston is never compete without a cheeseburger from Washburn's and hanging out with the dock cat .
YoTone reply :
4lbs on a bladed jig. was in the thick pads. crazy fight pulling her through that slop.
A-Jay reply :
They were biting my cricket ~
A-Jay
N Florida Mike reply :
its that fish again.....! Seriously, you're making me want to vacation in Michigan .
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RichF reply :
Fished my first BFL co-angler division event on Saturday. Fought through 155 boats, a major cold front, and one fish in the livewell before my boaters rig failed on him at 9:45. Luckily, we got stranded on a really productive grass bed, next to another competitor in our flight. Awesome dude named Brian Barnes. He let me ride back to weigh in with both my boater's and my fish. A swim jig and T-rigged worm accounted for my 17lbs 6oz. Missed 2nd by 2oz and 1st by 8oz.
RoLo reply :
On 4/25/2017 at 9:30 PM, RichF said:Fished my first BFL co-angler division event on Saturday. Fought through 155 boats, a major cold front, and one fish in the livewell before my boaters rig failed on him at 9:45. Luckily, we got stranded on a really productive grass bed, next to another competitor in our flight. Awesome dude named Brian Barnes. He let me ride back to weigh in with both my boater's and my fish. A swim jig and T-rigged worm accounted for my 17lbs 6oz. Missed 2nd by 2oz and 1st by 8oz.
Great story, Rich 
Roger
N Florida Mike reply :
Great job!!
Coincidentally,I came in Third in a tournament on the st Johns river the one time my boat broke down in competition.
YoTone reply :
3.7lbs on the Strike King burner. because speed kills.
RichF reply :
On 4/25/2017 at 11:49 PM, N Florida Mike said:Great job!!
Coincidentally,I came in Third in a tournament on the st Johns river the one time my boat broke down in competition.
That's cool! Crazy how stuff like that happens.
N Florida Mike reply :
My granddaughter and me got out for a little while before dark and she got 2. This is the bigger one.
RoLo reply :
On 4/26/2017 at 8:51 AM, N Florida Mike said:My granddaughter and me got out for a little while before dark and she got 2. This is the bigger one.
Great day on the water Mike, keep the home fires burning
Roger
N Florida Mike reply :
Thanks.What I love doing.When I take her I try to remember to make it about her,so she'll have so much fun she'll keep going with me. Her older brother is good at it too,but at present he's been bit by the video game bug.
RoLo reply :
On 4/26/2017 at 9:02 AM, N Florida Mike said:Thanks.What I love doing.When I take her I try to remember to make it about her,so she'll have so much fun she'll keep going with me. Her older brother is good at it too,but at present he's been bit by the video game bug.
Very sound approach.
Granddaughter & grandfather = Dynamic Duo!
Roger
cport0519 reply :
Went to my favorite little pond in gainesville after work to try out my new wacky tackle. Conditions were tough! Really windy, and there is a lot of slime weed in the pond, so I gave up the wacky.
There are only three good access spots on this pond, and the first two that I usually fish had no protection from the wind, so I went to the last spot I go to. It usually had a lot of pond scum blown in there from the prevailing winds, but this time it was clear enough to fish. Tied on a 5 inch baby bass fluke, started tossing it out there. On my 12th or so cast, I was bringing it in twitch twitch pause. After a pause, I twitched it so that it almost came to the surface, when about 25ft out, this fish came out of the water and crushed it! My pulse quickened, but I stayed calm and waited a beat til I felt him, and set the hook. Man it felt heavy! Drag started coming off my shimano solstace 2500FI, and it was on. He jumped 3 times, and each time pucker factor went up exponentially. Played it for about 5 minutes on 8# pline mono, finally lipped him. 19.5 inches and 3.97 on my scale, I don't care, I'm calling him 4 lbs. This is why we do it!
Dwight Hottle reply :
Best smallie for 2017 to date. Caught on a smithwick rogue deep diver on my favorite lake Erie color.
jbw252 reply :
⬆️ Wow - great looking Smallie. Congrats!
Fishin' Fool reply :
Monday was a nice calm day on Lk St Clair. Had it been June it would have been a great topwater bite all day. Here's a chrome/blue Red Eye shad smallie.
Team9nine reply :
The spirit of Buck Perry is alive and well in central Indiana Snuck out after work for 2 hours. First structure spot, first pass (on the troll), this 4lb. plus largemouth engulfed the bait. Happy camper - picked up the crappie rod for the rest of the evening
riverbasser reply :
My best 3 from the river Saturday. It doesn't look it from the PIC but the one with grippers in her mouth went 3.8lb. The bigger one bleeding ate the worm and I didn't want to chance weighing just a quick pick and back in the water. Had to be at least 4#. Ended up with 11 total
N Florida Mike reply :
On 4/26/2017 at 9:15 PM, Dwight Hottle said:Best smallie for 2017 to date. Caught on a smithwick rogue deep diver on my favorite lake Erie color.
Nice fish Dwight. Id love to catch one of those brown fish someday.
On 4/26/2017 at 12:25 PM, cport0519 said:Went to my favorite little pond in gainesville after work to try out my new wacky tackle. Conditions were tough! Really windy, and there is a lot of slime weed in the pond, so I gave up the wacky.
There are only three good access spots on this pond, and the first two that I usually fish had no protection from the wind, so I went to the last spot I go to. It usually had a lot of pond scum blown in there from the prevailing winds, but this time it was clear enough to fish. Tied on a 5 inch baby bass fluke, started tossing it out there. On my 12th or so cast, I was bringing it in twitch twitch pause. After a pause, I twitched it so that it almost came to the surface, when about 25ft out, this fish came out of the water and crushed it! My pulse quickened, but I stayed calm and waited a beat til I felt him, and set the hook. Man it felt heavy! Drag started coming off my shimano solstace 2500FI, and it was on. He jumped 3 times, and each time pucker factor went up exponentially. Played it for about 5 minutes on 8# pline mono, finally lipped him. 19.5 inches and 3.97 on my scale, I don't care, I'm calling him 4 lbs. This is why we do it!
Purdy fish!
WDE reply :
Saw this one crash the shallows on some shad. He took the squarebill in two casts. It was so windy, I had to cast into it inland to get it to fall in his zone a few feet off the bank. 3.2lbs.
This is the second bass of this size I've caught in the past few days with a bloody tail. Information seems to point in either direction in terms of its sex. Is there a current definite answer?
HeavyTwenty reply :
I've been catching a ton of bass lately because its mostly post-spawn. Unfortunately, I think my best in the last 2 weeks has been maybe 3lbs. Stopped by a retention pond on my way back from the gym. Caught this one on second cast w/ zoom black horny toad near a drain after noticing a top water hit there. Weighed in at 7lb9oz. Didn't measure, but probably 24".
Releasing her did make me sad. I'm pretty sure I lost a larger bass (26"-28" but also skinny) last Friday on Alligator Lake. The bass was ripping drag and pulled my yak over to some brush... got pretty close to landing her, maybe 4 ft away. Wish I had my anchor ready.
Bass_Fishing_Socal reply :
Spent two hours today and caught only one bass but give a pretty big smile on my face.
I've been practice skipping for a while now, but still not perfect. I have tried to pitch and skip as close to tree but not under so I don't loose too many rigs.
Today after hour and a half with no bite fishing around tree, I decided to use skipping technique under tree and result is this 3 lber.
lonnie g reply :
On 4/24/2017 at 11:10 PM, Logan S said:Spent 4 days on Lake Gaston last week for the 2nd tournament of our season...It was an interesting trip for sure, the fishing was pretty good but not easy and there were several other tournaments on the lake so it was very crowded with other bassboats.
I stuck this fish in practice, which was fun...But always hurts a little when it's the day before it actually counts
I normally lean heavy on sight fishing at Gaston, but with all the other boats on the lake targeting them and the fact that the warm spring had the first big wave of spawners already done I decided to just 'fish' for them - mostly. Late on day 1 I found a decent fish on a bed. Setup on it, made a few pitches, fish noses down and flares its gills on the bait so I set the hook and flip it in the boat - But it's hooked just outside the mouth and our rules state that while sight fishing, the fish has to be hooked INSIDE the mouth...So back into the lake it went. It wasn't huge, about 2.5 lbs, but it would have given me about 1/2 a pound upgrade on the cull.
Weighed in 11-11 on day 1 and was sitting in 6th and had 13-5 on day 2 (thanks to the 5-0 picture below
I'm happy with how it turned out, I really played the strategy game and saved a lot of water for day 2 since it was so crowded. Many of the guys ahead of me on day 1 were sight fishing and burned up everything they had on the first day and dropped off on day 2. I was one of very few people to actually go up in weight on day 2. Swinghead, shakey, spinnerbait, and jerkbait accounted for all my fish that were weighed in. I was fishing all kinds of targets (docks, points, rocks, stumps, etc), but was focused on 3-6 feet of water so that I could run into fish in all 3 phases.
A trip to Gaston is never compete without a cheeseburger from Washburn's and hanging out with the dock cat
congrats on the fish and tourney place!!nice job
N Florida Mike reply :
Another nice fish this evening. Caught on the watermelon slice 5 inch senko.
JigginJim reply :
Hey folks. New to the forum and saw this thread. I live in SW Florida for many years but I'm a novice bass angler of about 3 years. Most of my fishing is from my kayak in smaller hard to reach spots. Just pulled this linked in on Sunday morning. Lakes and ponds are low due to no rain in months but the bass are biting. Not sure how much this linked weighs since my scale died, but it measured 25"L x 18.5" girth. Put up a great fight:)
Hog Basser reply :
On 4/29/2017 at 1:00 AM, JigginJim said:Hey folks. New to the forum and saw this thread. I live in SW Florida for many years but I'm a novice bass angler of about 3 years. Most of my fishing is from my kayak in smaller hard to reach spots. Just pulled this linked in on Sunday morning. Lakes and ponds are low due to no rain in months but the bass are biting. Not sure how much this linked weighs since my scale died, but it measured 25"L x 18.5" girth. Put up a great fight:)
Nice one! And welcome to the forum!
NYWayfarer reply :
Nice Largemouth I caught at the pond today. Got it on a Strike King Ocho wacky rigged with an O ring on my Kastking Mela II
buzzed bait reply :
slipped out for a little session right before dark last night.... not much action, missed one really good bite on my t rig. was working my way back to the truck and tossing the MB giant dog x in white python. tossed past a point, twitched it 2-3 times and this spot nearly ripped the rod out of my hands! 3.25lber and i caught it about 100 yards away from the 3.5lb spot i caught about 2 weeks ago!
and i had to get my obnoxious selfie with my heels hat for all my haters, you know who you are !! @kickerfish1 @Catt @whitwolf
kickerfish1 reply :
Boy that shade of blue is sure ugly! At least you have better tastes in fishing gear!
Catt reply :
@buzzed bait that's bass abuse!
Master Bait'r reply :
Been working like a dog so I took the afternoon off to explore the new local fishing hole some more. I was able to find two decent fish, one on a hudd bug/TRD head and the bigger on a Megabass X-dad.
This place is about as big as I'd want to paddle regularly and surrounded by gorgeous mountains. Tons of islands, trees in the water everywhere and about 20 old beaver lodges. Once the pads grow in I seriously cannot wait to see the structure it adds. The only downside is that it's a popular spot for paddlers, picnickers and the like- and man, are there some idiots. Almost nobody on the lake today and STILL had a guy paddle between me and the shore I was working. Literally paddled right through the spot I was casting into. Completely oblivious. ?
whitwolf reply :
@buzzed bait Justin, great story and fish! The hat sucks! lol
NYWayfarer reply :
Nice day at the pond. Spent an hour and a half before dinner. Caught 4 Largemouth Bass. This one was the best of the lot.
I was using a 3" Yum Dinger. Green pepper flake. Wacky rigged.
Master Bait'r reply :
On 4/30/2017 at 5:17 AM, Finesse Wayfarer said:Nice day at the pond. Spent an hour and a half before dinner. Caught 4 Largemouth Bass. This one was the best of the lot.
I was using a 3" Yum Dinger. Green pepper flake. Wacky rigged.
Those baby dingers are like chicken wings to big girls. Work great on a jighead too!
Master Bait'r reply :
Brought the family and our boy's friend out for a few hours at the picnic tables today. Despite subpar temps and winds the skunk was kept at bay and the kids were stoked. The kid's friend is the one who pulled the fish, and his dad has taught him a surprising amount of knowledge. Glad to have gotten them all out of the house on an otherwise grey, windy day.
No idea why the uploader is flipping my pics.
J._Bricker reply :
On 4/30/2017 at 7:51 AM, Master Bait'r said:Brought the family and our boy's friend out for a few hours at the picnic tables today. Despite subpar temps and winds the skunk was kept at bay and the kids were stoked. The kid's friend is the one who pulled the fish, and his dad has taught him a surprising amount of knowledge. Glad to have gotten them all out of the house on an otherwise grey, windy day.
No idea why the uploader is flipping my pics.
And this is where a winning high school and college fishing team begins!
NYWayfarer reply :
On 4/30/2017 at 7:51 AM, Master Bait'r said:Brought the family and our boy's friend out for a few hours at the picnic tables today. Despite subpar temps and winds the skunk was kept at bay and the kids were stoked. The kid's friend is the one who pulled the fish, and his dad has taught him a surprising amount of knowledge. Glad to have gotten them all out of the house on an otherwise grey, windy day.
No idea why the uploader is flipping my pics.
Nothing better than taking the young ones fishing. My son was not with me today but I met 2 boys fishing today and helped them after they saw me catch some bass. Gave them some advise and baits and put them on a 12" chain pickerel. Nice young men, very polite. They thanked me. It was very refreshing.
lonnie g reply :
On 4/30/2017 at 7:51 AM, Master Bait'r said:Brought the family and our boy's friend out for a few hours at the picnic tables today. Despite subpar temps and winds the skunk was kept at bay and the kids were stoked. The kid's friend is the one who pulled the fish, and his dad has taught him a surprising amount of knowledge. Glad to have gotten them all out of the house on an otherwise grey, windy day.
No idea why the uploader is flipping my pics.
don't get better than that! great day great smiles, sign them up they are ready!!
Master Bait'r reply :
On 4/30/2017 at 9:53 PM, lonnie g said:don't get better than that! great day great smiles, sign them up they are ready!!
I love how they pay attention when it's something they actually want to know. When and why you'd use braid over clear lines, times to use vibration vs. presentation, bottom action vs. topwater and fish movements etc- they're GLUED once they see it actually net a nice fish in practice. I can't wait until I get the rest of my boats up here to VT so we can all get off the bank!
Bass_Fishing_Socal reply :
Not too bad today, got my first bass actually two back to back on Ned rig, 1/16 oz with TRD.
lonnie g reply :
On 5/1/2017 at 2:01 AM, JustJames said:Not too bad today, got my first bass actually two back to back on Ned rig, 1/16 oz with TRD.
alright ,I give! going to have to get me some of those, can I tell my wife it is your fault? nice catch!
Yeajray231 reply :
Nice pig I caught tonight in a murky , large chocolate milk pond. 1 of 13 or so... All on a "jika" (or jig) rigged structure bug and keitech crazy flapper... Burning it on the bottom like a swing head.
Picture doesn't do it justice ! She had a fat belly and was full of something. Sunfish I'm assuming.
Bass_Fishing_Socal reply :
On 5/1/2017 at 7:19 AM, lonnie g said:alright ,I give! going to have to get me some of those, can I tell my wife it is your fault?
I like Zman TRD especially the deal color. Gotta stock up some myself since I keep losing my rigs to trees brushes and rocks.
Swbass15 reply :
So been busy with work, was sent to Florida for the fires they were dealing with. Day I got there they had six inches of rain so things slowed down for me and I was able to fish in the evenings after work.
this was the best one I caught in a couple evenings of fishing. Came home and was fortunate enough to have my wife let me fish a club tourney on her birthday after being gone 2 weeks. Was able to catch 3 that went 6lbs 10oz and end up 3rd from the back deck. So it's been good for me lately!
PaBassMan13 reply :
On 2/23/2017 at 10:33 AM, Chowderhead said:First fish of the new year. Was able to get about 1 1/2 hours of fishing time with my oldest son using the Bass Raider 10E. Weather was in the high 60's (crazy for Omaha in February) and the wind was pretty steady. Just two LMB, but it sure was fun. Both came on a Havoc "flat dawg" worm on a 2/0 hook in about 5 feet of stumps. The bigger of the two was a little over 1 1/2 lbs and was just shy of 15" in length.
I absolutely LOVE the Havoc Flat Dawgs. If I could have two baits that would be one of them. I use them weightless; for a Neko Rig, for a Wacky Rig and you can even cut them in half and use them for a Ned Rig.
bagofdonuts reply :
My brother caught this 22.5", 7lb smally on Ky Lake out of the back of my boat a couple weeks ago.
lonnie g reply :
On 5/3/2017 at 3:10 AM, bagofdonuts said:My brother caught this 22.5", 7lb smally on Ky Lake out of the back of my boat a couple weeks ago.
WOW! nice fish! now throw him in for taking your fish. "no just kidding" I would be just as happy if my brother would have caught it. congrats!
Jd_Phillips_Fishin reply :
Pretty good walking the bank. About 6 lbs
Bass fishing is best reply :
Found my new honey hole 3 weeks ago.
The weakest hookset ever, I don't know how this thing stayed on.
Couple of the smaller ones, even they were nice size.
First day I fished here I would have had a 20+lb bag. Haven't caught a fish there in a week and a half, not even a bite. Easy come easy go.
boostr reply :
Man, I'm getting jealous. Haven't been able to go out. Either the weather sucks, I get sick, or I go to work.
Yeajray231 reply :
Had a rough rainy day. I went to a spot deep in the woods back to a neighbor's unmanaged pond. It's about 5 acres. I had high hopes for the j-rig and structure bug, but the bass weren't in the mood to chase anything and the pond has a bunch of muck on the bottom making a stop and hop retrieve a waste of time.
I struggled to figure them out ! Nothing on the dropshot either..
I ended up catching 3 on a weightless t-rigged zinker . Didn't care for the action of them rigged wacky (and either did the fish) but rigged as mentioned it would dart around like a fluke.
Last fish for a few days.. incoming rain all weekend.. looking forward to seeing everyone's catches!
She had some bulging eyes
A-Jay reply :
Reintroduced myself today to a few of the resident smallies - went Old Town too.
A-Jay
J._Bricker reply :
On 5/4/2017 at 8:17 AM, A-Jay said:Reintroduced myself today to a few of the resident smallies - went Old Town too.
A-Jay
Nice brown football A-Jay
Got out on the water myself today. Dropshoted this 6.4lb girl on a Roboworm.
A-Jay reply :
On 5/4/2017 at 8:19 AM, J._Bricker said:
Nice brown football A-Jay
Got out on the water myself today. Dropshoted this 6.4lb girl on a Roboworm.
Wow !
Heck of a Drop Shot Green Bass !
Congrats
A-Jay
Bass fishing is best reply :
On 5/4/2017 at 8:17 AM, A-Jay said:Reintroduced myself today to a few of the resident smallies - went Old Town too.
A-Jay
Do you catch any small fish, nice smallie. I have to admit I can't stop staring at the cool equipment rack, that's my kind of setup.
A-Jay reply :
On 5/4/2017 at 10:49 AM, fatmaple said:
Do you catch any small fish, nice smallie. I have to admit I can't stop staring at the cool equipment rack, that's my kind of setup.
Thanks and of course I do. I just don't post many of them.
This one's sort of average. 
But I'm always glad to have met each and every one.
A-Jay
38 Super Fan reply :
Another double. I've gone years without a double, then get two doubles in about a month, go figure.
Bass_Fishing_Socal reply :
I decided to go back to my drop shot again since I lost too many jigs heads and plastics to rocks brushes and tree. I still lost 2 drop shot weight today but none on plastic which is not bad for 2 bass I caught on Zman 3" grubs. One about 1.5lbs and this one 2.80lbs
UPSmallie reply :
On 5/4/2017 at 8:17 AM, A-Jay said:Reintroduced myself today to a few of the resident smallies - went Old Town too.
A-Jay
Beautiful bronzeback! Congrats
lo n slo reply :
saw lots of guys fishing the calm side today and I had the windy side all to myself. it was WORK, but it was worth it. caught 26, including this 3.14 spot. love me some spotties!
N Florida Mike reply :
Nice catch. I had about 15 min. Today at one of the ponds I fish between work and it was blowing 20-30 mph.No bites.
Where were you fishing?
Yeajray231 reply :
Nicest one of the year so far. What a gift!!!
lo n slo reply :
On 5/6/2017 at 4:52 AM, N Florida Mike said:Nice catch. I had about 15 min. Today at one of the ponds I fish between work and it was blowing 20-30 mph.No bites.
Where were you fishing?
Lake Norman
QUAKEnSHAKE reply :
On 5/6/2017 at 4:52 AM, N Florida Mike said:Nice catch. I had about 15 min. Today at one of the ponds I fish between work and it was blowing 20-30 mph.No bites.
Where were you fishing?
Very windy out today up here in northern IL as well. This is the biggest of the day at 2 1/2 pounds SV105 reel, 16# sniper, 7' M/F Helios rod.
Jtrout reply :
On 5/6/2017 at 6:41 AM, Yeajray231 said:Nicest one of the year so far. What a gift!!!
Sweet! What she weigh?
Yeajray231 reply :
Idk... Doesn't mean that much to me. All I had was a spinning and baitcast, small plano. I didnt plan on using lip grippers on any bass! I get them back in the water asap. If she's truly huge I'll tape measure girth and length. But this was just a nice adult largemouth. that's a 4/0 ewg in her lip just perfect!. My guess is high 4lb low 5. Beautiful fish. I hooked 6 or 7 smaller ones in different areas and was cool with that! She was a nice surprise. And she swam away nice. Hope to see her next year.
A-Jay reply :
Cinco de Mayo Smallies are fun . . . .
A-Jay
Bluebasser86 reply :
Weather was pretty awful on my days off, to go with really high and muddy water from the several inches of rain we've recently got, but still managed to grind out some nice ones. I do like 1 thing about muddy water, most rods I had out either day was 4. Spinnerbait and jig were doing the most damage, especially on the bigger fish.
Got my dad into his first few jig fish ever, including this solid little chunk. Bonus that his store bought jig wasn't working, then he started catching when I gave him one of my homemade jigs. 
NYWayfarer reply :
Small window of opportunity to fish today between rain showers. Wind was brutal blowing my bait all over the place. 3 hours, 3 fish. 1 Bass, 2 Pickerel.
N Florida Mike reply :
Got out this afternoon, which was my reward for repairing a section of fence and doing lawn work .
Not biting great,but I got a nice flurry of activity after 6 pm.
Got 3 on yum dingers (including the biggest fish that's shown ) 1 on a black grape culprit,and 7 on a small strike king spinnerbait with yellow skirt. Very pleased with the spinnerbait activity.
Nice, cool evening on the water,which I needed to get refreshed from an aggravating week.
Logan S reply :
Hot streak still rolling... Took another win up on Conowingo yesterday with a 5 fish limit weighing 19lbs 4oz. These 3 certainly helped the cause. Water was really muddy from recent rains but the flipping bite was great...It was a single rod day and I probably caught 30+ keepers throughout the day. My co-angler also go 3rd in the Co division with around 12lbs, good day all around. Flipping a Black/Blue Rage Bug into the nasty stuff accounted for every single fish for me, definitely need a restock now!
corn-on-the-rob reply :
On 5/8/2017 at 1:42 AM, Logan S said:
This one is an absolute COW.
A-Jay reply :
On 5/8/2017 at 1:42 AM, Logan S said:Hot streak still rolling... Took another win up on Conowingo yesterday with a 5 fish limit weighing 19lbs 4oz. These 3 certainly helped the cause. Water was really muddy from recent rains but the flipping bite was great...It was a single rod day and I probably caught 30+ keepers throughout the day. My co-angler also go 3rd in the Co division with around 12lbs, good day all around. Flipping a Black/Blue Rage Bug into the nasty stuff accounted for every single fish for me, definitely need a restock now!
Congrats again ~ !
I love single rods days - Don't have them enough though.
Nice job.
A-Jay
CroakHunter reply :
7Lb 2 oz hawg i caught yesterday in deep water. Won big bass and we placed 2nd in the tourney.
lonnie g reply :
On 5/6/2017 at 4:34 AM, lo n slo said:saw lots of guys fishing the calm side today and I had the windy side all to myself. it was WORK, but it was worth it. caught 26, including this 3.14 spot. love me some spotties!
spots are a blast! or at least until they throw that treble hook in to you while in the boat 
nice fish!
QUAKEnSHAKE reply :
Caught this 3# 10oz 20" today with new Curado 70XG 40# Samurai 7' M/F Smoke rod. Throwing a Palm Tree way out 120' plus bottom of 25fow when it hit.
lonnie g reply :
On 5/7/2017 at 12:53 PM, N Florida Mike said:Got out this afternoon, which was my reward for repairing a section of fence and doing lawn work .
Not biting great,but I got a nice flurry of activity after 6 pm.
Got 3 on yum dingers (including the biggest fish that's shown ) 1 on a black grape culprit,and 7 on a small strike king spinnerbait with yellow skirt. Very pleased with the spinnerbait activity.
Nice, cool evening on the water,which I needed to get refreshed from an aggravating week.
I'm glad you had a cool evening of fishing. it has got down in the 30's last two evening here ,the fish in my lake have been wearing over coats!
bagofdonuts reply :
Here's a pick of my pb with her pb. Wouldn't go till she had the right hat.
mllrtm79 reply :
My only keeper from my buddy tournament yesterday. My partner did put 2 in the live well. We had a good bite going until about 830, then the wind picked up and catching just stopped. Only caught 3-4 dinks after that. 20 1/4" 4.14 lbs, was good for big bass on our pond, but 4.98 was lunker of the day. (6 pond tournament). She really looks bigger than that, but is skinny from just having spawned. 
NCBassAssassin reply :
Only fish of the day, probably my PB. Right at 27.75 inches long, for some reason she was just now spawning. Gotta love pond fishing!
Yeajray231 reply :
Wow ^ nice
I gained access to a new spot the other day... Ol boy sent me over there and told me "it's kind of small".... Lol it was seriously a huge puddle. Couldn't have been longer than 100 feet and well you can see how wide it is... I felt kind of dumb fishing it until I hooked this one on a bitsy bug and rage chunk... He said the pond hasn't been stocked in years. Amazing and awesome creatures.
She curled her tail on me !
Jtrout reply :
First whopper plopper fish
J._Bricker reply :
Nice Jtrout, gotta love the plopper when they really want to eat it!
lonnie g reply :
On 5/9/2017 at 3:23 AM, NCBassAssassin said:Only fish of the day, probably my PB. Right at 27.75 inches long, for some reason she was just now spawning. Gotta love pond fishing!
uoo wee! that will get your blood pumping. great fish congrats!
A-Jay reply :
It was a chilly 25 degrees when I launched this morning ~ Didn't Matter.
A-Jay
Bass_Fishing_Socal reply :
On 5/10/2017 at 6:55 AM, A-Jay said:It was a chilly 25 degrees when I launched this morning ~ Didn't Matter.
A-Jay
Dang A-Jay
I wasn't gonna post today catch since it is not so significant just a regular drop shot with straight tail worm, but look at A-jay catch and I'm so jelly.
here you go only one fish today 3.75lbs.
A-Jay reply :
On 5/10/2017 at 8:07 AM, JustJames said:Dang A-Jay
I wasn't gonna post today catch since it is not so significant just a regular drop shot with straight tail worm, but look at A-jay catch and I'm so jelly.
here you go only one fish today 3.75lbs.
That's a Great Green Bass - after a few brownies today, the clouds rolled in so I tried for 3 hours to get a green one - Total Zero - I'd have been totally pumped to get one anything close to that !
A-Jay
1234567 reply :
Had only an hour but worth it. The too water bite was insane.
lonnie g reply :
only got two this evening, one 2 1/2 and this right at 5 lb lady!
Bluebasser86 reply :
On 5/10/2017 at 8:07 AM, JustJames said:Dang A-Jay
I wasn't gonna post today catch since it is not so significant just a regular drop shot with straight tail worm, but look at A-jay catch and I'm so jelly.
here you go only one fish today 3.75lbs.
Nothing to be down about there. It's one more than I caught sitting at work for 12 hours yesterday.
Bass_Fishing_Socal reply :
On 5/9/2017 at 8:37 AM, Jtrout said:First whopper plopper fish
Awesome man. I got my very first top water bite yesterday but miss hook on whopper popper 90. I miss top water action.
Jacob Phelps reply :
Caught this 19.5 inch, 4.2 pound largie on beautiful Lake Geneva (WI) on Monday.
Largemouth21 reply :
Bass aren't biting in MI yet
ArmyBassin' reply :
Caught this one last week right before a storm blew in. Unfortunately the picture doesn't do it justice, there is a pretty aggressive alligator so I had to be quick. She weighed in at 6lbs 10
GetBent reply :
Owner flashy swimmer on a keitech impact blue gill. Lost one about the same size.
Jtrout reply :
On 5/11/2017 at 7:37 AM, GetBent said:Owner flashy swimmer on a keitech impact blue gill. Lost one about the same size.
Slob!! What she weigh?
SouthernBelleAngler reply :
Caught this buck last week. Wish I had a weight scale, my biggest catch ever!
GetBent reply :
On 5/11/2017 at 8:54 AM, Jtrout said:Slob!! What she weigh?
My scale said 6.7lbs but I think it weighed closer to 8? Another angle....
NYWayfarer reply :
Only 1 Bass caught yesterday. I crept up on my favorite spot at the pond yesterday as I saw some surface activity. I cast a little past it and she nailed the wacky rigged Dinger. The fish came off right at the shore in a patch of mud.
I had to get on my knees in the mud to lip her. After the photo I tossed her back and she got stuck face first in the mud again. I had to find a stick to flip her back into the water where she swam away fine.
boostr reply :
On 5/6/2017 at 11:15 AM, A-Jay said:
Cinco de Mayo Smallies are fun . . . .
A-Jay
Ok, you really have to stop showing the same fish over and over again... I'm on to you A-Jay
lonnie g reply :
On 5/11/2017 at 7:37 AM, GetBent said:Owner flashy swimmer on a keitech impact blue gill. Lost one about the same size.
got to love them big texas ladies!!! nice fish.
A-Jay reply :
On 5/11/2017 at 7:37 AM, GetBent said:Owner flashy swimmer on a keitech impact blue gill. Lost one about the same size.
Really Really Nice Bass right there !
Congrats
A-Jay
Fishin' Fool reply :
On 5/11/2017 at 3:50 AM, Largemouth21 said:Bass aren't biting in MI yet
Come on over to Lk St Clair. They've been biting since April
lonnie g reply :
boared this cool evening, so I tried it a couple of hours got 16 bass from mother to daughter. mom about 4 lb. and one foul hook giant bluegill. then one of them figured out how to stop me, he tied my worm in a knot! my wife said come in and eat as well. i like the worm story better tho
On 5/12/2017 at 8:42 AM, Fishin' Fool said:
Come on over to Lk St Clair. They've been biting since April
man them are some hogs!! wow! that will make you forget about the cold.
Fishin' Fool reply :
Lol it helps. I don't think there has been a day that my nose hasn't been running out there yet this year.
NCBassAssassin reply :
On 5/10/2017 at 6:55 AM, A-Jay said:It was a chilly 25 degrees when I launched this morning ~ Didn't Matter.
A-Jay
It hasn't been 25 degrees here since early March, I don't know how you do it. I seize up when it's under 50. Gorgeous fish!
A-Jay reply :
The Ned Rig was a player today ~
A-Jay
Largemouth21 reply :
On 5/12/2017 at 8:42 AM, Fishin' Fool said:
Come on over to Lk St Clair. They've been biting since April
oh dang, those are some nice fish. I will have to try there sometime...
NYWayfarer reply :
Just call me the fish doctor. I caught 2 Bass at the pond yesterday. This one had a hook swallowed and line coming out its mouth.
The line was wrapped all the way around his body. You can see it tangled in my line if you look closely at the pic. I was able to extract the hook and line. I released the fish in better shape than I found him.
MIbassyaker reply :
Good one this morning -- 20", but kinda skinny (no scale on me). On a Green Pumpkin/Purple Siebert Fogy:
Will Wetline reply :
Bluebasser86 and Darren. don't want me to mention the name of the rig that caught this 4.89 lb. smallmouth so I won't.
Bluebasser86 reply :
On 5/13/2017 at 7:53 PM, Will Wetline said:Bluebasser86 and Darren. don't want me to mention the name of the rig that caught this 4.89 lb. smallmouth so I won't.
Nice! Almost the exact same size as the biggest I've caught on the rig that shall not be named.
Fishin' Fool reply :
Finally get to take a picture without the Huk jacket. That one had the length of a 5 pounder and the belly of a 3 pounder. Looks like the spawn is underway on Lk St Clair. Another swimbait fish.
Yeajray231 reply :
Best chance at a smallmouth like that depends on location. Nice fish
Fishin' Fool reply :
On 5/14/2017 at 5:23 AM, Yeajray231 said:Best chance at a smallmouth like that depends on location. Nice fish
I'll be honest it's not super tough to catch a 4-5 pounder right now. However in a few weeks it will be much tougher.
MIbassyaker reply :
Aaaaand the topwater season begins for me...a not-too-bad one on the LC gunfish:
Fishin' Fool reply :
On 5/15/2017 at 4:46 AM, MIbassyaker said:Aaaaand the topwater season begins for me...a not-too-bad one on the LC gunfish:
What? Really? Any idea what your water temps are right now?
J._Bricker reply :
On 5/15/2017 at 7:27 AM, Fishin' Fool said:
What? Really? Any idea what your water temps are right now?
I'm goin' with "perfect" for top water :-)!
MIbassyaker reply :
On 5/15/2017 at 7:27 AM, Fishin' Fool said:
What? Really? Any idea what your water temps are right now?
high 50s in the morning over the last week. Keep in mind, these are mostly small eutrophic inland lakes.
MarkH024 reply :
Cast to catch video of a nice Wisconsin bass, caught on a 8.3" Mr. Zorba perch glide bait.
boostr reply :
On 5/12/2017 at 8:42 AM, Fishin' Fool said:
Come on over to Lk St Clair. They've been biting since April
Did A-Jay lend you that fish?
A-Jay reply :
On 5/16/2017 at 4:34 AM, boostr said:
Did A-Jay lend you that fish?
@Fishin' Fool clearly does not need any help from me or anyone else - #whackingtanks !
A-Jay
Fishin' Fool reply :
On 5/16/2017 at 10:05 AM, A-Jay said:
@Fishin' Fool clearly does not need any help from me or anyone else - #whackingtanks !
A-Jay
It gets better in the fall when you can whack 5 tanks at a time. #23pounds
A-Jay reply :
On 5/16/2017 at 10:30 PM, Fishin' Fool said:
It gets better in the fall when you can whack 5 tanks at a time.
Great Bag !
I like 'Group Shots' myself.
A-Jay
Fishin' Fool reply :
On 5/16/2017 at 10:34 PM, A-Jay said:
Great Bag !
I like 'Group Shots' myself.
A-Jay
I like it when you have to struggle to lift em and make faces
A-Jay reply :
On 5/16/2017 at 10:36 PM, Fishin' Fool said:
I like it when you have to struggle to lift em and make faces
LOL ~ Me Too
I'm usually gritting my teeth and trying to smile at the same time.
I call it The Big Bag Grunt & Smile . . .
Feels good though.
A-Jay
JG233 reply :
Couple nice ones from last week. Caught these all day (about 20 total) the largest went almost 4 lbs:.jpg.6b7d1a7bf3f88a4961f521977582330b.jpg)
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Bass_Fishing_Socal reply :
Has not been fish a lot last couple of days, it has been cloudy and windy down here in SoCal and I was very busy the mother day weekend. Prepared all my setup for upcoming of very first kayak trip, so today I went out to test if everything float as I plan them to. My paddle (aluminum) float without any help so that is good, my net float with no problem but 3 of the rods I tested only one float so I have to add more foam to other twos. I also brought along spook and jerkbait to test casting ability after adding floater. After said and done I caught one 2lbers on LC pointer not bad for not expecting anything and it is my second fish on jerk bait of this year. AND NO I DID NOT USE ANY GRIPPER.
HeavyDluxe reply :
My boy really wanted to step up with his bass fishing this year... And so today we started "The Art of the @Siebert Outdoors Brush Jig".
They grow up too fast.
J._Bricker reply :
I was able to get on the water today, and got plopper fish going in the morning. Later, was able to pick up a good drop shot fish.
MTPanda reply :
New PB 3.5lbs caught today off a wacky rigged thin senko.
A-Jay reply :
On 5/18/2017 at 10:59 AM, MTPanda said:New PB 3.5lbs caught today off a wacky rigged thin senko.
Nice Bass ~
PB's are Always a Blast
Congrats
A-Jay
Bassn4fun reply :
Picked up this 18 1/2" on the 13th, I usually just get a measurement and let them go so don't know the weight but guessing close to 4 pounds, can't tell to much in the picture but it was a pre spawn fish.
WDE reply :
Felt him hit the squarebill a couple times and figured I was hitting something underwater. Eventually he caught it on the bottom lip. I think we were both a little surprised to say the least.
mllrtm79 reply :
The gf and I were able to slip away for a few minutes on Wednesday and wet a line... Her first fish with her new rod and reel, and my first whopper plopper 90 fish:
lonnie g reply :
On 5/18/2017 at 10:59 AM, MTPanda said:New PB 3.5lbs caught today off a wacky rigged thin senko.
CONGRATS! on the new PB. NICE FISH
looks like you guys were having fun. NICE SHIRT! gonna have to get me one of those ploppers [dang bait monkey]
A-Jay reply :
A 5.11lb & and a 6.21lb - which just happens to be my New Michigan Smallie PB ~ Oh Yea !
A-Jay
MTPanda reply :
On 5/20/2017 at 9:53 AM, lonnie g said:CONGRATS! on the new PB. NICE FISH
looks like you guys were having fun. NICE SHIRT! gonna have to get me one of those ploppers [dang bait monkey]
Thanks! Senkos are my go to bait these days followed by Roboworms these days.
On 5/20/2017 at 10:07 AM, A-Jay said:A 5.11lb & and a 6.21lb - which just happens to be The New Michigan Smallie PB ~ Oh Yea !
A-Jay
Beautiful catch there and congrats!!! I hope to catch some smallmouths one of these days. Not that many here in So Cal.
lonnie g reply :
CONGRATS!!!! AJ , MAN IF YOU WERE TOURNEY FISHING THIS YEAR I don't see anyone beating you with those hogs you been hauling in
A-Jay reply :
On 5/20/2017 at 10:51 AM, lonnie g said:CONGRATS!!!! AJ , MAN IF YOU WERE TOURNEY FISHING THIS YEAR I don't see anyone beating you with those hogs you been hauling in
Thank You Sir ~
But you know how it goes - if I were tournament fishing, I'd probably be a dink magnet or someone else would catch them . . . . .
A-Jay
everythingthatswims reply :
Got on a few post spawners today on a local reservoir, caught them in water willows on a frog and flipping a jig, fun stuff! A school of bass came up chasing shad in open water and the only bait I had tied up that was even close to something one would throw in that situation was the frog, and on my first cast where the fish had been breaking, one actually ate the darn thing! Definitely a first for me and I have spent a lot of time on schooling bass.
RoLo reply :
On 5/20/2017 at 10:07 AM, A-Jay said:A 5.11lb & and a 6.21lb - which just happens to be my New Michigan Smallie PB ~ Oh Yea !
A-Jay
UNbelievable Andy, those are a pair of medicine balls 
Congrats on your new PB!
Roger
Will Wetline reply :
Decent smallie on a cool May morning
lo n slo reply :
took the johnny out this morning on Davidson, caught close to 30, including this rowdy 18" spot. had a 5+ largemouth get off at the boat but i cant complain. it was a great day.
NYWayfarer reply :
Awesome weather weekend! Hope you all got to enjoy some fishing time. I went pond hopping as I am having trouble getting my used canoe registered. Hopefully I will be on the water next weekend for some smallmouth fishing in my father in laws boat.
In the meantime this was the best Largemouth of the weekend for me.
J._Bricker reply :
On 5/22/2017 at 8:17 AM, lo n slo said:took the johnny out this morning on Davidson, caught close to 30, including this rowdy 18" spot. had a 5+ largemouth get off at the boat but i cant complain. it was a great day.
A thumb like that points to a great weekend of lip grippin'! Definitely makes you look forward to the next time on the water!
everythingthatswims reply :
Some Monday night local tournament fun! 5lb gap between the other 11 boats and myself, had a blast and as of now I'm out of the red and into the black for local tournaments. (not that I actually think I can do anything but lose money by fishing them )
ScottDB reply :
Nothing too big. I live in NE Ohio and all my local lakes only produce 2lb fish on average. I know the fatties are out there I'm just waiting patiently
Bluebasser86 reply :
Some of the better green and brown fish from my 2 days of fishing this past week. Most were on either my homemade finesse jigs, or homemade micro jigs. One of the smallmouth was on a Ned rig, one largemouth was on a Whopper Plopper 90. Both days were great days, the kind of days where you're surprised when you make a cast and don't get a bite.
lonnie g reply :
On 5/22/2017 at 8:17 AM, lo n slo said:took the johnny out this morning on Davidson, caught close to 30, including this rowdy 18" spot. had a 5+ largemouth get off at the boat but i cant complain. it was a great day.
bass thumb, is like wearing a badge of honor! wear it pride! sounds like a fun day
lonnie g reply :
On 5/23/2017 at 4:10 PM, Bluebasser86 said:Some of the better green and brown fish from my 2 days of fishing this past week. Most were on either my homemade finesse jigs, or homemade micro jigs. One of the smallmouth was on a Ned rig, one largemouth was on a Whopper Plopper 90. Both days were great days, the kind of days where you're surprised when you make a cast and don't get a bite.
man, you guys were killing them! I want to know where the kitchen sink is? I seen everything else laying out on the boat 
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Bluebasser86 reply :
On 5/23/2017 at 9:59 PM, lonnie g said:man, you guys were killing them! I want to know where the kitchen sink is? I seen everything else laying out on the boat
That's what happens when I'm junk fishing. The first lake we were on has about equal numbers of largemouth and smallmouth and they can be caught in 30' on a drop shot, a foot of water on a toowater, flipping grass or laydowns, and everythingin between. I caught a fish on every rod I had out except my swimbait rod that had the big rat on it though.
Turner9087 reply :
new pb 8.46lbs
lonnie g reply :
On 5/23/2017 at 10:50 PM, Turner9087 said:new pb 8.46lbs
that's a hog! congrats on the new pb. warning, them things will spoil you , "makes you want more" just like the old chip commercial , nobody can take just one!!
boostr reply :
Took the boat out a second time to a new to me lake (Greenwood Lake NJ/NY.. yes it's split in half by these 2) The most bassy looking lake. Holds smallmouth, largemouth, Muskies, Pike, lake trout, and walleye... mangaged to catch a measely hand size whiper or white perch. Wasn't even worth taking a picture of. Got soaked in a rain storm when it wasn't supposed to rain... didn't bring my rain gear. This was more of a getting to know my boat, and backing up the trailer practice trip more than anything so it was a good day.
everythingthatswims reply :
On 5/23/2017 at 4:10 PM, Bluebasser86 said:Some of the better green and brown fish from my 2 days of fishing this past week. Most were on either my homemade finesse jigs, or homemade micro jigs. One of the smallmouth was on a Ned rig, one largemouth was on a Whopper Plopper 90. Both days were great days, the kind of days where you're surprised when you make a cast and don't get a bite.
Caption for the last pic "when you catch a 4.20lb smallmouth"
Yeajray231 reply :
@everythingthatswims that's funny... It'd be more funny if it's true. If only he was a cop in Colorado.
JohnnyQuestWY reply :
One of a 4 I caught this past weekend. This one hit that buzz bait like a 10 pounder.. caught me by surprise.
Bluebasser86 reply :
I had a guide trip Thursday and put the guys on lots of nice fish. One of the guys broke his PB smallmouth twice. In my attempt to avoid catching "their fish", I was fishing a Popping Pad Crasher and managed my first frog smallmouth of the year after a couple hits and misses.
Friday was the hunt for a giant, which went terribly, but at least the PPC was getting smashed by the bucks anytime we could find a ball of fry.
UPSmallie reply :
My first river smallie of the year fell to a Rapala X-Rap in standard silver minnow color. The picture is a little deceiving. The fish is only 14.5 inches and 1.85 lbs, but still lots of fun battling it in 45 degree water temps.
Yeajray231 reply :
5" hard body swimbait... Got her to the bank to see one point of one treble in her ! Made my weekend
Bankbeater reply :
My first jitterbug bass of the year. The bite has been really slow around here this May, but hopefully this is a good sign that things are picking up
Bass fishing is best reply :
Threw at least a dozen different lures at this lady until the Whopper Plopper and she inhaled it on the first cast. Probably the shortest bass I've caught this year(this thing is all tail), but also one of the fattest I've ever caught. Month ago this would have shattered my PB. Lost another one much bigger, called out "Quick release" which cracked up the other fishermen out that afternoon.
New spot is confusing me. Out of the 20 times I've fished there I've been skunked every time except for 3 of those days. But those 3 days every fish I caught was bigger than any bass I've landed in 30 years of fishing(about 3 lbs) , the others absolute monsters. I don't know what I'm going to do when this dries out. Go back to catching minnows.
long island basser reply :
Got out on Saturday 5/27 with my nephew.
Had an ok day with 27 bass boated.
This was the best coming on a Booyah Pad Crasher.
Catt reply :
On the bayou in muddy water on a buzzbait!
Will Wetline reply :
4.43 lbs. caught on a Z-Man Finesse ShadZ rigged on a 3/32 oz. "Ned" (mushroom) jig head. 6lb. fluorocarbon line, 7' ML rod.
Jd_Phillips_Fishin reply :
Falcon treated us pretty good this weekend:
Day 1
9.1 lber on a 6XD
25 inches long and 17.5 was the girth!
Day 2 was pretty tough, nothing worth taking a picture over.
Day 3 gave us a couple of studs!
NYWayfarer reply :
Pond fishing Largemouth.
YoTone reply :
broke my pb on the same holiday weekend a year ago. 5.5 lb, with a strike king burner in the shallowest of waters. i basically cast parallel to the bank.
lonnie g reply :
On 5/30/2017 at 6:10 AM, jd_phillips00 said:Falcon treated us pretty good this weekend:
Day 1
9.1 lber on a 6XD
25 inches long and 17.5 was the girth!
Day 2 was pretty tough, nothing worth taking a picture over.
Day 3 gave us a couple of studs!
love those big girls! nice fish
On 5/30/2017 at 8:04 AM, YoTone said:broke my pb on the same holiday weekend a year ago. 5.5 lb, with a strike king burner in the shallowest of waters. i basically cast parallel to the bank.
congrats! on the new PB. if this is a streak, i'll bet I know where you are going to be the same time next year!
lo n slo reply :
when this fish came out of the water i thought she was a good 6, but just like Aunt Agnes, she was all top and no bottom....with a big mouth too;-) she barely went 4 3/4. more good times in the jon boat today.
stk44 reply :
Caught my PB Mickey Mouse bass today - 
everythingthatswims reply :
Well I don't have any good fish pictures but my partner and I won again on the local reservoir this evening, had a 4lb margin of victory this time. Just the confidence boost I needed before I head to Lay Lake Alabama on Sunday for the B.A.S.S. College Wild Card!
The linked picture will convey how fun this evening's tournament was for me.
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A-Jay reply :
Best of today ~
A-Jay
YoTone reply :
d**n A-Jay, its always amazes me how often you produce these quality small mouths.
A-Jay reply :
On 5/31/2017 at 11:28 AM, YoTone said:d**n A-Jay, its always amazes me how often you produce these quality small mouths.
Me Too ~
A-Jay
boostr reply :
On 5/31/2017 at 11:15 AM, A-Jay said:
Best of today ~
A-Jay
Geez A-Jay, enough already we get it...
A-Jay reply :
On 6/1/2017 at 12:36 AM, boostr said:Geez A-Jay, enough already we get it...
It's NEVER enough ~ !
A-Jay
lonnie g reply :
On 5/31/2017 at 11:05 AM, everythingthatswims said:
Well I don't have any good fish pictures but my partner and I won again on the local reservoir this evening, had a 4lb margin of victory this time. Just the confidence boost I needed before I head to Lay Lake Alabama on Sunday for the B.A.S.S. College Wild Card!
The linked picture will convey how fun this evening's tournament was for me.
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I love lay lake! I have a brother and cousin that live on waxahatchie creek. green pumpkin red finesse worms on shakey head or bullet nose, fish rocky points,slow. also rattling rogue jerk bait. good luck
lo n slo reply :
another good day in the jon boat. started slow, they weren't where they were on Tuesday. but when i found them it was alot of fun. light, to no wind equals deep (20'+) structure. several 2+ spots on the day capped off by this 2 3/4 bruiser.
wdp reply :
Wish I'd known this thread existed, would've posted sooner. This is not my PB but very close to it. Still trying to break 10 lbs. This girl weighed 9'4" and was just at 24" in length. Caught her last Saturday on a 6th Sense shallow crank.
Fishin' Fool reply :
Two words....drop shot. Must have caught 60 fish today. Some were dinks but these weren't.
stk44 reply :
On 6/2/2017 at 1:48 AM, wdp said:Wish I'd known this thread existed, would've posted sooner. This is not my PB but very close to it. Still trying to break 10 lbs. This girl weighed 9'4" and was just at 24" in length. Caught her last Saturday on a 6th Sense shallow crank.
Wow! Bet that was fun to catch!
wdp reply :
On 5/31/2017 at 11:15 AM, A-Jay said:
Best of today ~
A-Jay
A-Jay, I'm sad to say I've never caught a smallmouth. But I'm dying to. And guess who I'm calling when I get ready to catch one. ?
A-Jay reply :
Mixed Bag today - No Brutes ~ Just a bunch of lean, post spawners.
Good Times
A-Jay
NYWayfarer reply :
Went pond fishing with my Kastking Stealth baitcaster. Got some nice bass tonight.
Reel was performing great. Long smooth casts with no backlash. Yesterday I used a 7' MH rod and only got one fish. I switched to a 6' M and did much better. The sensitivity of the Medium action rod made a world of difference
N Florida Mike reply :
Booyah!!?
lonnie g reply :
On 6/2/2017 at 1:48 AM, wdp said:Wish I'd known this thread existed, would've posted sooner. This is not my PB but very close to it. Still trying to break 10 lbs. This girl weighed 9'4" and was just at 24" in length. Caught her last Saturday on a 6th Sense shallow crank.
wow! that is one pretty lady! nice fish congrats!
On 6/3/2017 at 9:07 AM, N Florida Mike said:Booyah!!?
if you weigh it with the moss she should make 8 to 10! i also had a great evening last night. boated 29 and let # 30 off right at the boat in 3hrs. none worth bragging about, biggest only about 2 1/2. still had a lot off fun!
Jelvas reply :
A quick two hours session just to shake the rust off, half a dozen dinks and a better one to satisfy the adiction...
everythingthatswims reply :
This month I will be taking two junior anglers from my old high school team to their National Championship in Tennessee (sort of paying it forward I guess). I took one of them out on Friday for a little fishing because all experience is good practice! He skipped out on field day to go fish, kid has his priorities straight
Mocktopus reply :
So I took the kids fishing today. 77° sunny bluebird skies. Slight stain to the water. Nothing was working. So instead of bass I figured we could try for a reaction bite from the local chain pickerol. I cast once with a 1/4oz red double silver blade spinner and caught this. A 14" rainbow trout.
Worst part is I hate catching trout because they are too fragile. I don't eat them so I always have to find someone to give them to.
Bluebasser86 reply :
BASS302 reply :
@Bluebasser86,
I like the rod in each hand and a fish on each rod!
Also, at about 2:24 ish there are some big birds being harassed by a little bird.
Bluebasser86 reply :
On 6/4/2017 at 3:06 PM, BASS302 said:@Bluebasser86,
I like the rod in each hand and a fish on each rod!
Also, at about 2:24 ish there are some big birds being harassed by a little bird.
Probably a mockingbird, blue jay, or red-wing blackbird. They all get pretty defensive about their nesting areas this time of year.
clh121787 reply :
Punching the hyacinth
budgetbassin reply :
They were really munching the frogs yesterday. This one ate a Stanley Ribbet about 3 feet from shore. The blowup splashed water on me and nearly gave me a heart attack.
lo n slo reply :
an awesome sunrise peeking thru the pines and more deep structure bass in the jon boat this morning. life is good.
evidently my fish pic is too many mb?
Bass_Fishing_Socal reply :
My first bass on kayak. 
Choporoz reply :
On 6/6/2017 at 1:57 AM, JustJames said:My first bass on kayak.
Awesome! You'll be catching the vertical ones in no time
Bass_Fishing_Socal reply :
On 6/6/2017 at 2:12 AM, Choporoz said:Awesome! You'll be catching the vertical ones in no time
That how I ride my new kayak hahaha?
WIGuide reply :
The last week has been good to us, Mikaila PB'ed with her biggest largemouth and caught her first two smallies that set her PB bar pretty high. I was within a half inch of breaking my own PB largemouth and also a half inch of breaking my PB northern. Hopefully, the fishing keeps up like this!
lo n slo reply :
well done!
lonnie g reply :
On 6/6/2017 at 7:53 AM, lo n slo said:well done!
dido on the well done! CONGRATS on the new PB!
had a decent past three evenings, fished about 2 to 3 hrs. each evening. caught 29 first night 7 second one, and an even dozen this evening, including this fat girl. they still are right on the bank here in southern Indiana. that's all my back could take , I give!
MTPanda reply :
Caught this guy today first time using a zoom superfluke
I decided to try to rig it banjo minnow. Learned this trick from TacticalBassin's youtube channel as the action looked awesome. Caught a few more like this.
Also caught my first bass off a jig today!
Not very big but I checked two things off my list of new lures to catch bass with!
everythingthatswims reply :
We definitely have our work cut out for us at Lay Lake. Fished from 6am to 2pm (storms pushed us off the lake early) and caught 6 bass, all between 11 and 11:30. Managed to catch every non-bass critter out there too. Changing it up tomorrow, we'll see how it goes. Have been hearing it is tough fishing right now.
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Looking for the big one reply :
That's a monster flathead! Nice job.
Advantage reply :
My best fish so far this year, caught this past weekend on topwater. 6.37 lbs.
Choporoz reply :
On 6/6/2017 at 10:53 AM, everythingthatswims said:We definitely have our work cut out for us at Lay Lake. Fished from 6am to 2pm (storms pushed us off the lake early) and caught 6 bass, all between 11 and 11:30. Managed to catch every non-bass critter out there too. Changing it up tomorrow, we'll see how it goes. Have been hearing it is tough fishing right now.
As much fun as those big flatheads are, they can suck up some time..
J._Bricker reply :
On 6/6/2017 at 6:33 PM, Advantage said:My best fish so far this year, caught this past weekend on topwater. 6.37 lbs.
Nice fish, gotta love top water! Looking at her tail, big girl was definitely doin' some work!
Advantage reply :
On 6/6/2017 at 9:53 PM, J._Bricker said:
boostr reply :
A NJ evening Fatty.
lonnie g reply :
got eight more this evening to add to a great week of evenings ,all 2 to 3 1/2 lb plus this monster bluegill
MIbassyaker reply :
2 & a-half-er on top at a new lake:
Bass fishing is best reply :
No bass yesterday but my PB pickerel.
QUAKEnSHAKE reply :
22 bass today 19" 18" several 16" 15" threw 3 different paddletails some ikas and hydras.
AndrewJ reply :
Finally, Finally got the boat back after breaking the axle in the beginning of May. Took the boat to our favorite lake, Shasta. Were not on the water too long since someone (me) forgot the key to the boat at home. We got about 3 hours on the lake. A lot of dinks starting to get active but we did find some quality fish throughout the day. Once again Jamie out caught me 12 - 7, but i did have the better size, so thats something. Biggest was 16 1/2 inch spot that fought really well.
One of Jamie's better fish, right about 15 inches
UPSmallie reply :
Had another amazing time trolling keitech swimbaits before work yesterday. Ended up something like 5-12 on the smallmouth bass. I lost a lot of short-strikers because I wasn't using a trailer hook, but that was ok. I have two packages of 4.3 inch coming in Saturday so that should help add reinforcements. Landed smallmouth on a mix between the 4.3 inch pro blue/red pearl and 3.8 inch bluegill flash. It didn't matter what I was trolling behind the boat as long as it was a keitech.
Released all fish, except for the 16.5 inch which choked my keitech so hard that it bled out. Gave that one to my neighbors who love eating fish. Also removed and killed three leaches from two of the smallmouth. The two or three keitechs that I have remaining are basically torn beyond repair. Looking forward to the new shipment. By the way, that's a 4.3 inch swimbait in that fish's mouth. Biggest fish was the 17 inch below.
clh121787 reply :
I love banging big girls...
BCline reply :
2-11 fatty yesterday during my lunch break
HeavyTwenty reply :
Largest was 4lbs15oz, caught using a floating jerkbait I found. Last year I caught a 4lber almost every trip just beating the banks at this pond. This year I've only caught one shallow. I've been finding better quality bass in the mid depth sections (6-8ft) with weeds coming up about half way.
HeavyTwenty reply :
... the pattern is real. Jerkbait and square bill crankbait again. 5lb4oz and 4lb1oz. The 5lber had the best fight out of any bass I've caught.
Every 4th time I tie on a new horny toad, a gar immediately rips its legs off.
Bluebasser86 reply :
Went to a lake I hadn't been to in several years and spent the day winching some nice ones out of the thick stuff with the KastKing Speed Demon and a homemade slither rig.
Swbass15 reply :
Caught this wed in my local club tourney. He turned waked and chased my plopper down, killed it and he missed. Threw back in with a tube and he smashed it. Was a start to a great day, caught 3 more giving me 6-10 for first place and big bass. Pretty good birthday if I say so.
Will Wetline reply :
Here's a 3.77 lb. smallmouth that ate a Finesse TRD on a 3/32 oz. Ned (mushroom) jig head worked slowly at a depth of approximately 20'.
NHBull reply :
Mrs Bull landed 2, 4 ponders on her first time out.....
Think that means I need to buy more gear ?
J._Bricker reply :
On 6/10/2017 at 7:19 PM, Swbass15 said:Caught this wed in my local club tourney. He turned waked and chased my plopper down, killed it and he missed. Threw back in with a tube and he smashed it. Was a start to a great day, caught 3 more giving me 6-10 for first place and big bass. Pretty good birthday if I say so.
Congratulations on 1st place and Happy B-day! Chuckin' a follow up bait to perfection
Swbass15 reply :
On 6/11/2017 at 8:16 AM, J._Bricker said:
Congratulations on 1st place and Happy B-day! Chuckin' a follow up bait to perfection
Thank you!
MIbassyaker reply :
Mixed in amongst a bunch of "dinkos" (dinks-on-a-Senko), a couple of fat ones 18" and 17" this morning bright and early. On a KVD 2.5 and a...Senko:
Jartbek reply :
buzzed bait reply :
found a couple little spotted bass that were willing to bite on saturday night. black buzzbait and a berkley 10" black grape power worm were the baits. had a few more blowups on the buzzbait, but only managed to hook and land the one.
here's one of them, picture of the other one didn't turn out very well in the dark!
MTPanda reply :
Tough day at Wohlford Lake. Almost got skunked but landed a nice little guy here:
Then a few hours after that one I was about to give up but went to drop shotting a Roboworm and caught this 5lber!
NHBull reply :
The caffeine shad and super flute put 6 of these in the boat in an hour...
lonnie g reply :
On 6/11/2017 at 7:27 AM, NHBull said:Mrs Bull landed 2, 4 ponders on her first time out.....
Think that means I need to buy more gear ?
looks to me like the dog is holding back the giggles! I think he is friends with the bait monkey.
J._Bricker reply :
I was able to get on the water today and was able to get 'em on a frog, senko, punchin' and this 5.2lb plopper fish that just crushed it. You can't tell by the photo, but the lure only has one eye. I think that's the side the fish attack from
Jar11591 reply :
On 6/14/2017 at 6:56 AM, J._Bricker said:I was able to get on the water today and was able to get 'em on a frog, senko, punchin' and this 5.2lb plopper fish that just crushed it. You can't tell by the photo, but the lure only has one eye. I think that's the side the fish attack from
The Larry O'Brien bass! Nice fish @J._Bricker
J._Bricker reply :
On 6/14/2017 at 7:41 AM, Jar11591 said:
The Larry O'Brien bass! Nice fish @J._Bricker
Thank you sir! BTW, only had to knock a little dust off it
IndianaFinesse reply :
On 6/10/2017 at 1:54 PM, Bluebasser86 said:Went to a lake I hadn't been to in several years and spent the day winching some nice ones out of the thick stuff with the KastKing Speed Demon and a homemade slither rig.
Alright, clue me on what a slither rig is.
Bluebasser86 reply :
On 6/14/2017 at 12:24 PM, IndianaFinesse said:Alright, clue me on what a slither rig is.
I make my own though, and I was using a Pit Boss on the back end of it.
Catt reply :
On 6/14/2017 at 1:04 PM, Bluebasser86 said:
I make my own though, and I was using a Pit Boss on the back end of it.
Texas Rigged Jig
Been throwing since the early 70s, I have some from 3/16-1.5 oz.
Use em with any plastic!
boostr reply :
On 6/14/2017 at 1:04 PM, Bluebasser86 said:
I make my own though, and I was using a Pit Boss on the back end of it.
Isn't this a skirted punch rig?
IndianaFinesse reply :
On 6/14/2017 at 1:04 PM, Bluebasser86 said:
I make my own though, and I was using a Pit Boss on the back end of it.
Oh, I always just called it a skirted punching rig like @boostr
Bluebasser86 reply :
On 6/15/2017 at 1:20 AM, boostr said:
Isn't this a skirted punch rig?
I guess it depends what I'm doing with it. Fishing it in trees like I was, it wasn't punching, but "slithering" through the trees. They're the same thing though.
WDE reply :
Mid/late day water here in Southwestern TN is approaching bath water temps, so I'm struggling with my usual preferred crankbaits and forced to move to Senkos. Needless to say, I'm ready for late Summer/early Fall to get these water temps back down.
Caught this one Monday(plus a few others)on a watermelon Senko, and is the largest I've caught in about three weeks(previous was 3.02 on a squarebill in light rain). He was fun to bring in though, I was watching a school(3-5' in diameter) of shad/minnow moving around right in this "narrow" cut and I kept tossing the Senko all around and inside the school.
Finally got that familiar bump and run and set the hook. Jumped out of the water a couple times for dramatic effect, but I had him hooked squarely in the corner of his mouth, so he had no chance of getting off. 2+, 2.5 if I'm being generous.
As I alluded to earlier, I don't often fish with Senkos(or plastics in general) often, but it's been fun to catch them on my med/fast spinning setup with the drag dialed down a bit. If the size isn't there, then I might as well make it a fun fight.
Thanks for reading my rambling.
NHBull reply :
The lovino splash it is quickly becoming my go to popper. So far it is out performing the pop max.
J._Bricker reply :
On 6/16/2017 at 12:11 AM, NHBull said:The lovino splash it is quickly becoming my go to popper. So far it is out performing the pop max.
Nice fish Mr Bull! And I'd suggest giving Don a call and ordering a few more feathered trebles, cause they just shred 'em ?! Continued great top water fishing, JB
boostr reply :
On 6/15/2017 at 3:18 AM, Bluebasser86 said:I guess it depends what I'm doing with it. Fishing it in trees like I was, it wasn't punching, but "slithering" through the trees. They're the same thing though.
I'm gonna have to try me some of those. Not only for punching, but your tree slithering intrigues me also.
everythingthatswims reply :
Next week I will be in Tennessee boat captaining for the two junior anglers who earned a spot at this year's B.A.S.S. National Championship. I had so much support from boat captains when I was in their position so I figured it would only be right for me to do the same for them.
Today I took them out on the hot side of Lake Anna for some easy fishin' to work on mechanics etc and learn a little bit about the 'ol drop shot. We put over 50 bass in the boat between 7:30 and 12:30, and found a bunch of schooling fish that were too much fun! Ended up swimming/wading around the boat while fish were breaking on shad within feet of us, catching them with leisure.
I will say that I had one come unbuttoned on my spook that was absolutely pushing 6lbs. Definitely the biggest I have hooked this year. Hit next to a dock and went around a piling, which straightened my hooks, then when she came back around it was a short battle before she shook the hooks that were no longer in good enough shape to hold onto her!
Hez reply :
On 6/16/2017 at 3:38 AM, everythingthatswims said:Next week I will be in Tennessee boat captaining for the two junior anglers who earned a spot at this year's B.A.S.S. National Championship. I had so much support from boat captains when I was in their position so I figured it would only be right for me to do the same for them.
Today I took them out on the hot side of Lake Anna for some easy fishin' to work on mechanics etc and learn a little bit about the 'ol drop shot. We put over 50 bass in the boat between 7:30 and 12:30, and found a bunch of schooling fish that were too much fun! Ended up swimming/wading around the boat while fish were breaking on shad within feet of us, catching them with leisure.
I will say that I had one come unbuttoned on my spook that was absolutely pushing 6lbs. Definitely the biggest I have hooked this year. Hit next to a dock and went around a piling, which straightened my hooks, then when she came back around it was a short battle before she shook the hooks that were no longer in good enough shape to hold onto her!
good on you man
Bass_Fishing_Socal reply :
I start to love more and more kayaking. Caught 3 fish and missed one after a few jump. Twos on WP 110 bone and my first chatter bait bite of this year.
First fish, I thought I got a huge bass because it keep pulling like no tomorrow turn out to be a nice 4-5lbs catfiah?. The darn catfish hit my WP right after it hit water and just keep running.
Paddle to the next cove, toss the WP into middle of dead brushes 10 feet away from me a got this young one after a few crank.
Time to go home to get some sleep, paddle back but stopped at the first spot where I lost that first fish. At this time I have chatterbait on, first cast and fish on. I'm not sure if it was the same bass but it was at same spot.
Too bad I didn't get a single bite on Fluke as I had hope for. Oh well there's still be tomorrow.
lo n slo reply :
on the water before 6 this morning, in the jon boat again, bite was slow, only two spotties in the first two hours. but within the span of one hour i had pinned three good ones. all 19+" fish, and i think the second one is a LM/SPOT HYBRID. it has all the visible features of a largemouth but this fish had a distinctive tooth patch on its tongue. and once i got to looking at it closer, it's markings are slightly different than the typical LM in this lake and they do favor a spotted bass which are also in this lake. #3 had a bloody tail. crazy.
#2
#3
Bluebasser86 reply :
Got a good one at the local dink factory this morning on a homemade finesse jig.
12poundbass reply :
Family night bridge fishing. The wife actually set the hook started reeling saw how big it was and panicked, handed it to my son. He couldn't reel very much so he handed it to me. I finally was able to land it after a decent fight. A new PB 3lb 3oz. It was a good night.
MIbassyaker reply :
On 6/17/2017 at 10:59 PM, 12poundbass said:Family night bridge fishing. The wife actually set the hook started reeling saw how big it was and panicked, handed it to my son. He couldn't reel very much so he handed it to me. I finally was able to land it after a decent fight. A new PB 3lb 3oz. It was a good night.
Flat River Smallie?
12poundbass reply :
On 6/18/2017 at 3:55 AM, MIbassyaker said:
Flat River Smallie?
You're good! On a weightless Senko.
UPSmallie reply :
On 6/17/2017 at 10:59 PM, 12poundbass said:Family night bridge fishing. The wife actually set the hook started reeling saw how big it was and panicked, handed it to my son. He couldn't reel very much so he handed it to me. I finally was able to land it after a decent fight. A new PB 3lb 3oz. It was a good night.
That's a tank with beautiful colors. Congrats!
MIbassyaker reply :
On 6/18/2017 at 3:58 AM, 12poundbass said:You're good! On a weightless Senko.
Not that good, I just pay attention!
12poundbass reply :
On 6/18/2017 at 4:59 AM, MIbassyaker said:
Not that good, I just pay attention!
True, fairly easy to figure out. You're good if you can tell me what bridge. Lol
J._Bricker reply :
My oldest daughter came home for Father's Day weekend and wanted to go out fishing with the old guy. She pitched a wacky blk/blu senko for this skinny 2.5lb largemouth that put up a spirited fight. As a parent fishing with your kids, it's always great to see catching a fish brings the same smile as an adult that they had as a 3 year old child. Happy Father's Day all and good fishing, JB
long island basser reply :
Got nine bass in the boat this morning with the largest coming on a Net Bait baby Paca craw. 1/8 oz tungsten, 4/0 owner Rig-n-hook, 16 lb sniper.
6lb 2oz
corn-on-the-rob reply :
On 6/17/2017 at 10:59 PM, 12poundbass said:Family night bridge fishing. The wife actually set the hook started reeling saw how big it was and panicked, handed it to my son. He couldn't reel very much so he handed it to me. I finally was able to land it after a decent fight. A new PB 3lb 3oz. It was a good night.
So who's PB is it!? Family PB!
Ktho reply :
The weather has been hot here the past 2 days into the mid 90s with clear blue skies. Not sure why but that means the lipless catches fire and the bass here love it. I've gotten 19 the past 2 days almost all 2-4lbs and lost about 9 more all on the lipless.
Jar11591 reply :
Good morning on the water. Caught em on everything and got a few good ones. Frog, spinner bait, Skitter Walk, jig & Paca Craw trailer and senkos all caught fish.
KayakFish107 reply :
Here's a few from the past few weekends! Got my pb smallie for at least fir length, didn't get a weight on her, but she was a tank even though spawned out! And a nice largemouth 100yards away the following weekend. 19" and 20.25" respectively. Big shoutout to @roadwarrior for helping me out!! Both fish on jigs!
Kyhokie reply :
Sideways pic, but stuck a nice healthy post spawn lady a few nights ago. Fought like heck as well!
12poundbass reply :
On 6/18/2017 at 10:33 AM, corn-on-the-rob said:So who's PB is it!? Family PB!
Yup we'll say it's a family PB. She catches enough big ones by only using a Senko so she can share this one. LOL
lo n slo reply :
went out again this morning before sunrise but the fish just weren't cooperating. only 6 fish by 10 am, but the last one was another pig. wrestled her out of a brush pile in 20' of water. life is good.
A-Jay reply :
On 6/19/2017 at 12:37 AM, lo n slo said:went out again this morning before sunrise but the fish just weren't cooperating. only 6 fish by 10 am, but the last one was another pig. wrestled her out of a brush pile in 20' of water. life is good.
That's the Ol' Bush Beast ~
Congrats
A-Jay
Bass_Fishing_Socal reply :
On 6/18/2017 at 10:35 AM, Ktho said:The weather has been hot here the past 2 days into the mid 90s with clear blue skies. Not sure why but that means the lipless catches fire and the bass here love it. I've gotten 19 the past 2 days almost all 2-4lbs and lost about 9 more all on the lipless.
Good job man, It show 90 in my car when came back from kayak at 10:00
today. Didn't catch a thing and missing A bite from Fluke. Gotta try lipless crank for sure. Too bad I only have a few and tried in once this year.
NYWayfarer reply :
Happy Fathers Day! Went out for breakfast with my son and then some fishing time. Back to the pond where I got poison oak. I kept far from the vegetation.
Ktho reply :
On 6/19/2017 at 1:38 AM, JustJames said:Good job man, It show 90 in my car when came back from kayak at 10:00
today. Didn't catch a thing and missing A bite from Fluke. Gotta try lipless crank for sure. Too bad I only have a few and tried in once this year.
It's worth a shot. I really only get into them good on the lipless here at laguna niguel regional park, although I see on instagram that people get em at canyon lake with it. Looks like the temps aren't going anywhere, guess it's summer for real now.
lonnie g reply :
On 6/19/2017 at 2:47 AM, Finesse Wayfarer said:Happy Fathers Day! Went out for breakfast with my son and then some fishing time. Back to the pond where I got poison oak. I kept far from the vegetation.
that's what you call scratching one out! happy fathers day glad you got to fish with your son!
fishballer06 reply :
Went out on Saturday morning for the first day of bass season here in PA. My partner started out hot in the morning throwing a 7" MS Slammer. He caught a 3-4 and a 4-9 in the first 15 minutes. I caught all my fish on a frog and flipping.
Bass_Fishing_Socal reply :
On 6/19/2017 at 9:43 PM, fishballer06 said:Went out on Saturday morning for the first day of bass season here in PA. My partner started out hot in the morning throwing a 7" MS Slammer. He caught a 3-4 and a 4-9 in the first 15 minutes. I caught all my fish on a frog and flipping.
First day of bass season? For me in heat SoCal I think my bass season is on halt for at least 3 months until fall ?
fishballer06 reply :
On 6/20/2017 at 1:31 AM, JustJames said:
First day of bass season? For me in heat SoCal I think my bass season is on halt for at least 3 months until fall ?
Our bass goes out of season on the opening day of trout season (second Saturday of April), and then doesn't come back in until the third Saturday of June.
The fish commission says it's so the bass can spawn successfully, but it's really because all they care about is trout season and forcing guys to buy a $5 trout stamp on top of their standard license.
Bass_Fishing_Socal reply :
That's suck, I don't think we have to buy stamp for trout or any other freshwater fish beside saltwater or second rod.
My friend just went up north in sierra 2-3 weeks ago (trout season started in May, I believe) and got me a few frozen trouts.
lonnie g reply :
JAMES I would click on the like icon, but that's just to sad to like if I couldn't fish I think I would just call the coroner, and besides you know if you hang around the house to much you are gonna get a honey do list. come to Indiana i'll take ya . just cant let a man suffer that way.
Bass_Fishing_Socal reply :
summer time always a bad time for me to catch any bass. I'm still struggling fishing deep water in my Jon boat, let alone kayak. I take my boat out less than 10 times a year. I don't know how to read cover, let alone structure. I might have to go back to lake Perris and hire professional guide to teach me these things.
N Florida Mike reply :
Judging by some of the pictures you've been posting,youre doing better than you think !.
But I know what you mean.Deep water's been a struggle for me too , not that we have comparatively much of it here in FL.
Arobb2012 reply :
Nice 14 inch smallie on a popmax.
boostr reply :
On 6/20/2017 at 1:38 AM, fishballer06 said:
Our bass goes out of season on the opening day of trout season (second Saturday of April), and then doesn't come back in until the third Saturday of June.
The fish commission says it's so the bass can spawn successfully, but it's really because all they care about is trout season and forcing guys to buy a $5 trout stamp on top of their standard license.
Here in Jersey its year round, theres only a couple of months where it's C&R only which is during the spawn.
NHBull reply :
Put 6 in the boat this AM........caught the same one twice on completely different set-up.
mllrtm79 reply :
nice one at lunchtime today private pond about 3 miles from work. 
WDE reply :
The only size of note on this little bass is the scar across his belly. I'm impressed that a wound that big didn't kill the little feller.
WolfyBrandon reply :
[June 19, 2017]
(Monday)
-----Conditions-----
Time: 8:00am - 2:30pm
Sky: Clear to Partly Cloudy.
Wind: Slight Wind from the North
Water Temps: 54-64F
Water Clarity: Clear (5ft+)
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Headed out with a friend from work and his son. I managed to catch 6 bass, I believe he caught around 8, with one being a nice 2 lb 12 oz - 17" Largemouth, and another being a nice 2 lb+ Smallmouth. It was a great day... we both caught numbers & size even though we had to cut the day short at 2:30pm.
1st Bass = 9 & 3/4" - 0.37 lb (06 oz)
2nd Bass = 11" - 0.53 lb (08 oz)
3rd Bass = 18 & 3/4" - 2.69 lb (2 lb, 11 oz) (Guessed ~3 lb, but it was skinny)
4th Bass = 12 & 3/8" - 0.84 lb (13 oz)
5th Bass = 17" - 2.34 lb (2 lb, 05 oz)
6th Bass = 13 & 3/4" - 0.95 lb (~1 lb)
Currently have plans to fish again tomorrow (21st), and possibly pickup where we left off...
WolfyBrandon
GetBent reply :
6.5# on a h2O model M blue/char crankbait. Falcon lake.
clh121787 reply :
P.b.
NYWayfarer reply :
I went pond fishing last night to break in my Fathers Day gift. A Shimano Sojourn 2 piece Casting Rod. I was able to land this nice Largemouth Bass.
fishballer06 reply :
On 6/21/2017 at 12:39 PM, clh121787 said:P.b.
Nice fish. Do you enter it in the share a lunker program?
MIbassyaker reply :
I have so many plastics to use up, but I can't seem to put the black buzzbait down (just a hair under 20", although not sitting on the board quite right...):
clh121787 reply :
On 6/21/2017 at 11:40 PM, fishballer06 said:
Nice fish. Do you enter it in the share a lunker program?
Not big enough. And they won't accept any for several more months. If I ever catch a teen she will absolutely not be donated to the share lunker program
NHBull reply :
Didn't expect to throw a wacky rig this early, but got 4 like this...
Pro Logcatcher reply :
I was starting to think there was nothing in that dock until WHAM! Caught on the weightless black trick worm!
NHBull reply :
Put a dozen in the boat before 9:30 AM....
lonnie g reply :
caught 13 this past evening in about 2 hours. the biggest about 4 1/2 couple more 4's and a couple 3's the rest dinks. sure was fun tho!
lonnie g reply :
On 6/21/2017 at 12:39 PM, clh121787 said:P.b.
CONGRATS on the PB, WHAT A HOG!!
NYWayfarer reply :
I went pond fishing tonight. First time this season using Zoom Super Fluke Jr's in baby bass color weightless for Pickerel. Got 2 of those and this decent Largemouth Bass
Yeajray231 reply :
Testing out my new heavy set up today. didn't have much time before the storm and after work. But managed this small one on a rage toad. What was cool is I caught it very close to a nice sized grass carp. I could see it's tail sticking out of the water and feeding. Apparently the bass felt safe in its presence because the bass slammed the toad and ended up stuck perfectly.
UPSmallie reply :
Insist on Salmo!
Got tired of smallmouth tearing up my $1.75 each keitechs, so I ran a different spread yesterday. I know there's mend-it, but I'm texas-rigging the swimbaits so the shank tears through the front of the swimbait from time-to-time making it 'fishless.'
Motor was also giving me problems at slow speeds so I just paddle-trolled the local bay and had a blast doing it. Hot lure was a Salmo Hornet in Hot Perch long-lined 150 feet back. Started out catching a 9.5 inch perch on it, then an 8 inch smallmouth, and then a 3 inch perch. It started looking like it was a dink magnet. Came through though and got my first open-water walleye at just legal 15 inches, and then my biggest smallmouth ever from the bay at 17 inches and 2.70 lbs. The bigger perch and walleye were kept for a delicious dinner, the smallmouth was released, and the 3 inch perch on a long shank hook had a screaming 6+ lb pike on, but popped off after a few seconds since I was only lip hooking the fish. Hard to use a trailer hook with all of the vegetation though. (Yes, legal to use perch as bait in Michigan). Looking forward to the potential this bay has to offer.
WolfyBrandon reply :
[June 21, 2017]
(Wednesday)
-----Conditions-----
Time: 2:00pm - 7:20pm
Sky: Clear "Bluebird Sky"
Wind: Strong Wind from the Southwest (White Caps)
Water Temps: 64-67F
Water Clarity: Clear (10ft+)
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My friend from work (Jeremy) and I planned to continue from where we last fished back on the 19th (Monday) and had to cut the day short. We both got off from work at 1:00pm, geared up and headed to the lake, and were in the water and headed north to our location at 2:00pm. First thing to note was today was forecasted to be windy, and when we arrived at the lake we could see a southwest wind strong enough to cause white caps.
The wind wasn't much of an issue though as the location we planned to fish was north on the protected side of the lake out of the wind.
We decided to start fishing near where I caught my largest one the last time we were out. The bass in my local area spawn anywhere from Late-May to Mid-June, depending on the year. This year we received a lot of snowfall & record amounts of rainfall so the conditions are about a month behind last year. I suspected the nice one I caught on the 19th may have been on a bed, but couldn't confirm it due to depth & waves. I let Jeremy make the first cast to the spot so he had a chance at the big one if it was still there - and sure enough seconds later he was hooked up. Sadly, it shook loose while fighting it to the boat, so I made a cast to the exact same spot and again it was only seconds before I had a tight line and gave a good hookset...
1st Bass = 18 & 3/4" - 2.69 lb (2 lb, 11 oz)
Same bass as last time. I was able to get a better measurement and it's actually closer to 18 & 3/4", same weight. Still couldn't see a bed but being that it's in the exact same spot, and we both hooked into it within less than 60sec, and I could see it's been caught before by someone else, I would say it has to be the male on a bed. Since I've caught it twice now within 3 days, I made sure to give it a good healthy release...
We continued to fish, and I had another nice Smallmouth follow my bait and check it out but just turn and swim away. I made multiple casts trying different things to no avail, then Jeremy made a cast with his bait (similar yet different) and hooked right into it. Turned out to be a (1 lb, 10 oz) Smallmouth.
There has been this common thing on all of our fishing trips... At some locations whenever we have the boat in ~35-45ft of water the Sonar has gone crazy marking things. It's been going off so much it's caused me to toss a few baits down there, and even tie on a 6XD and make a handful of casts with it...
I've seen it marked up way more than that, almost top to bottom, lines all over, but never had any bites. :Shrugs: It could be anything... from Kokanee to a school of White Suckers. Would be nice to hook something though to at least identify the species.
By this time we ran out of protected water, and were fighting the wind again, so we changed locations and headed further north to the next protected area. It was pretty much one after another for the both of us, but mostly just dinks - no real size to them. I caught a total of 10, Jeremy caught a total of 11. Just numbers today, for the exception of my first one which was the one I caught before. Anyway, here are the larger ones of the bunch...
7th Bass = 11 & 1/4" - 0.53 lb (08 oz)
8th Bass = 10 & 5/8" - 0.44 lb (07 oz)
9th Bass = 11" - 0.51 lb (08 oz)
We both have the early work schedule so we had to pull the plug at 7:20pm and head back. It was another good day, the wind calmed down in the evening, and we caught a lot. We already have a plan brewing for this coming Monday and will probably change it up, will have to wait and see what happens...
WolfyBrandon
hawgenvy reply :
At a recent family gathering my 11 year old cousin Dax expressed great interest in bass fishing, had read up on all sorts of lures and techniques, and said he wished someday to have a baitcasting set up. Well, I indulged him. I bought Dax a Lew's TP-1 MH rod, a Lew's Speed Spool reel, filled it with FC line, tuned the reel, picked up a box full of great baits and accessories, and last week brought him with me to a local pond an hour before sunset. Dax became rapidly adept at casting a baitcaster, and with the help of some tips from me and perhaps some beginner's luck, within the hour had landed this 3 pounder and this 5 pounder, along with three or four smaller fish. Pretty darn amazing, Dax!
J._Bricker reply :
On 6/25/2017 at 6:10 AM, hawgenvy said:At a recent family gathering my 11 year old cousin Dax expressed great interest in bass fishing, had read up on all sorts of lures and techniques, and said he wished someday to have a baitcasting set up. Well, I indulged him. I bought Dax a Lew's TP-1 MH rod, a Lew's Speed Spool reel, filled it with FC line, tuned the reel, picked up a box full of great baits and accessories, and last week brought him with me to a local pond an hour before sunset. Dax became rapidly adept at casting a baitcaster, and with the help of some tips from me and perhaps some beginner's luck, within the hour had landed this 3 pounder and this 5 pounder, along with three or four smaller fish. Pretty darn amazing, Dax!
Way to go, Dax is a stick!
Bluebasser86 reply :
Been a rough go lately. Fish are scattered and tattered, trying to recover and regroup from the spawn and get into their summer patterns. Went to one of my favorite local lakes Friday and it beat me pretty bad. Green sunfish were attacking my bait every cast, no matter what I tried. Water was backwards, main lake was pretty clear and river water looked like a dirt road mud puddle. Still managed one beat up gal back in the mud on a homemade bladed jig.
lo n slo reply :
the bite was slow again this morning, but the weather was nice.
everythingthatswims reply :
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They heard how much it costs and instantly both jumped on it
Gundog reply :
First swim jig fish. Used a Strike King Rage Menace for a trailer.
NYWayfarer reply :
I wanted to try out my other Fathers Day gift. Brand new Field and Stream Inferno 2 piece casting rod. Caught a Bass and a Pickerel. Rod was pretty nice considering it's $25 price.
Gundog reply :
On 6/26/2017 at 10:41 PM, Finesse Wayfarer said:
I wanted to try out my other Fathers Day gift. Brand new Field and Stream Inferno 2 piece casting rod. Caught a Bass and a Pickerel. Rod was pretty nice considering it's $25 price.
I like the F&S brand of rods for the price. Less expensive than Cabela's brand but still good quality.
NYWayfarer reply :
On 6/26/2017 at 11:22 PM, Gundog said:I like the F&S brand of rods for the price. Less expensive than Cabela's brand but still good quality.
I like them as well. The Tec Spec Elites (Blue rod) were on clearance in my Field and steam for $44 regular $80 rod. I had to imagine what the wife would do to me if I got a 3rd rod in less then a month to stop myself from buying it.
YoTone reply :
5.4 on the popping perch
NHBull reply :
Almost shut out today, playing with different baits.....they wanted a wacky worm....sometimes I wonder why I have a ton of bait!
hawgenvy reply :
I nailed this fiesty 5-10 tonight in the shallows at sunset on a T-rigged black/blue S.K Rage Menace. I wasn't expecting much from shore fishing a pressured residential lake this time of year, so I was thrilled to get this beautiful girl. The Menace grub is a brand new addition to my arsenal, and I am very impressed with its ability to attract bites and with the variety of ways you can fish it. I'm looking forward to unleashing the Menace on Lake Okeechobee next week.
Gundog reply :
On 6/27/2017 at 9:54 AM, hawgenvy said:I nailed this fiesty 5-10 tonight in the shallows at sunset on a T-rigged black/blue S.K Rage Menace. I wasn't expecting much from shore fishing a pressured residential lake this time of year, so I was thrilled to get this beautiful girl. The Menace grub is a brand new addition to my arsenal, and I am very impressed with its ability to attract bites and with the variety of ways you can fish it. I'm looking forward to unleashing the Menace on Lake Okeechobee next week.
I am in the wrong state.
WolfyBrandon reply :
[June 26, 2017]
(Monday)
-----Conditions-----
Time: 7:00am - 1:30pm
Sky: Partly Cloudy to Overcast To Partly Cloudy
Wind: Light Wind to Medium Gusts to Calm
Water Temps: 64-71F
Water Clarity: Clear (10ft+)
--------------------
On 6/24/2017 at 12:40 PM, WolfyBrandon said:We already have a plan brewing for this coming Monday and will probably change it up, will have to wait and see what happens...
Jeremy and I have been talking about our results from the previous trip on the 21st over the past few days. Lately we've been heading north near deeper water, fishing rocky areas and catching a lot of Smallmouth. The numbers have been great, however most of the fish haven't had much size to them. When he checked his pictures from last year he saw that he was catching some good sized Largemouth around this time at the south end of the lake where its more shallow and weedy. We both decided it was time to try fishing the south end to see if we could find us some good Largemouth.
I was to meet him at his place at ~6:15am, so I got up around 5:30am to get ready and the first thing I did was check the weather. It showed a high of 89, partly cloudy with falling pressure, and the radar showed a small cold front moving in, with spotted rain showers...
I had already geared up for this trip days prior with an emphasis on selecting "weedless" baits, knowing the area we planned to fish. So around 5:45am I started heading toward his place...
We loaded the boat up, headed for the lake, and arrived at the ramp just a little before 7:00am.
Being that it's Monday, and late June, we noted fishing pressure could be high from the past weekend. I've seen numerous trucks with fishing boats on the road over the past few days, so I can only imagine how many more were out on the lake. This is why I was surprised to see two bass next to the dock spook as we were launching the boat. As Jeremy was parking the truck, I tied the boat off, grabbed a combo, and made a cast, and ended up catching one of them.
1st Bass = 9 & 1/4", 0.26 lb (04 oz)
Just a small one, but it got the skunk off my back. This was actually a good thing as our plan for today was to head to an area of the lake I have never fished before. I was going to change my entire bait selection from confidence baits to baits that work for the area, and hope that we can locate some fish.
When we arrived at the location, I rigged up my three combo's with... 1) Strike King Swim Jig (White) + Keitech Swing Impact Fat (Bluegill Flash), 2) Zoom Horny Toad (Bullfrog) + 4/0 Gamakatsu Super Line EWG Hook, and lastly a bait I haven't thrown in years which turned out to be the most productive bait today...
3) Zoom Finesse Worm (Watermelon Red Flake) + 1/0 Gamakatsu Offset Shank Worm EWG Hook.
Here are the results...
2nd Bass = 13", 0.97 lb (~ 1 lb) [Finesse Worm]
3rd Bass = 14", 1.26 lb (1 lb, 04 oz) [Finesse Worm]
4th Bass = 15", 1.37 lb (~ 1lb 06 oz) [Horny Toad]
5th Bass = 13", 0.95 lb (~ 1 lb) [Finesse Worm]
6th Bass = 13 & 1/4" 1.06 lb (~ 1 lb, 01oz) [Finesse Worm]
7th Bass = 13", 0.91 lb (~ 14 oz) [Finesse Worm]
8th Bass = 13 & 3/4", 1.06 lb (~ 1 lb, 01oz) [Finesse Worm]
9th Bass = 12 & 1/2", 0.79 lb (~ 12 oz) [Horny Toad]
10th Bass = 12", 0.68 lb (~ 11 oz) [Finesse Worm]
11th Bass = 13", 0.88 lb (14 oz) [Finesse Worm]
12th Bass = 9", 0.31lb (~ 05 oz) [Finesse Worm]
13th Bass = 11", 0.45 lb (07 oz) [Horny Toad]
I managed to catch 13 bass, and Jeremy caught 16. The Horny Toad caught a few of my fish, but the majority came on the Finesse Worm. One bass came back for the worm 3 times. I didn't catch anything on the Swim Jig, but to be fair I didn't throw it that much as I was focusing on the more weedless stuff. We saw a lot more bass than we caught, the place was loaded. I believe this could be the reason...
There were a lot of Bluegill beds in the shallows. There were a few beds in the area that could have been bass, but a lot of the bass seemed to be roaming and willing to chase baits. They were possibly hunting the bluegill around their beds as it was common to see groups of 2-5 bass swimming together. Even saw a few 2-3 lb'ers that wouldn't commit to our baits (probably spooked them and put them into curious mode not feeding mode). Almost all day long we could look down around the boat and see multiple bass checking us out. I have to say, this was our best day out so far this year.
WolfyBrandon
Will Wetline reply :
A Z-Man Finesse TRD on a 3/32 oz. Midwest Finesse jig caught the interest of this this 3.96 lb. smallmouth.
lonnie g reply :
On 6/24/2017 at 12:40 PM, WolfyBrandon said:[June 21, 2017]
(Wednesday)-----Conditions-----
Time: 2:00pm - 7:20pm
Sky: Clear "Bluebird Sky"
Wind: Strong Wind from the Southwest (White Caps)
Water Temps: 64-67F
Water Clarity: Clear (10ft+)
--------------------
My friend from work (Jeremy) and I planned to continue from where we last fished back on the 19th (Monday) and had to cut the day short. We both got off from work at 1:00pm, geared up and headed to the lake, and were in the water and headed north to our location at 2:00pm. First thing to note was today was forecasted to be windy, and when we arrived at the lake we could see a southwest wind strong enough to cause white caps.
The wind wasn't much of an issue though as the location we planned to fish was north on the protected side of the lake out of the wind.
We decided to start fishing near where I caught my largest one the last time we were out. The bass in my local area spawn anywhere from Late-May to Mid-June, depending on the year. This year we received a lot of snowfall & record amounts of rainfall so the conditions are about a month behind last year. I suspected the nice one I caught on the 19th may have been on a bed, but couldn't confirm it due to depth & waves. I let Jeremy make the first cast to the spot so he had a chance at the big one if it was still there - and sure enough seconds later he was hooked up. Sadly, it shook loose while fighting it to the boat, so I made a cast to the exact same spot and again it was only seconds before I had a tight line and gave a good hookset...
1st Bass = 18 & 3/4" - 2.69 lb (2 lb, 11 oz)
Same bass as last time. I was able to get a better measurement and it's actually closer to 18 & 3/4", same weight. Still couldn't see a bed but being that it's in the exact same spot, and we both hooked into it within less than 60sec, and I could see it's been caught before by someone else, I would say it has to be the male on a bed. Since I've caught it twice now within 3 days, I made sure to give it a good healthy release...
We continued to fish, and I had another nice Smallmouth follow my bait and check it out but just turn and swim away. I made multiple casts trying different things to no avail, then Jeremy made a cast with his bait (similar yet different) and hooked right into it. Turned out to be a (1 lb, 10 oz) Smallmouth.
There has been this common thing on all of our fishing trips... At some locations whenever we have the boat in ~35-45ft of water the Sonar has gone crazy marking things. It's been going off so much it's caused me to toss a few baits down there, and even tie on a 6XD and make a handful of casts with it...
I've seen it marked up way more than that, almost top to bottom, lines all over, but never had any bites. :Shrugs: It could be anything... from Kokanee to a school of White Suckers. Would be nice to hook something though to at least identify the species.
By this time we ran out of protected water, and were fighting the wind again, so we changed locations and headed further north to the next protected area. It was pretty much one after another for the both of us, but mostly just dinks - no real size to them. I caught a total of 10, Jeremy caught a total of 11. Just numbers today, for the exception of my first one which was the one I caught before. Anyway, here are the larger ones of the bunch...
7th Bass = 11 & 1/4" - 0.53 lb (08 oz)
8th Bass = 10 & 5/8" - 0.44 lb (07 oz)
9th Bass = 11" - 0.51 lb (08 oz)
We both have the early work schedule so we had to pull the plug at 7:20pm and head back. It was another good day, the wind calmed down in the evening, and we caught a lot. We already have a plan brewing for this coming Monday and will probably change it up, will have to wait and see what happens...
WolfyBrandon
looked like a fun day despite the wind . beautiful scenery!
On 6/27/2017 at 9:54 AM, hawgenvy said:I nailed this fiesty 5-10 tonight in the shallows at sunset on a T-rigged black/blue S.K Rage Menace. I wasn't expecting much from shore fishing a pressured residential lake this time of year, so I was thrilled to get this beautiful girl. The Menace grub is a brand new addition to my arsenal, and I am very impressed with its ability to attract bites and with the variety of ways you can fish it. I'm looking forward to unleashing the Menace on Lake Okeechobee next week.
I would be smileing as well. NICE fISH!
boostr reply :
On 6/27/2017 at 1:15 PM, WolfyBrandon said:[June 26, 2017]
(Monday)
-----Conditions-----
Time: 7:00am - 1:30pm
Sky: Partly Cloudy to Overcast To Partly Cloudy
Wind: Light Wind to Medium Gusts to Calm
Water Temps: 64-71F
Water Clarity: Clear (10ft+)
--------------------
Jeremy and I have been talking about our results from the previous trip on the 21st over the past few days. Lately we've been heading north near deeper water, fishing rocky areas and catching a lot of Smallmouth. The numbers have been great, however most of the fish haven't had much size to them. When he checked his pictures from last year he saw that he was catching some good sized Largemouth around this time at the south end of the lake where its more shallow and weedy. We both decided it was time to try fishing the south end to see if we could find us some good Largemouth.
I was to meet him at his place at ~6:15am, so I got up around 5:30am to get ready and the first thing I did was check the weather. It showed a high of 89, partly cloudy with falling pressure, and the radar showed a small cold front moving in, with spotted rain showers...
I had already geared up for this trip days prior with an emphasis on selecting "weedless" baits, knowing the area we planned to fish. So around 5:45am I started heading toward his place...
We loaded the boat up, headed for the lake, and arrived at the ramp just a little before 7:00am.
Being that it's Monday, and late June, we noted fishing pressure could be high from the past weekend. I've seen numerous trucks with fishing boats on the road over the past few days, so I can only imagine how many more were out on the lake. This is why I was surprised to see two bass next to the dock spook as we were launching the boat. As Jeremy was parking the truck, I tied the boat off, grabbed a combo, and made a cast, and ended up catching one of them.
1st Bass = 9 & 1/4", 0.26 lb (04 oz)
Just a small one, but it got the skunk off my back. This was actually a good thing as our plan for today was to head to an area of the lake I have never fished before. I was going to change my entire bait selection from confidence baits to baits that work for the area, and hope that we can locate some fish.
When we arrived at the location, I rigged up my three combo's with... 1) Strike King Swim Jig (White) + Keitech Swing Impact Fat (Bluegill Flash), 2) Zoom Horny Toad (Bullfrog) + 4/0 Gamakatsu Super Line EWG Hook, and lastly a bait I haven't thrown in years which turned out to be the most productive bait today...
3) Zoom Finesse Worm (Watermelon Red Flake) + 1/0 Gamakatsu Offset Shank Worm EWG Hook.
Here are the results...
2nd Bass = 13", 0.97 lb (~ 1 lb) [Finesse Worm]
3rd Bass = 14", 1.26 lb (1 lb, 04 oz) [Finesse Worm]
4th Bass = 15", 1.37 lb (~ 1lb 06 oz) [Horny Toad]
5th Bass = 13", 0.95 lb (~ 1 lb) [Finesse Worm]
6th Bass = 13 & 1/4" 1.06 lb (~ 1 lb, 01oz) [Finesse Worm]
7th Bass = 13", 0.91 lb (~ 14 oz) [Finesse Worm]
8th Bass = 13 & 3/4", 1.06 lb (~ 1 lb, 01oz) [Finesse Worm]
9th Bass = 12 & 1/2", 0.79 lb (~ 12 oz) [Horny Toad]
10th Bass = 12", 0.68 lb (~ 11 oz) [Finesse Worm]
11th Bass = 13", 0.88 lb (14 oz) [Finesse Worm]
12th Bass = 9", 0.31lb (~ 05 oz) [Finesse Worm]
13th Bass = 11", 0.45 lb (07 oz) [Horny Toad]
I managed to catch 13 bass, and Jeremy caught 16. The Horny Toad caught a few of my fish, but the majority came on the Finesse Worm. One bass came back for the worm 3 times. I didn't catch anything on the Swim Jig, but to be fair I didn't throw it that much as I was focusing on the more weedless stuff. We saw a lot more bass than we caught, the place was loaded. I believe this could be the reason...
There were a lot of Bluegill beds in the shallows. There were a few beds in the area that could have been bass, but a lot of the bass seemed to be roaming and willing to chase baits. They were possibly hunting the bluegill around their beds as it was common to see groups of 2-5 bass swimming together. Even saw a few 2-3 lb'ers that wouldn't commit to our baits (probably spooked them and put them into curious mode not feeding mode). Almost all day long we could look down around the boat and see multiple bass checking us out. I have to say, this was our best day out so far this year.
WolfyBrandon
All those LMBs look exactly the same size.
NHBull reply :
110 catches fish!
JG233 reply :
Caught a couple nice SMB like this on the Rage Menace last week. Maybe 3 lbs, more or less.
WolfyBrandon reply :
On 6/28/2017 at 12:14 AM, boostr said:All those LMBs look exactly the same size.
Close, (12-15 inches) so maximum of 3 inch difference between smallest to largest. Jeremy's LMB were about the same size as well.
WolfyBrandon
hawgenvy reply :
I coaxed this fat little piggie out of impossible pad cover tonight, pitching a black/blue Menace Grub.
Leftymuk reply :
The new Teckel Frog at work........
Catt reply :
Strange day!
Caught 15-20 between 6-10"
Had several decent fish swirl at a buzzbait but none close enough to even set hook.
Caught this chunk on a Texas Rig
hawgenvy reply :
Nice photo, Catt.
EvanT123 reply :
Haven't been out much this year but finally caught a decent one. Caught it throwing a spinnerbait around bridge pilings.
WDE reply :
Well, my day started off rather mundane. Feeling somewhat defeated after just landing dinks, basically relegated to just using Senkos, for the quite some time.
I ducked into the woods behind a public pond to a more obscure, less fished, but separate pond. Two casts into ~6" water with the green pumpkin and I had a massive hit. I was quite surprised, I thought it was some sort of carp based on the length. But no! My first gar! I didn't even hook him, he clamped on the hook and I just dragged him through the mud to where I could assess where to go from there. I stood there for a few seconds trying to figure out what to do(while also being ecstatic that I landed a gar!). Donned my pliers and pulled the hook from his viscious looking jaws. Hook's free, what now? He was flopping about slinging mud all over me. So I just kept using my feet and edging his backside to get him back to the water. It was an intense few minutes.
Apparently my day wasn't over--I FINALLY, after about 2 months of landing dinks(my last 3+ was almost two months to the day), I pulled in this chunky bass. Went 4.4, but she certainly felt bigger. I was making my way back to my car and stopped to cast in this shallow corner of the pond. A lot of activity, small fish, threw my bluegill squarebill and kept pulling up with leaves/sticks/etc. Felt some dead weight, "obviously this is just a big stick". Nope!
Bassfishin91 reply :
Went fishing for Bowfin last friday for the first time and caught my first one. Not that big but still a nice size.
NYWayfarer reply :
On 6/28/2017 at 12:14 AM, boostr said:All those LMBs look exactly the same size.
That's the same thing my Dad says when I show him pics of the pond Bass I have been catching. He thinks I am catching the same fish over and over. Come to think of it, he might be right
Closing in on 100 fish for the year. That might not be much for some of you guys but considering I fish 2 times a week for an hour and a half max I think its pretty good. I average 3 fish a trip, like this pound and a half beauty from last night. Work, travel and weather have been my fishing obstacles this year.
My vacation starts a week from tomorrow. We will staying at a cabin on a lake so I fully intend to double if not triple my fish count in the week I am there. That's if my luck holds up.
buzzed bait reply :
the pond near me has been slooooooooow fishing the last couple times, but i managed to fool this little one into smacking my frog!
UPSmallie reply :
Got the motor fixed so hit the local bay after work. In total I caught a freshwater drum, two pike, and two smallmouth bass. All were released. This was the bigger of the two smallmouth at 16 inches. They really love keitechs.
scaleface reply :
On 6/29/2017 at 10:02 AM, WDE said:
I like your shirt hat and glasses . Reminds me of someone .
PAbasser927 reply :
New to LM bass fishing this year, caught my PB last night! Only 3.16 lbs, but that is the best part of targeting a new species... PBs happen more frequently up till you catch that lunker. And I'm still stoked for each of them!
boostr reply :
On 6/30/2017 at 9:05 AM, scaleface said:
I like your shirt hat and glasses . Reminds me of someone .
I pooh in blue
12poundbass reply :
On 6/30/2017 at 8:27 AM, UPSmallie said:Got the motor fixed so hit the local bay after work. In total I caught a freshwater drum, two pike, and two smallmouth bass. All were released. This was the bigger of the two smallmouth at 16 inches. They really love keitechs.
Dang I'd say that was the right lure for sure!
scaleface reply :
On 6/30/2017 at 11:10 PM, boostr said:
I pooh in blue
boostr reply :
On 6/30/2017 at 11:46 PM, scaleface said:
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On 6/30/2017 at 11:46 PM, scaleface said:
Lol, that's great.
UPSmallie reply :
Thanks man @12poundbass The bay I fish is loaded with smallmouth so virtually any soft plastic minnow bait with a paddle-tail that you throw out of the boat will get hammered. Just drop the lines, hit the trolling motor, and wait for a rod to double over.
Bluebasser86 reply :
Had a pretty good day Thursday. Rained and stormed all day, despite the partly cloudy forecast. Got bad enough at one point that we went back to the truck to eat lunch. Managed some pretty good ones, including what was quite possibly my PB spotted bass for Kansas at 16 1/4" and 2.74 pounds (state record is 4.44). Funny thing about it, state doesn't even list them in this lake, but I've caught several so there's no denying there's a spawning population. Biggest largemouth went 4.96 flipping a Yo Momma into the water willows.
everythingthatswims reply :
On 6/27/2017 at 1:15 PM, WolfyBrandon said:[June 26, 2017]
(Monday)
-----Conditions-----
Time: 7:00am - 1:30pm
Sky: Partly Cloudy to Overcast To Partly Cloudy
Wind: Light Wind to Medium Gusts to Calm
Water Temps: 64-71F
Water Clarity: Clear (10ft+)
--------------------
Jeremy and I have been talking about our results from the previous trip on the 21st over the past few days. Lately we've been heading north near deeper water, fishing rocky areas and catching a lot of Smallmouth. The numbers have been great, however most of the fish haven't had much size to them. When he checked his pictures from last year he saw that he was catching some good sized Largemouth around this time at the south end of the lake where its more shallow and weedy. We both decided it was time to try fishing the south end to see if we could find us some good Largemouth.
I was to meet him at his place at ~6:15am, so I got up around 5:30am to get ready and the first thing I did was check the weather. It showed a high of 89, partly cloudy with falling pressure, and the radar showed a small cold front moving in, with spotted rain showers...
I had already geared up for this trip days prior with an emphasis on selecting "weedless" baits, knowing the area we planned to fish. So around 5:45am I started heading toward his place...
We loaded the boat up, headed for the lake, and arrived at the ramp just a little before 7:00am.
Being that it's Monday, and late June, we noted fishing pressure could be high from the past weekend. I've seen numerous trucks with fishing boats on the road over the past few days, so I can only imagine how many more were out on the lake. This is why I was surprised to see two bass next to the dock spook as we were launching the boat. As Jeremy was parking the truck, I tied the boat off, grabbed a combo, and made a cast, and ended up catching one of them.
1st Bass = 9 & 1/4", 0.26 lb (04 oz)
Just a small one, but it got the skunk off my back. This was actually a good thing as our plan for today was to head to an area of the lake I have never fished before. I was going to change my entire bait selection from confidence baits to baits that work for the area, and hope that we can locate some fish.
When we arrived at the location, I rigged up my three combo's with... 1) Strike King Swim Jig (White) + Keitech Swing Impact Fat (Bluegill Flash), 2) Zoom Horny Toad (Bullfrog) + 4/0 Gamakatsu Super Line EWG Hook, and lastly a bait I haven't thrown in years which turned out to be the most productive bait today...
3) Zoom Finesse Worm (Watermelon Red Flake) + 1/0 Gamakatsu Offset Shank Worm EWG Hook.
Here are the results...
2nd Bass = 13", 0.97 lb (~ 1 lb) [Finesse Worm]
3rd Bass = 14", 1.26 lb (1 lb, 04 oz) [Finesse Worm]
4th Bass = 15", 1.37 lb (~ 1lb 06 oz) [Horny Toad]
5th Bass = 13", 0.95 lb (~ 1 lb) [Finesse Worm]
6th Bass = 13 & 1/4" 1.06 lb (~ 1 lb, 01oz) [Finesse Worm]
7th Bass = 13", 0.91 lb (~ 14 oz) [Finesse Worm]
8th Bass = 13 & 3/4", 1.06 lb (~ 1 lb, 01oz) [Finesse Worm]
9th Bass = 12 & 1/2", 0.79 lb (~ 12 oz) [Horny Toad]
10th Bass = 12", 0.68 lb (~ 11 oz) [Finesse Worm]
11th Bass = 13", 0.88 lb (14 oz) [Finesse Worm]
12th Bass = 9", 0.31lb (~ 05 oz) [Finesse Worm]
13th Bass = 11", 0.45 lb (07 oz) [Horny Toad]
I managed to catch 13 bass, and Jeremy caught 16. The Horny Toad caught a few of my fish, but the majority came on the Finesse Worm. One bass came back for the worm 3 times. I didn't catch anything on the Swim Jig, but to be fair I didn't throw it that much as I was focusing on the more weedless stuff. We saw a lot more bass than we caught, the place was loaded. I believe this could be the reason...
There were a lot of Bluegill beds in the shallows. There were a few beds in the area that could have been bass, but a lot of the bass seemed to be roaming and willing to chase baits. They were possibly hunting the bluegill around their beds as it was common to see groups of 2-5 bass swimming together. Even saw a few 2-3 lb'ers that wouldn't commit to our baits (probably spooked them and put them into curious mode not feeding mode). Almost all day long we could look down around the boat and see multiple bass checking us out. I have to say, this was our best day out so far this year.
WolfyBrandon
Always enjoy your reports
Attila reply :
Fished a lake that was stocked a couple of years ago. Nothing huge, but they sure enjoyed the Spro Bronzeye frog a lot. Going to one of my regular haunts tomorrow morning, hoping to catch a few big ones.
Bass_Fishing_Socal reply :
Alert : This is not fishing report.
I started early today to escape from the sun. Got to launch my kayak at 5:45. The water is so green with algae. I managed total of 5, two on WP110 and 3 all white original chatter bait but I didn't get to touch none of the bass. I called it quick release you may call it unbuttoned. I think I have problem with hard hookset especially on moving kayak. And the last one stole my chatterbait again. I might have to get a thicker braid or change brand (30lb daiwa j-braid).
Anyway skunked again today but at least I know there are bass in this lake lol ?. Oh and the worst of all I forget to turn on the d**n GOPro knock off.
lo n slo reply :
another decent day in the johnny began at 6, but you can feel summertime tightening its grip. by 10, i was headed for the dock! life is good.
NHBull reply :
Getting tough on a pressured 4th of July weekend
hawgenvy reply :
I invited my son, Michael, currently in town visiting from Nashville, out to a local spot last evening to catch a few summer dinks. He executed a perfect hookset to nail this puppy.
RMcDuffee726 reply :
Got to go surf-casting for Striper in MA. It was a long but awesome day. Here are a couple of the fish.
N Florida Mike reply :
Caught this one on a grape shad culprit worm last week.
Scarborough817 reply :
Caught a nice smallie tonight though she decided to put my lipless in my hand it's not attached to my rod there
N Florida Mike reply :
Sorry for your finger but at least it was a nice fish.
Hope you put some antiseptic on it.I cut a hook out of my foot a couple weeks ago and didn't. Now it's infected.
fishballer06 reply :
I got out on the water with my partner at 5 AM on the morning of the 4th of July. I was reluctant to go that early whenever my buddy mentioned the idea of it. However, we were rewarded. We caught around a dozen fish, all in the 14-19" range, which for western PA on an over pressured lake, is a very good day.
My 3-4 caught on a Cavitron buzzbait.
My buddy caught this 3-7 on a Frog. His first ever frog fish.
mllrtm79 reply :
we spent Friday through Sunday at a campground on MD's eastern shore, fished there and all along local creeks when we could get to them. This was the largest of mine for the weekend, but we had a blast relaxing. 
Bass_Fishing_Socal reply :
Finally a good day for me and my long time fishing buddy. We hardly had any success together as fishing partner since last year, it either him or me(mostly him) or both got skunked.
We started around 5:30AM, he caught one fish and lost one on his walking dog(R2S), I got two blow up on my frog but no fish. Then we both switched to chatterbait and both caught a few more bass, including double(first ever for us). I end up caught another big catfish also with chatterbait.
Good to have fishing buddy even once in awhile.
lonnie g reply :
On 7/2/2017 at 11:54 PM, JustJames said:Alert : This is not fishing report.
I started early today to escape from the sun. Got to launch my kayak at 5:45. The water is so green with algae. I managed total of 5, two on WP110 and 3 all white original chatter bait but I didn't get to touch none of the bass. I called it quick release you may call it unbuttoned. I think I have problem with hard hookset especially on moving kayak. And the last one stole my chatterbait again. I might have to get a thicker braid or change brand (30lb daiwa j-braid).
Anyway skunked again today but at least I know there are bass in this lake lol ?. Oh and the worst of all I forget to turn on the d**n GOPro knock off.
when I am in my little 8 ft row boat,i also have one of those quick release buttons, especially when using a frog. at 5:45 I did dream about that ten lb hog!
On 7/5/2017 at 9:51 AM, Scarborough817 said:Caught a nice smallie tonight though she decided to put my lipless in my hand it's not attached to my rod there
sometimes they do fight back.
OUCH! good looking fish.
NHBull reply :
Numbers are down and they are still suspending 15 down, but one came up to play
Fishin' Fool reply :
5 pounder on a 5" Kailin's grub and that is about as flat as you will see Lk St Clair
Angealy reply :
I've never catching a bass on a yum dinger so this was a first for me, I wanted to change things up.
I went with a pack of Watermelon Red Flake and June Bug in four inch.
After waiting for countless hours and wanting to give up my sister and i both caught alright size bass on them and best part we both didn't lose our bait
Release was easy got em right in the lip, Overall an okay day.
mllrtm79 reply :
we went out for a while yesterday evening, after getting blanked at the marina (and losing a whopper plopper 90 to a mooring rope) we stopped by another pond on the way home. I tied on a baby mad paca in green pumpkin (t-rig 1/4oz) and pulled this beauty from the spillway waters. Between the two of us we had five fish from 2-4 lbs in about 20 minutes.
NHBull reply :
When you get out fished by your nephew and lands a 6.2
Master Bait'r reply :
Came in here to post pics, got a 500-something kb limit.
FIX YOUR UPLOADER PLEASE!!!
Angealy reply :
Today must of been a slow day, I couldn't catch a thing
Senkos,Real Worms, Frogs,etc.
However, right before heading home something told me to use a frog and try said spot on the lake.
I'm glad i did because look what i got
Yeajray231 reply :
On 7/8/2017 at 11:36 PM, Master Bait'r said:Came in here to post pics, got a 500-something kb limit.
FIX YOUR UPLOADER PLEASE!!!
Mine too... I deleted some old upload files in the "my attachments " section and it still won't let me do it... I have well under the 200mb allowed
Angealy reply :
If the uploading a picture won't work then use another website to host the image, It's quite easy to do.
everythingthatswims reply :
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My friend has a cast on his foot so we camped out on the dam of a pond in lawn chairs and finesse fished. 6lb test and hyrdilla doesn't mix well, but I was able to land this fish, measured 20"!
Weightless 6" roboworm wacky rigged
Bass_Fishing_Socal reply :
On 7/9/2017 at 6:07 AM, Yeajray231 said:Mine too... I deleted some old upload files in the "my attachments " section and it still won't let me do it... I have well under the 200mb allowed
I always shrink my picture to fit 512k allowed. We used to be able to upload streght from our phone but that cost bandwidth and time to pull up the page, I believe, especially this post where everybody posting their pictures.
hawgenvy reply :
Lake Okeechobee this morning at 6:31.
Bluebasser86 reply :
Had some luck on the new Sprinker frog on Thursday. I wouldn't spend the crazy money some folks are for them, but for the $14 I paid, they're pretty awesome.
Master Bait'r reply :
On 7/9/2017 at 8:54 AM, Angealy said:If the uploading a picture won't work then use another website to host the image, It's quite easy to do.
*Sigh* Look... I had a Photobucket, but apparently their parent company is now charging $399/yr for hosting and I have to transfer out ALL the pics I've hosted in the past oh, eight to ten years or so. If I wanted to preserve a few threads I really like and have made over the years (not even here) I'd have to literally repost and re-link EVERYTHING.
Im so ticked about this hosting business, I'm not doing that again. I literally do not care enough and will not go through all that unless the site guarantees they'll be free forever in writing. Even old threads I've got pics linked to are locked and unviewable. If I ever see a Photobucket executive on the streets they're getting a fkn BEATING, that's all I can say.
Either this website site can get their **** together and offer an uploader that works or participation will slowly be chipped away as hosting sites quickly go predatory. Just sayin-. Why have one if it's garbage? It worked great for a while- maybe someday it will work again and I can play.... But no. Not putting my pics in another hosting site so they can decide to hold them hostage someday again. Ever.
ClackerBuzz reply :
On 7/9/2017 at 8:40 PM, Master Bait'r said:
*Sigh* Look... I had a Photobucket, but apparently their parent company is now charging $399/yr for hosting and I have to transfer out ALL the pics I've hosted in the past oh, eight to ten years or so. If I wanted to preserve a few threads I really like and have made over the years (not even here) I'd have to literally repost and re-link EVERYTHING.
Im so ticked about this hosting business, I'm not doing that again. I literally do not care enough and will not go through all that unless the site guarantees they'll be free forever in writing. Even old threads I've got pics linked to are locked and unviewable. If I ever see a Photobucket executive on the streets they're getting a fkn BEATING, that's all I can say.
Either this website site can get their **** together and offer an uploader that works or participation will slowly be chipped away as hosting sites quickly go predatory. Just sayin-. Why have one if it's garbage? It worked great for a while- maybe someday it will work again and I can play.... But no. Not putting my pics in another hosting site so they can decide to hold them hostage someday again. Ever.
Dang why not just ask what uploader everyone is using now a days?
I think Photobucket has been around since the late 90's and died out 10 years ago b/c you needed to create an account to use it. imgur.com/ works amazing and gained massive popularity b/c you don't need to create an account to upload and link pix. Create an account and you're good to go. The site is super intuitive.
Master Bait'r reply :
On 7/9/2017 at 9:50 PM, ClackerBuzz said:Dang why not just ask what uploader everyone is using now a days?
I think Photobucket has been around since the late 90's and died out 10 years ago b/c you needed to create an account to use it. imgur.com/ works amazing and gained massive popularity b/c you don't need to create an account to upload and link pix. Create an account and you're good to go. The site is super intuitive.
It's just ironic that I started the pic thread and will likely have to delete all the pics I've ever contributed to it that weren't hosted here- and then re-host, edit the thread and repost to fix it. Huge pain.
Im aware of Imgur. Also aware and not really excited about how it's become a fully public auto-portal to Reddit/Twitter.
I'm also simply gun shy at "joining" anywhere else when I am still smack in the middle of a decade's worth of data transfer.
I apologize for the personal woes rant, and none of that other stuff is of any fault of BR obviously- I was simply saying I want their uploader back, it's pretty awesome and I miss playing the pic game!!
ClackerBuzz reply :
On 7/9/2017 at 10:21 PM, Master Bait'r said:
It's just ironic that I started the pic thread and will likely have to delete all the pics I've ever contributed to it that weren't hosted here- and then re-host, edit the thread and repost to fix it. Huge pain.
Im aware of Imgur. Also aware and not really excited about how it's become a fully public auto-portal to Reddit/Twitter.
I'm also simply gun shy at "joining" anywhere else when I am still smack in the middle of a decade's worth of data transfer.
I apologize for the personal woes rant, and none of that other stuff is of any fault of BR obviously- I was simply saying I want their uploader back, it's pretty awesome and I miss playing the pic game!!
you're close and I dropped the ball on the second half of the equation. do you use a digital camera or smartphone to take ur pix? using the standard or max megapixel setting on digital cameras usually means it prints beautiful 8x10 photos but the downside is they are way too large to upload to sites/forums. standard resolution on a digital camera is often too large for forums to host b/c of costs (which photobucket eventually succumbed to). just use an image converter to step your pix down in resolution. keep two separate files on your computer, one with high res and one with low res pix. only upload the converted low res to your favorite forums and the threads should be around as long as the site is up b/c they are hosting it. sorry i don't know any free image resizers but i'm sure there are tons around.
smartphones now come with so many megapixels that soon it's going to create the same issue. sites should automatically downsize ur image so they can host it. i'm guessing that's an expensive add on, if even possible.
CybrSlydr reply :
Finally got one.
Bass_Fishing_Socal reply :
Let get back to our topic of catch show case, would ya? It's been pretty d**n hot here in Canyon Lake CA. I think the highest reach 115 and still stay hot during the night. The worth part is my home AC went south and the guy won't be able to come out to fix it until Tuesday, that is SUCK.
Anyway here is my ONLY catch of today on WP110.
My friend manage to catch 3, two on walking dog and last on jerkbait (LC pointer)
edit video added
boostr reply :
On 7/9/2017 at 8:56 AM, everythingthatswims said:
My friend has a cast on his foot so we camped out on the dam of a pond in lawn chairs and finesse fished. 6lb test and hyrdilla doesn't mix well, but I was able to land this fish, measured 20"!
Weightless 6" roboworm wacky rigged
Did this guy get attacked by lampreys?
fishballer06 reply :
A good swim jig fish from yesterday.
Russ E reply :
21 inches 5lbs. from local Kansas City lake on a shakyhead. caught at 10:00 am today.
MTPanda reply :
3.84lb chunk I got this morning. Texas rigged Senko to the rescue.
NHBull reply :
The WP 110 is quickly becoming my go to.........fished it like a popper tonight.
hawgenvy reply :
I snatched this 5-3 out of heavy pad cover while bank fishing tonight. The formula: Powell Max 3D 8 foot punching stick, #65 Seaguar braid, and a Missile Baits D Bomb in Candy Grass on a snelled flipping hook with a pegged 1 oz weight.
Bluebasser86 reply :
Had a really good day on the 6th. Came up just short of 20 pounds for my biggest 5, which is the cutoff for what I consider a really good day here. It was my first time fishing a craw tube, and it won't be my last. I had the fish I needed to go over 20 pounds. The one I broke off in the video slammed a YUM Magnum Christie Critter and had no give on the hookset, but unfortunately the line parted almost instantly.
12poundbass reply :
On 7/12/2017 at 6:42 PM, Bluebasser86 said:Had a really good day on the 6th. Came up just short of 20 pounds for my biggest 5, which is the cutoff for what I consider a really good day here. It was my first time fishing a craw tube, and it won't be my last. I had the fish I needed to go over 20 pounds. The one I broke off in the video slammed a YUM Magnum Christie Critter and had no give on the hookset, but unfortunately the line parted almost instantly.
Cool video. Looked like a great day. Next time you go out you'll have to sit for 14 minutes though, I counted 7 fish release penalties. J/K ?
RMcDuffee726 reply :
On 7/8/2017 at 12:18 AM, NHBull said:When you get out fished by your nephew and lands a 6.2
Is that Joe?
Bluebasser86 reply :
On 7/12/2017 at 8:07 PM, 12poundbass said:Cool video. Looked like a great day. Next time you go out you'll have to sit for 14 minutes though, I counted 7 fish release penalties. J/K ?
I'll say "That's a 2 minute fish landing violation", in a lot of my videos when one hits the carpet or the guy in the back drops one.
NHBull reply :
On 7/12/2017 at 8:38 PM, RMcDuffee726 said:Is that Joe?
On 7/12/2017 at 8:38 PM, RMcDuffee726 said:Is that Joe?
Yes
NHBull reply :
Time for a selfish stick
N Florida Mike reply :
On 7/12/2017 at 6:42 PM, Bluebasser86 said:Had a really good day on the 6th. Came up just short of 20 pounds for my biggest 5, which is the cutoff for what I consider a really good day here. It was my first time fishing a craw tube, and it won't be my last. I had the fish I needed to go over 20 pounds. The one I broke off in the video slammed a YUM Magnum Christie Critter and had no give on the hookset, but unfortunately the line parted almost instantly.
Looks like a great day. Great video .I have fished cristy critters before and have never gotten bit on them ,which is strange because the fish here love soft plastics.
Bluebasser86 reply :
On 7/13/2017 at 7:18 PM, N Florida Mike said:Looks like a great day. Great video .I have fished cristy critters before and have never gotten bit on them ,which is strange because the fish here love soft plastics.
I've caught some on the regular and small size ones, but this was my first time trying the magnum size, it's huge. Full size Brush Hog and 4" Pit Boss for scale.
lo n slo reply :
On 7/9/2017 at 11:19 AM, JustJames said:I always shrink my picture to fit 512k allowed. We used to be able to upload streght from our phone but that cost bandwidth and time to pull up the page, I believe, especially this post where everybody posting their pictures.
how is this done on my iphone 7?
Bass_Fishing_Socal reply :
On 7/14/2017 at 12:45 AM, lo n slo said:how is this done on my iphone 7?
Download resize image app, there are many available that free. I use app call "resize image" for a long time but review is not that good. Play around and you should be able to find the one you like.
GetBent reply :
Took the Hobie out. Slow morning but managed one nice fish. Flipping structure head 1/2oz head with a craw.
Bass fishing is best reply :
PB smallie. The most fun I've had fighting a fish, saltwater included. Jumped a dozen times.
UPSmallie reply :
On 7/14/2017 at 4:18 AM, fatmaple said:PB smallie. The most fun I've had fighting a fish, saltwater included. Jumped a dozen times.
Heck of a smallmouth. Congrats!
Bass fishing is best reply :
On 7/14/2017 at 5:47 AM, UPSmallie said:
Heck of a smallmouth. Congrats!
Thanks I found quite a school of them over a few days...then they were gone.
long island basser reply :
Had a nice day last Saturday.
Boated 27 bass with the largest falling prey to a booyah pad crasher in black.
4.3 lb.
hawgenvy reply :
I nailed this 5-5 brute at 8 PM tonight on a black/blue 3/8 Strike King Hack Attack jig w/ Rage Menace trailer in green pumpkin.
scaleface reply :
I havent caught a big bass all year . This one was almost decent . I went old school . 8 inch blue Jelly Worm .
BradGinKC reply :
On 7/15/2017 at 11:15 AM, scaleface said:I havent caught a big bass all year . This one was almost decent . I went old school . 8 inch blue Jelly Worm .
Better than decent, that's a good catch. Swap that Cards hat for a Royals hat and it'd be a perfect pic! Lol
scaleface reply :
On 7/15/2017 at 11:40 AM, BradGinKC said:Swap that Cards hat for a Royals hat and it'd be a perfect pic! Lol
I do have a Royals hat . and Pirates , Rockies , Orioles , Indians and my favorite Richmond Flying Squirrels . I love baseball almost as much as bass fishing .
Angealy reply :
Well, Today was one heck of a day.
Started out with my frog and switched to weight less senko and the game was on, They were loving the june bug senkos.
Here's our catches of today, quick catch and release.
I landed what felt like a five pound 18 inch bass and the fight was quite hard getting her into shore but i won.
everythingthatswims reply :
Had some fun with a TRD and my conquest 50 today
Angealy reply :
That's a neat bait caster and good job catching him on what looks like a watermelon red flake
Bass_Fishing_Socal reply :
Not so much action for me the past week, went out a couple time and got only a few fish from Big TRD, Coppertreuse color. Saw plenty of surface action in early morning but shut down d**n quick. I only got a few hit on top water lures but no hookup.
WIGuide reply :
Had a decent weekend, not a quantity weekend, but did well on the size.
MIbassyaker reply :
The only smallie to show up on a five-hour river float today (but I'll take it):
Attila reply :
Chunker from yesterday, going back today to finesse some bigger ones that followed but wouldn't commit.
NiX reply :
Caught my PB spotted bass at Folsom Lake last night! 2lb 13oz.
1/2oz Jig with Sweet Beaver trailer. Fishing in about 20 ft of choppy water.
Gerchow42 reply :
5.2 lbs on a 3-5 bluegill squarebill
Catt reply :
Made a little to the Sabine River & marshes, fished from 5:45-10.
I caught 15-20 (quit counting at 15), my youngest son Scotty caught 5 & his friend Wesley caught 2.
All tighteyes like this one!
Had some rude ass anglers in three different boats got close enough to cast where I was casting!
BassB8Caster reply :
On 7/18/2017 at 11:39 PM, NiX said:Caught my PB spotted bass at Folsom Lake last night! 2lb 13oz.
1/2oz Jig with Sweet Beaver trailer. Fishing in about 20 ft of choppy water.
thats a cool looking fish right there. Must have been a good fight
scaleface reply :
On 7/15/2017 at 11:40 AM, BradGinKC said:On 7/15/2017 at 11:15 AM, scaleface said:
Better than decent, that's a good catch. Swap that Cards hat for a Royals hat and it'd be a perfect pic! Lol
Look how skinny it is . For the past three years every nice fish I have caught out of this lake has been torpedo shaped . Prior to that they were big and fat .The conservation Dept as been spraying the weeds . Maybe thats the culprit .
hawgenvy reply :
I snuck out to a pond tonight, in spite of the hot sticky windless miserableness of the weather. I swear the only breeze was that generated by the beating wings of my personal congregation of gnats. Why do they love my ears? Anyway, the Menace Grub came through for me tonight. I tried the Delta Red for the first time, on a whim, and it brought me a half dozen 2-4 pounders in an hour. It was nice also to spot the gallinule chicks with their mom.
everythingthatswims reply :
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Long arming some 14"ers for all the folks that love it. I caught about 30 of them drop shotting some brush piles, it was pretty neat, I dropped to the individual fish a couple times.
WDE reply :
Water temp is bathwater, outside temp is armpit. This bass felt like it had a fever.
And one while I was avoiding the storm:
boostr reply :
MEH...
Bass fishing is best reply :
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JG233 reply :
Big SMB this week on the Quabbin:
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Bass_Fishing_Socal reply :
lonnie g reply :
On 7/21/2017 at 5:35 AM, JustJames said:
if I were fishing in a kayak the only whopping and plopping would be me! the way I feel any more on this medicine. its so bad the bass would be buying go pros just so they could win the $10,000 on Americas funniest home vidios. cool looking catch!! gonna going to have to get me one. absolutely love top water bite!
Bass_Fishing_Socal reply :
On 7/22/2017 at 10:58 AM, lonnie g said:if I were fishing in a kayak the only whopping and plopping would be me! the way I feel any more on this medicine. its so bad the bass would be buying go pros just so they could win the $10,000 on Americas funniest home vidios. cool looking catch!! gonna going to have to get me one. absolutely love top water bite!
It is actually not that bad in calm water. I share this lake with all the skiers no 5mph zone, so it kind of tough when they come out to play. I only stay near bank and cove. I think next time I will either take my kayak or boat out where houses and docks 5mph zone lake. The WP 110 is actually pretty good I might get another one in loon color.
Angealy reply :
So we waited for the sun to go down and went to the lake, seemed like the perfect time.
My sister landed a fish and was upset when all she had was "slop" and it got away but to her surprise there was something else under there.
Let's just say she was really happy and proud when "her" bait she picked out for us to use worked.
As for me, I didn't catch anything but i am using a new bait caster rig and i do like this setup but i haven't caught anything on it yet.
I'm still trying to figure out how i can cast a t-rig senko just out pass the dock and slop and not bringing in slop on every retrieve would be great. <3
Jar11591 reply :
Got my biggest of the year this morning. This fish was on the thin side, but it had a giant head and mouth and was 21.5" long.
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Got her on a LiveTarget popper. She just barely sipped it in with no blow up or boil.
Angealy reply :
Nice was that on a popper frog or minnow popper?
Jar11591 reply :
On 7/24/2017 at 3:39 AM, Angealy said:Nice was that on a popper frog or minnow popper?
This little guy right here!
BurrStone reply :
Caught this AM on a 20 acre pond in Vermont. I was about to give up as it was slow and I kept catching pickerel. Just throwing a keitech 4" easy shiner on a 3/16 oz. jig head with light tackle. The drag let out a scream and it was on. 4.3 lbs. Biggest one of the year, so far.
Attila reply :
Had 30 minutes to catch a fish...only took 5 minutes on my 3rd dock...lol Not huge but was nice to see the newly purchased Hornet patterned Spro Bronzeye 65 bring it in.
lo n slo reply :
.....testing
hey! it works! thanks James!
everythingthatswims reply :
South Holston gave up some fine brown fish today
Bass_Fishing_Socal reply :
On 7/25/2017 at 9:47 AM, lo n slo said:.....testing
hey! it works! thanks James!
Yeajray231 reply :
Got out the other day with the lady . We had a blast with senkos and jig/chunks.
They were all about the same size.
It'd be a better picture If I could upload more than 857kb. But it is what it is.
A-Jay reply :
I needed that.
A-Jay
12poundbass reply :
On 7/26/2017 at 8:53 AM, A-Jay said:
I needed that.
A-Jay
Nice football! I was starting to think you retired from fishing. ?
A-Jay reply :
On 7/26/2017 at 9:03 AM, 12poundbass said:Nice football! I was starting to think you retired from fishing. ?
Thanks -
Life's been coming at us kind of hard up here recently.
Haven't been able to get out.
Today felt good though.
A-Jay
Mike Murphy reply :
Lake Mittry =]
lo n slo reply :
i struggled early, broke two off in brush piles, got hung up a bunch too, chasing these fish around. low clouds and a NE breeze made it comfortable for a change, anchored down alot, caught a few decent fish including this 17" largemouth.
StrikePrince reply :
These are the first two fish I've ever caught caught on a jig (1/2 oz football head with sweet beaver trailer).Felt good because I'd never caught a fish on a jig before this week, so I fished them almost exclusively this past couple days determined to get some. Feeling the subtle tick then setting the hook hard was really fun. It's so weird how the memory of what a bite feels like seems to become hazy after just a few play backs on your mind.
Caught those two earlier in the day in cloudy conditions in laydowns. When the skies cleared at 10 I didn't get a bite for the rest of the day and I fished until 3. Seems to get really tough in clear blue skies here (I'm in Pacific northwest). I tried docks and lay downs with jigs and senkos with no success.
http://imgur.com/a/h7x7O
Edit: how to post pics? Says there's a 150 kb limit
NorcalBassin reply :
This young lady made my morning...
everythingthatswims reply :
On 7/27/2017 at 8:39 AM, NorcalBassin said:This young lady made my morning...
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spotted bass
everythingthatswims reply :
Day two on South Holston was TUFF! I caught 5 bass from 5:30-2:30. It was extremely frustrating, we found tons of schooling smallmouth but they were really spread out and would only be on the surface for 3-5 seconds before they vanished, and it would be individual fish. We could see them suspended on the graph at about 20-30 feet, and they would look at a drop shot, but not bite it. It was like that all over the lake!
MTPanda reply :
First time using a hollow body frog and was rewarded with my first bass! Sorry for the camera noises. I was using a Yi Action Camera and noticed the sound wasn't too great.
Caught my 2nd off the Live Target frog. Was advised to use the smallest Live Target hollow body frog from a very wise local.
Caught two off the Yamamoto D Shad but just got a pic of one em.
Switched to a Sexy Dawg Jr and used it to find an active feeding school of bass
My friend and I started throwing these "spook" type lures and got the active school to bite. I think we caught around 7 or 8 off between us off this school. Fun times!
everythingthatswims reply :
Had a fun morning drop shotting some brush piles. 11 bass, two pickerel, and one pretty nice one! Fish was 19" and scales said 1.53... Time to get a new set of scales.
A-Jay reply :
On 7/28/2017 at 12:22 AM, MTPanda said:First time using a hollow body frog and was rewarded with my first bass! Sorry for the camera noises. I was using a Yi Action Camera and noticed the sound wasn't too great.
Caught my 2nd off the Live Target frog. Was advised to use the smallest Live Target hollow body frog from a very wise local.
Caught two off the Yamamoto D Shad but just got a pic of one em.
Switched to a Sexy Dawg Jr and used it to find an active feeding school of bass
My friend and I started throwing these "spook" type lures and got the active school to bite. I think we caught around 7 or 8 off between us off this school. Fun times!
Nicely Done ~
btw - wtg on the responsible & UV blocking attire.
Believe me when I say, years from now, you'll be very glad you did.
Congrats
A-Jay
NYWayfarer reply :
On 7/28/2017 at 2:34 AM, A-Jay said:Nicely Done ~
btw - wtg on the responsible & UV blocking attire.
Believe me when I say, years from now, you'll be very glad you did.
Congrats
A-Jay
The guy at the front of the boat needs to hear that.
Steveo-1969 reply :
On 7/28/2017 at 2:26 AM, everythingthatswims said:Had a fun morning drop shotting some brush piles. 11 bass, two pickerel, and one pretty nice one! Fish was 19" and scales said 1.53... Time to get a new set of scales.
Looks like that fish might be 1.53 kilograms. Wrong setting on the scale maybe? I've done that before.
everythingthatswims reply :
On 7/28/2017 at 3:14 AM, Steveo-1969 said:
Looks like that fish might be 1.53 kilograms. Wrong setting on the scale maybe? I've done that before.
I bet that's what it was, I have the little Rapala one that loves to do that from time to time. Thanks for catching that! Now I know it was 3.4lbs. I guessed 3.2 before I put it on the scales
Angealy reply :
I've been on this lake before and have caught a few nice bass on frogs/worms out here but it seems our old spot has been skunked or something couldn't catch anything.
However, It did allow me to see others fishing from what looked like a bank across the lake "Huge lake"
We of course went to their spot one day early in the morning and late at night and caught these bass.
My sister and I had the same setup, I was teaching her how to rig a weighted T-Rig lizard and have it dragging on the bottom to feel for things and i had many bites on mine with this setup while talking to her and was catching them like crazy but sadly when the sun was going down the bites ended and i wasn't quite sure what to use for dark/night fishing so i went home.
It's moments like this i wish i could afford a small boat just so i could go anywhere on the lake and not be limited.
MTPanda reply :
On 7/28/2017 at 2:34 AM, A-Jay said:Nicely Done ~
btw - wtg on the responsible & UV blocking attire.
Believe me when I say, years from now, you'll be very glad you did.
Congrats
A-Jay
Thanks A-Jay! I wish I could pull in some big smallies here in So Cal like you but we don't have that many lakes with big smallies, let alone smallies.
Yea I fish almost every week and I'm on the water for at least 8 hrs each day I go. I don't want to keep applying sunblock, I rather just cover up and put up with the heat. I now take a cooler with ice and drink plenty of ice cold water and coconut water on the water and make sure to take breaks from the sun and sit in the shade for a bit.
Bluebasser86 reply :
The weeknight tournament this week produced some big fish, unfortunately I only had 1 of them and it was .07 pounds short of BB for the night.
everythingthatswims reply :
On 7/28/2017 at 1:48 PM, Bluebasser86 said:The weeknight tournament this week produced some big fish, unfortunately I only had 1 of them and it was .07 pounds short of BB for the night.
Digging the crocs.
Attila reply :
Jerkbait kind of day...Rapala Shadow Rap Shad in yellow perch produced on outside weed edges.
Bass_Fishing_Socal reply :
On 7/28/2017 at 12:46 PM, MTPanda said:
Thanks A-Jay! I wish I could pull in some big smallies here in So Cal like you but we don't have that many lakes with big smallies, let alone smallies.
Yea I fish almost every week and I'm on the water for at least 8 hrs each day I go. I don't want to keep applying sunblock, I rather just cover up and put up with the heat. I now take a cooler with ice and drink plenty of ice cold water and coconut water on the water and make sure to take breaks from the sun and sit in the shade for a bit.
You are tougher than me, man, good for you. stay out 8 hours in hot sun almost 100 degree is brutal. Nowadays I would start very early and by 9:00 I'm done. I might do evening trip one of these day.
MTPanda reply :
On 7/29/2017 at 12:27 PM, JustJames said:You are tougher than me, man, good for you. stay out 8 hours in hot sun almost 100 degree is brutal. Nowadays I would start very early and by 9:00 I'm done. I might do evening trip one of these day.
Haha 8 hrs is my usual average. Those pics I just posted from my first Barrett Lake trip, I was there at 4:30am and left the water at 7ish pm. We did take about a 1.5hr break in the car in the AC during 2-330pm to escape the heat. That was the most tiring day of all.
I always bring an ice chest full of ice, water and coconut water and constantly set reminders on my phone to drink water no matter what.
I only have one day off a week from work so I maximize my day off by doing what I love to do most, fish for bass!!
Ktho reply :
Caught em at Diamond Valley Lake dragging a 3/8 football jig in deep water
MTPanda reply :
On 7/29/2017 at 1:43 PM, Ktho said:Caught em at Diamond Valley Lake dragging a 3/8 football jig in deep water
Awesome job. I love DVL. Only been once but it was great. I only wish they were open on Mondays, my only day off.
Team9nine reply :
Kind of in limbo as boatless bank trash at the moment, but banked 15 little chunks in 75 minutes after work the other day despite the post frontal clearing skies, stained water and 15 mph NNE winds.
Ktho reply :
On 7/29/2017 at 3:00 PM, MTPanda said:
Awesome job. I love DVL. Only been once but it was great. I only wish they were open on Mondays, my only day off.
I feel ya on that. Thursdays are my best day so lakes like Hodges, Otay, El Cap, Barrett etc are no good, the lake schedules are a major bummer.
IndianaFinesse reply :
On 7/29/2017 at 9:55 PM, Team9nine said:Kind of in limbo as boatless bank trash at the moment, but banked 15 little chunks in 75 minutes after work the other day despite the post frontal clearing skies, stained water and 15 mph NNE winds.
Nice catch, especially from the bank. If you ever want to get off the bank and come back out here and fish from my boat (we could even user our bigger boat that we use for tournaments), you're always welcome to. Don't worry about weird timing, I'm almost always open
MTPanda reply :
On 7/30/2017 at 1:19 AM, Ktho said:
I feel ya on that. Thursdays are my best day so lakes like Hodges, Otay, El Cap, Barrett etc are no good, the lake schedules are a major bummer.
Ah man ya most of the SD lakes are closed to fishing on Thurs. So weird with their schedule. I was able to switch my day off to Wednesday last week just so I could visit Barrett for the first time.
Bluebasser86 reply :
On 7/29/2017 at 9:55 PM, Team9nine said:Kind of in limbo as boatless bank trash at the moment, but banked 15 little chunks in 75 minutes after work the other day despite the post frontal clearing skies, stained water and 15 mph NNE winds.
Purple Haze, one of my favorite colors that doesn't seem to get any love, and I'm okay with that
Bass_Fishing_Socal reply :
I like that color doesn't matter if it catch fish or not, gotta remember to order one of those.
Anyway not a bad day today. Caught 3 all on WP110. First one while waiting my turn to launch my boat. She is pretty good size but skinny.
And another GIANT.
or think he is a giant.
im not sure which one to weight my WP110 or that giant bass. ?
Video added:
Fishin' Fool reply :
St Clair stud!
NHBull reply :
Not great size, but the first on an 18 ft CB......
NYWayfarer reply :
Yesterday I took my new kayak out for it's maiden voyage. I brought a baitcaster rigged with a wacky rigged Yum Dinger and a spinning reel rigged with a Trout Slayer lure.
First fish I caught was a 2lb, 11oz Largemouth Bass. He took up the whole front tray of my kayak. He was the best fish of the day.
I ended the day with 10 fish total, 1 Largemouth, 1 Smallmouth and 8 Redbreast Sunfish (all sunfish were caught on the Trout Slayer) Overall a great day on the water. I am loving kayak fishing.
WDE reply :
On 7/28/2017 at 12:09 PM, everythingthatswims said:I bet that's what it was, I have the little Rapala one that loves to do that from time to time. Thanks for catching that! Now I know it was 3.4lbs. I guessed 3.2 before I put it on the scales
Mine also does that, and I haven't even cared to try to get it back to pounds. I am getting good with the metric system though.
Bass_Fishing_Socal reply :
On 7/31/2017 at 10:53 PM, Finesse Wayfarer said:
Yesterday I took my new kayak out for it's maiden voyage. I brought a baitcaster rigged with a wacky rigged Yum Dinger and a spinning reel rigged with a Trout Slayer lure.
First fish I caught was a 2lb, 11oz Largemouth Bass. He took up the whole front tray of my kayak. He was the best fish of the day.
I ended the day with 10 fish total, 1 Largemouth, 1 Smallmouth and 8 Redbreast Sunfish (all sunfish were caught on the Trout Slayer) Overall a great day on the water. I am loving kayak fishing.
Good time sir. Which kayak did you get? Gotta show off your new ride. I've been taking my boat out more often lately ever since I fixed everything up.
NYWayfarer reply :
On 8/1/2017 at 1:24 AM, JustJames said:Good time sir. Which kayak did you get? Gotta show off your new ride. I've been taking my boat out more often lately ever since I fixed everything up.
Finally got the pictures inserted my friend, check out the original post. I also posted in the "show your ride" thread.
I purchase the Pelican Tracker Angler 100, a Dick's Sporting Goods exclusive. Its basically the Pelican Trailblazer model with 2 rod holders installed. $229 on sale, regular $299.
Best feature of this kayak is it weighs 38 pounds. I am able to car top it by myself. Once at the water I am able to take it off the roof put my shoulder in the cockpit and carry it with ease.
It really opened a whole new word for me.
Bass_Fishing_Socal reply :
Look good. ???
Fishin' Fool reply :
On 7/31/2017 at 10:53 PM, Finesse Wayfarer said:
Yesterday I took my new kayak out for it's maiden voyage. I brought a baitcaster rigged with a wacky rigged Yum Dinger and a spinning reel rigged with a Trout Slayer lure.
First fish I caught was a 2lb, 11oz Largemouth Bass. He took up the whole front tray of my kayak. He was the best fish of the day.
I ended the day with 10 fish total, 1 Largemouth, 1 Smallmouth and 8 Redbreast Sunfish (all sunfish were caught on the Trout Slayer) Overall a great day on the water. I am loving kayak fishing.
The top picture is sweet looking with the fog coming off the water. Fishing in Michigan I can definitely relate to that imagery.
NYWayfarer reply :
On 8/1/2017 at 2:21 AM, Fishin' Fool said:
The top picture is sweet looking with the fog coming off the water. Fishing in Michigan I can definitely relate to that imagery.
Thanks!
Air temps were high 50's to low 60's at 6:30am Sunday by me. My wife came down to the river to take some pics of my maiden voyage. She is a pretty good photographer. It was one of her college courses. Glad to know those student loans were worth something
I know she was really there to take pictures if I flipped the kayak and ended up all wet.
boostr reply :
Our haul this past week. Yes that is the Potomac, Virginia side. The rest are home in Jersey.
Angealy reply :
Well, I may have only caught one bass but i'm proud of myself.
I caught it on a frog i never used before, on mono line i never used before and i'm still new to bait casting.
I had my ups and downs with bait casting and even wanted to give up but i stuck with it.
A few bird nest here and there but not as bad as before and i can throw as far as i could with my spinning rig and no bird nest.
Improvement feels great.
My sister caught a bass, some rainbows and sunfish and even a catfish on real worms, I wanted to keep using my frog lol.
everythingthatswims reply :
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Pretty Shenandoah river fish!
hawgenvy reply :
A T-rigged Strike King Rage Twin Tail Menace Grub came through for me again today. The fish were aggressive this evening, after today's cooling, aerating downpour.
scaleface reply :
Caught about thirty today with seven over 15 inches . Nothing huge . This was the best one caught on an 8 inch jelly Worm .
WDE reply :
It's been tough around these parts lately with the high temps. So I'm happy with these 3, despite the size. One on a lipless crank, two on black/red flake Senko.
I had been struggling with my Senko hooksets lately, as I have always kind of used them as a last ditch effort. However, thanks to this forum, the sweep hookset is working like a charm. I also stepped down to a 2/0 offset hook from a 4/0 offset wide gap.
The fish on the left came out of a separate pond from the other two, just 5 minutes down the road. I found the difference in their color interesting.
NYWayfarer reply :
More Yak fishing for me yesterday. I took a rare day off as the weather was almost perfect for a day on the river. A little hot but very little wind.
I ended the day with 11 fish, 8 Smallmouth and 3 Largemouth. All caught on a red shad Senko or a watermelon/redflake Biospawn Exostick.
The two best fish were over 2 pounds, one Largemouth and this Smallmouth. Even with half a tail he put up a heck of a fight including one jump that almost stopped my heart as that was the first look at his size I got and the thought that he shook the hook.
WIGuide reply :
Didn't have very much time to fish last night, actually debated not even going. I'm glad I made the decision to go. Caught 6 5 of which were keepers including these two big girls
Senko Junkie reply :
Every once in awhile, you need to get back to basics and hit a farm pond to get your confidence back .
NHBull reply :
The Dredger is quickly becoming my new best friend........and the WP 110
Bluebasser86 reply :
First place and big bass in the weeknight tournament last night. I caught our big one at 9:14 on one of my homemade black and blue bladed jigs, weigh in was 9:30. Didn't realize how big she was until I tried to boat flip her and almost didn't clear the edge of the boat.
Team9nine reply :
Back out on the bank for 2 hours after work this evening. Major cold front moving through the state last night and today with highs mostly in the 60s and W winds, along with a rising barometer. Still managed to land 38 bass, so a good trip. Better water clarity than last week helped, I believe. Here's a couple:
One last pic to reiterate my thoughts on tackle management from shore...a sneak peak inside my tackle box for tonight's trip. It's in both pics, but you can't see it tucked away in my t-shirt pocket - mobility rules!
MichaelCopeland reply :
After almost 2 weeks without being able to go fishing, had about a couple hours to wet my line this evening after work. Could only go to Lake Buhlow, not exactly the best fishing there, to get my therapy in. Tried out my new Zoom Centipedes, Ultravibe Speed Worms and the Ol' Monsters. Didn't get any bites on the Centipede. Got a couple bites on the UV Speed Worms including one that snatched off more than half the worm all the way to the hook. Was using Gammy 2/O EWG offset hook. Took that off and put on a 4/O Gammy EWG offset hook and the Ol' Monster. Caught this 1lber, I know he ain't that big, but he took that big worm pretty aggressively. It was right after a little drizzle of a shower. Even though I didn't catch a big un, I was thankful to land this little guy. Any bass beats no bass any day.
roadwarrior reply :
Great pic!
MichaelCopeland reply :
On 8/5/2017 at 6:55 PM, roadwarrior said:Great pic!
Thank you sir! Was kinda hard to get the whole fish in a selfie...lol. I let him go so he could grow up to be a big un one day. We're heading out shortly to do a little more fishing before the rain gets here again. Supposed to rain practically every day this coming week including today and tomorrow. Hope I can get a good one today maybe more. I'll be happy just being out there though.
StrikePrince reply :
This smallie gave me a determined fight after hitting this popr at 645 am. I think I caught him twice too, unless those silver ear marks are very common.
http://imgur.com/a/lElrK
MichaelCopeland reply :
On 8/6/2017 at 1:56 AM, StrikePrince said:This smallie gave me a determined fight after hitting this popr at 645 am. I think I caught him twice too, unless those silver ear marks are very common.
http://imgur.com/a/lElrK
Tried to like this post and pic but I'm at my daily limit. It appears that the daily limit is a fiscal day, not the normal midnight to midnight day. Later on this evening I should be able to give a true like to this. Nice catch by the way!
StrikePrince reply :
On 8/6/2017 at 1:56 AM, StrikePrince said:This smallie gave me a determined fight after hitting this popr at 645 am. I think I caught him twice too, unless those silver ear marks are very common.
http://imgur.com/a/lElrK
Maybe they are common. Looking back at other small it's I've caught the last few days and a lot of some variation of that ear mark
MichaelCopeland reply :
On 8/5/2017 at 7:34 PM, MichaelCopeland said:Thank you sir! Was kinda hard to get the whole fish in a selfie...lol. I let him go so he could grow up to be a big un one day. We're heading out shortly to do a little more fishing before the rain gets here again. Supposed to rain practically every day this coming week including today and tomorrow. Hope I can get a good one today maybe more. I'll be happy just being out there though.
Happy I got to go fishing. Unfortunately there was a kid's tournament going on at the time we got there. Not wanting to just drive around to another lake, only had limited time today, we stayed and tried to stay out of the kid's way. I found what you'd think was a pretty prime location from the bank to fish from. I mean the water was clear, a nice little breeze, there was a big tree laydown, I could see what appeared to be a drop off about 2 ft out from the bank and bait fish everywhere around. With all that I still got skunked today. I threw about everything I had and the only thing I could get bit on was the Ol' Monster junebug red and only the bait fish were hitting it. Tried it fast, slow and in between. Mixed up retrieves and still only bait fish hitting it. It was even fairly shady in this location. Not sure what I did wrong, if anything. Oh well it was nice being at the lake regardless.
MichaelCopeland reply :
On 8/6/2017 at 2:04 AM, StrikePrince said:
Maybe they are common. Looking back at other small it's I've caught the last few days and a lot of some variation of that ear mark
Not sure. I don't really know much about smallies. Haven't caught or seen any around here yet. I'm sure there are some around, I just don't really look for them.
CybrSlydr reply :
If you take a look at all my past catches, you'll see a trend that continued with today.
NorcalBassin reply :
On 8/6/2017 at 10:27 AM, CybrSlydr said:If you take a look at all my past catches, you'll see a trend that continued with today.
Dang Bro, you've got some huge hands to make a 2 pounder look like that...
MichaelCopeland reply :
On 8/6/2017 at 10:39 AM, NorcalBassin said:Dang Bro, you've got some huge hands to make a 2 pounder look like that...
Lmbo! ?
WDE reply :
Dinks for days. But at least they're biting. Lipless crank, black/red flake Senko.
MichaelCopeland reply :
Chalk up another one for the junebug red Ol' Monster! I know this ain't a big un, but it's a pretty bass. There's a pond about a 30-45 minute walk from where I live. I've heard there isn't any bass in it so I haven't been there but a couple times before this evening. When I was there before I had very little tackle and lures to try. Now I have a decent amount of both and since my girlfriend left for her vacation this morning and I can't drive until I get my DL back I decided I wanna fish and that pond is the closest body of water I can walk to. So I walked there. Not long after getting there a couple kids walked by and asked me if I was catching anything. I told them I just got there and haven't had any luck yet. I asked them if there were any fish in there and they replied yes. I asked if there were any bass in there and they replied yes. They also said one of them caught a 4lber not too long ago there. That put a smile on my face and gave me added confidence I would catch something. Well I did. It was only about a pound/pound and a half but it was a bass. I'll definitely be back to this pond regularly. Pics of the bass and pond below.@Glenn thank you for the video on fishing big worms. Never thought of buying any before I saw that video. Now I'm hooked on them and it seems that's all the fish are biting right now anyways. Gonna get me some Magnum Ol' Monsters too.
Bass fishing is best reply :
Micheal,
I would fish with you in a heartbeat, sweet pics.
Couple of average bass out of my local hole. Caught a few monsters that I'm trying to upload.
MichaelCopeland reply :
On 8/7/2017 at 11:52 AM, fatmaple said:Micheal,
I would fish with you in a heartbeat, sweet pics.
Couple of average bass out of my local hole. Caught a few monsters that I'm trying to upload.
Nice pics! Good sized bass. Looks to be about 3lbs or so. It would be awesome to find someone local that I could go fishing with 2-3 times or so a week. I'm from Shreveport, Louisiana. I live in Pineville, Louisiana for about 3 years now. Don't really know alot of people here. Hard to get around with a suspended license and no vehicle. If you're ever in my neck of the woods let me know. Would be glad to go fishing with you some day.
CybrSlydr reply :
On 8/7/2017 at 12:46 PM, MichaelCopeland said:Nice pics! Good sized bass. Looks to be about 3lbs or so. It would be awesome to find someone local that I could go fishing with 2-3 times or so a week. I'm from Shreveport, Louisiana. I live in Pineville, Louisiana for about 3 years now. Don't really know alot of people here. Hard to get around with a suspended license and no vehicle. If you're ever in my neck of the woods let me know. Would be glad to go fishing with you some day.
The only regret I have from my time in the Army is that when I was at Ft. Polk, I hadn't gotten into fishing yet. So close to Toledo Bend and all those other places in the LA/TX area I could have fished...
hawgwash reply :
My last two were this bass and smallmouth, both caught on a Rapala FatRap (crawdad color).
A-Jay reply :
I like the Brown ones quite a bit.
A-Jay
buzzed bait reply :
On 8/8/2017 at 1:23 AM, A-Jay said:
I like the Brown ones quite a bit.
A-Jay
i would too if i caught them like that!!!!!! congrats!
HeavyTwenty reply :
Visited a friend in Baltimore and we went fishing at Loch Raven on a rental boat. It was kind of rough without a depth finder. Had a bite or two shallow, but everything else was 20-30 ft water. No luck with black/blue jig or watermelon/red worms. They seem to only hit shad color baits (drop shot fluke + vertically jigged swim jig). I didn't think they could even see color that deep.
I guess deep water bass fishing could be fun with the right gear and technology, but Florida seems simpler. Bass were about 1.5-2.5 lbs.
YoTone reply :
Ive had solid catches since i got my slayer 10 but they were in NY. this is my first decent sized catch thats local to me.
on a black buzz bait.
deep reply :
Walked the banks for a few hours tonight and caught 8 or 10, all dinks. Forgot my jerkbaits, so the fish had a rather easy time.
The biggest and the smallest.
MichaelCopeland reply :
On 8/7/2017 at 11:43 PM, CybrSlydr said:The only regret I have from my time in the Army is that when I was at Ft. Polk, I hadn't gotten into fishing yet. So close to Toledo Bend and all those other places in the LA/TX area I could have fished...
I hope to be able to get over to Toledo Bend some day and fish it. Wish I had never gotten out of fishing about 30 years ago. All the knowledge I would have to offer now, I just don't have. I'm learning now though and that counts. Thank you sir for your service!
On 8/8/2017 at 9:27 AM, deep said:Walked the banks for a few hours tonight and caught 8 or 10, all dinks. Forgot my jerkbaits, so the fish had a rather easy time.
The biggest and the smallest.
That's a pretty big dink in the top pic. Looks to be at least 2lbs. I'm guessing more. Nice!
MichaelCopeland reply :
I know this ain't considered slaying them, but for me it's very exciting. Can't seem to find where they all are. Just one at a time...lol. I've now caught 3 bass in 4 days. Add another one to the list of junebug red Ol' Monster catches. Caught this earlier this evening back at Lake Buhlow. Guess this lake is becoming slightly promising after all. I feel like I'm learning something from all you good folks on here. Thanks a million everyone, y'all ROCK!
deep reply :
On 8/8/2017 at 10:18 AM, MichaelCopeland said:
That's a pretty big dink in the top pic. Looks to be at least 2lbs. I'm guessing more. Nice!
Lol I wish. 5 of those and I'd have had a solid 5# limit!
MichaelCopeland reply :
On 8/8/2017 at 11:36 AM, deep said:
Lol I wish. 5 of those and I'd have had a solid 5# limit!
Guess the camera adds a pound or so to them...lol. Still a nice looking bass though. I'm still looking for the day I can catch more than one in an outing. I'm happy though. Even if they are only a pound or so. At least I'm not getting completely skunked every time I go out now. ?
Attila reply :
First time out in a bit, was a numbers game instead of size thanks to the past couple of days of odd weather...
scaleface reply :
On 8/8/2017 at 12:37 AM, hawgwash said:caught on a Rapala FatRap
Fat Raps are one of my favorites . They come in two versions Good and Great .
hawgwash reply :
On 8/8/2017 at 7:12 PM, scaleface said:
Fat Raps are one of my favorites . They come in two versions Good and Great .
Lol....so true. This summer I'm trying some other Rapalas - ultralight crank, x-rap and dive-to.
mllrtm79 reply :
I discovered the appeal of a topwater walker on a pond that is grassed up (about 8" from the surface) across the entire front end. 
the lure came in a MTB a few months ago, but I'd never thrown it. When the buzzbait kept fouling before I could start to reel it in I decided to give it a try. Monsterbass The Patriot in White Zombie pattern
I caught a couple dinks on it the next day as well.
WDE reply :
Some catches from the past couple days. Largest was 3.25, second largest 2.3(bottom right). I had 3 spit the hook, which is always frustrating.
The 3lber hit the Senko before I could even close the bail. Just hanging out in about 6 inches of still water.
MichaelCopeland reply :
On 8/9/2017 at 8:33 AM, WDE said:Some catches from the past couple days. Largest was 3.25, second largest 2.3(bottom right). I had 3 spit the hook, which is always frustrating.
The 3lber hit the Senko before I could even close the bail. Just hanging out in about 6 inches of still water.
Looks like you had a nice last couple days. Right on!
deep reply :
Took out the yak to my "home" lake, and caught twenty or maybe twenty-five (didn't keep track) in about four hours; which actually is only about average here (unless you insist on beating the banks).
Bunch of dinks, a handful of 2#, and two over 3#- one short and fat and the other long and skinny.
@CybrSlydr Gotta get that yak bro, the fish are waiting.
CybrSlydr reply :
Man, those are nice fish!
Angealy reply :
Well, Here's our catch of the day and this big girl went for that weightless yum finesse worm green pumpkin.
My sister catch it and landed it.
After we got it to shore we felt bad as this bass was hooked a total of five times by all the holes in the poor thing.
After unhooking it we saw there was still a hook inside of it "not ours" and we pulled out our pliers and removed it.
After that first bite, Things went real south for both of us no bites/no nibbles/nothing.
As for myself, I've been in a rut, skunked, defeated and READY to throw in the towel.
I haven't been able to catch a bass or any fish in some time after making the switch to a heavier bait caster setup.
I have only caught two bass on this setup.
With that being said, It could be my line,lure,weight,heavy pressured fish,not really sure what to do now.
Regardless, Enjoy this catch.
Bluebasser86 reply :
Went to a lake that I haven't been to in over a decade despite it being pretty close. After catching several fish with this one being by far the largest, I think I remember why I haven't ever been back.
lo n slo reply :
had a hard time pinning them down today in a steady NE breeze. thank God for anchors. i did manage to coax this nice 18" spot off a brush pile in 15' of water. worked hard for the five bites i did get.
12poundbass reply :
On 8/10/2017 at 5:00 AM, lo n slo said:had a hard time pinning them down today in a steady NE breeze. thank God for anchors. i did manage to coax this nice 18" spot off a brush pile in 15' of water. worked hard for the five bites i did get.
The coloring on that bass is pretty cool. Almost looks like a mount.
scaleface reply :
Unseasonably cool weather had the fish acting funny . They were just nipping worms and close mouthing crankbaits . I hit the banks with a homemade buzzbait and they would just sucki it under . No explosions . Caught 8 keepers over 15 inches . 7 came on the buzzbait .
MichaelCopeland reply :
Yay! Finally a 2 bass day, well it was this evening. Almost dark actually. They just love that Ol' Monster worm I keep throwing out there. Went back to the pond that's about a 30-45 minute walk from the house. It was lightly drizzling some of the time I was there. When I first got there I threw that big ole worm out there and about my 4th cast was dragging it across some matted grass and a bass blew up on it and snatched off the tail. So I thought maybe it was time to throw my frog. Tied it on and threw it a few times...nothing. Put the Ol' Monster back on and tried there again, still nothing. I began walking up and down the bank, stopping here and there making some fan casts. Still nothing but a few little bites. It was almost dark and I decided to hit the spot I first tried. I noticed a boat in the pond, in a spot that I couldn't get around to, that was almost completely sunk. I cast towards it and bam a 1lber smashed that Ol' Monster. Got it reeled in, took a pic then unhooked and released it. Very next cast, right back to the same spot, and bam again. A much bigger bass slammed it. That one had to be at least 2lbs, I'm guessing a little more. Took pics and let it go. They both swam off quickly and ok. I really need a new scale. The one I have doesn't work. Below are the pics. 1 of the one pounder and 3 of the 2lber+(maybe). Hard to take selfies in the dark...lol. There's some big uns out there in this pond. I could hear the big splashes they were making. I'm guessing at least 5lbers. Definitely gonna try to get me one of those another day/night. It was getting too dark to see and I was getting hungry. So I went on home a happy beginner angler. I'm gonna keep throwing that Ol' Monster until it stops getting bit. Then I guess I'll have to figure out another lure/bait...lol!
Bluebasser86 reply :
Got the yak out to explore a new lake that just opened a few weeks ago and had a pretty decent couple hours.
wet_dream reply :
It's been a slow summer for me, I admit, I've been doing more saltwater fishing recently but finally caught a decent fish (decent for this little pond atleast). I'm loving this combo for worms, it's all I've been able to catch fish on recently.
A-Jay reply :
On 8/10/2017 at 11:15 AM, scaleface said:Unseasonably cool weather had the fish acting funny . They were just nipping worms and close mouthing crankbaits . I hit the banks with a homemade buzzbait and they would just sucki it under . No explosions . Caught 8 keepers over 15 inches . 7 came on the buzzbait .
Nice work ~Congrats
btw - haven't seen bass on a stringer on a while . .
Brings back a lot of great memories . . . .I like it.
A-Jay
flyfisher reply :
had to get out last night so i decided to hit a small pond in a corporate area....caught this little guy 
Oh and i caught this one on Sunday
Bass_Fishing_Socal reply :
On 8/11/2017 at 1:44 AM, flyfisher said:had to get out last night so i decided to hit a small pond in a corporate area....caught this little guy
Oh and i caught this one on Sunday
At least you got some decent one. I've been catching dinks right and left for the past 2-3 weeks. Even this morning caught two dinks on rapala husky jerk.
MichaelCopeland reply :
On 8/11/2017 at 1:24 AM, wet_dream said:It's been a slow summer for me, I admit, I've been doing more saltwater fishing recently but finally caught a decent fish (decent for this little pond atleast). I'm loving this combo for worms, it's all I've been able to catch fish on recently.
Nice catch!
hawgenvy reply :
Caught my first smallie ever, today! My wife and I are visiting friends in Cape Cod. Caught this guy by wading out in a bathing suit into Lake Seymour behind my friend Ron's house. Gorgeous summer afternoon. I tossed a chartreuse spinnerbait towards something busting bait in the shallows, and voila! Fun! Then we went clamming in the bay at sunset and harvested a pail full of quahogs in 20 minutes. Tomorrow we eat clams and lobstas. I like it up here!
MichaelCopeland reply :
I found a smaller pond in my neighborhood this evening. It's a little closer to my house. It has bass in it. Caught 2 in the hour or so I was there. They weren't that big. The biggest one was about a pound. The other one wasn't even a pound. It was 2 bass though. I needed to go a little earlier than I did though, just to be able to see a little better getting around it. Hoping there's some bigger ones out there. Lots of matted vegetation around the bank. Now I've got 2 spots I can go to more often because they're close enough to walk to and don't have to worry about getting a ride and inconveniencing others. So looking forward to fishing them more. By the way, that Ol' Monster worm is still catching em! ?
On 8/11/2017 at 11:57 AM, hawgenvy said:Caught my first smallie ever, today! My wife and I are visiting friends in Cape Cod. Caught this guy by wading out in a bathing suit into Lake Seymour behind my friend Ron's house. Gorgeous summer afternoon. I tossed a chartreuse spinnerbait towards something busting bait in the shallows, and voila! Fun! Then we went clamming in the bay at sunset and harvested a pail full of quahogs in 20 minutes. Tomorrow we eat clams and lobstas. I like it up here!
Congratulations on your first smallie! It's a nice one too. Beautiful sunset!
WolfyBrandon reply :
[August 09, 2017]
(Wednesday)
-----Conditions-----
Time: ~2:30pm - 7:30pm
Sky: Sunny + Smoke + Partly Cloudy (Claustrophobia/Surreal)
Wind: Light Wind Afternoon to Calm Evening
Water Temps: 75-80F
Water Clarity: Clear (~4-8ft)
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The summer heat is here, with temps in the mid 90's every day. It's been a while since Jermey and I have fished, July 26th was our last trip out and it was tough, we struggled to catch numbers or size. I even tried some deep cranking, but it didn't quite work out the way I would have hoped...
- - - - -
Well some time has passed, and the conditions have changed. The local area has recently been surrounded by wildfires to the north, south, and west...
The wind during the day has pushed in all the smoke, and the calm evenings have made it settle where visibility has been down to only a few miles at times. Early every morning when the sun rises it's been so thick you can look directly at the sun and it's less intense than a full moon, being a red / orange color. In the evening when the sun is low on the horizon the smoke almost blocks it out completely.
Sometimes I try and think how smoke like this can affect fishing, since it tends to be a common thing in my area from wildfires to burning fields. First I obviously think about light levels, like a sunny day vs an overcast one, but I also think about insect activity. I believe it can stir things up, possibly increase feeding activity. I remember last year I hadn't seen a praying mantis all year long, but found 4 on a smokey day similar to this one.
Well after work today we geared up and made it to the lake around ~2:30pm. Here is a picture of the lake atmosphere...
Water had a bit more color to it than before, clarity depended on area but in general was clear 4ft+, water temp at the ramp was 80F. Also noticed some clumps of broken up vegetation debris floating on the surface.
We decided to first try an area that was productive earlier this year, we could see the vegetation had come up a lot since we last fished it.
Since it was near the main lake channel, the water temp had dropped down to 75F. Could visually see a lot of small bluegill swimming around, and I even hooked into a little Perch. There were a lot of seagulls in the area and even a blue herring. With all the activity I figured the fishing might be good - we fished for a good 1 & 1/2 - 2 hours and not a single bite for either of us.
It was that time where I start to think of the time invested in an area vs the results so far to consider moving to a new location, but the way we were fishing - we were fishing "into change" as we were coming up to a rock jetty which acts like a funnel with a bit deeper water near it.
I had made a cast with the worm and let it hit the bottom on slack line. A few seconds later I went to check it and could see my line running to the right. I reeled up the slack then swung hard and the rod loaded up good, from the weight I figured it was a pike... that was until I got it close to the boat...
SLAUNCH!
20 & 3/4"
5lb 0oz
Release Video
Bait
1/8oz Lead Bullet Weight + 4/0 Berkley Fusion 19 Offset EWG Needle Point Hook with a Zoom Mag II Worm 9" (Green Pumpkin)
This year has been tough, struggling to catch a bass over 2lb, and today I landed my 3rd largest bass. I took a moment to try and take in the atmosphere of the day I caught this good one and learn from it, but the day was just unique. I can't really put it into words, I just know there probably won't be another one like it.
We continued to catch bass, all of them were sizable little chunkers around a pound with good belly's on them. lot of topwater strikes on the Zoom Horny Toad buzzing it over big clumps of floating vegetation. I managed to catch one bass that had ate a small pike...
As the evening progressed, fishing slowed as things became very calm...
The Sonar was going off with activity in ~20ft. Using the worm I managed to catch one largemouth that was 11 & 1/2".
We both managed to catch 7 bass each, Jeremy also caught a good pike. At 7:30pm we called it a day and headed home.
WolfyBrandon
WDE reply :
Got off work at 3, torrential downpour. Sun finally broke through around 4, so I got after it for about an hour--no bites. Went back home and power went out around 7:30. Had a few minutes of daylight to take advantage of, so I went back out and nailed this one through the nose after a few casts.
Sidenote/advice needed: what's the typical choice of bait during the waning hours of sunlight? Top water?
Team9nine reply :
Still on the short leash for another month or so, so back to bank walking again tonight. Two dozen in about 90 minutes. Not bad considering they just did a lake treatment from the looks of it. A couple of the nicer ones, though they are all little chunkers in this place - no shortage of food for these guys.
Porkrind reply :
MichaelCopeland reply :
Walked to the smaller pond in my neighborhood at 6:30 this morning. It's only 10 mins. from the house. The baby bass were biting...lol! Caught these 2 dinks and threw em back to get bigger. Had to be back at the house at 8:30am to watch my granddaughter. Gonna try to get back out either to that same pond or the bigger one that's a little further walking to later as long as the weather permits. Already had a little rain this morning and it wouldn't surprise me if it rained some more.
boostr reply :
His pb small mouth
NYWayfarer reply :
Kastking Assassin arrived in the mail last night. Spooled it with 12lb Trilene XL and put it on my *** rod. The weather was iffy for Kayak fishing today so I went to the local pond to break it in. Got 3 Bass and a Chain Pickerel on a Zman Chatterbait Greenback Shad color with a Yum Warning Shot in watermelon candy color as a trailer.
MichaelCopeland reply :
On 8/13/2017 at 1:20 AM, boostr said:
His pb small mouth
Congratulations little man! Nice looking fish.
12poundbass reply :
Momma 8 me SKUNKED until big momma got hungry! 4 lbs 1oz! Frog bite!
MichaelCopeland reply :
Ended the day catching 3 more. All 1lbers. Not bad for about 4.5 hours total spent over three visits. On my way back home a lady told me her husband caught a 6lber in that small pond and released it. I'm confident if it's still out there, not only will it be bigger now, but I'll catch it. Besides there has to be a momma and daddy bass out there somewhere. Those baby bass and 1lbers didn't just appear there one day...lol! ?
IneedAnewScreenName-334513 reply :
Absolute lunker on Ft. Loudon Lake
Didn't have a scale with me but she definitely looked like a easy 5 pounder.
Team9nine reply :
May get a chance at some smallies later this week, but for now, it's more small lake hopping for the time being. About 40 in 2 hours today on 2 different lakes. Sunny, hot and calm, so had to work for them. Rain in the forecast for later in the week, which would actually be nice. Might energize the fish a little.
Jar11591 reply :
Got on some decent brown fish this weekend on a mid-lake hump. Spinnerbaits, drop-shots and wacky senkos did the trick.
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thebillsman reply :
Caught a great one on a private pond today, came on a Chartreuse/Black back 1.5.
Gundog reply :
On 8/14/2017 at 7:05 AM, thebillsman said:Caught a great one on a private pond today, came on a Chartreuse/Black back 1.5.
Sweet hawg!
deep reply :
lol.
NHBull reply :
My daughters first outing in a few years yielding her a couple 2.5 pounder.....
Glad to have the family all on the same page
MichaelCopeland reply :
Went to the bigger pond today for a couple hours. The walk there turned from about 45 minutes to only about 15 minutes. I knocked on a door of guy that lives right around the corner and ask permission to cut through his yard to get to the pond. He said yes and thanked me for asking. That being said, I was getting skunked today until I tried to pitch to spot right next to a very small tree that was about 2 feet from the bank. My line draped over one of the lower small branches of it about a foot off the water my Ol' Monster made it into the water and almost immediately this pound and a halfer hit it hard. My first oops bass...lol! So happy that the 2 ponds in my neighborhood are within a 15 minute walk from home. I'm really gonna be a fishing fool now...lol! ?
Bass fishing is best reply :
Micheal,
The great thing about being a beginner fisherman is every day is an easy opportunity to break your PB, especially if you have the bug. Nice catch.
Had about 15 minutes to fish before work. On the last cast grabbed this solid bass. Was 5 minutes late for work but well worth it.
MichaelCopeland reply :
On 8/14/2017 at 1:04 PM, fatmaple said:Micheal,
The great thing about being a beginner fisherman is every day is an easy opportunity to break your PB, especially if you have the bug. Nice catch.
Had about 15 minutes to fish before work. On the last cast grabbed this solid bass. Was 5 minutes late for work but well worth it.
Wow! I'd be 5 minutes late to work if I had the time before work to go catch something like that too. Nice bass! How much did that big girl weigh? You're right, it's easier to top a 2-3lber than it is to top 8lbs plus. Any day now I expect to have a new PB, hoping so anyways.
Bass fishing is best reply :
On 8/14/2017 at 7:56 PM, MichaelCopeland said:Wow! I'd be 5 minutes late to work if I had the time before work to go catch something like that too. Nice bass! How much did that big girl weigh? You're right, it's easier to top a 2-3lber than it is to top 8lbs plus. Any day now I expect to have a new PB, hoping so anyways.
I don't weight them unless I think it's a record. My guess is 5lbs +.
MichaelCopeland reply :
On 8/14/2017 at 11:00 PM, fatmaple said:
I don't weight them unless I think it's a record. My guess is 5lbs +.
Right on. I was thinking somewhere in the 5lb + range.
Attila reply :
I had a few free hours today so packed up one combo consisting of a Daiwa Tatula 7’0” Medium Fast spinning rod and a Daiwa Procyon 2500 loaded with 20lbs Super 8 Slick Power Pro in timber brown with about 7ft of 8lbs Seaguar InvizX fluorocarbon as my leader.
I recently created a small “GO” box that I could just throw in the car when I want to get away for a while. In it are some topwaters, jerkbaits, crankbaits, and finesse baits including marabou jigs, shakey heads, and some 2/0 worm hooks for stick baits. Today was testing day, and the lures yielded positive results.
The intent for the next couple of weeks until Labour Day is to take only one rod and reel combo along with my “GO” box to water that I’m familiar with in hopes of catching both quantity and quality fish. I think it will help me learn to fish baits that I use a lot several different ways in hopes I can learn more about what makes them effective in various conditions.
I arrived and the lake was like glass. My first spot had an area comprised of a sandy bottomed beach area with a solid inside weed line which sat in about 2’ of water; visibility for me was about 10ft from my casting location. I selected a lure that I haven’t used all year, a size 10 Rapala Skitter Pop in frog colour.
I proceeded to fish the area for about 30 minutes and caught a total of five keeper bass, the biggest pictured below which came in just under 3lbs. I tried a Zara Spook in the bone pattern to see if the big ones wanted something different but it only seemed to interest all the smaller fish.
From there I headed to spot #2, a fast water location which contained a rock and gravel bottom in varying water depths ranging from 3-7 feet. I made a few casts with the Spook but there was no interest shown. I tied on a sized 1.5 Strike King KVD Square Bill in the natural red craw colour which I had success with earlier this year at this location and it produced fish but nothing over a pound in size. I was a bit disappointed but the lack of results provided just as much information as the success I had at my first location. Off to spot #3!
I arrived at my third location which consisted of a sandy beach area similar to spot number one however this time it was bordered by small rocky point off to one side which tapered down into the weed bed. The area was adjacent to a pier which I could stand on to cast to the outside weed edges of weed flats which sat in 5-6’ of water which were on both the left and right sides of the pier, with the area directly in front of the pier consisting of broken rock structure. I tied on the Skitter Pop and caught quite a few smaller fish, nothing over 12” in size.
By this time the sun was up higher so I figured that the topwater bite would be done. I tied on a Rapala Shadow Rap Shad in the yellow perch pattern and walked onto the pier to cast to the weed edges mentioned earlier. My first cast yielded a 2lbs fish and for the next hour I proceeded to hammer the smallmouth on that jerkbait with the biggest fish coming in just under 4 pounds. All of the fish hit on an aggressive retrieve and really gave my setup a great workout.
I didn’t get a chance to visit the four other locations I wanted to hit today so am hoping to get to them on Wednesday. The spots are perfect for trying out some crankbaits and finesse lures with docks sitting in 4ft of water with some rock and weed cover scattered nearby. Here’s hoping the weather cooperates and the fish are on those patterns when I get there.
Cheers, and have a great day everyone.
Bass_Fishing_Socal reply :
Finally something for me to report.
I got quite abit of adventure this morning. It was pretty cloudy with chance of drizzle today. I told myself it might be a good fishing day today so I went out to a park 1/4 mile from my house. I lost WP110 in first cast to grass, I told myself I can come back with my kayak to retrieve that lure so I broke the line.
Switch to another rod. I got first bite from pretty good size bass on storm stick jerkbait with excitement of not catching anything bigger than 6-7 inches for the past 3 weeks I locked down my reel and there you go the bass and my lure was gone. Tried different jerkbait in hope of catching that same fish but end up lost that lure to the same grass as my WP110. Switch to Chatterbait from siebert in bluegill color swam on top of weed with in a couple cast got a decent size bass hookup and land him.
Came back home to get a kayak and found out I lost my iPhone somewhere after taking picture with that bass. Drove back to the park with my kayak, found my iPhone on the ground and also got two of my lures back. Now time for me to go to bed.
NYWayfarer reply :
On 8/16/2017 at 12:57 AM, JustJames said:Finally something for me to report.
I got quite abit of adventure this morning. It was pretty cloudy with chance of drizzle today. I told myself it might be a good fishing day today so I went out to a park 1/4 mile from my house. I lost WP110 in first cast to grass, I told myself I can come back with my kayak to retrieve that lure so I broke the line.
Switch to another rod. I got first bite from pretty good size bass on storm stick jerkbait with excitement of not catching anything bigger than 6-7 inches for the past 3 weeks I locked down my reel and there you go the bass and my lure was gone. Tried different jerkbait in hope of catching that same fish but end up lost that lure to the same grass as my WP110. Switch to Chatterbait from siebert in bluegill color swam on top of weed with in a couple cast got a decent size bass hookup and land him.
Came back home to get a kayak and found out I lost my iPhone somewhere after taking picture with that bass. Drove back to the park with my kayak, found my iPhone on the ground and also got two of my lures back. Now time for me to go to bed.
Glad you got your phone and two lures back. Nice Bass on the chatterbait! I have been using mine as well lately. Unfortunately they catch as many Chain Pickerel as they do Bass around here.
Bassin' Brad reply :
I knew the town I was working in today had a nice little city lake so I took a setup with a few lures in my service van, and hit it on my lunch break. This small but nice bass fell for the T-rigged senko.
Bassin' Brad reply :
On 8/16/2017 at 12:57 AM, JustJames said:Finally something for me to report.
I got quite abit of adventure this morning. It was pretty cloudy with chance of drizzle today. I told myself it might be a good fishing day today so I went out to a park 1/4 mile from my house. I lost WP110 in first cast to grass, I told myself I can come back with my kayak to retrieve that lure so I broke the line.
Switch to another rod. I got first bite from pretty good size bass on storm stick jerkbait with excitement of not catching anything bigger than 6-7 inches for the past 3 weeks I locked down my reel and there you go the bass and my lure was gone. Tried different jerkbait in hope of catching that same fish but end up lost that lure to the same grass as my WP110. Switch to Chatterbait from siebert in bluegill color swam on top of weed with in a couple cast got a decent size bass hookup and land him.
Came back home to get a kayak and found out I lost my iPhone somewhere after taking picture with that bass. Drove back to the park with my kayak, found my iPhone on the ground and also got two of my lures back. Now time for me to go to bed.
How do you like the seibert chatterbait? I'm thinking of picking some up when I get some jigs from them.
Bass_Fishing_Socal reply :
On 8/16/2017 at 1:43 AM, Finesse Wayfarer said:
Glad you got your phone and two lures back. Nice Bass on the chatterbait! I have been using mine as well lately. Unfortunately they catch as many Chain Pickerel as they do Bass around here.
The kayak really help me not loosing too many lures. I alway throw into something either tree, brushes, grass and ever since I got kayak I lost maybe a few.
On 8/16/2017 at 4:57 AM, Bassin' Brad said:How do you like the seibert chatterbait? I'm thinking of picking some up when I get some jigs from them.
They are good, a tad heavier than Original Chatterbait but color and quality is way better.
Attila reply :
@JustJames Glad you got out for a bit and happy that you got your gear back, phone included! Sounds like it was a fun time and a few fish came out to play as well!
WDE reply :
Couple days' worth of catches. Largest went for 3.9. The boys that ran over to watch me pull it in said it was 6 before I broke out the scales--I like their measurement better. More importantly, I caught a 2lb football on a top water frog for the first time ever.
Rollincoal420 reply :
It's not very big, especially after looking through this thread, but this is my first punch fish and I enjoyed the hell outta it. Most excitement I've had in a few days. Been fishing this spot for a while, and decided to try punching for the first time, today.
WDE reply :
On 8/16/2017 at 8:50 AM, Rollincoal420 said:It's not very big, especially after looking through this thread, but this is my first punch fish and I enjoyed the hell outta it. Most excitement I've had in a few days. Been fishing this spot for a while, and decided to try punching for the first time, today.
Size only matters in tournaments, and possibly elsewhere in your personal life. As long as you're catching fish, you'll be having fun. I've never seen someone angry after reeling in a fish.
And to your second point, catching them on bait outside your usual comfort zone adds to the enjoyment. Refer to above, I landed my first from a top water frog and I was more excited about that than the near 4lber off a lure I always throw(crank). It opens a door to new ways to fish, and you can build confidence and your repertoire from that.
deep reply :
A little slow tonight. Couple over 3#, one more over 2#, bunch of dinks.
MichaelCopeland reply :
On 8/16/2017 at 9:09 AM, WDE said:
Size only matters in tournaments, and possibly elsewhere in your personal life. As long as you're catching fish, you'll be having fun. I've never seen someone angry after reeling in a fish.
And to your second point, catching them on bait outside your usual comfort zone adds to the enjoyment. Refer to above, I landed my first from a top water frog and I was more excited about that than the near 4lber off a lure I always throw(crank). It opens a door to new ways to fish, and you can build confidence and your repertoire from that.
Totally agree! I've never gotten angry after reeling in a bass. I have laughed at some of the little baby ones I've pulled in though...lol. The smaller pond I've been fishing here lately in my neighborhood has a spot kinda in someone's backyard. They happened to be outside this evening while I was there and I got permission to fish along the bank of their backyard. Really psyched about that because there's a big ole tree a couple feet or so from the bank in that area and I've been dying to fish it. I did a little this evening, didn't have much time before it got too dark for me to see plus the bugs were horrendous. So I went on home skunked in an hours time. It's ok though, I can fish that spot when I can see better another day. Gonna try pitching or skipping a jig in there and hopefully have some luck with something other than the Ol' Monster. The bite on that has slowed down for now and I tried the Mann's 12" Original Jelly Worm with no luck. It was a short time out there though. Congrats on your first top water frog bass!
On 8/16/2017 at 8:50 AM, Rollincoal420 said:It's not very big, especially after looking through this thread, but this is my first punch fish and I enjoyed the hell outta it. Most excitement I've had in a few days. Been fishing this spot for a while, and decided to try punching for the first time, today.
Congrats on your first punch bass! I would have been excited to have caught that with something I haven't ever tried before too. Next time you'll catch a big un!
NorcalBassin reply :
On 8/16/2017 at 10:12 AM, deep said:A little slow tonight. Couple over 3#, one more over 2#, bunch of dinks.
Time to update that PB of 0-1 lb next to your avatar
A-Jay reply :
Drop Shot 'deep' today - It was like a video game.
A-Jay
MichaelCopeland reply :
On 8/16/2017 at 11:34 AM, NorcalBassin said:Time to update that PB of 0-1 lb next to your avatar
Yep! I'd say he's more than topped that PB! Lmbo! ?
On 8/16/2017 at 11:37 AM, A-Jay said:Drop Shot "deep' today - It was like a video game.
A-Jay
Heckuva smallie! Looks like you had a pretty good day. Nice catch @A-Jay!
Bluebasser86 reply :
Bought a lot on a private lake last week and fished it Monday and Tuesday. I think I'm gonna like it
Catt reply :
Aiden explaining what happens to the bass when he sets hook!
Bluebasser86 reply :
On 8/16/2017 at 8:36 PM, Catt said:Aiden explaining what happens to the bass when he sets hook!
Only if you're doing it right!
WIGuide reply :
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A few decent ones from the past week or so.
MichaelCopeland reply :
On 8/16/2017 at 8:36 PM, Catt said:Aiden explaining what happens to the bass when he sets hook!
Yep! They get all cross eyed! Lmbo! ?
Bass_Fishing_Socal reply :
I went to the same spot in hope of catching the same bass that stole my lure yesterday. None to be found keep casting in the same area for over an hour with some jerkbait, WP110, Fluke and chatterbait.
I end up with one a little over 4lb and one 1.5lb on Seibert Chatterbait.
Okay got got it here the video.
A-Jay reply :
On 8/16/2017 at 8:36 PM, Catt said:Aiden explaining what happens to the bass when he sets hook!
What a perfect picture ~ and his first girlfriend as well as college admissions will love to see this one a few years from now.
A-Jay
wet_dream reply :
I've looking forward to fishing today after working all week but forecast called for t-storms all day. Got some more lures in the mail from my DSG order last week. Forecast kept changing, and I figured I'd tie on one of my shiny new lures and make a couple casts at my usual spot.
Third cast with favorite striped bass topwater lure and this little guy whacks it! Feisty lol
No other blow-ups on topwater so I decided to go to my trusty yum dinger and caught these guys:
That was my last worm in that color, and after I lost it, I decided to clean up some garbage some inconsiderate people left scattered. I keep an extra plastic bag in my car and try to make it a habit to pick up some litter every time I'm out here. This quarry is on private property and people come out here to drink and take a dip in the water, often leaving bottles, cans, and other trash.
As I was picking up the last bit of trash in the area I was fishing, I saw some fishing line with a t-rigged worm laying on the ground. Hook was rusting, but the plastic worm was in good condition and the same color as the ones I've been having so much success with recently. Figured I'd rig it up and fish til the rain finally came. Proceeded to catch a few more fish before I had to leave.
Anyone know what kind of worm this is? Been fishing senkos and yum dingers exclusively but I'll have to pick up a couple packs of these? PowerBait?
Sorry about the long post, this gloomy weather inspired me.
Bluebasser86 reply :
On 8/19/2017 at 8:31 AM, wet_dream said:Anyone know what kind of worm this is? Been fishing senkos and yum dingers exclusively but I'll have to pick up a couple packs of these? PowerBait?
Sorry about the long post, this gloomy weather inspired me.
Looks like it might be a Culprit Fat Max worm in Grape Shad with the tail dyed chartreuse. It looks a bit like a Powerbait in one picture, but never seen a color at all like that from Berkley.
wet_dream reply :
On 8/19/2017 at 9:09 AM, Bluebasser86 said:Looks like it might be a Culprit Fat Max worm in Grape Shad with the tail dyed chartreuse. It looks a bit like a Powerbait in one picture, but never seen a color at all like that from Berkley.
Thanks @Bluebasser86
It looks a lot like that! I dipped it in Spike-It. I'm going to have pick up a couple bags.
MichaelCopeland reply :
Thought the Ol' Monster bite had slowed, guess it was just the junebug red color. Bought some more Ol' Monsters today in red bug color and they loved it, at least these three did. It's gonna be a good fishing weekend, I can just feel it! ?
Bluebasser86 reply :
On 8/19/2017 at 12:40 PM, MichaelCopeland said:Thought the Ol' Monster bite had slowed, guess it was just the junebug red color. Bought some more Ol' Monsters today in red bug color and they loved it, at least these three did. It's gonna be a good fishing weekend, I can just feel it! ?
Redbug, blackberry, and watermelon red candy are some of my best Ol' Monster colors.
Have to add plum apple to the list. Something about that one seems to work everywhere I go.
MichaelCopeland reply :
On 8/19/2017 at 12:42 PM, Bluebasser86 said:Redbug, blackberry, and watermelon red candy are some of my best Ol' Monster colors.
I've got the blackberry in Mann's Original Jelly Worm 12". No luck yet, but I'm sure it's just lack of trying. I got some 5/O EWG offsets today also. They may work better with those big ole Jelly Worms. Fixing to go to bed now so I can get up early and hit that pond again at first light. May try some Booyah Pad Crasher first, but will end up throwing the Ol' Monsters I'm sure...lol! ?
I did think about the plum apple color they had also, but finally decided on the red bug. Glad I did!
N Florida Mike reply :
Finally got out this morning at sunrise . Havent fished much lately due to the heat wearing me down.
Saw a lot of baitfish heading out this morning at my end ( The shallower end) of the lake.Nothing feeding though. Stopped at the first deep hole ( where the lake record of 13 1/2 was caught.)
Got one fish there and fished a few pockets between the eel grass going down the lake. Still seeing baitfish but still nothing feeding. Started fishing a frog. Nothing . Caught a dink on a senko off a dock .Next fish was the first one Im holding in the pic. Caught on a grape shad culprit on an eel grass edge.Ended up catching several more on the same bait.Missed several as well .One hit so fast I wasnt ready and he got me tight and gave me the slip before I could set the hook.Had another nice fish come unbuttoned when I set the hook.
Set the hook on another and the hook broke almost down to the eye.
Overall, they werent biting too well and seemed to only want the culprit today.Tried the ultra vibe speed worm which I fish like a spinnerbait.It usually produces a few fish but nothing today.
Better than working but I cant wait for the fall.!!!?
Russ E reply :
The Ned Rig does catch decent sized bass.
it was a tough day on a local lake. Catching dinks, until this guy hit. he was 20 inches long and 4lb. 8oz.
deep reply :
Sucked pretty hard today.
Started great with a 2.5# class fish on the second cast (on an 110+1). I forgot my scale, so I'll call it a 5#.
Lost another about the same size boatside on the next cast. Big deal I thought. I'll probably put half a dozen 2-3# in the boat by the time I'm done.
Well, didn't quite turn out that way; and it all went downhill from there.
Dink after dink after dink, with an occasional small keeper in the mix.
Caught a scrawny 17" fish right before sundown, and called it a day.
MichaelCopeland reply :
On 8/20/2017 at 10:22 AM, deep said:Sucked pretty hard today.
Started great with a 2.5# class fish on the second cast (on an 110+1). I forgot my scale, so I'll call it a 5#.
Lost another about the same size boatside on the next cast. Big deal I thought. I'll probably put half a dozen 2-3# in the boat by the time I'm done.
Well, didn't quite turn out that way; and it all went downhill from there.
Dink after dink after dink, with an occasional small keeper in the mix.
Caught a scrawny 17" fish right before sundown, and called it a day.
It did suck pretty hard today for me too. Didn't catch a thing. Glad you caught a couple good ones though. Oh well it's part of fishing. Going to Lake Buhlow in the morning. Gonna give the pond a slight rest...lol. Of course if it starts getting too hot out there with the limited shade, I'll be back under my tree at the pond.
TnRiver46 reply :
On 8/11/2017 at 11:57 AM, hawgenvy said:Caught my first smallie ever, today! My wife and I are visiting friends in Cape Cod. Caught this guy by wading out in a bathing suit into Lake Seymour behind my friend Ron's house. Gorgeous summer afternoon. I tossed a chartreuse spinnerbait towards something busting bait in the shallows, and voila! Fun! Then we went clamming in the bay at sunset and harvested a pail full of quahogs in 20 minutes. Tomorrow we eat clams and lobstas. I like it up here!
If that's your first ever smallmouth you might want to retire! Excellent fish
TnRiver46 reply :
On 8/14/2017 at 2:31 AM, IneedAnewScreenName-334513 said:Absolute lunker on Ft. Loudon Lake
Didn't have a scale with me but she definitely looked like a easy 5 pounder.
Nice fish! I was out there yesterday myself got 3 non keeper largemouth a smallie and some white bass and a catfish
lo n slo reply :
caught seven spots this morning including this 2.44 lb gal, and yes, that's my finger in the way. it was freakin hot out there too!
long island basser reply :
Caught a bakers dozen this morning, with the largest coming on a 5 3/8 " BPS Stick-O, green pumpkin violet fleck.
5lbs 6 oz.
Team9nine reply :
Jumped a good one off today, but that's going to happen from time to time. Still managed a decent catch given the conditions - near 90 degrees with almost no wind and not enough clouds. Going to keep toying with some different setups if I get the chance.
deep reply :
Ned rig success.. sort of.
I have a ritual. Once every few months, I'll dust off my spinning rod, clean the guides, find the spinning reel, mount it on the rod, thread line through the guides, and tie on something stupid.. like a ned rig or a wacky worm or whatever.
Just to check if I still dislike spinning gear as much as I used to (few months back). It's a pretty big commitment, considering I only take 2 or 3 rods with me.
Caught 7 dinks and a 16" fish on a 1/16 oz mushroom head with a TRD in about an hour before I got tired of it.
I'll try it again after three or four months lol. Still don't like spinny poles or spinny reels.
Also caught two lean and mean bruisers.
NYWayfarer reply :
Had to see what all the fuss was about so I bought a Whopper Plopper 90 in bone color on Friday. I used it this weekend and it works! Had 2 catches, Pickerel, Smallmouth Bass and 5 blow-ups that failed to hook up.
This lure sure does get the blood pumping with adrenaline when they hit it. I am sold. Gonna get one in loon color next.
WDE reply :
Really digging the topwater frog. Booyah Pad Crasher.
UPSmallie reply :
Managed a 2.99 lb smallie this past weekend trolling a leech on a 1/8 oz gold jig. Wish the scale could have just read 3.00 but that was alright. Took a few minutes to revive, but gave a healthy tail-kick and swam off.
MichaelCopeland reply :
Well the Ol' Monster bite has officially stopped for now anyways. Been trying some of my different lures/baits to see if I can find what they really want. Got some bites here and there, but nothing committed to them except for a 3/8oz bluegill Arkie jig with about a 3" piece of a watermelon red black Strike King Shim E Stick for a trailer. I just cast it out there and kinda slowly reeled it in because there's too much along the bottom to get snagged on. It seemed to work, a little anyways. Thought I was gonna catch my first jig bass, Saturday evening, got it almost to the bank and it come off. Man I was so disappointed. Kept trying it and nothing. It was like that Sunday too. Nothing committing to anything I was throwing. I must've used every bait/lure I have or almost every one. This evening went to the smaller pond by the house hoping since I haven't been there in a few days I could catch something. Was getting skunked again and finally tied on my 1/4oz(might be 1/8oz can't remember) Strike King mini spinnerbait black and blue. Just before dark I actually caught something again. It ain't really anything to brag about other than it's my first ever spinnerbait bass. Thank you little fella for breaking it in. Now I guess I'm gonna keep throwing that mini spin or my other spinnerbait (gotta put it back in the rotation box) and my jigs to see how I do with those. Gotta learn something else when the Texas rigged worms/craws/sweet beavers/stick baits, hollow body frog etc ain't working.
Bass fishing is best reply :
Sleepless night so I hit the water earlier than ever. Caught this CT giant just before 7 am and I was pretty stunned at the size and weight, unless the look on my face doesn't say enough. This thing had a 1-2 inch under bite. I need to fish earlier more often.
Didn't get a weight on it because it was bleeding and wanted to get it back in the water ASAP, but my guess is well over 6. Swam away slow for a second then took off like a bullet. Almost as good a feeling as landing it.
Bulletman20XD reply :
Nice Fayette Co. 6 pounder
NHBull reply :
Nothing real special about this fish except that it gave no fight and basically committed suicide.
I was lifting the CB from the water and it dove on to the rear treble. My partner almost p*ssed his pants.
DubyaDee reply :
I got a couple smallies on the drop shot this weekend. Drop shot is quickly becoming my favorite summer technique.
Bluebasser86 reply :
Had pretty lackluster results on eclipse day. Only real highlight was catching a pair on a Savage Gear Shine Glide on almost back to back cast.
Guide trip Tuesday with a guy wanting some help learning the lake for an upcoming tournament. Conditions were awful, but I think I got him pointed in the right direction if he can find some like this again.
Russ E reply :
caught my personal best Smallmouth on a Shakyhead today on Wyandotte County Lake In Kansas City Kansas.
21 inches. 4lb. 4oz.
Attila reply :
Cold front smallie fun...
WolfyBrandon reply :
[August 21, 2017]
(Monday)
-----Conditions-----
Time: 6:15am - 4:30pm
Sky: Sunny + Hazy Clouds + Eclipse (Slightly Dim Afternoon)
Wind: Light Wind Morning to Strong Wind Early Afternoon to Light Wind Late Afternoon
Water Temps: 66-74F
Water Clarity: Clear (~4-10ft)
--------------------
"Day of the 2017 Eclipse"
Over the past week, Jeremy and I have been talking about fishing on this day as we were excited to see what the fishing results would be like. We both have Monday off from work as it's part of our weekend schedule, so we planned to get up early and spend most of the day fishing. The Eclipse is said to have 90% Obscuration for our area, and take place around ~10:15am - ~1:00pm. We expected some fishing pressure from the past weekend as well as possible increased activity on the lake due to the eclipse event. (Today is also the New Moon)
As it is now late August, the fall season is right around the corner. I have noticed the mornings are getting darker, and the temps getting colder. The highs still average in the mid 80's to mid 90's, but the lows are dipping down to the mid 50's to high 40's. The smoke from the wildfires has dissipated now, however farmers have begun burning fields so you can still see some smoke on the horizon. I've been thinking about seasonal patterns as the conditions are beginning to change. As the main lake begins to cool, more bass should start moving up from their deep summer area's.
We planned to fish shallow first during the early morning, and if needed we would move to deeper area's later in the day. Our first stop was a new spot that we haven't fished yet this year...
Water temp was 69F and had a bit of color to it (~4ft clarity). Upon arriving we quickly noticed a lot of surface activity from fish of various sizes, we couldn't tell if any were bass or not.
I couldn't decide on bait selection prior to this fishing trip, so I opted to wait until I was on the water to see the location and conditions first, then just adapt as needed as the day progressed.
I rigged up a 1/8oz jig head with a Zoom Fat Albert Grub (Green Pumpkin) for a confidence bait, Lucky Craft Gunfish 115 (Ghost Minnow) since I seen the surface activity, and a Strike King 1/2oz Spinnerbait (Gizzard) for a search bait since the water had a bit of color to it.
We both fished a good while without a single bite, all the while seeing surface activity all around us including behind us where we had just fished. Not even a single blowup or follower while using the Gunfish. I didn't want to do it, but out of frustration I decided to just lock the Grub in my hand and toss it to shoreline rocks and cover. I knew fish were in the area, if any of them were bass I was confident that should do the trick. Though the bite was soft, it didn't take long to put the first one in the boat...
14 & 1/2" - 1lb 06oz
The first 3 hours of our day was spent fishing that first spot, and that was the only bite... Time to move.
We headed north to one of the main lake points where the water was much clearer, deeper, with a good weed line and heavy enough wind to cause occasional white caps...
First cast to the point I instantly hooked into my 2nd bass of the day. Just a dink, but with the slow fishing this morning I'll go for some numbers...
A few minutes later, Jeremy makes a cast and hooks into a nice 3lb 3oz Largemouth...
Shortly after catching his nice bass, was when the Eclipse was starting. We watched as the daylight began to dim, and throw the ambient light off as if you were wearing a pair of lightly tinted sunglasses.
Sadly, it never got any darker than that. Fishing seemed to slow, or at least was less productive at our current location (we were on the move) so I experimented with some other baits. Tied on a Strike King 5XD in (Green Gizzard) and caught 2 more small bass, roughly the same size as the last one. After the eclipse ended, we noticed a few deer down by the waters edge getting a drink.
After that we changed locations a few more times, I caught another little dink at the first location, then hooked into my fish of the day at the second location on the 5XD...
17 & 1/2" - 2lb 01oz
Release Video
Decided to experiment with baits again and gave topwater another chance. Tied on a Rapala Skitter Pop in (Silver) and this bass torpedoed it hard twice to finally get it...
10" - 05oz
Changed locations yet again, and between the two Jeremy managed to catch two good sized pike, one being 6lb+. I caught a few more small bass for a total of 10 today, Jeremy caught a total of 7 bass (big one being fish of the day), and the two pike. At 4:30pm we had to call it and head back to the ramp...
All in all it was a good day, we managed to catch a couple of nice bass, some small ones for numbers, and two bonus pike. Would have like to see the eclipse have more of an effect on the light levels like other locations, but it is what it is. Moving around was key to get the bites we did today, would have liked to visit a few other spots but we just didn't have the time.
WolfyBrandon
Bluebasser86 reply :
hawgenvy reply :
Okay, I know this isn't a bass that 3 year old Colin caught, but since it's his first fish I thought I'd throw these photos in. This is from last week at Colin's great grandma's stocked farm pond in NH. My son in law is teaching his nephew Colin how to fish.
everythingthatswims reply :
Don't tell anyone about this. It's the latest and greatest. Key components are the 50lb braid mainline, 15lb fluoro leader connection, and a bright green 1/32oz crappie jighead for the swimbait. Patent coming soon.
IndianaFinesse reply :
On 8/24/2017 at 6:48 PM, Bluebasser86 said:
Do you like those bladed jigs in clearer (3-4 feet of visibility) water, in lakes that don't have any brush to bounce them of? They are one bait that I cane seem to catch a fish on.
everythingthatswims reply :
On 8/25/2017 at 12:05 PM, IndianaFinesse said:Do you like those bladed jigs in clearer (3-4 feet of visibility) water, in lakes that don't have any brush to bounce them of? They are one bait that I cane seem to catch a fish on.
Almost always have to be throwing them around grass to get bit in my experience. Clear/dirty doesn't matter as long as you've got grass!
Bluebasser86 reply :
On 8/25/2017 at 12:05 PM, IndianaFinesse said:Do you like those bladed jigs in clearer (3-4 feet of visibility) water, in lakes that don't have any brush to bounce them of? They are one bait that I cane seem to catch a fish on.
I don't fish them through trees. The big hook I put on them snags trees like crazy. I fish them in any water clarity, stained to mud is best though. I do well in clear water with either a naked one with a swimbait or a solid white with a chartreuse trailer. I was fishing it over grass in that video which is why I was reeling so fast and snapping the bait.
RichF reply :
Dad and I put together a 23.35lb bag for our first win with the Northern NY Bassmasters Team trail 2 weekends ago! I guess I'm a fan of the St. Lawrence and those pesky brown fish again.
Angealy reply :
Here's my two catches from today and the other day.
I've been having a real blast using a lunkerhunt froglet i received in the mail in a lucky tackle box.
I really didn't think bass in my area would eat a frog this big but i was wrong, I'm guessing i need to pick up a few more of these as they love em!
When my handful of frogs won't work or worms lunkerhunt froglet seems to do the job
everythingthatswims reply :
On 8/26/2017 at 3:17 AM, RichF said:Dad and I put together a 23.35lb bag for our first win with the Northern NY Bassmasters Team trail 2 weekends ago! I guess I'm a fan of the St. Lawrence and those pesky brown fish again.
I can't even fathom how many fish are in there. It must have big tournaments almost every weekend now, and it still kicks out tons and tons of limits, not to mention how many of those limits are over 20lbs!
MichaelCopeland reply :
Went to the Red River behind Lake Buhlow around 6:30ish this evening. Tried out my new Strike King 7/16oz midnight special spinnerbait. Took a few casts and this about a pounder or so hit it right by the boat dock I was casting from. Second spinnerbait bass and first river bass. Nothing else bit and they were about to close up the recreation area we were in. Tried a little in Buhlow but nothing doing. Unless we're getting slammed by Harvey tomorrow, I'm going back to the Red River to see if I can catch some more. Hopefully a big un!
bh91 reply :
My first whopper plopper 90 caught fish .. and Nebraska lmb at least 1.5 lbs
Scarborough817 reply :
Caught a nice 5.5 on a jig this morning
Jar11591 reply :
Air temps were at 43° when I launched this morning...summer is on it's way out. It had the bass biting though, with plenty coming to the boat including 4 on 4 consecutive casts. Found this nice one hiding under a floating dock.
MIbassyaker reply :
On 8/25/2017 at 12:05 PM, IndianaFinesse said:Do you like those bladed jigs in clearer (3-4 feet of visibility) water, in lakes that don't have any brush to bounce them of? They are one bait that I cane seem to catch a fish on.
On 8/25/2017 at 1:10 PM, everythingthatswims said:Almost always have to be throwing them around grass to get bit in my experience. Clear/dirty doesn't matter as long as you've got grass!
On 8/25/2017 at 8:45 PM, Bluebasser86 said:I don't fish them through trees. The big hook I put on them snags trees like crazy. I fish them in any water clarity, stained to mud is best though. I do well in clear water with either a naked one with a swimbait or a solid white with a chartreuse trailer. I was fishing it over grass in that video which is why I was reeling so fast and snapping the bait.
Another vote here for "clarity doesn't matter". I caught my first bladed jig bass two years ago in 10 feet of visibility with a zoom fluke trailer. I think I use them more often than spinnerbaits these days. As long as the bass willing to chase something, a bladed jig will certainly do in my area regardless of clarity, which ranges about from 15 feet to less than a foot. I don't know if "around grass" is strictly necessary, but I don't fish many places where I'm not around grass, other than rocky smallie rivers.
NHBull reply :
Jerk baits ruled this AM.....Getting to be that time of the year again
lo n slo reply :
caught 8 this morning. anchored down on my spots mostly as a good NE breeze had the water choppy, but it was pleasant, cooler. found some fish on some old familiar structure that had been abandoned for the last two months. this 18" largemouth was big fish of the day.
MichaelCopeland reply :
I tried out my new and only chatter bait I've ever owned yesterday while at the Red River. Didn't do anything. So, since I've never owned one before, I watched a video on how to fish one. I felt really stupid when I saw how to tie one on. I assumed you tie it on just like a regular jig through the eye of the jig head. Boy was I wrong...lol! Anyways I tied it on the right way today and tied my new spinnerbait on to my other rod I don't use much anymore. Went to the smaller pond by my house. Took my tackle bag with me just in case. It was lightly raining almost the whole time I was there(about 2 hours). I would cast the spinnerbait and work an area. Then do the same with the chatter bait. Nothing was really doing except for one that got off the hook of my chatter bait. I was kinda disappointed but didn't let it get me down. I got it in my mind afterwards that I was gonna catch me a bass on that chatter bait before I went home. Sure enough, just about 30 mins later this little fella finally broke it in. Again it's not much to brag about only that it's my first chatter bait bass. I was using the tail end of an Ol' Monster junebug red worm for a trailer. The worm had already given me several bass in the past and wasn't riggable anymore. So a short piece of the body and some of the tail that had been partially bitten off. I took my knife and cut it back into a point so it looked more like a tail again. May have to try a longer piece next time to see if it's more effective. Made my day though. I was fishing it like a spinnerbait, just reeling it in a little slower. Now it's raining again and really wanna go back out in it and fish some more. Don't think my girlfriend would like that too much, specially considering I've done alot of fishing the past week or so...lol. Guess I can wait a day or so to go back. Really anxious for the fall to get here. Maybe then I can catch me a big un. I'm slowly but surely learning how to use more baits/lures thanks to this site and all you great folks on here. I may not necessarily fish them like everyone else does but so far it's working for me. Thanks everyone for all the great advice and knowledge. I'm actually becoming a better bass fisherman! ?
Bass fishing is best reply :
This girl only had 1 eye, she's seen some things. It was my pleasure to hold her for a second.
lonnie g reply :
On 8/24/2017 at 1:09 PM, WolfyBrandon said:[August 21, 2017]
(Monday)
-----Conditions-----
Time: 6:15am - 4:30pm
Sky: Sunny + Hazy Clouds + Eclipse (Slightly Dim Afternoon)
Wind: Light Wind Morning to Strong Wind Early Afternoon to Light Wind Late AfternoonWater Temps: 66-74F
Water Clarity: Clear (~4-10ft)
--------------------
"Day of the 2017 Eclipse"
Over the past week, Jeremy and I have been talking about fishing on this day as we were excited to see what the fishing results would be like. We both have Monday off from work as it's part of our weekend schedule, so we planned to get up early and spend most of the day fishing. The Eclipse is said to have 90% Obscuration for our area, and take place around ~10:15am - ~1:00pm. We expected some fishing pressure from the past weekend as well as possible increased activity on the lake due to the eclipse event. (Today is also the New Moon)
As it is now late August, the fall season is right around the corner. I have noticed the mornings are getting darker, and the temps getting colder. The highs still average in the mid 80's to mid 90's, but the lows are dipping down to the mid 50's to high 40's. The smoke from the wildfires has dissipated now, however farmers have begun burning fields so you can still see some smoke on the horizon. I've been thinking about seasonal patterns as the conditions are beginning to change. As the main lake begins to cool, more bass should start moving up from their deep summer area's.
We planned to fish shallow first during the early morning, and if needed we would move to deeper area's later in the day. Our first stop was a new spot that we haven't fished yet this year...
Water temp was 69F and had a bit of color to it (~4ft clarity). Upon arriving we quickly noticed a lot of surface activity from fish of various sizes, we couldn't tell if any were bass or not.
I couldn't decide on bait selection prior to this fishing trip, so I opted to wait until I was on the water to see the location and conditions first, then just adapt as needed as the day progressed.
I rigged up a 1/8oz jig head with a Zoom Fat Albert Grub (Green Pumpkin) for a confidence bait, Lucky Craft Gunfish 115 (Ghost Minnow) since I seen the surface activity, and a Strike King 1/2oz Spinnerbait (Gizzard) for a search bait since the water had a bit of color to it.
We both fished a good while without a single bite, all the while seeing surface activity all around us including behind us where we had just fished. Not even a single blowup or follower while using the Gunfish. I didn't want to do it, but out of frustration I decided to just lock the Grub in my hand and toss it to shoreline rocks and cover. I knew fish were in the area, if any of them were bass I was confident that should do the trick. Though the bite was soft, it didn't take long to put the first one in the boat...
14 & 1/2" - 1lb 06oz
The first 3 hours of our day was spent fishing that first spot, and that was the only bite... Time to move.
We headed north to one of the main lake points where the water was much clearer, deeper, with a good weed line and heavy enough wind to cause occasional white caps...
First cast to the point I instantly hooked into my 2nd bass of the day. Just a dink, but with the slow fishing this morning I'll go for some numbers...
A few minutes later, Jeremy makes a cast and hooks into a nice 3lb 3oz Largemouth...
Shortly after catching his nice bass, was when the Eclipse was starting. We watched as the daylight began to dim, and throw the ambient light off as if you were wearing a pair of lightly tinted sunglasses.
Sadly, it never got any darker than that. Fishing seemed to slow, or at least was less productive at our current location (we were on the move) so I experimented with some other baits. Tied on a Strike King 5XD in (Green Gizzard) and caught 2 more small bass, roughly the same size as the last one. After the eclipse ended, we noticed a few deer down by the waters edge getting a drink.
After that we changed locations a few more times, I caught another little dink at the first location, then hooked into my fish of the day at the second location on the 5XD...
17 & 1/2" - 2lb 01oz
Release Video
Decided to experiment with baits again and gave topwater another chance. Tied on a Rapala Skitter Pop in (Silver) and this bass torpedoed it hard twice to finally get it...
10" - 05oz
Changed locations yet again, and between the two Jeremy managed to catch two good sized pike, one being 6lb+. I caught a few more small bass for a total of 10 today, Jeremy caught a total of 7 bass (big one being fish of the day), and the two pike. At 4:30pm we had to call it and head back to the ramp...
All in all it was a good day, we managed to catch a couple of nice bass, some small ones for numbers, and two bonus pike. Would have like to see the eclipse have more of an effect on the light levels like other locations, but it is what it is. Moving around was key to get the bites we did today, would have liked to visit a few other spots but we just didn't have the time.
WolfyBrandon
beautiful scenery! looks like you had a nice day on the water, great pics!
Master Bait'r reply :
Took the day off from important things for some even more important things...
boostr reply :
3lbr
SummertimeCarl reply :
Got my first "keeper" sized largemouth in months yesterday. Tried chatterbaits, spinnerbaits, and swimbaits but can only seem to catch them on texas rigs.
Attila reply :
Caught a bunch of these guys today...nothing of any real size though. Going to be busy the next couple of weeks so am going to take a hiatus until mid-September.
MichaelCopeland reply :
On 8/30/2017 at 2:42 AM, SummertimeCarl said:Got my first "keeper" sized largemouth in months yesterday. Tried chatterbaits, spinnerbaits, and swimbaits but can only seem to catch them on texas rigs.
I know what you mean. Texas rigs do seem to get the job done when nothing else will. Don't give up on the chatterbaits and spinnerbait though, it'll happen for you. It did for me. One day I hope to have caught a bass with every bait/lure I have. Don't have any swimbaits. Guess I should get some and see how I can do with them. Nice catch by the way!
A-Jay reply :
Flipped a few today ~
Bluebasser86 reply :
Took a few days off this weekend just because, had some pretty decent fishing the couple times I made it out too.
NYWayfarer reply :
On 8/30/2017 at 6:17 PM, Bluebasser86 said:Took a few days off this weekend just because, had some pretty decent fishing the couple times I made it out too.
Now that is what I call some productive time off.
lo n slo reply :
didn't get on the water til around 10 but the bite was good today. caught an even dozen including this bonus 20" largemouth that tipped the scales at just over 4 lbs. she hit a Zoom U tail worm, in green pumpkin magic, on a brush pile in 17' of water.
A-Jay reply :
Late Summer Slaunch ~ !
WDE reply :
A day of firsts. 1. "Catching" a fish on a jerkbait(I never use). 2. Foul hooking two fish(I believe these are gizzard shad) in one day. Very odd.
And a little guy off the black/blue flake Senko.
Bluebasser86 reply :
On 8/31/2017 at 8:21 AM, WDE said:A day of firsts. 1. "Catching" a fish on a jerkbait(I never use). 2. Foul hooking two fish(I believe these are gizzard shad) in one day. Very odd.
Around here, those are the size shad you want to be fishing around, because that's where the big bass want to be.
Steveo-1969 reply :
On 8/31/2017 at 5:43 AM, A-Jay said:Late Summer Slounch ~ !
A-Jay
Would that fish qualify as a "Slaunch Donkey"? I'm not sure because I will never catch a smallie that big.....
A-Jay reply :
On 8/31/2017 at 10:01 PM, Steveo-1969 said:
Would that fish qualify as a "Slaunch Donkey"? I'm not sure because I will never catch a smallie that big.....
Probably ~ and thank you for helping me with my spelling . . .
A-Jay
Steveo-1969 reply :
On 8/31/2017 at 10:16 PM, A-Jay said:
Probably ~ and thank you for helping me with my spelling . . .
A-Jay
Zona probably can't spell it either!!!!
MTPanda reply :
When your froggin game is so on point...
I caught a few off the frog at a new lake I was exploring and was hammered by this guy right when I tossed my frog onto shore.
I actually did get a few bass off the frog. heh
Here's one off the jig
And one off the D Shad
lo n slo reply :
git r done in the jon boat
Ktho reply :
Lightning abated at 5:45am to let me launch and do battle with high winds settling and calming into 109 heat. Managed a couple deep structure jig fish.
WDE reply :
On 8/31/2017 at 1:48 PM, Bluebasser86 said:Around here, those are the size shad you want to be fishing around, because that's where the big bass want to be.
Fish were a bit 'off' yesterday because of this today(or I assume). The bass I grabbed was by the lamppost in the background, I'd be knee deep if it was today.
Bass_Fishing_Socal reply :
Finally something to write home about. I've been on a quest with one rod-reel and a bag of Fluke for the past week. I caught some here and there but all dinks.
Today which I normally don't fish but since I had rod-reel in my truck so I stopped at the park I hardly fish. Caught total of 3 keeper size fish in one hour until I lost that Fluke and headed home.
Im not sure the weight on this fish but I don't think it top my PB @ 5.7lbs.
boostr reply :
PB 5 1/2 lb New Jersey Cow
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And this sad excuse
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Bass fishing is best reply :
Fished yesterday in a shallow spot that I didn't have too much hope for. First cast hooked this nice 2.5 lber but saw a much bigger fish trailing it. Laughed at my luck but couldn't have been happier to hold her for a second. I know well enough that you never catch the bigger fish once you hook the smaller one. Oh well what could have been.
Second cast I got the larger fish.
Most epic first casts in my 30 years of fishing. Too bad the next 100 yielded nothing and I went home an hour earlier happy as can be thinking about the first 2.
MichaelCopeland reply :
On 9/2/2017 at 11:13 AM, fatmaple said:Fished yesterday in a shallow spot that I didn't have too much hope for. First cast hooked this nice 2.5 lber but saw a much bigger fish trailing it. Laughed at my luck but couldn't have been happier to hold her for a second. I know well enough that you never catch the bigger fish once you hook the smaller one. Oh well what could have been.
Second cast I got the larger fish.
Most epic first casts in my 30 years of fishing. Too bad the next 100 yielded nothing and I went home an hour earlier happy as can be thinking about the first 2.
Guess there's an exception to every rule. Great job of catching the bigger one too!
Bass_Fishing_Socal reply :
On 9/2/2017 at 10:06 AM, boostr said:PB 5 1/2 lb New Jersey Cow
And this sad excuse
Congrat man.
boostr reply :
On 9/2/2017 at 11:38 AM, JustJames said:Congrat man.
Thanks JJ
Angealy reply :
After what felt like hours of tying on most of my tackle and not getting a single bite i felt like heading home.
But before i did, I gave it one final shot and rigged up a bullet weight t-rig with a green watermelon color yum dinger thinking "Why not?, I haven't used this today"
Bingo!
My first bass of the day was like playing cat and mouse, I watched as this same bass went back to the same spot i was casting to after getting off the hook two times just for my worm, Talk about being determined.
Cast 1:Hooked, Lost.
Cast 2:Hooked, Lost. "Blood is boiling at this point because i want this fish regardless of weight and size lol"
Cast 3:Hooked and she was not getting away this time.
Bass number two went much better>Threw out let it sink and felt first bump/saw my line go in another direction and set the hook.
This bass jumped in the air many times till the grass was on top of her and after getting all that slop off of her to unhook her she ended up breaking off one side of her mouth/jaw off allowing the hook to fall off.
I wanted to get a picture but didn't want to hurt the fish so i put her back into the lake and packed up.
boostr reply :
On 9/2/2017 at 12:54 PM, Angealy said:After what felt like hours of tying on most of my tackle and not getting a single bite i felt like heading home.
But before i did, I gave it one final shot and rigged up a bullet weight t-rig with a green watermelon color yum dinger thinking "Why not?, I haven't used this today"
Bingo!
My first bass of the day was like playing cat and mouse, I watched as this same bass went back to the same spot i was casting to after getting off the hook two times just for my worm, Talk about being determined.
Cast 1:Hooked, Lost.
Cast 2:Hooked, Lost. "Blood is boiling at this point because i want this fish regardless of weight and size lol"
Cast 3:Hooked and she was not getting away this time.
Bass number two went much better>Threw out let it sink and felt first bump/saw my line go in another direction and set the hook.
This bass jumped in the air many times till the grass was on top of her and after getting all that slop off of her to unhook her she ended up breaking off one side of her mouth/jaw off allowing the hook to fall off.
I wanted to get a picture but didn't want to hurt the fish so i put her back into the lake and packed up.
Just keep the rod tip down and your line tight to keep the fish from jumping to much.
Those are the best fish. I caught a fatty similarly with the "Ooh, let me try here before I go"
Swbass15 reply :
new pb went 4.45 caught on a tube @ 930 in the morning. Had been a slow bite, saw some shad skipping and threw my tube in behind them. I thought I hooked a tree when I set the hook and the she jumped and bout had a coronary. Anchored my limit of 8.33 and big bass. Can't wait to break 5lbs now!!!
fishwizzard reply :
I have been in a dropshot frenzy for the last few weeks. I have been catching more and bigger fish now then I have all year. On friday morning I hit a local pond and immediately hooked up with a little pounder.
In an hour or so I managed 1 more around that size and two more right around 2lbs, with this being the nicest one.
I got two more dinks and decided that since the larger fish both came very tight to the wall, I would re-fish the spot I started but a bit slower and closer to the wall.
That paid off and I almost immediately I hooked into this fella;
A three pound bass is pretty good for this place and this was likely the best bass I have ever pulled out of it. Or it was the best, as maybe 10min later I got this one;
This is maybe a pound heavier than anything I have regularly caught here. At this point I don't know if I will ever put the dropshot rod down.
All of my bass came on a 6" Marten's Madness Roboworm on a 1/0 Gamay Finesse Cover hook. Incredibly, I got my first five fish on a single worm.
I had never seen on so worn, I usually loose one every fish when with other hooks.
Team9nine reply :
Keeping it simple on a cool, post-front day. Pond hopping with a couple baits stuffed in a pocket, along with just 1 outfit. A lot better quality than I expected given the conditions. A brief warmup starts tomorrow before the next front moves in.
everythingthatswims reply :
Decided to leave WVU to visit my friends back home on labor day weekend
MichaelCopeland reply :
Well I'm starting to get the hang of my new Lew's American Hero baitcaster. Still have some getting used to considering I've never used or owned one before. Was hoping I'd have a bass pic to post catching it on it. Not today. However I do have a first to post. My girlfriend and I went to Buhlow Lake this evening and using my Lew's spinning rod and a 1/4oz black and blue Strike King swim jig with one of my new black and blue Arkie crawfish jig trailers I caught this little fella marking my first ever jig bass. One of these days I'm gonna be able to post a pic of a big un regardless of what I catch it on. Hoping tomorrow is that day as my girlfriend and I are going to Valentine Lake in Gardner, Louisiana. Gotta get some more practice in on my new baitcaster too. ?
Angealy reply :
On 9/3/2017 at 1:48 PM, MichaelCopeland said:Well I'm starting to get the hang of my new Lew's American Hero baitcaster.
Ah yes, I remember when i went through "Getting used to my bait caster"
My advice: You want to have your bait caster tuned and keep it that way very important!
You can do this if you fallow the tips below.
1.Adjusting your spool tension knob to match the lure you will be using.
Remember, Not every lure weights the same so you you will be adjusting your spool tension every time you switch out a lure till it's tuned right.
Personally, I like to have mine set to slowly drop or not drop at all.
By doing this i can cast out and as soon as my lure hits the water/ground it won't bird's nest and the spool stops itself.
2.Adjusting your breaks, In your case you want it on the highest setting as you are starting out.
But you may adjust your breaks later if you want but that's up to you.
Personally, I like to keep mine on the highest and still do today, I like it this way but your mileage may vary.
3.When start out using your baitcaster you won't be able to cast out very far and you'll feel like you don't know how to fish but if you stick with it and don't give up you'll find yourself sooner or later making those longer and accurate cast.
I used to not be able to cast out very far and now i can cast out as far and accurate just as good as my friend using spinning setup.
MichaelCopeland reply :
On 9/3/2017 at 11:15 PM, Angealy said:Ah yes, I remember when i went through "Getting used to my bait caster"
My advice: You want to have your bait caster tuned and keep it that way very important!
You can do this if you fallow the tips below.
1.Adjusting your spool tension knob to match the lure you will be using.
Remember, Not every lure weights the same so you you will be adjusting your spool tension every time you switch out a lure till it's tuned right.
Personally, I like to have mine set to slowly drop or not drop at all.
By doing this i can cast out and as soon as my lure hits the water/ground it won't bird's nest and the spool stops itself.
2.Adjusting your breaks, In your case you want it on the highest setting as you are starting out.
But you may adjust your breaks later if you want but that's up to you.
Personally, I like to keep mine on the highest and still do today, I like it this way but your mileage may vary.
3.When start out using your baitcaster you won't be able to cast out very far and you'll feel like you don't know how to fish but if you stick with it and don't give up you'll find yourself sooner or later making those longer and accurate cast.
I used to not be able to cast out very far and now i can cast out as far and accurate just as good as my friend using spinning setup.
Thanks for the advice. I believe I have it pretty well tuned in for my chatter bait. I went to the smaller pond by the house a little while ago and only got one little backlash that's because my lure caught hold of a tall weed as I casted. Took only a second or two to undo. Distance is good enough for me right now just the accuracy thing is a bit harder to get down. I'm not backing down though. I'm gonna learn how to use it as good or better than my spinning gear.
MichaelCopeland reply :
Baitcaster is officially broke in, catching a bass with it that is! Haven't been to Valentine Lake yet today. Family things come up and delayed it for a bit. So I went to the smaller pond by my house only taking my Lew's spinning rod and my new Lew's baitcaster. 3/8oz white Z-Man chatter bait with a sprayed grass Reaction Innovations sweet beaver tied on to baitcaster and a 1/4oz black and blue Strike King swim jig with an black and blue Arkie crawfish jig trailer tied onto my spinning rod. I was alternating between the two to see what the bass wanted. No bites on the jig and got one bite on the chatter bait. So I tossed it out there more. Finally got a solid bite on it and brought in this little fella marking my first ever baitcaster bass. It looks like a turtle or something took a bite out of him down towards the tail. Not sure though. Kinda sucks all my firsts are little ones but at least I caught them. Been getting a lot of firsts here lately, thanks to this site and all you awesome folks on here. So glad I joined this site. Thanks a million everyone! ?
Angealy reply :
It looks like your doing great if i do say so myself!
MichaelCopeland reply :
@Angealy thank you sir! Baitcaster strikes again! My girlfriend and I went to Valentine Lake for almost 2 hours and not even a bite. Very disappointing. So we left and stopped at Sonic to get a shake and headed to Buhlow Lake. Wasn't much happening there and it was a little too hot for my girlfriend but I noticed a spot that I like to fish from had become vacant. So we drove down to it and my girlfriend stayed in the car in the shade. Even though the spot I was going to was fairly shaded too, she didn't feel like walking over to it from the road. I told her I wouldn't be long unless some bass catching was going on. I only took my baitcaster with me with the white chatter bait/sprayed grass sweet beaver trailer tied on. No tackle bag or anything else. About my fifth or sixth cast got a hold of this about a pound or so bass. Continued to cast a few more times to see if anything else was biting but the trailer didn't want to stay on. That happened earlier also after catching the little guy I posted a few hours ago. Sucks those things only last for one catch using as a trailer. Is there something I can do to keep the trailer put so as to stop this from happening? Anyways, third day learning a baitcaster I seem to have it dialed in pretty good for a 3/8oz chatter bait with a sweet beaver trailer, didn't have any backlashes or birdnests. That makes me happy and I caught two bass with it too! Still no big un but it was a great day regardless.
MichaelCopeland reply :
Another one for the baitcaster/white chatter bait/sprayed grass sweet beaver combo. Could be my new PB. Didn't have a scale but it felt bigger than any of the other bass I've caught. I'm guessing 3lbs.
lo n slo reply :
took the Javelin out on Lake Norman, early this Labor Day morning, for the first time since June. but by 10 it was time to put in on the trailer. too many people! geez louise. smh. caught 7 spots including this one at 17".
Ktho reply :
Caught a monster today pitching the tule reeds. For the curious I got it on a Dbomb, 3/0 ewg, 3/8 tungsten bullet weight and straight 50# maxcuatro braid.
Bassin' Brad reply :
This small but chunky bass fell for a chartreuse with black back square bill while I was bouncing it off of rocks. Caught half a dozen more that was smaller. This small lake is recovering from a bad drought and is coming back nicely.
MichaelCopeland reply :
I lost my white chatter bait just a little while ago to a low hanging tree branch that I was trying to cast on the edge of. Lost the battle and had to cut it off. Oh well the main reason for this post is before I lost my chatter bait I finally got me a big un(a big un to me). My new PB! This girl is every bit of 4lbs. Was alot heavier than the one I caught earlier. She put up a bit of a fight but I got her in. Caught her on the red bug Ol' Monster out in the middle of the sunlit smaller pond here by the house. Glad I decided to cast out there. My original PB was 2+lbs and today I broke that twice! What an awesome day this has been! ?
lonnie g reply :
On 9/3/2017 at 5:22 AM, Swbass15 said:
CONGRATS ON THE NEW P.B. ! nice fish!
On 9/5/2017 at 7:01 AM, MichaelCopeland said:I lost my white chatter bait just a little while ago to a low hanging tree branch that I was trying to cast on the edge of. Lost the battle and had to cut it off. Oh well the main reason for this post is before I lost my chatter bait I finally got me a big un(a big un to me). My new PB! This girl is every bit of 4lbs. Was alot heavier than the one I caught earlier. She put up a bit of a fight but I got her in. Caught her on the red bug Ol' Monster out in the middle of the sunlit smaller pond here by the house. Glad I decided to cast out there. My original PB was 2+lbs and today I broke that twice! What an awesome day this has been! ?
great big congrats! new p.b. is always fun ,nice fish
On 9/5/2017 at 4:32 AM, Ktho said:Caught a monster today pitching the tule reeds. For the curious I got it on a Dbomb, 3/0 ewg, 3/8 tungsten bullet weight and straight 50# maxcuatro braid.
nice pig ! hope she has a twin!!
On 9/5/2017 at 12:58 AM, lo n slo said:took the Javelin out on Lake Norman, early this Labor Day morning, for the first time since June. but by 10 it was time to put in on the trailer. too many people! geez louise. smh. caught 7 spots including this one at 17".
what!!! you don't like the ski boat boogie , while trying not to fall out of the boat 
lonnie g reply :
On 9/3/2017 at 12:19 PM, everythingthatswims said:
Decided to leave WVU to visit my friends back home on labor day weekend
would deffinatly like to meet those friends!!fishing beats homework any day!
hawgenvy reply :
On 9/5/2017 at 4:32 AM, Ktho said:Caught a monster today pitching the tule reeds. For the curious I got it on a Dbomb, 3/0 ewg, 3/8 tungsten bullet weight and straight 50# maxcuatro braid.
Did you weigh that pig?
Ktho reply :
On 9/5/2017 at 10:24 AM, hawgenvy said:Did you weigh that pig?
I didn't. I don't typically weigh fish so didn't have a scale with me. It was a solid one for sure, probably up there somewhere good. It looked and felt bigger than an 8 I weighed a while back.
hawgenvy reply :
Went out tonight bank fishing a local pond from 7 to 8 pm and caught this 6+ on my last cast, as the sky became dark. I was tossing a Menace grub, and at first I was hopping it back slowly. I caught a bunch of dinks that way, kind of finessing the bait, because in the summer here fish are often shy. But on my final cast, just for the hell of it, I burned it back really fast -- and this pig slammed it hard!
PAbasser927 reply :
Caught my first fish on our "new to us" bass boat that my brother and I have been restoring all summer. It also happened to be my PB! Tipped the scales at just over 3.5 lbs. Great way to break in the boat!
boostr reply :
On 9/5/2017 at 12:58 AM, lo n slo said:took the Javelin out on Lake Norman, early this Labor Day morning, for the first time since June. but by 10 it was time to put in on the trailer. too many people! geez louise. smh. caught 7 spots including this one at 17".
Same here, way to many people, I was only out for 3 hours. Did hit a back creek that was nice and calm but the weather churned up the lake so bad I couldnt see anything in the water... Also think the lake was turning, the water temperature was @ 61*.
NYWayfarer reply :
My Father In-Law and I had a record day of doubling up on Saturday. Three times we doubled up on Smallmouth and then we had a double when he caught a Smallmouth and I got a Redbreast Sunfish. We were using Zoom Salty Tubes and finesse TRD's
everythingthatswims reply :
Visited a couple more friends this Sunday in Virginia before I came back to WVU. One of which was a minority not often seen in Virginia.
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Team9nine reply :
Still on a solid bite here in Indiana. Picked up a few more on a short trip Monday before a line of storms moved through the area. Cooler weather also has the crappie bite picking up, so trips have been back and forth between those two species - hard to pick one over the other. Good problem to have
MichaelCopeland reply :
On 9/5/2017 at 10:41 AM, hawgenvy said:Went out tonight bank fishing a local pond from 7 to 8 pm and caught this 6+ on my last cast, as the sky became dark. I was tossing a Menace grub, and at first I was hopping it back slowly. I caught a bunch of dinks that way, kind of finessing the bait, because in the summer here fish are often shy. But on my final cast, just for the hell of it, I burned it back really fast -- and this pig slammed it hard!
They starting to get more active. Here lately the only way I've been able to catch em is either snailing an Ol' Monster back to me or burning a chatter bait back. Both ways got me two big uns yesterday. Heckuva catch and on your last cast at that. Nice! Bass!
On 9/5/2017 at 10:46 PM, PAbasser927 said:Caught my first fish on our "new to us" bass boat that my brother and I have been restoring all summer. It also happened to be my PB! Tipped the scales at just over 3.5 lbs. Great way to break in the boat!
Congratulations on your PB and first bass caught off your new to you bass boat! ?
Angealy reply :
On 9/5/2017 at 7:01 AM, MichaelCopeland said:I lost my white chatter bait just a little while ago to a low hanging tree branch that I was trying to cast on the edge of. Lost the battle and had to cut it off. Oh well the main reason for this post is before I lost my chatter bait I finally got me a big un(a big un to me). My new PB! This girl is every bit of 4lbs. Was alot heavier than the one I caught earlier. She put up a bit of a fight but I got her in. Caught her on the red bug Ol' Monster out in the middle of the sunlit smaller pond here by the house. Glad I decided to cast out there. My original PB was 2+lbs and today I broke that twice! What an awesome day this has been! ?
Man you are killing it with this white chatter bait and even caught a four pound on it!
I love seeing you do so well with this one lure and I'm considering picking one up after never using one before.
The last time i got baits or lures was a few months ago.
I happened to be at a local walmart that day and decided to look, I found a yum box for 10$ and decided it was worth it.
Saturday morning i woke up early, grabbed my gear and headed to my local private lake and fished it for about two hours and ended up killing it all from the bank.
I killed it with lizards then the bites stopped, Switched to a june bug ribbontail and landed my first five pound bass!
After that i got a picture of her, released her and headed back home.
Mind you these were two different plastics i never used/rigged before and it was nice to be catching fish on em.
I guess what i'm trying to say is keep doing what you are doing!
MichaelCopeland reply :
On 9/6/2017 at 9:54 AM, Angealy said:Man you are killing it with this white chatter bait and even caught a four pound on it!
I love seeing you do so well with this one lure and I'm considering picking one up after never using one before.
The last time i got baits or lures was a few months ago.
I happened to be at a local walmart that day and decided to look, I found a yum box for 10$ and decided it was worth it.
Saturday morning i woke up early, grabbed my gear and headed to my local private lake and fished it for about two hours and ended up killing it all from the bank.
I killed it with lizards then the bites stopped, Switched to a june bug ribbontail and landed my first five pound bass!
After that i got a picture of her, released her and headed back home.
Mind you these were two different plastics i never used/rigged before and it was nice to be catching fish on em.
I guess what i'm trying to say is keep doing what you are doing!
Thanks man! I actually caught the 4lber with a weightless weedless Texas rigged red bug Ol' Monster. I did catch the 3lber with the white chatter bait. Unfortunately I lost that bait in a low hanging tree branch. That's when I called it quits for the day. What all was in the Yum box you bought? Whatever it was sounds like you're killing em too. Nice to see you doing well out there. The fall season is practically here and they're getting more active so we all should be catching bunches and big uns too. Post up that pic of the 5lb big girl and brag about it...lol! ?
Bluebasser86 reply :
Didn't do a lot of fishing on my days off this week with the holiday, but I still made it out for a couple shorter trips to avoid the crowds. Took my son out again on Monday, and my parents (Papa and Nana as my son calls them), went along with us so Lake could show them his fishing skills.
Tuesday was just me for a few hours in the morning. I got started off with a bang, sight fishing this one with a wacky rigged 4" stick worm as she cruised the shoreline.
Swbass15 reply :
@Bluebasser86 love that lil guys smile! Nothing better than that reminded me of when my daughter caught her first one this summer. Awesome weekend!
Bulletman20XD reply :
Fishing with little guys is priceless!!
WDE reply :
Got out for a few minutes this morning, a rare event for me. Pretty uneventful, figured I missed the morning bite. Decided to revisit a spot that gave me nothing earlier. Dropped a crankbait right on this one's head, as soon as it hit the water she was on. Fought like a champ, 4.1lbs. Had to wade out to knee deep water to pull her out of some reeds.
This is basically the only true access point to this pond without walking around through the woods(which I'm not going to do during snake season).
YoTone reply :
decided to take a few casts after work and got this 5lb on a black buzzbait on the second cast.
hawgenvy reply :
The drive home from work today was eerily quiet. Traffic was strangely light, and for a change the drivers were not speeding or zig-zagging. People must have been trying to conserve gas ahead of Hurricane Irma. Later, at a gathering at our neighbor's house all were nervous, checking the forecast every few minutes: Irma inching ever closer. Most of the neighbors drinking more than usual. Later my wife started moving stuff around our shuttered up house, just to stay busy. I guess I was on edge, too. So, naturally, I grabbed a good rod and some Rage Tail Menace Grubs and headed out to a pond. Only one fish tonight, a feisty 4.2 that smashed the bait the instant it entered the water. As if she saw it coming. That fish will give me something to think about tomorrow and the next day, as the monster approaches.
Ktho reply :
Got invited to fish at a private lake and the fish made the long drive worth it
Bass fishing is best reply :
@hawgenvy
All my best wishes to you and everyone in the storms path, that includes some of my family. You all down there have some good practice at hurricanin' and some of the best response people when it comes to this. Be safe.
Those Florida bass are no joke, every pic you post is a monster.
Bass_Fishing_Socal reply :
Yeah @hawgenvy don't think just get out as soon as you can no matter you are in zone a b or c.
Bass_Fishing_Socal reply :
Not giant but not too bad today, again all on Magnum Fluke.
Video
12poundbass reply :
On 9/7/2017 at 11:40 AM, YoTone said:decided to take a few casts after work and got this 5lb on a black buzzbait on the second cast.
You sure that's ONLY 5lbs? Looks like another pound or 2 should be added. Either way "she's a beaut. Clark"
Russ E reply :
On 9/9/2017 at 6:15 AM, 12poundbass said:You sure that's ONLY 5lbs? Looks like another pound or 2 should be added. Either way "she's a beaut. Clark"
I agree that is a toad
MichaelCopeland reply :
Yesterday morning before work we went to Wally World and I bought a new Z-Man white chatter bait to replace the one I lost Monday. After work I went to the bigger pond by the house and the new baitcaster/white chatter bait/sprayed grass sweet beaver combo did it again. Was the only one I caught but she was in the 3lb range. Liked to never got the hook out. Had to take my pliers and crimp the barb on the hook to get it out. All is good though she swam away just fine. Loving the cooler weather. Hoping it stays like this for a while. I'm on vacation this coming week so I'll be doing a lot of fishing and hopefully a lot of posting pics as long as they're worthy. Not posting any more dinks...lol! ?
Team9nine reply :
Miss getting the boat out on the lake whenever I want, but have to admit these small lakes/ponds are doing a good job keeping my mind occupied. Another bank walking excursion after work tonight. Here's a few...
MichaelCopeland reply :
On 9/9/2017 at 10:40 AM, Team9nine said:Miss getting the boat out on the lake whenever I want, but have to admit these small lakes/ponds are doing a good job keeping my mind occupied. Another bank walking excursion after work tonight. Here's a few...
Wow you're killing em from the bank! Those are some pretty big bass. What you been catching em with?
YoTone reply :
the scale read 5.0 on the dot so it is what it is.
anytime the scale reads a 5 as its first number ill never be disappointed at a fish i caught.
Team9nine reply :
On 9/9/2017 at 11:45 AM, MichaelCopeland said:Wow you're killing em from the bank! Those are some pretty big bass. What you been catching em with?
Ned Rig and similar finesse variations...
MichaelCopeland reply :
On 9/9/2017 at 11:06 PM, Team9nine said:
Ned Rig and similar finesse variations...
I need to read up some more and watch more videos on the ned rig. I hear alot about the effectiveness of it, just haven't tried it yet. I guess mainly because I don't have the required tackle and/or lure/bait to rig it.
Russ E reply :
On 9/9/2017 at 11:22 PM, MichaelCopeland said:I need to read up some more and watch more videos on the ned rig. I hear alot about the effectiveness of it, just haven't tried it yet. I guess mainly because I don't have the required tackle and/or lure/bait to rig it.
It is not always the best technique for big fish, but it is hard to beat for numbers.
the beauty of the ned rig is its simplicity. a medium or medium light spinning rod.
get some mushroom heads in 1/6 oz. (1/15 oz. if you buy z man heads) and a few z man TRD's, .
in a pinch you can cut any stick bait in half and catch fish.
do a search on the web for Ned Kehdes' blog. The bait /technique is named after him.
the technique is actually called midwest finesse. Ned rig is just the bait .
It is an extremely easy and productive technique.
If I am introducing someone to bass fishing the ned rig is what we use.
Jar11591 reply :
Home state PB - 6 pounds 3 ounces northern beast.
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MichaelCopeland reply :
On 9/10/2017 at 1:39 AM, Jar11591 said:Home state PB - 6 pounds 3 ounces northern beast.
Congratulations on the home state PB! Nice big girl!
Ksam1234 reply :
Today' was a great day! Been getting discouraged by all the dinks lately and lucky enough a goose hunter had some details about a 35 acre pond close to where I was fishing .. didn't know much about it but a change of scenery is always nice .. well hell yeah it was! Great morning in New York with nice 4 lb 7 oz girl.
CroakHunter reply :
Won our fall tourney yesterday 21lb 13oz 3 over 18 inches, 3 under 18 inches (tourney rules) . Also won big bass. 6lb 11oz.
Jar11591 reply :
Man I love fall fishing. Another great day on the water. This one nailed a spinner bait as I ripped it through some grass.
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Ktho reply :
The pitch bite in the reeds is still going on at one of the lakes, had fun getting back on em. Big fish went just under 4 1/2lb.
NYWayfarer reply :
On 9/10/2017 at 1:39 AM, Jar11591 said:Home state PB - 6 pounds 3 ounces northern beast.
Awesome fish! You are doing our home state proud right there.
lonnie g reply :
On 9/10/2017 at 1:39 AM, Jar11591 said:Home state PB - 6 pounds 3 ounces northern beast.
congrats on the P.B. nice fish!
On 9/6/2017 at 3:07 PM, Bluebasser86 said:Didn't do a lot of fishing on my days off this week with the holiday, but I still made it out for a couple shorter trips to avoid the crowds. Took my son out again on Monday, and my parents (Papa and Nana as my son calls them), went along with us so Lake could show them his fishing skills.
Tuesday was just me for a few hours in the morning. I got started off with a bang, sight fishing this one with a wacky rigged 4" stick worm as she cruised the shoreline.
GO LAKE!! new and up coming pro!!
On 9/9/2017 at 6:15 AM, 12poundbass said:You sure that's ONLY 5lbs? Looks like another pound or 2 should be added. Either way "she's a beaut. Clark"
what a fat girl! very nice!!
lo n slo reply :
On 9/10/2017 at 1:39 AM, Jar11591 said:Home state PB - 6 pounds 3 ounces northern beast.
git r done
MichaelCopeland reply :
Well I bought some Berkley Havoc watermelon candy craw fatties to use for trailers on my chatter baits until I can get some more sprayed grass sweet beavers. Not impressed with them so far. Put one on my white chatter bait and went fishing this morning, no bites. So I put one of my new bait fish colored super flukes on it, still no bites. Now I'm not impressed with the new super flukes either. Came home to get a few things done around here that needed done. Afterwards I changed out my white chatter bait and tied on the black and blue one, put the craw fatty on for a trailer. Went fishing again this afternoon and still no bites. Now I'm frustrated with the craw fatties. Even though I wasn't impressed with the new super flukes either I said what the heck and put one on my black and blue chatter bait anyways. First cast about 40' out(I know that's not major distance but it is far for me at the moment as I'm still learning my new baitcaster). As soon as it hit the water this about 3lb big girl chomps it down. I'm really loving my new baitcaster because I was able to set that hook from that distance with no problem at all. She put up a little bit of a fight and kinda jumped too even though I had my rod tip down. Got her reeled in, took pics, unhooked her and set her free. She was the only thing I caught today but she was pic worthy. ?
A-Jay reply :
Personal Best Smallmouth this morning ~ 7.29 lbs.
Senko lover reply :
On 9/13/2017 at 5:35 AM, A-Jay said:Personal Best Smallmouth this morning ~ 7.29 lbs.
Report to follow.A-Jay
Congrats! PB's are always a blast.
(Sorry Ajay - couldn't resist. One hell of a fish, man.)
Jar11591 reply :
The bite has been ON FIRE for me lately. Hit the lake after work today and I crushed them on a LiveTarget frog. I was skipping the frog as far back under the over-hanging trees as I could and they were clobbering it. Big fish was 3-11, but man the action was non stop. My thumbs are torn up!
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Attila reply :
On 9/13/2017 at 5:35 AM, A-Jay said:Personal Best Smallmouth this morning ~ 7.29 lbs.
Report to follow.A-Jay
Dang bro, that's a tank and a half! Beauty fish!
I'll be focusing on jerkbaits this fall...just like I've been doing all summer...lol Caught a number of healthy fish on the Shadow Rap and Shadow Rap Shad today, beautiful day to be out and about. Caught some bonus fish too, check out the other species thread.
Bluebasser86 reply :
Yesterday was a "Persistence pays off", kind of day. Struggled really bad for the better part of the morning. Did a bunch of stupid stuff that wasn't working for way too long, before I finally settled down and started doing what I should have been doing all day. I had the bite to have close to or over a 20lb bag for the day, but it was my first good bite of the day and I hit her way harder than I needed to with a fairly small hook and light braid, popped the line on the hookset.
boostr reply :
On 9/13/2017 at 5:35 AM, A-Jay said:Personal Best Smallmouth this morning ~ 7.29 lbs.
Report to follow.A-Jay
WDE reply :
I love it when things work out the way it should. Caught both of these fish on wacky rigged worms. Black/blue flake Senko, black/blue Yumdinger. Both fish were caught in a single cast after crashing the bank on shad just feet away from me. Pulled the first one in right as I arrived to the pond. I caught the second when I was walking out after I had "retired" for the day.
They're not large by any sense of the word--1-2lbs(if I'm being generous)--but after a year straight of fishing 3-4 times a week, it's nice to see that I'm getting the hang of it(again).
Ktho reply :
Got a solid topwater fish and found some fish staging ready for the fall bite.
MichaelCopeland reply :
Ok I know I said I wouldn't post any more pics of dinks, but I have to make exceptions when it comes to firsts. Been having a bit of a harder time locating the bass in the ponds here by the house the last couple days. Still haven't really found them. I've been fishing the smaller pond because it has more accessible bank to fish from. I'd say I'm able to fish about 75-85% of that pond. I figure the bass have been in the 15-25% I can't really get to easily or without a boat/kayak. Anyways yesterday afternoon I was throwing an RT379 Rat-L-Trap covering as much of the pond as I could. Finally I was about to call it quits when I just bombed it out in the middle about 30 or 40 yards, I was using my spinning gear. I was burning it back and had just started reeling, about 3 or 4 turns of the handle, when this little guy hit it pretty hard. I thought it was gonna be bigger than it was because of how hard it was hit. I didn't give him any slack and just continuously reeled him in, didn't want to take a chance of losing him. Got him to the bank, took pics, unhooked him and let him go. The only thing to brag about is I finally caught a bass on a bait that is mass produced where I work and thought it was pretty awesome. My first Rat-L-Trap bass! Guess when it comes to firsts it doesn't matter if it's a dink or a hawg or anywhere in between. A first is a first and requires recognition, in my opinion anyways. ?
lo n slo reply :
took the jon boat out this morning. it was nice and cloudy, temps in the 60's (swt low 70's), and a good SW breeze. perfect. caught around 15, (half of them came from a big school i stumbled across), but this healthy 18" spot was the first one of the day. she was in 10' fow on a slow tapering point at the mouth of a small cove and hit a Zoom U tail worm in junebug.
MichaelCopeland reply :
On 9/15/2017 at 3:54 AM, lo n slo said:took the jon boat out this morning. it was nice and cloudy, temps in the 60's (swt low 70's), and a good SW breeze. perfect. caught around 15, (half of them came from a big school i stumbled across), but this healthy 18" spot was the first one of the day. she was in 10' fow on a slow tapering point at the mouth of a small cove and hit a Zoom U tail worm in junebug.
Nice bass! That Zoom junebug u tail worm is definitely a fish catcher. Alot of the first bass I caught were on them also in the junebug red and tequila sunrise colors too. Might have to break those back out again. This warmer weather we're having now has got the bite tough again.
MichaelCopeland reply :
Another first and yes another dink. The big uns have been tough to find here lately, heck even the dinks have been too. Guess they are a little easier to find though. After trying the Rat-L-Trap again, an Echo 1.75, the chatter bait, spinnerbait, pitchin' and flippin' a craw fatty, and hopping a shaky head bait fish super fluke and getting skunked. I finally tried a wacky rig. Tied on a Gammy 2/O(I think that's the size maybe a #2) octopus hook and wacky rigging a cotton candy Zoom Centipede and threw it out a few times by the tree I always fish by at some point at the smaller pond, no luck. Was heading back around to get to the entrance/exit side of the pond and halfway there my girlfriend called. Talked to her for a sec and when we hung up I noticed the pump for the pond right in front of me. I've fished around it before and hadn't had any luck, but I've always felt like that would be a good spot for bass to hold to with all the pipes and stuff coming from it and running across the bottom or at least near the bottom of the pond. So I flipped the wacky rigged centipede right next to the pump and waited as it slowly fell towards the bottom. After a couple seconds or so the line went almost tight and this little fella hit it good. Heck I thought it was a pretty good sized one with the resistance it gave me. Not today, as I got him to the surface he was flipping and flopping around and I was like that little guy had some fight in him to be so small. Anyways it's a first and I'm happy I didn't get completely skunked. That was the only one I caught though. Gonna try it again tomorrow. Hoping to find the big uns again. ?
fishwizzard reply :
Got another 3 pounder from the same little pond I have been focusing on. The current hot presentation is cranks/jerks ripped through submerged vegetation. Got this on one a Pointer 75 and by the time I got her to the bank there was only a single treble point hanging on. I really want to switch them out for single hooks but the prospect of endless fussing and testing to make sure it still suspends is not super appealing. I really wish manufacturers would publish hook weights.
StrikePrince reply :
Went fishing today and shattered my previous pb which was probably around 4 to 4.5 (never weighed). This girl struck my jig as I was bringing it back in after a cast to a dock. Saw a flash, line went slack and I set the hook. I started to freak out when I saw her come up.
MichaelCopeland reply :
On 9/15/2017 at 9:26 AM, StrikePrince said:Went fishing today and shattered my previous pb which was probably around 4 to 4.5 (never weighed). This girl struck my jig as I was bringing it back in after a cast to a dock. Saw a flash, line went slack and I set the hook. I started to freak out when I saw her come up.
Wow! Now that's a big un! Congratulations on shattering your old PB with that monster!
Turkey sandwich reply :
congrats! thats a huge bass anywhere!
A-Jay reply :
She smashed the Repoman topwater walking bait at sunrise this morning ~ 5.44lbs
A-Jay
12poundbass reply :
On 9/16/2017 at 4:18 AM, A-Jay said:She smashed the Repoman topwater walking bait at sunrise this morning ~ 5.44lbs
A-Jay
Just to put your week into perspective A-Jay your 2 fish this week weigh more than J-Pow's 5 fish today! ?
A-Jay reply :
On 9/16/2017 at 5:53 AM, 12poundbass said:Just to put your week into perspective A-Jay your 2 fish this week weigh more than J-Pow's 5 fish today! ?
LOL ~ and I've still got the weekend to work with . . . .
A-Jay
flyfisher reply :
On 9/16/2017 at 4:18 AM, A-Jay said:She smashed the Repoman topwater walking bait at sunrise this morning ~ 5.44lbs
A-Jay
I need to come up and invite myself to go fishing with you lol
that is a beauty.
MichaelCopeland reply :
On 9/16/2017 at 8:09 AM, flyfisher said:I need to come up and invite myself to go fishing with you lol
that is a beauty.
I was thinking the same thing...lol! ?
MichaelCopeland reply :
Really love my new breaking bream 1/2oz Z-Man Project Z chatter bait and the watermelon red flake SK Rage Tail 4" Structure Bugs(didn't realize they had the exclusive coffee scent) I used for a trailer. These 2 keeper sized bass, not big uns and a little bigger than dinks in my opinion, engulfed them and put up a pretty good fight for their size. Those Structure Bugs are very durable. After catching those 2 bass it still looks like I just put it on. Very impressive considering the sweet beavers wouldn't stay on after only 1 bass caught with them. Never thought I'd pay $6.99 for a bag of 7 of any kind of plastic baits, but with all the good things I've heard about them I had to give em a shot. Glad I did and I will buy more as needed. Probably would have caught more today but a young man of 16 show up and we started talking bass fishing. We were just staying in one spot, talking and cover that area more thoroughly than necessary...lol. It didn't matter the conversation was good and kinda lost track of time. My girlfriend was fixing to get off work and I wanted to be home when she got there so I went ahead and headed to the house. Pretty good day in all. It's always great to catch some bass with baits/lures you just bought the first time you use them. Can't wait to throw em back out there tomorrow. Might just have to go to the bigger pond this time, haven't been there in a couple days or so. ?
StrikePrince reply :
Nice fish. I was thinking about picking up a chatterbait but what function so they fulfill that a spinnerbait or swim jig doesnt?
Russ E reply :
On 9/16/2017 at 11:50 AM, StrikePrince said:Nice fish. I was thinking about picking up a chatterbait but what function so they fulfill that a spinnerbait or swim jig doesnt?
to me they are a cross between a swim jig and a spinnerbait.
I use a chatterbait 10 times more than I use a spinnerbait.
Kind of a finesse spinnerbait I tend to catch larger fish on the chatterbait.
they are good around weeds. bad around wood. their design snags wood a lot.
MichaelCopeland reply :
On 9/16/2017 at 11:50 AM, StrikePrince said:Nice fish. I was thinking about picking up a chatterbait but what function so they fulfill that a spinnerbait or swim jig doesnt?
Thanks. Like @Weedwhacker said they're like a cross between a spinnerbait and a swim jig. I have caught bass on spinners and swim jigs, but I've caught way more and bigger ones on the chatter bait. Guess there's just something about the chatter bait that the bass seem to like better than the spinners and swim jigs. I don't mind, I'm more than happy to throw em something they like. ?
Bass_Fishing_Socal reply :
MichaelCopeland reply :
On 9/16/2017 at 11:29 PM, JustJames said:
With that big girl, it's time to change your avatar profile pic. Congratulations again on the BD new PB! ?
MichaelCopeland reply :
Another 2 keeper sized bass on the new 1/2oz breaking bream Project Z chatter bait with the same Rage Tail Structure Bug trailer. Structure Bug finally got beat up a little but I was able the cut that part off and still use it some more. Got into a few little snags and it got tore up some more. 4 bass in all with that one trailer is pretty good in my opinion. Anyways we went to Buhlow Lake this morning around 10am. Soon as we parked got out grab my baitcaster walked up to the water and made a cast. Reeled it in and made a second cast. Turned the handle a few times and bam the first one hit hard, set the hook and reeled him on in with a little resistance. Girlfriend took the pic and it looks like I'm further away than I actually was. Not sure what's up with that...lol. Unhooked him and let him go. Made a few more casts and girlfriend had to go to the restroom. May have missed out on at least one more, but I understand she didn't want to go by herself. Restrooms are in the back of the lake in the recreation area a good distance from where we were. After she did her business we started heading back to where we were and stopped at a spot I've done decently before. Made a few casts and this other one hit it pretty hard. He was a little bigger than the first and gave more of a fight. Got him in and this time I took a selfie, side view, bait in mouth shot and my girlfriend took the other. Nothing else was doing so we came on to the house. About an hour later I went to the bigger pond and nothing was going on. Seems like every time I go to that one the accessible bank gets even smaller. It needs to be mowed and weedeated. Really hate that it's like that there. I know there's more bass in it than the smaller pond and probably some really big uns too. Oh well it was a good day anyways, other than the heat. 91* today! Soooooo looking forward to cooler fall weather. The pics below are 1 of the first catch and 4 of the second catch. ?
Team9nine reply :
Rock Hopping 101 - One outfit, one bait, with a couple spares in my pocket...then cover some ground Here's just a couple from the afternoon.
MIbassyaker reply :
My biggest bass of the year (21", 5.25lb) and best of 19 this morning, not including 3 pike around 24"-28"
Most, including the big one, came on a gold/silver tandem Stanley spinnerbait, with a perchy-looking skirt color I had to look up when I got home: "Golden Bream".
It's Fall, all right.
A-Jay reply :
On 9/18/2017 at 1:32 AM, MIbassyaker said:My biggest bass of the year (21", 5.25lb) and best of 19 this morning, not including 3 pike around 24"-28"
Most, including the big one, came on a gold/silver tandem Stanley spinnerbait, with a perchy-looking skirt color I had to look up when I got home: "Golden Bream".
It's Fall, all right.
Great Bass !
And on a spinnerbait - you know I'm a fan.
Congrats.
A-Jay
MIbassyaker reply :
On 9/18/2017 at 1:36 AM, A-Jay said:Great Bass !
And on a spinnerbait - you know I'm a fan.
Congrats.
A-Jay
Yes, I do know you're a fan!
I have gotten away from spinnerbaits a bit the last couple of years in favor of chatterbaits/vibrating jigs, as I like having the extra vibration feedback in subsurface vegetation. But sometimes there's no substitute for a whirling, flashing blade, and that time was today.
A-Jay reply :
On 9/18/2017 at 2:09 AM, MIbassyaker said:
Yes, I do know you're a fan!
I have gotten away from spinnerbaits a bit the last couple of years in favor of chatterbaits/vibrating jigs, as I like having the extra vibration feedback in subsurface vegetation. But sometimes there's no substitute for a whirling, flashing blade, and that time was today.
Yup - vibrating jigs early season - spinnerbaits late.
Works for me.
Congrats again.
A-Jay
12poundbass reply :
On 9/18/2017 at 1:32 AM, MIbassyaker said:My biggest bass of the year (21", 5.25lb) and best of 19 this morning, not including 3 pike around 24"-28"
Most, including the big one, came on a gold/silver tandem Stanley spinnerbait, with a perchy-looking skirt color I had to look up when I got home: "Golden Bream".
It's Fall, all right.
Nice MI bass! Out of curiosity what's you MI PB?
I've never been a spinner bait guy, but you and A-Jay are getting to me.
MIbassyaker reply :
On 9/18/2017 at 3:52 AM, 12poundbass said:Nice MI bass! Out of curiosity what's you MI PB?
I've never been a spinner bait guy, but you and A-Jay are getting to me.
Largemouth 5 and a half, smallmouth 3lb even.
I'm not really a spinnerbait guy either, mostly because of a general problem I have sticking with non-topwater moving baits if I don't get bit quickly. But right now is the time to get on the train and ride for awhile, until it gets too cold.
Angealy reply :
I was on fire today with my pink worm setup, I was catching them left and right.
Sadly no big bass but still had fun and even caught my now personal best rainbow trout at five pounds in a very small part of the the river, Talk about what a rush!
I couldn't even reel in my line because i was using my rod like a fly rod.
I set the hook by pulling the line with my other hand as hard as i could.
hawgenvy reply :
In the aftermath of Hurricane Irma the bass in southeast Florida have been biting better than expected for this time of year. Went out bank fishing tonight on a local golf course with Sandra, the only woman I know who's into bass fishing and knows how to do it. I nailed this 6 or 7 pounder (estimated, digital scale batteries were dead). Her fish probably was around 4 1/2. We had a great time hunting the green monsters. Most everything is back to normal around here, besides the uprooted trees all over the place.
Dorado reply :
Caught my first swimjig bass burning it above receding weeds.
Weapon of choice:
3/8oz Pepper Signature Swimjig (Hawks Secret) paired with a BPS Speed Shad (Sexy Shad)
Bassfishin91 reply :
Went fishing with my best friend and his uncle to a spot that t really produce much and this weekend we just started slaying them left and right. One of the funnest days of fishing in a while.
NYWayfarer reply :
Great weekend! Sept. 15th was my son's 14th birthday and my wife and my 16th wedding anniversary (He was born on my 2 year wedding anniversary, best present ever) I Partied on the 16th and went fishing on the 17th and caught my PB Largemouth Bass of the year, a 3 pound 10 ounce river monster.
I was using my Kastking Speed Demon on a Medium/Fast action Daiwa rod to cast weightless 4" green pumpkin Yum Dingers.
I found an overhanging tree that was dropping leaves 3 feet off the shoreline. I was about 30' out on my kayak casting towards shore under the tree limbs. I had caught a big Bluegill (I will post in the other species thread) earlier in the day so I came back to the same spot to try again. I kept getting pulls that felt like a sunfish grabbing the end of the worm. Then the Bass hit the Dinger and I knew it was something special. Rod was bent but the Speed Demon burned him out of cover. The drag was perfect and I was able to land the fish.
Here is a video of the release. My son and I recently watched the original Clash of the Titan's so I was thinking of him when I recorded and sent him this. That's the reason for the title.
deep reply :
Almost forgot what a bass looks like; so I had to go out and remind myself.
Bluebird skies, no wind, fished from 1230-400 pm. It was pretty brutal. 7 dinks, and a 3# fish.
Bulletman20XD reply :
Managed to pull off a win this past weekend on Choke Canyon with tough conditions, fish with Lock-Jaw, and 96 degree temps. Had 17.8 lbs anchored by this 5.43 Florida. Caught all but one on a drop shot in 10-20 fow. Pulled 7 lbs ahead in AOY standings.
lonnie g reply :
On 9/20/2017 at 9:14 AM, Bulletman20XD said:Managed to pull off a win this past weekend on Choke Canyon with tough conditions, fish with Lock-Jaw, and 96 degree temps. Had 17.8 lbs anchored by this 5.43 Florida. Caught all but one on a drop shot in 10-20 fow. Pulled 7 lbs ahead in AOY standings.
congrats on the win!! nice fish.
Attila reply :
Fun last hour of sunlight and then a tank just after sunset...all bass released to fight another day.
Porkrind reply :
I hate being as big as I am because in pictures every fish I catch looks so small hahaha.
Porkrind reply :
Caught this one on a Popper last night right at sunset.
Team9nine reply :
They've been treating the heck out of the small lakes I've been fishing trying to knock out the algae. Three weekends in a row, and the water is almost a cobalt blue color. Still finding a few bass willing to eat my finesse baits though.
Angealy reply :
Past few days I've been going for nothing but rainbows and sunfish because on the 10th is our stocking day for our river.
They will be releasing 1700 rainbow trouts into the river and i'm hoping i can do well and get my limit in one day.
But, I decided to switch things up and went for bass before heading home and caught it on weightless senko on trapper hook and on a spin caster outfit. "Not my normal outfit for bass."
Personally, I'd use my bait caster but i wanted to see if i could get a bass on this outfit and the picture shows for itself.
I have all these neat lures and stuff but bass don't want it.
But they'll take a weightless wack rig senko.
So here is a picture of my bass before leaving for home, The bass was calm and didn't want to give up my sister's thumb lol.
deep reply :
Strange day. Landed ~15, but had almost twice as many bites. Tick/ bump/ loss contact usually followed by a swing and a miss!
I don't carry a lot of stuff with me, played around as much as I could with the limited resources at my disposal. Finally started connecting on pretty much every swing with a 3/16 oz jighead and a rage menace in the fourth quarter.
Oh well, I hate fishing on weekends anyway.
-Bass for dinner.
-One of the ~10 that didn't make it to the table.
scaleface reply :
On 9/20/2017 at 9:14 AM, Bulletman20XD said:Managed to pull off a win this past weekend on Choke Canyon with tough conditions,
Congrats . I find those tourneys more interesting than easy ones .
On 9/24/2017 at 11:00 AM, Team9nine said:They've been treating the heck out of the small lakes I've been fishing trying to knock out the algae.
Has it affected the health of the fish ? They sprayed the vegetation at my favorite small lake and it seems the bass are skinnier than they use to be .
On 9/24/2017 at 11:47 AM, deep said:Bass for dinner.
I like it . I keep bass to eat but release the bigger ones .
Team9nine reply :
On 9/24/2017 at 11:40 PM, scaleface said:
Has it affected the health of the fish ? They sprayed the vegetation at my favorite small lake and it seems the bass are skinnier than they use to be .
My first guess is just the opposite. There appears to be no shortage of small fish prey in this lake, mostly baby bluegills, and eliminating most of the shoreline moss is making it easier on the bass to feed - much less places to hide for the little guys. My main concerns are oxygen levels and copper poisoning, but so far no obvious detrimental affects other than the toilet blue water color
fishwizzard reply :
The TSD sale got me to give the Hippy Rat a try;
Took it out this morning and felt a bit silly, until I got a blow up. I missed the hookset but I buckled down and keep casting around the same area. A few casts later the rat got smashed.
I was delighted that the rat worked and kept casting around the same area, about 10 more casts then this guy hit;
My scale battery picked that moment to die, but he was a bit smaller than the first one.
I was throwing the rat on a Fred's Magic Stick and it felt really overpowered. The rod is only rated for 2oz, but it throws a 2oz Huddgill perfectly, so I was surprised at how hard it was to cast the rat. I can bomb it out there, but any kind of close range lob was very awkward and inaccurate. I bought the Fred's as a frog rod, but I have been throwing big baits with it far more often, so I might look at replacing it with something more powerful and finding a new frog solution.
J._Bricker reply :
I went out the other morning trying to get back on a top water bite. After not getting bit on the plopper and a buzz bait, I decided to pick up the pompadour and see what happened. On my third cast, I got my first pompadour fish when this guy crushed it like he was a fish twice his size. Cut him loose, and picked up the senko and threw it in the same general area and felt that familiar tick. I set the hook and battled this chunk to the boat...
david in va reply :
caught this one this pm on a homemade frog sorry for the poor pic casting left handed and trying to take a pic with my junk right hand is a real pain
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forgot the pic of the frog I caught a couple pounders after the one pictured
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lo n slo reply :
took the wife fishing this morning. we were fishing a deep brush pile when i caught this bass, and when i got it near the boat she says, "our lines are tangled".
not exactly
evidently the bass had taken in her junebug worm first (black bullet), and then hit my green pumpkin worm (red bullet) afterwards. i set the hook and hooked the fish on the outside of the mouth. he swallowed her worm but i was able to retrieve the hook with no bleeding and the lucky fish swam away.
MichaelCopeland reply :
On 9/24/2017 at 11:47 AM, deep said:Strange day. Landed ~15, but had almost twice as many bites. Tick/ bump/ loss contact usually followed by a swing and a miss!
I don't carry a lot of stuff with me, played around as much as I could with the limited resources at my disposal. Finally started connecting on pretty much every swing with a 3/16 oz jighead and a rage menace in the fourth quarter.
Oh well, I hate fishing on weekends anyway.
-Bass for dinner.
-One of the ~10 that didn't make it to the table.
Nothing wrong with eating some bass. They are some very good eatin'! This summerlike weather we're having here in central Louisiana is for the birds. Had that kinda cool spell for a week or so when Harvey come through and did all that damage in Houston. Since then we've have temps in the low 90s during the day and high 70s at night and over night. Heck I got sunburned yesterday. I've never gotten sunburned in late September. Be glad when those high 70s low 80s are the daytime temps and 50s and 60s at night get here. I've gotten skunked everyday for the past week. I've almost forgotten what it feels like to catch one.
Attila reply :
Though the belly isn't as big as @A-Jay's pb from the other day, this little guy sure put on the feedbag over the last few days...lol The structure was a rock finger between a point and an island with current coming across it from left to right, and then finally going over a small dam a little ways downstream. Caught a whole bunch tonight on the Strike King KVD 2 Hook Jerkbait in ayu pattern and the old reliable, the Rapala Shadow Rap in yellow perch pattern.
A-Jay reply :
Mid-Day impulse trip turned out several decent smallies ~
Including this 5.07 beauty.
ohboyitsrobby reply :
Caught a bunch of these yesterday. Not exactly a hawg but it's who was with me that matters. Drop shotting humps on ouachita can be so much fun. First time I went fishing just for fun in a while had a blast and so did he.
Bluebasser86 reply :
Finally got a good buzzbait fish. Usually one of my go to baits all summer long, but it's been hard to even get a bite on it this year.
Also got my first couple on my magnum sized bladed jigs. This one was 3/4oz with a magnum shaker blade and a 5.5" Storm 360 GT Searchbait for a trailer.
lonnie g reply :
On 9/25/2017 at 8:33 AM, lo n slo said:took the wife fishing this morning. we were fishing a deep brush pile when i caught this bass, and when i got it near the boat she says, "our lines are tangled".
not exactly
evidently the bass had taken in her junebug worm first (black bullet), and then hit my green pumpkin worm (red bullet) afterwards. i set the hook and hooked the fish on the outside of the mouth. he swallowed her worm but i was able to retrieve the hook with no bleeding and the lucky fish swam away.
i'll bet she said that she caught it!!
lo n slo reply :
On 9/27/2017 at 11:38 PM, lonnie g said:i'll bet she said that she caught it!!
she claimed half ?
teethmarks reply :
friday 9-22, 6th sense crush 50x (copper green shad)
saturday 9-23 (same)
tuesday, 9-26 crankbait
buzzbait white
kvd pro model 4S
hello
12poundbass reply :
Looks like we have another member wanted by the law.
fishwizzard reply :
Had another good catch at the little pond today;
My scale is still battery-less, which is a shame cuz the she felt quite heavy and I am still trying to crack 4lbs out of this spot. Got her on a spinnerbait and a pair of 1-2lb ones as well.
Tomorrow I am giving this pond a break and am going wading for smallies, but I will be back soon.
Scarborough817 reply :
Got out after work and put to work some of the stuff from the rod deflection thread caught 1 bass on a jig and 2 pike on a flutter spoon
Angealy reply :
All i wanted was a bass but instead i get two pickerel, I guess bass and other fish are hiding.
I don't run into them to often but when i do, It really puts me in a panic mode and i'm not really to sure what to do in the situation.
I hooked this guy and he gave up such a fight and wouldn't open his mouth for hook removal.
Any attempts to trying to get him unhooked and set free he'd thrash around.
So my sister put her foot barely on him and that was enough to stop him from thrash around and calm him down to where i was able to remove the hook and put him back where he belongs.
Any advice on the correct way of handling these fish would be much appreciated.
WolfyBrandon reply :
On 9/28/2017 at 12:52 PM, Angealy said:Any advice on the correct way of handling these fish would be much appreciated.
3 Tools for Toothy Critters, (what I use)
1) Fish Gripper (Bogagrip)
2) Pliars / Hook Remover (Quarrow Hook Remover)
3) Jaw Spreader (Danielson Fish Mouth Spreader)
Having them makes dealing with pike a night/day difference.
Scarborough817 reply :
On 9/28/2017 at 12:52 PM, Angealy said:Any advice on the correct way of handling these fish would be much appreciated.
look at my picture above yours you slide your finger into the gill plate which will force them to open their mouth so you can unhook them normally i use pliers so i dont cut myself because they do shake a lot
Bluegiller reply :
Unfortunately the battery in my scale was dead.
TnRiver46 reply :
Some topwater smallmouth chasing shad over deep water
teethmarks reply :
9-28
livetarget crawfish
chatterbait project z w/cut pearl zoom super fluke
Angealy reply :
Went fly fishing today, Still fairly new to this type of fishing i was hoping to land a rainbow trout on it.
I ended up going to the river with some slow current and had a few fish eat my fly but not for very long.
But the fly ended up getting hung up and snagged after trying to set the hook.
I use everything trick i knew and it still wouldn't come loose.
After many attempts, I gave up and accepted defeat.
I broke the line and it caused me to lose my fly and float.
I headed back home and grabbed my other rods and went to the lake instead and it was totally worth it.
I got a rainbow and two large mouth bass.
Rainbow: Weightless trapper dropshot hook paired with a PowerBait Floating Trout Worm, Color: Bubble Gum.
Bass:Weightless 3/0 Gamakatsu Offset EWG Worm Hook paired with a Yum Dinger T-RIG,Color:Watermelon Red Flake.
My reel was having a hard time pulling in this "grass" little did i know there was a huge hog on my line.
I don't have a scale but she felt quite heavy and seemed like a good 5-6 pound bass.
She was feeding up for the winter, That's for sure.
A-Jay reply :
Just got back from an afternoon to sunset trip ~
Got into a killer, wide open smallmouth bite !
Report, pic's & maybe some video should be up soon.
Good Times - did I mention I love the fall ?
A-Jay
Bluebasser86 reply :
Great way to end the weeknight tournament season. First place and big bass with a 4.76 and 5.80.
deep reply :
The fish are still acting funny. Junk fished to catch my first bluegill of the year, half a dozen crappies, and 10-12 bass. A couple in the 3# range.
12poundbass reply :
The outlaws are coming out of the woodwork now! Must be a full moon.
IndianaFinesse reply :
On 9/29/2017 at 9:25 AM, Angealy said:Went fly fishing today, Still fairly new to this type of fishing i was hoping to land a rainbow trout on it.
I ended up going to the river with some slow current and had a few fish eat my fly but not for very long.
But the fly ended up getting hung up and snagged after trying to set the hook.
I use everything trick i knew and it still wouldn't come loose.
After many attempts, I gave up and accepted defeat.
I broke the line and it caused me to lose my fly and float.
I headed back home and grabbed my other rods and went to the lake instead and it was totally worth it.
I got a rainbow and two large mouth bass.
Rainbow: Weightless trapper dropshot hook paired with a PowerBait Floating Trout Worm, Color: Bubble Gum.
Bass:Weightless 3/0 Gamakatsu Offset EWG Worm Hook paired with a Yum Dinger T-RIG,Color:Watermelon Red Flake.
My reel was having a hard time pulling in this "grass" little did i know there was a huge hog on my line.
I don't have a scale but she felt quite heavy and seemed like a good 5-6 pound bass.
She was feeding up for the winter, That's for sure.
I think it might be time to get yourself a scale, something like This. Walmart even sometimes has one on sale for less than $10 or $15.
jtipton91 reply :
On 9/27/2017 at 7:39 PM, Bluebasser86 said:Finally got a good buzzbait fish. Usually one of my go to baits all summer long, but it's been hard to even get a bite on it this year.
Also got my first couple on my magnum sized bladed jigs. This one was 3/4oz with a magnum shaker blade and a 5.5" Storm 360 GT Searchbait for a trailer.
Clayton, I will send you a message on facebook. I've been inquiring about some big bladed chatterbaits. Looks like you make them.
everythingthatswims reply :
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My tournament partner and I fished a tournament on Stonewall Jackson Lake (WV) on Sunday and we won it with 16lbs. We had never been on the lake before, and spent more time on the trolling motor than anything else, putting together a pattern as we went! Most of the fish came on a whopper plopper 130 and a strike king 1.5 and 2.5.
Felt good to whoop up on some locals who didn't expect much from the college kids in the aluminum boat
A-Jay reply :
On 9/30/2017 at 12:36 AM, everythingthatswims said:
My tournament partner and I fished a tournament on Stonewall Jackson Lake (WV) on Sunday and we won it with 16lbs. We had never been on the lake before, and spent more time on the trolling motor than anything else, putting together a pattern as we went! Most of the fish came on a whopper plopper 130 and a strike king 1.5 and 2.5.
Felt good to whoop up on some locals who didn't expect much from the college kids in the aluminum boat
Outstanding ~ Congrats to you both !
btw - Miss Hand on Hip there in the background, does not appear to be sharing your enthusiasm for this win.
A-Jay
PECo reply :
On 9/28/2017 at 12:52 PM, Angealy said:Any advice on the correct way of handling these fish would be much appreciated.
You can grab a small pickerel just behind the head and gill plate. Just squeeze it a little bit.
CybrSlydr reply :
Got two for ya.
Bassin' Brad reply :
6 lbs 23 1/2" long
Chrome W/blue back RattleTrap
Bassin' Brad reply :
5 1/4 lbs 21 1/2" long
Chrome W/blue back RattleTrap
frosty reply :
My biggest in 5 years, but definitely not my pb, I guess him around 5, my scale died when I grabbed it to weigh him.
lo n slo reply :
On 9/30/2017 at 12:36 AM, everythingthatswims said:
My tournament partner and I fished a tournament on Stonewall Jackson Lake (WV) on Sunday and we won it with 16lbs. We had never been on the lake before, and spent more time on the trolling motor than anything else, putting together a pattern as we went! Most of the fish came on a whopper plopper 130 and a strike king 1.5 and 2.5.
Felt good to whoop up on some locals who didn't expect much from the college kids in the aluminum boat
well done. it's more about the fisherman than the boat anyways!
everythingthatswims reply :
Fall has definitely made its arrival... Look at the build on these fish! FYI these 3 would weigh 10-11lbs together
Team9nine reply :
Small lakes have been a little slow with this weather and lack of rain, but managed a couple dozen this weekend including this guy - score another one for finesse fishing
NorcalBassin reply :
Took my dad out for a quick trip to Clear Lake last week. Timing with the weather (cold front) was terrible considering how great it's been, but we still had a great time and caught a lot of 2-4 pounders.
Every fish was thick with a big ol belly. Should be a great spring considering the ridiculous amount of bait in there...
Even saw a bobcat that couldn't have cared less about us being right there
StrikePrince reply :
Fished my favorite little stretch of river today and had a nice day. Light rain showers scared most people off so I mostly had the stretch to myself. Turned out to be sunny out and combined with the solitude it was beautiful.
But, the bite was slow. The first fish was this one on a keitech paddletail, it was probably around 3 lbs? I had to look it up and I think it's a mountain whitefish (I'm fishing an offshoot of the Columbia river).
The bass bite was slow. Showers stopped, wind slowed and the sun came out and I was able to start getting bit on a grub on a jighead. Caught a few small smallmouth and decided to drag a jig and trailer. I'm reluctant to do that at this spot because it's easy to get hung up on the rocks (any tips for jig fishing the size/shape of rocks in the pics? Football head doesn't seem to help).
I only got maybe two bites, but one of them was this nice smallmouth. Not sure the weight, but I think it was the biggest I'd caught. May be 2.5? MAking a hard hookset into a jig bite is so satisfying. Looking for that feeling again is addicting.
Was awesome being able to see the fish come up in the clear water and having the place to myself.
BASS302 reply :
@StrikePrince,
That top fish might be a pikeminnow.
Bass fishing is best reply :
Smallie, senko and a Stradic.
StrikePrince reply :
On 10/2/2017 at 12:33 PM, BASS302 said:@StrikePrince,
That top fish might be a pikeminnow.
Yup, looking at pics of pikeminniws and it was definitely that. Thanks
fishballer06 reply :
Last tournament of the year is over with. Here's the biggest fish I could muster up out of the city pool of the 3 rivers in Pittsburgh. If you're familiar with how the 2005 Classic and 2009 Forrest Wood Cup tournaments went, you'll know that this fish is pretty good sized.
12poundbass reply :
On 10/2/2017 at 11:47 PM, fishballer06 said:Last tournament of the year is over with. Here's the biggest fish I could muster up out of the city pool of the 3 rivers in Pittsburgh. If you're familiar with how the 2005 Classic and 2009 Forrest Wood Cup tournaments went, you'll know that this fish is pretty good sized.
Funny you mentioned the '05 classic. I was going to say that one fish you got would 've been good for a top 10 finish.
fishballer06 reply :
On 10/2/2017 at 11:57 PM, 12poundbass said:Funny you mentioned the '05 classic. I was going to say that one fish you got would 've been good for a top 10 finish.
My bag went for 3.71. That weight alone would have put me in 26th in the '05 Classic with just my one day of weight alone. Had I put up that number all 3 days, I would have had 11.13 pounds. Putting me around 5th place in the Classic.
IndianaFinesse reply :
On 10/3/2017 at 12:04 AM, fishballer06 said:My bag went for 3.71. That weight alone would have put me in 26th in the '05 Classic with just my one day of weight alone. Had I put up that number all 3 days, I would have had 11.13 pounds. Putting me around 5th place in the Classic.
Man, that's a sad fishery. Sounds a bit like lake Monroe in Indiana..
Fir3hawk reply :
Caught 4 largemouth last night at one of my local lakes. This one was biggest, I'm guessing a good 2 pounder. The lake I was at is known more for quantity than quality (size).
everythingthatswims reply :
On 10/3/2017 at 12:04 AM, fishballer06 said:My bag went for 3.71. That weight alone would have put me in 26th in the '05 Classic with just my one day of weight alone. Had I put up that number all 3 days, I would have had 11.13 pounds. Putting me around 5th place in the Classic.
I have a tournament on the Mon this upcoming weekend, and my friend who has been practicing a TON for months is making a run to Pittsburg that will give him 2 hours to fish because of locking (Think there are 4 in between).
That should tell you a little something about the fishing on the Mon around here
WDE reply :
Tough bite lately, but I think we are finally over the hump in terms of constant 90+ degree days. Air temps in the upper 70s/low 80s the past few days. Picked the 3 bass off a giant school of shad, possibly the biggest I've ever seen that spanned about 100 yards down the bank.
Happy with what the pond gave me, despite the size. I believe I blew a bearing in my Tatula my last time out, so I was using my dad's rig with an ultra fast action tip...so the little bass were a lot more fun to catch, albeit deceiving.
deep reply :
Got tired of catching 3 pounders; so I went to Dink City today for a change, and caught... dinks!
A-Jay reply :
Found a few in the wind today ~ waters cooling off fast.
boostr reply :
Dang, I've got nothing.
PECo reply :
My first ever bowfin:
And my second:
I think that the first was a female and the second was a male. The male had a black spot ahead of its tail and turquoise-tinged pectoral fins.
Bass_Fishing_Socal reply :
On 10/3/2017 at 9:32 PM, boostr said:Dang, I've got nothing.
Me neither. ? My last keeper size was on 24th and this past week I was sick like a dog.
Angealy reply :
Only took one rod with me today but it was worth it as i got this cutie.
Not sure how big she is or how much she weights but still a nice fish.
Got her on a dropshot trapper hook and wacky rig senko.
I'm starting to think this combo i pick up a month ago from a yard sale must of came with fluorocarbon as i've been doing pretty good with it on both bass and trout.
However, I don't think there's a way i could really know that.
Attila reply :
Yesterday was brutal...was out at dawn and the air temp was 32F on the button hence the jacket in my picture. Hit my first stop, a saddle between a mainland point and island and the fog was rolling off the lake. Wind was blowing in from the east... Once the fog cleared I caught a few on a jerkbait though nothing of any size. The frustrating part was that I could see 3 and 4 pound fish sitting in the 2-3ft water right in front of me but they wouldn't bite on anything...argh!
Bluebasser86 reply :
Much better week this week than last. The cooler nights are finally starting to get them moving a bit a seems. Not great, but much better. Had a couple nice ones and a bunch of solid fish.
Scarborough817 reply :
No bass yesterday but I did find a nice pike he destroyed a jig on the fall 
Catt reply :
@PECo although the fight hard I hate Choupique (Bowfin), they get your hopes up thinking it's a huge bass, & they destroy your lures!
PECo reply :
On 10/4/2017 at 8:46 PM, Catt said:@PECo although the fight hard I hate Choupique (Bowfin), they get your hopes up thinking it's a huge bass, & they destroy your lures!
I got lucky; I caught both of them with a Gamakatsu Number 4 Octopus Circle Hook (one with a wacky Senko and one with a four-inch fluke). Hooked ‘em both right in the upper lip, too!
bagofdonuts reply :
They love to tear up brand new war eagle spinner baits.
hawgenvy reply :
Maybe I'm a slow learner, but I have finally figured out that when fishing super dense emergent pads a flipping jig gets in and out much better than a t-rigged worm or a standard flipping rig (pegged weight, snelled flipping hook, plastic creature). The weed guard pretty reliably allows the jig to glide out past the treacherous vee in the pad, where the stem meets the leaf, the point where my usual set up always got stuck. Of course, the hardest part is getting a fish out of that stuff, but that's no more difficult with a jig than with anything else. This theory doesn't apply to other types of heavy cover.
The bite was slow tonight but I managed to catch this 2 pound puppy out of some nearly impossible pads, using a 3/4 oz jig.
A-Jay reply :
Got on a solid post frontal smb bite this afternoon and was also treated to an epic by-catch battle ~
hawgenvy reply :
Nice smallies, but that sturgeon is incredible. I'd like to catch one of those some day.
MichaelCopeland reply :
Well it's been a couple weeks or so since I've caught anything a pound or more. I've caught some major dinks, we're talking not even an ounce. Didn't bother with taking any pics of those. Since the daytime bite has been almost nonexistent, I desided to risk encounters with snakes and fished the smaller pond by my house tonight with my headlamp on. Took both my Lew's baitcaster with a 3/8oz black and blue chatter bait/watermelon red flake Super Fluke trailer tied on and my Lew's spinning rod with a 12" blackberry Mann's jelly worm tied on. Nothing doing with the chatter bait, but I did catch this 1lb 1oz 14g keeper size on the 12" jelly worm. First one I've caught on that worm. I pitched it at the ponds pump and almost immediately he hit it. Being as dark as it was, with the exception of the almost full moon, it was kinda hard to take a selfie. I managed these two pics. I guess they turned out ok. I know I say this alot, but I'm sure ready for some cooler weather and more active bass. ?
Bluebasser86 reply :
Zona and Lee couldn't get one in the boat between the two of them but @A-Jay boats one by himself
Bass fishing is best reply :
A-Jay That Sturgeon is unbelievable.
Been pretty dry the last few weeks but managed to catch a few decent ones.
I take pictures with my phone on the ground and the 5 second delay on the camera. This is the moment I felt someone else's hook burying in my finger. It was worth it.
teethmarks reply :
9-29
white fish head spin w/sk swim'n ghost shad trailer
10-1
super spot foxy mama
jig w/craw trailer
10-3
torn bit of powerbait
N Florida Mike reply :
Got out twice in the last 2 weeks, including last monday pm..Total of 20 fish caught,18 on some variety of plastic worm.Caught the most on a 4 inch lucky strike tequila worm ,including the pictured fish.
Theyre biting better than the summer, but not as good as true fall. They seem to be hungry for nothing but worms. I did get a couple today on the small zoom fluke . Had one fish break off when I had a backlash and was trying to pick it out. Tried to hand line the fish in but he broke it.
riverbasser reply :
didn't catch many but all bites on a jig. Around 11 o'clock I left the other rods alone and practiced skipping the jig with the BC. getting pretty good as long as my thumb complies. This is a 3# with a 4# head, as you can tell they haven't really started feeding up yet.
deep reply :
Caught a bucketload of dinks walking the banks under the midday sun. Who needs neds lol?
Mama, just killed a bass. RIP.
MichaelCopeland reply :
Did some fishing early this morning and this afternoon. Within the first 30 mins of being there, throwing my black and blue 3/8oz chatter bait with a watermelon red flake super fluke trailer, I got a massive hit. Bam! Set the hook! Oh wow it's a big un! I was pulling and reeling and it didn't seem to put up any fight but the weight felt like 8lbs or better. Kept pulling and reeling and finally it surfaced and I was like "you've got to be kidding me!" It was a freakin' big turtle...lol! First turtle I've ever caught. I did catch a little dink later on. Things just haven't been working out the greatest for me lately.
Bass_Fishing_Socal reply :
Finally my turn, after a long sick week. Stop by at my fav spot for bank fishing after work. I only have chatterbait with me with black-blue tied on. First spot nada too much loose salad. I moved to another spot, first cast I felt a fish but no hook up, second cast at about the same area "fish on" a good 2lbers. I manage to caught 4 more from the same area all about same size until I lost my chatterbait.
This is the first time I found a school of bass here.
BASS302 reply :
On 10/6/2017 at 5:37 AM, MichaelCopeland said:Did some fishing early this morning and this afternoon. Within the first 30 mins of being there, throwing my black and blue 3/8oz chatter bait with a watermelon red flake super fluke trailer, I got a massive hit. Bam! Set the hook! Oh wow it's a big un! I was pulling and reeling and it didn't seem to put up any fight but the weight felt like 8lbs or better. Kept pulling and reeling and finally it surfaced and I was like "you've got to be kidding me!" It was a freakin' big turtle...lol! First turtle I've ever caught. I did catch a little dink later on. Things just haven't been working out the greatest for me lately.
@MichaelCopeland,
So, did you weigh the turtle?
A-Jay reply :
This mornings overcast sky had them chewing up my topwater bait.
I like that.
A-Jay
Smokinal reply :
^^^Pretty fish! Do you have a single pic of that dark spotted one?
A-Jay reply :
On 10/7/2017 at 9:24 AM, Smokinal said:^^^Pretty fish! Do you have a single pic of that dark spotted one?
I do but it doesn't look like that in the pic.
I take single shots after I catch them and the group pic usually comes after they have spent some time in the White live well. This makes them 'lighten up' in color quite a bit so except for the size being the same, a bass can (and usually does) look very different just 10 or 20 minutes later.
I suspect 'the spots' are what happened here.
A-Jay
MichaelCopeland reply :
On 10/7/2017 at 8:10 AM, BASS302 said:@MichaelCopeland,
So, did you weigh the turtle?
Lol! No, once I got it unhooked, which amazingly was pretty easy, it moved quickly back into the water. Never seen a turtle move that fast before...lol! ?
Bluebasser86 reply :
3 bites this morning on my new WSB Rat, unfortunately I only caught the little one.
MichaelCopeland reply :
This is my girlfriend's son's brother-in-law. He just sent this pic to me of him and a nice 9.11lb bass he caught with a watermelon red flake brush hog on Lake Kincaid about 15-20 miles or so from where I live in Pineville. He was out night fishing with his uncle in his uncle's boat last weekend. I really need to get out in a boat and do some night fishing.
Jar11591 reply :
The bite is still going strong here in upstate NY.
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Yes, that is a Chug Bug stuck to my jeans.
And they're still hitting on top.
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Caught one with a gnarly scar.
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All fish caught had bellies like this.
A-Jay reply :
@Jar11591 ~ Nice Bass.
Way to stay on them.
Congrats
A-Jay
N Florida Mike reply :
On 10/7/2017 at 1:47 PM, Bluebasser86 said:3 bites this morning on my new WSB Rat, unfortunately I only caught the little one.
Man, its just incredible to me those things work.
Catt reply :
Buddy wanted a fish fry so I took him marsh fishing, we 20 caught in 4 hrs all the same size!
N Florida Mike reply :
Catt, You having gator tonite??
everythingthatswims reply :
On 10/8/2017 at 12:42 AM, Jar11591 said:The bite is still going strong here in upstate NY.
Yes, that is a Chug Bug stuck to my jeans.
And they're still hitting on top.
Caught one with a gnarly scar.
All fish caught had bellies like this.
Ol' musky got after her huh?
riverbasser reply :
Got ahold of a good one today on the Chattahoochee. 6lber, green and red seiberts jig
Bass fishing is best reply :
For once the "One last cast" worked out.
Catt reply :
On 10/8/2017 at 8:24 AM, N Florida Mike said:Catt, You having gator tonite??
swandog reply :
Caught a good one yesterday from a local strip pit, of course didn't have my scale with me. Some weight guesses please..? Thanks in advance. (She was immediately released after video.)
Scarborough817 reply :
Had a few nice ones on a crankibait this weekend this one was 3.97
Bass_Fishing_Socal reply :
I was plan to take the boat out to check the shallow creek to see if any big bass hide in there, but my wife got a honey-do-list for me. Chang of plan and I didn't have a lot of time, instead just went to the spot I caught those 5 bass a few days ago.
Since I lost my black-blue, I tied Seibert Fogy chatterbait in green pumpkin with Zman diezel trailer. Caught total of 3 with the biggest around 4.5lbs.
Video
QUAKEnSHAKE reply :
Senko got the big one of the outing right at 4 pounds. St Croix 7'6" Legend Elite, Daiwa RG-AB, 8# Nanobraid. Hit about 20 feet out just past a weedline in 2-3 fow.
BassB8Caster reply :
On 10/9/2017 at 1:48 AM, swandog said:Caught a good one yesterday from a local strip pit, of course didn't have my scale with me. Some weight guesses please..? Thanks in advance. (She was immediately released after video.)
Man thats a tough one. The mouth and head on that girl is huuuge. Then it looks a little skinny. My PB was 6.01 at 22". Was a stout fish. Not big and fat belly, just solid. Ill take a wild guess of 5.10.
A-Jay reply :
Pop Max doing work this morning.
Gotta love the fall topwater bite.
Smelter96 reply :
My new pb, 5.35. Northern Wi fall bite is on!!
MichaelCopeland reply :
On 10/9/2017 at 9:32 AM, Smelter96 said:
Nice bass! Congratulations on your new PB! ?
NorcalBassin reply :
On 10/9/2017 at 8:52 AM, A-Jay said:Pop Max doing work this morning. Gotta love the fall topwater bite.
You are a smallmouth assassin. The Lindners, KVD, and Zona have nothing on you. 
scaleface reply :
Here it is October and I'm catching fish 12 to 22 foot on main lake points . Had my limit in less than two hours then went to the shore looking for bigger fish . I should have stayed deep . Caught them on Berkely Dredgers 14.5 , 20.5 and 25.5 .
riverbasser reply :
On 10/10/2017 at 9:07 AM, scaleface said:Here it is October and I'm catching fish 12 to 22 foot on main lake points . Had my limit in less than two hours then went to the shore looking for bigger fish . I should have stayed deep . Caught them on Berkely Dredgers 14.5 , 20.5 and 25.5 .
Them dredgers now your go to? I see you putting them to work
A-Jay reply :
Got on some Fun Size smallmouth at sunset today.
scaleface reply :
On 10/10/2017 at 11:46 AM, riverbasser said:Them dredgers now your go to? I see you putting them to work
Yeah pretty much . They all have tracked true and they stay in they strike zone longer than my other baits .
teethmarks reply :
10-4
white fish head spin
6th sense crush 50x copper green shad
Jerkbait
Senko
perch on a perch
Big_Easy_Bassin reply :
Got to leave the shop at noon today for a meeting that got canceled, so why go back to work when I can go fish my favorite spot, New Orleans City Park, for a few hours? Needless to say it was a good trip. Caught 6 in just over 3 hours of fishing. 3 between 1.5 and 2lbs, ***.1lbs, and one 4.7lbs (pictured). Got em all on a custom 1/2oz flipping jig that I made during our shop meeting this morning ?
Bassin' Brad reply :
On 10/11/2017 at 6:16 AM, Big_Easy_Bassin said:Got to leave the shop at noon today for a meeting that got canceled, so why go back to work when I can go fish my favorite spot, New Orleans City Park, for a few hours? Needless to say it was a good trip. Caught 6 in just over 3 hours of fishing. 3 between 1.5 and 2lbs, ***.1lbs, and one 4.7lbs (pictured). Got em all on a custom 1/2oz flipping jig that I made during our shop meeting this morning ?
Sayy whaaaa?? What was the meeting about? How to make jigs 101? My boss loves bass fishing, but if he seen me making a jig during a meeting he would smack me out of my chair backwards!
Bass_Fishing_Socal reply :
Just a plain dumb luck today lol. I went to local tackle shop to pickup some more black-blue chatterbait (projectZ) since I lost 3 of them the past week. In the mean time pick up Z-man razor shadz as trailer (don't like it so far), WP110 in loon color and a 1/2 oz hair jig(never fish this before).
So after work this morning went to the spot to try new things, got a few hit on Chatterbait but come undone since I didn't get a good hook set. I think the razor shadz is pretty bulky and the tail not kicking like paddle tail.
Next, I tried hair jig, I don't really know how to fish this thing just watch a couple of you tube and remembered all the old timer mentioned about it. Finally caught a decent size ~2.5lbs after a few casts, just dumb luck really.
Angealy reply :
We went fishing for rainbows today on a rainy and overcast day.
My sister manage to hook into one of these whatever they are and it was burping when i was trying to get the hook out.
We have never caught one of these before or knew these fish were in a river/stream/etc.
Was pretty interesting to say the least.
Jar11591 reply :
@Angealy looks to be a fall fish.
MichaelCopeland reply :
Tied my black and blue chatter bait back on today and used a 4" watermelon red flake Yum Dinger as a trailer. Went to the smaller pond over by the trees in the back. Made a few casts and nothing happened. Went to make another cast and as my luck would have it draped it 20' up over a branch in that tree. My bait still landed in the water near where I was trying for. So I slowly reeled it back in hopes of being able to get it back without snagging it on the branch. As I continued to slowly reel it in it barely broke the surface of the water on it's way up the tree when this almost 1lber jumped on it and hooked himself through the roof of his mouth. Of course not knowing he was hooked that way til I got him in, I set the hook in a downward motion since my line was still draped over the branch. Anyways I reeled him up the tree and kinda popped him over the branch and he did a high dive into the water. I quickly reeled him on in, unhooked him and took a couple pics. Fortunately he didn't get hurt during all that, I released him and he darted back out to the deeper water of the pond. I can honestly say I've never treed a fish before today's episode...lol. ?
teethmarks reply :
went out with my brother in law to try some early fall topwater with a variety of baits. it was overcast with developing rain, slight wind and in the high 60s. the gunfish 115 in aurora black was the most active by far. no lake beasts but still a good time.
10-11
squarebill
whopper plopper 90
lucky craft gunfish
spook jr
boostr reply :
On 10/12/2017 at 6:34 AM, Angealy said:We went fishing for rainbows today on a rainy and overcast day.
My sister manage to hook into one of these whatever they are and it was burping when i was trying to get the hook out.
We have never caught one of these before or knew these fish were in a river/stream/etc.
Was pretty interesting to say the least.
A sucker maybe?
Russ E reply :
On 10/12/2017 at 6:34 AM, Angealy said:We went fishing for rainbows today on a rainy and overcast day.
My sister manage to hook into one of these whatever they are and it was burping when i was trying to get the hook out.
We have never caught one of these before or knew these fish were in a river/stream/etc.
Was pretty interesting to say the least.
Looks like a creek chub. Trout streams in northern Iowa, where I grew up were loaded with them. They make great catfish bait.
Steveo-1969 reply :
On 10/12/2017 at 6:38 AM, Jar11591 said:@Angealy looks to be a fall fish.
X2. Definitely not a sucker, looks to be a fallfish.
PAbasser927 reply :
On a day where the bite was tough, this was the ONLY fish landed. It came on a cast where my brother rainbowed his line over a branch and this little guy jumped out of the water to grab his senko as we were trying to undo the mess. Unconventional, but kept the skunk away nonetheless!
Angealy reply :
@PAbasser927 I didn't know bass could fly, Today i learned something.
I've been rainbow trout fishing for the past day and not so lucky catching them so i went back to bass for a bit.
I got to try out some new lures and had a blast caught a huge bass on a lip less crank bait on something i have never caught anything on.
But he got off my lure maybe the hooks were to small/powerful fish/etc.
But we did catch a few nice fish on a lipless and square crank bait with my sister.
I caught something before heading home, I believe it was a pickerel and i lost my red lipless and all i could think of in that moment was taps, I think i need to invest in steel leaders.
MichaelCopeland reply :
On 10/13/2017 at 9:28 PM, PAbasser927 said:On a day where the bite was tough, this was the ONLY fish landed. It came on a cast where my brother rainbowed his line over a branch and this little guy jumped out of the water to grab his senko as we were trying to undo the mess. Unconventional, but kept the skunk away nonetheless!
Your brother sounds like he had some of my luck. We should go fishing some time...lol. ?
N Florida Mike reply :
On 10/12/2017 at 9:23 AM, MichaelCopeland said:Tied my black and blue chatter bait back on today and used a 4" watermelon red flake Yum Dinger as a trailer. Went to the smaller pond over by the trees in the back. Made a few casts and nothing happened. Went to make another cast and as my luck would have it draped it 20' up over a branch in that tree. My bait still landed in the water near where I was trying for. So I slowly reeled it back in hopes of being able to get it back without snagging it on the branch. As I continued to slowly reel it in it barely broke the surface of the water on it's way up the tree when this almost 1lber jumped on it and hooked himself through the roof of his mouth. Of course not knowing he was hooked that way til I got him in, I set the hook in a downward motion since my line was still draped over the branch. Anyways I reeled him up the tree and kinda popped him over the branch and he did a high dive into the water. I quickly reeled him on in, unhooked him and took a couple pics. Fortunately he didn't get hurt during all that, I released him and he darted back out to the deeper water of the pond. I can honestly say I've never treed a fish before today's episode...lol. ?
Had that happen before a few times. Once I got hung up in a tree . When I jerked it loose it went over me and went the same distance on the other side of the boat. When I started reeling in a bass had got on there,and I caught him.
Way to stay with him Mike.
Bass fishing is best reply :
This guys is all head. I've been fishing a pocket of a drying river mouth. Caught this guy in water way too shallow for a fish this size and transferred him 50 feet downstream into a much deeper larger body of water. Hopefully he fattens up and I run into him again in about 6 months.
MichaelCopeland reply :
On 10/14/2017 at 7:25 AM, N Florida Mike said:Had that happen before a few times. Once I got hung up in a tree . When I jerked it loose it went over me and went the same distance on the other side of the boat. When I started reeling in a bass had got on there,and I caught him.
Way to stay with him Mike.
Sometimes we do what we gotta do to land that bass...lol. Thanks @N Florida Mike!
On 10/14/2017 at 12:29 PM, fatmaple said:This guys is all head. I've been fishing a pocket of a drying river mouth. Caught this guy in water way too shallow for a fish this size and transferred him 50 feet downstream into a much deeper larger body of water. Hopefully he fattens up and I run into him again in about 6 months.
Good job @fatmaple! Still a nice bass regardless! I'd definitely be happy catching them looking like that instead of the dinkfest I've been catching lately. Hope you run into that one again when she's fattened up some more.
lo n slo reply :
took the jon boat out this morning. cloudy and cooler with light NE breezes, very comfortable. caught 8 spots and 2 largemouth. a bald eagle snatched a fish outta the water just about 20 yds behind the boat. never saw him coming, but when i heard the splash, i was able to turn and watch it lift outta the water and fly off. a freakin bald eagle! and a stunning sight here in the western piedmont of NC. no pics of the bird, only this fish.
teethmarks reply :
went out at the ass crack of dawn to play around with top water. conditions had a temp in the high 60s, no wind, dense fog and an absolutely glass water surface. top water would be a bust. however, the keitech mono jig 1/16 in dark green pumpkin with a 5.8" jackall cola flick shake was absolutely on fire.
black w/blue flake 5" wacky senko
spook jr
keitech mono spin jig w/jackall flick shake
Gundog reply :
On 10/12/2017 at 6:38 AM, Jar11591 said:@Angealy looks to be a fall fish.
Definitely a fall fish. We catch them on the Susquehanna every once in a while. The grunting is a dead giveaway.
nosdog2 reply :
A few from the last week:
Gundog reply :
Got out early today. Almost no wind but cloudy. Managed to catch one nice 2# bass
and a big pickerel that I really didn't want to catch.
Attila reply :
Took the slender pointer out today for a trial run...I stopped counting once I hit 20 smallies on a dropoff from a saddle. They were really on the feed today. Nothing huge but did lose one that was probably around 4 lbs...hopefully run into more of those next week. Still waiting for the weather to cool as our air temp was in the 70's with the water in the high 60's.
NorcalBassin reply :
They were little but the numbers were ridiculous.
Dwight Hottle reply :
Best smallie from yesterdays trip which included one walleye & several steelhead.
Big_Easy_Bassin reply :
On 10/11/2017 at 12:58 PM, Bassin' Brad said:Sayy whaaaa?? What was the meeting about? How to make jigs 101? My boss loves bass fishing, but if he seen me making a jig during a meeting he would smack me out of my chair backwards!
I'm the assistant shop manager, which basically means I write down all the answers to the questions I think the big wigs will ask so my boss can answer them on a conference call while I sit there in silence. Perfect time to slap a few jigs together
Bass_Fishing_Socal reply :
I feel quite lazy lately, doesn't even wanna take my boat or kayak out. Am I fishing too much? BTW went out today to test my new rig with Elaztech 10" worm and caught only one.
Angealy reply :
@JustJames What kind of rig is that?, It looks interesting to say the least.
Bass_Fishing_Socal reply :
On 10/16/2017 at 1:16 AM, Angealy said:@JustJames What kind of rig is that?, It looks interesting to say the least.
It is kind of jika rig, but mine is diy from stuffs I already have, and because I want to use flipping hook with my worm. The worm in question here is Elaztech plastic, the worm float and hard to make it weedless with reg hook.
WDE reply :
Been having a rough go of it prior to this week. Largest bass I've landed in a month at 3.2 right before the bottom dropped out.
And then a montage of the others landed this week.
I did unfortunately snag a turtle, however it was only just his fin webbing and I think he was more scared than anything. I'm really not sure if he took a nibble at the crankbait or I missed a hookset and snagged him.
moguy1973 reply :
Caught this 3lb 10oz largemouth while kayaking on the Gasconade River in Missouri yesterday. Biggest river largemouth that I've caught.
N Florida Mike reply :
Fished this afternoon and had the best numbers since spring.. Caught 17 ALL on the little lucky strike tequila worm. Fished a spinnerbait and whopper plopper too for an hour or so with no results. They love this little worm. The funny thing is they are in wal marts bargain bin. I think they are 1.99 for a pack.
everythingthatswims reply :
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For the second day in a row I arrived at a full boat ramp to find a tournament taking place which meant TUFF fishing, plenty of boat wakes, and a good bit of pressure. We found a couple pretty brown ones though!
Scarborough817 reply :
not exactly a pic but a couple from this year, the last fish hooked was a 4.16 the sd card was close to full and stopped recording halfway through the fight also not trying to promote myself here just thought this was a little cooler than a picture
A-Jay reply :
Chilly Morning Topwater ~
5.14lbs - smashed the Pop Max right before sunrise this morning.
boostr reply :
Not a giant, but my first popper fish. Caught on a black Yamamoto Shibuki Popper.
A-Jay reply :
Straight Up Sunset Slaunch-Fest today . . .
Bluebasser86 reply :
Got Lake out for some fall bassing this past weekend. He's a wacky rigging machine when he's not too busy playing with his cars (RIP the yellow car in the middle picture, they don't float just like I told him it wouldn't).
Then I got out by myself and had a really good day of catching very solid fish, the biggest 5 going just over 21 1/4 pounds. Funny thing is, I almost left around 10 AM when I'd had 3 bites from 2 small bass and a wiper, what a difference a bait and location change can make.
A-Jay reply :
Today was my last day on the water this season in the Lund Pro-V Bass Boat.
Be putting it up for the winter next week - I had a Great Day - but it's still a little bitter sweet ~
A-Jay
Bluebasser86 reply :
On 10/20/2017 at 9:56 AM, A-Jay said:Today was my last day on the water this season in the Lund Pro-V Bass Boat.
Be putting it up for the winter next week - I had a Great Day - but it's still a little bitter sweet ~
A-Jay
Going to miss the almost daily pics of those bronze beauties. I haven't seen a smallmouth over 4 pounds in person in almost 3 years now, with no real chance to change it anytime soon Too much rain making too much high, dirty water for the last few years has not been kind to the smallmouth lakes in the area.
A-Jay reply :
On 10/20/2017 at 1:57 PM, Bluebasser86 said:Going to miss the almost daily pics of those bronze beauties. I haven't seen a smallmouth over 4 pounds in person in almost 3 years now, with no real chance to change it anytime soon
Thanks Blue, Glad you like the videos.
I certainly had a blast making them. The usually clear waters here have been uncharacteristically colored this year and it's helping to keep the bait and the smb shallow longer. May never happen again but I've been making a concerted effort to capitalize on it - as often as possible. Oh, and while the Lund is out of play for the year, if the snow (and hard water) holds off a bit - you may see be seeing me in the Old Town a time or two before it's totally over.
Hope your smallie fishing improves sooner rather than later.
A-Jay
hawgwash reply :
My personal best this year. Beautiful bass pushing 18 inches. A little over 3 lbs. Caught him on a watermelon/red flake senko.
Bass_Fishing_Socal reply :
@A-Jay you are invited here with your "Lund" I'll even let your park in my garage if my garage is big enough lol. Forget about those brown come get some big green here.
Anyway went out today to ease my mind out of all the trouble over the week. I have not fish Fluke for awhile so today it is a Fluke day, Zoom Magnum white ice, that is. Caught only two a 2lbers and a 4.3lbers, not bad for my bad day.
A-Jay reply :
On 10/21/2017 at 12:43 AM, JustJames said:@A-Jay you are invited here with your "Lund" I'll even let your park in my garage if my garage is big enough lol. Forget about those brown come get some big green here.
Anyway went out today to ease my mind out of all the trouble over the week. I have not fish Fluke for awhile so today it is a Fluke day, Zoom Magnum white ice, that is. Caught only two a 2lbers and a 4.3lbers, not bad for my bad day.
Thanks for the invite @JustJames I appreciate it.
Nice Bass !
And traveling for green bass is a solid plan and in the works for me.
However, rather than heading west, my travels will be in a more southerly direction.
btw - when did you join The Blue Man Group ?
A-Jay
Bass_Fishing_Socal reply :
HA! Gotta protect my identity some how, or is it too late? ?.
A-Jay reply :
On 10/21/2017 at 4:13 AM, JustJames said:HA! Gotta protect my identity some how, or is it too late? ?.
Protect your identity ?
From who & why ?
Don't rightly know if it's too late
A-Jay
Bass_Fishing_Socal reply :
On 10/21/2017 at 5:39 AM, A-Jay said:Protect your identity ?
From who & why ?
Don't rightly know if it's too late
A-Jay
Just kidding with you all, I saw a few posted with marked/blocked faces so I thought it might be a new trend LOL.
QUAKEnSHAKE reply :
Paddle tails used today to catch these 16" & 17".
7' M/F Quantum Smoke rod, Curado 70HG reel w/16# Sniper FC.
A-Jay reply :
On 10/21/2017 at 8:00 AM, JustJames said:Just kidding with you all, I saw a few posted with marked/blocked faces so I thought it might be a new trend LOL.
It may be new but it still wierds me out . . . .
A-Jay
Fishin' Fool reply :
Had my personal best today on St Clair, 3 fish over 5 pounds and 2 around 4. 23 pound bag and all on Ned rigs.
Bassin' Brad reply :
On 10/21/2017 at 8:00 AM, JustJames said:Just kidding with you all, I saw a few posted with marked/blocked faces so I thought it might be a new trend LOL.
Yeah I was wondering the same thing about it being a new trend! And I was hoping you was kidding since your profile pic still has your full face showing lol!!
Bluebasser86 reply :
On 10/21/2017 at 10:37 AM, Fishin' Fool said:Had my personal best today on St Clair, 3 fish over 5 pounds and 2 around 4. 23 pound bag and all on Ned rigs.
Impossible! Now repeat after me "Ned rigs only catch little fish!" Don't be spreading those nasty rumors around!
AndrewJ reply :
Well it wasnt a monster, but Dad finally caught a bass in my boat. It took three trips, but he finally did it. Havent seen him smile like that very often, really cool experience.
Dwight Hottle reply :
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Yesterdays best.
Fishin' Fool reply :
Here's another picture from yesterday. Only if all fishing days were that good but it's what keeps us going right?!
Fishin' Fool reply :
On 10/21/2017 at 9:32 PM, Dwight Hottle said:
Yesterdays best.
How big was your biggest? Guessing it was the one in your right hand.
Dwight Hottle reply :
On 10/21/2017 at 11:31 PM, Fishin' Fool said:How big was your biggest? Guessing it was the one in your right hand.
Just over 5
Fishin' Fool reply :
On 10/21/2017 at 11:34 PM, Dwight Hottle said:
Just over 5
Yep I had 3 like that yesterday and trust me the 5's elude me. Special day!
Dwight Hottle reply :
On 10/21/2017 at 11:38 PM, Fishin' Fool said:Yep I had 3 like that yesterday and trust me the 5's elude me. Special day!
You did have a really good day. That's what keeps us in the game.
Chowderhead reply :
Weather not the greatest here in the Omaha area, but I was able to get out for a few hours and catch four (4) bass. Here was the biggest at 4.16 pounds and just short of 19". Caught on a weedless 1/0 wacky hook using a weightless 5" flat dawg worm. This is the biggest I caught this year and it sure felt good.
Bassin' Brad reply :
On 10/21/2017 at 10:37 AM, Fishin' Fool said:Had my personal best today on St Clair, 3 fish over 5 pounds and 2 around 4. 23 pound bag and all on Ned rigs.
I love the coloration of the one in your left hand.
Fishin' Fool reply :
On 10/22/2017 at 12:58 AM, Bassin' Brad said:I love the coloration of the one in your left hand.
Can't disagree with you there
Dwight Hottle reply :
Best three from today. Water temp is cooling at 63 degrees.
B
Fishin' Fool reply :
On 10/22/2017 at 7:35 AM, Dwight Hottle said:Best three from today. Water temp is cooling at 63 degrees.
Brutes. Where are you fishing?
Dwight Hottle reply :
On 10/22/2017 at 8:06 AM, Fishin' Fool said:Brutes. Where are you fishing?
My home lake. Erie
Fishin' Fool reply :
On 10/22/2017 at 8:53 AM, Dwight Hottle said:My home lake. Erie
That explains why you are catching brutes. What part of Erie are you fishing?
Dwight Hottle reply :
On 10/22/2017 at 9:10 AM, Fishin' Fool said:That explains why you are catching brutes. What part of Erie are you fishing?
PA waters.
Attila reply :
Thought I'd make an evening trip out for some walleye today, instead I ended up catching a few smallies just after sunset on a yellow perch patterned Rapala shadow rap. The location was a rock flat with a sand transition and a weedbed along each side. Biggest smallmouth shown below, guesstimate on the weight was about 4 1/2 lbs. The others were in the 1-2lbs range. Water temp 9ft down was 61F.
And don't be alarmed...that's me in the picture...lol
Bass fishing is best reply :
Smallie, face was covered to protect identity.
moguy1973 reply :
On 10/22/2017 at 12:12 PM, fatmaple said:Smallie, face was covered to protect identity.
Now that’s funny. SMBA. Small Mouth Bass Anonymous.
N Florida Mike reply :
Another few hours on the lake. Y'all ever have one of those days where you just feel like you'll get bit every cast? Thats how I felt. Ended up with 16 , but I lost more fish than normal . This was mostly because the fish were so active they would almost immediately hit the worm and swim off in any direction faster than normal. Caught probably 10 or more in blown down trees and limbs from Irma.
Only had a couple lucky strike worms left , and I quickly used them up. Ended up using old manns ribbon tail worms in purple flake from the 80's and they loved them. Ended up with a 6 inch manns black screw tail worm on for the pictured fish.
Fall bite is ON !!?
On 10/22/2017 at 7:35 AM, Dwight Hottle said:Best three from today. Water temp is cooling at 63 degrees.
Really nice fish there Dwight.
hawgenvy reply :
Hadn't been fishing in a while, until tonight. It's been hot and fish have been in the summer mood. Though the air is still in the high eighties, the shorter days are causing the water to cool slightly. I went out bank fishing on a pair of golf course ponds tonight and caught a dozen 2-4 pounders and a 5 pounder in an hour, most of them from under a wooden foot bridge. It was phenomenal. All of them smashed a green pumpkin chatterbait with a matching trailer.
The fish were strong pullers tonight and I think they are becoming activated by the cooling water. We are expecting finally a cold front this week and after that the bass should be actively chasing schooled baitfish and go nuts chasing my collection of jerkbaits.
MichaelCopeland reply :
I wanted to get started early this morning so I got to the smaller pond at 7am as the sun was starting to rise. Didn't get to stay long as it started pouring down and I wasn't really dressed for the occasion. It was a tad chilly out. Got back to the house about 7:45am so I could put my wet clothes in the dryer. Finally the rain let up enough for me to get back out there. Rain was still in the forecast so I dressed for it this time. Glad I did because it rained a bit more. It was ok though it finally cooled down some and stayed that way. Got back to the pond around 10am had my green pumpkin 3/8oz Dirty Jobs Tackle swim jig tied on with a green pumpkin 3.75" Tube as a trailer on my baitcaster and a green pumpkin 3.75" Tube with an 1/8oz shaky head hook stuffed inside it with the line tie eye pushed out the side at the head of the Tube(got the idea in an article on Tubes on this site) tied on my spinning rod. Both were productive today caught 2 on each before I got my swim jig snagged and broke off(gotta replace it soon). Ended up tying on my 3/8oz black and blue Arkie jig with another green pumpkin 3.75" Tube trailer. Caught one on that too, it was by accident though. It had a little mud on it so I dipped into the pond to rinse it. As soon as it hit the water it was engulfed. One handed I pulled it out, did my thing and released it. They were all dinks today, but I had fun anyways. The most fish I've caught in a single outing so far. Still trying to get that big un that I almost had yesterday. It's gonna happen, just hope it's sooner than later.
Angealy reply :
About time!
I was successful at catching and keeping a few rainbows after what seems like weeks of throwing my whole tackle box at them! "not literally but hopefully you get the point"
I used a size 10 Owner Mosquito Hook "Used these before, Awesome hooks.", Four pound fluorocarbon and a Berkley trout worm in bubble gum.
I used a spit shot rig with a single spit shot about 12 inches from the hook and that was all it took.
The other three rainbows were a bit wiser and wanted nothing to do with my pink worms/powerbait.
I pulled out a crank bait and spinners and it was enough for the other three to want to bite.
Now i would of liked to put the others on here and show them off but stupid me forgot to take a picture of them first and was more worried about getting the next one/etc.
However, Perhaps next time though.
Finally got my fall rainbow feels good <3
Tara-senko reply :
Caught in a public pond at about 10am on black n blue booyah frog. I retrieved so slowly so I was just barely causing him to make commotion next to the two downed trees.
Not sure the picture does the justice since I was alone but I estimated 3 something probably. ( feel free to voice ur opinion on size) someone else said over 4 but I don't know
This is the spot he blew up on it. Just to the left of the left branch...
Bass_Fishing_Socal reply :
The weather here is weird forecast to be almost 100 degree and will continue until this weekend. Tried night time fishing and here we go, my first bass at night on red Siebert fogy chatterbait with Zman paddlerZ. And no this is not black out location lol.
Tara-senko reply :
On 10/23/2017 at 11:40 PM, JustJames said:The weather here is weird forecast to be almost 100 degree and will continue until this weekend. Tried night time fishing and here we go, my first bass at night on red Siebert fogy chatterbait with Zman paddlerZ. And no this is not black out location lol.
Cold and rainyhere , nice one tho
lonnie g reply :
On 10/22/2017 at 12:58 AM, Bassin' Brad said:I love the coloration of the one in your left hand.
great day!! cool looking fish . got to love it when the big ones are tugging!
On 10/23/2017 at 9:09 AM, hawgenvy said:Hadn't been fishing in a while, until tonight. It's been hot and fish have been in the summer mood. Though the air is still in the high eighties, the shorter days are causing the water to cool slightly. I went out bank fishing on a pair of golf course ponds tonight and caught a dozen 2-4 pounders and a 5 pounder in an hour, most of them from under a wooden foot bridge. It was phenomenal. All of them smashed a green pumpkin chatterbait with a matching trailer.
The fish were strong pullers tonight and I think they are becoming activated by the cooling water. We are expecting finally a cold front this week and after that the bass should be actively chasing schooled baitfish and go nuts chasing my collection of jerkbaits.
wow! sounds like you had a great evening! i love it when they smash it like that
On 10/23/2017 at 8:33 AM, N Florida Mike said:Another few hours on the lake. Y'all ever have one of those days where you just feel like you'll get bit every cast? Thats how I felt. Ended up with 16 , but I lost more fish than normal . This was mostly because the fish were so active they would almost immediately hit the worm and swim off in any direction faster than normal. Caught probably 10 or more in blown down trees and limbs from Irma.
Only had a couple lucky strike worms left , and I quickly used them up. Ended up using old manns ribbon tail worms in purple flake from the 80's and they loved them. Ended up with a 6 inch manns black screw tail worm on for the pictured fish.
Fall bite is ON !!?
Really nice fish there Dwight.
great looking foot balls!!! mike about time you got back out there my friend. sounds like you had a great evening! supposed to be down in the 30's a couple of nights this week up here. YUCK!!
N Florida Mike reply :
Ive gone once a week for 4 weeks in a row now, for a few hours each time. 53 fish caught .Been fishing more for numbers ,trying to thin the herd some.
Little worms have been the ticket here lately.
Yeah we are supposed to get down in the 40s tomorrow night. Hope it doesnt mess with the fishing.
Take care my friend.
Bankbeater reply :
I managed to get out to a pond very early on Saturday morning. A black jitterbug was the key until the sun came up.
Wagster reply :
Here a couple I recently caught. Still waiting for the bass to start the fall feed.
Bassin' Brad reply :
On 10/24/2017 at 7:39 AM, lonnie g said:great day!! cool looking fish . got to love it when the big ones are tugging!
Although I would love to lay claim to those fish I was actually just commenting on them lol! @Fishin' Fool is the one that caught them!
Logan S reply :
Was able to finish out the regular tournament season on a hot streak with two wins and 3rd. No pictures from a win on the Potomac since the fishing was tough and I didn't expect to win with a small limit.
Took 1st on Conowingo with a decent limit of smallies on spinnerbaits.
Finished up with a 2-day tourny on Deep Creek...Got 3rd with a mixed bag of SM/LM, mostly on jerkbaits.
MIbassyaker reply :
On 10/17/2017 at 12:09 AM, A-Jay said:5.14lbs - smashed the Pop Max right before sunrise this morning.
On 10/18/2017 at 9:13 AM, A-Jay said:Straight Up Sunset Slaunch-Fest today . . .
On 10/21/2017 at 10:37 AM, Fishin' Fool said:Had my personal best today on St Clair, 3 fish over 5 pounds and 2 around 4. 23 pound bag and all on Ned rigs.
On 10/21/2017 at 9:32 PM, Dwight Hottle said:Yesterdays best.
Holy smokes you guys -- I can count on one hand the number of bass over 4lb I catch per year, and none of my smallmouth make it into that group.
Here's my own modest contribution to the Digitally-masked Costume Party and the Smallmouth-Fest going on here (a little under 3lb, from back in July):
Dorado reply :
Fall is finally here in AZ. This 4 lb bass took a Zoom Trick Worm - Candy Bug - tail dipped in Spike It Dip-N-Glow in Chartreuse/Garlic in a foot of water right off the bank. She was busting shad near an inlet Some fun metro pond night fishing!
12poundbass reply :
On 10/27/2017 at 5:13 AM, Dorado said:
Fall is finally here in AZ.
You poor thing 75-80 must be tough! ???? Chance of snow tomorrow here in Michigan.
Dorado reply :
On 10/27/2017 at 11:56 PM, 12poundbass said:You poor thing 75-80 must be tough! ???? Chance of snow tomorrow here in Michigan.
I'm finally enjoying the payoffs after surviving a miserable summer of 120 degree weather that forced me to remain indoors most of the time. My cabin fever hits hard every summer, but at least you have ice fishing in Michigan during your winters. I miss that stuff.
12poundbass reply :
On 10/28/2017 at 12:19 AM, Dorado said:I'm finally enjoying the payoffs after surviving a miserable summer of 120 degree weather that forced me to remain indoors most of the time. My cabin fever hits hard every summer, but at least you have ice fishing in Michigan during your winters. I miss that stuff.
It's hard to fathom getting cabin fever in the summer, but it makes sense. We start our vehicles on in the winter for them to warm up, you guys start yours in the summer to cool them before driving. What a difference a thousand miles or so makes.
BTW, I hate ice fishing (snooze fest, and a lot of work) ????
MIbassyaker reply :
On 10/28/2017 at 12:19 AM, Dorado said:I'm finally enjoying the payoffs after surviving a miserable summer of 120 degree weather that forced me to remain indoors most of the time. My cabin fever hits hard every summer, but at least you have ice fishing in Michigan during your winters. I miss that stuff.
Last time I was in AZ, it was mid october, and basically indistinguishable from summer 3 months prior in the place I left!
"Fall"...ha!
On 10/28/2017 at 12:51 AM, 12poundbass said:It's hard to fathom getting cabin fever in the summer, but it makes sense. We start our vehicles on in the winter for them to warm up, you guys start yours in the summer to cool them before driving. What a difference a thousand miles or so makes.
BTW, I hate ice fishing (snooze fest, and a lot of work) ????
I hate it too -- fishing is supposed to be fun.
deep reply :
Tough fishing yesterday. Some dinks and a couple 2-2.5# fish.
MichaelCopeland reply :
Evening before last I went to the smaller pond in my neighborhood. Had a green pumpkin/chartreuse belly Strike King S Toad(used a black Sharpie to color all of the belly leaving a trim around the edges chartreuse) Texas rigged on to my spinning rod with an 1/8oz bullet weight unpegged. First cast with it this 1lber chomped it down. Lowered my rod, reeled the slack and set that hook. Didn't know til I got him in that I had hooked it through the top of his mouth and out his eyeball. Was pretty tough getting the hook out. I thought I was gonna pull his eye out through his mouth with the hook. Fortunately that didn't happen, unfortunately his eye won't be the same. Getting the hook out turned his eyeball inward and I carefully used the hook point to turn it back right so he at least looks kinda right. The eye is still kinda sunken in but he is ok. He swam off quickly upon release. Don't think he'll see like he used to though. You can kinda tell in the pic below that his eye isn't exactly right and kinda sunken in. Never done that before. There's a first for everything though. You can kinda tell in the other pic that I felt bad about jacking his eye up. Wasn't purposely done. Happens to us all at some point I guess.
lo n slo reply :
untied the little johnny and set out after them around zero dark thirty this morning. an approaching cold front had me anticipating a good bite, but swt’s had dropped 8-10 degrees in the last week. my usual schools of spotted bass and shad had vanished, so i hit the brush piles....didn’t catch that many today, but some good ones were biting Zoom worms and lizards. life is good.
WDE reply :
Ran out of my 3/0 os and was left with 5/0 widegap os for wacky rigged Senko. This little bass was awfully lucky.
NorcalBassin reply :
Gotta love the footballs of fall...
lo n slo reply :
those are some beautiful spots man
MichaelCopeland reply :
On 10/29/2017 at 7:46 AM, WDE said:Ran out of my 3/0 os and was left with 5/0 widegap os for wacky rigged Senko. This little bass was awfully lucky.
Looks like you were close to getting an eye like I did the other day. Would've been the same side eye as mine...lol. That bass was really lucky you missed it. ????
Bass_Fishing_Socal reply :
Nothing much going on with me, caught some here and there mostly on wacky rig zoom finesse worm.
This morning started with top water, no take at all WP110, rebel popper and bubble walker, switched to Fluke and chatterbait still nothing. Finally got two on dropshot and one on wacky finesse worm.
Add another one on wacky rig this morning.
Looking for the big one reply :
Nice bass JustJames, but that view in the background alone would be worth the time on the water.
12poundbass reply :
On 10/30/2017 at 1:05 PM, JustJames said:Nothing much going on with me, caught some here and there mostly on wacky rig zoom finesse worm.
This morning started with top water, no take at all WP110, rebel popper and bubble walker, switched to Fluke and chatterbait still nothing. Finally got two on dropshot and one on wacky finesse worm.
James you know we are all going to expect you to have a different face with every picture now don't you? Lol
NorcalBassin reply :
First ever fish on a glide bait. Skinny fella but still pretty awesome.
everythingthatswims reply :
On 10/29/2017 at 7:50 AM, NorcalBassin said:Gotta love the footballs of fall...
Those fish are freakin' awesome! I still haven't gotten to chase any clear water spots, can't wait until I do! In VA the only place with big spots is muddy and full of grass!?!?
A-Jay reply :
On 10/29/2017 at 7:46 AM, WDE said:Ran out of my 3/0 os and was left with 5/0 widegap os for wacky rigged Senko. This little bass was awfully lucky.
The bass makes that hook look like a Gaff ~
A-Jay
Bassin' Brad reply :
On 10/12/2017 at 12:18 AM, JustJames said:
Hahaha @JustJames if you're gonna hide your identity you better go back through all the threads and smudge out your face! If you're gonna do it might as well do it right!!
Bass_Fishing_Socal reply :
LOL @Bassin' Brad, now my identity is compromised.
everythingthatswims reply :
Hadn't gotten the boat out in a while, but I finally have my college things at bay and had some free time this afternoon. Water from the river had pushed down into the lake with recent rains, 48 degrees at the ramp! Found some 55 degree water and got to work slow rolling a spinnerbait
lonnie g reply :
On 10/29/2017 at 7:50 AM, NorcalBassin said:Gotta love the footballs of fall...
those are some nice looking fat girls! we are wearing long jons here in Indiana. down to freezing here at night. yuck!!
On 11/1/2017 at 10:33 AM, everythingthatswims said:
Hadn't gotten the boat out in a while, but I finally have my college things at bay and had some free time this afternoon. Water from the river had pushed down into the lake with recent rains, 48 degrees at the ramp! Found some 55 degree water and got to work slow rolling a spinnerbait
you boys are always killing them! keep it up great job
RichF reply :
Last weekend in Northern NY was incredible. These were my biggest five of a 70 fish Friday with my dad. Just under 20lbs and Dad had 18.5. We fished ABA early bird tournaments Saturday and Sunday which were even better. I'm at my max for pics so I'll have to make a separate post.
Bass_Fishing_Socal reply :
Hit the spot very early morning for some top water, jerkbait and hudd 68 weedless.
Got a good size one on WP100 today, it was a very long time since my last WP bass and also was the first bass on this loon.
Yesterday got also only one hit on LC pointer. I start wondering why I only caught one bass a day lol.
And for entertaining to your Guy especially for @A-Jaylol
TnRiver46 reply :
On 11/3/2017 at 12:28 AM, JustJames said:Hit the spot very early morning for some top water, jerkbait and hudd 68 weedless.
Got a good size one on WP100 today, it was a very long time since my last WP bass and also was the first bass on this loon.
Yesterday got also only one hit on LC pointer. I start wondering why I only caught one bass a day lol.
And for entertaining to your Guy especially for @A-Jaylol
Hahahahahah nice fish
lo n slo reply :
james aint right ; - )
12poundbass reply :
Keep up the good work James! Let your creativity run wild! Lol
A-Jay reply :
On 11/3/2017 at 12:28 AM, JustJames said:Hit the spot very early morning for some top water, jerkbait and hudd 68 weedless.
Got a good size one on WP100 today, it was a very long time since my last WP bass and also was the first bass on this loon.
Yesterday got also only one hit on LC pointer. I start wondering why I only caught one bass a day lol.
And for entertaining to your Guy especially for @A-Jaylol
Great Bass JJ ~
Congrats
and Thanks for thinking of me
BASS302 reply :
I'm waiting for James to put a fish head in place of his face! LOL!
Bass_Fishing_Socal reply :
On 11/3/2017 at 4:50 AM, BASS302 said:I'm waiting for James to put a fish head in place of his face! LOL!
You read my mind. I intended to do that, but that I have to get on my laptop. I'm too lazy for that LOL.
KHartman reply :
This was the beginning of October on the West Pigeon Fork! First time fly fishing.
NorcalBassin reply :
Some solid pre-storm topwater action today...
everythingthatswims reply :
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The slow-rolled spinnerbait bite was wide open today! Lost two nice brown fish that shouldn't have come off, not sure what went wrong
MTPanda reply :
First striped bass caught Monday!
Bonus video of the catch.
And a dinky largie earlier that morning
Bluebasser86 reply :
Spent the day on the water with @kickerfish1 on Monday. Wind got too strong for the first lake and the fishing was less than spectacular. Water was much colder than expected at the second lake but fishing was really good. Caught several little ones right near the ramp before we went to the area that I thought the bigger fish would be. I believe it was my second cast when I caught my first over 5 for the day.
Got to the next bend in the creek and caught my new lake PB of 6.06lbs.
WDE reply :
Found a quiet corner of a pond that’s never fished. T-rigged worms and wacky Senkos are nailing it.
NorcalBassin reply :
On 11/3/2017 at 2:20 PM, Bluebasser86 said:One of my best days on the water all year for quality fish.
Congratulations on an epic day. Wow!
IndianaFinesse reply :
On 11/3/2017 at 2:20 PM, Bluebasser86 said:Spent the day on the water with @kickerfish1 on Monday. Wind got too strong for the first lake and the fishing was less than spectacular. Water was much colder than expected at the second lake but fishing was really good. Caught several little ones right near the ramp before we went to the area that I thought the bigger fish would be. I believe it was my second cast when I caught my first over 5 for the day.
Got to the next bend in the creek and caught my new lake PB of 6.06lbs.
We fished up the creek until the water got down below 47 before turning around and fishing back out. Stuck my second over 5 right where John's dad had caught a solid fish on the way back.One of my best days on the water all year for quality fish.I had to go back and give it another try after that day, but the cold night and lack of sun killed the river bite. Caught a ton of fish on a tube, including a rare fat spotted bass, so it was still another really fun day. Great fishing for dirty water and sub 50 degree water temps.
Man that's a big bag, especially for Kansas.. You get the big girls on a jig or bladed jig?
Bluebasser86 reply :
On 11/3/2017 at 10:15 PM, IndianaFinesse said:Man that's a big bag, especially for Kansas..
Spinnerbait
TnRiver46 reply :
@Bluebasser86, don't ya just love it when summer is finally over???
Bluebasser86 reply :
On 11/3/2017 at 10:40 PM, TnRiver46 said:@Bluebasser86, don't ya just love it when summer is finally over???
Yeah, the bad thing is we wentstraight from summer to winter!
TnRiver46 reply :
On 11/3/2017 at 10:49 PM, Bluebasser86 said:Yeah, the bad thing is we wentstraight from summer to winter!
Which is a good thing because you catch big fish all winter! I worked with a guy from Kansas one summer and he said it is 110° at one extreme and -10 at the other
scaleface reply :
On 11/3/2017 at 2:20 PM, Bluebasser86 said:Spent the day on the water with @kickerfish1 on Monday.
What a fantastic day .Good job .
I went yesterday . Had boat problems and didnt get to fish . I was hoping to have this type of day . Took the boat to the boat guy , he solved the problem and I had him go ahead and winterize it . I still have the small conservation lakes to fish and if I can get a decent day or two will get out . November can be an excellent month around these parts if the weather will cooperate .Time is running out .
everythingthatswims reply :
On 11/3/2017 at 10:29 PM, Bluebasser86 said:Spinnerbait
Yeah they're liking that thing right now . I've been fishing the 54-55 degree water in the lower end of the lake I've been on, and avoiding the 48 degree water towards the top of it. After seeing what you did I may have to head up that way and at least give them a go, I'm sure the brown ones will be doing it!
A-Jay reply :
On 11/3/2017 at 10:49 PM, Bluebasser86 said:Yeah, the bad thing is we wentstraight from summer to winter!
Welcome to my world Blue ~
And sometimes it seems like we go from winter straight into . . . winter.
A-Jay
Bluebasser86 reply :
On 11/3/2017 at 10:58 PM, TnRiver46 said:Which is a good thing because you catch big fish all winter! I worked with a guy from Kansas one summer and he said it is 110° at one extreme and -10 at the other
He's not lying either. Throw in the fact the wind is almost always blowing 20+, makes fishing difficult at times.
On 11/3/2017 at 11:49 PM, everythingthatswims said:Yeah they're liking that thing right now
I was catching them on a buzzbait still last week in 51-49 degree water. They'll eat the spinnerbait in 48 degree water for sure.
TnRiver46 reply :
On 11/3/2017 at 11:49 PM, everythingthatswims said:Yeah they're liking that thing right now
47-49 is my favorite water temp for the brown ones, maybe not if there is warmer water available in the same lake though
On 11/4/2017 at 12:29 AM, A-Jay said:Welcome to my world Blue ~
And sometimes it seems like we go from winter straight into . . . winter.
A-Jay
Hahahaha never heard that one! There are warmer places in america, just not with unmolested smallmouth lakes all around you. My favorite thing about the north country is all the fishermen are busy with trout and walleye and bass get left alone
TnRiver46 reply :
On 11/3/2017 at 11:42 AM, everythingthatswims said:
The slow-rolled spinnerbait bite was wide open today! Lost two nice brown fish that shouldn't have come off, not sure what went wrong
The fish and the trees in the background? D*%# I love this time of year! If only my football team wasn't the worst in over a century....
NYWayfarer reply :
Best Smallmouth Bass I caught in October was this 16" pound and a half girl.
Weather and life issues have kept me off the water since October 22nd. Hope to get one or more fishing trips in before Winter forces me into fishing hibernation.
everythingthatswims reply :
On 11/4/2017 at 2:33 AM, TnRiver46 said:The fish and the trees in the background? D*%# I love this time of year! If only my football team wasn't the worst in over a century....
I don't have time to keep up with any sports besides fishing
everythingthatswims reply :
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Took a trip to BROWN TOWN today!
TnRiver46 reply :
On 11/4/2017 at 7:50 AM, everythingthatswims said:
Took a trip to BROWN TOWN today!
Oh Lordy look at that. Is that a lake that you fish sometimes on a state line (hint hint)?
everythingthatswims reply :
On 11/4/2017 at 8:01 AM, TnRiver46 said:Oh Lordy look at that. Is that a lake that you fish sometimes on a state line (hint hint)?
I'm at school at WVU, that is on Cheat Lake, which does touch the PA border at the dam. (I love soho too and I'll be there over thanksgiving )
TnRiver46 reply :
On 11/4/2017 at 8:30 AM, everythingthatswims said:I'm at school at WVU, that is on Cheat Lake, which does touch the PA border at the dam. (I love soho too and I'll be there over thanksgiving
Heckuva bag of smallmouth! you cracked my code of hints with ease! I would think soho would be much better the colder it gets so that will be good timing
hawgenvy reply :
Went tonight to the Horrendous Pads with my brand new flipping stick, a Dobyns Champion XP DC766FLIP that arrived on my doorstep last night. This fish was my only bite but it was a good one. I was impressed with the new rod -- much more sensitive than my other big stick. It was easy to pitch the hefty jig accurately and I was able to control the fight. The fish tried to wrap me around the leaves but I was able to lead her out of the nasty stuff nose first. Also, I think a heavy weed guard on a jig helps get fish out of thick pads.
A-Jay reply :
On 11/4/2017 at 7:50 AM, everythingthatswims said:
Took a trip to BROWN TOWN today!
Nice work and you know that's one of my favorite trips to take
Congrats on nailing them in Brownsville . . .
A-Jay
N Florida Mike reply :
Got in a couple hours last evening. Decided to fish the N. end of the lake closer to home. Its shallower overall, and weedier. The middle and south end is deeper and usually holds more quality fish and numbers, so I fish it more.
So the bite was off compared to the last several trips. Could be the high pressure system. Could be partially that the lake was slick calm. Could be it was that part of the lake, although I caught my pb.in that area.
Still caught 7-8. Still biting the 4 inch tequila worm .Nice evening on the water anyway. This was one of the better ones.
TnRiver46 reply :
Nice boat paddle size bass!
Bass_Fishing_Socal reply :
On 11/3/2017 at 1:54 PM, MTPanda said:
First striped bass caught Monday!
Bonus video of the catch.
And a dinky largie earlier that morning
Nice striped bass man, I have not gone to any striped bass this year. I see you fish on Monday, wanna come explore canyon lake on Monday?
MichaelCopeland reply :
Due to matters that were out of my hands, I had to move back up to Shreveport. That being said, before I made the move yesterday, I spent Thursday and Friday fishing the smaller pond. Only caught one each day, but I had a good time anyways. My son came with me for about an hour and a half on Friday and then yesterday before I left to come up to Shreveport my son and I went back to the pond for an hour. Didn't catch anything still had fun. Never caught the big un that is in there. Almost did Wednesday night. I'll have to make a post about that. The pics below are from Thursday and Friday. Hoping to have some latest catch pics from up here soon to post. I'll actually have an opportunity to get out on a boat occasionally now.
hawgenvy reply :
It's almost always an adventure fishing in south Florida, even when the bite sucks, like this morning. My friend and I fished the canal on the Boca Raton/Delray Beach line. The first interesting sight was a great blue heron on a dock trying to swallow an large oscar and practically choking on it. He finally managed to spit it out onto the deck and just stood there looking at it not knowing what to do next. Fishing was a struggle, just three small bass and a miniature peacock. A boat near us, though, landed a clown knifefish, quite an interesting creature. And then I caught on a jig, for the first time, a jaguar guapote, seen in the photo. I thought it was a crappie for a few seconds, then I noticed the cichlid fin pattern and recognized it as a guapote from photos I had seen.
WDE reply :
Threw on the wading boots again this morning and landed 6 in a couple hours. Largest were these two 3.8(top) 2.9(bottom). They’re eating up. Nearly every one I caught had a bit of a pudge belly. T-rigged Smartbaits color changing Smart Bomb plastic worm, really digging this sample pack I got from MTB a while back.
Quick shots of these 2:
everythingthatswims reply :
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Had a totally insane day today! My friends and I did a little exploring, and we found a spring creek with a network of beaver ponds, all of which is loaded with bass, who seemed to have never been fished for before! We caught well over 100 fish, triple hookups were common, the water was clear and the bass were gorgeous. The creek never gets wider than 20' across, and no deeper than 5'. All the damage was done with a ned rig but I'm sure they would have eaten anything. Biggest bass was the 4-13 that I am holding, and our best 5 were somewhere in the neighborhood of 17-18lbs.
Jay Dubs reply :
On 4/26/2017 at 12:25 PM, cport0519 said:Went to my favorite little pond in gainesville after work to try out my new wacky tackle. Conditions were tough! Really windy, and there is a lot of slime weed in the pond, so I gave up the wacky.
There are only three good access spots on this pond, and the first two that I usually fish had no protection from the wind, so I went to the last spot I go to. It usually had a lot of pond scum blown in there from the prevailing winds, but this time it was clear enough to fish. Tied on a 5 inch baby bass fluke, started tossing it out there. On my 12th or so cast, I was bringing it in twitch twitch pause. After a pause, I twitched it so that it almost came to the surface, when about 25ft out, this fish came out of the water and crushed it! My pulse quickened, but I stayed calm and waited a beat til I felt him, and set the hook. Man it felt heavy! Drag started coming off my shimano solstace 2500FI, and it was on. He jumped 3 times, and each time pucker factor went up exponentially. Played it for about 5 minutes on 8# pline mono, finally lipped him. 19.5 inches and 3.97 on my scale, I don't care, I'm calling him 4 lbs. This is why we do it!
Beautiful pond fish!
Angealy reply :
Hmm, It would seem things are currently pretty tough right now.
I would said it's because it's much colder out, rained a bunch, water level has went up and current is much faster.
However, I could be wrong about all of these and almost all my spots seem dead or show no sign of fish at all.
We couldn't get a single bite no matter what we used, I did however finally get a few but not fish i wanted.
We even went to catch bass and we did get a bunch of taps we just couldn't manage to hook into one, The closest i got was a bass swimming towards me with my senko in his mouth, I was very excited and then as he got closer to me on shore he dropped the hook and senko yeah she wasn't even hooked.
This was when i remembered our rods we had with us were spooled up with four pound test for rainbow trout.
Pretty much just not that great of a day but we did manage to catch a few small fish and even found three new lures for our tackle box so there is that.
Bass_Fishing_Socal reply :
On 11/6/2017 at 3:30 AM, hawgenvy said:Fishing was a struggle, just three small bass and a miniature peacock. A boat near us, though, landed a clown knifefish, quite an interesting creature.
If I were in Florida bass might be my second, third or even forth primary target. I would love to fish for clown knife again. I'm not sure if you can catch them with lure but I used to use live shrimp and minnow(4-5"). Look for log or stump in the water and wait to see if they come up to breath. They are a good fighter and jumper too.
RichF reply :
Pics from my 2 early bird tournaments the last week of October. Took first at both with my father taking a close 2nd in both. All largies that Saturday (20+lbs) and 26.5lbs of Lake Onatrio smallmouth that Sunday. I 
NY!
Angealy reply :
Took my bait caster out and headed out into the rain and over cast.
Finally i have landed and caught a almost three pound bass on my white chatter bait and strike king rage swimmer swimbait as a trailer.
I was also told by Extreme Philly Fishing people open chatter baits in the store and steal the trailer that come with it and most people don't even know they do come with it "I didn't know and i didn't have one in mine so i guess someone stole mine in walmart"
Regardless it felt good to catch at least one on it.
Team9nine reply :
No giants to see here, but some solid chunks that I'm pretty proud of. Been bank fishing a few new ponds, and this one particular one has been very stingy. It's clear water, very shallow and dishpan like, coverless, with grass growing over the bank edges. Turns out, that's where the bass like to just hang out, nose to the bank (literally) in just 4"-6" of water. If you walk fast or heavy, or get close, you get a splash of water at your feet as they spook and shoot straight to the center of the pond. Throw a heavy bait along the shoreline and splash the entry, they're out of there. Land more than 2 feet off the bank, they won't come out and get it. Too close to the bank, your line ends up over the grassy edge, bait spending half the time out of the water. Needless to say, this was a tough nut to crack, and catches have been meager, but I finally put the pieces together last night and managed over a dozen bass. Something special and satisfying when you finally make a good catch from a place that seems to have your number most days
J Francho reply :
The last two look healthy and chubby, so the ponds must be doing well.
Team9nine reply :
On 11/8/2017 at 4:08 AM, J Francho said:The last two look healthy and chubby, so the ponds must be doing well.
Interesting you bring that up. In this particular pond, about half the fish I catch appear to be severely deficient in this regard, while the other half look fine. You can kind of see that on the first picture. Several I caught I didn't bother with a pic because of their poor condition (big head, skinny body). One particular fish of above average size, I'll be surprised if he lives another week he was in such poor condition. The fact that they can successfully strike a lure suggests to me that the bass, per se, aren't the issue, but that there simply isn't enough food to go around for everyone, and only the strongest/healthiest are making a good living for themselves.
Two other ponds I spent time on were total opposites in this regard despite being connected together by a small inlet. One, the bass were fat as ticks, and strong as all get out. The other, 2/3rds were skinnier than they should be and obviously weren't getting enough food. Aspects like this are one of the reasons I like fishing new bodies of water. Each one is unique in some way, and ascertaining their differences is part of the fun of fishing, for me
J Francho reply :
That pond might benefit from some harvest, or a food source that thrives better?
Bluebasser86 reply :
We've had some very cold temps the last week, 10-20 degrees below average temps for this time of year. It seems to really have the fish feeding. Monday had the 5th day of the year with north of 100 fish put in the boat, including 2 largemouth bigger than I'd ever seen from this lake. Mine went 4.5 on a jerkbait, my buddy's was 5.5 on wart. Also caught smallmouth, white bass, crappie, warmouth, bluegill, trout, and drum.
Tuesday we went in search of wipers at a small, local lake and it seems we were still a few degrees too warm for them with 50 degree water. I caught our only 2, a pair of 6.5lb bookends. We went down the banks looking for lures and throwing warts after we gave up on the wipers. Caught several bass and found 26 baits, which wasn't as many as I expected but not too bad. My buddy had the big bass of the day with a very solid fish for this particular lake.
Logan S reply :
My last scheduled tournament of the season was last weekend, the FOBA Classic on Lake Gaston. This lake has really changed over the past several years with the spotted bass population finally reaching 'tournament quality' size. The LM fishing was pretty tough, so the majority of fish weighed in overall were spots, I'd guess at least 75%. I was one of the few that got on a LM pattern and weighed 4 LM and 1 spot on the first day and then 2 LM and 3 spots on the second day. Weighed 9-0 on day 1 and 11-12 on day 2, which was good enough for second place...But only 3oz behind the winner .
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Only two patterns for me...Covering A LOT of shallow water with a spinnerbait for LM's and fishing a Vision 110 on points for spotted bass. On day 2 I had to give up on the LM pattern after getting only 2 fish by noon, spent the rest of the day targeting spots, worked out OK but I wish I would have pulled the plug sooner - might have had time for 1 more cull . Oh well, still fun and getting paid is never bad!
BassB8Caster reply :
On 11/8/2017 at 11:47 PM, Logan S said:My last scheduled tournament of the season was last weekend, the FOBA Classic on Lake Gaston. This lake has really changed over the past several years with the spotted bass population finally reaching 'tournament quality' size. The LM fishing was pretty tough, so the majority of fish weighed in overall were spots, I'd guess at least 75%. I was one of the few that got on a LM pattern and weighed 4 LM and 1 spot on the first day and then 2 LM and 3 spots on the second day. Weighed 9-0 on day 1 and 11-12 on day 2, which was good enough for second place...But only 3oz behind the winner
Only two patterns for me...Covering A LOT of shallow water with a spinnerbait for LM's and fishing a Vision 110 on points for spotted bass. On day 2 I had to give up on the LM pattern after getting only 2 fish by noon, spent the rest of the day targeting spots, worked out OK but I wish I would have pulled the plug sooner - might have had time for 1 more cull
Man those spots are some beautiful fish. Crazy colors/patterns!
lo n slo reply :
well done, love those spots brother
J._Bricker reply :
On 11/8/2017 at 11:47 PM, Logan S said:My last scheduled tournament of the season was last weekend, the FOBA Classic on Lake Gaston. This lake has really changed over the past several years with the spotted bass population finally reaching 'tournament quality' size. The LM fishing was pretty tough, so the majority of fish weighed in overall were spots, I'd guess at least 75%. I was one of the few that got on a LM pattern and weighed 4 LM and 1 spot on the first day and then 2 LM and 3 spots on the second day. Weighed 9-0 on day 1 and 11-12 on day 2, which was good enough for second place...But only 3oz behind the winner
Only two patterns for me...Covering A LOT of shallow water with a spinnerbait for LM's and fishing a Vision 110 on points for spotted bass. On day 2 I had to give up on the LM pattern after getting only 2 fish by noon, spent the rest of the day targeting spots, worked out OK but I wish I would have pulled the plug sooner - might have had time for 1 more cull
Well done Logan, and like you said a check is always a good thing! And that would happen to be a Mann’s Hank Parker “Classic” on the deck would it ????...
WDE reply :
Caught this morning around 10:45. Hardly any bites rest of the day. 3.6lbs, short and stocky. T-rigged black/blue Yumdinger. Interesting dorsal, or lack thereof.
J._Bricker reply :
On 11/9/2017 at 7:46 AM, WDE said:Caught this morning around 10:45. Hardly any bites rest of the day. 3.6lbs, short and stocky. T-rigged black/blue Yumdinger. Interesting dorsal, or lack thereof.
I’d call him “Spike”.
WDE reply :
On 11/9/2017 at 8:31 AM, J._Bricker said:I’d call him “Spike”.
Side view looks like he’s got a nice scar across his back. Assuming that’s why the dorsal is abbreviated.
Logan S reply :
On 11/9/2017 at 5:40 AM, J._Bricker said:Well done Logan, and like you said a check is always a good thing! And that would happen to be a Mann’s Hank Parker “Classic” on the deck would it ????...
It's actually a Hawg Caller, but it does look similar to the Mann's. Thanks
hawgenvy reply :
Had a half hour to fish today between work and sunset, so I raced over to a local pond. The bass were going nuts all over the place chasing little fish. I threw out a Menace grub and caught about ten 1-2 pounders in 15 minutes. I then tossed the grub to a wooden retaining wall and something big grabbed it, but I lost the fish on the hookset. I tossed to the same spot, and same result! Third time I had him, and after a spirited fight -- he was pulling out drag on 17 pound fluoro -- I landed, to my great surprise, this huge blue tilapia. Must have been at least 5 pounds. I should have weighed it but it didn't occur to me at the time. The gash in its flank may have been from one of my prior hooksets. It is unusual for tilapia to bite a lure, so my guess is that the fish was defending a bed and not trying to eat it.
Bluebasser86 reply :
On 11/9/2017 at 10:52 AM, hawgenvy said:Had a half hour to fish today between work and sunset, so I raced over to a local pond. The bass were going nuts all over the place chasing little fish. I threw out a Menace grub and caught about ten 1-2 pounders in 15 minutes. I then tossed the grub to a wooden retaining wall and something big grabbed it, but I lost the fish on the hookset. I tossed to the same spot, and same result! Third time I had him, and after a spirited fight -- he was pulling out drag on 17 pound fluoro -- I landed, to my great surprise, this huge blue tilapia. Must have been at least 5 pounds. I should have weighed it but it didn't occur to me at the time. The gash in its flank may have been from one of my prior hooksets. It is unusual for tilapia to bite a lure, so my guess is that the fish was defending a bed and not trying to eat it.
Haven't ever caught one that big, but like you said, the ones I've caught were serious fighters.
Bass_Fishing_Socal reply :
Went out yesterday the same route I tried on Monday with @MTPandafor 5 hours and caught only 4 small bass???? 2 on buzzbait and 2 dinks on wacky rig Senko.
Bass is active alright they are schooling but who know where. By the time I'm done I saw a big group of bass boiling up feeding on shad for a few minutes on the shallow side of skipper island(I was gonna fish that area but spent too much time on those dinks). Now my lake is 3 miles long, I don't think I'm gonna be able to find those school of bass unlike small pond that I use to fish where I can see bass chasing shad by the bank. Now i can say "Fall is suck for me" Anyway here is my small bass.
ohboyitsrobby reply :
Caught this one and a couple others and some stripers bank fishing after work. 1st stripers I'd caught. Burning a 1/4 oz yamamoto lipless in some kind of shallow water
MTPanda reply :
On 11/11/2017 at 3:21 AM, JustJames said:Went out yesterday the same route I tried on Monday with @MTPandafor 5 hours and caught only 4 small bass???? 2 on buzzbait and 2 dinks on wacky rig Senko.
Bass is active alright they are schooling but who know where. By the time I'm done I saw a big group of bass boiling up feeding on shad for a few minutes on the shallow side of skipper island(I was gonna fish that area but spent too much time on those dinks). Now my lake is 3 miles long, I don't think I'm gonna be able to find those school of bass unlike small pond that I use to fish where I can see bass chasing shad by the bank. Now i can say "Fall is suck for me" Anyway here is my small bass.
Haha that's awesome! Glad you went back and got em. Thanks for the invite and ride on your boat! Was a fun time. Till next time!
Bass fishing is best reply :
This is how you break in a new rod. Bought an E6x during the ebay sale a few weeks ago and absolutely love it. Newer spot is a bit of a hike and a few opportunities to break my neck but well worth it.
Was going to stay till dark until I saw this track in the mud. Didn't think much of it until I heard something behind me. Biggest Coyote I've seen standing above me in a cave on the cliff and not afraid at all. Glad I wore my brown pants. Walked back to my car making as much noise as possible.
everythingthatswims reply :
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Nabbed a 12lb limit in 2 and a half hours this evening. Water temps ranged from 42-47. Blade bait, ned rig, and a slow rolled spinnerbait.
Angealy reply :
@everythingthatswims: That's how it's done, Good job my man.
N Florida Mike reply :
Decided to fish the south (deeper ) end of the lake and caught 7 , mostly on zoom super flukes in watermelon seed and red shad. Also Picked 1 off on the ultravibe speed craw.
DINK WHISPERER reply :
High winds and rain here in S. FL couldn't keep us at home yesterday. Managed to get my lil guy on some good numbers but no biguns.
tcal4404 reply :
Braved the brutal cold this saturday in NY and was rewarded with my first smallmouth. Hit a jerkbait on the test cast lol. Chunky guy too. Brought my new scale with me but was too cold to open the package with frozen fingers. Caught a good size pickerel on the same jerkbait
buzzed bait reply :
when you have a 3 month old baby you don't see a lot of water.... when the wife says you should go fishing today YOU GO! nevermind that it was cold and wet.... i was in heaven yesterday, had the whole lake to myself and couldn't have been happier. also managed to land about 6 fish, all on the spinnerbait or s waver. great day!
TnRiver46 reply :
On 11/13/2017 at 10:45 PM, tcal4404 said:Braved the brutal cold this saturday in NY and was rewarded with my first smallmouth. Hit a jerkbait on the test cast lol. Chunky guy too. Brought my new scale with me but was too cold to open the package with frozen fingers. Caught a good size pickerel on the same jerkbait
If that's your first smallmouth you may want to retire!
tcal4404 reply :
On 11/14/2017 at 1:26 AM, TnRiver46 said:If that's your first smallmouth you may want to retire!
haha angle makes it seem ginormous but i'd guess 2.5-3lbs. I lost one last week on a jerkbait when I was fumbling to try and get to a good spot to land it and took me down into the rocks and broke me off with the jerkbait piercing still attached...I was a little more prepared this time
WDE reply :
Fishing by the light of the soccer fields to my back after the sun had fully set. Hit the t-rigged Yumdinger like a champ. Didn’t get weight or length, but probably close to 24 inches, 5 or 6 pounds and my PB cat—I’m assuming it’s a flathead or channel, but correct me if I’m mistaken.
Shoes in pic for reference, I wear a size 10.
AndrewJ reply :
Well took dad out last time so it was mom's turn. Hate to say it, but she is a better bass fisher than dad is. We had a great day and the weather cooperated. Mom even caught her personal best 2.5 lbs smallmouth.
Caught this trout while working out a knot in the line. Once I got the knot out, I was reeling in fast to make another cast and the trout just slammed my grub.
Dorado reply :
@WDE Nice Channel Cat! What color did she bite on? Just curious. Congrats on a PB
WDE reply :
On 11/15/2017 at 12:23 AM, Dorado said:@WDE Nice Channel Cat! What color did she bite on? Just curious. Congrats on a PB
Black/blue! Thank you for identifying it for me.
everythingthatswims reply :
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Today was the last day for my boat in WV for this year. I'm taking it back home for thanksgiving and leaving it there so my brothers can exploit some fish this winter.
My friend and I caught a bunch of bass today, we found a school of them on some brush in 40' and got to work on them with ned rigs! It was an interesting bite for sure, they wouldn't eat the 1/6 neds so we were using the 1/10th size and letting them fall FOREVER to reach bottom. It was a huge shift from the slow rolled spinnerbait bite we have been on for the past couple of weeks, but the water temps are dropping, and the lake is being lowered to winter pool at a fast rate, so the bass don't want to be on the banks anymore. 47 degree water today.
TravisVirginiaAngler reply :
Got on em Monday with the swim jig and keitech trailer. 7.9 a 7.8 a 4.6 a 4 and 3.4
BEST DAY of fishing I've ever had.
buzzed bait reply :
On 11/15/2017 at 10:00 AM, TravisVirginiaAngler said:Got on em Monday with the swim jig and keitech trailer. 7.9 a 7.8 a 4.6 a 4 and 3.4
BEST DAY of fishing I've ever had.
dayuuuuuuuuuuuuum that's a solid bag! well done!
TravisVirginiaAngler reply :
On 11/15/2017 at 10:31 AM, buzzed bait said:dayuuuuuuuuuuuuum that's a solid bag! well done!
Thanks I’m still pinching myself. The big girls were gorging shad it was windy cold and overcast. The stars aligned.
Bluebasser86 reply :
Had a couple good days on the water this weekend. Was supposed to fish a tournament on Lake of the Ozarks Sunday, but I had some steering issues with my outboard that made it unsafe on that rough body of water, so we opted to fish nearby Stockton Lake and had a good time landing largemouth, smallmouth, spots, (and maybe a meanmouth), drum, and several walleye. My fish that I think might be a hybrid (meanmouth).
A little largemouth that ate my BIL's wart about as deep as it could.
1 short of our 2 person limit of 'eyes. All but one ate the white jerkbait, the oddball ate an A-rig.
Monday was a solo trip to Lake Shawnee in Topeka, KS. The fish were on fire there, once I found them. The same white jerkbait did most of the damage, including a 3.81, 4.11, and 4.46 pound fish. Also had some bonus trout, including one rather large individual that kept eating my wart. Wouldn't be a trip to this lake without some drum too.
The video ended up being pretty lengthy, even after deleting well over half the days videos. Even with missing several catches for whatever reason, usually forgetting to restart the camera from the previous catch, I had 78 videos of fish catches from the day, not too bad for the second week of November
Gundog reply :
@Bluebasser86 that is one massive rainbow trout.
TnRiver46 reply :
@Bluebasser86, looks like a meanmouth to me! Excellent couple days of fish catches
everythingthatswims reply :
@Bluebasser86 I would be surprised if that is anything but a meanmouth. Gorgeous fish!
DINK WHISPERER reply :
That trout tho!!????
Team9nine reply :
I guess this is what a fish on a fall feeding binge looks like... Structure, breaks and breaklines.
J Francho reply :
Dang!
J._Bricker reply :
On 11/16/2017 at 4:03 AM, Team9nine said:I guess this is what a fish on a fall feeding binge looks like...
Now I know where that softball I hit in the lake went ????. Beautiful, healthy fish Team9nine!
ohboyitsrobby reply :
My trip with the Aussies I met on here. Went so good. Got on em pretty good with the a rig. And these aren't even the half just the ones we could hold at the time. Great time with some great people. I'll post some more pics and talk more about it on another thread.
A-Jay reply :
Dorado reply :
On 11/16/2017 at 1:39 PM, A-Jay said:A-Jay
What a dream catch! Fattest Bass I’ve seen posted on this forum in a long time. Dear scott
tcal4404 reply :
Wow, some monsters in here lately! Way to get em fellas
MichaelCopeland reply :
On 11/16/2017 at 1:39 PM, A-Jay said:A-Jay
Wow @A-Jay that big momma looks like she just ate a massive butterball turkey! She is huge! Congratulations on such a trophy! ????
A-Jay reply :
DINK WHISPERER reply :
@A-Jay awesome fish man! I got on some good ones today too. Not quite that nice tho.
everythingthatswims reply :
All relatively small fish, but a very fun A-rig bite today. We caught 13 total, including this triple hookup!
Turtle135 reply :
Found an off shore hump with a log laying over the top. Sat there for over an hour just bumping the jig up and over that log.
AndrewJ reply :
Went fishing with the wife for the first time in 5 months. Had a pretty good day with some nice spots and a bunch of garden variety ones as well.
lonnie g reply :
On 11/16/2017 at 4:03 AM, Team9nine said:I guess this is what a fish on a fall feeding binge looks like...
nice fat girl!!!
Bass_Fishing_Socal reply :
It has been a very long time. I don't even remember when the last time I posted here. Anyway, I've been throwing nothing but swimbait for awhile and finally the hard work paid off. The first hudd fish of this season not very big tho just about 4 lbs.
Swbass15 reply :
Wanted to fish Friday as it was setting up nicely high was 80 light breeze and cloudy, but couldn't because of work. So I got 30 mins Saturday afternoon there was a 30 temp change and winds were blowing 20 out of the northeast. I went to a rock pile I knew and pulled this out on my second cast. I'm guessing around 4lbs
@Bluebasser86 are those Wild or stocked bows you have up there? That thing is a tank!
Gundog reply :
On 11/19/2017 at 10:00 AM, Turtle135 said:Found an off shore hump with a log laying over the top. Sat there for over an hour just bumping the jig up and over that log.
WOW that is a hawg. That one had to be worth the time spent trying to wrangle it.
everythingthatswims reply :
Got some border patrol smallies this evening
TnRiver46 reply :
On 11/22/2017 at 8:00 AM, everythingthatswims said:
Got some border patrol smallies this evening
Nice ones!
DINK WHISPERER reply :
New PB ????
Bluebasser86 reply :
On 11/21/2017 at 8:48 PM, Swbass15 said:
@Bluebasser86 are those Wild or stocked bows you have up there? That thing is a tank!
Stocked, no where in KS for trout to reproduce and only 1 lake they survive year round in any numbers. I caught 2 that were 2 pounds bigger than that one on Monday
everythingthatswims reply :
Slow day but caught a couple nice ones! Too bad the largemouth was all sickly looking.
N Florida Mike reply :
Fished from about 3 on today . Post front conditions. Not a cloud in the sky. Worked hard to get 8. Most were caught on a 10 inch grape shad culprit. Its funny, but as I woke up this morning I was thinking about using this bait today.
No hawgs, ( I lost one though ) but all decent fish.
DINK WHISPERER reply :
Lost one today that was easily over 10lb. But we still had a blast catching them on lake Istokpoga.
WDE reply :
Best part about visiting in laws on Thanksgiving is hitting their private pond after lunch. Here’s 9 of the 11 I caught in a couple hours. All roughly the same size. Can’t count the number of missed hookups.
And the two I caught today
Once again, working the t-rigged Yumdinger(junebug).
bueshy reply :
Caught this tank yesterday. No scale or measuring tape(didnt have my normal bag,nor did I expect this size catch). Laid her down for just a second so I could take a pic to show scale. She swam off beautifully and I packed up and drove home feeling high.
QUAKEnSHAKE reply :
Just bought a Tatula SV 6.3 had it out to break it in. Rod I put it on was 7' MH/F Helios used a 3/8 SPRO Hair jig Slow going five hours just one fish.
lo n slo reply :
On 11/28/2017 at 7:37 AM, bueshy said:Caught this tank yesterday. No scale or measuring tape(didnt have my normal bag,nor did I expect this size catch). Laid her down for just a second so I could take a pic to show scale. She swam off beautifully and I packed up and drove home feeling high.
well said brother ????
Bluebasser86 reply :
Caught way more bass than I expected to yesterday, considering I set out to chase wipers. Those weren't cooperating like I'd hoped so I chased the green ones while looking for lost baits. Found 14 baits, including a Pompadour Jr, and caught one of the fattest/thickest bass I've ever caught on a homemade finesse brush jig. Only 16 3/4" long, but 3.26 pounds.
Caught several nice ones on a wart my buddy painted up for me.
Team9nine reply :
Water temps 44 degrees and change, but they're still biting. We'll be catching them with ice on the lake in about another week to 10 days.
Dorado reply :
On 11/29/2017 at 2:48 PM, Bluebasser86 said:
Caught several nice ones on a wart my buddy painted up for me
The colors on that wart are wicked!
Bluebasser86 reply :
On 11/30/2017 at 5:17 AM, Dorado said:The colors on that wart are wicked!
He paints a lot of my baits and does a reallynice job.
WDE reply :
Not bad first hour in the late afternoon. Waded about thigh deep until my boots took on too much cold water and my feet started to freeze.
I may not even touch a crank again until Spring. The t-rig is so productive right now for me.
WDE reply :
No bites to be had at the first pond I dropped in on. Spent about 1.5hours there. Went to my current hot spot and threw the wading boots on. Landed one on the first cast, then 4 more in about an hour. Largest(bottom right) was probably in 2.5-3lb range. T rigged junebug Yum Dinger...again.
Wagster reply :
PB smallmouth I caught on a flutter spoon.
NorcalBassin reply :
Didn't catch any picture worthy bass, but this rainbow was a nice unexpected gift and looked more like a steelhead than the trout we usually have around here. Weighed in at 4.5 lbs.
DINK WHISPERER reply :
Awesome day today on Istokpoga. 2 over 7lb and a bunch of smaller ones. I lost a monster punching mats too.
DINK WHISPERER reply :
On 11/30/2017 at 7:07 AM, Bluebasser86 said:He paints a lot of my baits and does a reallynice job.
I agree, that wart scheme is awesome!
Angealy reply :
@NorcalBassin: That's my kind of fish right there.
The rainbow trouts are such nice looking fish.
Bass_Fishing_Socal reply :
Not to shabby today. Went out to try new Luckycraft Pointer 65 which I ordered for my friend. Landed two and got a few more hits but no hookup. I guess my friend will get a few less. LOL.
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Finally got all Black Friday order which included a lot of 1/4 oz finesse and football jig along with baby rage craw and baby menace. I decided to take the boat out and it was a jig time. Caught 3, all on 1/4 finesse jig with baby menace trailer.
J._Bricker reply :
On 12/3/2017 at 2:19 AM, NorcalBassin said:Didn't catch any picture worthy bass, but this rainbow was a nice unexpected gift and looked more like a steelhead than the trout we usually have around here. Weighed in at 4.5 lbs.
Beautiful, healthy trout NorCal, judging by it’s fins it sure doesn’t look like a planter!
NorcalBassin reply :
On 12/4/2017 at 5:33 AM, J._Bricker said:Beautiful, healthy trout NorCal, judging by it’s fins it sure doesn’t look like a planter!
Most definitely... always sad to see "trophy" trout in CA more often than not having a worn out rounded little tail from being a fresh plant. Anytime I catch a 3+ pounder with a full tail it's a quick pic without touching it and right back in the water to hopefully reproduce and let someone else catch one day.
WDE reply :
Interesting time today. I went exploring other parts of the pond I’ve been wading in lately, felt like I was walking in quicksand. My knee-high boots were basically pointless, as it rained last night and the pond was up considerably. I managed to stumble on a sunken branch and puncture my boot, but thankfully it didn’t pierce my skin—it bruised immediately.
And I also caught what I think might be a bowfin(can anyone confirm?). He was fun to bring in, and I’m super glad I didn’t try to lip him when I got him close. Also happy that I had my grippers nearby, put him on the scale for fun—3.2lbs.
ohboyitsrobby reply :
On 12/6/2017 at 7:32 AM, WDE said:Interesting time today. I went exploring other parts of the pond I’ve been wading in lately, felt like I was walking in quicksand. My knee-high boots were basically pointless, as it rained last night and the pond was up considerably. I managed to stumble on a sunken branch and puncture my boot, but thankfully it didn’t pierce my skin—it bruised immediately.
And I also caught what I think might be a bowfin(can anyone confirm?). He was fun to bring in, and I’m super glad I didn’t try to lip him when I got him close. Also happy that I had my grippers nearby, put him on the scale for fun—3.2lbs.
Looks like a bowfin aka grinnel to me. I've only caught 2 but that's a spittin image except for size
WDE reply :
On 12/6/2017 at 8:21 AM, ohboyitsrobby said:Looks like a bowfin aka grinnel to me. I've only caught 2 but that's a spittin image except for size
It seems they go by many names. I figure it was a fluke catch. Much like the gar I caught on a Senko some months back.
ohboyitsrobby reply :
On 12/6/2017 at 8:35 AM, WDE said:It seems they go by many names. I figure it was a fluke catch. Much like the gar I caught on a Senko some months back.
I've caught a bunch of gar on the river behind my house. On everything from a beetle spin( that I was actually throwing to avoid the gar) to a fluke to an a rig. During summer it's harder to avoid them than it is to catch the bass.
Bluebasser86 reply :
Probably my last big fish not from a power plant lake for the year judging by the extended forecast. 5.53 on one of my finesse brush jigs.
Bluebasser86 reply :
My boat is in the shop getting some steering issues taken care of, so didn't get much on the water time this week. Still managed a few chunky ones and some dinks in a few hours yesterday.
everythingthatswims reply :
On 11/28/2017 at 7:37 AM, bueshy said:Caught this tank yesterday. No scale or measuring tape(didnt have my normal bag,nor did I expect this size catch). Laid her down for just a second so I could take a pic to show scale. She swam off beautifully and I packed up and drove home feeling high.
I've had that feeling before, but you gotta stay after it! When one big girl eats that usually means more big girls are eating!!!
N Florida Mike reply :
Got two on the first two docks , both on a 10 inch watermelon seed ole' monster.
This one was the better one.
Not another bite after that.
NCbassraider reply :
On 11/28/2017 at 7:37 AM, bueshy said:Caught this tank yesterday. No scale or measuring tape(didnt have my normal bag,nor did I expect this size catch). Laid her down for just a second so I could take a pic to show scale. She swam off beautifully and I packed up and drove home feeling high.
Nice fish but keep them off the ground and marine carpet. A few seconds is enough to jeopardize their health. Just because they swim off doesn't mean they survive.
AndrewJ reply :
Went out with a buddy Friday morning for about 4 hours. I caught three nice spots, Only two pictured as I out-caught my buddy 10-1 and he was no longer interested in taking my picture, haha.
1st picture - 2.5 lbs spot caught drop shotting a tree.
2nd picture - 2 lbs spot dead sticking a roboworm
MichaelCopeland reply :
On 11/28/2017 at 7:37 AM, bueshy said:Caught this tank yesterday. No scale or measuring tape(didnt have my normal bag,nor did I expect this size catch). Laid her down for just a second so I could take a pic to show scale. She swam off beautifully and I packed up and drove home feeling high.
Explanation of what @NCbassraider is referring to. Bass have a thin, protective slime coating over the whole of their bodies, shielding them from harmful bacteria and parasites. This slime coat gets removed through contact with hands, boat decks, grass and fish rags. In addition, boat decks are usually fairly hot and can actually burn the side of the fish. Many times the bass is not flopping because it's trying to get away, its flopping because its getting too hot.
Bluebasser86 reply :
Pretty slow weekend for me again, still waiting for my boat to get back from the doctor so I'm stuck in the little johnboat. Shouldn't complain I guess, 10 minutes into the day and I got this chunk flipping some trees that I normally skip past in favor of more productive water. When you're creeping along you just fish what's in front of you though!
scaleface reply :
On 12/20/2017 at 3:18 PM, Bluebasser86 said:When you're creeping along you just fish what's in front of you though!
Yep , lay-downs get worked over pretty thoroughly when just creeping along .
Team9nine reply :
A little skim ice on the ponds, a cool sunset, and some biting bass makes for a good evening...
Team9nine reply :
Got in what will certainly be the last open water boat trip of 2017 for me given the Polar Vortex that's about to hit us beginning this weekend. Was able to swing on several, and most came back with fish attached Good news is today was the shortest day of the year, so things are all uphill from now until next summer! A few pics from today...
The Bassman reply :
On 12/22/2017 at 9:15 AM, Team9nine said:Got in what will certainly be the last open water boat trip of 2017 for me given the Polar Vortex that's about to hit us beginning this weekend. Was able to swing on several, and most came back with fish attached
Blades or jigs? I did pretty good on blades yesterday. At this time of year I wonder how much lure choice matters as long as presentation puts the bait in the strike zone long enough.
Team9nine reply :
On 12/22/2017 at 6:16 PM, The Bassman said:
Blades or jigs? I did pretty good on blades yesterday. At this time of year I wonder how much lure choice matters as long as presentation puts the bait in the strike zone long enough.
Jerkbaits Did good on blades the day before in a different lake. I always carry all 3 of those baits though in the cold water period.
The Bassman reply :
Much appreciated @Team9nine. You've really upped my game since being on this site the past year. Have a good Christmas
hawgenvy reply :
I've been catching plenty of 1 to 3 pounders but no big ones for many weeks. Then tonight I pulled this babe out of a hat. From the bank. My stupid scale failed, but the girl couldn't have been less than eight pounds. She was dripping eggs. A friendly and duly impressed golfer, visiting from Canada, snapped the photo for me.
Caught her on a 1/4 oz Strike King Heavy Cover Swim Jig with Rage grub trailer.
TnRiver46 reply :
On 12/23/2017 at 9:38 AM, hawgenvy said:I've been catching plenty of 1 to 3 pounders but no big ones for many weeks. Then tonight I pulled this babe out of a hat. From the bank. My stupid scale failed, but the girl couldn't have been less than eight pounds. She was dripping eggs. A friendly and duly impressed golfer, visiting from Canada, snapped the photo for me.
Caught her on a 1/4 oz Strike King Heavy Cover Swim Jig with Rage grub trailer.
Good gracious! Congrats
Bass_Fishing_Socal reply :
On 12/23/2017 at 9:38 AM, hawgenvy said:I've been catching plenty of 1 to 3 pounders but no big ones for many weeks. Then tonight I pulled this babe out of a hat. From the bank. My stupid scale failed, but the girl couldn't have been less than eight pounds. She was dripping eggs. A friendly and duly impressed golfer, visiting from Canada, snapped the photo for me.
Caught her on a 1/4 oz Strike King Heavy Cover Swim Jig with Rage grub trailer.
Gotta like FL, short sleeve in middle of December with a hawg from bank.
DINK WHISPERER reply :
Today was the worse day in my history of fishing! Started out forgetting my wallet and didn't realize it till I got to the gas station. Then I forgot the motor mate on the motor after launching. Fog was insane so we lingered close to the ramp. Finally the fog lifts around 10am and we go to our first spot. I go to get on the trolling motor and it gives me the good news that my batteries took a dump on me. They were under warranty so I go and get them swapped out. Get back to the lake around 1pm and launch. Idle a good ways out but the boat won't plane. I realize i forgot the plug! After another trip to the ramp to fix that we finally got on some decent fish at the spot we've been trying to get to all day!
everythingthatswims reply :
WEDGED!
Gundog reply :
On 12/24/2017 at 8:31 AM, everythingthatswims said:
WEDGED!
He doesn't even hook the fish. 
Bluebasser86 reply :
On 12/24/2017 at 8:31 AM, everythingthatswims said:
WEDGED!
I did exactly that with a worm hook. It was really stuck, pretty hard to get it out even though he wasn't hooked. Love a good jigging spoon bite!
Bass_Fishing_Socal reply :
I went out today drifting for catfish and look what I caught today.
while cruised back to pickup my wife, a guy at dock saw some thing wired on top water and pointed to me. I went in to investigate and saw this bass (2lber) with a pretty good size almost my palm crappies in it mouth. The bass was still moving so I grab him with my hand. I tried to remove the crappies but it was kind of struck between top and bottom fin. It turn out the crappies still alive as well. Finally I got it loose and both swim away (too bad I clipped the crappies tail with pliers, I thought he dead and tried to save that bass).
lonnie g reply :
that should have been supper!! merry Christmas my friend ! you are fishing while I am freezing
On 12/23/2017 at 9:38 AM, hawgenvy said:I've been catching plenty of 1 to 3 pounders but no big ones for many weeks. Then tonight I pulled this babe out of a hat. From the bank. My stupid scale failed, but the girl couldn't have been less than eight pounds. She was dripping eggs. A friendly and duly impressed golfer, visiting from Canada, snapped the photo for me.
Caught her on a 1/4 oz Strike King Heavy Cover Swim Jig with Rage grub trailer.
WOW!! great fish! jealous of your warm weather
BigAngus752 reply :
On 12/24/2017 at 8:13 AM, DINK WHISPERER said:Today was the worse day in my history of fishing! Started out forgetting my wallet and didn't realize it till I got to the gas station. Then I forgot the motor mate on the motor after launching. Fog was insane so we lingered close to the ramp. Finally the fog lifts around 10am and we go to our first spot. I go to get on the trolling motor and it gives me the good news that my batteries took a dump on me. They were under warranty so I go and get them swapped out. Get back to the lake around 1pm and launch. Idle a good ways out but the boat won't plane. I realize i forgot the plug! After another trip to the ramp to fix that we finally got on some decent fish at the spot we've been trying to get to all day!
D**n! Way to stick with it! I would probably have made it through retrieving the wallet, maybe the fog, definitely not the batteries. I wouldn't have gone back. You deserve that fish.
DINK WHISPERER reply :
Not my weekend at all! Guy in a Jeep Wrangler hit my truck and ran off tonight. I did manage to get on some more good fish though.
MichaelCopeland reply :
On 12/25/2017 at 10:15 AM, DINK WHISPERER said:Not my weekend at all! Guy in a Jeep Wrangler hit my truck and ran off tonight. I did manage to get on some more good fish though.
Sorry to hear about your truck. Nice bass though! ????
WDE reply :
Weather has been trash lately. Plus I work retail and during crazy season it’s been keeping me from doing what I love.
But it I did get on my inlaws’ farm pond for an hour or so today for some Christmas Eve bass.
I hope everyone has Merry Christmas!
hawgenvy reply :
Took my cousin Dax bank fishing today. He caught more fish than I did, using a Texas rigged worm. The best part was watching him set the hook like a pro!
everythingthatswims reply :
Got out for a couple hours yesterday evening and caught a few COLD river bass. Water temps are in the upper 30s but it's not that hard to catch them when you know where they live and are willing to go sllllowwwww. They were hitting the bait when it had been stationary for 5-10 seconds. One on a finesse football jig and 4 on a tiny little tube.
I think this makes 4 years in a row now that I've bank fished that river on Christmas day and caught bass, somewhat of a tradition now!
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fishwizzard reply :
On 12/27/2017 at 12:56 AM, everythingthatswims said:Got out for a couple hours yesterday evening and caught a few COLD river bass. Water temps are in the upper 30s but it's not that hard to catch them when you know where they live and are willing to go sllllowwwww. They were hitting the bait when it had been stationary for 5-10 seconds. One on a finesse football jig and 4 on a tiny little tube.
I think this makes 4 years in a row now that I've bank fished that river on Christmas day and caught bass, somewhat of a tradition now!
Very nice! I was all set to go out yesterday, but the wind here was strong enough to almost pull my rods out of my hand when carrying them to the car, so I gave up and drank eggnog in front of the fire instead.
everythingthatswims reply :
On 12/27/2017 at 2:35 AM, fishwizzard said:Very nice! I was all set to go out yesterday, but the wind here was strong enough to almost pull my rods out of my hand when carrying them to the car, so I gave up and drank eggnog in front of the fire instead.
It was really bad here too, luckily it was a west wind on a north/south flowing river so I was protected from it. Guides were icy though!
Team9nine reply :
Final trip of the year on Christmas Day. An inch of snow the day before, then 20 degrees Monday with 15+ mph North winds. Was curious to see if I could catch one under those conditions. Wound up with 6 Wind died overnight and our high today was 11 deg., so everything locked up on us.
lonnie g reply :
On 12/27/2017 at 6:47 AM, Team9nine said:Final trip of the year on Christmas Day. An inch of snow the day before, then 20 degrees Monday with 15+ mph North winds. Was curious to see if I could catch one under those conditions. Wound up with 6
new species of bass [snow bass]
Team9nine reply :
On 12/27/2017 at 7:44 AM, lonnie g said:new species of bass [snow bass]
Several of the fish I actually had to pull over/across the ice shelf ringing the lake (see background pic 2). They inevitably got wedged at the shoreline and coated in snow before I could get down to them and lip 'em. Releasing was fun too, giving them a push and sliding them 8-10' across the ice until they dropped into the water.
TnRiver46 reply :
On 12/27/2017 at 6:47 AM, Team9nine said:Final trip of the year on Christmas Day. An inch of snow the day before, then 20 degrees Monday with 15+ mph North winds. Was curious to see if I could catch one under those conditions. Wound up with 6
Excellent work, I can't get fish to hit blade baits like I used to. But I do have some just like the one in your picture
N Florida Mike reply :
I'm off from work all week. I always do some home projects and fishing (Sometimes hunting ) the week after Christmas. So I got a good start on the outdoor stuff and quit around 2.30.
On the water by 3 or so. Bright , sunny skies , windy , and cool. First 2 hours = 1 fish on a watermelon red super fluke. Worked my way to the south end and decided to fish the windy side. It got completely cloudy by then and colder.Caught 7 along there in the wind on the wat. red trick worm. The bite slowed near dark , so I switched to june bug -same worm. Before I started for home I fished a spot around a point from the wind where they bite good often there right at dark. Picked off 2 more, including this 4 pounder.( 2nd fish picture )
Good way to start a vacation !
lonnie g reply :
On 12/27/2017 at 8:38 AM, N Florida Mike said:I'm off from work all week. I always do some home projects and fishing (Sometimes hunting ) the week after Christmas. So I got a good start on the outdoor stuff and quit around 2.30.
On the water by 3 or so. Bright , sunny skies , windy , and cool. First 2 hours = 1 fish on a watermelon red super fluke. Worked my way to the south end and decided to fish the windy side. It got completely cloudy by then and colder.Caught 7 along there in the wind on the wat. red trick worm. The bite slowed near dark , so I switched to june bug -same worm. Before I started for home I fished a spot around a point from the wind where they bite good often there right at dark. Picked off 2 more, including this 4 pounder.( 2nd fish picture )
Good way to start a vacation !
another new species, ZOMBIE BASS caught after dark ,glowing eyes
N Florida Mike reply :
I got out again yesterday around 4. I decided to fish the North east to east side of the lake , which has usually been the least productive part of the lake. Conditions were cloudy , cool , and almost calm.I caught this fish within 10 minutes after starting on the trick worm , and caught a few more before dark.
Bass_Fishing_Socal reply :
This might be my last bass of year 2017.
I've been busy doing honey-do-list. Today finish project quite early, ordered 11 Hybrid tea roses but unexpectedly have to wait three weeks. Got 1-2 hour time to kill decided to head out to the lake with zoom magnum Fluke in white ice. Caught only one decent size.
I still have a few more projects to finish up, so I will see you guys next year.
BASS302 reply :
@JustJames,
I figured out why you disguise your face in the photos, you're hiding from your wife!
Have a great 2018!
Bass_Fishing_Socal reply :
Lol @BASS302 you got me. I promise no more black out my face next year but gonna be more serious fishing. I plan to catch even more and bigger fish than this year.
I might have to join bass club and get into tournament as back seater so I can learn the lake even more next year.
Catt reply :
@DINK WHISPERER like the area ya fishing...a lot!
DINK WHISPERER reply :
On 12/30/2017 at 1:34 AM, Catt said:@DINK WHISPERER like the area ya fishing...a lot!
I knew it was only a matter of time before you found it Catt ????. Makes me want to pull my flipping sticks out right now just looking at that pic!
Jelvas reply :
Last one for 2017:
Enter 2018....
Catt reply :
On 12/30/2017 at 1:46 AM, DINK WHISPERER said:I knew it was only a matter of time before you found it Catt ????. Makes me want to pull my flipping sticks out right now just looking at that pic!
Flipping, pitching, & frogging ????
N Florida Mike reply :
Was planning to go again today after finishing a 5 hour project. So I had everything ready to go around 2:30 And my wife says " Can you pick up some pizza for supper at 4 ? " I tried to cover my aggravation with her request. I'm thinking, I already did all this work and now this ? Anyway , I got it a little early and got on the water by 4.Cold for here, cloudy,and slick calm.
Decided to start fishing east side of the island. Got this fish on a watermelon seed ol' monster off a brush pile, and another on a 4 inch Senko. Caught a 10 inch fish on the 10 inch ol monster , then a short time later had a big un follow and engulf it. Must have not had it all the way in his mouth , because I swung and missed.
Then, the bite pretty much died for the last half hour.
lonnie g reply :
fish better than pizza! we are getting more snow tonight. isn't there a law that says when you get old that you are supposed to go south for the winter? nice fish.
N Florida Mike reply :
Lonnie , Im trying my best to keep y'all entertained .???? From what I'm seeing on the weather channel , it looks kind of bleak up there.
Not exactly warm here today either.
Global warming at its best !????
lonnie g reply :
On 12/29/2017 at 8:33 AM, JustJames said:This might be my last bass of year 2017.
I've been busy doing honey-do-list. Today finish project quite early, ordered 11 Hybrid tea roses but unexpectedly have to wait three weeks. Got 1-2 hour time to kill decided to head out to the lake with zoom magnum Fluke in white ice. Caught only one decent size.
I still have a few more projects to finish up, so I will see you guys next year.
thats a nice fish! surly it will give you fishing fever for at least a couple of more weeks ! go back to the days of ma and paw kettle ,one of his favorite sayings was "one of these days ma"
On 12/30/2017 at 9:48 AM, N Florida Mike said:Lonnie , Im trying my best to keep y'all entertained .???? From what I'm seeing on the weather channel , it looks kind of bleak up there.
Not exactly warm here today either.
keep on entertaining ! if you get tired of fishing and want to start trading , I got 4 inches of snow i'll trade for one good bass
DINK WHISPERER reply :
On 12/30/2017 at 2:23 AM, Catt said:
Flipping, pitching, & frogging ????
Headed to the Big O tomorrow and Sunday, wish me luck!
Catt reply :
On 12/30/2017 at 9:57 AM, DINK WHISPERER said:Headed to the Big O tomorrow and Sunday, wish me luck!
Kick Bass! ????
Gundog reply :
On 12/30/2017 at 2:14 AM, Jelvas said:Last one for 2017:
Enter 2018....
Now I'm not only in the wrong state, I'm in the wrong country. Nice hawg @Jelvas
Bluebasser86 reply :
On 12/30/2017 at 9:48 AM, N Florida Mike said:Lonnie , Im trying my best to keep y'all entertained .???? From what I'm seeing on the weather channel , it looks kind of bleak up there.
Not exactly warm here today either.
Global warming at its best !????
Supposed to make it all the way to 20 on Tuesday. It's my good buddies birthday and we always try to go on 1/2 every year to celebrate it, looks like we might be able to get out this year if the next two below zero days don't lock up the ramps even at the power plant lakes.
MichaelCopeland reply :
On 12/30/2017 at 1:34 AM, Catt said:@DINK WHISPERER like the area ya fishing...a lot!
I need to find a spot that looks like that. That's bass heaven pretty much. Bet there's a big un in there somewhere too. ????
Bass fishing is best reply :
Caught a few bigger ones than this but didn't weigh them. Finally connected with a big one and threw it on the scale out of curiosity. 8lbs. even, so it's the heaviest one I've managed to get a weight on. This was a few weeks back, and turns out one of the last fish this year. Let's get em in 18.
NorcalBassin reply :
Spots were loving good ol' Ned yesterday...
NorcalBassin reply :
Trip to the Rose Bowl fell through at the last minute, so I decided to take my dad out for a quick trip before the big game. Pretty awesome morning...
Lots of chubby 2-3 pound spots and a beautiful 5 pound hookjawed rainbow...
Porkrind reply :
Not exactly what I was after but this fat Saugeye must have liked that black back and white Berkley Bad Shad I was throwing. He weighed in at 7.28lbs and put up a nice long fight. Man are they delicious eating.
J._Bricker reply :
On 1/2/2018 at 12:29 PM, Porkrind said:Not exactly what I was after but this fat Saugeye must have liked that black back and white Berkley Bad Shad I was throwing. He weighed in at 7.28lbs and put up a nice long fight. Man are they delicious eating.
I had to do a double take Porkrind, I thought that was a Ling Cod! Nice fish to ring in the New Year!
N Florida Mike reply :
On 12/31/2017 at 5:41 PM, fatmaple said:Caught a few bigger ones than this but didn't weigh them. Finally connected with a big one and threw it on the scale out of curiosity. 8lbs. even, so it's the heaviest one I've managed to get a weight on. This was a few weeks back, and turns out one of the last fish this year. Let's get em in 18.
That fish is beautiful !
Porkrind reply :
I was finally able to get the other image sized to a point I could upload it. Man it’s thought to figure out exactly what to do to get it sized right.
TnRiver46 reply :
On 1/4/2018 at 5:25 AM, Porkrind said:I was finally able to get the other image sized to a point I could upload it. Man it’s thought to figure out exactly what to do to get it sized right.
Nice saugeye!!!!!
Porkrind reply :
Thanks
BASS302 reply :
On 1/4/2018 at 5:25 AM, Porkrind said:I was finally able to get the other image sized to a point I could upload it. Man it’s tough to figure out exactly what to do to get it sized right.
Catch smaller fish!
Bass fishing is best reply :
On 1/4/2018 at 1:34 AM, N Florida Mike said:That fish is beautiful !
Thanks Mike it was the second fish I landed on one of the new rods I scored this fall. Buyers remorse instantly vanished after holding it.
I was in FL for Christmas and returned to CT to 8 degrees, but I see you all are predicted to get a little snow? Be safe I can't imagine many drivers down there have ever driven in it.
Bluebasser86 reply :
A couple of my first ones of the new year.
N Florida Mike reply :
On 1/4/2018 at 3:07 PM, fatmaple said:
Thanks Mike it was the second fish I landed on one of the new rods I scored this fall. Buyers remorse instantly vanished after holding it.
I was in FL for Christmas and returned to CT to 8 degrees, but I see you all are predicted to get a little snow? Be safe I can't imagine many drivers down there have ever driven in it.
Thanks. The snow missed us by about 60 miles. Tallahassee got a little I heard. There was ice forming in the trees just 1 county over.Its 29 here this morning.
Yeah,we had 1 ice storm in 1989. Over 300 accidents if I remember correctly.
, which is amazing if you consider that a lot of people moved here from the north. I have driven with ice TWICE in my whole life.
You be safe too. Can't imagine having to deal with that on a consistent basis.
lonnie g reply :
On 1/4/2018 at 3:15 PM, Bluebasser86 said:A couple of my first ones of the new year.
wow! nice way to start the year. fish like that might just make you forget about the cold!
N Florida Mike reply :
Really nice fish ! Good job sir .
NCbassraider reply :
On 12/31/2017 at 5:41 PM, fatmaple said:Caught a few bigger ones than this but didn't weigh them. Finally connected with a big one and threw it on the scale out of curiosity. 8lbs. even, so it's the heaviest one I've managed to get a weight on. This was a few weeks back, and turns out one of the last fish this year. Let's get em in 18.
Nice fish but 8 lbs?? That's not even 3 lbs. I'd get another scale. That's maybe a 2.5 pounder straight-armed at the camera.
everythingthatswims reply :
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I am back at school and caught my first ice bass today after class. My friends and I caught over 50 fish, mainly bluegill but a few bass and crappie as well. Looks like the weather this week is going to make the ice unsafe so this might be the only ice trip for a while!
TnRiver46 reply :
On 1/9/2018 at 10:14 AM, everythingthatswims said:
I am back at school and caught my first ice bass today after class. My friends and I caught over 50 fish, mainly bluegill but a few bass and crappie as well. Looks like the weather this week is going to make the ice unsafe so this might be the only ice trip for a while!
Sweet! I have still never ice fished. I've had to break it up with the boat and fished near the edges of It but never cut a hole in it
CroakHunter reply :
Not the "latest catch" but thought I would post since I thought I lost the pic. Heck of a fiasco On this day. Up for 27 hrs straight, forgot the net, sheared a pin in the trolling motor, dropped pliers in 20ft of water so couldn't replace the pin. Was throwing a kvd sexy frog On my 6'6 Shakespeare medium heavy with 15Lb mono. Forgot my braid setup. I believe this is my 4th biggest bass. And I have caught it once more 2 years later after it was spawned out and not nearly as big. We tagged this fish after I caught it the first time.
everythingthatswims reply :
My afternoon lab was cancelled so I got to head out on the ice one more time. Big girl!
Bluebasser86 reply :
Only 2 fish Monday, but they were both nice ones. First one just barely missed 6 pounds at 5.92lbs, on a Savage Gear Shine Glide 185, love that bait.
Tuesday I took a member of the Kansas State University fishing team with me. We had a steady day, catching fish or two every half hour for most of the day. Most every fish we caught was in the 3lb range but Zach's first fish of the day was 5.08lbs. It's been a good year already.
MichaelCopeland reply :
Finally caught my first fish of 2018. Too bad it wasn't a bass. It was a decent catfish though. Weighed about a pound and a half or better. Didn't put it on the scale but it was kinda fat. First catfish I've ever caught with an artificial bait. Caught it with a crappie jig head with a small piece of Ol' Monster on it. Not what I was hoping to catch, but it was nice to catch something for a change. Caught it in a little bayou up the road a little ways from the house. I feel like there's got to be some bass in it somewhere just haven't found them yet. May have better luck the closer it gets to the spawn if there's any in there.
N Florida Mike reply :
Supper!! ????
Dorado reply :
On 1/11/2018 at 6:57 AM, MichaelCopeland said:Finally caught my first fish of 2018. Too bad it wasn't a bass. It was a decent catfish though. Weighed about a pound and a half or better. Didn't put it on the scale but it was kinda fat. First catfish I've ever caught with an artificial bait. Caught it with a crappie jig head with a small piece of Ol' Monster on it. Not what I was hoping to catch, but it was nice to catch something for a change. Caught it in a little bayou up the road a little ways from the house. I feel like there's got to be some bass in it somewhere just haven't found them yet. May have better luck the closer it gets to the spawn if there's any in there.
That’s a Bullhead or a yellow belly. Nice chunky too!
MichaelCopeland reply :
On 1/11/2018 at 11:02 AM, N Florida Mike said:Supper!! ????
I threw it back. Wasn't prepared for any catch and keep today...lol. Didn't actually think I was prepared to catch a catfish. Guess I learned something new. ????
On 1/11/2018 at 12:05 PM, Dorado said:That’s a Bullhead or a yellow belly. Nice chunky too!
I've always known them as mud cats. Never eating any of them because I heard they weren't very good. Now channel cats are a different story...lol. ????
N Florida Mike reply :
Looks like a yellow bullhead. Around here we call them butter cats.
My favorite catfish to eat ! Delicious!
That one is very big for that specie.
J Francho reply :
Bullhead from cooler water are delicious!
MichaelCopeland reply :
On 1/11/2018 at 9:44 PM, J Francho said:Bullhead from cooler water are delicious!
May have to try them some day. I don't really cat fish much.
Bluebasser86 reply :
On 1/12/2018 at 12:18 AM, MichaelCopeland said:May have to try them some day. I don't really cat fish much.
Bullhead make excellent live bait for flathead catfish where it's legal. We've used them up to about 1.5lbs for live bait on limblines. It only takes about a 10lb flathead to eat a bullhead that size.
MichaelCopeland reply :
On 1/12/2018 at 11:21 AM, Bluebasser86 said:Bullhead make excellent live bait for flathead catfish where it's legal. We've used them up to about 1.5lbs for live bait on limblines. It only takes about a 10lb flathead to eat a bullhead that size.
Not sure if it's legal here or not. Not even sure where to find flathead catfish around here. In the Red River maybe?
Bluebasser86 reply :
On 1/12/2018 at 3:33 PM, MichaelCopeland said:Not sure if it's legal here or not. Not even sure where to find flathead catfish around here. In the Red River maybe?
Species: CATFISH, FLATHEAD (Pylodictis olivaris) Species seperation 1994.)
Rank Weight Angler Where Caught Date Caught
*1. 95.0 Roland Lasseigne Wax Lake July 2007
*2. 66.0 Harley Rakes Red River July 1998
*3. 52.04 Michael L. Guimbellot Red River February 2000
*4. 50.44 Ricky Gauthier Cane River April 1998
*5. 41.0 Mrs. Joyce Engolia Irish Bayou April 1995
*6. 38.0 Bill Dickinson Cane River Lake June 1994
*7. 33.50 Lucien A. Robert Lake Cataouatche June 1975
*8. 33.13 Justin Burbank False River May 2005
*9. 31.94 Michael Wiley Bayou Decade July 1997
*10. 26.13 Cody Normand Bayou Terrebonne April 1994
They're a blast to catch. I used to guide for them and have spent a lot of hours targeting them. Not many meaner fish out there in fresh water in the US.
MichaelCopeland reply :
On 1/12/2018 at 4:03 PM, Bluebasser86 said:Species: CATFISH, FLATHEAD (Pylodictis olivaris) Species seperation 1994.)
Rank Weight Angler Where Caught Date Caught
*1. 95.0 Roland Lasseigne Wax Lake July 2007
*2. 66.0 Harley Rakes Red River July 1998
*3. 52.04 Michael L. Guimbellot Red River February 2000
*4. 50.44 Ricky Gauthier Cane River April 1998
*5. 41.0 Mrs. Joyce Engolia Irish Bayou April 1995
*6. 38.0 Bill Dickinson Cane River Lake June 1994
*7. 33.50 Lucien A. Robert Lake Cataouatche June 1975
*8. 33.13 Justin Burbank False River May 2005
*9. 31.94 Michael Wiley Bayou Decade July 1997
*10. 26.13 Cody Normand Bayou Terrebonne April 1994
They're a blast to catch. I used to guide for them and have spent a lot of hours targeting them. Not many meaner fish out there in fresh water in the US.
Wow! That's a big ole flathead you got there. What are some other baits to use for catching something like that?
N Florida Mike reply :
Use a live red breast bream ????
Bluebasser86 reply :
On 1/13/2018 at 2:09 AM, MichaelCopeland said:Wow! That's a big ole flathead you got there. What are some other baits to use for catching something like that?
Live sunfish, fresh cut shad, goldfish are popular. They'll bite lures often too. The biggest one I've caught was on a finesse jig fishing for bass.
hawgenvy reply :
The bass were going nuts chasing this swim jig I was tossing from the bank last evening, as a storm moved in from the west, pelting the water surface and my rain jacket. Just before sunset, the clouds cleared and the red sun lit up the sky, and the bite shut down. I sloshed across the wet grass back to my car, quite satisfied with myself.
Bluebasser86 reply :
On 1/13/2018 at 2:18 PM, hawgenvy said:The bass were going nuts chasing this swim jig I was tossing from the bank last evening, as a storm moved in from the west, pelting the water surface and my rain jacket. Just before sunset, the clouds cleared and the red sun lit up the sky, and the bite shut down. I sloshed across the wet grass back to my car, quite satisfied with myself.
Sounds like a good time. Our grass is crunchy right now from yesterdays ice storm
lonnie g reply :
On 1/11/2018 at 4:30 PM, MichaelCopeland said:I threw it back. Wasn't prepared for any catch and keep today...lol. Didn't actually think I was prepared to catch a catfish. Guess I learned something new. ????
I've always known them as mud cats. Never eating any of them because I heard they weren't very good. Now channel cats are a different story...lol. ????
put it on the grill with lemon pepper YUM YUM!!!
lonnie g reply :
On 1/9/2018 at 10:14 AM, everythingthatswims said:
I am back at school and caught my first ice bass today after class. My friends and I caught over 50 fish, mainly bluegill but a few bass and crappie as well. Looks like the weather this week is going to make the ice unsafe so this might be the only ice trip for a while!
I use to love to ice fish, that was before I got old and wimpy.
everythingthatswims reply :
Somewhere in the mountains of WV.....(and it's not Mt. Storm )
A-Jay reply :
On 1/14/2018 at 1:07 PM, everythingthatswims said:Somewhere in the mountains of WV.....(and it's not Mt. Storm
Now THAT"s what I call by-catch !
Would that be Surf & Turf or Field & Stream ?
A-Jay
fishballer06 reply :
On 1/10/2018 at 2:23 PM, Bluebasser86 said:Only 2 fish Monday, but they were both nice ones. First one just barely missed 6 pounds at 5.92lbs, on a Savage Gear Shine Glide 185, love that bait.
Is that Dottie?! That fish has the same markings!
Jelvas reply :
First outing of the year in the ol boat enjoying the abnormal warm winter were having here, a few bass and a thooty bonus:
everythingthatswims reply :
Toledo has been tuff. Today was my second day on the lake. We put about 15 in the boat, which was a significant improvement from day 1 when we boated 5 and only 2 were over the 14" mark they need to make for the tournament.
Very strange place compared to anything I've fished. Most places you can find a couple trees on the bottom to fish, but here the whole bottom is trees!
The areas I've gotten bit in are extremely small, and it's weird because the fish seem extremely active and cooperative in those places, but you can't pick off one or two anywhere else. Mainly have two "spots" at the moment, and it's like a 3-5 casts per fish guarantee there, I caught fish on back to back casts a couple times! But then you run all over the place trying to find something similar and won't even get a sniff.
Size is my main concern right now. I was worried that the fish I am on aren't big enough, but today I pulled a 4lber off of a place that had been kicking out fish that were only flirting with the 14" mark. The other area I found produced a couple 2.5-3lb fish, so I'm hoping there are a couple big girls nearby. Only way to find out if the size is there would be to open fire on them and I'll save that for tournament day. I like playing the numbers game anyway, keeps my confidence up.
On the bright side, the small fish I am catching are shaped like absolute footballs so they do weigh a little more than an average fish that length would. The bottom photo is a 14&1/4"er.
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everythingthatswims reply :
Toledo is throwing some serious curveballs. My spot that was stacked with fish yesterday was vacant today. I tried it multiple times and I searched around nearby to see if I could find where they went to.
On the bright side, I did discover a couple deep spots. Not a ton of fish, but some bites, and "some" is about all I have been finding, and from what I've heard, that is the case with most at the moment. I caught one really nice fish today on a spot that has serious potential, but it was the only bite I got there. I am hoping that some more fish of that class move in!
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Bluebasser86 reply :
Lots of fish yesterday, including my first 3 smallmouth of the year. They were little, but I was glad to see them.
Several nice largemouth, one of my biggest of the day smashed a Savage Gear Shine Glide.
ohboyitsrobby reply :
First smallie of the year. First time I'd actually been fishing this year targeting bass...well as much as you can target bass in the small river behind my house. On a strike king bitsy bug.
BASS302 reply :
@everythingthatswims,
I think some photos of you are on the Bassmaster website!
Bass_Fishing_Socal reply :
I took a break today from house work. Went to small lake for a few hours with 5 set up tied on, hudd 8", 6" white spinner bait, finesse jig with baby menace and 2.5" paddle tail on 1/8 of hook. Water temp 56 degree till strain 1-2 feet visibility.
I worked big swimbait around spawning area in 15-19 FOW. Then spinnerbait into shallow and slow reeled it back to boat. Every cove, I worked either spinnerbait or jig into some cover area but majority throwing big swimbait outside.
Finally caught a keeper size bass on finesse jig while swim it back to boat around 12 fow. I started to have a second guess of my lure choices, since I have not been catching anything good at all this year. Ho well at least the first keeper size bass of 2018.
WDE reply :
Poor weather, ponds being partially frozen, and being sick has kept me at home most of this month—only got out twice. Got my first bass of 2018 today.
Team9nine reply :
Two warm weekends in a row and a little more rain today opened up one of the little lakes in my area after nearly 5 weeks of being frozen solid. Had to take advantage and at least make a few casts after the cold we've been dealing with this past month. Bonus when I managed 7 bass in about 75 minutes from a lake that was still frozen just yesterday. On the board in 2018, about 2 weeks earlier than last year! Looks like another lake in the area will be clear by tomorrow, so hoping for one more trip before we go cold again.
A-Jay reply :
On 1/28/2018 at 11:01 AM, Team9nine said:Two warm weekends in a row and a little more rain today opened up one of the little lakes in my area after nearly 5 weeks of being frozen solid. Had to take advantage and at least make a few casts after the cold we've been dealing with this past month. Bonus when I managed 7 bass in about 75 minutes from a lake that was still frozen just yesterday. On the board in 2018, about 2 weeks earlier than last year! Looks like another lake in the area will be clear by tomorrow, so hoping for one more trip before we go cold again.
Nice Bass & cool pics ~
Congrats ~ You Lucky Dawg you . . .
A-Jay
TnRiver46 reply :
Nice bass @Team9nine!
ArmyBassin' reply :
After 3 weeks where I couldn't even buy a bite, pulled in this nice 4.5lber in FT Stewart.
BCline reply :
I had a day on Friday that I have to share. I fish from noon to 1 PM nearly everyday during my lunch hour with two of my colleagues. We catch a few fish but rarely many big ones, but it gets us out of the office and lets us enjoy the south Florida sunshine. Friday, January 26 the wind is blowing 20+ but the skies are clear so off we go. With the wind at my back I send my first cast out about 35 yards and light a smoke. I start working the lure and on the second bump I feel that all too familiar tick and wind down and set. The first picture is the resulting 4-6 fatty. All three of us keep fishing and each catch 4 really little guys (I mean really little, 8" or less). Its gets near 1 PM and we call last cast. I have worked my lure nearly to the bank when I get torpedoed. The second picture is the last cast 3 - 15. Last year I only caught two fish over 4 pounds so I get two in that range in an hour was special. I was using a spinning reel loaded with 15 lb mono with a 6" medium action rod and a Havoc Rocket Craw (Watermelon with purple fleck) Texas-rigged with a 3/16oz bullet weight.
ArmyBassin' reply :
Thanks to google for putting a *** article on the wifes phone about the prespawn, she wanted to go out today. Had another 4lber slam the chatterbait!!
hawgenvy reply :
Ran out just before sunset to beat the bank. The color purple ruled the day, with three 3-pounders in quick succession.
PECo reply :
I was down in the Orlando area and fished one day on the Harris Chain. My first largemouth bass of the year weighed six pounds, two ounces:
drscholl14 reply :
Closest I've been to a bass in 3 months!
Gundog reply :
On 1/30/2018 at 1:12 PM, PECo said:I was down in the Orlando area and fished one day on the Harris Chain. My first largemouth bass of the year weighed six pounds, two ounces:
Now that is what I call a "Road Trip".
PECo reply :
On 1/30/2018 at 11:53 PM, Gundog said:Now that is what I call a "Road Trip".
Sure was. Luckily, a charter captain I know from up on Lake Champlain spends the winter down there. Captain Mickey Maynard ( http://www.lakechamplainangler.com/ ). If you're in the area and want a good shot at catching some decent fish, you should give him a call (518-578-9273). Tell him that Phil sent you.
Moderator: I hope this doesn't cross the line from a recommendation to promoting a business. If so, I apologize.
Edited by PECoI don't want to break the rules.
Bluebasser86 reply :
Caught a lot of <3lb fish Monday and had the lake all to myself, it was really nice other than being pretty cold. Got my first fish on one of my new swimbaits too. Just a little guy, but he smacked it.
NCbassraider reply :
Great day on the water today. Caught about a dozen LMB including 2 over 3lbs and over a dozen Crappie including this 2.5 lb slab. All on Yo-Zuri jerk baits.
N Florida Mike reply :
Nice catch.
My son got 23 specks
( crappie to y'all) down at Rodman dam the other day. Going with him soon.
NCbassraider reply :
On 2/1/2018 at 10:51 AM, N Florida Mike said:Nice catch.
My son got 23 specks
( crappie to y'all) down at Rodman dam the other day. Going with him soon.
They're fun to catch and we've got some monsters in my lake. I'm not really targeting them but the big ones hammer jerk baits this time of year.
deep reply :
Hey @A-Jay and @NHBull (and everyone else); so I tried out the Type R+1, and the Type R+2 today. Nothing much happening, although I did catch a scrawny 17" on the first cast with the Type R+2.
Went up and down a few breaklines in the main lake where I figured there might be a few shallow fish; with not much (zero) luck other than that one fish, I might add. Too cold I guess.
What I can confirm is that both baits seem to dive to their advertised depths (or maybe even deeper, 10# Seaguar Tatsu), and cast exceedingly well. However, I think I'll stick with my confidence jerkbaits until there are a few more fish in the shallows.
Pretty much on a whim, I fished around a (regular) 110+1 along the same breaklines. Hooked and lost a dink, then hooked and landed another dink, and then caught a 4#. Maybe they moved up for a while. Who knows.
My fingers were too frozen to retie either Type R's (I only had two rods with me); and anyway, I had enough of the cold wind and the overcast afternoon. So I made it back to the ramp to try the Type-R's again another day. Did catch another dink on a plastic near the ramp on one of the last casts of the day.
A-Jay reply :
@deep ~ Thanks for the info, I appreciate it.
I don't think the +2 would have place in my fishing - so I'll be skipping that one pending further developments.
BTW - As long as a jerkbait is splashing and not bouncing - It's Never too cold.
A-Jay
everythingthatswims reply :
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This is a photo from back before I left for Toledo Bend, but I think it's worth sharing. Living the dream!
Bluebasser86 reply :
Got my first few cold water fish yesterday (5 to be exact). It was cold, mid 20's when I went in the afternoon. Ponds just thawed for a few days but will probably be frozen again tomorrow. Took 1 rod and 1 65 pointer because I only had about 30 minutes. This was the biggest one, the other 4 looked like bass colored swimbaits, only smaller.
J._Bricker reply :
The tule fog lifted, the sun came out and a friend and I were able to get out on the water with favorable conditions. The weather forecast is showing no rain for the foreseeable future this February, which means a lot of good fishing days. My first decent fish of 2018 was this 4.2lb largemouth.
TnRiver46 reply :
On 2/3/2018 at 12:15 AM, J._Bricker said:The tule fog lifted, the sun came out and a friend and I were able to get out on the water with favorable conditions. The weather forecast is showing no rain for the foreseeable future this February, which means a lot of good fishing days. My first decent fish of 2018 was this 4.2lb largemouth.
I didn't catch a largemouth that big all of last year that I can recall. Excellent first bass of 2018
J._Bricker reply :
On 2/3/2018 at 12:35 AM, TnRiver46 said:I didn't catch a largemouth that big all of last year that I can recall. Excellent first bass of 2018
Thank you sir!
NorcalBassin reply :
Been a crazy winter in a not so good way with very little precip and unseasonably warm temps, but on a positive note it seems to have jumped the prespawn action up a month or so. Caught 30+ yesterday in 74* t-shirt/shorts weather and 58* water temps.
everythingthatswims reply :
I am fortunate enough to get to fish one of the coolest places in the entire world as far as I'm concerned. Snow on the ground, ice in my guides, and I'm watching them chase bluegill up on the bank, while sight casting to cruisers. I even got one to eat a frog but I missed him!
Bluebasser86 reply :
Tale of 2 days for me this week. Monday I worked hard for 1 bite, and it did not end well.
Tuesday I was catching so many fish I started trying to see what wouldn't work. When I was catching them on a 190 Plopper in 14 degree air temps in a foot of water, I knew the answer. They were tearing up my Donut Shad swimbait until the zebra mussels claimed it
Bass_Fishing_Socal reply :
@Bluebasser86good time with those wipers, too bad my lake only got LMB. Iwanna go catch some strippers at DVL, but don't have nobody to share the boat rental with me.
Oregon Native reply :
Ok...going to try and post pic's another way...son said it's better.....will see. Here's a couple pictures from yesterday. Was a beautiful day....started in the high 30's and got into the mid 40's. Still wearing the gloves...and loving them. I'm showing a picture of a beautiful boat ramp (almost like my private lake in winter but not) The rain we had the other day has them chasing the jerk a LOT better....Tight Lines
Bassy reply :
Keep up the great work guys
everythingthatswims reply :
NorcalBassin reply :
Lots of aggressive 2-3 pounders have been moving up the past couple weeks... hoping the big girls aren't too far behind.
Apparently even carp like Ned rigs...
Big one of the day.
N Florida Mike reply :
I made it out for an hour and a half before dark. The fish are bedding finally. Traditionally , the first batch of bedding fish on my lake relate mostly to wood bulkhead. Today was no exception. I used a 10 inch grape shad culprit to catch the first fish ( 3.11 ) against A wood b.head. A subtle presentation is best, so I either skip the worm into position, or cast to the bank and gently pull it in , which is how I caught the first fish.
Fished other areas, including laydowns near the island, with no results. Caught the 2nd fish ( 2.8 ) near a dock and b.head, with some kind of black grape with green specks ribbon rail worm. Had to winch him out from around the dock pilings. Turned around and skipped the next cast into a nice pocket between the bulkhead and grass bed. The 3rd fish
( 3.14 ) Hit the same worm.
Excited to see the fish up shallow !????
bagofdonuts reply :
Prespawn is officially here. I love pitching jigs in the cypress knees when the girls start showing up, and the in close battle. This is the first one that looks like she's been fanning a bed. Bottom tip of tail is a little red
MIbassyaker reply :
Here is my most recent fishing report from.......er, my office at work on Friday:
WDE reply :
2.9lbs on a 6th Sense Baby Live Bluegill squarebill.
Bluebasser86 reply :
It was rough Tuesday, not because of the fish, I just couldn't put one in the boat. Had at least 3 good ones hooked and lost all of them, all on a RES 2 Tap. I was in the market for a new trap rod as of about 0900 this morning when the 3rd and probably biggest one got off. I did finally boat a nice one and that was the last bite I had. 5.58 on a swing head and a rodent.
Found a pre Rapala wart in a tree too, always a pleasant surprise.
bagofdonuts reply :
Nice find on the wart. Updated hooks too. I think I would have gone after that one if I throw it into a tree.
Also, nice fish.
Catt reply :
4 1/2 hours in the marshes are the Sabine River produced the following results skunked first time in 2018 ????
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J Francho reply :
On 2/14/2018 at 10:51 PM, Catt said:Skunked for the first time in 2018 ????
Bass_Fishing_Socal reply :
On 2/14/2018 at 10:51 PM, Catt said:Skunked for the first time in 2018 ????
Gotta go back and revaluation all your posts lol.
J Francho reply :
On 2/14/2018 at 11:34 PM, JustJames said:Gotta go back and revaluation all your posts lol.
He should try structure fishing off shore, instead of bank beating! 
MIbassyaker reply :
On 2/14/2018 at 11:34 PM, JustJames said:Gotta go back and revaluation all your posts lol.
On 2/14/2018 at 11:35 PM, J Francho said:
He should try structure fishing off shore, instead of bank beating!
Maybe he forgot to have BOTH the jig and the texas rig tied on 24/7!
On 2/14/2018 at 10:51 PM, Catt said:4 1/2 hours in the marshes are the Sabine River produced the following results skunked first time in 2018 ????
Newbies should take note: If it happens to Catt, it will happen to you too....
A-Jay reply :
On 2/14/2018 at 10:51 PM, Catt said:4 1/2 hours in the marshes are the Sabine River produced the following results skunked first time in 2018 ????
There ya go ~
At least you got your One for the year out of the way early . . .
Congrats
A-Jay
Catt reply :
On 2/14/2018 at 11:34 PM, JustJames said:Gotta go back and revaluation all your posts lol.
On 2/14/2018 at 11:35 PM, J Francho said:
He should try structure fishing off shore, instead of bank beating!
On 2/14/2018 at 11:50 PM, MIbassyaker said:
Maybe he forgot to have BOTH the jig and the texas rig tied on 24/7!
Newbies should take note: If it happens to Catt, it will happen to you too....
On 2/14/2018 at 11:54 PM, A-Jay said:There ya go ~
At least you got your One for the year out of the way early . . .
Congrats
A-Jay
My youngest son & his friend were talking on the way home about; water was extremely low, low tide on the of that with little movement, very murky, & cold water.
I replied; the problem was operator error????
J Francho reply :
Always is! Every time I came back from a difficult day, someone was catching. Sometimes that person was me, sometimes not.
Catt reply :
On 2/15/2018 at 12:12 AM, J Francho said:Always is! Every time I came back from a difficult day, someone was catching. Sometimes that person was me, sometimes not.
An old guide told me years ago, "the fish are always biting somewhere, our job is to find somewhere!"
Don't find it yesterday! ????
TnRiver46 reply :
On 2/14/2018 at 10:51 PM, Catt said:4 1/2 hours in the marshes are the Sabine River produced the following results skunked first time in 2018 ????
That #@$&_ polecat has been climbing into my boat ever since it started raining. I hate muddy water. It was so muddy Monday you could see coon tracks on the water. I'm not good at shallow green fish
hawgenvy reply :
I posted this post already in "Other Species," but I wanted to post it here as well, because these photos, I thought, are pretty interesting. Well, actually it's these fish that are interesting.
Many of our local waters are populated with the invasive, algae-eating, armor-plated catfish species known as Plecostomus (from the Greek for "folded mouth"). They apparently originated, like many invasive species, from home aquaria. It is pretty rare to catch one without deliberately snagging it with a weighted treble hook. But today this guy ate my lipless crankbait, or I assume he did, since, as you can see, he's hooked in the lip. Another surprise was that on the very next cast I caught another pleco with the same lure! But the second puppy was foul hooked in the dorsal fin. I found I needed a towel to hold these guys, because the tough overlapping armor plating opened and closed as they wiggled side to side, pinching my skin in the process.
Big_Easy_Bassin reply :
Here’s the biggest LMB of the 10 I caught yesterday (2/14) in my neighborhood pond. I caught 6 and missed about 20 on Monday, but you had to pay very close attention and wait for your line to twitch or move. Never felt a single bite Monday. Not the case yesterday. Felt that good THUMP for every fish
J Francho reply :
On 2/15/2018 at 12:05 PM, hawgenvy said:But today this guy ate my lipless crankbait, or I assume he did, since, as you can see, he's hooked in the lip.
I've seen bigger ones go after other fish in an aquarium. They're very territorial and aggressive defend their spots.
hawgenvy reply :
On 2/16/2018 at 1:00 AM, J Francho said:I've seen bigger ones go after other fish in an aquarium. They're very territorial and aggressive defend their spots.
Good to know. I guess when all you've got to eat is a square yard of green slime you had better make sure it's your exclusive square yard of green slime.
Choporoz reply :
Got out for a couple hours before winter decided to come back in a hurry. Glass to whitecaps in about 5 minutes.
J Francho reply :
I got my ear buds caught in the wheel of my office chair. That count?
A-Jay reply :
On 2/17/2018 at 5:08 AM, J Francho said:I got my ear buds caught in the wheel of my office chair. That count?
LOL ~ You're not right . . . .
A-Jay
12poundbass reply :
On 2/17/2018 at 5:08 AM, J Francho said:I got my ear buds caught in the wheel of my office chair. That count?
Pics or it didn't happen!
Spring better get here soon. We're all starting to lose it a little. ????
CroakHunter reply :
On 2/17/2018 at 4:54 AM, Choporoz said:Got out for a couple hours before winter decided to come back in a hurry. Glass to whitecaps in about 5 minutes.
Were you fishing in wonkas factory in that chocolate river? Nice fish though!
Big_Easy_Bassin reply :
Went out to New Orleans City Park yesterday and saw a ton of fish on beds. Still very skittish and hard to get em to bite, but had a blast sight fishing. Caught the 12 inch male off the bed, flipped back in with my next cast, and this little female came from about 10 feet away and walked all the way to my sinking baby brush hog.
senile1 reply :
Today, I caught my first 5 lb'er for the year 2018. I hope there are more and bigger fish to come. I give more detail in the thread below.
Justin62882 reply :
Went today for 4 hours first real trip of the year here in southern Ill. Buddy caught one just under 2 pounds. And I caught 2 with one just over 2 pounds and this 6 pound stud. Smaller fish on chatterbaits and the big one here on a h20 express lipless crank.
everythingthatswims reply :
Saturday was a fun day back at home on the power plant lake! Air temps stayed in the 30s but the fish don't know anything about that. My little brother and I caught fish on; swimjig, chatterbait, jerkbait, flipping jig, wiggle wart, bandit 300, 4" line-thru swimbait, shakey head, and a ned rig! Ice appears to have checked out here in WV so I will be back after it in the kayak starting about.....NOW
hawgenvy reply :
Everythingthatswims, that is an impressive bunch of bass you got Saturday! Better than I've ever done on a long day on Lake Okeechobee, and with a winning smile to match those handfuls of goodies! Congratulations!
Anyway, I fished the bank for an hour today after work, and everybody there loved the taste of my dark blue SK Menace grub. It was sucked down by a beefy bass, then by a beautiful Mayan cichlid, followed by a gorgeous blue tilapia, all within 29 minutes.
TnRiver46 reply :
Looks like a bunch of nice bass caught recently. I need to get to work!!!!
N Florida Mike reply :
On 2/20/2018 at 12:04 PM, everythingthatswims said:Saturday was a fun day back at home on the power plant lake! Air temps stayed in the 30s but the fish don't know anything about that. My little brother and I caught fish on; swimjig, chatterbait, jerkbait, flipping jig, wiggle wart, bandit 300, 4" line-thru swimbait, shakey head, and a ned rig! Ice appears to have checked out here in WV so I will be back after it in the kayak starting about.....NOW
Man ! Nice fish.
scottyboy reply :
I threw her back at the boat launch. Ain't she pretty though.
Catt reply :
My grandson Aiden has definitely up his game this year!
He beat his Uncle Charlie Saturday & smoked me to day!
Top picture is today!
N Florida Mike reply :
Nice fish Aiden !
J._Bricker reply :
On 2/21/2018 at 8:48 AM, Catt said:My grandson Aiden has definitely up his game this year!
He beat his Uncle Charlie Saturday & smoked me to day!
Top picture is today!
Looks like you have a very accomplished future team partner Catt!
Gundog reply :
On 2/21/2018 at 12:26 AM, scottyboy said:
I threw her back at the boat launch. Ain't she pretty though.
Love the color on that smallie.
Bluebasser86 reply :
Been some wild weather around here the last couple days. Monday was 66 when we launched at 7:30, wind was blowing 30+ from the south, started raining after a couple hours and did so off and on. Wind died suddenly around noon and it felt like someone turned the heat off. Wind switched to straight from the north, and it was 34 degrees when we took out. Had lightning and thunder during the middle of an ice storm that dropped half an inch of ice on everything yesterday. Didn't go in the ice, but we whacked them in all the craziness Monday. Caught fish on jerkbaits, shad rap, traps, spinnerbaits, wart, jig, hair jig, and a shakyhead.
TnRiver46 reply :
@Bluebasser86, y'all have spots in KS? That middle fish sure looks like one
senile1 reply :
Nice catching, Blue. It looks like this weather is going to continue being crazy for the rest of the week.
On 2/21/2018 at 10:08 PM, TnRiver46 said:@Bluebasser86, y'all have spots in KS? That middle fish sure looks like one
It does look like a spotted bass.
Bluebasser86 reply :
On 2/21/2018 at 10:08 PM, TnRiver46 said:@Bluebasser86, y'all have spots in KS? That middle fish sure looks like one
Not big ones but we have some. That lake has the biggest population of them in the state.
everythingthatswims reply :
My lab ended early today and I already had my truck packed just incase. Fished a pond/swamp and had an awesome time! Fish were up in 2FOW which shocked me, (stuff was frozen over less than 2 weeks ago) I had one blow up on my chatterbait as I pulled it out of the water. I also watched one come up out of the grass in 2' and eat my chatterbait close enough to me that the hook set was a boat flip. Also got to cross a couple eyes with a jig on 20lb fluoro which always feels good. Ended up landing 7 bass and they were all over 14" so in WV that is a darn good day.
Looks like 2-3" of rain on the way, should be an interesting weekend of fishing for sure 
scottyboy reply :
Nice bass, Glad ya had a good day fishing.
Bass_Fishing_Socal reply :
Dang 7 fish, I envy you or I should just move again????.
Only managed one keeper on spinnerbait. It was my first spinnerbait fish here ever since I've been at it for more than a month. I fish mostly cove area looking for pre-spawn bass and to avoid the 10-15 mph wind where I had a hard time control my Jon boat.
everythingthatswims reply :
Well I wasn't planning to fish today since it was rainy and in the low 40s (which I guessed would shut them down after a warm stretch). Little did I know that today I would be busting some fat girls in 1-2' of water on a jig! I don't know what these WV bass are thinking, but I'm okay with it. The rain we've gotten over the past week must have warmed up the water really fast.
I fished some brand new water today, and it was a good choice! I was feathering a 3/8oz flipping jig through emerging lily pads and I was watching almost every fish that bit come out and smoke the jig. I discovered the bite by complete accident as I had been focusing my efforts out away from the shallow water where I assumed the bass would be. I like it when they prove me wrong! I also caught several flipping the jig in the flooded field pictured below, it was a very unique situation.
N Florida Mike reply :
Got an hour or so between work stops, so I was near one of the ponds I've fished in that area. 2nd cast on a beat up senko and this one nailed it , ended up with 5 total.
Team9nine reply :
Like everywhere else in this part of the country, we went from sunny and 73 to rain, wind and 34 overnight. Rain has continued for several days, some places getting as much as 5-6 inches already and still 2 more days predicted. Lots of flooding, and most all major rivers and reservoirs are getting trashed. Only thing being spared in my area are smaller lakes and ponds with little to no major inflow, and they're staining up, but fishable.
Hit judt such a place after work in a cold (43 deg.) mist and was surprised by a better than normal bite. Managed 10 in about 90 minutes, including some better quality individuals. It was definitely an above average trip for these little places. Stained water had them up shallow and aggressive.
scottyboy reply :
NICE Bass! We are getting flooded out right now here in Arkansas and I haven't started as of yet. From the look of your hands it was a little bit chilly out there?
senile1 reply :
On 2/24/2018 at 1:07 AM, scottyboy said:NICE Bass!
I am visiting my Mom at the nursing home in Southeast Missouri today and they are getting a lot of rain rolling in from Arkansas too. I hope we get some in Kansas City as we need it though I don't want 5 or 6 inches.
scottyboy reply :
I hear ya, I would be happy to send some of this your way. "I will go plug in a fan and point it your direction ok". Lol
TnRiver46 reply :
Nice fish @Team9nine, I’m curious as to what tactic your employed to catch these shallow aggressive bass
Team9nine reply :
On 2/24/2018 at 1:07 AM, scottyboy said:NICE Bass!
Low 40s and mist. Don't mind the cold, but when the hands get wet and cold, that's a little different story
On 2/25/2018 at 11:51 AM, TnRiver46 said:Nice fish @Team9nine, I’m curious as to what tactic your employed to catch these shallow aggressive bass
Been catching everything on blade baits. Was getting them out of the deeper holes when things were cold and clear, but now that the rain has really stained the water, the fish have moved a bit shallower and I'm catching them with a slow steady retrieve in 1 to 3 feet of water. Managed ten more today, but water was even more stained and most of the fish were smaller, though I did get a couple nice keepers. Got dumped on again tonight, so things will probably deteriorate even more.
But it's February, so it's all good
TnRiver46 reply :
On 2/25/2018 at 12:13 PM, Team9nine said:Been catching everything on blade baits. Was getting them out of the deeper holes when things were cold and clear, but now that the rain has really stained the water, the fish have moved a bit shallower and I'm catching them with a slow steady retrieve in 1 to 3 feet of water. Managed ten more today, but water was even more stained and most of the fish were smaller, though I did get a couple nice keepers. Got dumped on again tonight, so things will probably deteriorate even more.
But it's February, so it's all good
Gotcha thanks
The Bassman reply :
Had some great action this afternoon. Caught twenty or so including this one just shy of 4 lb. Fish were fairly shallow on the sunny and windward side of some HOA lakes I fish.
hawgenvy reply :
Today I skipped a Zoom fluke under the wooden walking bridge you see reflected in my glasses. After I set the hook she was so heavy and motionless I thought I had set the hook into a wooden piling -- until she started moving that big head to and fro, that is. Then I knew I was battling a big ol' beast. I was lucky to get her out from under the bridge with the light rod I was using.
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Gundog reply :
On 2/26/2018 at 5:37 AM, The Bassman said:
Edit. Can't figure how to get my pic over here. Evidently too big or something. Better at fishing than with computers.
If you're running a windows os, try using paint.net. You can easily resize pics. I've got to do it with almost all of mine.
WDE reply :
Caught a chunk today. 4.6lbs, t rigged junebug Yum Dinger. She tried to wrap me around a stump and I had to go in after her.
scottyboy reply :
That's a Dandy Congrats!
MichaelCopeland reply :
Went fishing with my girlfriend Saturday and tried fluorocarbon 8lb test Spiderwire, got it cheap, didn't care for it. It sucked really bad with my spinnining rod and just not good at all on my baitcaster either. Spent most of my time dealing with birdsnests and backlash. Didn't catch nothing, I was so disappointed in how my luck has gone trying to catch a bass this year. Guess I could be trying too hard. I don't know. While I was dealing with my mess, my girlfriend was catching a couple. She caught 2 mud cats in about 30 mins or so. Nothing to really brag about, other than she's only went fishing one time(this year) and caught more fish than I have all year...lol! I shoulda catfished. Oh well I wanna catch a bass! ????
Czorn reply :
Caught 11 today in some muddy water. The lake is usually very clear but it has been raining for a week. This girl was the biggest one of the day. The water was way up from a week ago and they were stacked in the stick ups. Caught some of them on a brush hog (south African special) and most on a jig green pumpkin with a orange craw on it.
hawgenvy reply :
On 2/28/2018 at 8:30 AM, WDE said:Caught a chunk today. 4.6lbs, t rigged junebug Yum Dinger. She tried to wrap me around a stump and I had to go in after her.
Nice fish. Cool photos.
hawgenvy reply :
It was my last cast tonight from the bank, 30 minutes past sunset. She was 6.4 pounds, nailed via my trusty blue-back Rage Menace grub, Texas-rigged on a 4-0 EWG with an unpegged 1/8 bullet weight. Yahoo!
A-Jay reply :
On 3/1/2018 at 10:00 AM, hawgenvy said:It was my last cast tonight from the bank, 30 minutes past sunset. She was 6.4 pounds, nailed via my trusty blue-back Rage Menace grub, Texas-rigged on a 4-0 EWG with an unpegged 1/8 bullet weight. Yahoo!
Great Bass ~ Huge Head !
(The bass I mean)
Congrats
A-Jay
scottyboy reply :
What a mule. Congrats hawgenvy.
Arobb2012 reply :
On 3/1/2018 at 10:00 AM, hawgenvy said:It was my last cast tonight from the bank, 30 minutes past sunset. She was 6.4 pounds, nailed via my trusty blue-back Rage Menace grub, Texas-rigged on a 4-0 EWG with an unpegged 1/8 bullet weight. Yahoo!
I finally ordered some menace grubs after seeing some of the hogs you have caught on them. Awesome fish btw.
12poundbass reply :
On 3/1/2018 at 10:00 AM, hawgenvy said:It was my last cast tonight from the bank, 30 minutes past sunset. She was 6.4 pounds, nailed via my trusty blue-back Rage Menace grub, Texas-rigged on a 4-0 EWG with an unpegged 1/8 bullet weight. Yahoo!
Is your scale calibrated? That fish looks a lot bigger than 6.4. Either way nice fish!
hawgenvy reply :
On 3/2/2018 at 3:42 AM, 12poundbass said:Is your scale calibrated? That fish looks a lot bigger than 6.4. Either way nice fish!
Thanks, man. It's a good scale, and 6.4 seemed about right. I was holding her a wee bit out in front of me for the photo.
hawgenvy reply :
On 3/2/2018 at 2:59 AM, Arobb2012 said:I finally ordered some menace grubs after seeing some of the hogs you have caught on them. Awesome fish btw.
Cool! It's become my confidence bait. Be sure to break the little tab between the twin tails so they flap when you swim it. I break the tabs ahead of time so I don't forget to do it when I'm fishing. You can leave the tails connected for a more subtle presentation but I don't seem to catch much that way.
Bass_Fishing_Socal reply :
You caught a lot of good fish there sir. So envy those of you in FL.
SoCal is weird now it getting cold and I got a little bit of snow close to my neighborhood a few days ago. Still can't find no good fish around here. I should have moved to FL LOL.
senile1 reply :
On 3/2/2018 at 3:42 AM, 12poundbass said:Is your scale calibrated? That fish looks a lot bigger than 6.4. Either way nice fish!
I thought the same. At least the pic makes it look like a huge freaking fish.
N Florida Mike reply :
Got this fish out back a little while ago on a June bug senko. Saw a swirl against the bank across at 
the neighbors bulkhead and skipped it over, apparently to a bed .This was the female. Caught the smaller buck a couple casts later in the same spot. Saw another guarding a nest out 5 feet or so from my boatramp.
ratherbfishin1 reply :
On 3/4/2018 at 8:03 AM, N Florida Mike said:Got this fish out back a little while ago on a June bug senko. Saw a swirl against the bank across at
I love the gator hat. Chomp chomp!
ohboyitsrobby reply :
Pretty tough today. Only gotta couple. Waters way up after being way low about 10 days ago. Got this decent one though
Bass_Fishing_Socal reply :
Caught my PS today.
PS, personal smallest LOL. Went out with my wife for a few hours after breakfast at clubhouse. Caught this on 5" Texas rig Senko. Who know he might be double digits for the next 15 years and I know where he lives.
BTW I forgot my scale anybody wanna guess the weight ????.
Sorry, I just wanna be part of the circle but don't have any catch to show.
BASS302 reply :
@JustJames,
On 3/5/2018 at 11:00 AM, JustJames said:anybody wanna guess the weight
It's hard to tell, if you have length and girth measurements you can do an estimate!
ratherbfishin1 reply :
On 3/5/2018 at 11:00 AM, JustJames said:Caught my PS today.
PS, personal smallest LOL. Went out with my wife for a few hours after breakfast at clubhouse. Caught this on 5" Texas rig Senko. Who know he might be double digits for the next 15 years and I know where he lives.
BTW I forgot my scale anybody wanna guess the weight ????.
Sorry, I just wanna be part of the circle but don't have any catch to show.
People fish swimbaits twice the size of that. I love your jon boat though!
deep reply :
Tough day. 5 fish in ~4.5 hours. Sunny, windy, and surface temp in the mid 40s.
Malnourished 18 incher:
MichaelCopeland reply :
Thank You Lord! FINALLY! I caught my first and second bass of 2018. Went to Cross Lake, this past Saturday with my sister and brother-in-law, and fished some cypress trees near the bank. My brother-in-law had a 7/8oz white/pearl/silver Booyah buzzbait with a 3.75" green pumpkin Rage Swimmer trailer tied on and I had a black/chartreuse H2O Express hollow body frog tied on. Within about 15-20 mins my brother-in-law caught a 2lb 12oz bass(not pictured). I hadn't even got a bite yet. So I said if they're biting a buzzbait surely they'll bite my chatterbait. Took off the frog and tied on my breaking bream 1/2oz Project Z with the green pumpkin Rage Swimmer trailer. Within my first 5 casts got my first one when a 1lb 12oz bass hammered the Project Z. She put up a little fight and I got awful close to getting wrapped up around a bridge piling. Was able to keep that from happening. A few more casts later another 1lb 12oz bass clobbered the Project Z. This time she came right on in without much fight at all. I'm off today and plan to go back there in hopes of catching a really big girl. Cross Lake recently started stocking the Florida strain. If nothing else, eventually there will be some big big girls in there. Just hope I'm there catching one of them when the time comes.
N Florida Mike reply :
Purdy fish brother!
J._Bricker reply :
Today I decided to get out on the water and see if I could get bit. Dropped in at Franks Tract, water 51 and change, afternoon temperatures were supposed to hit the mid 60’s. In the distance you could easily see the snow this past weekends storm dumped on the Sierra’s. I threw reaction baits for most of the day, landing a couple including this skinny 5.8lb female on blades....
MichaelCopeland reply :
Went back to Cross Lake today where I was Saturday. Nothing to brag about. Caught this one on my new chartreuse sexy shad 1/2oz Project Z chatterbait with a Rage Swimmer trailer. Weighed almost a pound at 15oz. I lost my favorite chatterbait today, really sucks. My breaking bream Project Z is gone ???? I'll get another one this weekend. Too good of a color. Gotta get another one. ????
Bluebasser86 reply :
First day back on the water after my bought with the flu. Fishing was not great, it wasn't even good. The trout we aimed to catch were smaller than a lot of my swimbaits, bass were slow, only thing really biting well was drum. Thought I'd finally got ahold of a good trout towards the end of the day fishing a 1/80th oz micro jig under a bobber. Turned out to be a 4.25lb largemouth. Not sure why she messed with that tiny jig. It couldn't have hooked her anywhere else in the area it did, smacked her right between the tooth pads.
Dorado reply :
Well, the Ned Rig works at night. Landed 11 tonight with some dinks mixed with a couple chunky monkeys. Junebug finesse TRD glued on a 1/15th oz shroomz jig head was durable enough to last the entire outing. Ned rig is a fantastic prespawn bait
On 3/7/2018 at 3:00 PM, Bluebasser86 said:First day back on the water after my bought with the flu. Fishing was not great, it wasn't even good. The trout we aimed to catch were smaller than a lot of my swimbaits, bass were slow, only thing really biting well was drum. Thought I'd finally got ahold of a good trout towards the end of the day fishing a 1/80th oz micro jig under a bobber. Turned out to be a 4.25lb largemouth. Not sure why she messed with that tiny jig. It couldn't have hooked her anywhere else in the area it did, smacked her right between the tooth pads.
That might be the tiniest jig I’ve ever seen a 4#+ eat. Crazy
scaleface reply :
On 3/7/2018 at 3:00 PM, Bluebasser86 said:
Twice I had different crappie fisherman tell me that they caught a huge bass at a certain spot . I'm going to give that spot a good look .
One of the largest bass I have caught was on a marabou crappie jig this time of year .
Czorn reply :
Blind casting to beds.
Dorado reply :
Next Night experimenting with the Ned Rig. This time Green Pumpkin Orange and Molting Craw did some work. 8 LMB including one at 3.2# and a surprise Channel Cat.
Bluebasser86 reply :
On 3/8/2018 at 2:55 PM, Dorado said:Next Night experimenting with the Ned Rig. This time Green Pumpkin Orange and Molting Craw did some work. 8 LMB including one at 3.2# and a surprise Channel Cat.
Big ol' head on that one for a 3# fish.
I've been really surprised how good of a night fishing bait the Ned rig is, and it catches everything just like it does during the daytime. It really shines at night if there is a big mayfly hatch going on.
Dorado reply :
On 3/8/2018 at 3:01 PM, Bluebasser86 said:Big ol' head on that one for a 3# fish.
I've been really surprised how good of a night fishing bait the Ned rig is, and it catches everything just like it does during the daytime. It really shines at night if there is a big mayfly hatch going on.
Interesting what you said about the mayfly hatch hmmmm. I bank fish at night and never turn my headlight on, unless I'm unhooking a fish or tying. With that said, it's too dark to line watch so I'm kinda limited in the various retrieval styles I can employ. I have to fish it like a grub by letting it hit the bottom, then slowly reeling the rig slightly off the bottom with rod twitches. With braid and co-poly leader coupled with a sensitive medium action spinning rod, I can detect the slightest thump. It's so addicting right now.......at least until the weeds start to emerge
Bass_Fishing_Socal reply :
@Doradoyou got @Bluebasser86all excited with you Ned rig at night, LOL. I might have to pay more attention to Ned rig this year too.
boostr reply :
I AIN'T CATCH $*^7 YET!
Bluebasser86 reply :
On 3/9/2018 at 3:43 AM, JustJames said:@Doradoyou got @Bluebasser86all excited with you Ned rig at night, LOL. I might have to pay more attention to Ned rig this year too.
More just night fishing in general. It got cold enough the last couple nights that a lot of the ponds had skim ice covering them again this morning on my way home from work.
Dteebone0427 reply :
My brother caught this monster in Lake Fork fishing with me and our dad!
Bluebasser86 reply :
On 3/7/2018 at 11:32 PM, scaleface said:Twice I had different crappie fisherman tell me that they caught a huge bass at a certain spot . I'm going to give that spot a good look .
One of the largest bass I have caught was on a marabou crappie jig this time of year .
I've caught some nice fish on crappie jigs, especially twitching them under a bobber and letting the waves provide action during the deadstick. Compared to the jig that fish ate though, a crappie jig might as well be a 1/2oz flipping jig
This is the jig that fish ate, next to a 1/32oz crappie jig I tied.
Bass_Fishing_Socal reply :
My weapon of choic today.
zman mag swimz 8" and 1/2 zinkerz on 1/16 oz jig.
@Bluebasser86you see what you did to me, I had to go out there and keep shaking my rod for hour and hour, it was super boring LOL. Almost caught nothing until I saw 2 bass swimming together try to mate? about 10-15' out. Cast the 1/2 zinkerz ahead of their way and immediately the small male took it.
After that walked around checking and talking to other fisherman. I saw quite a few abandoned bed and only 3 beds with still bass on it. The guy told me he caught 5 lber out of one bed and now no bass to be seen ????.
Brad in Texas reply :
Brutal winds on Purtis Creek Lake here in East Texas today, 3/11/18. It was so bad, I was going to leave but then some other kayakers showed up and it gave me the courage to at least take off from the ramp and head to the adjacent cove, fish and hide out from the wind. I worked back and forth along the banks fishing shallow. I ended up using a drop shot and several different small plastics. 7 or . . . was it 8 LMBs, none large, males between 1.5 and 2 lbs. Lots of fun fishing, cussing the wind!
Brad
J._Bricker reply :
Nice little belly on that chunk Brad! And welcome to Bass Resource and the Forums!
On 3/12/2018 at 7:25 AM, Brad in Texas said:Brutal winds on Purtis Creek Lake here in East Texas today, 3/11/18. It was so bad, I was going to leave but then some other kayakers showed up and it gave me the courage to at least take off from the ramp and head to the adjacent cove, fish and hide out from the wind. I worked back and forth along the banks fishing shallow. I ended up using a drop shot and several different small plastics. 7 or . . . was it 8 LMBs, none large, males between 1.5 and 2 lbs. Lots of fun fishing, cussing the wind!
Brad
everythingthatswims reply :
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She likes to fish, but not to the point that I can't go alone or go with "the guys". And that seems to be an ideal balance
Bass_Fishing_Socal reply :
It's about time, finally my first hudd fish of 2018. She is not that big but d**n that feels good. ????
Caught 2 and a half today first one on Fluke but came undone while I tried to grab her. Second from hudd 68 weedless, no weight no measure just quick snap shot and released since I caught her from pretty shallow so I wanna make sure she goes back to her bed. I guesstimate ~ 4lbs. And last keeper size from Zman boar hogz on 1/16 weight hook.
WDE reply :
3.7lbs on a lipless crank. He whiffed on the first strike, came back and smashed it on the next cast. I love it when you seen them wake on a lure.
12poundbass reply :
On 3/12/2018 at 10:11 AM, everythingthatswims said:
She likes to fish, but not to the point that I can't go alone or go with "the guys". And that seems to be an ideal balance
It's just a trap! ????
Seriously though you've hit the jack pot. My wife loves to fish and we've made some life long memories on the water, and now our son's with us so it's a family ordeal.
WDE reply :
4 today, this was the biggest, ~2.5lbs. T rigged junebug Yum Dinger. I was instructed to smile.
Brad in Texas reply :
I went out today on my home lake, very little wind. Whew! Glad for calmer water after my last time out.
I ended up with 3 fish, one large female, all on beds. I missed bringing 2 in. So, not bad for a few hours, that and I didn't get on the water until mid-morning.
I used a wacky rigged worm and they seemed to be interested in it. Brad
hawgenvy reply :
In post-frontal conditions just before sunset today, the Megabass Ito Vision 110 did the trick.
everythingthatswims reply :
On 3/15/2018 at 9:29 AM, hawgenvy said:In post-frontal conditions just before sunset today, the Megabass Ito Vision 110 did the trick.
That bait will always do the trick
Bluebasser86 reply :
12 bass in 11 cast thanks to this.
QUAKEnSHAKE reply :
First outing of the year caught 4 bass 2 on paddle tail and 2 on ned rig.
17" with paddle tail
ned rig catch.
Bluebasser86 reply :
Stopped by a little pond after work to see if any of the big girls were moving up with the last few warm days. Saw several up to around 6 sunning themselves right on the shoreline. Tough casting with all the trees and sticker bushes but I got one to cruise up and eat a Storm Twitch Stick. They're all built like this in there.
Finally got Lake out for a few minutes tonight at the neighbor's pond. He reeled in 4 of them like this for me, and hook and lost one on his own. Probably time to graduate from the Dock Demon so he can do a little more serious fishing and maybe help him not lose them when he does get a fish to bite.
Team9nine reply :
Only the second trip with the boat this year, but everything running good. Needs a good cleaning when things warm up enough, though. Surface temps just 43 deg and change, but managed 7 bass in a little over 3 hours, so everything is good
N Florida Mike reply :
Got a few this evening with my G-daughter Mackayla. She got the first fish on a 4 inch red and green sparkle watermelon senko.
I got a couple more about the same size on the Zoom fluke.
bagofdonuts reply :
Here's another bad pic of a good river fish. They're starting to wake up around here...she pulled like a tank.
Brad in Texas reply :
I went back out today to Purtis Creek in east Texas ended up with 6 or 7 small males. Not bad, just no size. Sort of all looked like this one.
Brad
frosty reply :
Pretty pleased with my first bass of the season!
The Bassman reply :
On 3/19/2018 at 4:20 AM, frosty said:Pretty pleased with my first bass of the season!
Sure looking forward to my first smallie of the season. Streams look good right now. I think that's going to change, though. Weather service is calling for a wet pattern. I'll never forget this week six years ago when we had a string of eighty degree days. I was wet wading and catching smallmouth on March 21! That's the summer when we had so many 100 degree days and no rain for almost eight weeks.
lo n slo reply :
second time out on Lake Norman this season under blue bird skies and a pesky, chilly NE wind. fished up the river, muddy stain and swt in the low 50’s. caught an even dozen pale spots on main lake and secondary points in 12-17 fow. this 18” spot was bf.
frosty reply :
On 3/19/2018 at 4:31 AM, The Bassman said:Sure looking forward to my first smallie of the season. Streams look good right now. I think that's going to change, though. Weather service is calling for a wet pattern. I'll never forget this week six years ago when we had a string of eighty degree days. I was wet wading and catching smallmouth on March 21! That's the summer when we had so many 100 degree days and no rain for almost eight weeks.
I definitely remember that! The creek was really clear, I don’t know that I’ve ever seen it looking that good since I started fishing it!
Last summer was pretty awful for rain to, all the ponds were way down towards late summer.
Ive got a picture of my wife with a dandelion on January 1st last year, hopefully this summer will be a little more normal!
Team9nine reply :
Still fighting tough conditions over here, with water temps hovering around 43 degrees, but had another enjoyable afternoon out on the water. Last couple stops saved the day for me.
MichaelCopeland reply :
Went to Caddo Lake yesterday with a friend of mine I've known since the fourth grade. Chatterbait was king for me. Caught 2 on the 1/2oz breaking bream Project Z and 1 on the 1/2oz chartreuse sexy shad Project Z. My friend caught 1 on a perch colored 3/8oz or 1/2oz Booyah spinnerbait. Didn't weigh any of them, but just guessing the biggest one was around a pound and half give or take a little. We had a blast. Can't wait to do it again. ????
Today I went to a little bayou around the corner from the house. I've fished it a few times and never caught anything. It looks pretty good for bass, but I've yet to catch one in there. Anyways I was gonna try again today. Had a weightless Texas rigged green pumpkin Z Craw on my Lew's spinning rig and on my second cast hooked into this 2lb 4oz white perch. The biggest one I've ever seen in person, much less caught. May have to give up on bass in there and just fish for perch or bream.
tcal4404 reply :
First smallie of the year. Fought very hard for such cold water. Only fish in 2 days in fishing 4+hrs each day....
boostr reply :
On 3/19/2018 at 10:03 AM, MichaelCopeland said:Went to Caddo Lake yesterday with a friend of mine I've known since the fourth grade. Chatterbait was king for me. Caught 2 on the 1/2oz breaking bream Project Z and 1 on the 1/2oz chartreuse sexy shad Project Z. My friend caught 1 on a perch colored 3/8oz or 1/2oz Booyah spinnerbait. Didn't weigh any of them, but just guessing the biggest one was around a pound and half give or take a little. We had a blast. Can't wait to do it again. ????
Today I went to a little bayou around the corner from the house. I've fished it a few times and never caught anything. It looks pretty good for bass, but I've yet to catch one in there. Anyways I was gonna try again today. Had a weightless Texas rigged green pumpkin Z Craw on my Lew's spinning rig and on my second cast hooked into this 2lb 4oz white perch. The biggest one I've ever seen in person, much less caught. May have to give up on bass in there and just fish for perch or bream.
Looks like a white Crappie
MichaelCopeland reply :
On 3/20/2018 at 3:00 AM, boostr said:Looks like a white Crappie
Here in NW Louisiana we've always called them crappie or perch. I don't really fish for them though. I only use artificial lures/baits. Surprised I caught it...lol. ????
ohboyitsrobby reply :
On 3/20/2018 at 7:36 AM, MichaelCopeland said:Here in NW Louisiana we've always called them crappie or perch. I don't really fish for them though. I only use artificial lures/baits. Surprised I caught it...lol. ????
You did eat that crappie right???? I know some ppl may smash on me for asking since it's a slab but man that's fantastic table fare ????????????
MichaelCopeland reply :
On 3/20/2018 at 8:17 AM, ohboyitsrobby said:You did eat that crappie right???? I know some ppl may smash on me for asking since it's a slab but man that's fantastic table fare ????????????
I threw her back. I'm never really prepared for harvesting fish. I'm a catch and release angler. Every now and then, when I'm not walking the bank by myself, I'll keep some for eating. That doesn't happen very often though. Mainly because I don't wanna clean them...lol. ????
J._Bricker reply :
With rain in the forecast there was a narrow window to get on the water. Air temperature was balmy 38 degrees when I hooked up the boat and headed for the Tract to do some fishing. Tide had been going out for about two hours, water temperature was 54 and change as I dropped the boat in the water.
I covered a lot of water junk fishing and the bite got better for numbers later in the day as the water warmed. However, my better fish came in the first half of the day. The 5.2lber absolutely crushed a square bill, and my biggest was a 6.8 which smoked a slow rolled spinnerbait. As I was fighting them, one of my the first thoughts was why did I leave the net at the house....
Good Fishing all, JB
Dorado reply :
@J._Bricker Beast mode! Toads
J.Vincent reply :
Nice Fish !
Bluebasser86 reply :
Had a guide trip Monday in about the nastiest weather I could have hoped for. 20-30mph winds, steady rain, and temps in the high 30's-low 40's were less than ideal. I was surprised the guys didn't want to reschedule, so we made the best out of it. Had to call an audible since we couldn't even get on the lake we were going to go to, but my backup lake did not disappoint. White bass, wipers, crappie, largemouth, and spotted bass from the time the boat hit the water until we left, it was a good time with a lot of well deserved fish.
Sunday evening I got Lake out for about an hour before dark. He got several more fish and also learned how to cast by himself. He was having a good time winging a hookless crankbait and then a frog on his little dock demon after he decided he'd caught enough fish for the night.
roadwarrior reply :
Too cool!
N Florida Mike reply :
Good times !
J._Bricker reply :
On 3/21/2018 at 11:47 AM, Dorado said:@J._Bricker Beast mode! Toads
On 3/21/2018 at 1:26 PM, Active_Outdoors said:Nice Fish !
Thanks guys! I do some of my best fishing Monday through Thursday, #retiredguytournaments
senile1 reply :
On 3/21/2018 at 3:44 PM, Bluebasser86 said:Had a guide trip Monday in about the nastiest weather I could have hoped for. 20-30mph winds, steady rain, and temps in the high 30's-low 40's were less than ideal. I was surprised the guys didn't want to reschedule, so we made the best out of it. Had to call an audible since we couldn't even get on the lake we were going to go to, but my backup lake did not disappoint. White bass, wipers, crappie, largemouth, and spotted bass from the time the boat hit the water until we left, it was a good time with a lot of well deserved fish.
Sunday evening I got Lake out for about an hour before dark. He got several more fish and also learned how to cast by himself. He was having a good time winging a hookless crankbait and then a frog on his little dock demon after he decided he'd caught enough fish for the night.
Nice work on the guide trip. And those are some excellent, cute pics of your son! So cool!
TravisVirginiaAngler reply :
J._Bricker reply :
On 3/22/2018 at 12:01 PM, TravisVirginiaAngler said:
Big, beautiful bass TVA!
NiX reply :
Got 3 the first day of the storm. Waiting for it to clear up again here in Cali.
lo n slo reply :
those are a couple of nice spots brother ????
Bassin' Brad reply :
Caught this 9.44 lb Hawg night fishing with a big black and blue spinnerbait!
J._Bricker reply :
WOW!!! Congratulations @Bass’Brad what a great big ‘ole pig!
N Florida Mike reply :
Spent a very nice last 2 hours of the day on the water . Perfect temp. and wind. The fish are back on the beds again. Got this skinny 4.12 on a pumpkin zoom lizard. Caught a few more on zoom trick worms.
Ktho reply :
Stuck a good one pitching, only fish I managed to land for the day.
A-Jay reply :
On 3/25/2018 at 12:19 PM, Ktho said:Stuck a good one pitching, only fish I managed to land for the day.
But it was a Good One ~ !
Nice Fatty
Congrats
A-Jay
ohboyitsrobby reply :
Biggest fish I've caught in a while. Didn't have scales. Somewhere between 7 1/2 and 8 we guessed. Made the ole lews bb1 scream.
Fairtax4me reply :
Two casts! Two fish! This was the second. Bass were going airborne in 40° weather crashing on shad, but They were picky and wouldn't bite a lure for nothing. Finally got a few on jerkbaits, then two in a row on an underspin. This one was big of the day.
tcal4404 reply :
nice work everyone!
spent about 4 hrs on the water saturday, had a wintery week leading upto the weekend so wasn't expecting much as the water is still very cold. Continued to move and eventually found a nice largie, hit a lucky flash pointer in the shallows. So satisfying to feel that pop on the pause, the only bite of the day.
Crappy pics as I was in a precarious landing spot. 3.74lbs 
Dirtyeggroll reply :
Fished Table Rock Lake in Missouri this weekend with the club I belong out of Omaha.
Got my first fish of the year and also my first fish ever on an A-rig!
Only caught 5 fish in 12 hours of fishing weighing a whopping total of 7 lbs 14 ounces (The boater I was with caught a few more fish and weighed 10-1 and 11-14 on each day of the tournament to win first place). A little disappointing considering the bass that won the Big Bass Bash Tournament going on at the same time on the same lake was about 7 lbs 9 oz. Nonetheless, I am happy to have boated something at all and hoping it continues to warm up here in Omaha, considering I've got an Open Tournament to fish nearby this weekend.
ratherbfishin1 reply :
On 3/26/2018 at 11:56 PM, Dirtyeggroll said:Fished Table Rock Lake in Missouri this weekend with the club I belong out of Omaha.
Got my first fish of the year and also my first fish ever on an A-rig!
Only caught 5 fish in 12 hours of fishing weighing a whopping total of 7 lbs 14 ounces (The boater I was with caught a few more fish and weighed 10-1 and 11-14 on each day of the tournament to win first place). A little disappointing considering the bass that won the Big Bass Bash Tournament going on at the same time on the same lake was about 7 lbs 9 oz. Nonetheless, I am happy to have boated something at all and hoping it continues to warm up here in Omaha, considering I've got an Open Tournament to fish nearby this weekend.
Fishing has been reeeeeaaaallllly slow in lincoln lately. I've only caught a handful so far since ice out. I'm hoping for the water to warm up but i just looked at the weather and it shows snow here on sunday... we just can't get out of winter.
shovelmouth83 reply :
Caught this fatty or a white biospone worm. Texas rigged with a 5/16 oz weight. Really slow.
Dorado reply :
I think a small tube (2.5”-2.75”), like this Gitzit tournament tube (Brown Craw in pic below) is the most underrated spawning bed bait around. It’s so fun to sight fish and watch the males go tail down when you drag one across the nest. Landed 2 decent ones this late AM.
Bass_Fishing_Socal reply :
On 3/25/2018 at 12:19 PM, Ktho said:Stuck a good one pitching, only fish I managed to land for the day.
Nice fish there. You gotta come and teach me how to find fish like that.
Ktho reply :
On 3/27/2018 at 3:02 PM, JustJames said:Nice fish there. You gotta come and teach me how to find fish like that.
Let's do it, I'll probably be going back this weekend. With finally have warm stable weather and the full moon coming up it could be pretty killer all over this week.
Bluebasser86 reply :
Wife and I did a little fishing Sunday at the neighbor's pond. She was able to get her first fish of the year along with several others on a little X-rap.
I caught several including one decent one that about swallowed my Storm Twitch Stick.
Also caught several really big crappie, the biggest being in the 15-16 inch range.
Monday I went to settle the score with a lake that is usually good to me, but wasn't very nice my first trip out to it this year. It was much nicer this time, although the weather was pretty bad with a cold wind and drizzle almost all day. We caught lots of largemouth, couple smallmouth, bunch of super fat white bass, couple crappie, several trout, and several drum. My biggest bass of the day seems to know what to do with all the tiny trout they stocked in the lake a few weeks ago.
She was only 18" long and 3.81 pounds with about a 10" trout in her throat/stomach, so don't think "there's no fish big enough here to fish big baits".
lo n slo reply :
here is another token spot pic amongst the fat largemouth ones. she almost made 18”.
caught 16 today on Lake Norman and once again the wind was kicking some serious butt. lots more bass boats out there too. that had most of them trying to hide from it and some creeks got crowded. i gotta admit, it blew me off some of my favorite spots too. secondary points, in some fishable wind, was the ticket though and lots of guys were just riding by them ????
Team9nine reply :
11" of snow at the start of the week, then 2" of rain through the middle of the week has messed up our lakes big time, so was pleasantly surprised to get on a decent bite this afternoon once skies cleared and the high pressure moved in. Got to go well back into last year for me to remember the last good jig bite I had, but that was the ticket today with the stained water. More than a dozen in the boat today - Good times.
Chowderhead reply :
Finally had a nice(ish) weather day here in Omaha after what has seemed like endless winter. Air temps were in mid 50's, with water temps that are still cold. First fish of the year came in at 4.19 pounds and was a little over 18". Caught on a Z-Man chatterbait.
frosty reply :
On 4/1/2018 at 12:58 AM, Chowderhead said:Finally had a nice(ish) weather day here in Omaha after what has seemed like endless winter. Air temps were in mid 50's, with water temps that are still cold. First fish of the year came in at 4.19 pounds, caught on a Z-Man chatterbait.
Awesome way to start the season!
NorcalBassin reply :
Took the family out yesterday for a couple hours. Have to say it puts a big smile on my face seeing my girls land and lip their own fish.
TravisVirginiaAngler reply :
Caught her today, 30 minutes before time to leave. 9.0 pound 23 1/4" Virginia GIANT on a rapala suspending jerkbait. Landed on 12 pound fluro with NO net or help. Amazing day.
Koz reply :
Today I tried a few new lagoons where my dad lives over at Sun City Hilton Head. There are 50+ lagoons there and many are connected by the stormwater system. Some of them are inaccessible - to me at least - because they are surrounded by homes or fully within one of the gold courses. But there are still plenty that are accessible for us to fish.
The temp was in the low sixties today, but as it has been for the past week it was really windy. It didn't help that I've been battling a cold most of the week, but I was going stir crazy sitting inside and had to get out. Plus, my son had a rare weekend off from travel baseball and I wanted to take advantage of that.
A neighbor of my father had showed me pictures of a few seven pounders and a twelve pounder caught in Sun City, and he gave me a general idea of what lagoons they were caught in without divulging the actual locations. We fished two of the larger lagoons in that vicinity for a while with no luck, then moved to a smaller 1/3 are lagoon. This lagoon also had one of those aerator fountains and the spray was blowing everywhere. Thirty minutes and a few lures later I put a Yum Dinger on the line and got my first and only catch of the day. But at 6.3 pounds I won't complain. But I did miss my PB by just 2/10ths. I could have sworn this one was over 7 when I landed it. Next time!
LonnieP reply :
Caught this 6.15 pound girl today on a SPRO little John. Water was 56 degrees . It was a pretty slow day and was getting ready to head home but I decided to try one last spot before I headed out. I’m glad I did.
deep reply :
Buddy took me out on his boat and put me on some fish today.
Well, he did put me on one fish! Only dang thing I caught all day, and it was 50% of the day's yield between the two of us.
NorcalBassin reply :
Took my dad out Saturday and had an epic numbers day with 60+ in about 5 hours.
Bass_Fishing_Socal reply :
I have not get any good bite lately only small dinks from jerkbait so I guess it is time to slow down.
Went out last night got a few bite and land only one or wacky rig Senko. Today been busy with wife and kids all morning, took a good nap and went out for a short trip before sunset, caught 4-5 with only one decent one on same wacky rig I had tie on last night.
N Florida Mike reply :
Didn't think I was going to get out today but I was able to go late this pm.
Got 8 total. 1 on an orange sparkle 4 inch senko, and several on a June bug trick worm, including 3 off the same blown down tree.
Got the rest on the watermelon seed zoom super fluke, including this one.
Dirtyeggroll reply :
March 30/31, 2018 - After a trip on the struggle bus during the day before the tournament (forgetting suitcases and dead batteries), our 2nd tournament together, the Omaha River City Bass Club Spring Open at Twelve Mile Lake near Creston, Iowa is in the books! We improved a whole lot from the last one in September 2017 where we only weighed one fish! While we still didn’t catch a limit this time, we did end up weighing 4 quality fish for 12 lbs 3 oz, which was enough to get us in the money $$ (4th place)!!!
The lake is loaded with timber and we spent pretty much the entire day tied up to the same tree. We got the fish dialed in on a 6th Sense Flat 75X Crankbait which was perfect for the chilly 45 degree water and the wind blown rock bank we were fishing near a channel swing. If I hadn’t lost my only Flat 75X with about 2 hours left, I’m confident we could have caught a limit and moved up at least a position or two, because they were CHOKING the Wild Lava Craw Flat 75X!
It really gave me a new appreciation for “don’t leave fish to find fish.” Had it not been windy we would’ve just cruised around the lake and probably caught fewer if any fish.Nonetheless, we had a blast and are ready for the next one!!
(Excuse the Tracy Morgan image its an inside joke between my dad and I. The livewell malfunctioned and was probably empty for 20 minutes or so with our big fish in there before we noticed. The fish wasn't completely gone, but probably a little brain dead, so we named it Tracy Morgan. I know, crude.)
Bluebasser86 reply :
Man the weather has been terrible on my days off for almost a month now. It snowed Sunday, then never made it above 40 Monday or Tuesday. I entered a season long multispecies kayak fishing challenge that I wanted to get a jump start on Monday to get a trout because they'll all be dead in the next month (hopefully), but that's a foot at least I wanted to get added to my total. Never fished in weather that cold in my kayak, it was a little uncomfortable just knowing how bad things could go if something happened. Thankfully no accidents, caught my trout, and got a decent bass to add to my total.
Bass_Fishing_Socal reply :
My first top water bass of 2018 on prop/buzz bait lure from Thailand.
Brad in Texas reply :
A 4+, a 3+, and a 2+ yesterday on around 20 total casts off my boathouse, so this afternoon I went down again and gave the same tackle and lure a go. On my 3rd cast to a vegetation line on a point, I caught this, a 25.5" LMB.
Gear? a 7' St. Croix Medium powered, F, spinning rod, a 3000 Stradic Ci4+, 10 lbs. Sufix braid to an 8 lbs. Seaguar Invizx leader. The lure was a 3/0 60 degree bend jig hook with an Owner centering pin (CPS medium size) used to nose screw a Keitech 4" Shad Impact and T-Rigged from there.
I had to be very careful playing the big girl, bringing her in. Photos, measurements, and off she swam to have more babies. She looked totally spawned out but healthy.
Brad
deep reply :
Walking the banks this evening.
senile1 reply :
On 4/5/2018 at 10:07 AM, Brad in Texas said:A 4+, a 3+, and a 2+ yesterday on around 20 total casts off my boathouse, so this afternoon I went down again and gave the same tackle and lure a go. On my 3rd cast to a vegetation line on a point, I caught this, a 25.5" LMB.
Gear? a 7' St. Croix Medium powered, F, spinning rod, a 3000 Stradic Ci4+, 10 lbs. Sufix braid to an 8 lbs. Seaguar Invizx leader. The lure was a 3/0 60 degree bend jig hook with an Owner centering pin (CPS medium size) used to nose screw a Keitech 4" Shad Impact and T-Rigged from there.
I had to be very careful playing the big girl, bringing her in. Photos, measurements, and off she swam to have more babies. She looked totally spawned out but healthy.
Brad
Did you get her weight? If she was 25.5 inches she had to be a monstrosity.
Brad in Texas reply :
On 4/7/2018 at 2:22 AM, senile1 said:Did you get her weight? If she was 25.5 inches she had to be a monstrosity.
No, we photographed her several different ways for TPWD and the ShareLunker Program and submitted it just on her length (=> 24"). TPWD (Texas Parks and Wildlife Dept.) has a "length to weight" chart and it indicated that, on average, a 25.5" bass weighs 10.40 lbs. Funny, that was just about what Reagan and I thought she'd weigh before we checked the chart. Too bad she was spawned out. I'd suppose she might have weighed a pound or so more if not. A fish of the exact same length was captured (TPWD was electro-shocking for reports, I believe) at Marine Creek in Fort Worth yesterday, she had a belly full of eggs . . . and weighed 11+. At 13+, and between 01-01 and 03-31 each year, you can "donate" your fish to TPWD and they use them to breed big bass. But, they lose a lot of them, I think over 50% die. I'd rather have a photo and let them swim off for a few more productive years building bass the old fashion way! Brad
everythingthatswims reply :
Headed over to the ski resort in Maryland to see what was up... 39 degree water but surprisingly they were chewin'! Don't bash my jerkbait, lots of toothies around so I had to be economical.
Bluebasser86 reply :
On 4/7/2018 at 10:19 AM, everythingthatswims said:Headed over to the ski resort in Maryland to see what was up... 39 degree water but surprisingly they were chewin'! Don't bash my jerkbait, lots of toothies around so I had to be economical.
Looks like a Spro? I have some cheapies that have really found their way into my box because they do certain things that the expensive ones don't do. It's not stupid if it works.
frosty reply :
On 4/7/2018 at 10:19 AM, everythingthatswims said:Headed over to the ski resort in Maryland to see what was up... 39 degree water but surprisingly they were chewin'! Don't bash my jerkbait, lots of toothies around so I had to be economical.
It’s not how much the jerk bait costs, it’s how you jerk it
Team9nine reply :
A few from the mud Thursday. Most of the lake has about 1-2" of visibility, but found some areas with 3-6 inches and that's where these came from. Every decent sized body of water within about 100 miles of me is flooded and muddy right now from the 12" of snow and 3+ inches of rain we've had over the past two weeks. A couple lakes even closed due to the conditions.
A-Jay reply :
On 4/8/2018 at 12:10 AM, Team9nine said:
Nicely Done ~
The red eye color on a couple right there is quite pronounced.
A-Jay
everythingthatswims reply :
On 4/7/2018 at 1:56 PM, Bluebasser86 said:Looks like a Spro? I have some cheapies that have really found their way into my box because they do certain things that the expensive ones don't do. It's not stupid if it works.
Yeah a spro really isn't a cheap bait but I bought one to try, I am not a fan at all of the action and effort required to move it through the water. If a toothy were to take it I would not be bothered!
However, my buddy was throwing a BD 95 jerkbait and I was impressed, it caught several bass and that size appeared to be in between a 110 jr and a regular 110. The jr is too small for my liking but that bait definitely caught my attention.
Team9nine reply :
Stayed on the bank today due to a lack of time. Found that magic water temperature we've been discussing along with a good stain (still clearing from muddy) and managed 38 in just a couple hours doing just what I mentioned in the bank fishing thread. Nothing big, but I would have lit up ScoreTracker Live in an MLF competition with "scorable" bass
deep reply :
Several dink bass and couple jumbo 14"-14.5" crappies today.
everythingthatswims reply :
On 4/9/2018 at 9:19 AM, deep said:Several dink bass and couple jumbo 14"-14.5" crappies today.
That place has the slabs! Next few years are gonna be crazy for bass there too!
Bass_Fishing_Socal reply :
I've never caught crappies with jerkbait even my lake got plenty of them ????. I hope I have time for giant snake head or Barramundi next week since I'm in Thailand.
Catt reply :
Snuck in a 3 day trip to the big pond, weather was horrible but did manage 8.25 Hawg!
A-Jay reply :
On 4/9/2018 at 7:02 PM, Catt said:Snuck in a 3 day trip to the big pond, weather was horrible but did manage 8.25 Hawg!
That's a Tank ~ You Still Got It !
Congrats
A-Jay
riverbasser reply :
Fished a local club tourney Saturday and was able to finish 3rd. If only i could have got rid of a 12 incher that cost me 1st place. Only a pound separated us. Here's my best 2 from the day caught on a jig
bobbyg reply :
Had an unforgettable weekend with my dad at Dale Hollow Lake! Just the 2 of us, no kids, no cell phones, no emails, just the 2 of us on a boat for about 30 hours in 3 days. We didn't catch a bunch as the weather turned cold the day we got there, and had trouble figuring out where to get them, but did catch a few decent fish. The one with the spinner in its mouth was the biggest bass in the boat, it was almost 4 pounds, and only 18.5 inches. Chunky little girl. Also, caught a 9 pound cat that sure was fun wrestling on a medium/light spinning setup.
But I do have a great, the one that got off story, or a terrible one depending on your point of view. I hooked a huge smallie fishing with shiners one night. I won't venture to guess the size but it was the biggest bass I have ever hooked. It rolled down and then jumped and spit my hook out as if to say, "better luck next time, sucker!!" But what a rush for those 10-15 seconds!
IndianaFinesse reply :
On 4/8/2018 at 12:10 AM, Team9nine said:A few from the mud Thursday. Most of the lake has about 1-2" of visibility, but found some areas with 3-6 inches and that's where these came from. Every decent sized body of water within about 100 miles of me is flooded and muddy right now from the 12" of snow and 3+ inches of rain we've had over the past two weeks. A couple lakes even closed due to the conditions.
Is that a rare smile i see on your face? I can count on one hand how many I've seen in your pics lol. Btw, I think I may be fishing that lake to much when I recognize where you are just by the reflection on the water in that 2nd pic
Team9nine reply :
On 4/10/2018 at 12:24 AM, IndianaFinesse said:Is that a rare smile i see on your face? I can count on one hand how many I've seen in your pics lol. Btw, I think I may be fishing that lake to much when I recognize where you are just by the reflection on the water in that 2nd pic
Lol on both counts. I think we should have fished the spring Classic Sunday. Only took 13 for first and 11 for second. Have to believe we could have easily matched that ???? Bite should get real good real quick out there with warm weather finally arriving toward end of week.
senile1 reply :
On 4/9/2018 at 7:02 PM, Catt said:Snuck in a 3 day trip to the big pond, weather was horrible but did manage 8.25 Hawg!
That girl's got some length on her, Catt. Nice work!
IndianaFinesse reply :
On 4/10/2018 at 12:55 AM, Team9nine said:Lol on both counts. I think we should have fished the spring Classic Sunday. Only took 13 for first and 11 for second. Have to believe we could have easily matched that ???? Bite should get real good real quick out there with warm weather finally arriving toward end of week.
Shoot, I probably could have been around those weights solo, woulda been lights out with both of us in the same boat. You know I'm always up for fishing a tournament with you, I'll cover entry fee if that's an issue -more than worth it just for the learning experience. And yep, I expect to see some serious moving towards the shallows by this weekend, warning water and impatient fish are a good combo
The Bassman reply :
On 4/10/2018 at 12:55 AM, Team9nine said:Lol on both counts. I think we should have fished the spring Classic Sunday. Only took 13 for first and 11 for second. Have to believe we could have easily matched that ???? Bite should get real good real quick out there with warm weather finally arriving toward end of week.
Heard we're going right back in this cold pattern after Sat. storms. I don't ever remember the cold being this persistent and I'm almost 64.
Fairtax4me reply :
Sandy was... her usual on Sunday. Found a few fish, then they all disappeared. Actually that's a little better than usual, shes just a skunky smelling desert most times.
The fish we did find seemed willing to chase down and inhale an underspin. But then some wind picked up and patchy clouds rolled in over us, the bite shut off and they wouldn't bite even a ned rig or senko.
I missed a solid 3lber first fish of the day. Shook loose at the boat. Hooked up on a 2lber after that, then landed the biggest of the day, 5.2 lbs, about 20.5". Got another 2lber shortly after.
Floated around another hour or so before getting another 2lber on the same underspin, then got a dink on a medium diving crankbait running along a grass line. Had a couple more misses on the underspin, crappie maybe. Quick multiple bites then they would tug hard and spit it.
Not enough fish for 10 hours on the water, but it did snow saturday.
Water temp was just under 60F, mud murky maybe 3ft vis. up in the creek area where we were fishing. 5-6ft vis and much more clean out main lake. Saw some patches of bait suspended at various depths in 25FOW, but not much in the way of bass.
Fairtax4me reply :
On 4/8/2018 at 3:23 AM, everythingthatswims said:Yeah a spro really isn't a cheap bait but I bought one to try, I am not a fan at all of the action and effort required to move it through the water. If a toothy were to take it I would not be bothered!
However, my buddy was throwing a BD 95 jerkbait and I was impressed, it caught several bass and that size appeared to be in between a 110 jr and a regular 110. The jr is too small for my liking but that bait definitely caught my attention.
I have a love/hate relationship with spro.
I've had two of their frogs break hooks trying to pull fish up out of grass (using 15lb floro at the time) But others Ive had for years and used the hell out of them. Had one stuck solid on a tree and broke 40lb braid and it wouldn't let go.
Had a brand new spro crankbait (dont remember the model) lose the bill running into a tree.
But also have a spro lipless that catches everything and anything. I burn it through grass, I throw it in brush piles, I hop it on bottom 20+ feet deep. I've bounced it off bridge pilings, had it stuck multiple times and bounced 3oz sinkers off it to get it loose, and it looks like hell but it wont give in.
Cheetahsneverprosper reply :
Couldn't wait any longer and just had to spend a few minutes after work fishing at a nearby retention pond.
Water temp 40
Air temp 38
Caught three in 30 minutes on a drop shot/KVD Dream Shot. One 13 inches and two 15 inches, including this one.
They're still deep, about 12 ft down with no interest yet in moving shallower until spring decides to show its face. It's looking like that won't be until about August.
Hands were frozen after half an hour and couldn't stay out in the cold and wind any longer. But at least it's a start!
everythingthatswims reply :
Got on the lake at 3pm today after school was out of the way. 42 degree water temps and it snowed all day, but I found a couple! 4.8" Keitech on a 1/2oz head for the bigger ones, and a jerkbait for the smaller ones.
I think I am dealing with a ton of fish, but their behavior is extremely confusing. Today I had 3 bites in 3 casts on the 4.8, casting up into 12/14' bringing it down into 20'. I lost the first one, then caught my biggest two fish on the following casts.
Then 2 bites in 2 casts on a Spro McStick on a main lake hump that comes up to 6', I landed both of them, they are the smaller smallmouths pictured.
Then 2 bites back to back long lining the damiki abyss 90 on the same spot that the swimbait bite happened, I caught the 12" spot, and on my next cast had a fish run off with the bait on a slack line but I never connected. They fire up really hard for a couple minutes, then it's like they aren't even there!
senile1 reply :
On 4/10/2018 at 12:16 PM, everythingthatswims said:Got on the lake at 3pm today after school was out of the way. 42 degree water temps and it snowed all day, but I found a couple! 4.8" Keitech on a 1/2oz head for the bigger ones, and a jerkbait for the smaller ones.
I think I am dealing with a ton of fish, but their behavior is extremely confusing. Today I had 3 bites in 3 casts on the 4.8, casting up into 12/14' bringing it down into 20'. I lost the first one, then caught my biggest two fish on the following casts.
Then 2 bites in 2 casts on a Spro McStick on a main lake hump that comes up to 6', I landed both of them, they are the smaller smallmouths pictured.
Then 2 bites back to back long lining the damiki abyss 90 on the same spot that the swimbait bite happened, I caught the 12" spot, and on my next cast had a fish run off with the bait on a slack line but I never connected. They fire up really hard for a couple minutes, then it's like they aren't even there!
When they do fire up, you appear to be very effective and efficient at catching what is available.
N Florida Mike reply :
Got done eating supper and went out back to cast a little. On about the 5th cast or so I got this 6.3 , 23 inch tank on a spinnerbait. She was full of eggs.
Shout out to @Fishing_FF for giving me that bait when he was up here in feb.
Bluebasser86 reply :
On 4/8/2018 at 3:23 AM, everythingthatswims said:Yeah a spro really isn't a cheap bait but I bought one to try, I am not a fan at all of the action and effort required to move it through the water.
This is the same thing I found and the reason I no longer carry any. Jerkbaits are enough work as is, but they felt like trying to twitch a crankbait instead of a jerkbait. I imagine that's because they run a little deeper than most, but that's another feature I really don't need in one.
Did a little more yakking this weekend to try and get a few more fish on my species list for the multispecies challenge. Didn't get my wiper, and the walleye tried but I didn't do my part, but I did get to add a spotted bass and a white bass, another 28" to my total.
deep reply :
Went to dink city and caught three dinks in about as many hours. Not sure why I keep going back there. I think the one pictured was the least smallest.
Also met a fairly aggressive Canadian goose.
everythingthatswims reply :
On 4/11/2018 at 3:02 PM, deep said:Went to dink city and caught three dinks in about as many hours. Not sure why I keep going back there. I think the one pictured was the least smallest.
Also met a fairly aggressive Canadian goose.
Because wherever it is probably has a few tanks and you know it
Fairtax4me reply :
On 4/11/2018 at 3:02 PM, deep said:Went to dink city and caught three dinks in about as many hours. Not sure why I keep going back there. I think the one pictured was the least smallest.
Also met a fairly aggressive Canadian goose.
Because Legend has it there's a 38"er in there. It's what I heard!!
Dirtyeggroll reply :
I was hung up and then suddenly my lure started coming back to me. (Thanks fish for saving my crankbait. I did end up losing 3 due to the landscape matting they put under the gravel/rocks that is starting to come up. I will probably have to stop fishing trebles in this lake. I have lost a total of 5 crankbaits this year due to the matting crap.)
deep reply :
Much better than the last couple trips. Half a dozen dinks, couple 16", and one right at 18".
Fairtax4me reply :
On 4/12/2018 at 5:57 AM, Dirtyeggroll said:I was hung up and then suddenly my lure started coming back to me. (Thanks fish for saving my crankbait. I did end up losing 3 due to the landscape matting they put under the gravel/rocks that is starting to come up. I will probably have to stop fishing trebles in this lake. I have lost a total of 5 crankbaits this year due to the matting crap.)
Need to get a lure knocker! I dunno how many crankbaits were lost until my fishing buddy found this one: http://www.tacklewarehouse.com/Daiwa_Lure_Retriever/descpage-DLR.html
worth every penny
Ill throw a crankbait or lipless into anything now. Brush, trees, rocks, anything. And yes it has rescued a few from that mystery tarp cloth they use under rip-rap and around bridge pilings.
Dirtyeggroll reply :
On 4/12/2018 at 10:00 AM, Fairtax4me said:Need to get a lure knocker! I dunno how many crankbaits were lost until my fishing buddy found this one: http://www.tacklewarehouse.com/Daiwa_Lure_Retriever/descpage-DLR.html
worth every penny
Ill throw a crankbait or lipless into anything now. Brush, trees, rocks, anything. And yes it has rescued a few from that mystery tarp cloth they use under rip-rap and around bridge pilings.
I spent an hour with a lure knocker trying to get one of them back out of the matting. I felt the lure knocker get hold of the hooks and thought I was gonna get it back but I’m pretty sure it just bent out the hooks that were on the lure knocker and not the matting. Then on the next one I managed to hit the rope of the lure knocker with my trolling motor and get it wrapped up and snap off the line with the bait on it.
Bluebasser86 reply :
On 4/12/2018 at 10:34 AM, Dirtyeggroll said:I spent an hour with a lure knocker trying to get one of them back out of the matting. I felt the lure knocker get hold of the hooks and thought I was gonna get it back but I’m pretty sure it just bent out the hooks that were on the lure knocker and not the matting. Then on the next one I managed to hit the rope of the lure knocker with my trolling motor and get it wrapped up and snap off the line with the bait on it.
Get one of these instead of a knocker,
If I can reach it, I can get it back 99.9% of the time. I've got them back from every place imaginable with mine.
Dirtyeggroll reply :
On 4/12/2018 at 1:22 PM, Bluebasser86 said:Get one of these instead of a knocker,
If I can reach it, I can get it back 99.9% of the time. I've got them back from every place imaginable with mine.
Something like this did cross my mind after about a half hour of trying to free one bait that was in 4 feet of water. Although, I am not really confident it would help much with the matting. But, I do have access to all of th equipment and supplies to make one for next to nothing. Other than having one more thing in my 10-ft boat, what can it hurt (still not going to be throwing $9 crankbaits in places I know that matting exists).
Bluebasser86 reply :
On 4/12/2018 at 6:27 PM, Dirtyeggroll said:Something like this did cross my mind after about a half hour of trying to free one bait that was in 4 feet of water. Although, I am not really confident it would help much with the matting. But, I do have access to all of th equipment and supplies to make one for next to nothing. Other than having one more thing in my 10-ft boat, what can it hurt (still not going to be throwing $9 crankbaits in places I know that matting exists).
I've lifted entire logs and cedar trees off the bottom with mine, they're surprisingly durable. Mine telescopes down to only 5', so they don't take up much room.
Dirtyeggroll reply :
On 4/12/2018 at 6:42 PM, Bluebasser86 said:Mine telescopes down to only 5', so they don't take up much room.
Sold
Oregon Native reply :
On 4/11/2018 at 8:29 AM, N Florida Mike said:Got done eating supper and went out back to cast a little. On about the 5th cast or so I got this 6.3 , 23 inch tank on a spinnerbait. She was full of eggs.
Shout out to @Fishing_FF for giving me that bait when he was up here in feb.
Hmmmmm....over by the lawn chair or under that manicured bush???
Gundog reply :
On 4/12/2018 at 7:37 PM, Oregon Native said:Hmmmmm....over by the lawn chair or under that manicured bush???
Next to the pool noodle, behind the giant inflatable swan.
frosty reply :
On 4/12/2018 at 10:39 PM, Gundog said:Next to the pool noodle, behind the giant inflatable swan.
They spawn in the kiddie pool!
Gundog reply :
On 4/12/2018 at 11:15 PM, frosty said:They spawn in the kiddie pool!
Shallow end.
Choporoz reply :
@Dirtyeggroll, what's the matting like? Plastic, I'd assume...like landscape fabric? At any rate, I'm sure someone thought it was a good idea....geezz....probably with visions of weed control....gotta wonder about planners/engineers who'd lace a lake with plastic...or any other type of matting
Dirtyeggroll reply :
On 4/12/2018 at 11:55 PM, Choporoz said:@Dirtyeggroll, what's the matting like? Plastic, I'd assume...like landscape fabric? At any rate, I'm sure someone thought it was a good idea....geezz....probably with visions of weed control....gotta wonder about planners/engineers who'd lace a lake with plastic...or any other type of matting
Its more like a cloth/fabric. A tough, hook loving, unforgiving and overspreading cloth-like material from hell.
Choporoz reply :
On 4/13/2018 at 12:32 AM, Dirtyeggroll said:Its more like a cloth/fabric. A tough, hook loving, unforgiving and overspreading cloth-like material from hell.
Yep....probably landscape fabric to limit weeds; no telling how many bad, unintended consequences....I can imagine a few...its probably made with some plastic or other petroleum product in the weave; it will PREVENT WEEDS, which is not necessarily a good thing; I have to believe it interrupts natural cycle of decaying matter on the bottom, as well as crayfish habitats
NiX reply :
Caught a few before the small storm passed through this week. All spotted bass, biggest being 2lb 2oz. The bite is getting better
J Francho reply :
On 4/13/2018 at 12:38 AM, Choporoz said:Yep....probably landscape fabric to limit weeds; no telling how many bad, unintended consequences....I can imagine a few...its probably made with some plastic or other petroleum product in the weave; it will PREVENT WEEDS, which is not necessarily a good thing; I have to believe it interrupts natural cycle of decaying matter on the bottom, as well as crayfish habitats
It's a non toxic, PVC matting screening meant to prevent weed growth in swimming/docking areas. It's also a hook magnet. They're used extensively up here around docks. Its a way better solution than spraying chemicals to kill weeds.
Fairtax4me reply :
On 4/12/2018 at 1:22 PM, Bluebasser86 said:Get one of these instead of a knocker,
If I can reach it, I can get it back 99.9% of the time. I've got them back from every place imaginable with mine.
^ Would have been my next suggestion. The poles aren't always the best, and take up a fair amount of room, but they will pull up just about anything. Slide it down the line until it hits the lure and spin it around 4-5 times so the hooks are stuck in the screw part and just lift away.
N Florida Mike reply :
On 4/12/2018 at 7:37 PM, Oregon Native said:Hmmmmm....over by the lawn chair or under that manicured bush???
Actually right down behind the Bush. I was to the right of the chairs when I made the cast lol.
Fishing_FF reply :
On 4/11/2018 at 8:29 AM, N Florida Mike said:Got done eating supper and went out back to cast a little. On about the 5th cast or so I got this 6.3 , 23 inch tank on a spinnerbait. She was full of eggs.
Sweet.....yeah, those spinnerbaits are small and don’t look like much, but they outperform the Stanley’s, Revenge’s, and River-2-Sea’s spinners I have.
WDE reply :
PB at 5.1lbs! I don’t know how she stayed hooked/snagged. Hardest I’ve ever fought a bass.
Time to go update my PB in my profile.
J._Bricker reply :
Today the winds died down somewhat and I was able to get out to do some fishing with my brother in law. There was still a stiff northerly breeze when we dropped in at the Tract, water temps in the low 60’s, tide had been going out for a couple hours to start the morning.
We got to our first spot, and I pitch my Senko up into a shallow pocket in the grass. I start to pick up some slack in the line and all of a sudden my rod starts to load up. I set the hook and the battle begins. She shows me her flank and I now known it’s a good fish as she plowed into the grass. I was able to turn her towards deep water and after a few runs was able down to welcome a beautiful 8.7lb hawg aboard.
We had a pretty good day on the water, unfortunately there was no encore to besting the first fish of the day...
Good Fishing all, JB
N Florida Mike reply :
Gundog reply :
First bass of 2018 for me. 
Nice 2 1/2 pound Susquehanna smallmouth. It felt so good to finally get out.
lonnie g reply :
On 4/11/2018 at 8:29 AM, N Florida Mike said:Got done eating supper and went out back to cast a little. On about the 5th cast or so I got this 6.3 , 23 inch tank on a spinnerbait. She was full of eggs.
Shout out to @Fishing_FF for giving me that bait when he was up here in feb.
dang!! nice one , I am also envious of the warm looking weather , they are saying we could get snow again mon 
Dirtyeggroll reply :
New PB for Iowa 6.19 lbs (6 lbs 3 oz) and first Iowa Master Angler Bass. Got this jetty giant on a flat-sided squarebill on a wind blown jetty in 47 degree water.
Fairtax4me reply :
I don't what the bass wanted yesterday. Big gizzard Shad dead and floating all over the lake. 67° chocolate milk water. Tried everything I had that made noise, couldn't buy a bite. I was working on being skunked. My buddy had a few on traps, and one on a jig out of a brush pile, but nothing big.
Finally I decided noisy and flashy wasn't working, I said screw it go big or go home. Started throwing 8" megabass swimbait and very quickly had a 3lb bass follow it right to the boat, but it wasn't going to commit. An hour or so later have a solid 4-5lb do the exact same. Inches behind the bait just following it. Changed up to an s waver and in 5 casts got my only fish of the day. 5lbs on the dot.
Team9nine reply :
Needed a little rain to pump some fresh water into the ponds and put a stain in them. Didn't get as much as I wanted, but got enough to get them biting better. Managed 31 in a couple hours walking banks in 57-59 degree water. Surface temps had jumped about 7-8 degrees, helped by both a warm rain and a few days late in the week that topped the 70 degree mark. Last pic is my standard tackle when banking it: One rod/reel, a small box with a couple extra baits tossed in my pocket and a pair of pliers.
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Hook2Jaw reply :
10 pounds, 5 ounces on the scale beating my personal best by a lot.
Booyah Bankroll Jig in Money
YUM Craw Chunk in Craw
frosty reply :
That’s a pig for sure! Congrats!
J._Bricker reply :
On 4/16/2018 at 11:20 PM, Hook2Jaw said:10 pounds, 5 ounces on the scale beating my personal best by a lot.
Booyah Bankroll Jig in Money
YUM Craw Chunk in Craw
Congratulations on your new PB! And that gut looks like she swallowed a softball
Hook2Jaw reply :
The week before I had big girls chasing smaller bass to the bank, and one actually hit a dink in the face and knocked the hook on through her mouth, leaving her on the line and got hooked herself. Two bass, one hook. It'll never happen again like that, I bet.
So my toad could have very well swallowed a ball of the football largemouth variety.
Thanks for the compliments, guys!
Bluebasser86 reply :
First day on one of the smallmouth lakes of the year for me on Monday. It was a grind like I expected, but still managed to catch some. My biggest of the day had a sizable crappie it was working on digesting.
Dorado reply :
Started a new job so been too busy to fish lately. And when I have it’s been for crappie. But, Went tonight and got this ~3.5# to swipe a white grub on an under spin.
Hook2Jaw reply :
That's a good looking smallie, BB86. Also a solid lmb by Dorado. I've still never caught a fish at night.
Dirtyeggroll reply :
Had a day that will go down in history for me. Found my new favorite lake inSouth Central Iowa. Caught 52 bass. Best five were 26 lbs 2 ounces.
Started the day off with a 3lb and a 4lb on consecutive 1st and 2nd casts, respectively.
I was wearing a GoPro so I wasn’t taking pictures. Then I realized at some point that the GoPro was in camera mode and not video mode. I also got hooked past the barb over the top of my thumbnail and after a small amount of wiggling it just came right out!!!
I’m still not sure if I was dreaming.
Here’s one of the many 5+ I caught. They were all munching on crappie in brush piles next to jetties as you can see by the crappie tail down the throat of this 5.31. They kept moving up on to the rocks on the jetty and I was whacking them with a 6th Sense Flat 75X in wild Lava Craw color. Water temp was 47.
47!!!!!! They were jumping on the retrieve like it was summer!
Edit: When I downsized the image so I could upload it, it lost the resolution to distinguish the tail in the back of the throat. That dark spot down in there is the tail.
N Florida Mike reply :
I've had a few setbacks this week fishing . I lost a huge bass the other night ( don't want to share what happened yet ). So Today I cast my new favorite spinnerbait, had it literally inches from pulling it out of the water and a big fish came up and swallowd it , and it surprised me so much I didn't respond properly and ended up breaking the line. NOOO !
SO I quickly caught a little bream, and hooked it on in an attempt to catch the bass and recover the spinnerbait, and ended up with this 5 pound 11 oz fish but no spinnerbait.The fish was another 23 incher.
TnRiver46 reply :
Nice fish @N Florida Mike, looks a bit windy on the Home waters
N Florida Mike reply :
Thanks. Yeah, it was around 20 mph yesterday. Didn't go out in the boat.
tcal4404 reply :
Found the smallies this weekend beating the bank. Landed 9 fish, with 4 fish over 3lbs, biggest at 3.57. Another was very long but skinny, wish I had gotten a measurement (over 20" if I had to guess). Got a couple on a keitech + jig head and then switched to a jerkbait and it was on. Next day, same spot, very similar conditions, same tactics and not a bite....go figure. Oh well, was nice to be out in this great weather.
A-Jay reply :
On 4/23/2018 at 9:42 PM, tcal4404 said:Found the smallies this weekend beating the bank. Landed 9 fish, with 4 fish over 3lbs, biggest at 3.57. Another was very long but skinny, wish I had gotten a measurement (over 20" if I had to guess). Got a couple on a keitech + jig head and then switched to a jerkbait and it was on. Next day, same spot, very similar conditions, same tactics and not a bite....go figure. Oh well, was nice to be out in this great weather.
Nice Smallies ~
Congrats
A-Jay
Hook2Jaw reply :
Nothing special besides the four hours I devoted to this fish in the morning slinging the Booyah Bankroll Jig in Money once again. I got her to look at the YUM Craw Chunk in Craw quite a few times, but she never committed. Returned that afternoon and slapped on a Christie Craw in Watermelon Red Flake and she hammered it on the first cast.
Picky girl.
Fairtax4me reply :
23" at 5.2lbs The picture doesn't do it justice, this fishes mouth was enormous!
Got this one on a shaky head.
Seemed like most Bass were on beds up shallow and I can't be sure but this one came out of about 7 fow. No real signs that it was a bed fish, but it wasn't fat and fed like some of the smaller fish I caught out on timber in deeper water. It didn't have the shape of a big spawned-out female. Kinda thinking this was a BIG male bass and was guarding a bed that I couldn't see. I cast into a spot between two trees and when the lure hit the bottom it thumped and line started moving. Set the hook and it had carried it off under a branch. After a VERY tense 5 seconds of feeling flouro strain across tree trunk the fish shot straight for the surface and went 3 feet in the air. Back in the water, then it ran around and drug the line across another tree and jumped and tail walked into the net. All of this happened with 10 feet of line out. Good thing it was 17lb P-Line. Really impressed with the VMC hook! Hooked it well in the fat part of the lip and didn't bend at all.
Caught a handful of other 2-3 pound fish through the weekend, and also landed a nice 4lb honey dragging a lizard through her bed. Water was murky and the wind had it choppy so beds were hard to spot, but when we found cleaner and calmer water back in some of the coves we could pick a few bass off beds if they were willing to hit the lure.
Graham reply :
Was able to get an hours worth of fishing in a few days ago, this guy was a fun little catch! Nice way to break in the new set up ????
While I’m at it I’ll throw in another one I caught on my first outing of the season. Chunky little guy came off a fallen limb up shallow.
NiX reply :
Did my first Kayak Bass Fishing tournament this passed weekend at Lake Berryessa. I placed 49th out of 138, I just couldn't get rid of my little guy! Oh well, it was a great experience and won't be my last.
Here is my best from tournament day. She smacked this itsy bug swimming over vegetation!
MIbassyaker reply :
Finally!
Warming trend, at long last + free afternoon = first bass of the year!
2 hours on the riverbank, 10 fish total, some brown, some green...biggest one (bottom pic) went 2.34lb:
All damage done with 3.5" cane thumpers and 4" swing impacts
wet_dream reply :
The weather up here in New Jersey has been pretty inconsistent but a string of a few warm days has turned the bite on. I’ve only been able to catch them on jigs and t-rigged senkos worked really slowly the last couple weeks. Today was no different. Really windy day and I was not expecting to do well. Barely felt her bite. I think the light tackle helped me out in today’s conditions. Landed about 10-12 fish, and was lucky to get some pictures of this girl before my phone died. No scale or tape measure, but I’m guessing she was approaching 4 lbs.
Bluebasser86 reply :
Had an extended weekend that started terrible but ended much better. Started with a lost phone and broken boat the day before my wife and I left for Table Rock. Thankfully, I have great friends and a buddy loaned me his bass boat to take and I was able to discover a very good bite in what sounded like was tough conditions. Lots of guys reporting very few fish and even no bites for multiple days, but I had over 30 fish Saturday with a couple limits worth of keepers. No big ones, but lots of super fat fish in the 2.5-3.5 pound range. They were gorging on tiny threadfin shad that were dying all over and ignoring bigger offerings. This was the average sized shad I was seeing, next to a 3.8 Fat Impact and 4" Swing Impact for size reference.
I was getting all mine on small Keitechs or a Duo Rozante 77, white was by far the best color for me. Slow tapering, nothing banks were key. If a bank looked good, I couldn't get bit on it. Sand or gravel with a few big rocks mixed in (spawning banks), were best. I also had a few docks that would reload with schools of spots that would fight over a jerkbait. It's the time of year you can catch a 15" spot on Table Rock that will push and sometimes exceed 3lbs, like this one.
Also caught several really nice smallmouth, this was the largest that was my first fish of the day on Sunday.
Came back and had a guide trip Monday, which I had to borrow another friends boat for. Went to a lake that has been extremely tough the last few years, but we whacked them. I was busy explaining how tough it had been, trying to brace for what may be a very tough day, when a 2.5 pound smallmouth ate my jerkbait next to the boat my very first cast. Small jerkbaits and a Ned rig accounted for nearly 50 smallmouth and a few largemouth, plus a bonus 19" walleye. It was a father and son team, learning the lake for a high school tournament next month. If they can duplicate anything close to what I showed them, they will be tough to beat. My second fish of the day was big fish of the day at just over 17" and 3.55 pounds.
They were straight swallowing that little Duo Rozante!
Reed had the hot hand on the bigger fish of the two, especially when I switched him to a Nishiki 78 Pointer.
Randy got in plenty of nice fish also. He seemed to have the touch with the Ned rig.
Hook2Jaw reply :
Awesome, you guys have been tearing them up!
TnRiver46 reply :
@Bluebasser86, what happened to your boat?
Graham reply :
They really wanted the black/blue rage menace swam shallow in the canal today, got on a good pattern, but had a lot of short strikes. Here’s my best of the day.
scaleface reply :
4-25-18 First trip of the year . 200 acre lake northern Missouri . Overcast sky high temperature 63 degrees , wind out of the NE at 8 to 15 MPH. Water temp mid 50's with one foot of visibility .All fish were caught off shallow wood with a chartreuse Strike King Spin Dance spinnerbait . I also tried a chatterbait , various crankbaits , worm and jig .
deep reply :
Caught a lot of fish today; most were pretty small.
Graham reply :
On 4/26/2018 at 10:11 AM, deep said:most were pretty small
Total slab haha nice
Bluebasser86 reply :
On 4/26/2018 at 2:23 AM, TnRiver46 said:@Bluebasser86, what happened to your boat?
My bow depthfinder got pushed down on top of my trim switch, causing my motor to trim all the way up. My steering fluid lines connect to the cylinder via a pair of threaded "T" fittings that screw into the front of the cylinder. Problem is, if my motor trims all the way up, they'll hit the transom and snap off, leaving a bit of threaded metal stuck inside the cylinder, which happened at the boat ramp right before our Thursday night tournament. In the past, I've bought an easy out kit and just unscrewed it. This time though, I was turning the easy out to unscrew the little piece, when the easy out also snapped off. Nothing can be done at that point. This is the 3rd or 4th time it's happened and it basically ruined 2 trips for me now. I'm ready to bite the bullet and have a new system installed without a terrible design flaw but the tech thought he could set a trim limit so it couldn't trim up far enough, or mess with the motor height to get it where it will miss the transom, but I'm pretty sure it's at the height it needs to be right now because I adjusted it several times to get the best performance. Going to be expensive either way I'm sure, but I'm tired of it happening and messing up trips. If I didn't have really good friends it would have canceled our Table Rock trip the night before we left.
senile1 reply :
On 4/26/2018 at 1:54 PM, Bluebasser86 said:My bow depthfinder got pushed down on top of my trim switch, causing my motor to trim all the way up. My steering fluid lines connect to the cylinder via a pair of threaded "T" fittings that screw into the front of the cylinder. Problem is, if my motor trims all the way up, they'll hit the transom and snap off, leaving a bit of threaded metal stuck inside the cylinder, which happened at the boat ramp right before our Thursday night tournament. In the past, I've bought an easy out kit and just unscrewed it. This time though, I was turning the easy out to unscrew the little piece, when the easy out also snapped off. Nothing can be done at that point. This is the 3rd or 4th time it's happened and it basically ruined 2 trips for me now. I'm ready to bite the bullet and have a new system installed without a terrible design flaw but the tech thought he could set a trim limit so it couldn't trim up far enough, or mess with the motor height to get it where it will miss the transom, but I'm pretty sure it's at the height it needs to be right now because I adjusted it several times to get the best performance. Going to be expensive either way I'm sure, but I'm tired of it happening and messing up trips. If I didn't have really good friends it would have canceled our Table Rock trip the night before we left.
Man, what an odd problem to have. This definitely is a design flaw. Sorry to hear about the issues.
Bluebasser86 reply :
On 4/26/2018 at 8:32 PM, senile1 said:Man, what an odd problem to have. This definitely is a design flaw. Sorry to hear about the issues.
It's at the shop, probably getting a new cylinder put on it. Made it very clear that if it comes to that, to put one that the hoses run into the ends instead of the front on it. It's ruined 2 trips now and I probably could have paid for what it's going to cost me to get it fixed with all the time and money I've spent fixing it the last few times.
Hook2Jaw reply :
Got on a few at my local public fishing area yesterday after work, which is surprising. Normally I'm doing good if I manage one fish out of the three ponds ever since they opened Georgia PFAs to anyone with a license. It used to also require a WMA permit, which, of course, costs a smidge more money and kept a lot of folks out. Now, the place is swarmed with bank fishermen and a few boats and most of them have a bucket to toss whatever gets caught into them.
It's the place I go to figure out if a new bait will catch fish, considering they're so pressured and scarce.
Well, I've recently fallen in love with jigs, landing my personal best and probably my fifth jig fish a few weeks back on a private, unpressured body. I wanted to see if they'd pass the test against very wary bass. The old black and blue bankroll jig and Christie craw did well. Four fish in three hours, which is whipping them for that spot.
This girl fought hard from 20' down to several jumps and a tailwalk from about 30 yards out.
@Bluebasser86 sorry about your boat, broheim. The only cylinders I blow are in my calf muscles, but then again, the kayak tops out at 7mph!
Gundog reply :
On 4/26/2018 at 8:39 PM, Bluebasser86 said:It's at the shop, probably getting a new cylinder put on it. Made it very clear that if it comes to that, to put one that the hoses run into the ends instead of the front on it. It's ruined 2 trips now and I probably could have paid for what it's going to cost me to get it fixed with all the time and money I've spent fixing it the last few times.
Sorry to hear about the problems @Bluebasser86 If you get a chance, could you snap a pic of where its happening? This is info I think all boat owners/future boat owners should know about and look to avoid. It might help prevent boat owners from going thru what you are going thru.
Bass_Fishing_Socal reply :
Finally bass after my 2 week of half-vacation in Thailand. Today decided to try my new shimano 200k and a lure that I had been searching for for a long time. My best fishing buddy in Thailand gave up his collection and gave me 3 of his, kudos to him since they don't make this anymore. Caught two today both same this top water lure. Finally some bass, I miss you so much lol.
TnRiver46 reply :
@Bluebasser86, that sucks. My motor is not allowed to trim all the way up either because the support arm that the motor rests on digs into the cylinder when it's maxed out. Problem is, all my buddies want to help put the boat on the trailer and they always trim it all the way up no matter how many times I tell them not to. They always say "well I didn't wanna drag the prop on the ramp." I may soon institute a "only I get to put the boat on the trailer rule"
@JustJames, I'm going to need you to go back to Thailand and get me a dozen of those topwaters. Give me that thing over a plopper any day!
Graham reply :
@JustJames atta boy!
dgkasper58 reply :
My New PB fishing with my students!!! Huge girl for around here!
A-Jay reply :
On 4/27/2018 at 12:19 AM, dgkasper58 said:My New PB fishing with my students!!! Huge girl for around here!
Nice Bass ~
Congrats on the new PB.
A-Jay
J._Bricker reply :
On 4/27/2018 at 12:19 AM, dgkasper58 said:My New PB fishing with my students!!! Huge girl for around here!
Congratulations @dgkasper58 On your new PB! Way to show the kids how to get er done! BTW, how much did that big ole girl go?
Bass_Fishing_Socal reply :
On 4/26/2018 at 11:33 PM, TnRiver46 said:
@JustJames, I'm going to need you to go back to Thailand and get me a dozen of those topwaters. Give me that thing over a plopper any day!
Hell no, if I find more of this I'll keep them all. The main body made from wood. The 2 I got are pretty old might need new paint. We used to run this type lure a lot for snake head, the good thing of this lure is most of strike mean fish. A few days ago I went out with those hype Sprinkle Frog I got two strike and missed both.
dgkasper58 reply :
On 4/27/2018 at 1:23 AM, J._Bricker said:Congratulations @dgkasper58 On your new PB! Way to show the kids how to get er done! BTW, how much did that big ole girl go?
No scale issue. I was going to call the DNR since I was pretty sure it is a lake record but she was tired and I wanted to get her back in the water ASAP. The Length to Girth chart put her at 7.3 but I don't know if she was that big. I asked the question in the forum if the charts are accurate during the spawn most said yes.
BTW I am 6'3 295 lbs
lo n slo reply :
an approaching front provided perfect conditions today and the spots were eager to bite. this 2.5 lb beauty fell for a GP Zoom 5” lizard in 6 fow.
J._Bricker reply :
On 4/27/2018 at 2:34 AM, dgkasper58 said:No scale issue. I was going to call the DNR since I was pretty sure it is a lake record but she was tired and I wanted to get her back in the water ASAP. The Length to Girth chart put her at 7.3 but I don't know if she was that big. I asked the question in the forum if the charts are accurate during the spawn most said yes.
BTW I am 6'3 295 lbs
Thanks for that additional info ‘cause she now looks even bigger or she makes you look small :). Again, well done and congratulations
Columbia Craw reply :
Part of a 21.90 limit. Missed big fish by .05 pounds. Got lucky and won the event.
scaleface reply :
Took my second trip of the year and second in two days . Today it was sunny with a north wind at 5 to 10 mph and air temp at about 65 . The bass were still shallow on wood and I caught them on the same Strke King Spin Dance spinnerbait as yesterday . I got in one heck of an argument with some guy who claimed they were not 15 inches . I was at the cleaning station and he was in his boat . I filleted one and tossed the carcass out in front of him and told him "to measure that one " . LOL that made him mad and he was a big SOB . He beached his boat and I thought uhoh. He grabbed his measuring board and started measuring my fish . After he measured them and saw they were legit he then lectured me about catch and release . I just kept right on filleting .
WolfyBrandon reply :
[April 26, 2018]
1st Bass of 2018
19'', 3lb 03oz Smallmouth Bass
Winter is finally over, but it's been a rough early spring. The weather has been non-stop rain/snow every day, and it wasn't until last week my area finally got the warming trend I've been waiting for since the beginning of the year. I had plans with my buddy Jeremy that Monday (4-23-18) would be our first fishing trip of 2018. Monday is one of our scheduled days off from work, and having the extra time to fish would help us on our first trip out this year. The day was looking good with a forecast of clear skies and a high of around 62F. Sadly, while I was at work on the 21st (two days before our fishing trip), there was a big wind storm which got me sick later that evening. I was in bed all the next day, and Monday morning when I woke up at 4:00am for fishing, I was still sick and had no energy so I had to cancel our plans. Jeremy did head out with another friend that day since I couldn't make it, and they both managed to catch some good bass, which was their first fish of the year.
We rescheduled for Thursday the 26th, which would be a shorter after work fishing trip. We had till 7:00pm to fish, when we launched the boat and were headed to our first spot it was 3:30pm. We decided to start where he had caught them last Monday and adjust from there. I had 4 combos, and was throwing (1) a Lipless (2) a Crankbait, (3) a Chatterbait, (4) a Grub. Water temp was 50-53F, and Clarity was Stained 1-2ft. We fished the first spot for a good 30 min without a bite. I made a cast with the grub on the new combo I put together for this year and was working it slowly along the bottom. When I lifted it up it felt like it hit something, but then started pulling back, so I reeled and swept the rod back and it was fish on. It was a good fish, it felt heavy and I could feel it head shaking... then a few seconds later the hook popped out. Never got to see it, so it will be another one that haunts me. I had learned that the new Medium-Heavy combo I just put together for this year, was more like a Medium compared to my other combos. I just didn't make a strong enough hookset to really drive the hook in. We fished that first spot for over an hour and that was the only bite, so it was time to move.
Second location was a bit warmer at 53F, with more stain to the water around 1ft Clarity. 25 min into fishing Jeremy hooks into his first fish of the day which was a good Smallmouth probably around ~2 pounds (didn't weigh it). I was throwing all 4 baits, mixing up retrieves and nothing, not even another bite. By this time it was 6:00pm and we had an hour left. Started to think about the one I lost and how it might be a 1 bite a day deal and how I might have missed my opportunity. There was a lot of little things that day, like snags, multiple break offs from fishing an open hook, line twist since I recently put new line on all my combos for this year, etc. I still managed good Positive Mental Attitude though, knew the water was warm, we had bites / caught one, and we still had time. We both had different ideas on what should be our third (and last) location. I mentioned mine was near some deeper water which I found to be good during the early season in years past. It's also a place that I believe is over looked and doesn't receive a lot of fishing pressure. I mentioned we can run to it, spend 15-20 min fishing it, and if we don't get a bite we can head back. The one possible down side is that it's on the shady side of the lake, and our results today were in the direct sunlight. We decided to head to my spot for our last location.
Third location, 6:12pm, water temp was 54F. I decided to change Grub colors from Green Pumpkin to Junebug as the water was still stained at 1ft Clarity and we were in darker conditions being in shadow now. I also changed just to fish something new to see if it helps.
10 min into fishing our third location Jeremy hooks into his second bass of the day a Smallmouth probably around ~1.5lb (didn't weigh it). 5 min after his fish, I make a cast near the last dock and seconds after my grub hits the bottom I see my line moving off... I wasn't about to make the same mistake again, so I reeled down and gave a good hookset with the new combo and it was fish on. It had me wrapped around the last piling for a few seconds... got it to the boat and figured I had better lip this one, and that's the one in the first picture. Landed it at 6:27pm, and even managed to hook a second one at 12", 13oz. Jeremy hooked his third of the day (similar size to mine) at 6:48pm. We headed back to the boat ramp at 7:04pm.
Edit: Bonus picture from this day, Canada Goose nesting in a flower pot.
WolfyBrandon
Bluebasser86 reply :
On 4/27/2018 at 9:11 AM, scaleface said:Took my second trip of the year and second in two days . Today it was sunny with a north wind at 5 to 10 mph and air temp at about 65 . The bass were still shallow on wood and I caught them on the same Strke King Spin Dance spinnerbait as yesterday . I got in one heck of an argument with some guy who claimed they were not 15 inches . I was at the cleaning station and he was in his boat . I filleted one and tossed the carcass out in front of him and told him "to measure that one " . LOL that made him mad and he was a big SOB . He beached his boat and I thought uhoh. He grabbed his measuring board and started measuring my fish . After he measured them and saw they were legit he then lectured me about catch and release . I just kept right on filleting .
They look like healthy fish to me, I doubt the lake will miss a few.
I had a guy do something similar at weigh in during a tournament a couple years ago. We'd already had words on the water when he didn't approve of me catching a keeper off "his spot", despite us being there first. I have a hard time biting my tongue with guys like that but I'd rather chew my tongue off than have someone do something stupid and end up on the news.
Bluebasser86 reply :
On 4/26/2018 at 9:37 PM, Gundog said:Sorry to hear about the problems @Bluebasser86 If you get a chance, could you snap a pic of where its happening? This is info I think all boat owners/future boat owners should know about and look to avoid. It might help prevent boat owners from going thru what you are going thru.
I won't be able to most likely, because hopefully the cylinder is replaced with a different model, but I can give a basic idea. It's a Bay Star steering system, with 2 "T" pieces that screw into the front of the cylinder (not my motor but this is the same system).
The way my motor sits on a jackplate, if the motor is trimmed all the way up, the piece that screws into the cylinder will hit the transom and snap off, leaving a piece of threaded metal screwed into the cylinder. In the past I've been able to get the piece out with an easy out kit, but this time it actually snapped off also, leaving me with no possible way to remove the piece.
senile1 reply :
On 4/27/2018 at 2:34 AM, dgkasper58 said:No scale issue. I was going to call the DNR since I was pretty sure it is a lake record but she was tired and I wanted to get her back in the water ASAP. The Length to Girth chart put her at 7.3 but I don't know if she was that big. I asked the question in the forum if the charts are accurate during the spawn most said yes.
BTW I am 6'3 295 lbs
From the looks of both of your pics, 7.3 doesn't look like a bad estimate. She has a heck of a mouth. Congratulations on the PB.
Dwight Hottle reply :
Fished yesterday and caught my first smallies of the 2018 season. Had six in the boat & lost one. All bites came after lunch as the water was warming. Water temps were 43-45 degrees.
Will Wetline reply :
First smallmouth of the season, approximately 4 lbs. A blade bait assembled from components is hanging from its lip.
OCdockskipper reply :
We are at the end of our spawn, a few stray males still holding out hope, but all of the females seem to have already dropped their eggs and are in postspawn mode. The bass below was the 47th & final one I caught yesterday in about 8 hours of fishing. She hit a 5" wacky rigged Senko, color green pumpkin/amber laminate, skipped under a boat dock in about 4 feet of water.
She weighed in at 6 lbs, 2 oz, 23" long. With her length & build, she may have pushed the 7 lb mark last month when full of eggs or next month after feeding up a bit. She was blind in one eye, so she now is nicknamed "Sami" in case I ever catch her again (short for Sammy Davis Jr.)..thumb.jpg.826fe86f45b5e0e70d537553988adae8.jpg)
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Fairtax4me reply :
Good to see lots of nice fish being caught!
Lake Anna today. She wasn't so hospitable. Cool and foggy this morning. Muddy water, maybe a foot of vis where we were fishing up beyond the splits. We landed a couple dinks. About mid morning after the fog burned off I managed a 4.6lb chunk on a spinner bait on a main lake point. The rest of the fish seemed to have lock jaw. Eventually we had to call it as the wind picked up and boat traffic got to be too much for our little boat to handle. We also ended up in what felt like a sand storm of pollen! It was like breathing saw dust. My eyes are still burning from it. Historically, Anna has always been tough for me. This is my biggest catch from there yet.
YoTone reply :
first decent catch on the kayak for the year.
just made the 3 lbs mark on a picasso shock blade with a lake fork magic shad trailer both in white.
Team9nine reply :
Been fishing under frontal conditions all weekend. Brilliant blue skies, and today, no wind. Like fishing in an aquarium. Still managed around 4 dozen over the three days fishing just an hour or two in the evenings. Had somewhat of an "aha moment" earlier this week that has completely changed my fishing outlook...more to come later in that regard.
A-Jay reply :
On 4/30/2018 at 7:33 AM, Team9nine said:Had somewhat of an "aha moment" earlier this week that has completely changed my fishing outlook...more to come later in that regard.
I love those !
Congrats
A-Jay
moguy1973 reply :
Caught this one today in a local park pond. 3lbs on the nose. There were several bigger ones you could see cruising and guarding beds too but they didn't want anything you put in front of them.
MichaelCopeland reply :
Haven't been able to do as much fishing as I would like, been working alot. However I have been fishing more than I've been catching...lol. 2nd and 4th pics are of a bowfin I caught at Cross Lake last Sunday on a black and blue 1/2oz chatterbait with a green pumpkin Rage Craw trailer. When it hit and I felt the weight I just knew I had a new PB. Unfortunately it wasn't, but the bowfin weighed 6lbs 11oz. The weekend before that I caught this 1lb 4oz bass 1st and 3rd pics. That's really the extent of my catching lately. Guess this weather has kept them in a funk. Weather is starting to get a little better so hopefully that new PB won't be long.
Bassin' Brad reply :
Had a good day fishing Fort Phantom yesterday in my new Bass Raider with a buddy. Water temp was 62°-63°. Caught about 20 bass between the 2 of us and several crappie as well, including a 1.5 lb slab. It was a blast because we was catching them shallow up in brush and they were good quality fish that fought hard. We were pitching T-rigged plastics into the nastiest cover we could find including brush and laydowns. Also caught a couple off of rocky shoreline.
They would take off like a rocket for the brush when we set the hook and we would have to horse them out which was awesome. We both lost several, and he lost a good one in the brush and I had one that I couldn't hardly get turned from the brush and was peeling drag so I thumbed the spool to stop her twice. She got tangled up but managed to get her loose but came unbuttoned about 5' from the boat, she was a dandy. My best one went 3.8 lbs and his was 2.75 with several a piece over 2 lbs.
WolfyBrandon reply :
[April 29, 2018]
Jeremy's "Fish of the Day" 4 lb 02 oz Largemouth Bass
My Baits That Were Successful Today
01. Grub - Bass #1 & #2
02. Spinnerbait - Bass #3, Pike #1
03. Squarebill - Bass #4 & #5
WolfyBrandon
tcal4404 reply :
Got out Friday for a quick session and longer ones both Sat & Sunday.
Friday evening was very slow BUT managed a beast of a smallie right before I ready to pack it in. It was easily over 4lbs, huge belly, and had that amazing tiger coloration and it was fired up. Easily the most beautiful fish I had ever caught. I was so pumped and trying to get my phone out to take a pic. The fish was on the fish gripper and I lowered it into the water to not keep it out of the water too long before taking a pic..and it just took off lol oh well
Saturday was a warm sunny day. Caught 5 or 6 fish including this one at just over 4lbs
Sunday landed 2 LMBs, 4 smallies, and a pickerel. Hooked a big smallie and he triumphantly jumped, shook, and tossed my jerkbait like he'd done that countless times before. I was laughing bc it was just d**n impressive
Had to really work for the fish from the bank and move around, but when I found them, they were biting. All fish on jerk baits.
deep reply :
Walking the banks again earlier today.
The bass weren't co-operating too well. But the trouts were. Kept my limit, and C and R-ed as least as many more.
Vision 110 Type R got a workout today @A-Jay
MIbassyaker reply :
Pair of 17"-ers on a Siebert spinnerbait today:
A-Jay reply :
On 5/1/2018 at 2:31 AM, deep said:Walking the banks again earlier today.
The bass weren't co-operating too well. But the trouts were. Kept my limit, and C and R-ed as least as many more.
Vision 110 Type R got a workout today @A-Jay
Sweet !
Congrats
A-Jay
Fairtax4me reply :
On 5/1/2018 at 2:31 AM, deep said:Walking the banks again earlier today.
The bass weren't co-operating too well. But the trouts were. Kept my limit, and C and R-ed as least as many more.
Vision 110 Type R got a workout today @A-Jay
Nice harvest! Glad to see something happening up there! I know that place comes alive for about a week or two in spring then the bass all but disappear. Gonna have to make my way out there again soon.
Bass_Fishing_Socal reply :
On 5/1/2018 at 2:31 AM, deep said:Walking the banks again earlier today.
The bass weren't co-operating too well. But the trouts were. Kept my limit, and C and R-ed as least as many more.
Nice looking string there deep. Why oh why they don't stock trout in Canyon Lake.????
RichF reply :
My buddy came down to visit from NY this weekend so I took him out to Fountainhead Park here in Northern VA. The boat rentals are cheap and there are some nice bass lurking in the reservoir. The water was blown out chocolate milk with tons of floating trash but we still managed 8 bites. I boated 6 and my buddy missed 2. The two biggest went 4 and 4.6.
Dwight Hottle reply :
Fished yesterday with board member Topwaterspook for smallies. We had a rough morning with lots of wind, lowering lake temps & very dirty water. After a beatdown we decided to try plan B. It saved our day.
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deep reply :
Buddy took me out, and put me on this, plus a couple other fish today.
MarkH024 reply :
Caught a few good fish this past weekend. Most came on the @Siebert Outdoors fogy. Great chatters if you don't own 1 already. Mikes a heck of a guy too. Big fish was 4lb 12oz.
Bluebasser86 reply :
Got the good news that my boat is done today. Didn't help on my days off when the wind was blowing 20-30+ both days but toughed it out in the still under construction johnboat both days. Dad went with me for the first half of Monday to try out a new lake I'd just been told about this winter that is supposed to be a low numbers, high quality type lake, right up my alley. Everything I'd expected. Shallow, nutrient rich water, big shad everywhere, all kinds of shallow cover, low numbers of bites, but the quality was there. Dad got 2 bites, both were his new PB. It was 4 pounds but he caught a 4 1/4 and then a 4.43, both on a 10" blue fleck power worm.
My first bite was my best bite but didn't weigh it due to the wind blowing us around like a leaf.
Dad was done fighting the wind and he'd drove to this lake so we went back to my house and dropped the boat so he could head home. I just got a new custom jig mold I wanted to test more so I hooked back up and went to a little lake close by well known, really only to me, for it's fat little jig eaters. The water was clearer than I've ever seen it, which was a bit discouraging, but I still found some willing to munch a 5/8oz jig I'd tied with some flatline rubber, including one of the bigger ones I've caught from out there, that dang near swallowed my jig.
Tuesday I went on my first expedition to the local mudhole despite stern instructions by Mrs.Blue to do anything except going fishing (I did clean up the house a bit and hauled off some junk on my way that she'd wanted gone for a long time to soften the blow a bit). Water was down and much colder than I'd expected, at least it hurt my feet while I was pushing the boat off, one of these days I'll remember to add a rope to the boat so I don't have to walk it out knee deep to launch. Didn't have high hopes when a lot of my favorite stuff and most of the grass line was dry, but when I flipped to the very end of a what was little more than a stick and got slammed by a fish I never saw because I wasn't expecting anything, I felt a bit more optimistic. I think I missed the next 5 or 6 bites before I finally stuck what would be my smallest fish of the day at about 1.5 pounds. A couple cast later I pulled a 1/2oz War Eagle through a V in an old tree near the shoreline when a Killer Whale sized wake kicked up behind it and all the resistance left my line. Slammed the rod back and Shamu did everything she could to get to the other trees in the area but I was able to wrestle her back to the boat. At 5.74 pounds, made her my new lake PB.
I ended up with 13.92 pounds for my biggest 5 on a lake that guys regularly blank on when they have the whole 5,000 acres at their disposal. Sometimes it helps when we just have to make the best of it and fish what's in front of us instead of running all over looking for the motherload.
Graham reply :
Caught my first bed fish today. Really wild experience. She was guarding her freshly hatched eggs, and I could see her following them around. Worked her for 30 minutes with a creature bait and watched her get progressively more aggressive. She broke water with my bait in her mouth. What a cool way to catch a fish! She went for 2.4#.
Bass_Fishing_Socal reply :
Oops he did it again..... not me but this guy
I stopped at the lake from work to fish a little bit with top water lure. Tried a good 10 mins with no take so I switched to my old friend Husky Jerk 08 which caught me 2nd PB last year. This is a trusted lure supposed to be just a second cast and score this one.
tcal4404 reply :
^^^wow, nice work. Rapala jerk baits have been very productive for me this spring
Graham reply :
On 5/3/2018 at 10:28 PM, JustJames said:Oops he did it again..... not me but this guy
I stopped at the lake from work to fish a little bit with top water lure. Tried a good 10 mins with no take so I switched to my old friend Husky Jerk 08 which caught me 2nd PB last year. This is a trusted lure supposed to be just a second cast and score this one.
You get a weight on her?
Bass_Fishing_Socal reply :
On 5/3/2018 at 11:19 PM, Graham said:You get a weight on her?
No could be 4 or 5 or 6, but I think she didn't brake my last PB ~7.7
lo n slo reply :
we caught 34 spots this morning and put it on the trailer a little after noon as the heat builds in the western foothills of NC. my cousin caught this one on a Zoom lizard in 20 fow.
Yeajray231 reply :
@Graham that's a male... 9 people liked your post and didn't point out to you that the female don't guard the fry.. the male fans (or makes) the nest. The female just lays the eggs... Usually in more than one nest. The male then fertilizes the eggs and gaurds the fry until they are able to swim and hide for themselves. In which he will probably then decided to eat a few of them lol. It's a fascinating process. Many threads on it.
Nice catch tho
Graham reply :
On 5/4/2018 at 9:12 AM, Yeajray231 said:@Graham that's a male... 9 people liked your post and didn't point out to you that the female don't guard the fry.. the male fans (or makes) the nest. The female just lays the eggs... Usually in more than one nest. The male then fertilizes the eggs and gaurds the fry until they are able to swim and hide for themselves. In which he will probably then decided to eat a few of them lol. It's a fascinating process. Many threads on it.
Nice catch tho
Ah, looked like a spawned out female to me. Thanks for the info tho! Their behavioral habits are really cool, especially this time of year. I know you determined it was a male by how I described it guarding the fry, but are there any physical characteristics that help in identifying male vs female?
everythingthatswims reply :
Some WV multitasking this morning
Fairtax4me reply :
Looks like your buddy's passed out man. Was the Fishing slow or what?
Bluebasser86 reply :
On 5/4/2018 at 9:12 AM, Yeajray231 said:@Graham that's a male... 9 people liked your post and didn't point out to you that the female don't guard the fry.. the male fans (or makes) the nest. The female just lays the eggs... Usually in more than one nest. The male then fertilizes the eggs and gaurds the fry until they are able to swim and hide for themselves. In which he will probably then decided to eat a few of them lol. It's a fascinating process. Many threads on it.
Nice catch tho
Females will guard fry, that's why you put the male in the livewell after you catch him so she'll have to take over the nest/fry guarding duties and become easier to catch. She'll usually patrol the edges of the nest and run off intruders at times also, although not as aggressively as the male.
Now looking at that fish I would tend to agree that it looks like a male.
12poundbass reply :
On 5/4/2018 at 10:16 AM, everythingthatswims said:
Some WV multitasking this morning
Nice bird! First thing I thought of when I saw the Turkey in your yak was this.....
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boostr reply :
My first trip and first fish of the year, and first fish caught on my homemade jig (if you call designing your own skirts and puting them on prepainted bought jigs homemade). Caught these guys off beds. Just pitching to bed looking spots a few feet back from the shoreline... Kind of fishing blind, but reading the shoreline. Not bad for a 1 and a half hours of fishing.
deep reply :
Dink city gave up a major non-dink this morning. Super shallow wood.
Only had an hour to fish, so fished from the banks. Going to take out the yak there this evening and see if I can coax out another decent bite from one of the dozens of laydowns lining the shoreline.
lo n slo reply :
another trip this morning yielded 23 spots, including this 3 pounder, caught by my cousin.....again. i hate his guts. ????
frosty reply :
On 5/5/2018 at 6:23 AM, lo n slo said:another trip this morning yielded 23 spots, including this 3 pounder, caught by my cousin.....again. i hate his guts. ????
You should just throw him in the lake!
Fairtax4me reply :
On 5/5/2018 at 4:35 AM, deep said:Dink city gave up a major non-dink this morning. Super shallow wood.
Only had an hour to fish, so fished from the banks. Going to take out the yak there this evening and see if I can coax out another decent bite from one of the dozens of laydowns lining the shoreline.
Nice! Been a while since I've seen a solid fish come from that place. Are they up on beds in there yet?
Team9nine reply :
Since we were discussing the old Charlie Brewer slider in another thread earlier today, I decided to tie one on tonight and get an hour or two of "Do Nothing" in after dinner. Thirty fish later, the old slider worm still works as well as ever. This one sure didn't hurt my feelings any ????
lonnie g reply :
On 5/4/2018 at 4:32 AM, lo n slo said:we caught 34 spots this morning and put it on the trailer a little after noon as the heat builds in the western foothills of NC. my cousin caught this one on a Zoom lizard in 20 fow.
spots are a blast , thats why I like lay lake in bama so good.34 is a great day!!put on your boxing gloves ,because they will fight! fun!fun!
On 5/4/2018 at 10:16 AM, everythingthatswims said:
Some WV multitasking this morning
I can hear the story now. [ I got a 2lb. one and a 20lb. one the big one was so old it had a beard!! the secret was lead on for the bottom and lead for the air,]????
NorcalBassin reply :
Figured I'd throw swimbaits for a while yesterday and had some pigs follow and dinks commit. Pretty surprised to see the little fella absolutely hammer the Slammer.
After losing a Gan Craft AND Deps last week (serioulsy, same trip) I gave BlueBasser's Shine Glide a shot and have to admit I was pleasantly surprised with the action and draw power.
First double on a Plopper and it was a spot/LM combo. Really cool if you ignore they're both under 12".
deep reply :
On 5/5/2018 at 8:53 AM, Fairtax4me said:Nice! Been a while since I've seen a solid fish come from that place. Are they up on beds in there yet?
Thought I saw a few. It was pretty windy though; and it's difficult to see much sitting so low anyway.
Graham reply :
On 5/5/2018 at 10:44 PM, NorcalBassin said:
Love those baits I’ve been meaning to pick one up. Glad to see it in action!
ohboyitsrobby reply :
1st trip out on a little electric only lake down an abominable dirt road the other day. Pretty good trip caught 6-7 this was the biggest
Bluebasser86 reply :
Had our Thursday night tournament at the dreaded mudhole this week (which I love). The lake that I caught a 5.74 pounder at on Tuesday. @gardnerjigman had to bail on me to be a good son-in-law in install a sump pump for the impending monsoons that never happened (thanks weatherman!). My boat is still in the shop (I pick it up Monday), so I was in the tin can, by myself, with no gas motor, on a 5k acre lake, in 20mph winds, odds were not in my favor. So 5 minutes into it, I stick a 3.64 on a spinnerbait, which is enough to win on this lake at times, so that's a good start.
10 minutes later I miss and then catch a 1.19 on my next flip. 15 minutes later I add a 1.59, then I have a fish hit my bait 3 flips in a row but keeps pecking at it but not committing. A bedding fish for sure I think. So next flip I'm prepared and the instant I feel the bite I swing and a poor spawning male crappie flies out of the water over the boat. Untangle the mess, release the surely shaken fish. Next flip was much different as my line jumps immediately as it lands next to a tiny clump of dead water willows, slam the rod back and a big fish is just as quickly airborne into a bush, tailwalks to the boats, wraps the line around the end of the end of the dead hedge tree the boat was next to and proceeds to try just as frantically to relieve itself of the hook as I am to get the live loose from the tree. Thankfully, I was able to free the line and lip the fish, finding the hook had all but worked itself loose. Fish was about 100 yards down the bank from the 5.74 on Tuesday, in the same cove, same side of the cove, and went 5.80. Me thinks it was the same fish.
I caught 2 more in the back of the cove to finish out my limit, and it wasn't even 7 yet, we launched at 6. I was flipping a YUM Bad Momma so I picked up a 1/2oz jig to see if I could pick up a bigger bite on the same little bank I'd just fished. Pulled my jig over a limb and got whacked. Fished charged to the boat, never really got caught up to it and when I tried to flip it into the boat it just popped off. I'll make a confession, I was 100% certain I'd won already at this point and everything from this point on was just icing on the cake, so I was fishing relaxed and really only trying to break my personal record for my best Thursday night weight, which was just a tenth of an ounce shy of 15 pounds, and I was already over 14. I ended up culling 3 more times with very slight culls, but putting myself over 15 up to 15.69 when what turned out to be disaster struck, I dropped my scale in the water, making it so it wouldn't turn back on so I couldn't weigh the last few fish I caught, which at least 1 or 2 of them would have helped, but like I said, I was positive I didn't need them. Get back to weigh in, feeling great, first boat to check in has 15.72 pounds, .04 pounds more than I had, all I could do was laugh and shake my head. I had a great night, caught a bunch of fish, set 2 personal records and 2 club records, but fell just short of the win because my scale got wet. Wouldn't have taken much to get that tiny little bit I needed.
First video was from Tuesday, when I prefished and had just shy of 14 pounds.
Then the tournament, I should have included the part where I hook myself in the leg with a spinnerbait but left it out for anyone that's squimish. You can tell I thought I had it in the bag.
frosty reply :
That crappie is never gonna be the same...
Bluebasser86 reply :
On 5/6/2018 at 6:31 PM, frosty said:That crappie is never gonna be the same...
There was no less than 50 boats in the parking lot the next day with the majority after crappie, his fate could have been much worse. He'll just be about half an inch longer than what he was supposed to be at this point in his life and I mean, what guy wouldn't want that?
frosty reply :
On 5/6/2018 at 6:37 PM, Bluebasser86 said:There was no less than 50 boats in the parking lot the next day with the majority after crappie, his fate could have been much worse. He'll just be about half an inch longer than what he was supposed to be at this point in his life and I mean, what guy wouldn't want that?
Yeah, you probably did do him a favor, I’m sure the next thing he eats will get smelled and pecked at a lot before he commits!
CroakHunter reply :
Over 27 pounds of Indiana largemouth. Caught them within 45 minutes of each other, all on a magnum rage bug, pitched dirt shallow.
QUAKEnSHAKE reply :
4lb 20", 1/8 jighead,2.8" paddletail, 7' M/F Smoke rod, Daiwa SV105, 16# sniper. 
Gundog reply :
Got out today to fish the Susquehanna River. Unfortunately because of the spring that didn't happen this year most of the big females were nowhere to be found. But the 2 smallies I caught fought like the devil in the current. Both weighed about 1 1/2 pounds each.
lo n slo reply :
On 5/6/2018 at 8:26 PM, CroakHunter said:Over 27 pounds of Indiana largemouth. Caught them within 45 minutes of each other, all on a magnum rage bug, pitched dirt shallow.
git r done
YoTone reply :
Was rigging up the night before i took my kayak out and put a strike king rage swimmer on my chatterbait and it just looked too nice for me to wait. so since i live a block away from a pond i decided to use it. this was 4 and change, biggest of the year for me. too bad it wasnt a sign of things to come. i pretty much sucked it up on my kayak for the next two days.
NorcalBassin reply :
4# spot fought like she thought she was closer to 10...
lo n slo reply :
that thing is beautiful
teethmarks reply :
lucky slippers. best day of the year so far. got 9 in a couple hours. most on a denny brauer pp jig with yum christie craw. rest on res 2tap natural bream. biggest was only 2.5# but some big bellies and good fights.
hawgenvy reply :
I got 30 LMB in the Everglades yesterday, but none of them were as big as this 3-plus I nailed tonight after dinner from the bank just a mile from home. I caught half the fish yesterday and this one today on the Zoom Ultra Vibe Speed Worm -- my new best friend.
PAbasser927 reply :
Got out on the boat for the first time this year and had a great day on a lake where we commonly get skunked. The two nicest fish of the day were a 3 1/2 lb largemouth and a little tiger Muskie! Largemouth was caught on a jig, the Muskie was caught on a senko of all things.
Fairtax4me reply :
My buddy and I had a great day on the water Sunday. Could have done without the rain mid day, but we expected it and decide we needed to fish anyway.
Between the two of us we put 30 bass in the boat. Handful of dinks and the rest 1-2lb males that were buried up in cover on the banks, right where they should be. Didn't ever hook into any big girls, but we definitely saw some. Saw one that was 4-5lbs cruising on a shallow flat.
Saw several other BIG females rolling and crashing on bait on a super steep drop-off bank that drops straight into the channel and 35FOW. 2 were easily 5-6lbs, saw one other that was 8-9+. But couldn't get any interest from them on any of the bluegill or shad colored baits we were throwing.
Biggest for me was a 2.5ish that came on a spinner bait in the middle of the first rain storm. We had been running moving baits and spinners and a few top waters early then I decided to slow down and get way shallow with slow presentations. Wacky rigged senko got most of my bites prior to the rain. Got two on the spinner bait while it was raining, but after the rain stopped I fished it off and on the rest of the day and got one other hit which didn't get hooked. The rest of the day was weightless worms and a few on Keitech swim baits.
A-Jay reply :
Enjoyed an excellent afternoon of sun & fun today.
Waters are warming fast but the Jerkbait is still a major player for me.
A-Jay
Dorado reply :
On 5/8/2018 at 11:45 AM, A-Jay said:Enjoyed an excellent afternoon of sun & fun today.
Waters are warming fast but the Jerkbait is still a major player for me.
A-Jay
Incredible smallie ????
lonnie g reply :
On 5/8/2018 at 11:45 AM, A-Jay said:Enjoyed an excellent afternoon of sun & fun today.
Waters are warming fast but the Jerkbait is still a major player for me.
A-Jay
nice foot ball!!!, wouldn't expect anything less, beautiful fish
lonnie g reply :
another nice evening here in southern Indiana. went out for about 3 hours, caught 16 mostly 1 to 2 lb range, only one worthy of showing you monster slayers.she fought nicely.
J._Bricker reply :
On 5/8/2018 at 11:45 AM, A-Jay said:Enjoyed an excellent afternoon of sun & fun today.
Waters are warming fast but the Jerkbait is still a major player for me.
A-Jay
A VERY solid big, brown beauty @A-Jay !
senile1 reply :
On 5/8/2018 at 11:45 AM, A-Jay said:Enjoyed an excellent afternoon of sun & fun today.
Waters are warming fast but the Jerkbait is still a major player for me.
A-Jay
Nice one, A-Jay. Man, I love your pic quality. I can see every detail on that fish. Beautiful!
senile1 reply :
My wife and I spent 3 days at Table Rock Lake last week. We caught over 60 bass in 10 - 25 feet of water on gravel points and gravel spawning banks, but nothing huge to speak of. I saw some beds but all were empty, which was kind of surprising with the full moon and surface water temperatures ranging from 58.5 to 62 degrees. I caught a 19 inch largemouth that weighed in at 4 lbs even. My wife had the biggest smallie at 2 lbs 11 oz.
moguy1973 reply :
Went out river fishing in my kayak today and caught this 18” beauty!
N Florida Mike reply :
On 5/8/2018 at 8:39 PM, lonnie g said:another nice evening here in southern Indiana. went out for about 3 hours, caught 16 mostly 1 to 2 lb range, only one worthy of showing you monster slayers.she fought nicely.
SON ! Good job Roland. Er , uh,, Lonnie.
Graham reply :
Whacked a bunch of dinks today on the jig, not much to brag about, but it sure was a good time ????!
Bluebasser86 reply :
Only one good bass bite this weekend, but it was one of my favorite ways to get them. The shad are spawning and the big girls are just getting done spawning and are hungry. A Savage Gear Shine Glide off a dock corner brought this one screaming out and hit it so hard going away from me that I couldn't even set the hook, just cranked like crazy.
J._Bricker reply :
On 5/9/2018 at 3:52 PM, Bluebasser86 said:Only one good bass bite this weekend, but it was one of my favorite ways to get them. The shad are spawning and the big girls are just getting done spawning and are hungry. A Savage Gear Shine Glide off a dock corner brought this one screaming out and hit it so hard going away from me that I couldn't even set the hook, just cranked like crazy.
Gotta love the smile of a happy fisherman when he’s stuck a good fish!
TnRiver46 reply :
@teethmarks, sweet shoes !!!!!!
senile1 reply :
On 5/9/2018 at 3:52 PM, Bluebasser86 said:Only one good bass bite this weekend, but it was one of my favorite ways to get them. The shad are spawning and the big girls are just getting done spawning and are hungry. A Savage Gear Shine Glide off a dock corner brought this one screaming out and hit it so hard going away from me that I couldn't even set the hook, just cranked like crazy.
On 5/9/2018 at 10:24 PM, J._Bricker said:Gotta love the smile of a happy fisherman when he’s struck a good fish!
Yeah, but I believe he could use a good cleaning at the dentist. ????
teethmarks reply :
pretty wired. got my pb lmb for all i know today. only started weighing last season. some of you guys catch this size daily but this is a milestone for me ???? bite was slow all day until we went to wacky 4" senkos. bit a gray one.
3lb 11oz
frosty reply :
On 5/10/2018 at 6:51 AM, teethmarks said:pretty wired. got my pb lmb for all i know today. only started weighing last season. some of you guys catch this size daily but this is a milestone for me ???? bite was slow all day until we went to wacky 4" senkos. bit a gray one.
3lb 11oz
I’m tickled with a 3 pounder. They don’t grow up north like they do in Florida or California.
A-Jay reply :
Mixed Bag today ~
A-Jay
frosty reply :
On 5/10/2018 at 9:33 AM, frosty said:I’m tickled with a 3 pounder. They don’t grow up north like they do in Florida or California.
On 5/10/2018 at 11:18 AM, A-Jay said:
Mixed Bag today ~
A-Jay
Except where A-Jay fishes ????
Bigbruce reply :
Caught a few nice ones at a little pond in the military training area. It feels like it’s my own personal pond. My wife says it’s because I’m the only idiot that goes fishing at lunch next to the impact area. The artillery can be a little loud at times.
NYWayfarer reply :
First Bass of 2018! Air temps reached 80 degrees for the first time this year here yesterday. Warmed up the local pond enough to make the Bass start biting. Gave me a break from Trout and Pickerel.
Not or a monster by any means but a great fight on the light action Kastking Calamus rod and 4lb P-Line Floroclear line.
Loochy88 reply :
The spawn is on at Lake of the Ozarks! Caught this one sitting right outside our condo...
deep reply :
Dinkfest yesterday. Tried a lot of different locations and presentations. Nope, just caught more dinks. About 25 of them in ~6 hours.
boostr reply :
On 5/10/2018 at 6:51 AM, teethmarks said:pretty wired. got my pb lmb for all i know today. only started weighing last season. some of you guys catch this size daily but this is a milestone for me ???? bite was slow all day until we went to wacky 4" senkos. bit a gray one.
3lb 11oz
Anything 2lbs and up is giant up here.
shovelmouth83 reply :
In the creek.
Graham reply :
Dink tamer reporting for duty...I swear I can catch bigger fish ????. Anyways, first smallie of the season, so that’s noteworthy!
The river was all kicked up with mud and exceptionally high, the mountains must’ve had some rain.
shovelmouth83 reply :
Lake Dardanelle,Ar state park.
frosty reply :
On 5/10/2018 at 8:47 PM, Bigbruce said:Caught a few nice ones at a little pond in the military training area. It feels like it’s my own personal pond. My wife says it’s because I’m the only idiot that goes fishing at lunch next to the impact area. The artillery can be a little loud at times.
At least you don’t have to worry about them being sensitive to you walking the bank! ????
BCline reply :
I have been looking at Okeeheelee Park in Greenacres, FL for years during my daily commute but had never stopped to fish. Yesterday I decided was the day, picked a random bank and started casting. I was rewarded with this little guy just over a pound. I love going to water I don't know and catching fish.
A-Jay reply :
Air Temps in the low 30's early this morning.
This Pretty Lady warmed me right up.
A-Jay
Fairtax4me reply :
A-jay is constantly on some gigantic smallies!
Nice fishies guys!
NorcalBassin reply :
Biggest swimbait fish of the season so far. She had a big ol belly but unfortunately the pic didn't do her justice. Just a bit over 5 on the scale.
Pops with a nice smallie on a wacky rig
Graham reply :
Unreal @A-Jay!
lonnie g reply :
Fun times especially with dad. Nice fish!!
There must be a rule on your boat (no fish allowed under 5 lb.) well maybe 3 if you are a fat girl!!
On 5/12/2018 at 7:02 AM, Fairtax4me said:A-jay is constantly on some gigantic smallies!
Nice fishies guys!
On 5/12/2018 at 6:56 AM, A-Jay said:Air Temps in the low 30's early this morning.
This Pretty Lady warmed me right up.
A-Jay
There must be a rule on your boat ( no fish allowed under 5 lb. well maybe 3 if you are a fat girl
Will Wetline reply :
My idea of fun is battling a good smallie on on a ML rod and 6lb. line.
Catt reply :
Bank fishing, 7 tighteyes & 5# kicker ????
frosty reply :
I don’t mind getting up at 5 to go fishing ???? this is my first top water bite for the year, it was a blast!
A-Jay reply :
Good one from day's trip.
A-Jay
Dirtyeggroll reply :
Between the guy who was the boater and I, combined we probably caught over 100 bass, most right around a pound. (we stopped weighing after we got a limit of nicer ones). We found a rock pile offshore in about 5-7 ft of water and every cast with a jig that allowed the jig to drag over the rocks ended up in a fish. Felt the tap of the jig bouncing of the rocks then bam, jig got smoked. Every single time. Upgraded to a 2.15, 2.2 and 2.9 on some docks in a little man made bay. My best 6 were 15 lbs 5 ounces (mine is on the right) enough for a 3rd place finish! Sure made 25+ mph east winds with and chilly 40-50 degree air temps quite bearable. I also got to test the Huk NXTLVL Rain Gear @A-Jay sold me and I stayed nice and dry.
Team9nine reply :
One of the 51 brought to hand today from small water walking the bank. Bass appeared to be postspawn, as I never saw an actual bed, but they were cruising and chasing shallow. Did find some bluegill bedding. Zman plastics on a small jighead was the ticket (wacky).
Fairtax4me reply :
My buddy and I hit the same lake again as last weekend. Water temp rose 12° in a week. Last weeks water temp was 70°, air temp was high around 70° with clouds and rain.
This week, partly cloudy in the Am, high of 96° and sunny afternoon. Surface Water temps bumped 82°. What a difference a week makes!
We didn't expect good numbers like last week, but we had hopes of finding some better sized fish having narrowed down a few key areas.
We put 9 in the boat (wont complain too much) but never did find a solid bite. I got a couple on bluegill squarebill thrown on the bank (if it didn't literally HIT the bank it didn't get bit). Couple on Texas rigged plastics. Bite totally died after about 1 o'clock. Finally got a 1.5 pounder on an S-waver 168 right before dusk to end the day.
Found a couple places where bass were blowing up on bait, but they scattered if the boat got within 100 yards. They were crushing on huge schools of 1.5 - 2" bluegill, but they wouldn't even come near anything we could throw that mimicked that size/type bait.
MichaelCopeland reply :
Well I finally caught another bass today. Went to Richard Fleming Park on the west side of Cross Lake. Didn't get to fish very long but managed this 1lb 2oz bass. Caught it on a 1/2oz Mann's swimbait head with an underspin and green pumpkin Rage Swimmer on it. I was fishing it kinda fast and the bite was fairly subtle. I felt the weight and it tried to swim off and I set the hook. Finally one that didn't get away. ????
N Florida Mike reply :
On 5/8/2018 at 8:39 PM, lonnie g said:another nice evening here in southern Indiana. went out for about 3 hours, caught 16 mostly 1 to 2 lb range, only one worthy of showing you monster slayers.she fought nicely.
SON ! Good job Roland. Er , uh,, Lonnie.
Not sure how I posted you again Lonnie.sorry bout that.
WolfyBrandon reply :
On 4/30/2018 at 2:01 PM, WolfyBrandon said:[April 29, 2018]
^Previous
[May 03, 2018]
After our last fishing trip where I had great success catching 5 Bass and 1 Pike, I really thought the fishing was going to get even better as the water continued to warm. Jeremy and I planned another fishing trip the following Thursday of that week (today), which would be a shorter after work fishing trip.
Got off at 2:00pm, arrived at his place shortly after and loaded up the boat with our gear. We both decided to retie baits after our last trip and decide on a plan for today. Somehow all that took an hour, and we headed toward the lake at 3:00pm. Launched the boat and were headed out at 3:30pm. We had decided to go to our furthest location first (which was a new area) and depending on the situation we could work our way back to the area we had fished last Sunday which was closer to the ramp.
When we arrived at our first location, there was a heavy west wind. As we were fishing west to east, the wind was really pushing the boat faster than we wanted to fish. We couldn't really fish that area effectively, but as we continued on it was more protected from the wind. Things were pretty uneventful, until about the ~20th cast with the new Zman Jack Hammer Chatterbait I hear a "SNAP" as the line breaks at the knot and I watch as it sails through the air and splashes out in the middle of nowhere... R.I.P.
Uhhh, didn't I just retie everything earlier? Must have weakened the line when tying that knot I guess... Oh and of course I only had 1 in that color because of price...
We continue fishing and get back into this area that just looked great. Water is warm ~62F, Stained with ~2ft Clarity. Lake level is a little high so lots of shoreline cover, some rocky areas, vegetation, some matted debris... It had a little of everything. We both figured it just had to hold some bass...
Two hours later, not a bite. Had some pike chase our baits around which wasn't the best sign when looking for bass, but we covered so much water by the time we finally accepted that this was not going to work it was already 5:30pm. We only had about 30 min left to make something happen, so we decided to head back to where we last caught them on Sunday, as that's about all we had time for anyway.
When we arrived we noticed the wind had calmed down a bit as it was becoming evening, and the water temp had jumped from the previous ~53F the last time we fished it to ~55-57F. Things were looking pretty similar to the area we had just fished... All day we were throwing a mix of reaction moving baits and finesse soft plastics. Nothing was working, until about 30 min into fishing our second location Jeremy makes a cast up shallow over a log near the flooded brush and watches as a small Largemouth follows his bait out and takes it...
We both had been throwing soft plastics up to the flooded brush all day in both locations and nothing until now.
I tried focusing on the flooded brush for a while, until I got a bad loop knot in my line and didn't want to spend the time to fix it and retie as we were already fishing overtime. Basically I locked a Spinnerbait in my hand, and Jeremy locked a soft plastic in his hand, and we fished till 7:15pm and had to call it. I swore earlier I had a hit on the Spinnerbait but just didn't connect. In the end I don't think it mattered what I was using as neither of us had another bite that evening.
So yeah... I Zeroed. Not since 2015 have I zeroed after I started catching them as I've made consistency my #1 goal. Mistakes were made this day, first of all being busy / lazy I forgot to look back on my weather logs before fishing, where we had a day with a high of 58F / low of 38F. Then I might of thought it was possible the bass pulled out. A lot of time was wasted fishing unproductive water in a situation were we didn't have a lot of time to begin with, and fishing two areas that were similar to each other and both unproductive. If I could have a do over I would only fish the first location for 1 hour, then completely change it up, like head to the northern part of the lake where the water is a bit cooler, clearer, and deeper. Fish an area completely different to what we were currently fishing that wasn't working...
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[May 14, 2018]
The day after I zeroed - I spent some time looking over my fishing log for that day to learn from it, and that's where I came up with the last part for the day above. 10 long days later... Jeremy and I are able to schedule another fishing trip for today Monday the 14th. It's part of our weekend so we had a good 6 hours to fish (~8:30am - 2:30pm).
I arrived at his place early and started gearing up. It's been quite a few days since our last trip, and I believe "every day is a new day", so in my mind we were starting from scratch. Documented the weather over the past week and it's been a mix of overcast days with rain or thunderstorms, with a few partly cloudy to clear days with the average temp hovering around the low 70's. Today's forecast was said to have high bluebird skies, with high pressure - falling as the day progressed, and a high of up to 82F. It's also the day before the new moon, and two days before an incoming front said to consist of two days of thunderstorms.
We planned to head up north to the deeper, cooler, clearer water in search of some smallmouth after the results from our last trip. I wasn't opposed to giving the south end a try as it's been over a week since our last trip, but it was more of a decision just to mix things up, try something new, and get information on other areas of the lake during this time. I recently put together a new combo, so now I can rig up to 5 baits at one time, here is my starting bait selection for today...
When we arrived at the lake the first thing I noticed was the lake level was now about 2 feet high from normal pool. Stained with ~2-3ft clarity, and the water temp at the ramp had dropped from 51 on our last trip to 49.
The warming weather and rainfall is melting snow still high up in the mountains creating runoff that is dumping into the lake leading to the current conditions. This makes fishing the south end of the lake tricky as during the early season we can get a good warming trend yet the water temp will remain either the same or drop a few degrees in temperature. They also release a lot of water from the lake to prevent flooding during the early season - so there is a constant dynamic of releasing warming water only to be replaced with new cold runoff delaying the lake from heating up (years past I've caught bass off beds in late June). The decision to head north will put us in an area with more stable conditions.
We arrive at our first location around 8:45am, water temp 53F. I begin with tossing the deep diving jerkbait, and 5 min into fishing I hook into a 4 lb 07 oz, 22 inch Northern Pike Minnow...
Not the target species I'm looking for, but it felt good to hook into something of size after my last outing. 15 min further into fishing I make a cast with the grub to the shallow part of a dock (as the lake level is 2 ft higher than normal pool) and within seconds after the grub hits the bottom it's fish on.
Bass 01 - 16 & 1/4", 2 lb 07 oz
I actually boat flipped that bass, and right when I got it in the boat it's sharp sandpaper teeth cut my 10 lb Trilene Sensation line...
Covering water, we fished around our first location for ~1 hour 30 min, and that was the only bite. We decided it was time to move, so we headed a bit further north.
Second Location has more depth to it, Water Temp was 52F. Fishing with the grub again, making casts to the flooded shoreline cover. 25 min into fishing I notice the tail of the grub got hooked on the open hook of the jig which I find suspicious as that doesn't happen often. I make a second cast to the flooded brush and it felt like I had pulled it over a limb or something but wasn't sure, so I make a third cast and let the grub sit, next thing I know something's swimming with it so I set the hook, fish on...
Bass 02 - 13 & 3/4", 1 lb 05 oz
Fishing our second location for ~1 hour 30 min, again that was our only bite. It was now 12:00pm, I had boated two fish, Jeremy had nothing, so I let him decide where we should try next. It was mid day, hot, we lost what little wind we had earlier and it was looking like tough conditions. We turned the boat around and ended up heading back to a location south of our first location today.
Third Location, Water Temp 60-62F. After fishing for 20 min, we get to this big dock that isn't normally there, and is just temporarily positioned near the shoreline. We both cast all around it and no bites. When we get to the other side and just as I'm about to give up on it, I'm reeling my grub back to the boat and see a little smallmouth under 12 inches follow it out from under the dock and turn away. That was our first clue that there are fish here, they just might not be committing to our baits. I give Jeremy a chance to fish it, as I take some time to change baits. Since we have high skies, low wind, and I want something weightless I can fish slower, I decide to swap out the Spinnerbait for a Wacky Rig.
We gave it some time but nothing resulted from it, so we continued on. There was a shallow flat with clumps of vegetation in about 5ft of depth we gave a try, but only managed to see two pike, one which followed Jeremy's spinnerbait to the boat and nipped at it but didn't get hooked.
We both were totally junk fishing during the mid day lull, just trying to make something happen. I even swapped out the chatterbait for a buzzbait just for the fun of it. We actually seen a few fish bust the surface but couldn't tell what they were. At this point in the day I was just fun fishing hoping Jeremy would hook into something so he wouldn't get skunked. We fished the third location for just over 2 hours, when Jeremy said he would take the loss as it was now time for us to head back...
Pulled the boat out at 2:50pm. Tough day for us, covering water was key just to catch the two as they were miles apart. We fished shallow, deep, slow, fast, finesse baits, and reaction baits. This is the time of year I struggle, that late pre-spawn to early-spawn time. If the water is between 48F-55F the fishing is good, but once it hits 56-62 its a struggle. It's still early for the spawn in my area, at least a few weeks out, need the water temps to increase a bit and the conditions & weather to stabilize. I did talk with someone who I trust that also fished on this day as well. They had better luck than us, and mentioned the best fish seemed to come very early in the day (like before we were even on the water) and seemed to shut down after 11:00am, which fits with when I caught my fish. Maybe with the new moon they are feeding early then shutting off during the day, or maybe it has something to do with location and we just haven't found the right area yet. All in all, I'm more than happy with the two I caught.
WolfyBrandon
deep reply :
Tule Dipping:
Found a lot of decent bass today hanging out under matted grass in one corner of a small cove. It's a good spot most of the time once the water warms up a bit, but today was ridiculous.
Caught a couple and lost one in three casts pitching a plastic on a jighead. So I beached the yak, and decided to do a little tule dipping from the banks. You know, stealthier, and all that. Plus I needed to stretch a little anyway.
It seemed like half the bass in the whole reservoir were congregated in that 20 ft X 40 ft space, and they had never seen a bait in their lives. Find a hole, drop the bait in, and if a fish didn't eat in on the fall, another would pick it up off the bottom.
Think I caught about 10 in as many dips/ flips/ pitches, most of them solid 2-3 lb class fish and a couple estimated 4#. I kinda stopped taking pics after the first few and was laughing uncontrollably. Even started checking their mouths for holes from hooks because I wasn't convinced that I wasn't catching the same few fish over and over again. It was that crazy.
Two guys were hiking the trails and stopped by to give me some company. Well I put on a show for them too, and caught 8 or 10 more.
One of them remarked that he didn't know "fishing was so easy". I didn't tell him that I wasn't aware of that either!
I picked up half a dozen more decent ones from here and there. They were biting really good. Admittedly, I didn't weigh most of the fish (measured some of them); I know I caught a 15# plus limit, probably over 17#. By far the best day I've ever had here.
Called it a day an hour or two early, and as luck would have it, 5 minutes after I reach the ramp, the wind picks up and there are whitecaps all over. 10 minutes after that it starts raining hard.
NYWayfarer reply :
On 5/15/2018 at 1:30 PM, deep said:
That is the worst case of Bass thumb I have ever seen!
Worst and best can be used interchangeable here. 
Fairtax4me reply :
Didn't know there were pike in that lake!
Heck of a day!
lonnie g reply :
On 5/15/2018 at 1:30 PM, deep said:Tule Dipping:
Found a lot of decent bass today hanging out under matted grass in one corner of a small cove. It's a good spot most of the time once the water warms up a bit, but today was ridiculous.
Caught a couple and lost one in three casts pitching a plastic on a jighead. So I beached the yak, and decided to do a little tule dipping from the banks. You know, stealthier, and all that. Plus I needed to stretch a little anyway.
It seemed like half the bass in the whole reservoir were congregated in that 20 ft X 40 ft space, and they had never seen a bait in their lives. Find a hole, drop the bait in, and if a fish didn't eat in on the fall, another would pick it up off the bottom.
Think I caught about 10 in as many dips/ flips/ pitches, most of them solid 2-3 lb class fish and a couple estimated 4#. I kinda stopped taking pics after the first few and was laughing uncontrollably. Even started checking their mouths for holes from hooks because I wasn't convinced that I wasn't catching the same few fish over and over again. It was that crazy.
Two guys were hiking the trails and stopped by to give me some company. Well I put on a show for them too, and caught 8 or 10 more.
One of them remarked that he didn't know "fishing was so easy". I didn't tell him that I wasn't aware of that either!
I picked up half a dozen more decent ones from here and there. They were biting really good. Admittedly, I didn't weigh most of the fish (measured some of them); I know I caught a 15# plus limit, probably over 17#. By far the best day I've ever had here.
Called it a day an hour or two early, and as luck would have it, 5 minutes after I reach the ramp, the wind picks up and there are whitecaps all over. 10 minutes after that it starts raining hard.
Hope that bass thumb is contagious, nice day! ????
Bass_Fishing_Socal reply :
Can't go to sleep with my beauty new to me reel I just got today. I told myself I'm gonna catch one fish with this beauty. And here we go after about hour and a half with determination.
I think I'm set with Shimano 50e series, Chornarch 50e, aldebaran mg7 and this scorpion xt1000. Hopefully I don't see anyone post for sale for core 50mg7 soon.
NYWayfarer reply :
On 5/16/2018 at 1:21 AM, JustJames said:Can't go to sleep with my beauty new to me reel I just got today. I told myself I'm gonna catch one fish with this beauty. And here we go after about hour and a half with determination.
I think I'm set with Shimano 50e series, Chornarch 50e, aldebaran mg7 and this scorpion xt1000. Hopefully I don't see anyone post for sale for core 50mg7 soon.
Nice fish and even nicer reel James!
Black Bill Dance reply :
1st topwater bass of 2018!!! Using a Rebel Pop-R at sunrise 
in small subdivision pond and this 5lb, 21 inch football slammed it in about 1 & half feet of water. Some good ol RVA Bass Fishing!!!
Catt reply :
Made a run to Lacassine again this morning, in the boat this time. Me, my youngest son Scotty, & his friend Wesley. We caught 20 tighteyes with maybe 5-6 around 1-1/2 to 2#.
Not a single picture!
We all 3 powered our phones off thinking the other would take pictures!
hawgenvy reply :
Bank fishing last night in the cool light rain before sunset. Six 3 to 4 pounders just like this one, a bite on every cast, over ten minutes, all from the same shallow spot in a little cove -- the most exciting ten minutes of bassing I've had this year. A passer-by stopped to watch and I was glad for a witness, even an anonymous one. Watermelon red Magnum U-vibe Speed Worm was the ticket.
Graham reply :
On 5/16/2018 at 6:28 AM, Black Bill Dance said:1st topwater bass of 2018!!! Using a Rebel Pop-R at sunrise
What a stud! Where was this?
lonnie g reply :
On 5/16/2018 at 1:21 AM, JustJames said:Can't go to sleep with my beauty new to me reel I just got today. I told myself I'm gonna catch one fish with this beauty. And here we go after about hour and a half with determination.
I think I'm set with Shimano 50e series, Chornarch 50e, aldebaran mg7 and this scorpion xt1000. Hopefully I don't see anyone post for sale for core 50mg7 soon.
Nice fish! Please send note to my wife , telling her I need new outfit to catch the illusive bigun! And besides it would keep me out of her hair. Keep swinging my friend!
A-Jay reply :
Fish were shallow yesterday ~
A-Jay
WDE reply :
Found a Whopper Plopper 90 the other day and promptly lost it in some brush an hour later. However, I loved the action and bit the bullet and bought one yesterday(I’m rather frugal when it comes to lures). Took it for a test drive this morning and it didn’t disappoint. 6 in a few hours. Wasn’t the size I was looking for, but the topwater strike is fun regardless.
Catt reply :
On 5/17/2018 at 1:16 AM, A-Jay said:Fish were shallow yesterday ~
A-Jay
Guess I need lessons on taking selfies! ????
MichaelCopeland reply :
Yesterday I went out to my sister from another mister's trailer in Bethany, La. where I used to live a few years ago. Got to fish for a few hours in the ponds by her trailer. They are the trailer parks ponds. They're not that big, but there's bass in them. Been fishing about 2 and a half hours before I found out she had a little john boat. Wish I'd known it was hers from the get go. I'd have probably caught more than just this one. Been out in the boat about 30 minutes casting chatterbaits, spinnerbaits and plastics with nothing happening. Tied on a 1/2oz green pumpkin Dirty Jigs swim jig with a Power Team Lures(guess that's the name brand) black and blue craw type trailer(one of the packs of baits that @A-Jay sent me, thanks again my friend). First cast with it was to the bank and I thought it had been hammered as soon as it hit, set the hook it was just moss or something. So I just started swimming it back to me and out of nowhere about 5ft from the boat this 1lb 6oz beauty did acrobats under the water and slammed it. I could literally see this happen. I set the hook hard, couple turns on my reel and it was in the boat. Not sure what the red reflection is in that one pic. My tackle bag is red, so I'm guessing it was a reflection of it in the glistening tail. It wasn't bleeding. Took my pics and set it free to go get bigger. Heard there's a 6+ and a 7+ lber out there. I'll definitely be back out there again soon. Next time I'll be in the boat the whole time...lol! ????
Bass_Fishing_Socal reply :
Another nice fish came on my special top water lure. This one is, let's say almost 21" (my board is almost 20").
NYWayfarer reply :
The Bass are starting to bed in my area. For the last few days I have seen shallow bass over the telltale circular patterns.
First day was easy I was able to cast a floating crankbait past the bed and retrieve it through to get a Bass to swipe at it.
Second day not so easy. Crank didn't work, Wacky rigged Dinger didn't work, weightless Fluke didn't work. Last thing I tried was a Berkley powerbait Pogy Swimbait firetiger color. When I swam that past the bed the Bass would grab the tail then spit it out. There is an exposed hook near the head of the bait but the Bass wasn't choking it. I stayed at it, casting and retrieving over that bed for an hour with swipes but no hookups. Finally I changed my angle and casting from the side rather than straight out and the Bass choked it! all in all I worked this fish for about 1 and a half hours with different baits before landing it.
MIbassyaker reply :
I haven't seen any actual beds, but they're definitely shallow here. After failing to convince anybody to chase a chatterbait, I took a hint and switched up to a a plasmatail worm on a shakyhead. Found this one chillin' under a dock:
TnRiver46 reply :
On 5/18/2018 at 1:35 AM, JustJames said:Another nice fish came on my special top water lure. This one is, let's say almost 21" (my board is almost 20").
Still waiting on you to fly across the ocean and get me one of those topwaters.... Just kidding nice bass
jbmaine reply :
Nothing too big, but had a rare day where we could do no wrong. Caught fish all day. Here's a couple of them.
Fairtax4me reply :
On 5/18/2018 at 1:35 AM, JustJames said:Another nice fish came on my special top water lure. This one is, let's say almost 21" (my board is almost 20").
You're gonna need a hawg trough if you keep catching monsters like that!
Bass_Fishing_Socal reply :
On 5/18/2018 at 3:53 AM, TnRiver46 said:Still waiting on you to fly across the ocean and get me one of those topwaters.... Just kidding nice bass
Which one you want?
But you cannot have it, all mineeeeee LOL.
Graham reply :
@JustJames Nice one James, dig the video!
TnRiver46 reply :
NYWayfarer reply :
First Jerkbait Bass of the season. The frugal fisherman strikes again. Bought a Lunkerhunt perch pattern jerkbait for less than $3 from Field and Stream this week. Tied it on for the first time last night.
Patience and persistence pays off when Jerkbait fishing. Spent an hour walking the banks casting and retrieving with a jerk, jerk, pause, jerk pause method. This beauty hit it less than 5 feet from shore.
soflabasser reply :
On 5/18/2018 at 6:31 AM, JustJames said:
Nice looking lures. I might make a couple of them myself since they look very easy to make.
On 5/18/2018 at 1:35 AM, JustJames said:Another nice fish came on my special top water lure. This one is, let's say almost 21" (my board is almost 20").
Good video. I gave your video a like with my YouTube channel. Keep up the good work!
Bass_Fishing_Socal reply :
@soflabasserif you wanna make your own, I think spook should work or any balsa wood lure should work. I'd been thinking of doing it myself for awhile. The problem is I can't find inline buzz blade big enough and most of them come from China.
@NYWayfareryou should give Fluke a try next. I fish Fluke for awhile caught only a few until last year that I told myself I wasn't gonna fish with anything else until I caught 10 bass with Fluke. Fluke is good especially on kayak since it can fish fast or slow. I like to fish fast early morning and evening and slow hopping on bottom other time. Like today we have overcast sky, instead of me go sleep after work, I decided what the heck let go fishing. I caught a nice 19 incher on Magnum Fluke while whopper Plopper couldn't get any interested.
How I work Fluke, video of this fish
The end was not very good since I found an EWG OR worm hook in fish stomach with about 2-3 feet of line. I tried to remove for awhile but can't so I let the fish swim out. I left home after that.
NYWayfarer reply :
On 5/19/2018 at 1:11 AM, JustJames said:
@NYWayfareryou should give Fluke a try next. I fish Fluke for awhile caught only a few until last year that I told myself I wasn't gonna fish with anything else until I caught 10 bass with Fluke. Fluke is good especially on kayak since it can fish fast or slow. I like to fish fast early morning and evening and slow hopping on bottom other time. Like today we have overcast sky, instead of me go sleep after work, I decided what the heck let go fishing. I caught a nice 19 incher on Magnum Fluke while whopper Plopper couldn't get any interested.
That's a nice Bass James, Grats! I am going to try the Fluke again. Both from the bank and from the kayak. @J Francho
gave me advice on nose hooking them. I plan on trying that and using one on a ball head jig I got from Siebert Outdoors. If the exposed hook methods don't get me one then I know I am cursed.
soflabasser reply :
On 5/19/2018 at 1:11 AM, JustJames said:@soflabasserif you wanna make your own, I think spook should work or any balsa wood lure should work. I'd been thinking of doing it myself for awhile. The problem is I can't find inline buzz blade big enough and most of them come from China.
Thinking of using poplar or cedar for the wood and maybe making the inline buzz out of aluminum sheet metal if I can't find the premade inline buzz online. This lure looks like it will a good multi species lure and I might try it for muskie, snook, and other gamefish.
lo n slo reply :
dodging tropical downpours here in the southeast but the fishing has been great here on Lake Norman. we caught 24 spots yesterday in the jon boat, and then 29 this morning in the Javelin. everything i have is waterlogged.
Bass_Fishing_Socal reply :
On 5/19/2018 at 1:33 AM, soflabasser said:Thinking of using poplar or cedar for the wood and maybe making the inline buzz out of aluminum sheet metal if I can't find the premade inline buzz online. This lure looks like it will a good multi species lure and I might try it for muskie, snook, and other gamefish.
Do you plan on use screw in eyelet? Poplar gonna be quite heavy, cedar is good weight but screw in eyelet might not be strong enough. My plan is to cut in half, makes some groove to lay in hard wire and glue back together. Too bad I don't have a bandsaw to get precise cut.
A-Jay reply :
Best two from today's adventure ~
A 5-10 & a Fat 6-0 !
A-Jay
soflabasser reply :
On 5/19/2018 at 5:30 AM, JustJames said:Do you plan on use screw in eyelet? Poplar gonna be quite heavy, cedar is good weight but screw in eyelet might not be strong enough. My plan is to cut in half, makes some groove to lay in hard wire and glue back together. Too bad I don't have a bandsaw to get precise cut.
Yes I use screw in eyelets for many of my wooden lures and none of them have ripped off on a fish, even saltwater fish that fight much harder than a bass or snakehead. You can get these eyelets in online lure building websites just make sure to get the correct size for the lure you plan on making. Been making swimbaits, topwaters, crankbaits, glidebaits, etc for a couple years now and have been happy so far with poplar and cedar wood for my topwaters. I invested some money for making my lures and to me its worth every penny knowing that I catch quality size bass on lures that I make with my own hands.
WDE reply :
T rigged black/blue and Junebug Yum Dinger getting it done on a private neighborhood pond this afternoon. Largest went for 2.5.
Lost my Whopper Plopper that was working so well. Buzzbait was getting slammed, but no hookups in the late afternoon. I can’t help but feel like if I had that WP, all those strikes would’ve been landed. Oh well.
Dirtyeggroll reply :
Caught my first Florida strain at Diamond Valley in Hemet, CA today. Not the size I came out here for but I guess that’s why they call it fishing and not catching. A 4.34 and a 3.0.
MichaelCopeland reply :
On 5/19/2018 at 6:15 AM, A-Jay said:Best two from today's adventure ~
A 5-10 & a Fat 6-0 !
A-Jay
Definitely picking up where you left off at ice out. Wowzers! Congrats my friend on some chunky brown footballs!
Ktho reply :
Caught my first smallmouth and striper out at Havasu and got into some largemouth as well! Night fishing with a jerkbait worked really well.
lo n slo reply :
me and my cousin hit the water around 7 this morning in the little johnny. skies were mostly cloudy and an easy SW breeze made for perfect conditions. we caught 39 spots and 2 largemouth.
Team9nine reply :
Back to bank beating some bass now that I got my fill of bluegill bedders. This was the best of nearly 3 dozen yesterday. Finesse Worm
long island basser reply :
Out on the bass hunter today. Boated 19 bass, shallow cranks (bps the egg, h20 wake), 110 whopper plopper, Jackal Kaera frog doing the damage.
frosty reply :
On 5/21/2018 at 4:12 AM, long island basser said:Out on the bass hunter today. Boated 19 bass, shallow cranks (bps the egg, h20 wake), 110 whopper plopper, Jackal Kaera frog doing the damage.
I couldn’t catch anything on the plopper today. Only thing I could catch them on was the ned rig, and that was pretty spotty!
A-Jay reply :
Personal Best Brown Trout Today ~
A-Jay
Team9nine reply :
Finally figured out why I hadn't seen any spawners yet - they hadn't actually started. Bluegill beat them to the bank which was a surprise. Saw quite a few today though. Picked up 30 or so, and I'd guess half were sight fish (bedders/cruisers). A lot of fun, and much better than I expected given the weather conditions.
Bass_Fishing_Socal reply :
Went out to give my lefty reel a try this morning with new handle. Used zoom Magnum Fluke got 3 bites and land only one 16 incher. As always the one that you lost always a giant, this one jump, and spit my lure made me screaming like those YouTube kids.
Gundog reply :
After the 3 day rainstorm ended I got out to the lake today. The lake was flooded and cold and I wasn't sure where the bass would be so it was time to throw everything I had. Only caught 2 bass and 1 pickerel.
This little guy barely had a spiny dorsal fin and bad scars on both sides. I'm thinking Big Feets got to him.
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The second bass of the day was a little better and gave a tough fight.
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Next week looks to be drier and warmer so hopefully that will mean better fishing.
MichaelCopeland reply :
Well today was all nonscorable bass for me. Major dinkfest! Lol I had fun though. Green pumpkin Rage Swimmer and 1/2oz black and blue chatterbait with the deal Razor Shadz trailer at least kept me from getting skunked. Not very much bank to fish from on Caney Lakes in Minden right now. The day use area doesn't open until next weekend. ????
MichaelCopeland reply :
On 5/18/2018 at 1:35 AM, JustJames said:Another nice fish came on my special top water lure. This one is, let's say almost 21" (my board is almost 20").
That's a toad! Nice bass! Is that a homemade buzzstlye bait?
teethmarks reply :
went out on the local rezzie today with my brother in law to test out a new piece of gear he bought. i dont think we caught one fish there the whole of last season and not for lack of trying. the fishing there is tough.
well today was a different story. i hooked into five fish of five different species one after the other.
beautiful evening
not sure what was up with this guy, abnormal coloring
smallie up on the bank. if you didnt get your bait close in to the bank you didnt get a fish
this next fish i threw a morning dawn yum dinger wacky rigged up against a rock face near the bank.
as you can hear my bro was amped. i was frozen in disbelief. did not end up landing the fish. we were completely unprepared for this guy. my wacky fishing rig is a 6'0 fenwick eagle medium-light strung with 10 lb spiderline braid and 8 lb super silver thread copolymer leader. it lasted much longer than i expected. he didnt inhale the bait i actually had him lip hooked with a 1/0 finesse wide gap. but he eventually turned and got his mouth around the line and sheared it off. was hard to fish after that, that was the first time i ever hooked into a musky.
didnt know what this was but im told it is a white perch. this thing inhaled a 4" cinnamon yamamoto, and took a dump on my leg
pickerel on the bagley minnow b took a swipe at it hooked him backwards through top lip
was pretty shocked to get 5 species like that in a row. managed one more largemouth before the wife summoned me home to help with bed time.
Gundog reply :
On 5/21/2018 at 11:19 AM, teethmarks said:
this next fish i threw a morning dawn yum dinger wacky rigged up against a rock face near the bank.
didnt know what this was but im told it is a white perch. this thing inhaled a 4" cinnamon yamamoto, and took a dump on my leg
Cool musky. Those beasts are fun just to hook into but landing them can be tough if you don't have the gear for it.
The thing that took a dump on your leg is a rock bass. I've heard them referred to as red-eyed bass as well.
boostr reply :
Hot on the dink bite...
Few days later the Dink Fest continues, and his first Snot Rocket...
Hook2Jaw reply :
Went back to the basics this weekend and caught about 50 dinks with a zoom curly tail grub on a jig head as well as a YUM crawbug. The little guys were fun. There's not much forage in this pond but some large cannibalistic females that will try to eat their babies off your bait, and the small bait for small fish to get the sharks hungry has become my go-to tactic. This is the pond my 10 pounder came out of, and a 13.5 was caught out of it last year. I'm after her. I managed one good bass doing this, getting them close with the small fish and then tossing a jig and craw chunk in their face. She's the one pictured with my Abu.
Then I found a savage staring down some bream beds and had the finesse rod in hand, and I'm so surprised the tiny hook held. Penn reels have great drag.
I also caught what I'd estimate to be an 8 pounder on the same pumpkin jig with craw chunk, and my phone was on the charger at home. She hit in about 2' of water early in the morning, I guess she was up there feeding. The pond owner has me asked me to remove carp, so I was actually trying to snag what I thought was a carp when I casted to her. She picked it up as soon as it splashed.
Here's Craig the Bass, who also happens to like to catch big fish. This is his PB 4.5" swimbait.
I'm looking forward to taking the kayak out to the lake soon, beating the banks has made my legs sore on this Monday morning at work!
selB reply :
Of course i didn't have my scale with me, but she was a MONSTER! well over 5 lbs.
Bass_Fishing_Socal reply :
Went to look for that one that got away yesterday. Instead of that one I found twos, I guess we can call it even. Got both 20 inchers on Zoom Magnum Fluke with my lefty. I'm still not used to reel in fish with my left and my right get pretty tired after these two. I guess I have to catch 10-15 more of these size.
Video added: I think I suck with left hand reel lol.
Updated:
I went out again and caught another two 19" ers. One from beach area where I didn't expect to catch any since weed is not there yet and another one at almost the same spot as the previous two. Tomorrow I'll take my hudd out.
Fairtax4me reply :
On 5/21/2018 at 6:09 AM, A-Jay said:
Personal Best Brown Trout Today ~
A-Jay
That is enormous! Nice catch! What was the weight on that one?
Yeajray231 reply :
@teethmarksyour bass with the spots on it is called melanosis. Basically a build up of pigment in the skin. Not contagious and even safe to eat.
ohboyitsrobby reply :
Fished a couple's tournament on greers ferry yesterday. Absolutely stunning lake, beautiful clear water. As for the fishing just caught 3 keepers and a bunch of almost 15 inchers so the finish wasn't too hot. Had a blast all-n-all though. Good weekend spent with the significant other. The fish in the pic was by far the smallest of the day lol
A-Jay reply :
On 5/22/2018 at 1:34 AM, Fairtax4me said:That is enormous! Nice catch! What was the weight on that one?
Thanks -
I sort of sad to say I didn't weigh it.
She was being extremely uncooperative.
In an effort to release her unharmed I got some quick video, revived her sufficiently and sent her on her way.
I hate guessing but my best one is maybe 10 to 12 lbs.
And I will readily admit I have only weighted one big trout before and it was a 7 lb Steelhead.
This was fish was quite a bit taller, longer & had a serious set of 'shoulders'.
A-Jay
deep reply :
Tough fishing yesterday. Fishing behind a dozen other boats on a <200 acre reservoir didn't help much, and I couldn't find anything offshore either.
SlappinKraken reply :
Caught a dozen or so bass in northern Indiana on a topwater frog on Friday. One of them even pooped out an ewg hook that I was easily able to remove the rest of the way.
WDE reply :
4 in a couple hours on the t rigged black/blue Dinger. Largest was 2.7. Hooked into a big fish and it snapped my line. In the past 1.5 years of fishing 3-5 times a week, this has never happened to me. My drag on my Pflueger was cranked all the way down(from trying to get out of a snag). So that was a bummer.
WolfyBrandon reply :
On 5/15/2018 at 12:06 PM, WolfyBrandon said:[May 14, 2018]
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[May 20, 2018]
Sometime last week while planning our next fishing trip, Jeremy mentioned that he might not have a lot of time. He asked if I would still be interested even if we only had a few hours to fish, to which I replied I'm always willing to go. We planned to fish during our weekend on Sunday, meet up at his place around 6:00am, and probably fish till around noon.
When I woke up I took a look at the forecast for today...
I could see it was partly cloudy with a high of 73F. There was a front off the coast, and a low pressure system to the south. It was looking pre-frontal as the pressure was going to fall after a few hours, and the clouds were moving in with a chance of rain.
Arrived at his place at 5:50am, retied my starting bait selection which was the same as our previous trip except I swapped the Bladed Jig to a Wacky Rig. We headed to the lake at 6:15am, launched the boat at 6:35am, and noticed the lake level had dropped slightly since our last trip. Water temp also dropped from 49F to 48F, and the water clarity was now about ~3-4ft. We headed to our first location at 6:45am...
It was a short run to our first location, water temp was 49F, and stained with ~3ft clarity. We began fishing and noticed the area had some current to it. They must be really drawing the lake down today, which explains the lower lake level even after a day of heavy rain last week and the snow melt and spring runoff still continuing. I was using the current to my advantage letting my weightless wacky rig get pulled 3-6ft under a large mat of wood, logs, & debris. I didn't have high hopes with the water being this cold. We moved down to some current breaks and fished around them and even into a pocket with slack water. There was enough pollen on the surface you could easily see where the edge of the current was. We fished our first location for 1 hour, and not a single bite for either of us (lots of snags though due to the current). During our time fishing the first location we saw numerous bass boats heading to the south end of the lake. I haven't been checking up on the tournament schedule lately, but what we didn't know was there was actually a bass tournament held on this lake just yesterday the 19th.
We decided to move, and were discussing where our second location should be. Jeremy wanted to head south where everyone else was headed (thinking they might know something we don't), and I wanted to head north where everyone else might be overlooking. We actually had some time today and the possibility to do both, so the question was which one first? I figured since the south end is shallower we should head there first during the morning hours, and before the fishing pressure increases. The idea was to spend and hour or so down there and if things don't work out, turn around and head back up north while we have time. We also wanted to at least check it out as around this time last year (May 22, 2017) we actually had good luck fishing the south end, though year to year conditions can vary. At 7:50am, we headed south...
On the way there we slowed down to an idle to check out a ledge and creek channel that we passed over a few trips ago and marked fish. There was also a large debris field near it on the surface created from all the runoff. We didn't see much activity out deep, so we continued on.
Second location, water temp 48F, water clarity stained ~3ft. Jeremy wanted to make a quick stop and give this area a try, as it's an area he's fished in the past. We fished it for 25 minutes without a bite and decided to move as the water here was still pretty cold. In the short amount of time we spent here, we could still see boats coming to the south end of the lake.
Third location, arrival time 8:35am, water temp 57-60F, water clarity stained ~4.5ft. We could see two other boats in this general area off in the distance. 10 minutes after we began fishing, Jeremy gets my attention and points out what looks like good sized fish hitting the surface like crazy out in the open water. At first I thought it might be birds as I could see something but couldn't make it out. So I zoomed in 8x with my camera and snapped a picture. Then zoomed in on the picture and could see it was actually a small patch of lilly pads out there and sizable fish hitting the surface all around it...
We put the trolling motor on high and started heading for them. Couldn't tell if they were bass or not, but we could tell they were sizable fish over a few pounds. I just so happened to bring my box of topwater walking baits with me today, so I swapped out the Deep Diving Jerkbait for a Reaction Innovations Vixen...
There were multiple surface strikes every few seconds within a very large radius, they were everywhere and before we knew it we had them on both sides of us. They were busting like a cast & a half away from us, and I could almost reach them with the vixen, so we stopped the trolling motor and went quiet. That's when they got a little closer and I was able to make a few good casts with the vixen and... nothing. I had this sinking feeling that they were not bass, but was curious just to catch one to identify the species. Time was ticking away and I told Jeremy the only way we could possibly catch one is to wait till one busts and cast something right on the rings. Well as luck would have it, one busted the surface, Jeremy made a perfect cast with a spoon onto the rings and let it sink to the bottom. Once he hopped it up and began the retrieve his rod loaded up, Fish On! It was only when we got it to the boat we learned they were big Northern Pike Minnows...
Not the target species we were hoping to catch, however this is the first time either of us has seen surface activity like that, chased them down, and were successful in catching one of them. So in a way, it was a win for us. All the surface activity had brought in numerous ospreys & bald eagles to the area, and though we didn't want the fish, a bald eagle was more than happy to make a meal of it...
I swapped the Vixen back to the Deep Diving Jerkbait, and we headed back to where we were originally fishing. I started throwing the Wacky Rig around and actually broke off what would of been my first bass today (seen it flash). Shortly after that (as I was retying) Jeremy hooked into his first bass which was a nice little largemouth. I was also throwing the grub around, and felt something pick it up and drop it. Never could get that fish to come back and bite again or take the Wacky Rig. We spent a total of 1 hour and 47 minutes at our third location and those were our only bites. Not wanting to waste any more time, it was now time to head north. We decided to have a little lunch break on our way out, as it was now 10:30am. Headed north, we could see snow still high in the mountains, it's going to be a while before that cold runoff is finished...
Fourth location, water temp 51-52F, water clarity stained ~3.5ft. We arrived near one of our "honey holes" right at 11:00am. Behind us, we could see the edge of that front moving in...
Throwing both the Wacky Rig & Grub, It took about 30 minutes and I started catching them...
Bass 01 - 15'' - 1 lb 05 oz - Grub
Bass 02 - 14 & 1/4" - 1 lb 08 oz - Wacky Rig
Bass 03 - 14 & 1/2" - 1 lb 07 oz - Wacky Rig
Bass 04 - 16" - 1 lb 14 oz - Grub
I was hooking them one after another yet Jeremy was struggling to even get a bite. It wasn't until he made a bait change to a soft plastic craw, he was able to catch his second bass today. They seemed to want a dead stick presentation or something, I would throw the Wacky Rig out and just let it sink, work it out to 10-12ft depth and wait. When I would check the bait the fish would already have it. Had one deep hooked, but my Quarrow Hook Remover made short work of it. (Love that tool, it's a fish life saver.)
Spent a total of 1 hour 55 minutes at our fourth location, and it was now 1:20pm. We only planned to fish till around noon, but the fishing was just starting to get good... So we decided to keep fishing and head even further north up to this specific bay Jeremy wanted to give a try. With the front moving in, the wind from the west had picked up even more where it was now starting to whitecap, and the boat ride north was getting rough.
Fifth location, water temp 60-62F, water clarity stained ~4ft. We were fishing the southeast corner of the bay, right where the wind was pushing everything, and it was loaded. Jeremy caught his 3rd, we doubled up for my 5th and his 4th, then he caught his 5th, and later I hooked my 6th.
Bass 05 - 13 & 1/2" - 1 lb 01 oz - Wacky Rig
Bass 06 - 14 & 1/4" - 1 lb 05 oz - Wacky Rig
There were more fish in the area, Jeremy saw a good sized bass follow in one he had hooked. I made a hookset with the Wacky Rig where I lost a Yum Dinger, but still had the hook & O-Ring. Something swiped at my spinnerbait as I saw it move sideways but didn't get hooked. I even managed to throw the Squarebill and hook into a bonus fish...
A nice 7 lb pike (didn't get a measurement). Even though the fishing was great, it was now 3:00pm. We were 3 hours into overtime and had to call it, so we headed back to the ramp.
We pulled the boat out at 3:30pm. The front had moved in over the south end of the lake, and we could really feel the drop in temperature as we headed back to the ramp. We even saw a bolt of lightning off in the distance. It was quite the day, started off slow, but with a change in location, and even the changing weather, things really took a turn for the better. It ended up being our best fishing trip so far this year.
WolfyBrandon
J Francho reply :
On 5/22/2018 at 7:56 AM, A-Jay said:I hate guessing but my best one is maybe 10 to 12 lbs.
That's about right, based on the billions of browns I've caught. Also, at least I get to hold my PB brown over you. 22 lbs.
Beautiful fish by the way. Up here, the spots are very faint until late summer early fall.
Spring:
Fall:
YoTone reply :
A nice 4+ on a black buzz bait before going to work.
hit right over this fallen tree trunk that ive been casting at for the past 3 years. this was the first ever catch at that target.
Dwight Hottle reply :
Love it when they eat like this.
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WDE reply :
3 more in about an hour with the t rigged black/blue Dinger. I’ve got this neighborhood pond dialed in and I don’t ever want to leave. Largest went for 3.1.
Fairtax4me reply :
On 5/23/2018 at 12:35 AM, Dwight Hottle said:Love it when they eat like this.
Ok, what did you stuff that with?
Bluebasser86 reply :
Mama decided that this is the year that Lake is old enough to go with me on day long fishing trips and Monday was set to be the first one. I was torn between going to a lake with lots of fish so he'd have the constant action that is so important for young ones, and one of my favorites that I've heard has been fishing good and kicking out big ones left and right. My brain told me go for the numbers, but my gut told me that he'd really be pumped up if we could get a big one or two in the boat. It was the right call, and we put the hammer on them from beginning to end, literally as we caught the biggest one of the day 10 minutes before we had to leave. We crossed paths with several boats, none reported any success. We finished up with our best 5 going 22.80, and lost at 3 more keepers, 2 of them would have been big culls that would have bumped us up over 25 pounds. Lake did a great job casting and really stuck with fishing his own bait a lot more throughout the day than I expected, unfortunately, he only got 1 shot a fish on his rod and it didn't stay stuck. We worked as a tag team all day though with me hooking them and handing the rod over to him to do the rest.
First big one of the morning smashed a Repo man in 90* corner of the riprap and went nuts trying to get under the boat, in the trolling motor, pull Lake in, whatever it could do to get away, but he got her guided into the net.
Little slider action. Lost a much bigger fish, then caught this one the next cast. Lake got her to tailwalk right into the net for me.
Another slider fish. I had just said we needed to move and turned to look to see if there was any boats where I wanted to go when my bait just disappeared. A few cranks of the handle found it swimming down the bank with this little chunk.
We'd just crossed paths with another boat that said they were having no luck when we got this one right behind them. Jerkbaits only work in cold water
He wouldn't lip this one because it bit when he tried to do it the first time.
This fish bit a small plastic on a slider head and jumped almost immediately. Having it on 8lb test, I had a split second I wasn't sure about handing the rod over but I had the drag set well and Lake was right there ready to go and did a great job fighting it. Thought it might go over 7 when I netted it.
He even got to meet up with my buddy, Mr. "Fathead" as he was calling him. I was trying one of my wiper spots and thought from the bite that I'd hooked a white bass and handed him the rod. When it got to the boat it just stopped coming up. Took a considerable amount of grunting before Lake got it moved off the bottom put he did a great job fighting it.
Bass_Fishing_Socal reply :
@Bluebasser86good time man. Congrat to Lake, he even got bigger fish than me lol. May be you can send him here to teach me how to catch some bass.
Will Wetline reply :
Lake has got a great smile.
Of course, his dad's coaching and catching had something to do with it.
hawgenvy reply :
Decided to bank fish a residential pond after dinner tonight. I don't take for granted that I can drive to spots within 3 miles of home and have a phenomenal hour of fishing, even after putting in a full day at the office. Caught 20 fish between 7:19 and 8:19 PM, all on the U-vibe. These were some of the best fish.
Ksam1234 reply :
On 5/21/2018 at 6:09 AM, A-Jay said:
Personal Best Brown Trout Today ~
A-Jay
I don’t think I have ever seen you with anything under 5 lbs lol, your just the hawg magnet!! Awesome catch
Bluebasser86 reply :
Unfortunately didn't get the video from our whole day, my power cord quit working for some reason so my camera only went as far as the battery would take it. Thankfully did get a couple good ones we got in the morning. Turn your volume down, loud squeals ahead.
Hook2Jaw reply :
@Bluebasser86 awesome to see you and Lake putting it on some good fish!
@WDE I'm a huge dinger fan myself! YUM makes some good stuff.
lonnie g reply :
On 5/23/2018 at 2:25 PM, Bluebasser86 said:Mama decided that this is the year that Lake is old enough to go with me on day long fishing trips and Monday was set to be the first one. I was torn between going to a lake with lots of fish so he'd have the constant action that is so important for young ones, and one of my favorites that I've heard has been fishing good and kicking out big ones left and right. My brain told me go for the numbers, but my gut told me that he'd really be pumped up if we could get a big one or two in the boat. It was the right call, and we put the hammer on them from beginning to end, literally as we caught the biggest one of the day 10 minutes before we had to leave. We crossed paths with several boats, none reported any success. We finished up with our best 5 going 22.80, and lost at 3 more keepers, 2 of them would have been big culls that would have bumped us up over 25 pounds. Lake did a great job casting and really stuck with fishing his own bait a lot more throughout the day than I expected, unfortunately, he only got 1 shot a fish on his rod and it didn't stay stuck. We worked as a tag team all day though with me hooking them and handing the rod over to him to do the rest.
First big one of the morning smashed a Repo man in 90* corner of the riprap and went nuts trying to get under the boat, in the trolling motor, pull Lake in, whatever it could do to get away, but he got her guided into the net.
Little slider action. Lost a much bigger fish, then caught this one the next cast. Lake got her to tailwalk right into the net for me.
Another slider fish. I had just said we needed to move and turned to look to see if there was any boats where I wanted to go when my bait just disappeared. A few cranks of the handle found it swimming down the bank with this little chunk.
We'd just crossed paths with another boat that said they were having no luck when we got this one right behind them. Jerkbaits only work in cold water
He wouldn't lip this one because it bit when he tried to do it the first time.
This fish bit a small plastic on a slider head and jumped almost immediately. Having it on 8lb test, I had a split second I wasn't sure about handing the rod over but I had the drag set well and Lake was right there ready to go and did a great job fighting it. Thought it might go over 7 when I netted it.
He even got to meet up with my buddy, Mr. "Fathead" as he was calling him. I was trying one of my wiper spots and thought from the bite that I'd hooked a white bass and handed him the rod. When it got to the boat it just stopped coming up. Took a considerable amount of grunting before Lake got it moved off the bottom put he did a great job fighting it.
it doesn't get any better than that , what a great day for both! I think you have a partner for life! way to go lake!!!
On 5/23/2018 at 12:35 AM, Dwight Hottle said:Love it when they eat like this.
what a fat girl!! I think it ate one of AJ's beast!!great fish!!
stubinater reply :
About a month away till bass opener here in Ontario and it can't come soon enough!!! seeing you all post your latest catches is killing me lol Gonna have to slide over to the NY side of Erie for some of them smallies to hold me over till we can get after them here
lo n slo reply :
well done brother!
lonnie g reply :
nice fish stubinater
Dorado reply :
On 5/24/2018 at 10:32 AM, hawgenvy said:Decided to bank fish a residential pond after dinner tonight. I don't take for granted that I can drive to spots within 3 miles of home and have a phenomenal hour of fishing, even after putting in a full day at the office. Caught 20 fish between 7:19 and 8:19 PM, all on the U-vibe. These were some of the best fish.
Are you fishing that U-Vibe weightless?
Fairtax4me reply :
On 5/25/2018 at 1:00 PM, Dorado said:Are you fishing that U-Vibe weightless?
I fish them weightless just like that. With a heavy EWG hook they track perfect and it's just enough weight to get the tail moving when it's on the fall. Or you can swim them sub surface, or run on top and the tail flaps like a buzz bait. Bass crush them. Over weeds, through cover, wood, brush piles. It's one of my favorite worms.
As you can see, it catches some hawgs!
stubinater reply :
On 5/25/2018 at 4:26 AM, lo n slo said:well done brother!
On 5/25/2018 at 10:17 AM, lonnie g said:nice fish stubinater
Thanks Guy's! both were just over 5lbs
Hook2Jaw reply :
Tossing and bumping the Booyah Bankroll Jig with the YUM Craw Chunk in craw again, I slam another stud.
Lots of folks guessed 7ish, but I think it was a pound and a half bigger. Next year this picture will escalate to a 12 when I tell the story.
All about da bass reply :
Mine is no where near as big as the rest, fishing around my parts has been tough without any rain. This fish is the first fish I have caught since I have stocked a pond of mine in September of last year. Very VERY lively fish and swam away healthy. She post spawn of coarse.
EGbassing reply :
On 5/21/2018 at 6:09 AM, A-Jay said:
Personal Best Brown Trout Today ~
A-Jay
How...
Russ E reply :
my biggest bass of 2018
21.5 inches 5lb. 7oz.
on a swimjig
Russ E reply :
On 5/23/2018 at 2:25 PM, Bluebasser86 said:Mama decided that this is the year that Lake is old enough to go with me on day long fishing trips and Monday was set to be the first one. I was torn between going to a lake with lots of fish so he'd have the constant action that is so important for young ones, and one of my favorites that I've heard has been fishing good and kicking out big ones left and right. My brain told me go for the numbers, but my gut told me that he'd really be pumped up if we could get a big one or two in the boat. It was the right call, and we put the hammer on them from beginning to end, literally as we caught the biggest one of the day 10 minutes before we had to leave. We crossed paths with several boats, none reported any success. We finished up with our best 5 going 22.80, and lost at 3 more keepers, 2 of them would have been big culls that would have bumped us up over 25 pounds. Lake did a great job casting and really stuck with fishing his own bait a lot more throughout the day than I expected, unfortunately, he only got 1 shot a fish on his rod and it didn't stay stuck. We worked as a tag team all day though with me hooking them and handing the rod over to him to do the rest.
First big one of the morning smashed a Repo man in 90* corner of the riprap and went nuts trying to get under the boat, in the trolling motor, pull Lake in, whatever it could do to get away, but he got her guided into the net.
Little slider action. Lost a much bigger fish, then caught this one the next cast. Lake got her to tailwalk right into the net for me.
Another slider fish. I had just said we needed to move and turned to look to see if there was any boats where I wanted to go when my bait just disappeared. A few cranks of the handle found it swimming down the bank with this little chunk.
We'd just crossed paths with another boat that said they were having no luck when we got this one right behind them. Jerkbaits only work in cold water
He wouldn't lip this one because it bit when he tried to do it the first time.
This fish bit a small plastic on a slider head and jumped almost immediately. Having it on 8lb test, I had a split second I wasn't sure about handing the rod over but I had the drag set well and Lake was right there ready to go and did a great job fighting it. Thought it might go over 7 when I netted it.
He even got to meet up with my buddy, Mr. "Fathead" as he was calling him. I was trying one of my wiper spots and thought from the bite that I'd hooked a white bass and handed him the rod. When it got to the boat it just stopped coming up. Took a considerable amount of grunting before Lake got it moved off the bottom put he did a great job fighting it.
Nice bag of fish. looks like he was having fun.
I was going to fish that lake today, but there was a chance of thunderstorms, so I decided to stay close to home.
hawgenvy reply :
On 5/25/2018 at 1:00 PM, Dorado said:Are you fishing that U-Vibe weightless?
1/4 oz bullet sinker (unpegged).
Dorado reply :
On 5/26/2018 at 5:42 AM, hawgenvy said:1/4 oz bullet sinker (unpegged).
Thanks! Those fish were nice and you caught them in such a short window. I’m going to try those worms out next week
hawgenvy reply :
On 5/26/2018 at 5:57 AM, Dorado said:Thanks! Those fish were nice and you caught them in such a short window. I’m going to try those worms out next week
Great. I hadn't tried the U-vibe worms until this spring but so far they've proven miraculous in the post spawn. They are very versatile -- you can fish them several ways. I love the watermelon red color.
N Florida Mike reply :
Went out for a couple hours this evening. Very windy. The fish have been as active as can be all month. Today I lost a 4 pounder by the 4th cast or so to a jump.Caught a dink and 2 pound size fish. One on a fluke, one on a senko , and one on a pit boss. Just not biting good.
So with a little daylight left, I put on a black grape 10 inch Mr Twister worm, threw it up against a pontoon boat, and the pictured fish nailed it when it hit the water. Another 5 pound 11 oz. Fish.
Pic. Turned out grainy for some reason.
Hook2Jaw reply :
The picture doesn't do this girl justice. She had a lower jawbone like a porkchop.
Actually went 9 pounds, 6 ounces on the scale. I think my scale is broken. Gonna test it later.
MichaelCopeland reply :
On 5/27/2018 at 6:01 AM, Hook2Jaw said:The picture doesn't do this girl justice. She had a lower jawbone like a porkchop.
Actually went 9 pounds, 6 ounces on the scale. I think my scale is broken. Gonna test it later.
I need to be fishing where you are. Nice bass! ????
Bigbruce reply :
Went out yesterday evening and tried some new spots. Game wardens were in full effect as they talked to me at the first pond I went to. Nice guy and told me about some areas I hadn’t been to.
The first pond had about 15 people already fishing at it and I caught nothing as I couldn’t hardly fish any of it. The second spot I hit was almost at dark and another game warden found me.
As he was talking to me I started to see the bass hitting the top. Threw out the whopper plopper and caught the bass in the picture. Think I may of found a nice morning and late evening spot.
TnRiver46 reply :
I finally caught a couple decent largemouth the last two days. Sad to say but these are the only largemouth I can recall catching that were over 1lb since almost New Years (and they werent much over 1lb). I usually catch smallmouth white bass and drum, probably more because of how far upstream I typically fish. I also had another breakthrough in my learning curve this morning, I caught a fish with a spinnerbait. Luckily the fish hit the crap out of it so there was no guesswork, a skinny beat up smallmouth that fought like the devil. Followed him up with a deeeeeep Texas Rig largemouth, I love setting the hook with a worm down deep
12poundbass reply :
Our nephew never gets to go fishing unless we take him, so we decided to take him and my son bridge fishing. Well it was a good night. Until last night a bluegill was it for him. He caught a 1-14, 2-4 and this 3-1. My son got a 2-5 and surprisingly enough a 3-1. Thankfully they were both exactly the same weight so there was no pouty or gloating boys, just one who was on cloud 9 and another who was pretty geeked too.
NYWayfarer reply :
First Smallmouth of the year! 2.14lbs from shore on a wacky rigged Dinger in Bama Bug color
Hook2Jaw reply :
@12poundbass those are some gorgeous smallies! So dark!
Bass_Fishing_Socal reply :
@12poundbassI would like to guesstimate your bass, the first look to me like 6-7 lbs and the second, hummm 3.1lbs, am I right? Lol
@NYWayfarer are you in the trend that post with invisible bass.
@myself, I'm doing alright. Got to do some night fishing and another 21"er caught with my favorite Zoom Magnum Fluke. This morning sneaked out before my wife wake up and finally caught a nice bass on bubble walker after I lost quite a few bass from this lure for the past 2 weeks.
Video added ***
this is why I have quite a bit of problem with left hand reel. Luckily this one didn't shake loose.
I hooe ill I'll do well tomorrow since I might take some guys from other fishing forum out to explore Canyon Lake.
12poundbass reply :
On 5/28/2018 at 12:06 AM, Hook2Jaw said:@12poundbass those are some gorgeous smallies! So dark!
Thanks! All the ones we pull out of that river are really dark.
On 5/28/2018 at 12:36 AM, JustJames said:@12poundbassI would like to guesstimate your bass, the first look to me like 6-7 lbs and the second, hummm 3.1lbs, am I right? Lol
@NYWayfarer are you in the trend that post with invisible bass.
Right on the money! LOL
EGbassing reply :
Caught this one on a zoom lizard this morning. 
NYWayfarer reply :
On 5/28/2018 at 12:36 AM, JustJames said:
@NYWayfarer are you in the trend that post with invisible Bass
I don’t know what was going on this morning. I tried posting before coffee. I hope you see it now. Here is another pic of it.
Will Wetline reply :
Details about this catch and others in "Flakes in the Sun and the Wind."
EGbassing reply :
On 5/28/2018 at 3:27 AM, Will Wetline said:
Details about this catch and others in "Flakes in the Sun and the Wind."
That should be captioned and posted in the "fishing memes" topic. ???? Nice fish by the way!
All about da bass reply :
On 5/27/2018 at 6:01 AM, Hook2Jaw said:The picture doesn't do this girl justice. She had a lower jawbone like a porkchop.
Actually went 9 pounds, 6 ounces on the scale. I think my scale is broken. Gonna test it later.
Quit catching them hawgs man! Nice catch
CybrSlydr reply :
Still catching dinks here - dunno what I'd do if I actually caught a fish over 1lb. lol
Fishing Cowgirl reply :
Won big bass at our Weekend Warrior bass club tournament yesterday on West Lake Tohopekaliga. 7.34
pounds. It was caught on a swim jig and a space monkey trailer.
Fairtax4me reply :
Didn't have much going on so I hit the bank in the rain for a few hours this evening. Spent about an hour with one bite that took the trailer off my spinnerbait, but no hookup. Decided to slow it down and put on the senko. Finally hooked a pounder that shook off in about 5 seconds. Had two more grab it and run and yank the line, but they spit the lure before I could get a swing. But at least now I'm getting bit.
Found a sweet spot where some logs were piled up next to deep water. Caught a pounder, tossed back in and backlashed, got that straight and pulled up my line to feel if there was a fish on, nothing there until I popped the tip and felt a bite. Pounder from down about 12-15 feet. Tossed back in to slightly different spot, wait for the bait to fall back deep, "thunk" another pounder.
Tossed back in same spot, wait about 45 seconds for it to fall, don't feel a bite but the line starts pulling. Set the hook and feel a couple solid head shakes. Fish shoots for the surface, jumps three feet, dives back in right into a tree branch. Get pulled out of there and drag it onto the bank.
Three and a quarter pounds. A bit shy of 19".
Spent another 20 minutes or so working back and forth across the same area and got nothing else after that. Good way to end a day that started with a mower that wouldn't run!
Graham reply :
Spent the weekend on a small river in Bath County VA. Lots of fun, bagged over 30 fish, but none of real size. Broke in my fly rod which was really enjoyable. Late this afternoon I set hook on an absolute stud in a farm pond close by, got it within 5 feet of the shore and it jumped and shook my jig :/. Coulda shoulda woulda kind of scenario. Anyways here’s a few pics from the trip. Had to much fun not to share!
MIbassyaker reply :
Tapped into what I think was a final, but rich vein of pre-spawners here last week...the key was hitting the denser clusters of newly-emerging pads; they were happy to gobble either a Siebert Fogy or a T-rigged Zoom lizard.
Some blurry pics of representative fish:
Gundog reply :
Got out yesterday for some cool, drizzly fishing. Caught 3 bass and about 2 dozen pickerel. They are getting really annoying. One even broke my War Eagle Spinnerbait. Switched to a Terminator so that don't happen anymore.
Switched to topwater to see if I could get a bite and hooked one.
Those LC Sammys are amazing. Don't get me wrong, I'm glad I started learning how to fish "walking the dog" style baits with a Zara Spook. It made me perfect my technique and cadence but those Sammys are so easy to walk its incredible. And the hooks stick to everything.
long island basser reply :
Did well today with close to 30 bass in the boat.
This was the best of the day coming on a Jackal kaera red frog.
deep reply :
Couple decent ones and a few dinks today. Guess I could have caught some more dinks if I tried my regular baits. Didn't feel like it.
N Florida Mike reply :
Went for a short trip with the G-Daughter and got this one one an orange senko right before a thunderstorm sent us home.
EGbassing reply :
On 5/29/2018 at 1:31 AM, Gundog said:Got out yesterday for some cool, drizzly fishing. Caught 3 bass and about 2 dozen pickerel. They are getting really annoying. One even broke my War Eagle Spinnerbait. Switched to a Terminator so that don't happen anymore.
Switched to topwater to see if I could get a bite and hooked one.
Those LC Sammys are amazing. Don't get me wrong, I'm glad I started learning how to fish "walking the dog" style baits with a Zara Spook. It made me perfect my technique and cadence but those Sammys are so easy to walk its incredible. And the hooks stick to everything.
I really want to get one of those walking baits. Do they tend to get deep hooked on those? I've noticed that they almost always take frogs pretty deep, but I'm wondering if the trebles on those things would stick before it gets swallowed.
Gundog reply :
On 5/29/2018 at 11:46 AM, EGbassing said:I really want to get one of those walking baits. Do they tend to get deep hooked on those? I've noticed that they almost always take frogs pretty deep, but I'm wondering if the trebles on those things would stick before it gets swallowed.
I've never had a fish take the hooks deep on this type of bait. Almost always get one hook inside mouth and the other outside. Maybe its because they swipe at it more than try to inhale it. I also work it with a steady cadence so that might have something to do with it. But you do have to take care when removing those hooks from the fish more than a frog hook. That's why in the pic I've got the bass by the back. Don't want to get my hands anywhere near a treble when its imbedded in a bass.
EGbassing reply :
On 5/29/2018 at 10:52 PM, Gundog said:I've never had a fish take the hooks deep on this type of bait. Almost always get one hook inside mouth and the other outside. Maybe its because they swipe at it more than try to inhale it. I also work it with a steady cadence so that might have something to do with it. But you do have to take care when removing those hooks from the fish more than a frog hook. That's why in the pic I've got the bass by the back. Don't want to get my hands anywhere near a treble when its imbedded in a bass.
Well that's good to know. Thanks. Definitely going to pick one of those up next time I'm at Cabela's. And yeah, I know what you're talking about. I had a dinkfest yesterday just burning a spinnerbait along the shoreline. Dink after dink almost every cast for several minutes. I tried to lip the first one and hooked myself... After that I just started popping the hook out without even touching the fish and they would come right off. (I was using a barbless hook)
boostr reply :
I was on the short and stocky bite this past weekend.
MichaelCopeland reply :
Day use area opened up this Memorial Day weekend at Caney Lakes lower lake side in Minden, La. I had to work all weekend and Memorial Day so I got up early and was there by just a little after 6am this morning. Tried my new Prop Frogs but nothing really showed interest in them. That's when I started chunking my trusty ole 1/2oz breaking bream Project Z with a green pumpkin Rage Craw trailer. About 3 or 4 casts later it got smoked by an approximately pound or pound and a half bass(not pictured because it shook off my bait before I could unhook it myself and it hit the pier and flopped back into the lake). Got a few more bites but nothing committing so I tried some other baits. Nothing doing with them after about 2 hours of trying different ones. Went back to my all time fave 1/2oz breaking bream Project Z same trailer and a few casts later this 3lb 4oz hawg annihilated my chatterbait. She gave a little bit of a fight but I got her in fairly quick. Pulled her through the tall weeds on the shoreline and was raising my rod up to grab the line to unhook her when my favorite rod snapped about a foot from the tip. Oh I was so frustrated with that. I'm back to just a spinning and a baitcaster arsenal at the moment but at least this big girl didn't get away. Finally inching closer to a new PB and I believe it can happen in this part of the lake. There was lots of big splashing going on and I saw a few big bass in there. Soooooooo can't wait to go there again. Think I've finally found a good spot. Just sucks it's only opened from Memorial Day weekend through Labor Day weekend. I'll just have to go there as often as I can in that time frame. ????
deep reply :
Went to visit a friend, and swung by a lake on the way back.
Cool place, and here's my "I got skunked" pic.
Just kidding. Caught a few walking the banks.
jeffo21 reply :
got my new PB 10.52 Saturday
Yeajray231 reply :
@MichaelCopeland I think you need a new scale. Lol.
You get measurements on that hog!?
moguy1973 reply :
Not a bass, caught a lot of little dinks out of my in-law's pond this weekend too, but my greatest catch caught these cats this weekend all by herself.
MichaelCopeland reply :
On 5/30/2018 at 8:36 AM, Yeajray231 said:@MichaelCopeland I think you need a new scale. Lol.
You get measurements on that hog!?
Not sure about needing a new scale, but I probably shoulda weighed her again. She was feisty and kept flopping out of my hand. She also did that while weighing her, so it's probably not truly accurate. I didn't want to keep her out of the water any longer than I already had so I didn't weigh her again. Didn't get any measurements unfortunately. Forgot I had a measuring tape til after I'd already released her.
Bluebasser86 reply :
On 5/30/2018 at 8:36 AM, Yeajray231 said:@MichaelCopeland I think you need a new scale. Lol.
You get measurements on that hog!?
Yeah, I was thinking the same, unless he's 5' tall or something.
On 5/30/2018 at 9:49 AM, MichaelCopeland said:Not sure about needing a new scale, but I probably shoulda weighed her again. She was feisty and kept flopping out of my hand. She also did that while weighing her, so it's probably not truly accurate. I didn't want to keep her out of the water any longer than I already had so I didn't weigh her again. Didn't get any measurements unfortunately. Forgot I had a measuring tape til after I'd already released her.
She isn't overly fat but not paper thin either. A 3lb fish around here will typically be in the 18" range. I'd guess your fish somewhere in the 20-22 inch range and closer to 5 pounds than 3 pounds. Regardless, congrats on nice fish no matter what she weighed.
The wife and I got a rare day on the water together Monday along with all the crazies. Went to a little lake with largemouth and smallmouth with really clear water, very little camping, and between 2 big lakes in hopes it would draw away all the wake boats. It drew away most, but on a 400 acre lake, 5 or 6 boats with people who have no business operating a boat is too many. The normally extremely clear water had a visibility of about 6" with a greenish brown tint to it. Wasn't real optimistic but we both caught fish right away and did so pretty steadily for the 4 hours we were there until my wife deemed it too hot to stay any longer. No big ones, but I got the biggest one of the day on one of my homemade bladed jigs right before we left.
Bass_Fishing_Socal reply :
@MichaelCopelandI totally agree with blue and yeajray here. Your fish is not even close to 4 lbs. I know because the past week I caught a lot in 3.5-4lbs range. I think 5 or may be close to 6 lbs.
Congrat let call this fish your PB at 5.5lbs shall we?
NYWayfarer reply :
On 5/30/2018 at 8:05 AM, MichaelCopeland said:
Now that's what I call a Bucketmouth!! Grats Michael!
JG233 reply :
A 4 1/2 lb'er from over the weekend - from the fight, I thought it was going to be way bigger. It pulled off drag and made more than one run.
EGbassing reply :
On 5/29/2018 at 10:52 PM, Gundog said:I've never had a fish take the hooks deep on this type of bait. Almost always get one hook inside mouth and the other outside. Maybe its because they swipe at it more than try to inhale it. I also work it with a steady cadence so that might have something to do with it. But you do have to take care when removing those hooks from the fish more than a frog hook. That's why in the pic I've got the bass by the back. Don't want to get my hands anywhere near a treble when its imbedded in a bass.
I just got the Strike King version of a spook. I was expecting it to walk like a frog, but nope. It's amazing. Definitely my new favorite topwater...
MichaelCopeland reply :
On 5/30/2018 at 7:49 PM, JustJames said:@MichaelCopelandI totally agree with blue and yeajray here. Your fish is not even close to 4 lbs. I know because the past week I caught a lot in 3.5-4lbs range. I think 5 or may be close to 6 lbs.
Congrat let call this fish your PB at 5.5lbs shall we?
Yeah I wish I'd had time to weigh her again. My first thought before ever putting her on the scale was a new PB about 5lbs worth. Was pretty surprised to see 3lb 4oz on the scale. As far as calling her 5.5lbs, I'd love to, but without an accurate reading I'll just call it a tie with my PB. Don't want to cheat for a new one...lol. ????
Bass_Fishing_Socal reply :
Don't worry you will catch many more. Your new PB is coming soon. I see the future LOL.
WDE reply :
“Biggest” and hardest fighting 3lb bass I’ve ever pulled in. Black/blue Dinger on all the fish I caught today.
Catt reply :
@MichaelCopeland Hawg! ????
Dwight Hottle reply :
On 5/30/2018 at 8:05 AM, MichaelCopeland said:????
I agree with the others that your scale gave you a false reading. Congrats on the big fish.
UPSmallie reply :
Finally! Broke the ice with my first smallie of the year on Tuesday. 2.5 lb chunk
MichaelCopeland reply :
On 5/31/2018 at 9:55 PM, Dwight Hottle said:
I agree with the others that your scale gave you a false reading. Congrats on the big fish.
I'm gonna test my scale out today on something that won't be flopping around. My girlfriend suggested to put a full thing of sugar in a bag and weigh it. Should weigh to within +5 or -5 grams of the actual weight of 4lb bag of sugar.
On 5/31/2018 at 6:37 PM, Catt said:@MichaelCopeland Hawg! ????
Thanks! Cool thing is is there's more that size and even bigger out there. Sucky thing is that area is only opened through Labor Day weekend. Just gonna have to get out there as much as I can before it's closed til next Memorial Day weekend. ????
MichaelCopeland reply :
On 5/31/2018 at 6:35 AM, JustJames said:Don't worry you will catch many more. Your new PB is coming soon. I see the future LOL.
Well I tested my scale and it was accurate on the weight of the 4lb bag of sugar. Thanks @JustJames for the encouragement and positive thoughts. I, too, believe it's coming soon. ????
soflabasser reply :
On 5/30/2018 at 8:05 AM, MichaelCopeland said:Day use area opened up this Memorial Day weekend at Caney Lakes lower lake side in Minden, La. I had to work all weekend and Memorial Day so I got up early and was there by just a little after 6am this morning. Tried my new Prop Frogs but nothing really showed interest in them. That's when I started chunking my trusty ole 1/2oz breaking bream Project Z with a green pumpkin Rage Craw trailer. About 3 or 4 casts later it got smoked by an approximately pound or pound and a half bass(not pictured because it shook off my bait before I could unhook it myself and it hit the pier and flopped back into the lake). Got a few more bites but nothing committing so I tried some other baits. Nothing doing with them after about 2 hours of trying different ones. Went back to my all time fave 1/2oz breaking bream Project Z same trailer and a few casts later this 3lb 4oz hawg annihilated my chatterbait. She gave a little bit of a fight but I got her in fairly quick. Pulled her through the tall weeds on the shoreline and was raising my rod up to grab the line to unhook her when my favorite rod snapped about a foot from the tip. Oh I was so frustrated with that. I'm back to just a spinning and a baitcaster arsenal at the moment but at least this big girl didn't get away. Finally inching closer to a new PB and I believe it can happen in this part of the lake. There was lots of big splashing going on and I saw a few big bass in there. Soooooooo can't wait to go there again. Think I've finally found a good spot. Just sucks it's only opened from Memorial Day weekend through Labor Day weekend. I'll just have to go there as often as I can in that time frame. ????
Congratulations on your new personal best bass.
Bluebasser86 reply :
It was a grind in the heat and flat calm conditions but we ground out first place and big bass in the Thursday night tournament last night. Most of our limit was on my homemade bladed jigs in either blue or sexy lavender.
Looking for the big one reply :
Little Hawaiian smallmouth on the fly, also a new species for me. (Hope this pic shows up, I’m still having trouble posting pics)
Bluebasser86 reply :
On 6/1/2018 at 2:45 PM, Looking for the big one said:Little Hawaiian smallmouth on the fly, also a new species for me. (Hope this pic shows up, I’m still having trouble posting pics)
I'm seeing it just fine, congrats!
Bass_Fishing_Socal reply :
"I think I'm gonna name this spot my honey hole"
This is the spot I caught most of the fish throughout the year ever since I discovered it last year, and also a spot that take away most of my lure too, as far as I remembered 4-5 chatterbait, 2 hudds 1 keitech 7.8" and many more. I don't wanna burn this spot so I would fish it may be once or twice a week. The good thing is not many anglers fish here.
Anyway I think I can't get past 21"er here. Monday caught two 19" and 17" on wacky rig Senko. Today after no bite from other spot headed back to my honey hole caught one 20" on first cast and another 20" few more cast later both on Zoom Magnum Fluke AGAIN.
lo n slo reply :
me and my cousin got after them again today in the little johnny. this pair of largemouths came off the same lay down in 15+ fow. we caught 36 in all, mostly spots, from 6:30 til noonish.
EGbassing reply :
Another one on the zoom lizard. ????
Looking for the big one reply :
On 6/2/2018 at 1:13 AM, lo n slo said:me and my cousin got after them again today in the little johnny. this pair of largemouths came off the same lay down in 15+ fow. we caught 36 in all, mostly spots, from 6:30 til noonish.
Nice ones!
Looking for the big one reply :
Went back out to the creek and got a nicer one today. Would have killed for some casting gear in the murky water, the vines hanging down really made the fly rod a struggle. Never thought I'd get my first smallies in a jungle in Hawaii.
Will Wetline reply :
This smallie made the mistake of slamming a Z-Man weighted and nose hooked Jerk ShadZ.
EGbassing reply :
Another zoom lizard bass...
moguy1973 reply :
Took the kayaks out on a small Ozark stream today with the wife. Love catching these stream smallies on top water. They just explode on it!
Fairtax4me reply :
Couple lakes in my area right now...
And it's still raining!
Dirtyeggroll reply :
On 6/2/2018 at 12:26 AM, JustJames said:"I think I'm gonna name this spot my honey hole"
This is the spot I caught most of the fish throughout the year ever since I discovered it last year, and also a spot that take away most of my lure too, as far as I remembered 4-5 chatterbait, 2 hudds 1 keitech 7.8" and many more. I don't wanna burn this spot so I would fish it may be once or twice a week. The good thing is not many anglers fish here.
Anyway I think I can't get past 21"er here. Monday caught two 19" and 17" on wacky rig Senko. Today after no bite from other spot headed back to my honey hole caught one 20" on first cast and another 20" few more cast later both on Zoom Magnum Fluke AGAIN.
Is this Canyon Lake?
Bass_Fishing_Socal reply :
@Dirtyeggroll
I guess yes.
Bass_Fishing_Socal reply :
There is alway rainbow after the rain fall.
Went fishing early morning for a little, caught one undersize bass with Zoom Magnum Fluke, then went on to my "honey hole".
There within a few cast stucked on nice fish for a few second, the bass jumped and say bye-bye. A few cast later got a bite set hook and my line broke. What a day for me?
Tie on the lure I planned to fish at night "missile bait D stroyer" on 1/8 weighted hook. Finally I broke the ice, caught what all bass should look like, a nice "not monster or huuuuge" just 22"er (5.4lb scale weight, 7-8lb estimated weight lol). Now you see I catch bass from other lures not just Fluke LOL.
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Another one caught this afternoon on pontoon with 3/8 oz black/blue jig.
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EGbassing reply :
On 6/3/2018 at 11:54 PM, JustJames said:There is alway rainbow after the rain fall.
Went fishing early morning for a little, caught one undersize bass with Zoom Magnum Fluke, then went on to my "honey hole".
There within a few cast stucked on nice fish for a few second, the bass jumped and say bye-bye. A few cast later got a bite set hook and my line broke. What a day for me?
Tie on the lure I planned to fish at night "missile bait D stroyer" on 1/8 weighted hook. Finally I broke the ice, caught what all bass should look like, a nice "not monster or huuuuge" 22"er (5.4lb scale weight, 7-8lb estimated weight). Now you see I catch bass from other lures not just Fluke LOL.
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Another one caught this afternoon on pontoon.
Nice! Where did you get that measuring stick thing in the last picture?
Bass_Fishing_Socal reply :
On 6/4/2018 at 9:07 AM, EGbassing said:Nice! Where did you get that measuring stick thing in the last picture?
At Amazon, it can expand to 36", I guess, since I never caught a bass that big yet.
WolfyBrandon reply :
On 5/22/2018 at 12:32 PM, WolfyBrandon said:[May 20, 2018]
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Will Wetline reply :
Another smallie that slammed a Z-Man Scented Jerk ShadZ. Beside the obvious reason that Z-Man's take on a Fluke style bait catches fish, I like this bait because the plastic, Z-Man's proprietary ElaZtech, doesn't get torn off and litter the bottom.
A-Jay reply :
On 6/4/2018 at 4:21 PM, Will Wetline said:
Another smallie that slammed a Z-Man Scented Jerk ShadZ. Beside the obvious reason that Z-Man's take on a Fluke style bait catches fish, I like this bait because the plastic, Z-Man's proprietary ElaZtech, doesn't get torn off and litter the bottom.
Nice & I like the red hook
A-Jay
teethmarks reply :
bites been slow not getting typical quantities but the quality has been alright when they do commit.
bonus fatty perch. slammed a 110 jerkbait
EGbassing reply :
On 6/4/2018 at 10:45 AM, JustJames said:At Amazon, it can expand to 36", I guess, since I never caught a bass that big yet.
Thanks. I'm definitely going to get one of those.
NYWayfarer reply :
On 6/4/2018 at 10:45 AM, JustJames said:At Amazon, it can expand to 36", I guess, since I never caught a bass that big yet.
Maybe not 36" but you are still having a great year!
Bigbruce reply :
On 6/4/2018 at 4:21 PM, Will Wetline said:
Another smallie that slammed a Z-Man Scented Jerk ShadZ. Beside the obvious reason that Z-Man's take on a Fluke style bait catches fish, I like this bait because the plastic, Z-Man's proprietary ElaZtech, doesn't get torn off and litter the bottom.
What size and kind of hook is that. Thinking of trying to improve (get) my shad game.
lonnie g reply :
On 6/2/2018 at 12:26 AM, JustJames said:"I think I'm gonna name this spot my honey hole"
This is the spot I caught most of the fish throughout the year ever since I discovered it last year, and also a spot that take away most of my lure too, as far as I remembered 4-5 chatterbait, 2 hudds 1 keitech 7.8" and many more. I don't wanna burn this spot so I would fish it may be once or twice a week. The good thing is not many anglers fish here.
Anyway I think I can't get past 21"er here. Monday caught two 19" and 17" on wacky rig Senko. Today after no bite from other spot headed back to my honey hole caught one 20" on first cast and another 20" few more cast later both on Zoom Magnum Fluke AGAIN.
it's the new body paint! fish can't resist it!!????
Will Wetline reply :
On 6/5/2018 at 10:19 PM, Bigbruce said:What size and kind of hook is that. Thinking of trying to improve (get) my shad game.
I use a 1/0 in a 5" soft plastic jerk bait and a#1 in a 4".
http://www.tacklewarehouse.com/Gamakatsu_Finesse_Wide_Gap_Red/descpage-GFWGR.html
WDE reply :
For some reason the t rigged black/blue Dinger bite fell off in the past two days, which is my go-to bait in this particular pond. So I started ripping cranks. 1 of these was on a Livingston squarebill and the others on an H20 Xpress ghost shad lipless.
The 3 in the collage ranged from 1.75-2.5. The big girl weighed 5 on the nose, making it my second 5lber this year—so that’s got me pretty stoked. She about got me hung up in the bushes.
JG233 reply :
New PB: 5.8 lbs. Caught on a wacky rigged Senko.
Also caught a 4.6 lb'er on a @Siebert Outdoors black/blue chatterbait earlier in the day.
Bluebasser86 reply :
This is why we catch and release folks.
2 weeks ago fishing with my son Lake, on a jerkbait.
Yesterday fishing with a friend, 100 yards from the spot it bit last time, on a homemade magnum swinging football head and Zman Magnum FattyZ.
We had another high teens bag on a hot, sunny, calm day. Passed 7-8 other boats who all reported not catching a single fish between them. A Repo Man and the big swing head did all the damage for me, for bass anyways, a Ned rig accounted for a flathead, a couple drum, several sunfish, and a channel cat. Jim caught his one bigger bass on a Ned rig, but had several on a Rage bug in junebug including losing 2 really solid fish. Always feels so rewarding to put together a solid bite/bag on a day when everyone else is struggling.
Bass_Fishing_Socal reply :
A few bass on Jig total of 4, one small and one that I killed, all it took only 5 seconds that I hesitated to set hook.
I try to catch 10 before I move on to next lure, hopefully soon enough.
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EGbassing reply :
On 6/6/2018 at 2:52 PM, Bluebasser86 said:This is why we catch and release folks.
2 weeks ago fishing with my son Lake, on a jerkbait.
Yesterday fishing with a friend, 100 yards from the spot it bit last time, on a homemade magnum swinging football head and Zman Magnum FattyZ.
We had another high teens bag on a hot, sunny, calm day. Passed 7-8 other boats who all reported not catching a single fish between them. A Repo Man and the big swing head did all the damage for me, for bass anyways, a Ned rig accounted for a flathead, a couple drum, several sunfish, and a channel cat. Jim caught his one bigger bass on a Ned rig, but had several on a Rage bug in junebug including losing 2 really solid fish. Always feels so rewarding to put together a solid bite/bag on a day when everyone else is struggling.
Same fish?
Bluebasser86 reply :
On 6/7/2018 at 1:12 AM, EGbassing said:Same fish?
Without a doubt. If the coloration doesn't give it away, the notch in the adipose fin absolutely does.
EGbassing reply :
On 6/7/2018 at 1:36 AM, Bluebasser86 said:Without a doubt. If the coloration doesn't give it away, the notch in the adipose fin absolutely does.
Yeah, I didn't notice it's fin. That happened to me recently. It was the one in my current profile picture.
N Florida Mike reply :
Got this 4 pound , 3 oz. Fish on a 3 inch 'gill.
lonnie g reply :
On 6/6/2018 at 8:58 AM, JG233 said:New PB: 5.8 lbs. Caught on a wacky rigged Senko.
Also caught a 4.6 lb'er on a @Siebert Outdoors black/blue chatterbait earlier in the day.
congrats on the PB nice fish!
N Florida Mike reply :
On 6/7/2018 at 1:36 AM, Bluebasser86 said:Without a doubt. If the coloration doesn't give it away, the notch in the adipose fin absolutely does.
Thats really cool , sir . Definitely the same fish. I caught 3 bass in the last 2 months that were 5 pounds 11 oz. out of the same lake. 2 were caught about 100 yds apart, and the other was 1/4 mile away. They didn't look exactly the same to me but who knows.
deep reply :
Went out for a few hours with my buddy yesterday. Only caught one little catfish on a crankbait. Not sure what kind of catfish, but it was pretty neat.
Fished a little pond for an hour or so tonight, and caught 8 small bass on a topwater.
Bluebasser86 reply :
On 6/7/2018 at 1:14 PM, deep said:Went out for a few hours with my buddy yesterday. Only caught one little catfish on a crankbait. Not sure what kind of catfish, but it was pretty neat.
Fished a little pond for an hour or so tonight, and caught 8 small bass on a topwater.
Pretty sure that's a white catfish. I've never seen one in person, but that appears to be one from what I know about them.
http://identifyfish.blogspot.com/2010/11/white-catfish-ameiurus-catus.html
YoTone reply :
3lbs on the top toad.
Bluebasser86 reply :
Had a really good Thursday nighter last night with it being cloudy most all day, fish were shallow and biting. Gardnerjigman and I put it on them start to finish, which really had us worried because we usually never win when it's that easy. Cruised to an almost 3lb win this time though, but missed out on the big bass prize thanks to second place getting nearly half their weight in 1 fish with a 5.04 in their 11lb bag.
Will Wetline reply :
Admiring a resident of Boston's water supply.
A-Jay reply :
On 6/8/2018 at 4:34 PM, Will Wetline said:
Admiring a resident of Boston's water supply.
Like the 'Orvis Casual' look ~
Nice Smallies too . . .
A-Jay
WolfyBrandon reply :
On 6/4/2018 at 12:00 PM, WolfyBrandon said:[June 03, 2018]
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Gundog reply :
Got out on a friends boat Friday morning. Total I caught was 7, 5 of them on a spinner bait with the rest coming on a hula grub on a football head or a senko. I've notices over the years that the fish in this lake went from small and skinny to small and chubby kinda like myself.
LonnieP reply :
Caught this bass today on a Cavitron buzzbait. As soon as it hit the water and before I could start the retrieve she was on. I don’t know what it weighs, my scale wouldn’t power on.
burrows reply :
On 6/7/2018 at 12:06 AM, JustJames said:A few bass on Jig total of 4, one small and one that I killed, all it took only 5 seconds that I hesitated to set hook.
I try to catch 10 before I move on to next lure, hopefully soon enough.
Video added ****
That reel is gangster!
UPSmallie reply :
shimmy reply :
Managed to go out last month to Minnesota with my brother for a few days. Our best double was this pic with his 5 and my 6. Always fun when both people in the boat have a 5+.
After my wife had our 4th and FINAL kid a couple weeks ago, I was able to break away with my oldest for 2 evenings of fishing in here Fond du Lac, WI. First pic is her holding a 5 (small head but long body) and a 4. She is so precious and tough as nails.
The other day, we were able to get out prior to walleye weekend and fish a local lake here. Was able to catch this 4+ and 6+ pound fish. Gave an awesome fight.
A-Jay reply :
On 6/10/2018 at 2:16 AM, shimmy said:Managed to go out last month to Minnesota with my brother for a few days. Our best double was this pic with his 5 and my 6. Always fun when both people in the boat have a 5+.
After my wife had our 4th and FINAL kid a couple weeks ago, I was able to break away with my oldest for 2 evenings of fishing in here Fond du Lac, WI. First pic is her holding a 5 (small head but long body) and a 4. She is so precious and tough as nails.
The other day, we were able to get out prior to walleye weekend and fish a local lake here. Was able to catch this 4+ and 6+ pound fish. Gave an awesome fight.
@shimmy Great Bass my friend -
So tell me, were any of your fish caught on a jig by chance ?
A-Jay
MichaelCopeland reply :
Went to a family reunion today down in Saline, La. on Mill Creek Reservoir where my family has a camp. Got some bass fishing in. Haven't fished there since I was a kid. Had 4 bites. 2 didn't commit, 1 shook the bait at the pier and landed a 1lb 12oz beauty on my trusty ole 1/2oz breaking bream Project Z chatterbait with a green pumpkin Rage Swimmer trailer. Waded out to an area that I couldn't reach from the bank or the pier and this girl smacked it. Was great being there with family and reliving some youthful days. Can't wait to go back! ????
Threw in a few pics of the lake from the foot of the pier that's in one of the photos.
shimmy reply :
On 6/10/2018 at 3:22 AM, A-Jay said:@shimmy Great Bass my friend -
So tell me, were any of your fish caught on a jig by chance ?
A-Jay
Ha, get out of my head A-Jay! I could have been using anything! But, I did want a better guarantee to catch a bass over 6 pounds so, yes, I did have a jig tied on! Swimjig was good as well, but everything was under 4 pounds, so I put it down.
For some reason, the bigger fish this day wanted the jig to be sitting still on the bottom for 5-10 seconds.
Oh, and FYI, this guy might be heading back to Zion, big bass land, this winter. If anyone wants to meet up (hint hint hint cough cough), they should join!!!
A-Jay reply :
On 6/10/2018 at 1:22 PM, shimmy said:Ha, get out of my head A-Jay! I could have been using anything! But, I did want a better guarantee to catch a bass over 6 pounds so, yes, I did have a jig tied on! Swimjig was good as well, but everything was under 4 pounds, so I put it down.
For some reason, the bigger fish this day wanted the jig to be sitting still on the bottom for 5-10 seconds.
Oh, and FYI, this guy might be heading back to Zion, big bass land, this winter. If anyone wants to meet up (hint hint hint cough cough), they should join!!!
We're Booked for October ~
A-Jay
Looking for the big one reply :
Went out last night with topwater bass being the goal. Had on a weightless Zoom O’l Monster in June bug. Got a bite with it but switched to a plopper for a little more noise and a better chance at short strikers and within a couple of minutes got a nice little 2-2.5 (forgot the scale, kicked myself as we were leaving in the car but figured I probably wouldn’t need it... I was wrong)
Kept working around the pond just casting parallel to the bank. Very little cover in the pond and LOADS of critters. Probably 75 geese and 7 beavers in two acres of water. Came to a nice creek arm and cast deep in there and this big girl wanted the plopper.
Measured 22 inches putting her around 6 lbs. Could be my new PB, But I don’t really care about that so much, just glad to have caught her. ????
Bass_Fishing_Socal reply :
Take a little break from my Jig fishing (so far only 7 caught). Went out early morning and water look good for some whopper plopper, so I tied on and caught two. After awhile with no bite, it seemed the fish want something slower, so I switched to my faithful Zoom Magnum fluke. Caught either 3 or 4 on this one.
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The Bassman reply :
On 6/10/2018 at 11:26 PM, JustJames said:Take a little break for my Jig fishing (so far only 7 caught). Went out early morning and water look good for some whopper plopper, so I tied on and caught two. After awhile with no bite, it seemed the fish want something slower, so I switched to my faithful Zoom Magnum fluke. Caught either 3 or 4 on this one.
So how's the reel?
Bass_Fishing_Socal reply :
On 6/11/2018 at 12:25 AM, The Bassman said:So how's the reel?
It is smooth, super smooth both reeling in or fighting fish. I don't feel any gearly at all as I usually feel with all Shimanos(don't remember the K since I only fish it once and caught only two fish before I sold it)
It is small, but sit way higher than 50 and 70 reels. It is pretty heavy, I can really feel an ounce more. As of now I loaded up with 0.14 diameter (big game #12) and got plenty of line. The casting is good but definitely need some bearing flushing, gonna need new tool to remove that silence bearing same as met MGL(I checked and a bunch of grease on bearing). I have to set brake 2 on 2 off dial to 2 to get some distance. I'm gonna replace with clean bearing and do ultimate test with 1/4 oz lure (jerkbait).
Team9nine reply :
Pre-storm finesse fishing after work. Got run off in under an hour by the storms, but managed 18 fish in one pass before that happened. Fish were up a little shallower than expected. Fun stuff.
The Bassman reply :
On 6/11/2018 at 12:40 AM, JustJames said:It is smooth, super smooth both reeling in or fighting fish. I don't feel any gearly at all as I usually feel with all Shimanos(don't remember the K since I only fish it once and caught only two fish before I sold it)
It is small, but sit way higher than 50 and 70 reels. It is pretty heavy, I can really feel an ounce more. As of now I loaded up with 0.14 diameter (big game #12) and got plenty of line. The casting is good but definitely need some bearing flushing, gonna need new tool to remove that silence bearing same as met MGL(I checked and a bunch of grease on bearing). I have to set brake 2 on 2 off dial to 2 to get some distance. I'm gonna replace with clean bearing and do ultimate test with 1/4 oz lure (jerkbait).
Here's a trick for that spool bearing. Take a magic marker or Sharpie cap and fill it with mineral spirits. Don't use anything stronger because there's an o-ring on the bearing that will get damaged. Immerse the shaft in the pen cap and move it around. Spin the bearing and do it again. Let it dry and re-oil. I do it with my Ald 50 all the time.
Jar11591 reply :
Great day on the water. All quality fish. Poppers, frogs, spinnerbaits and jigs caught them today. Caught them deep and caught them shallow.
2nd cast of the day, the MegaBass Pop Max yielded a 4-0.
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Got some more decent fish on frogs and spinnerbaits.
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PB Rock Bass slammed a jig in a laydown.
And I stuck a 5 right at the end, courtesy of a @Siebert Outdoors jig and Paca Chunk trailer.
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WDE reply :
On 6/10/2018 at 7:46 AM, MichaelCopeland said:Went to a family reunion today down in Saline, La. on Mill Creek Reservoir where my family has a camp. Got some bass fishing in. Haven't fished there since I was a kid. Had 4 bites. 2 didn't commit, 1 shook the bait at the pier and landed a 1lb 12oz beauty on my trusty ole 1/2oz breaking bream Project Z chatterbait with a green pumpkin Rage Swimmer trailer. Waded out to an area that I couldn't reach from the bank or the pier and this girl smacked it. Was great being there with family and reliving some youthful days. Can't wait to go back! ????
Threw in a few pics of the lake from the foot of the pier that's in one of the photos.
I too, spend my (wife’s)family reunions fishing on their private farm pond. “Are we eating yet? When are we eating? We’re done eating? See you in a couple hours!”.
long island basser reply :
Had a decent day on Saturday 6/9. Managed 23 bass in the boat.
The best three were in the 4’s lbs coming on three different lures.
A 110 whopper plopper, a shallow crank, and 5” soft stick bait.
Couple pics of the better fish.
UPSmallie reply :
That rockbass is a toad!
On 6/11/2018 at 4:40 AM, Jar11591 said:
MichaelCopeland reply :
On 6/11/2018 at 7:19 AM, WDE said:I too, spend my (wife’s)family reunions fishing on their private farm pond. “Are we eating yet? When are we eating? We’re done eating? See you in a couple hours!”.
Right on! We got there a little after 9am. I said my hellos and began fishing within 30 mins of being there. Fished til we ate around noon, ate and then fished til about time to leave around 4pm or so. I did visit with them as well, but mostly fished. It had been too long since I've fished there. ????
everythingthatswims reply :
My spot that was producing nice smallmouth (and a few largemouth) on a swimbait when the water was in the 40s and 50s is now home to many largemouth. Catching them in 20-30' on a drop shot, Carolina rig, football jig, and a 6xd! I don't have a boat with me right now, so I am floating around fishing blind from my kayak. I have spent enough time there that I don't really need electronics anyway 
. Let me tell ya, longlining a 6xd from a kayak is an interesting procedure.
Bass_Fishing_Socal reply :
@OCdockskipperThis one is special for you. Caught this ~ 5lber on Hula Grub this morning right by the light house. I'm gonna visit this area more often in hope of finding those Spot bass.
OCdockskipper reply :
On 6/12/2018 at 7:39 AM, JustJames said:@OCdockskipperThis one is special for you. Caught this ~ 5lber on Hula Grub this morning right by the light house...
Hey, I think I caught that fish's great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great grandmother!!
If you catch a bass with a yellow tag with my name on it sticking out of its back fin, be careful with it. That fish would be over 40 years old!!
Congrats, great fish.
burrows reply :
Deleted .... lol
lonnie g reply :
went out for a bit this evening caught a dozen, they were all a little deeper, caught 10 of them on a boot tail shad. the two best were 3 and 4 lb. they were really eating it !
Bass_Fishing_Socal reply :
On 6/12/2018 at 11:48 AM, OCdockskipper said:
Hey, I think I caught that fish's great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great grandmother!!
If you catch a bass with a yellow tag with my name on it sticking out of its back fin, be careful with it. That fish would be over 40 years old!!
Congrats, great fish.
I'm telling ya, you come fish with me, show all your secret spots and I'll hunt those big mama down for ya.
Bluebasser86 reply :
Did some more multispecies fishing from my kayak this weekend, but got some bass fishing in also. They were enjoying some Savage Gear Fruck. Had a really good one blow up on it that hooked up for a second, got some good video of myself losing it.
Graham reply :
Fruck yeah @Bluebasser86!
A-Jay reply :
On 6/13/2018 at 3:46 PM, Bluebasser86 said:Did some more multispecies fishing from my kayak this weekend, but got some bass fishing in also. They were enjoying some Savage Gear Fruck. Had a really good one blow up on it that hooked up for a second, got some good video of myself losing it.
Cool Pic ~ Daffy didn't stand a chance.
And I usually 'learn' something usefull when I have video of me losing fish.
I used to say "well, there's not much I could have done different" - but the video almost always tells a different story -
Of course, topwater's a separate deal.
I'm looking forward to checking it out -
A-Jay
boostr reply :
Figured Friday was a nice day... so I let my boy play hooky from school, and we took the boat out, then he decided to school me...
OCdockskipper reply :
On 6/13/2018 at 2:06 PM, JustJames said:I'm telling ya, you come fish with me, show all your secret spots and I'll hunt those big mama down for ya.
I may just take you up on that offer, but I doubt if the Christmas tree I sunk off my dock in 1978 is still there! ????
There weren't any topographical maps available for that lake back in the 70's, so I used a flasher and made one for about 1/2 of the lake (teenagers with spare time). I don't think I still have it, I will check some of my old tackle boxes.
kens reply :
5DX KVD Sexxy Shad.
Angealy reply :
The struggle is real.
Nephew and i woke up early and went to the lake.
We were mostly just using rigs with real worms to catch anything.
Then i saw a school of bass and big ones at that and knew i had to act on the moment.
I quickly grabbed my bait caster and threw just about everything i had in that black backpack behind me.
I know this is going to sound silly and go ahead and laugh if you'd like but my "voice of reason" told me to use the black and blue ribbon tail yum worm.
Sure enough i throw it right by the bank into shallow water and i feel the first tap and set the hook right away.
This one kept going for real worms under that bridge in the background and ended up getting hooked like six times.
We came to the conclusion it had to be the same fish or very close to the first one because of the battle scars on it's body.
Talk about stupid or hungry, You decided.
Bluebasser86 reply :
On 6/13/2018 at 9:32 PM, A-Jay said:Cool Pic ~ Daffy didn't stand a chance.
And I usually 'learn' something usefull when I have video of me losing fish.
I used to say "well, there's not much I could have done different" - but the video almost always tells a different story -
Of course, topwater's a separate deal.
I'm looking forward to checking it out -
A-Jay
This one was back in a little hole in the water willows and when the line popped off the willows, it just came off. I like to think it was just one of those fish that I did everything right and still lost, but I'm sure I could have done something different.
I agree 100% about learning from watching myself though. I've cured some bad habits I didn't even know I had from watching myself fish on my videos and also been able to go back and break down the patterns I was on without even realizing I was on them.
Right after the 2:00 mark is where I missed the good one on the Fruck. I did make up for it by catching a pretty decent one on it about 30 minutes later.
Dirtyeggroll reply :
This is a couple days old, but it was one of the last times I went out and one of the best fishing days of my life.
It was my first frogging attempt of the year so my drag on my reel was still completely loose and I missed about 8 blowups on only a few more casts right at the start of the morning. When I finally realized the drag was loose, after a fish had held on to the frog and pulled out some drag and then spit it out, I started putting them in the boat, and they were good ones! After the sun got high I switched over to a magnum Christie Critter and started pitching it as far back in the reeds as possible and was glad I did! I caught my new PB for this state at 6.3 lbs (6 lbs 4.8 oz) and my best five fish were right under 28 lbs (2 of the 5+ didn't get recorded on the GoPro).
Then I went back 3 days later after a little rain and cold front and found them roaming in the lilies with a black and blue chatterbait. Best 5 for that day were ~23 lbs.
Will Wetline reply :
My post spawn smallies wouldn't respond to reaction baits shallow (10' - 15') this cool June morning, but a few were receptive deep (20'? 25'?) to bear on a ball.
Bear hair on Do-it's 1/8 oz. round head jig mold with socket eyes. Trailer is a cut-in-half Leatherbaits Chunk.
Darren. reply :
On 6/14/2018 at 9:18 PM, Will Wetline said:
My post spawn smallies wouldn't respond to reaction baits shallow (10' - 15') this cool June morning, but a few were receptive deep (20'? 25'?) to bear on a ball.
Bear hair on Do-it's 1/8 oz. round head jig mold with socket eyes. Trailer is a cut-in-half Leatherbaits Chunk.
A hairy Ned rig of sorts
Looks fantastic!!
BASSnRacks reply :
Been doing really well with a jig lately. It is now a go to for slaying some Michigan hogs.
Gundog reply :
On 6/15/2018 at 2:34 AM, BASSnRacks said:Been doing really well with a jig lately. It is now a go to for slaying some Michigan hogs.
That is a hefty hawg you got there. Congrats on the catch.
A few evening and night fishing pics.
QUAKEnSHAKE reply :
Here a couple of my catches from last outing
19" 3.5# using St Croix Avid 8' ML/MOD rod, Daiwa RG-AB 2000 spinning reel, 8# Nanofil line, 2.8" Keitech fat paddle tail.
2nd pic 17" 2.5# same set-up
These 16" & 17" Quantum Smoke 7' M/F rod, Shimano Core50MG7 reel, 60# YGK G-soul X-8(awesome braid), Saltwater Fat Ika.
bagofdonuts reply :
On 6/15/2018 at 2:34 AM, BASSnRacks said:Been doing really well with a jig lately. It is now a go to for slaying some Michigan hogs.
I think you need to update your pb. That's a pig.
Bass_Fishing_Socal reply :
Finally my first Frog bass, or I should call half-frog for this year or ever.
My lake doesn't have a lot vegetation like you guys just weed and still not tall enough.
I had been trying this spinkler frog a few times this year, got a few blew but never land one. Finally this morning with overcast sky, caught 2 back to back and a few more on Zoom Magnum Fluke.
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This is also video of Friday Morning that I went for a pre-fish chatterbait. The funny thing is I took a guy from other local fishing forum out on Thursday on my Jon boat. This was pretty much same area and same type lures, I even took him to my "honey hole" all I caught was one small one on Super Fat Ika, he did just alright caught 5 decent size ones.
I think I'm cursed to be a lone woof, hardly success on my boat alone or with others. The worst part was, I hook up two fish at the end with chatterbait and both come undone by the boat.
Team9nine reply :
Picked up an original wooden Musky JB off eBay a couple weeks ago. Swapped out hooks and ready to try and land one on this big old piece of history. First attempt last night resulted in half a dozen blowups, but no hookups. Still fun for the first time out. We'll keep trying until I find one big enough to actually eat this thing ????
The Bassman reply :
On 6/16/2018 at 11:54 PM, Team9nine said:Picked up an original wooden Musky JB off eBay a couple weeks ago. Swapped out hooks and ready to try and land one on this big old piece of history. First attempt last night resulted in half a dozen blowups, but no hookups. Still fun for the first time out. We'll keep trying until I find one big enough to actually eat this thing ????
By "last night" I'm presuming you meant after dark. I'd be scared to death of that thing. LOL
Team9nine reply :
On 6/17/2018 at 4:58 AM, The Bassman said:By "last night" I'm presuming you meant after dark. I'd be scared to death of that thing. LOL
Yep - I ain't swinging unless I feel the fish first. At 1.25 ounces, the last thing I need is a face full of Jitterbug and a trip to the emergency room but I SO want to catch one on it - lol
Bluebasser86 reply :
On 6/16/2018 at 11:54 PM, Team9nine said:Picked up an original wooden Musky JB off eBay a couple weeks ago. Swapped out hooks and ready to try and land one on this big old piece of history. First attempt last night resulted in half a dozen blowups, but no hookups. Still fun for the first time out. We'll keep trying until I find one big enough to actually eat this thing ????
They're a neat bait. I have one I use to fish a lot hanging in my shop that is all scratched up from night fishing and big pond bass. The first time I fished it my friends dad was laughing and asking if I was fishing with a beer can, right about the time a big one crushed it, told him that big one must have been thirsty. Can't remember if it was that one or a regular jitterbug that I had an owl pick up and fly off with while I was night fishing too. Hooking an owl is not a good time.
Team9nine reply :
Got the first one (only one so far - lol) on the big JB last night about 15 min after sunset. I'll keep messing with it on some other waters as I get the chance.
The Bassman reply :
On 6/17/2018 at 1:31 PM, Bluebasser86 said:They're a neat bait. I have one I use to fish a lot hanging in my shop that is all scratched up from night fishing and big pond bass. The first time I fished it my friends dad was laughing and asking if I was fishing with a beer can, right about the time a big one crushed it, told him that big one must have been thirsty. Can't remember if it was that one or a regular jitterbug that I had an owl pick up and fly off with while I was night fishing too. Hooking an owl is not a good time.
Had that happen with a buzzbait when creek fishing for smallmouth. Bird got lassoed around the leg. I reeled him in and both of us didn't know what to do as he just stood there on the gravel bar with me. Then I witnessed something that I bet no one has ever seen. He got in the water and took off swimming. (I opened my bail) Looked like a Fisher-Price duck with its wings spinning. Reeled him back and reluctantly cut the line leaving the lure attached. He swam off again across the creek and disappeared in the brush.
MichaelCopeland reply :
Happy Father's Day to all the dads on here and also to all the moms who have to be daddy too, if there's any on here. Well for Father's Day, today, My niece, Amber, her husband Jacob, their 2 kids Brantley and Ariel and my brother in law Warren all went to Cross Lake this morning to do some fishing from his boat. We had lots of fun, got a few bites with nothing to show. Got to try my new baits. Threw the prop frog, had a blowup, but somehow he missed it. Threw my chatterbaits, nothing doing again. So I threw my new 3/8oz green pumpkin swinging swim jig with a bama bug Rage Craw trailer it got bit but the fish came off. My hand was wet and slipped when I set the hook, had him hooked for about a second or two but couldn't keep my hand dry enough to quit slipping. Was a nice one, definitely had some weight to it. Oh well, we can't catch em all...lol! Stayed with that bait since it got hit the hardest and it was smashed by this 3lb 3oz hawg. That's Brantley my great nephew in one of the pics holding her up. He's 5 years old and thought it was totally awesome. Wasn't long afterwards, everybody but me wanted to leave and go home. Needless to say, I was out voted. Hope you fathers caught a hawg or better today! God Bless! ????
lonnie g reply :
On 6/18/2018 at 6:17 AM, MichaelCopeland said:Happy Father's Day to all the dads on here and also to all the moms who have to be daddy too, if there's any on here. Well for Father's Day, today, My niece, Amber, her husband Jacob, their 2 kids Brantley and Ariel and my brother in law Warren all went to Cross Lake this morning to do some fishing from his boat. We had lots of fun, got a few bites with nothing to show. Got to try my new baits. Threw the prop frog, had a blowup, but somehow he missed it. Threw my chatterbaits, nothing doing again. So I threw my new 3/8oz green pumpkin swinging swim jig with a bama bug Rage Craw trailer it got bit but the fish came off. My hand was wet and slipped when I set the hook, had him hooked for about a second or two but couldn't keep my hand dry enough to quit slipping. Was a nice one, definitely had some weight to it. Oh well, we can't catch em all...lol! Stayed with that bait since it got hit the hardest and it was smashed by this 3lb 3oz hawg. That's Brantley my great nephew in one of the pics holding her up. He's 5 years old and thought it was totally awesome. Wasn't long afterwards, everybody but me wanted to leave and go home. Needless to say, I was out voted. Hope you fathers caught a hawg or better today! God Bless! ????
looked like you had a great day, happy fathers day! that little ones smile says it all.don't get much better than that
HeyCoach reply :
My PB, caught it on my honeymoon a few weeks ago.
MichaelCopeland reply :
On 6/18/2018 at 6:43 AM, lonnie g said:looked like you had a great day, happy fathers day! that little ones smile says it all.don't get much better than that
Thank you! Yeah, he was a little bummed out that he didn't catch anything, but he sure enjoyed seeing that big girl getting caught. It was his first time bass fishing. He has been fishing for a couple years though, for catfish and bream. He definitely had fun though. ????
scaleface reply :
On 6/16/2018 at 11:54 PM, Team9nine said:Picked up an original wooden Musky JB off eBay a couple weeks ago. Swapped out hooks and ready to try and land one on this big old piece of history. First attempt last night resulted in half a dozen blowups, but no hookups. Still fun for the first time out. We'll keep trying until I find one big enough to actually eat this thing ????
I have one with the old aluminum looking hooks . Did you clip the old hooks off and add split-rings ?
Team9nine reply :
On 6/19/2018 at 8:21 AM, scaleface said:I have one with the old aluminum looking hooks . Did you clip the old hooks off and add split-rings ?
Unscrewed one side of hangers and removed the original hooks. Added a split ring to the rear hanger. Read several places not to add one to the side hooks (tangling), so I didn't - just swapped out.
NHBull reply :
First one of the season on the rat
First one in 2 years on a chatterbait
Fairtax4me reply :
My Dad bought an RV a couple weeks ago and had it out on its first trip over the Father's Day weekend. My buddies dad was nice enough to take us out on Smith Mountain Lake For the day.
Its just my luck to go to the premier smallmouth lake in VA, and not catch a single smallie.
Day started out pretty decent. We worked some top water baits in a cove then moved out into main lake and started working a point not far from the ramp. Found fish out in the middle busting on bait but they didn't want a top water lure. Caught my first and best of the day (2.5ish) on a jekbait suspending in 90 FOW.
My buddy and his dad pulled a couple small striper and got one tiny smallmouth. Late morning the lake got super busy with jet skis, pleasure boats, and pontoons everywhere. Not a speck of wind all day but we dealt with three foot rollers the entire time. The chop out in main lake made it nearly impossible to fish out there. I managed a couple more 1.5 lb largies on a Texas rigged Rage swimmer on an island drop off near the main channel later in the afternoon, but we never could find a consistent bite anywhere.
Gonna call it a good day. We had fun (despite the 95° heat) caught a few fish on a lake we've never fished before, and nobody got tossed overboard (even though I was mighty close to it a couple times)!
Bluebasser86 reply :
Windy and hot yesterday, but still managed to get some good ones. Got the biggest one of the day out from under the dock on an ocho before I'd even parked the truck.
These guys are supposed to be pretty rare in this lake, but I sure seem to catch them pretty often for that to be the case. This was even a pretty nice one, flipping a beaver into a laydown.
hawgenvy reply :
I ventured out tonight after dinner to bank fish the westernmost point of the Hillsboro Canal, west of Boca Raton. As a result of daily rain causing high water in the Everglades, the gait had been opened, allowing a great torrent of tannin stained water to flow from the Loxahatchee Reserve into the canal. I tossed a Zoom Magnum Ultravibe Speed Worm in Watermelon Red into the swift current near a rocky bank, and procured two glowing 4-pounders in back-to-back casts. This was the first of the two:
MichaelCopeland reply :
My girlfriend and I went to Caney Lakes lower lake this afternoon for a few hours. Didn't have much success, but did manage my first buzzbait (toadbuzz) catch. That one weighed 1lb 2oz. It was awesome seeing the blowup then almost immediately feeling the weight. I set the hook and reeled it on in. Couldn't get another bite with it to save my life though. I started pitching a Texas rigged bama craw Rage Craw with a 1/8oz bullet weight around the boat dock. Slowly dragging and hopping it back to me up the boat ramp I saw that little guy pick it up and chomp on it. Set the hook and lifted it out. Not 100% sure but I think that dink is a spotted bass. If it is, it's my first one of those too. Didn't catch any hawgs or lunkers but all in all it was a fun day. ????
Bluebasser86 reply :
On 6/22/2018 at 8:13 AM, MichaelCopeland said:My girlfriend and I went to Caney Lakes lower lake this afternoon for a few hours. Didn't have much success, but did manage my first buzzbait (toadbuzz) catch. That one weighed 1lb 2oz. It was awesome seeing the blowup then almost immediately feeling the weight. I set the hook and reeled it on in. Couldn't get another bite with it to save my life though. I started pitching a Texas rigged bama craw Rage Craw with a 1/8oz bullet weight around the boat dock. Slowly dragging and hopping it back to me up the boat ramp I saw that little guy pick it up and chomp on it. Set the hook and lifted it out. Not 100% sure but I think that dink is a spotted bass. If it is, it's my first one of those too. Didn't catch any hawgs or lunkers but all in all it was a fun day. ????
Just a little largemouth with odd coloration. Easiest way to tell if you're not sure is to feel them, a largemouth is smooth, spotted bass scales are noticeably rough.
NHBull reply :
I hope this pattern continues through the Sunday tournament
Graham reply :
Got on a frog bite at my favorite pad covered hydrilla pit in the woods. Stuck 4 on the black scum frog. All right around 12 inches (there’s gotta be some studs in there, I won’t give up on the spot!)
WDE reply :
Been a minute since I hit the pond. Lipless crank and black/blue Dinger still getting it done.
Bluebasser86 reply :
Pretty good jig bite the last couple days. Only fished a couple hours each day because I worked midnight to noon before I could go, but they made it worth the effort.
Got a couple more on the Fruck yesterday too. Actually followed up a missed jig bite with it and got the fish to come back and eat the Fruck. Not something I'd suggest trying often, but it worked out for me the one time I tried it yesterday.
Bass_Fishing_Socal reply :
Finally caught a nice size bass just a minute ago tonight.
It was pretty slow the whole week caught a few keeper sizes here and there mostly on my friend Abu Blackmax3 after being cleaned to test if the reel work properly and he cannot blame me that I fixed him a broken reel.
Anyway got back from work little late and only got 10-15 mins to fish before report to my wife, end up spent almost 30 mins LOL. I found a new trick to me to get suspended bass to bite my Zoom Magnum Fluke but it really hard to detect those bite at night when I cannot watch the line (strike on the drop). Anyway got this one and lost one fishing the same way using blackmax3.
Angealy reply :
This is what i'm talking about!
I wanted to get a weigh on her but forgot my scale at home.
I used: 5'6 M baitcaster with #10 mono.
Along with a 3/0 Gamakatsu EWG, Egg sinker and a Big Bite Baits Real Deal Craw in Green Pumpkin and had it texas rigged.
I had a huge turtle try to eat it too but he only ripped the plastic and i was able to get the hook away from it.
Jar11591 reply :
All about the Top Water today! Some good fish. MegaBass Pop-X did most of the damage. A few came on spinnerbaits as well.
A-Jay reply :
On 6/24/2018 at 1:58 PM, Bluebasser86 said:Pretty good jig bite the last couple days. Only fished a couple hours each day because I worked midnight to noon before I could go, but they made it worth the effort.
Got a couple more on the Fruck yesterday too. Actually followed up a missed jig bite with it and got the fish to come back and eat the Fruck. Not something I'd suggest trying often, but it worked out for me the one time I tried it yesterday.
Sweet - and I really like the "puppy hut" - Way to take care of your fishing buddy ~ nicely done
Phil B reply :
I caught this one at one of our conservation area lakes. It hammered a green Freddy b. This lake is covered in Lilly pads, and has all sorts of aquatic vegetation. For me it's one of the best places in the world for frog fishing.
Mbirdsley reply :
I was able to get back out fishing the Saginaw river last Friday the 22nd. Mainly I am in search for bass but, the mixed bag that the river provides is nice. Some where on the river system must have received a lot of rain. Because, the water was almost over the docks at lee st. I have only been fishing the river for the last 9 months and I have never seen the river that high.
The day was overcast and a little windy while, the river was a seemed normal maybe a little murkier than normal. I didn't do all that well on the bass but, I was able to get 2 sheep head, 2 bass ( only one pic), a nice pike, and I lost what would have been a personal best walleye on a KVD Crank ( picture). I am guessing the walleye would have went 22 inches and if I had landed it would have kept it. He got behind the boat and I tried horsing him around the out board and I pulled the hook out.
One sheep head, one bass, and the northern came on the KVD crank. The bigger sheap head I caught while pitching a yum black/blue/silver flake Christie critter to the underside of a bush. When I set the hook I thought I had a huge small mouth on. However, as he broke the surface I found out that was not the case. I also caught the 14 inch small mouth on the same color Christie Critter
I want to get better bass fishing on lakes but, it is nice to have the Saginaw river only 30 minutes from my drive way.
saltybluegrass reply :
Gotta show off the little grandson reeling in an Oscar at over 1 pound
Dirtyeggroll reply :
Finally got one on a Magnum Squarebill (or as I like to call it “the Mondo”).
kens reply :
Used Sexxy shad 5XD to catch these Bass. All with in 1 week..
sully420 reply :
Caught these last Saturday in Minnesota flippin pads and swimming jigs. Had a 22lb bag between the 2 of us
deep reply :
ShaneWheeler reply :
An Australian Bass and its close cousin the Estuary Perch from a hot bite the other night.
Bluebasser86 reply :
Had some pretty good bites this weekend.
NYWayfarer reply :
On 6/25/2018 at 1:41 PM, saltybluegrass said:Gotta show off the little grandson reeling in an Oscar at over 1 pound
That is a Mayan Cichlid, not an Oscar. Still an awesome catch, especially one over a pound! Nice job little man!
WDE reply :
With the temps rising, the midday bite has fallen way off. So I’m hitting it in the morning with success. 7 this morning on the black/blue and junebug Dingers. Largest went 3.2. I was catching them in twos, on almost back to back casts.
And this one(top middle of the collage), was just mean. He smashed the bait, and fought like Ali. Then I discovered a potential reason why—obviously some eye trauma(not caused by me).
Jim Osborn reply :
deep reply :
Caught a long and super skinny one today.. dinks were out in full force too.
everythingthatswims reply :
On 6/28/2018 at 8:39 AM, deep said:Caught a long and super skinny one today.. dinks were out in full force too.
I caught an 18.5", an 18.75", and a 19" out there last time I went, all pretty lean, not sure why. There were also lots of 12" schoolers that I played with for a while out in the middle of the lake.
Bluebasser86 reply :
Stopped by where a little feeder creek dumps into the lake right by my work this morning after work. I had about 10 minutes, made 5 cast, caught 2 like this and left. If I kept casting I know I would have started walking down the creek and 10 minutes would have turned into an hour real fast.
Gundog reply :
On 6/28/2018 at 3:57 AM, Jim Osborn said:
That is one fat hawg.
NHBull reply :
My buddy demonstrates when you "long arm" a 2 pounder
Mbirdsley reply :
I know this is a bass forum but, struck out on bass today. Caught this guy on the Saginaw river today. I think it is a flat head. If it is a flat head it is my first one. I was throwing my chatter bait with boot fluke white trailer to some wood and bushes. Before it floated to the bottom he grabbed. I’ve fought a lot of salmon while trolling and this guy will give 18 lbs king a run for its money. I have never felt anything like this while casting. I was using 10lbs big game line. After I netted him the chatter bait fell out of his mouth. He bent the kvd snap all up. He gave my Black maxx rod and reel everything he had and the rod and reel came through with flying colors.
Bluebasser86 reply :
On 6/29/2018 at 10:43 AM, Mbirdsley said:I know this is a bass forum but, struck out on bass today. Caught this guy on the Saginaw river today. I think it is a flat head. If it is a flat head it is my first one. I was throwing my chatter bait with boot fluke white trailer to some wood and bushes. Before it floated to the bottom he grabbed. I’ve fought a lot of salmon while trolling and this guy will give 18 lbs king a run for its money. I have never felt anything like this while casting. I was using 10lbs big game line. After I netted him the chatter bait fell out of his mouth. He bent the kvd snap all up. He gave my Black maxx rod and reel everything he had and the rod and reel came through with flying colors.
That is without a doubt, a flathead catfish, congrats on your first one. They are one of the hardest pulling fish in freshwater in the US for sure, especially if you get ahold of a really large one.
N Florida Mike reply :
Got my first decent fish in awhile 
and a few of her friends this evening. They were all over the small June bug yum dingers.
Fairtax4me reply :
Nice to see the Dinger catches decent fish! I picked up a couple packs last week to try. Can't beat the price and they seem to hold up better than senkos. Haven't caught any hogs with them yet but seems like the dinks love them!
Cranks4fun reply :
A buddy and I had a 70-fish Day combined (all LM Bass) recently fishing in kayaks. We both caught fish in excess of 21 inches (5 - 6 1/2 Lb. range) and lots of 3 pounders etc. We were fishing coontail and slop and so there was a lot of hard cranking and lifting. We used everything: frogs, toads (Ribbits), Yum Dingers, Power worms, whopper Ploppers, buzzbaits, and even a few crankbaits and spinnerbaits on the edges. When the day was over we both had sore wrists and elbows and scratched up fingers and thumbs. It took about 48 hours to fully recover from the soreness but it still felt gooood.
WolfyBrandon reply :
On 6/9/2018 at 1:52 PM, WolfyBrandon said:[June 08, 2018]
^ Previous
[June 20, 2018]
Today was an example of the power of "PMA".
It was a Wednesday, Jeremy and I got off work and met up at his place for an after work fishing trip. We launched the boat at 2:30pm, and headed to our first spot. It was shallow, water temp ~70F, we could see bass all over. We both were catching little ones left and right, and having a great time. Then there was a moment where I turned to look behind us and out of nowhere there was a guy in a bass boat on his trolling motor that came right up to us, like less than 30ft away... At first it was all cool, and he asked if we had caught anything. So we told him yeah been catching little ones... Then he proceeds to go right around the back of us, and cut right in-front of where we were headed. Once he gets like 50ft away, he starts up his big motor and just has it idling as he stands on the trolling motor and drives down the next 1/2 mile of shoreline that we planned to fish not even making a single cast...
Jeremy and I both look at each-other and are like... "Well, that was rude..."
What happened next was - we both continued fishing the shoreline that the dude just cruised through - like nothing had ever happened...
(I just checked the time stamp on my images) Less than 5 minutes after that guy cut in-front of us Jeremy makes a cast and hooks into his "fish of the day"...
We both continue catching them just like before, Jeremy even breaks his one day total record today catching 30+ bass. Two hours after his catch, I make a cast with a lizard to the outside edge of a log parallel to the shoreline and nothing, I then make a second cast over the log to the inside edge between the log and the shoreline and hook into my "fish of the day"...
While I was in the process of landing my "fish of the day", Jeremy doubled up with a nice 3lb 05oz Largemouth.
Fishing was so good we didn't arrive back at the ramp till 8:00pm. (We have to be up at ~3:30am for our work schedule.) We both made it work, so good times...
Looking back on this day, we could of easily got frustrated and moved to another location and missed out on all of this. Instead we kept positive and continued on with our original plan we had from the start and it payed off. There has been countless times over the past 3 years from when I first learned Positive Mental Attitude from Gerald Swindle that it has saved my fishing day. Whether you choose to believe it or not, PMA is indeed a powerful tool in the tackle box.
WolfyBrandon
Bluebasser86 reply :
On 6/30/2018 at 12:23 PM, WolfyBrandon said:^ Previous
[June 20, 2018]
Today was an example of the power of "PMA".
It was a Wednesday, Jeremy and I got off work and met up at his place for an after work fishing trip. We launched the boat at 2:30pm, and headed to our first spot. It was shallow, water temp ~70F, we could see bass all over. We both were catching little ones left and right, and having a great time. Then there was a moment where I turned to look behind us and out of nowhere there was a guy in a bass boat on his trolling motor that came right up to us, like less than 30ft away... At first it was all cool, and he asked if we had caught anything. So we told him yeah been catching little ones... Then he proceeds to go right around the back of us, and cut right in-front of where we were headed. Once he gets like 50ft away, he starts up his big motor and just has it idling as he stands on the trolling motor and drives down the next 1/2 mile of shoreline that we planned to fish not even making a single cast...
Jeremy and I both look at each-other and are like... "Well, that was rude..."
What happened next was - we both continued fishing the shoreline that the dude just cruised through - like nothing had ever happened...
(I just checked the time stamp on my images) Less than 5 minutes after that guy cut in-front of us Jeremy makes a cast and hooks into his "fish of the day"...
We both continue catching them just like before, Jeremy even breaks his one day total record today catching 30+ bass. Two hours after his catch, I make a cast with a lizard to the outside edge of a log parallel to the shoreline and nothing, I then make a second cast over the log to the inside edge between the log and the shoreline and hook into my "fish of the day"...
While I was in the process of landing my "fish of the day", Jeremy doubled up with a nice 3lb 05oz Largemouth.
Fishing was so good we didn't arrive back at the ramp till 8:00pm. (We have to be up at ~3:30am for our work schedule.) We both made it work, so good times...
Looking back on this day, we could of easily got frustrated and moved to another location and missed out on all of this. Instead we kept positive and continued on with our original plan we had from the start and it payed off. There has been countless times over the past 3 years from when I first learned Positive Mental Attitude from Gerald Swindle that it has saved my fishing day. Whether you choose to believe it or not, PMA is indeed a powerful tool in the tackle box.
WolfyBrandon
There's people like that everywhere you go anymore. Key is to not let them get to you and just do what you do despite them. I try to focus even more and catch fish behind guys when they cut me off, making sure they splash around on the side of the boat so they can see them a little more than usual too
Good job keeping your heads in the game and catching some good ones.
N Florida Mike reply :
On 6/30/2018 at 11:12 AM, Fairtax4me said:Nice to see the Dinger catches decent fish! I picked up a couple packs last week to try. Can't beat the price and they seem to hold up better than senkos. Haven't caught any hogs with them yet but seems like the dinks love them!
I was at Academy sports yesterday and they have a good selection , but don't carry the smaller senkos. They do have the dingers, which are cheaper , and last usually for at least 2 fish. In catching fish, I rate the real senkos as excellent and the dingers as good.
I've caught fish over 5 pounds with the senko, but not many over 3 with the dinger.
Pickle_Power reply :
Got this big girl on a jig, between a dock and a pontoon on a hoist. What a crazy fight, considering I had about 8 inches to work with between boat hoist and dock. It pays to spend the dough on Sufix 832!
Close to my PB, it went 22". I put her back, of course.
N Florida Mike reply :
Man, nice tank there !
Graham reply :
Second best of the summer on the frog. Mid day 90 degrees and full sun. Absolutely choked it and I had to horse her through 20 feet of thick vegetation. Went for 4.63, snapped a few shots and she was on her way.
Update:
Went out in the kayak for round two and caught a 14 incher, on a frog again. I’m on a frog kick here in Virginia!
UPSmallie reply :
Biggest smalljaw of the year so far for me. Was banging flats with a Rapala X-Rap in olive color when this tank decided he was hungry. Hit like a sack of bricks and made me think I had a 30+ inch pike on the line.
Way north bass guy reply :
Caught a bunch of both kinds in super shallow water today, cloudy and hot all day so the frog worked it’s magic in less than 2’ in the thick stuff.
Here’s a couple of the better ones.
CrankFate reply :
20” this morning breakin in new gear
TnRiver46 reply :
My buddy came into town for a weekend of fishing and we got some nice ones!
TnRiver46 reply :
TnRiver46 reply :
MichaelCopeland reply :
On 6/30/2018 at 7:37 PM, Pickle_Power said:Got this big girl on a jig, between a dock and a pontoon on a hoist. What a crazy fight, considering I had about 8 inches to work with between boat hoist and dock. It pays to spend the dough on Sufix 832!
Close to my PB, it went 22". I put her back, of course.
Sufix 832 is all I use. 30lb on my spinning rig and 40lb on my baitcasters. Really good braid. ????
Pickle_Power reply :
On 7/2/2018 at 6:00 AM, MichaelCopeland said:Sufix 832 is all I use. 30lb on my spinning rig and 40lb on my baitcasters. Really good braid. ????
Indeed. Once I tried it, I have never gone back to anything else.
NHBull reply :
Only a 3 pounder but it was the first cast of the day on the first time throwing the Rico popper.
A fun bait to throw....
Way north bass guy reply :
Went out on the big water today (Georgian Bay), and it was blowing pretty good. Hit a few spots where we could stand up in the boat, and spent an hour at the beach in a cove so the kid could swim for a while. No monsters today but we did get a couple decent smallies on a spinnerbait and a couple pike around 30”.
The Bassman reply :
On 7/3/2018 at 3:49 AM, Way north bass guy said:Went out on the big water today (Georgian Bay), and it was blowing pretty good. Hit a few spots where we could stand up in the boat, and spent an hour at the beach in a cove so the kid could swim for a while. No monsters today but we did get a couple decent smallies on a spinnerbait and a couple pike around 30”.
Nice smallies. A windswept Great Lakes bay would sure feel good now. Lower 90's with 70+ dewpoint in central IN.
Jmp_37 reply :
Caught my first fish on a big swimbait a couple days ago!
Gundog reply :
On 7/3/2018 at 5:08 AM, Jmp_37 said:Caught my first fish on a big swimbait a couple days ago!
That is definitely a hawg. Congrats.
deep reply :
Caught a few walking the banks. This one was the only non-dink.
Way north bass guy reply :
On 7/3/2018 at 3:59 AM, The Bassman said:Nice smallies. A windswept Great Lakes bay would sure feel good now. Lower 90's with 70+ dewpoint in central IN.
It was like that here yesterday and it's supposed to be like that all this week, just a bit of a reprieve today. I even turned the a.c. off in the house today, but that's likely to change tomorrow.
haggard reply :
Reading about other people's 70-fish days, I just can't even imagine... you all are catching monsters. Took about 8 hours in grueling heat on the home lake to land six fish. Best of which is here, a largemouth on a Texas rigged 5-in black/blue-flake worm fishing a dropoff at a tiny island. Worth it? Totally!
MichaelCopeland reply :
On 7/2/2018 at 7:27 PM, Pickle_Power said:Indeed. Once I tried it, I have never gone back to anything else.
Right on, same here. I used to use 50lb Power Pro Spectra until I was given a spool of 40lb Sufix 832 when I was working at Rat-L-Trap by the boss man. Been using it ever since. ????
Bass_Fishing_Socal reply :
Nothing much for the whole week. I have been catching a few on chatterbait and Yamamoto D-Shad here and there.
Started to slow my presentation down a little bit for the past few days and crushing them on Zoom baby brush hog on 1/10 Zman shroom jig.
Video for this this morning on Zoom baby brush hog.
N Florida Mike reply :
Nice way to start the 4th. She Crushed a watermelon red super fluke.
Team9nine reply :
High in the low 90s with heat indexes over 100, so called it after 40 fish. Fish in this little lake are fat and healthy, and put up one heck of a fight, but I haven't found any of the big girls from last year yet. Looks like the deepest water is only 7 or 8 feet, and we had a pretty severe winter, so I'm hoping they didn't die off. Got some solid chunks though today. As always, all my tackle went in my back pocket, and thanks to the Elaztech, I only had to use 2 worms today
WDE reply :
Some freedom fish on the 4th.
Bulletman20XD reply :
Here's a Lake Falcon Hawg for you boys!!
NHBull reply :
Top water was on.....Whopper Plopper for 3.8
NYWayfarer reply :
Happy 4th fishing with a classic lure. Caught these Bass on a Heddon Baby Torpedo. It was the only lure I could think of that reminded me of the fourth of July fireworks. Top water bite was on as the temps climbed to around 95 degrees.
The top Smallmouth was wrapped in someone else's fishing line. I was able to cut it off before releasing him.
lo n slo reply :
i have a tiny torpedo in that frog pattern myself ????
deep reply :
About time I stuck a half-decent fish here.
Fairtax4me reply :
Finally got on some smallmouth this evening after work. Only had about 45 minutes of light, and only caught fish in about 15 of that. Caught three, hooked but lost two others, and had one maybe pound and a half follow worm right up to the bank on a straight retrieve. That one clued me in to how they wanted the presentation though, and the next dozen or so casts resulted in 5 hookups. All from the same spot on the bank!
Another milestone... The pic is my first ever Ned rig fish! I kinda like this little turd worm.
BubbaBassin’ reply :
First ever jig fish. Falling in love with this style of fishing. Didn’t even know she was on, but I had a gut feeling that it wasn’t a rock. Set the hook and up she came.Great fight. 2.64lbs and 12 inches.
N Florida Mike reply :
On 7/6/2018 at 9:06 AM, deep said:About time I stuck a half-decent fish here.
I love the color of that fish. Fairly clear water?
Fairtax4me reply :
On 7/7/2018 at 1:55 AM, N Florida Mike said:I love the color of that fish. Fairly clear water?
If it's the lake I think it is, yes, usually 10+ feet visibility. It tends to get a kind of blue-green bloom in the water around this time of year. Tons of deep grass though, so the fish have plenty of places to hide.
deep reply :
On 7/7/2018 at 1:55 AM, N Florida Mike said:I love the color of that fish. Fairly clear water?
On 7/7/2018 at 10:33 AM, Fairtax4me said:If it's the lake I think it is, yes, usually 10+ feet visibility. It tends to get a kind of blue-green bloom in the water around this time of year. Tons of deep grass though, so the fish have plenty of places to hide.
Thanks! Yes, pretty clear water; and yes, Ragged.
N Florida Mike reply :
Got out for a few hours after 6 pm. Decided to fish close to home on the shallower end of the lake. Its been rather cool for July here so the fish were a little more active than they normally are on a July afternoon here.Caught 3 in the first hour, then caught 5 off one isolated eel grass bed in 20 minutes . Caught them all on watermelon red super flukes. All were around the same size. Nothing big this time.
Tried the frog after dark for awhile, but nothing doing.
But it was a nice, refreshing time on the water.
12poundbass reply :
Ribit Ribit! I stayed away from the Senko finally. I picked up my other crutch a frog. After the sun went behind the trees they started slamming the frog. I got 6 in probably 45 minutes. There's nothing better than 65lb braid and throwing a frog into the thick slop!
This girl went 4-5
N Florida Mike reply :
On 7/7/2018 at 8:28 PM, 12poundbass said:Ribit Ribit! I stayed away from the Senko finally. I picked up my other crutch a frog. After the sun went behind the trees they started slamming the frog. I got 6 in probably 45 minutes. There's nothing better than 65lb braid and throwing a frog into the thick slop!
This girl went 4-5
Nice ! I haven't picked up any fish like that on the frog yet this summer.
lonnie g reply :
On 7/5/2018 at 10:07 PM, Bulletman20XD said:Here's a Lake Falcon Hawg for you boys!!
WOW!!!great fish what a blast , congrats
ohboyitsrobby reply :
Wanted to fish a tournament with daddy so I took him to the $20 entry fee Friday night derby. Ole ned came through for him. Only time the lure touched the bottom all evening I'm pretty sure. Lol
MichaelCopeland reply :
Had 2 firsts today. 1st first was catching a bass with the 110 Whopper Plopper(also first fish of the day) 2nd first was catching a fish with four different baits/lures. 1lb 4oz on the Whopper Plopper, 1lb 1oz on a weightless Texas rigged bama craw Rage Craw with the pinchers dipped in chartreuse Spike It Dip N Glo, nonscorable bass on a wacky rigged double header red Strike King Ocho and a 2lb 3oz bowfin(not pictured because it took up too much space on here) on a 7/16oz bluegill Storm Wildeye Swim Shad. Not a bad day of bank fishing at Caney Lakes lower lake side. ????
Bassin' Brad reply :
I took two 5" yum dingers and joined them together to make a 10" stickbait and I'll tell ya what, little fish like big worms too! The 2nd fish I caught was even smaller than this one!
MichaelCopeland reply :
On 7/8/2018 at 5:40 AM, Bassin' Brad said:I took two 5" yum dingers and joined them together to make a 10" stickbait and I'll tell ya what, little fish like big worms too! The 2nd fish I caught was when smaller than this one!
Those little bass do like big worms too. Last summer I caught a major dink on a 12" Mann's Jelly Worm Texas rigged weightless on a 5/O EWG hook.
Bassin' Brad reply :
On 7/8/2018 at 5:56 AM, MichaelCopeland said:Those little bass do like big worms too. Last summer I caught a major dink on a 12" Mann's Jelly Worm Texas rigged weightless on a 5/O EWG hook.
It's amazing what they'll try to eat!
MichaelCopeland reply :
On 7/8/2018 at 6:01 AM, Bassin' Brad said:It's amazing what they'll try to eat!
Yep and sometimes they even put up more of a fight than the bigger bass do.
Looking for the big one reply :
Ned rig gets big numbers in a pond full of dinks ????. This one was the second biggest at a pound and a half but I got one that went 2.6 later in the evening on a 3’ wacky senko but didn’t get pics ????
CybrSlydr reply :
Well, today was a good day. Went fishing at Burr Oak for a little bit and caught my new Personal Best Bass. Granted, those of you that have seen my previous bass, you'll realize it doesn't take much to break it. lol
Drug a whopper plopper 90 in Pac-Man along the right side of some lily pads and on the 5th retrieve or so this guy came storming out from under and smoked it.
EGbassing reply :
On 7/6/2018 at 11:17 PM, BubbaBassin’ said:First ever jig fish. Falling in love with this style of fishing. Didn’t even know she was on, but I had a gut feeling that it wasn’t a rock. Set the hook and up she came.Great fight. 2.64lbs and 12 inches.
Nice! I wouldn't recommend holding them like that if you plan on releasing them though. It can break their jaw bone and keep them from feeding. Here's an article on it: https://www.bassmaster.com/blog/how-not-hold-hawg
Somd Fx4 reply :
It may not be much for some of you but it is a PB for me in my short fishing career so far. Caught on a swing football head with a Rage Tail menace grub.
A-Jay reply :
On 7/9/2018 at 7:40 AM, Somd Fx4 said:It may not be much for some of you but it is a PB for me in my short fishing career so far. Caught on a swing football head with a Rage Tail menace grub.
Nice Bass ~
We all start somewhere
Congrats on the new PB
A-Jay
Team9nine reply :
Life in the shallow subdivision ponds around here can be a pretty tough living due to a variety of factors. Kind of rare to find one with a real good size structure of bass in it. As such, we get a lot of smaller fish that top out around 3-4 pounds before dying off. Managed one this weekend that was probably around as big as they get in this particular pond...at least it's up there with the biggest I've ever caught there.
Dorado reply :
@Team9nine Very nice!!
The Bassman reply :
On 7/9/2018 at 9:38 AM, Team9nine said:Life in the shallow subdivision ponds around here can be a pretty tough living due to a variety of factors. Kind of rare to find one with a real good size structure of bass in it. As such, we get a lot of smaller fish that top out around 3-4 pounds before dying off. Managed one this weekend that was probably around as big as they get in this particular pond...at least it's up there with the biggest I've ever caught there.
This seems to mirror what I experience. Loads of 2-3 lbrs. and the occasional 4-5. Would really like to hear your insights on this.
YoTone reply :
this greedy 4.6 lbs bass couldnt even wait to completely swallow this poor frog before chomping at my jig.
WVU-SCPA reply :
She decided that there was just enough room to fit a 2.75" trd in that belly.
Bass_Fishing_Socal reply :
On 7/9/2018 at 10:41 PM, WVU-SCPA said:She decided that there was just enough room to fit a 2.75" trd in that belly.
That is a nice fatty bass. she can be double digit in no time. I don't think I ever caught bass that fat.
Arobb2012 reply :
Smallies liked the ned yesterday morning. I caught 11 in 30 minutes. The ned is a skunk buster.
12poundbass reply :
Well 6poundbass and I headed out yesterday morning so he could break in his new Mike Iaconelli spinning combo he got for his birthday last week. @OCdockskipper would be proud knowing my son specifically asked for the Ike combo. LOL
He ended up catching 7 in just over three hours. Most went around 1-8.He was pretty geeked. No more spincast for him.
Gundog reply :
On 7/9/2018 at 10:41 PM, WVU-SCPA said:She decided that there was just enough room to fit a 2.75" trd in that belly.
Dude that bass is just ridiculous. That thing has been eating like me at Thanksgiving.
Fairtax4me reply :
Spent the day on the James river yesterday and caught a handful of largemouth and a couple smallmouth. The smallmouth were on wacky rig stick baits. Largies I caught on jigs and one on a Keitech, all way up in cover. Fishing wasn't easy, but we had one of our better days on this stretch of river. Saw a couple 3-4lb smallies cruising around and had one follow a lure but couldn't catch any of the big girls. Also trolled right up to a 40"+ Muskie sitting up on the edge of a rock pile, and saw maybe 2 dozen short nose and long nose gar cruising around chomping on all the fry that were literally everywhere.
Almost caught my first Muskie on a jerkbait! Felt a couple taps on the bait when it was 8-10 feet from the boat and kept just barely twitching it. Finally got it close enough to see and there was a teeny tiny Muskie! Couldn't have been more than 6" long and was very interested in that 5" rapala jerkbait! It hung around for about ten seconds then swam back down into the rocks. Just missed getting a pic of it.
The smallie in the pic thought it had wings! I hooked it and it ran a few feet then jumped straight up about 5 feet out of the water! Couldn't shake that VMC hook though!
Team9nine reply :
On 7/9/2018 at 5:10 PM, The Bassman said:
This seems to mirror what I experience. Loads of 2-3 lbrs. and the occasional 4-5. Would really like to hear your insights on this.
@Paul Roberts and I have had some pretty in-depth discussions on this very subject over the years, and it largely boils down to adequate food supply and longevity. These ponds have to produce enough food of various size classes, and it has to be available to the bass at the right time/age Plus, the fish have to live long enough in them to be able to grow big. However, such conditions don’t exist very often in these man-made systems as there is little ecological stability. Many are borderline insufficient depth for survival or protection during severe winters or summer die-offs. They are rarely stocked intelligently/intentionally, and then managed afterward. They frequently receive excess nutrients from adjacent farm fields or home owners yards, then get treated by HOAs for excess weeds/algae, etc. due to this over-fertilization. Plus they tend to get a lot of foot traffic from anglers which likely crop off many of the few big ones that do make it against the odds. It seems like 3 pounds (give or take) seems to be the natural limit before fish start getting skinny and succumb to either insufficient forage (of appropriate size), harsh environmental conditions, old age or fishing pressure. Anything above that size is kind of a special fish in these little waters. Those waters that regularly produce a lot of bigger than normal bass, or have really good overall bass size structure, can probably attribute it to one of the above factors (or more likely several of them) falling into the basses favor (against the odds).
Paul Roberts reply :
What he said ^^^
Little to add. Except maybe that length -frame length to hang that weight on- is important. In my small waters, instability simply doesn't allow it. Hot summers, cold winters, and variable vegetation growth take their toll.
TnRiver46 reply :
On 7/9/2018 at 10:41 PM, WVU-SCPA said:She decided that there was just enough room to fit a 2.75" trd in that belly.
Good gracious what a bass. Most folks would say that one was full of eggs! I think sometimes they just eat a lot, even during spring
WVU-SCPA reply :
On 7/10/2018 at 12:57 PM, TnRiver46 said:Good gracious what a bass. Most folks would say that one was full of eggs! I think sometimes they just eat a lot, even during spring
We were prefishing for a tournament this weekend so after a quick photo she was quickly released to the depths. The next few hours I kept wondering what was all in there....could she really have eggs in July? Did she swallow a plastic and have blockage? If she spent the next few hours in the boat would we be cleaning 8 oz of shad out of the livewell? Hopefully she keeps here eating habits through Saturday.
TnRiver46 reply :
On 7/10/2018 at 7:40 PM, WVU-SCPA said:We were prefishing for a tournament this weekend so after a quick photo she was quickly released to the depths. The next few hours I kept wondering what was all in there....could she really have eggs in July? Did she swallow a plastic and have blockage? If she spent the next few hours in the boat would we be cleaning 8 oz of shad out of the livewell? Hopefully she keeps here eating habits through Saturday.
Nothing more yummy than opening your livewell and smelling half-digested crawfish and shad!!!!
boostr reply :
Took the boat out on the lake this past Sunday, it was to nice not too.
A-Jay reply :
Temporarily held hostage.
2 green ones and 2 brown ones ~ all from the same deep weedline.
A-Jay
WDE reply :
Bit of a frustrating day. Hooked up on a few, but my hookset game was not strong or my luck was incredibly bad. Time to trade out the value H2O Xpress hooks and go with a new brand.
Anyhow, I pulled in this 4lb. He seemed a bit oddly shaped...big shoulders(?).
MIbassyaker reply :
I haven't fished much in the last 2 weeks, but made time for a short river float today. A bunch of little smallies showed up, the best of which was this 15-incher:
On 7/9/2018 at 5:43 AM, CybrSlydr said:Well, today was a good day. Went fishing at Burr Oak for a little bit and caught my new Personal Best Bass. Granted, those of you that have seen my previous bass, you'll realize it doesn't take much to break it. lol
Hard work and time-on-task pays off -- congrats!
Bluebasser86 reply :
On 7/11/2018 at 9:30 AM, WDE said:Time to trade out the value H2O Xpress hooks and go with a new brand.
I use the H20 EWG and straight shank flipping hooks all the time and they work well for me, excellent for the price.
WDE reply :
On 7/11/2018 at 2:30 PM, Bluebasser86 said:I use the H20 EWG and straight shank flipping hooks all the time and they work well for me, excellent for the price.
I recently swapped 5/0 H20 for Mustad 4/0(LTB freebie) due to missed hookups. Had success on the 4/0, so I decided to go with the H20 version...and today was just madness with losing fish.
Bluebasser86 reply :
On 7/11/2018 at 3:21 PM, WDE said:I recently swapped 5/0 H20 for Mustad 4/0(LTB freebie) due to missed hookups. Had success on the 4/0, so I decided to go with the H20 version...and today was just madness with losing fish.
Haven't ever used the 5/0 size, maybe that's the difference? The 2/0, 3/0, and 4/0 EWG's have been everything I could ask them to be though.
NHBull reply :
Noting like Ajay puts in the boat, but 4 like this on chatterbait and Craws.
My buddy was lighting it up on wacky rigged trick worms
Fairtax4me reply :
On 7/11/2018 at 3:21 PM, WDE said:I recently swapped 5/0 H20 for Mustad 4/0(LTB freebie) due to missed hookups. Had success on the 4/0, so I decided to go with the H20 version...and today was just madness with losing fish.
I know it's a pics thread so trying not to get too far off topic but what line and rod are you using with those?
I can get a 5/0 hook set with a medium rod and 10lb flouro but it's gotta be just right. I usually use 15lb flouro and a medium heavy fast rod at the least for good hookups 4/0-6/0 EWG hooks.
A-Jay reply :
On 7/11/2018 at 11:26 PM, NHBull said:Noting like Ajay puts in the boat, but 4 like this on chatterbait and Craws.
My buddy was lighting it up on wacky rigged trick worms
Nice Bass ~
And it's Much Better than anything I got today
A-Jay
Russ E reply :
air temp was 95 degrees water temp was 93 degrees. Still managed to catch my Largest bass of 2018, from a tough Kansas power plant lake, that has skunked me more than once.
21 inches 5lb. 12oz.
WDE reply :
On 7/12/2018 at 12:00 AM, Fairtax4me said:I know it's a pics thread so trying not to get too far off topic but what line and rod are you using with those?
I can get a 5/0 hook set with a medium rod and 10lb flouro but it's gotta be just right. I usually use 15lb flouro and a medium heavy fast rod at the least for good hookups 4/0-6/0 EWG hooks.
Medium, 12lb mono. I had at least 3 take the bait, set the hook(or so I thought), and they spit after a few seconds of running with it. One thing I did overlook is that perhaps my hook had dulled, even though it still looked and felt sharp. They weren’t small fish, so I don’t think they were just taking the worm.
Just bizarre that I had no problems with the 4/0 Mustad and minimal with the 5/0 H20 previously(until I started hitting this particular pond frequently).
deep reply :
Bass fishing was fairly lackluster today. After 5 hours in the sun with only a couple 16 inchers and a boatload of dinks, I had enough of it.
So over the course of the next hour, I first reranged and then plusoned a bunch of crappies. Just glad that I released almost as many as I kept. I forgot that cleaning fish isn't half as much fun as catching them.
Fairtax4me reply :
On 7/12/2018 at 7:56 AM, WDE said:Medium, 12lb mono. I had at least 3 take the bait, set the hook(or so I thought), and they spit after a few seconds of running with it. One thing I did overlook is that perhaps my hook had dulled, even though it still looked and felt sharp. They weren’t small fish, so I don’t think they were just taking the worm.
Just bizarre that I had no problems with the 4/0 Mustad and minimal with the 5/0 H20 previously(until I started hitting this particular pond frequently).
I think You're probably sticking the fish with the point but not getting it to drive in. The stretch in mono combined with the flex in the rod just isn't enough to really drive that hook in past the barb and get a solid set.
Flourocarbon or even braid will help, but you also need to start using a medium heavy rod with those sized hooks. 15lb flouro or 40lb braid on a medium heavy fast rod will certainly drive those home.
Staying with the medium rod and mono line, downsize your hook to a smaller size and/or finer wire size.
Mustad hooks are incredibly sharp. Talking almost molecularly sharp. Sharpness on a level that we can't feel with our own sense of touch. To us a mustad feels just as sharp as an eagle claw snell hook, but they're on entirely different levels if you put them under a microscope. The mustad also STAYS sharp for longer.
Bluebasser86 reply :
On 7/12/2018 at 11:57 AM, Fairtax4me said:I think You're probably sticking the fish with the point but not getting it to drive in. The stretch in mono combined with the flex in the rod just isn't enough to really drive that hook in past the barb and get a solid set.
Flourocarbon or even braid will help, but you also need to start using a medium heavy rod with those sized hooks. 15lb flouro or 40lb braid on a medium heavy fast rod will certainly drive those home.
Fluorocarbon stretches as much or more than mono, especially in lighter pound test. I use a lot of mono and copolymer lines, both are lines you're not supposed to use for jigs and T-rigs anymore because of the stretch they say, makes you wonder how anyone caught a fish back before fluorocarbon line existed. Just a few from this year on those too stretchy lines.
8lb copoly and a shakyhead in January
15lb mono with a shakyhead in January
15lb mono and a swinging football head in February
A-Jay reply :
Smallies for me in July are always tricky. (Even though it felt more like September).
It's routinely a game of hide & seek.
Today there was quite a bit of hide and I struggled to seek.
Pretty happy to get these guys.
A-Jay
Looking for the big one reply :
The water levels were low so the fish were extra spooky but I still managed a few. This was the nicest one at 2.5 on a wacky GP 3” Dinger. Saw several 3-4 pound fish but I spooked them and they got tight lipped ????.
deep reply :
Caught me a butter balling ditch panda on a tiny swimbait today.
Pandasaurus rex is a strong animal, and tried to get away by bending out an ST-36. Not on my watch, not today though!
NorcalBassin reply :
Apparently catfish like Keitechs as well...
After the disappointment of this catfish I also unfortunately caught a carp on a senko that was 30+ pounds and wouldn't even fit in our net. Thought I had a PB Clear Lake giant until about 10 seconds into the fight (no pic).
Pops with one of the nicer bass of the trip.
Looking for the big one reply :
Got another nicer one from the creek. Was having trouble fooling them again but saw a pair chasing a bluegill at the surface and casted over towards them with the Keitech and this one hit it before I could even engage the reel. 2.93 lbs. Definitely one of my luckier catches.
Then I got this guy in the deepest pocket. @NorcalBassin I feel your disappointment ????.
shovelmouth83 reply :
Took my nephew out 3.3 trolling with a chrome and blue back rat trap
Fairtax4me reply :
Caught a catfish on a Keitech as well a few weeks back. It flopped out of my hands and over the side just as the pic was being taken. Seems like I've seen a lot of catfish caught on swimbaits this year.
Got it out for an hour or so this afternoon and managed a couple smallmouth on senkos. No pics of those, they were all under 10", but did manage to haul in this beauty with 10lb braid on the spinning rod. Less fight than I thought it would be... It flipped out of my hand after the first pic and then I dropped my phone in the dirt. Need a felfie stick for this bank fishing stuff!
Angealy reply :
The frog was the lure of the day had many strikes on it but missed a few.
I then threw my frog next to the dock and because it's a hot summer day one happen to be there waiting for something.
First frog fish of the year!
Bluebasser86 reply :
Well looky here! Blue caught one on a crankbait!
I actually don't mind deep cranks so much, something about them is almost like dragging a really heavy jig when they're banging along the bottom. This one was on a grassy rockpile that topped out at 9' and dropped to 17' off the sides, I'm not sure the bait hit the bottom twice.
Did a lot of flipping grass (main reason I went to this lake, wanted to flip some grass). Found this one in a brushpile right on the edge of the grass. On a lake known for dinks that rarely gives up fish over the 18" mark, I caught 2 in 1 day on a 100* day no less.
Bass_Fishing_Socal reply :
Finally the day start cooling off from early heatwave over July 4th. It had been slow the whole week, still manage some on finesse worm but missed quite a lot of fish.
This morning went out with back to the basic weightless Hula grub 5" and weightless BPS stick bait. It was pain and slow but manage to caught two on each all in 2-3lbs.
A-Jay reply :
On 7/15/2018 at 11:41 PM, JustJames said:Finally the day start cooling off from early heatwave over July 4th. It had been slow the whole week, still manage some on finesse worm but missed quite a lot of fish.
This morning went out with back to the basic weightless Hula grub 5" and weightless BPS stick bait. It was pain and slow but manage to caught two on each all in 2-3lbs.
Nicely Done ~
btw - how do you keep that Texas rigged dirt on the hook ?
A-Jay
Bass_Fishing_Socal reply :
On 7/16/2018 at 4:44 AM, A-Jay said:Nicely Done ~
btw - how do you keep that Texas rigged dirt on the hook ?
A-Jay
It is my speciality lure, can't tell ya.
CrankFate reply :
So got 2 hours of late afternoon fishing in. Too burning hot. Had some 12” class fish following my worms one short lined my crank in a hole so I tried to just fling the little guy in. Turns out it was a big one that rolled upside down and wiggled the whole rod back and forth to freedom as it hit the surface. Nothing else. My son was busy trying to catch crawfish, but kept losing them. As soon as they were gone, he wanted to go home. As we were leaving two young guys started setting up asked if we got any so my son was telling them about the crayfish. The guys started going nuts, saying they never saw one here and asked what color they were. My son said they had dark orangeish red tails with black stripes and blue claws. Go figure. Never seen one at this place before, but I’ve seen crawfish before zillions of times and they were all treetrunk brown. So since I already knew everything there is to know about fishing, I wouldn’t have even asked him what color they were......
facepalm.
Team9nine reply :
A few from the weekend. Still able to sight fish several of these fish in the ponds which is always interesting...and fun. Got to watch a big bass corral and annihilate a bluegill just 10 feet from me today - it was pretty awesome to watch. You can learn a heck of a lot about bass behavior by just sitting in one good area for a while, being quiet and just watching.
NHBull reply :
Finally, having predictable results with the craw. Best Summer in several years
Glaucus reply :
Wife and I got our first double together this evening. Surprised it's never happened before. Was a memorable one. We were sitting down talking for awhile, dead sticking 4 inch Senkos, with the occasional twitch. My line got tight and started to run, so I laid back and set the hook real good, and before I could stand up to fight it, my wife got one too. What a joy.
MichaelCopeland reply :
Been a week or so since I've been able to get out and do some fishing. Was able to get a couple hours in before dark tonight. Only caught this 1lb 1oz bass on a weightless Texas rigged green pumpkin Rage Craw. Really sucks that it had my hook a bit far in his mouth and wasn't easy to get out. Unfortunately it also snapped about an inch or so of my spinning rod tip off in the process. Only have baitcasters to do any fishing with now. Either gotta learn to cast weightless and/or lighter weighted baits with them or hurry up and replace my spinning rod. Something's gotta give. ????
The Bassman reply :
On 7/16/2018 at 9:26 AM, Team9nine said:A few from the weekend. Still able to sight fish several of these fish in the ponds which is always interesting...and fun. Got to watch a big bass corral and annihilate a bluegill just 10 feet from me today - it was pretty awesome to watch. You can learn a heck of a lot about bass behavior by just sitting in one good area for a while, being quiet and just watching.
Can't help but notice you focusing on small waters and fishing on foot this year. Are you finding it more productive or just less trouble than taking the boat out?
Team9nine reply :
On 7/16/2018 at 5:56 PM, The Bassman said:
Can't help but notice you focusing on small waters and fishing on foot this year. Are you finding it more productive or just less trouble than taking the boat out?
For the past 13 years I lived just 3 miles from the boat ramp of a local reservoir. In 10 minutes I could be there and launched, and it made fishing for even just an hour or two after dinner an easy thing, not to mention weekends. But last fall we moved, and the nearest reservoirs are between 25-45 miles away. With traffic, I have to plan on an hour out and another hour back, then fishing time on top of it. Makes all the weekday trips a thing of the past, and weekend trips have been hit or miss. Fortunately, having a bunch of small water within walking distance has become the substitute for the boat, and still getting out and fishing several times a week.
Cheri reply :
Here was his PB from June 23 using topwater near downed tree.
Here's one a couple weeks later on a wacky worm. We didn't own a scale but measured against oar prior to release. It was 22 inches long.
Russ E reply :
caught my new personal best today,on a belly weighted fluke,at a Kansas power plant lake.
beat my old personal best, that I caught 25 years ago in an Iowa farm pond, by 1/2 lb.
22 1/2 inches long
7lb 11oz.
(weighed it on 2 different scales one read 7lb 13 oz. the other read 7lb 11oz.)
I wonder what it weighed this spring when it was full of eggs.
deep reply :
Hit the banks for a few hours, and tried to follow Team9nine's Proven Guidelines for Fishing SuccessTM. Caught a bunch of fish, but unfortunately fell far short of 101.
A-Jay reply :
Had some decent action right at sunset today ~
A-Jay
NYWayfarer reply :
I was on vacation last week. We drove from NY to Indiana to see some sites and visit some relatives. Great trip.
I was able to get some fishing time in. I can add Indiana to the list of states where I have caught fish.
The Bassman reply :
On 7/17/2018 at 8:36 PM, NYWayfarer said:I was on vacation last week. We drove from NY to Indiana to see some sites and visit some relatives. Great trip.
I was able to get some fishing time in. I can add Indiana to the list of states where I have caught fish.
Where were you in IN? We're not known for too many sites. I grew up next to the Speedway.
Fairtax4me reply :
Smallies! Found a bunch of these little guys stacked up in a long stretch of the river. Saw a couple good 2.5-3lbers in there too. Fairly easy for me to access so I'm gonna hit it a couple times in the next few weeks and see what I can drag out of there. Found plenty of gar too, and there's gonna be a special trip just for those as long as the current doesn't pick up too much.
Glaucus reply :
The photo above with my wife and me was also my season best. It's been a tough one in Illinois. That was a good fish though.
lo n slo reply :
took the little johnny out after supper this evening and hooked up with this 19” spot. she hit a Zoom lizard in 18 fow.
N Florida Mike reply :
Was out at our church farm this evening and noticed some topwater activity in the pond. So I grabbed an old cheap spinning combo that was there, and found 1 hook that would work, and searched diligently through my tool box and found 1 old rootbeer fluke. Caught this one reeling it across the grass near shore. Also caught a dink
and lost a few others.
Also saw a fair sized buck at the woodline, but too far away to get a pic.
The Bassman reply :
On 7/18/2018 at 10:57 AM, N Florida Mike said:Was out at our church farm this evening and noticed some topwater activity in the pond. So I grabbed an old cheap spinning combo that was there, and found 1 hook that would work, and searched diligently through my tool box and found 1 old rootbeer fluke. Caught this one reeling it across the grass near shore. Also caught a dink
Also saw a fair sized buck at the woodline, but too far away to get a pic.
Now that's being resourceful. Once at church camp when I was a kid I had brought some mono and hooks to use for a handline. Got creative and used a cane pole tip from a skit (play) the night before and swiped a couple of slices of bread from the lunch table. Caught some really big bluegills.
NYWayfarer reply :
On 7/18/2018 at 4:39 AM, The Bassman said:
Where were you in IN? We're not known for too many sites. I grew up next to the Speedway.
Mishawaka Indiana and South Bend, right by Notre Dame and the Saint Joseph River. I was fishing in a place called Pinhook Park. We stayed there for a few days before heading to Indianapolis.
There was some big Bass busting in that lake. If I only had my kayak...
riverbasser reply :
This one won me and my partner some money Saturday on a 3xd
SlappinKraken reply :
Had one of my best Indiana fishing days yesterday. I was catching fish sporadically and had about 4 fish in 5 hours with weights of 4.05,3.78, 2.25ish, and a dink. Then the wind started to pick up bass started to hit a Big EZ almost every cast. I stopped taking pictures after a few to get my line back out there asap. The flurry lasted for about a dozen fish and most were in the 17" to 19" range. Unfortunately, my GoPro was dead by then but I at least got the 4 fish from earlier that day on video.
A-Jay reply :
Got on the Brown ones again tonight - right at last light.
She was a really Long Sally.
A-Jay
NYWayfarer reply :
I am following @A-Jay example of fishing at last light. Not getting Bass quite the size of his but the activity is there at that time of day.
Last night the topwater bite was on just before the sun went down. Bluegill Whopper Plopper. Smallmouth love it.
Arobb2012 reply :
Caught this one the other day. She hit a popmax hugging the bank.
NHBull reply :
Only had time for a couple hours this evening but the top water bite was on. Got to say that the Impulse Zell Rowland Rod is awesome. The fish in the pic was 21 inches ( couldn’t zero the scale )
Team9nine reply :
A Zoom finesse worm and a little "old school" Buck Perry structure combined for 12-15 decent bass this afternoon on a local reservoir with air and water temps nearly identical at 85 degrees and a 8-10 mph breeze out of the SSE. Thermocline has set in at 19' on this lake.
StrikePrince reply :
Got this 22 inch football on a zoom ultravibe speed worm 1/4 oz Texas rigged. Hit on the fall on a cast to a patch of deep standing weeds, probably hit around the midway point of a 10-12 foot fall
deep reply :
Got a new ride today (craigslist)- she's an ocean kayak tetra. Thank you to everyone who posted in the many cheap kayak threads.
Also caught some fish. The tiny swimbait I bought last week has been working pretty well. Caught the biggest (if not the biggest, definitely the longest and the skinniest) and the smallest bass on it today, plus a few others.
A-Jay reply :
On 7/20/2018 at 1:05 PM, deep said:Got a new ride today (craigslist)- she's an ocean kayak tetra. Thank you to everyone who posted in the many cheap kayak threads.
Also caught some fish. The tiny swimbait I bought last week has been working pretty well. Caught the biggest (if not the biggest, definitely the longest and the skinniest) and the smallest bass on it today, plus a few others.
Nice Bass and Congrats on the new rig.
btw - I think I might have seen the early stages of a smile right there.
Maybe not but it was pretty close.
Keep working at it - you'll get it.
A-Jay
Just Fish Michael reply :
We had the perfect prefrontal conditions last night and I literally smelled a record setting night. I got out of work late and raced to some water. 2 hours and 10 solid keeper size bass was good, but add in this 5+ pound beauty and it becomes great!! Funny how she made the other 2 pounders seem so small ???? Its hard to find this size here in July. 1 beaten up zinkerz worm tossed in and around weed beds caught them all.
RichF reply :
July has been good to me this year. Fished two tournaments and won both. First, an ABA divisional at the beginning of the month on Cross Lake up near Syracuse, NY. Weighed 18.19 with a 4.7 kicker flipping docks, grass, and shallow wood in 1 to 5 ft. Second, a Northern NY Bassmaster Team event on Black Lake I fished with my dad. We knocked out our biggest bag ever out there, 20.37lbs with a 5.7lb kicker and another 5.5, both caught in the last hour of the day. Flipped grass in 3 to 10 ft and threw a frog super shallow. Not fishing a ton anymore, but I'm making my days count!
J Francho reply :
Black Lake - the lake full of 14.9" bass, lol. Sounds like you found the big ones!
MichaelCopeland reply :
So much for beating the heat this morning. Got to the lake around 5:30am, it wasn't that hot at that time, but nothing was biting. Nothing biting all morning, then finally I caught a bream on a 4" wacky rigged green pumpkin Strike King Ocho...lol. It hit it like a bass, but by far wasn't one. So I changed out the 4" to a 6" green pumpkin Ocho and a bass hit it, I set the hook and had it coming in then it jumped and spit my bait. That was all the excitement for the day. It's just too dang hot out there 100°+! Maybe next time I'll do better. ????
jbmaine reply :
RICHF-
Great looking fish. The second picture, the one where you're kneeling. Watch out for that evil looking blue thing at the end of the dock. That's well documented as the fastest spreading invasive species known to man, and bad news to fisherman everywhere.????
A-Jay reply :
On 7/21/2018 at 2:59 AM, RichF said:July has been good to me this year. Fished two tournaments and won both. First, an ABA divisional at the beginning of the month on Cross Lake up near Syracuse, NY. Weighed 18.19 with a 4.7 kicker flipping docks, grass, and shallow wood in 1 to 5 ft. Second, a Northern NY Bassmaster Team event on Black Lake I fished with my dad. We knocked out our biggest bag ever out there, 20.37lbs with a 5.7lb kicker and another 5.5, both caught in the last hour of the day. Flipped grass in 3 to 10 ft and threw a frog super shallow. Not fishing a ton anymore, but I'm making my days count!
Stacker of a Bag !
Congrats
A-Jay
deep reply :
Had to catch another one to practice my smile, as recommended by @A-Jay. So I did.
Problem is, I kinda forgot to smile. Also forgot my scale, which is not unusual. Length citation anyway at 23".
Somd Fx4 reply :
On 7/21/2018 at 7:50 AM, deep said:Had to catch another one to practice my smile, as recommended by @A-Jay. So I did.
Problem is, I kinda forgot to smile. Also forgot my scale, which is not unusual. Length citation anyway at 23".
Putting that kayak to work! Nice catch
Fairtax4me reply :
Nice one Deep! Thinking I'll try to get out there tomorrow or Sunday. Any tips? I see you've been getting some decent ones on the swimbait.
deep reply :
On 7/21/2018 at 8:21 AM, Fairtax4me said:Nice one Deep! Thinking I'll try to get out there tomorrow or Sunday. Any tips? I see you've been getting some decent ones on the swimbait.
Thanks!
No new insights, unfortunately. I was fishing weed edges and brush edges both vertically and horizontally and covering water. Probably caught a dozen dinks for every 15"+ fish.
The first decent one was off the side of the long tapering point, the second one from the finger on the bigger of the two humps, and the one today near the cut that sits south of the cove with the pipe.
WDE reply :
Black/blue Dinger wasn’t doing anything for me after about an hour. Threw on a green pumpkin Senko and caught 4 in about 15 minutes. Big one went 4.3, and was a lot of fun to bring in. As soon as I set the hook, he took off like a dart and started peeling off a little drag.
Sidenote: my H20 Xpress 4/0 woes seem to be fixed. I don’t know if it was that particular hook, or I just have been setting the hook harder. (Knock on wood)
Bass_Fishing_Socal reply :
Very satisfactory this morning, even thought I only caught three, but with my favorite lure.
Woke up this morning and got about 1-1/2 hour before sending my wife off for her garage sale shopping. I ditched every lures today but plan on Fluke fishing. Grabbed a bag of D-Shad and a bag of Fluke and head my way to weed pad. Within first 10 mins got a first line run, set hook and #8 Izor line broke off (not at the knot). Tied on another D-Shad and cast to same spot, did the top water trick and a few quick jerks, the line keep pulling out again, this time I just weeping to the side and keep the line tight, got a nice size bass this time.
Process to caught one more small one but I was out of D-Shad (old bag and only 3 in there). Moved to another spot with even thicker weed but this time with Zoom Super Fluke (white ice), my technique is to do a few quick jerk to the top and let it fall down at the outside edge. Caught another decent size before heading home.
NHBull reply :
The early bite has not let up....5 like this, all in 6 feet with Temps in the mid 70's
Jar11591 reply :
Good topwater bite on the Pop-X this morning, and by midday, they were hitting spinner baits pretty well.
Biggest fish came on a jig and Paca Craw trailer though.
Fairtax4me reply :
Rode the wind all over the lake in the canoe today. Got kinda choppy out there (no crappie though) late afternoon so I ended up hiding in a few coves on my way to the far end of the lake.
Was hoping for a swimbait bite today, and I guess I got one if a swim jig worked on structure counts.
Caught my my first fish, maybe a pound or so, on a BD shad out in 8fow over some grass but couldn't keep in position well enough to really work the point thoroughly. After an hour and a half of drifting around to other grassy areas I decided the bass in the grass weren't in the mood to eat. Backup plan... Wood structure! Couple points on main lake that have deep submerged standing locust trees. I like to pull jigs and Texas rigged plastics through those and pick off some bass and usually get a handful from each spot even on a rough day. Caught a couple like that working a swim jig with Keitech trailer but they were all pounders.
Moved into some coves to get away from the wind and started pickup up numbers and some bigger fish! Problem was all the big fish were super skinny! The photo is my longest of the day, I weighed and measured it just out of curiosity. Two and a quarter pounds! 2-1/4, 2.25. Yes, a 19" bass that's 2lbs... I caught 4 roughly that size.
Overall I landed 19, with the exception of the first and one somewhere in the middle on a speed worm, nabbed all of them on the swim jig out of some kind of wood or brushy cover. I'll call that a good day! Best part was the wind pushed me to the fish, and at the end of the day it flipped directions and helped push me back to the ramp!
Bluebasser86 reply :
Haven't had 2 days off in a row since the second and third day of this month, made for little on the water time. Had a stretch of 9 days working in a row in there, lots of OT, and this past week one of my days off got canceled out for mandatory training to learn a computer program I'll possibly never use, got to love it.
Got out for some scouting for an upcoming guide trip with a buddy on Friday, trying to find some white bass and wipers but they are tough to come by when the water is in the high 80's to low 90's like it is everywhere around here and they only feed for very short windows. We did catch a lot of bass, one of them was a really nice (for Kansas anyways) spotted bass that was the first fish I caught on my new YUM Pulse swimbait in the 3.5" size. Turned out to be my most productive bait of the day. Really impressive part was, I caught over 20 bass and only used 2 baits!
roadwarrior reply :
Great day!
lo n slo reply :
hit the water at first light in the little johnny this morning and didn’t get bit til around 7:30.....but what a bite it was! i hooked this 11 lb striper, on a 5” Zoom lizard, while fishing a deep brush pile. i thought it was a big cat at first but when i finally saw the tail, i knew it wasn’t a cat. she fought for a couple minutes, zipping drag repeatedly and then it was over. my Revo SX, spooled with 12 lb Seaguar InvizX, on a 7’ MH Berkley Shock met the task head on! i also boated this healthy 19”+ largemouth later. git r done.
N Florida Mike reply :
Those are some nice fish !
Will Wetline reply :
This smallmouth munched a tricked out Z-Man Finesse TRD in about 20 feet of water.
Mbirdsley reply :
So I put the boat in in off of center street in Saginaw on the Tittabawassee River. The Day started off fast but, I missed 3 smallies right off the bat and the one was a nice one.
Than it slowed way down but, I was able to pick up this 17 inch smallie on a pb&j jig with a green pumpkin paca chunk. I didn’t pour this jig but, rather I bought a bunch of unpainted arkie and football head jigs from a guy on the forum. I did powder coat it, add weed guard, and put the skirt on.
DSTN reply :
On 7/22/2018 at 3:23 PM, Bluebasser86 said:Haven't had 2 days off in a row since the second and third day of this month, made for little on the water time. Had a stretch of 9 days working in a row in there, lots of OT, and this past week one of my days off got canceled out for mandatory training to learn a computer program I'll possibly never use, got to love it.
Got out for some scouting for an upcoming guide trip with a buddy on Friday, trying to find some white bass and wipers but they are tough to come by when the water is in the high 80's to low 90's like it is everywhere around here and they only feed for very short windows. We did catch a lot of bass, one of them was a really nice (for Kansas anyways) spotted bass that was the first fish I caught on my new YUM Pulse swimbait in the 3.5" size. Turned out to be my most productive bait of the day. Really impressive part was, I caught over 20 bass and only used 2 baits!
Sounds like a solid day! The Yum Pulse is a great bait. I am always surprised that I never see anyone mention it on here. I have always used the 4.5" size since I've bought them in store at Dick's. Didn't even realize there was a 3.5" size, going to have to order some now.
Mbirdsley reply :
Here is the jig from the last post that I lost three smallies on including the big one. I painted, added weed, guard, and put the skirt on. The skirt is from fishingskirts.com
Way north bass guy reply :
Took a solo trip to a new lake this morning, lots of smaller ones and managed to get a few decent size bass in super shallow water on a frog and pitching to pads/eelgrass. Lost a nice pike about 36” right at the boat, she just opened her yap and spit the spinnerbait out, then sat there like she was mocking me ????.
Heres the best bass I got.
Team9nine reply :
Was able to get access to a new place to walk the bank at, so checked it out this weekend in-between passing rain showers. Got two short sessions in totaling just over 3.5 hours and managed to land over 60 bass. Caught everything on finesse worms and a spinning rod. I always enjoy fishing a new place for the first time, as each little lake is different, and it's always fun trying to put the pieces of the puzzle together, both the fishing and the biology. This one was shallower than most, had an inside and outside weedline, and a bunch of cookie cutter bass between 1.5 and 2 pounds, likely all from the same year class suggesting a possible kill event several years back. Did get a few small guys so some natural reproduction, but not many. Only a couple hookups with bigger fish this go round, so more to explore there. Also has a few stray carp in it which is interesting. Likely dropped in via an emptied bait bucket. Doesn't appear like they are doing any damage at this point.
Bluebasser86 reply :
On 7/23/2018 at 3:53 AM, DSTN said:Sounds like a solid day! The Yum Pulse is a great bait. I am always surprised that I never see anyone mention it on here. I have always used the 4.5" size since I've bought them in store at Dick's. Didn't even realize there was a 3.5" size, going to have to order some now.
YUM just released the smaller size. It's perfect for around here this time of year with all the young of the year shad schools around that the fish are feeding on. Much more durable and wallet friendly than a swing impact too.
deep reply :
A bunch of small fish today walking the shoreline for a couple hours. Most of them on a topwater (gunfish 115).
Dirtyeggroll reply :
I had about an hour study break today to get on the lake.
On the 5th time I thought I was snagged in the brushpile I was fishing, I wasn’t!
It was a 5.62 lb brush bison!
Derek1 reply :
Today’s rainy day catch.
Have a few more working on sizing pics
Jar11591 reply :
A buddy of mine who I used to fish with all the time moved out of state a few years ago, but is in town for a week or so, so we hit the lake. Due to a massive weather system moving over the northeast, the radar was looking iffy so we decided to stick to a lake close to home. Sure glad we did, because the fishing was ON. We caught lots of fish, and the average size was very impressive anchored by the 20”+ smallmouth that my buddy caught. Here’s one of the chunks I landed, pitching a Texas Rig to some Lily pads:
jbmaine reply :
They would not leave the spinner bait alone today. Caught fat little dinks up to much better ones.
Graham reply :
The rain came in today and got me a day off work. It also made for some killer fishing conditions. Went down to a local pond that I heard was just recently stocked and absolutely whacked them silly. Over 15 fish and the best 5 went for around 16lbs. Here’s the best of the day.
Dirtyeggroll reply :
After yesterday’s study break I had to go back for more. Got this 4.16 lb one in 3 feet of water on a Siebert Blue Craw Dredge Dock Rocker jig.
diversity210 reply :
First time out on my new Pro Guide V 165-wt yesterday and was able to christen the new boat with a few of these guys between 2-3 pounds. Late morning Fishing a grass bed right at the edge of about a 10 foot drop off. They weren't donkeys but they were fun catching. Texas rigged PowerBait 10" Power Worm in Green Pumpkin. Didnt keep any of them but did come across a nice bluegill bed later in the day. Took home about 12 good size bluegill and they made a tasty dinner for the family. Love eating bluegill.
Glaucus reply :
I really was sick today, boss. Don't be so insensitive. It's called addiction.
Graham reply :
On 7/24/2018 at 10:08 AM, Dirtyeggroll said:brush bison
Haha ditch donkey fosho, nice one!
keagbassr reply :
Got out Tues. For a few hours and today for a couple more before some dark clouds made me nervous. Not a lot numbers wise but stuck a good one each day pitching a double wide beaver. 1st one from today came in at 5-11 and the other at 4-15 on Tues.
MichaelCopeland reply :
Got out for a few hours today hoping to have a good day. Didn't really happen like I'd hoped, but did manage 1 nonscorable bass on a wacky rigged green pumpkin Zoom trick worm. That was the only bite I got before the rain came down. Had a couple more bites then, but lightning made me pack up and head back to my girlfriend's house. Oh well it happens like that sometimes! ????
Russ E reply :
did a little Kansas power plant fishing again today. bite was really slow today.
started cranking ledges with a 6XD and caught this guy. not what I was after but fought hard . it was 29 inches and weighed 11lb. 2oz.
switched over to a magnum trick worm and caught this guy. 22 inches 6lb. 4oz. nice finish to the day.
Team9nine reply :
Catching these fish just never gets old Quick pass after work before dinner accounted for over a dozen post-frontal bass this evening. Can't wait for the weekend - lol
deep reply :
Tiny swimbait still doing work. Several lesser, but very pugnacious, pandas tonight; one of which bent out a hook. Good thing I got two trebles on that bait.
The Bassman reply :
On 7/28/2018 at 11:05 AM, Team9nine said:Catching these fish just never gets old
Assuming you're sticking with finesse/worm techniques. I got adventurous Thurs. eve. as the front was passing and tried a chatterbait on b/c tackle. Caught one of my best (5+) of the season. I fish a group of HOA lakes close to home that differ from most in that they have a shad forage base. Looking forward to the next couple of months as the bass start going more pelagic following the shad. These are good sized lakes so I have to believe there's some big ones to be caught.
Team9nine reply :
On 7/28/2018 at 6:47 PM, The Bassman said:Assuming you're sticking with finesse/worm techniques. I got adventurous Thurs. eve. as the front was passing and tried a chatterbait on b/c tackle. Caught one of my best (5+) of the season. I fish a group of HOA lakes close to home that differ from most in that they have a shad forage base. Looking forward to the next couple of months as the bass start going more pelagic following the shad. These are good sized lakes so I have to believe there's some big ones to be caught.
Yep - keeps life simple and has been producing great on my waters. I've always been more enamored with numbers than size. So wanted to get out Thu with those conditions but couldn't. If I catch it right, might pull out a bluegill swimbait one of these days just to see what happens. Gills are still doing some limited spawning in these waters.
Dirtyeggroll reply :
Didn’t think I was gonna get to get any fishing in today because it was raining pretty hard when I was supposed to leave and my little plastic boat doesn’t have a bulge. The rain broke a little and I caught a lot of fish before starting my study session. Couldn’t break 4 lbs but got really close with this one which was 3.96. Caught a lot of 3+ lbers.
Jar11591 reply :
Storms have had the fish all fired up here. The fishing has been red hot this past week as a major storm system swirls around the northeast.
Like usual, they really wanted the popper today. Megabass Pop Max landed this 4-2 right off the bat, followed quickly by several more good sized fish.
Sun came up, topwater bite went dead, but that didn’t stop them from slamming other baits all day long. Frog in the lilies, senkos skipped under docks, and spinnerbait in the weeds. Biggest fish came on a spinner bait, around mid-day, a 4-4:
Also got a bunch of hammerhandle pike and pickerel, but did have one decent pike crash a spinnerbait right next to the boat:
A-Jay reply :
On 7/29/2018 at 2:18 AM, Dirtyeggroll said:Didn’t honk I was gonna get to get any fishing in today because it was raining pretty hard when I was supposed to leave and my little plastic boat doesn’t have a bulge. The rain broke a little and I caught a lot of fish before starting my study session. Couldn’t break 4 lbs but got really close with this one which was 3.96. Caught a lot of 3+ lbers.
Nice Bass & Nice HUK !
A-Jay
Bluebasser86 reply :
Up to needing 2 hands to count how many crankbait fish I've caught this year! I'm on a roll! There was food EVERYWHERE for these hungry bass, but the new Bandit Racket was still too much for them.
Bassin' Brad reply :
Chunky 3.28 lber that smashed my kvd 1.5 square bill yesterday.
Way north bass guy reply :
Went first thing this morning for some largemouths, but with the super dry summer we’ve had here, the lake has dropped over a foot since the last time I was there so the largemouths all pulled out of the shallow pads/eelgrass where I caught em last time. So I went out to the main lake and salvaged the morning with brown ones instead. Drop shot Berkley Gulp minnow took them all on the deep edge of shallow flats, best fish was right at 3lbs.
NorthernBasser reply :
Just now seeing this thread. I've wondering if there was a place to post catches on this forum. Love seeing others' catches!
Here's a mid-summer frog fish. Missed the frog 2 times. Keeps the frog in the strike zone and nailed it on it's 3rd attempt.
long island basser reply :
Hit the water from 10 am thru 2:30 pm today. Managed to boat 7 bass with a few pickerel thrown in.
Big bass coming on a 4” pit boss from lily pads in about 5/6 fow.
6lb 12oz fatty.
haggard reply :
Fresh water wasn't in the cards this weekend so tried salt from the yak at around high tide, and for the first time landed a salt water species, first striper. These guys fight hard. Landed 3 more before going home.
everythingthatswims reply :
Bump!
Bass_Fishing_Socal reply :
Nothing much going here just hot and hot and hot. My buddy and I went out all night fishing last week and week before. We did pretty good caught a bunch of 3-4lbs and a few keeper size mostly on Texas rig D'Stroyer and Pit boss.
I also fish a few times but only early morning and did not bad myself. This morning caught a nice 4-4.5Lbs on Yamamoto D-Shad and a few keepers on Roboworm straight tail 7" Aaron Magic. Not bad for hour and a half in nice weather morning and spend the rest of my day under AC.
Video version
jbmaine reply :
Still picking up deep water smallies. Nothing huge but the largest was 2.8. Boy do they fight!!!!
Glaucus reply :
Dunno if I posted this one yet. Not a remarkable Larry by any means, but hands down my favorite fish I've ever caught. This dude fought like a 3lb Smallie. Just unreal for a Larry.
So it got me itching for Smallies. Went to the river today with the ole Ned Rig and put a whopping on them. Caught 40+. Mostly small. Different species called for a shave.
LadiMopar reply :
Just so you all know...it's not just you boys having fun out there...????
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A-Jay reply :
On 7/31/2018 at 7:58 AM, LadiMopar said:Just so you all know...it's not just you boys having fun out there...????
Like there was ever any doubt . . .
Nice Bass right there.
Congrats
A-Jay
Bluebasser86 reply :
Didn't really have time to fish after working midnight to noon and having a new puppy at home, but it was overcast and mid 70's when I got off work, haven't felt weather like that in forever. Grabbed one rod out of the car when I got to a tiny little pond, made about 10 cast, made a new friend, went home. Solid black Ocho, bit like a sunfish.
boostr reply :
Only one I was able to pull out of that pea soup. Caught on a Texas rigged and pegged Bk/Bl flake RT Structure Bug off of a stump in a bout 3 fow.
Graham reply :
On 7/30/2018 at 7:06 PM, everythingthatswims said:
Bump!
Not a color combo you see fished very often, nice fish!
deep reply :
Big minnow on the Pats this morning; along with a few smaller minnows.
NorthernBasser reply :
On 8/1/2018 at 6:22 AM, deep said:Big minnow on the Pats this morning; along with a few smaller minnows.
Is that the Slammer?
On 7/31/2018 at 4:47 AM, Glaucus said:Dunno if I posted this one yet. Not a remarkable Larry by any means, but hands down my favorite fish I've ever caught. This dude fought like a 3lb Smallie. Just unreal for a Larry.
So it got me itching for Smallies. Went to the river today with the ole Ned Rig and put a whopping on them. Caught 40+. Mostly small. Different species called for a shave.
GO PACK GO!!
everythingthatswims reply :
On 8/1/2018 at 5:03 AM, Graham said:Not a color combo you see fished very often, nice fish!
I don't think that fish had a clue what that bait looked like, but I KNOW it knew what it felt like
On 8/1/2018 at 6:22 AM, deep said:Big minnow on the Pats this morning; along with a few smaller minnows.
The coveted pats perch, thought you sold most of those big boy toys?
Bluebasser86 reply :
On 8/1/2018 at 9:32 AM, NorthernBasser said:Is that the Slammer?
Pat's Perch, a really expensive Slammer ????
MIbassyaker reply :
Chunky Senko fish Tuesday morning. Thought this would go over 4lb for sure when it first came up......not quite, it turned out...3.75:
PAbasser927 reply :
Went out to practice two things I need more confidence in... skipping and the Ned rig. Caught this decent one skipping a Ned under low branches.
keagbassr reply :
Got out Tues. And today for about 5 hrs each day. Tues. Just pitched all day with a double wide beaver got 10 best at 3-8. Today tried to force a toad and buzz bait bite only managed a couple so back to pitching.only 2 bites but 1 came in at 5-2.
Gundog reply :
On 8/2/2018 at 9:54 PM, PAbasser927 said:Went out to practice two things I need more confidence in... skipping and the Ned rig. Caught this decent one skipping a Ned under low branches.
That is a hefty hawg.
Pickle_Power reply :
Last night was one of those memorable nights. I hit a pond with my kayak that I normally don't get a chance to fish in the evening. Probably over 20 topwater blowups on frogs, buzz toads, and buzz baits. The fish in open water shot out of the water like rockets to hit the buzz toad, especially. Missed quite a few in really thick slop. I ended up boating around 10, including several in the chunky 3 lb range. No monsters, but constant topwater action. I don't ask for any more than that!
EGbassing reply :
New PB. I don't own a scale but I'm buying one tomorrow... That picture angle didn't do him justice at all.
A-Jay reply :
A Surprise Green Bass early this morning.
A-Jay
Bass_Fishing_Socal reply :
Since temp cool down a little bit the past week. I went out almost every morning, and as usual some good some bad. Only caught one nice one 5.34lb the rest were just a keeper size.
Until yesterday I stopped by another spot where I reserve for Frog fishing only. I got just one bite on sprinker frog but saw a lot of activities. The weed start to come up on top but not a whole big area yet. This morning decided to go out with nothing but the Frogs (booyah popping and pad crashed).
i missed a lot of bite, line pulled but come up with empty but weed. I remembered @Bluebasser86mentioned set hook when you don't see the frog, I set drag tight and tried again, finally caught two not very big but made me happy enough.
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https://youtu.be/liY578EsA4k
A-Jay reply :
On 8/4/2018 at 11:32 PM, JustJames said:Since temp cool down a little bit the past week. I went out almost every morning, and as usual some good some bad. Only caught one nice one 5.34lb the rest were just a keeper size.
Until yesterday I stopped by another spot where I reserve for Frog fishing only. I got just one bite on sprinker frog but saw a lot of activities. The weed start to come up on top but not a whole big area yet. This morning decided to go out with nothing but the Frogs (booyah popping and pad crashed).
i missed a lot of bite, line pulled but come up with empty but weed. I remembered @Bluebasser86mentioned set hook when you don't see the frog, I set drag tight and tried again, finally caught two not very big but made me happy enough.
Video added ***
Nicely Done @JustJames ~ Way to stick with it.
Congrats on your first Frog Bass.
Some advice if I may; if that's at least 40lb braid - LOCK YOUR DRAG UP and HAMMER that hookset with some Bad intention. You'll likely see an improvement in strike to land ratio. You don't need your drag slipping there. Also a MH rod at least. Be careful though, you might get your arm broke.
A-Jay
Jar11591 reply :
Megabass really has a knack for getting the day started with big topwater fish. Today it was the Pop X. First cast yeilded this 21 incher. Really wish she could have munched on a few more perch before I caught her...21” and barely tipped the scale at 4lbs.
Topwater was the really the only thing they wanted today. Couple small ones around docks with the senkos, and spinnerbaits couldn’t buy a sniff unless from Esox. Fine by me, I have no problem feeding them the topwater all morning!
Bass_Fishing_Socal reply :
On 8/5/2018 at 1:53 AM, A-Jay said:Nicely Done @JustJames ~ Way to stick with it.
Congrats on your first Frog Bass.
Some advice if I may; if that's at least 40lb braid - LOCK YOUR DRAG UP and HAMMER that hookset with some Bad intention. You'll likely see an improvement in strike to land ratio. You don't need your drag slipping there. Also a MH rod at least. Be careful though, you might get your arm broke.
A-Jay
Thanks A-jay I know one of the fish I lost becuz it pulled drag into weed zone. I did set the drag pretty tight after that lost fish (30lbs). I use 7'1 MHXF daiwa there but it is abit soft compare to others.
A-Jay reply :
On 8/5/2018 at 2:59 AM, JustJames said:Thanks A-jay I know one of the fish I lost becuz it pulled drag into weed zone. I did set the drag pretty tight after that lost fish (30lbs). I use 7'1 MHXF daiwa there but it is abit soft compare to others.
You should be totally good to go.
Just lock that drag up and Drop The Hammer !
Besides the always very cool strike, The Hollywood Hookset is half the fun
A-Jay
The Bassman reply :
On 8/5/2018 at 2:03 AM, Jar11591 said:Megabass really has a knack for getting the day started with big topwater fish. Today it was the Pop X. First cast yeilded this 21 incher. Really wish she could have munched on a few more perch before I caught her...21” and barely tipped the scale at 4lbs.
Topwater was the really the only thing they wanted today. Couple small ones around docks with the senkos, and spinnerbaits couldn’t buy a sniff unless from Esox. Fine by me, I have no problem feeding them the topwater all morning!
Don't lip Mr. Esox.
Glaucus reply :
Went Smallie hunting again with the ole Ned Rig. First picture is my first cast. Second picture is my second cast. It was on from there. Another 30 Smallies in about 2 hours. Had to make the second picture gray so it would fit on here. Sorry for the dumb face. My wife texted me and that was my reply back. We're weird.
Angealy reply :
Today things were a bit slow.
So it turns out i picked and used a flatten barb hook somebody used at some point and put in my box.
I did get one on it as well but the fish took me into the slop and got off.
The bite was slow till sun set then i manged to pick off two.
Baits used below.
1.Big Bite Baits Real Deal Craw Green Pumpkin Weightless T-Rig.
2.Scum Frog Trophy Series Frog 1/2oz Chartreuse.
Glaucus reply :
Back at it this fine morning 
NHBull reply :
Seldom do I catch 4 in a row over 3 lbs, must be good karma
The 4th jumped ship before I could get his mug shot
boostr reply :
He won fish of the day!
Sad, really sad...
lo n slo reply :
caught 16 spots and 2 largemouths in the little johnny this morning from 6:30 til 10:30. this 20” porker hit a Zoom lizard in 12 fow. dadburnit it’s hot!
Fairtax4me reply :
A-Rig bass! Caught three in about 20 minutes, this one was my biggest of the day. 3.5ish
The day started out a bit slow but we found a spot where bass were crashing shad and spent a few hours floating around there picking off a few bass. If we could throw a jerkbait into the school when they were breaking the surface it was almost guaranteed to catch a fish.
I caught a few on crankbaits and rattle traps as well. But they were keyed in on small shad and didn't want anything if it was bigger than the shad they were chasing.
N Florida Mike reply :
Got 7 this evening , all on 5 inch senkos. Stayed up at my end of the lake again and fished eel grass pockets. Had a couple on that felt bigger, but gave me the slip. I did get this one anyway.
Tried the frog again awhile, and nothing again. Frog bite has been almost non existent for me this summer.
Im not sure whats up with this weather but its been a very rainy but relatively cool summer . The fish have never slowed down this summer. It felt almost like the early fall out there this evening.
MichaelCopeland reply :
Got out for a couple hours to a new lake, to me anyways, Ivan Lake in Cotton Valley, La. It has lots of potential plus lots of bank and 5 fishing piers to fish from. Wasn't there long enough to really figure anything out as it was too hot. Didn't catch any bass. Did catch another bowfin. No pic of it because it shook my bait as I got it on the bank and disappointed it wasn't a bass just pushed it back in the water with my foot. It was a cool catch though. It slammed my 110 Whopper Plopper. Sounded almost like a whip cracked when it hit. It was a pretty good sized one too. Almost as big as that 6lb 11oz one I posted earlier this year. After being back home for a while I was checking the line on the rod I caught it with for any nicks or abrasions and happened to notice the teeth marks it left behind. Some serious grooves in my 110. Glad I didn't have to deal with unhooking it! ????
Glaucus reply :
Biggest Smallmouth ever on this particular river. Throwing the Ned Rig off the dam. It doesn't just catch dinks! I was shaking for awhile. My buddy gets credit for it too because he climbed down the wall and lipped it for me and raised it up to me so I didn't have to horse it up the wall and risk breaking it off.
And then we waded down to some islands and this behemoth ate his Ned Rig. 
My buddy down the wall doing me a solid.
deep reply :
On 8/6/2018 at 12:53 AM, boostr said:He won fish of the day!
That fish looks bigger than all of @EGbassing's 10 pounders!
WolfyBrandon reply :
[August 06, 2018]
It's been 17 long days since Jeremy & I last fished. There was a bass tournament held last Saturday (4th). It's the summer season and temps are now reaching into the 90's. The past weekend saw a lot of pressure from both tournament & weekend anglers as well as recreational boaters. All in all, I was just happy to finally get back out and get some casts in, and thought even if I only caught a little 8 incher to stay consistent, I would consider that a bonus.
Well I caught that little 8 incher...
As well as a few upgrades...
WolfyBrandon
NHBull reply :
On 8/7/2018 at 9:10 AM, Glaucus said:Biggest Smallmouth ever on this particular river. Throwing the Ned Rig off the dam. It doesn't just catch dinks! I was shaking for awhile. My buddy gets credit for it too because he climbed down the wall and lipped it for me and raised it up to me so I didn't have to horse it up the wall and risk breaking it off.
And then we waded down to some islands and this behemoth ate his Ned Rig.
My buddy down the wall doing me a solid.
Great catch and thanks for not "long-arming " it......
NYWayfarer reply :
My Nephew came for a visit this weekend. I took him and my son for a fishing trip to a local spot for some Smallmouth action. Everyone caught fish. It was a good trip. We got them on Ploppers, Dingers, Berkley Atomic Tubes and Ned Rig TRD's
Glaucus reply :
Larry decided to eat my Ned Rig at the dam today.
haggard reply :
I got you all beat. Last Sunday landed this, no wonder they call these things "smallies" ????
In all fairness, I did land a PB smallie estimated 3-4 lb later in the day. No photo as I deep hooked her and had to focus on hook-free recovery/release ASAP. Thank you, through-the-gills method and @jbmaine for the tip on where to find her
deep reply :
Not quite what I was hoping for, but apparently Tiny Swimbait doesn't discriminate.
Caught this one on a jika rig, and life was good.
Had to sit out a couple thunderstorms, but still got rained on. Rain stopped, I stuck another decent one, and called it a day.
NHBull reply :
Fish on a rat.....doesn't get numbers, but better than average size
A-Jay reply :
Pretty Morning that even included some bass.
A-Jay
Jar11591 reply :
On 8/10/2018 at 6:59 AM, A-Jay said:
Pretty Morning that even included some bass.
Weird seeing you holding a green bass without the Sierra Madres in the background...
A-Jay reply :
On 8/10/2018 at 7:06 AM, Jar11591 said:
Weird seeing you holding a green bass without the Sierra Madres in the background...
I know -
70 days . . .
A-Jay
LadiMopar reply :
On 8/10/2018 at 6:59 AM, A-Jay said:Pretty Morning that even included some bass
That is one mighty fine looking magical green fish @A-Jay
Glaucus reply :
On 8/7/2018 at 9:10 AM, Glaucus said:Biggest Smallmouth ever on this particular river. Throwing the Ned Rig off the dam. It doesn't just catch dinks! I was shaking for awhile. My buddy gets credit for it too because he climbed down the wall and lipped it for me and raised it up to me so I didn't have to horse it up the wall and risk breaking it off.
And then we waded down to some islands and this behemoth ate his Ned Rig.
My buddy down the wall doing me a solid.
Followed that beast up with this one today. Another Ned Rig masterpiece.
Didn't have time to get a horizontal photo of this one. She was of the same quality, however. Not sure which was bigger. She was missing half of her top lip, if you look closely. Don't believe I did that to her.
Earlier in the day I caught another quality Smallie at the smaller dam. I thought she was going to be my star of the day until that one on top happened later on.
I love the camaraderie of the bass fishing community. My friend helped me land the first big girl the other day, and then today there was a teenager there fishing with his dad and the teen saw me fighting her and without hesitation grabbed his net and netted her for me. Once again over the wall and I'd have possibly broke off. I'm going to have to start standing in the water below the wall.
keagbassr reply :
Got out Tues. And thurs. For about 5 hrs. Each day. Looking for frog bite but could only get a few to swipe or swat at them. Fell back on pitching again and got 1 decent one each day. 4-3 and 4-2 or vise versa can't remember.
Bass_Fishing_Socal reply :
This week was hot again, I give up top water but slow down to finesse technique like weightless worm and drop shorting. Caught a good number but nothing really big mostly on Roboworm 7" straight tail Aaron Magic color and Zoom trick worm Green Pumkin Magic. I went to a whole pack in a week so I stocked two more packs.
This morning, I tried popping frog again caught only two in hour so I guess if I want number gotta slow down, caught another 5 in the next hour finesse the worm.
Video version
https://youtu.be/rdXW9cRd1Xg
Team9nine reply :
Warm summer evenings and biting bass - a good combination in my book...
The Bassman reply :
On 8/11/2018 at 10:06 AM, Team9nine said:Warm summer evenings and biting bass - a good combination in my book...
I'm finding myself accidentally walking right up on bass hanging out under the bank in muskrat holes. Do you have a lot of that? One can almost step through as the pond edge is really compromised.
Team9nine reply :
On 8/11/2018 at 7:03 PM, The Bassman said:
I'm finding myself accidentally walking right up on bass hanging out under the bank in muskrat holes. Do you have a lot of that? One can almost step through as the pond edge is really compromised.
I've got a couple ponds where they go nose to the shoreline in those depressions. Figured out many of those fish are catchable even after I spook them off the bank ????
Jar11591 reply :
Weird bite today, but the fish played nice, including some good ones. Topwater at daybreak produced nothing, but around 11 a.m. a very quick window opened up when they started hitting on top. Picked up 4 in a span of 10 minutes on the Pop Max before the topwater bite shut down again.
Texas rigs also produced some good fish, a couple around laydowns and a few more in the thickest weeds I could find.
10” Culprit ribbon-tail:
lo n slo reply :
it was nice and cool before the sun came up, but just like the bite, it got quite hot in a big hurry. caught close to 30 (mostly those “hammer handle” spots) but my big fish was this 20”+ largemouth. threw them a curve ball with this yellow bullet/june bug lizard deal too. crazy man.
*pics loaded out of sequence
Gundog reply :
Got out today and got off the water just before the rainstorm happened. Only caught 3. 1 on a crankbait and 2 on spinners. Best of the lot was this 2 pounder.
A-Jay reply :
First Smallie this morning ~ on her way home.
She smashed a popper.
5-14.
A-Jay
haggard reply :
The southern Maine smallies really made me work for it today. 6 hours in the yak with not even a nibble, and in the 7th hour three of them finally connected after a change in lure and technique. Apologies to the one I deep hooked. Got everything removed but she swam off slow I'm starting to really love this feisty species.
jbmaine reply :
Had a cool, foggy, drizzly morning. Was hoping for top water but had to go deep. My wife hooked a good one ( I'm holding it for her) then a couple minutes later it was my turn. Notice her rod and reel on the first pic. Nobody will ever convince me a Zebco isn't up to the task.
haggard reply :
On 8/14/2018 at 8:57 AM, jbmaine said:My wife hooked a good one ( I'm holding it for her) then a couple minutes later it was my turn. Notice her rod and reel on the first pic. Nobody will ever convince me a Zebco isn't up to the task.
Nicely done, both of you.
Bluebasser86 reply :
Third Thursday night win in a row for me last week, plus big bass. We had a 5 fish limit, every other boat blanked.
A-Jay reply :
Only managed one bass this morning ~
But she had some shoulders . . .
Another 5-14
A-Jay
NYWayfarer reply :
I was on the river today trying out my new Whopper Plopper 75. I arrived just after the top water window closed but I tried anyway. Around 9:30 am I switched to a split shot rig, weedless hook and a Z-man Hula Stickz in green pumpkin on my Lew’s Mach II size 100 spinning reel/St Croix Premier med light rod, Suffix Elite 8lb line. Got a dink Smallmouth right away. Kept throwing the same bait for the next half hour, dragging and deadsticking. Around 10am “THUNK” I set the hook and my rod bent over. This was a big fish! Fought like a demon trying to keep her away from rocks and a fallen log. I was praying she stayed on as I was able to drag her ashore on the sandy beach.
She weighed in at 3.33 pounds. My new PB Smallmouth Bass from the Hudson River.
MIbassyaker reply :
Took a 6-hour float on a river stretch I haven't fished before. This particular river is small, but loaded with fish and absolutely teems with life all summer. Most of the bass are small, but solid keepers are fairly frequent, with an occasional beast. What I discovered on this stretch was a lot of skinny water in the 1-2 foot range (in some places, less, making it as much a wet hike as a float), interrupted by a deeper pool here and there. As it's late summer, I figured the fish would be concentrated in such pools if I could find them, and they were...although the productive spots seemed fewer and farther between than is other stretches I've fished on this river.
I caught around 30 smallies, a couple of largemouth, and a few rock bass. All came on a tiny torpedo and 4" senkos and ochos. About 10 were in the 14-16 inch range; these two are representative:
...and then near the end, I broke off a beast that looked to be 4+ lb, and would almost certainly have been a pb smallmouth for me. It came up, got a look of my hand a foot away, and took one last hard dive... snap!
Of course, the last time had I retied was 10 fish ago. 
clh121787 reply :
Can someone teach me how to upload pics
Gundog reply :
On 8/15/2018 at 4:39 PM, clh121787 said:Can someone teach me how to upload pics
Once you have a pic in a folder on your computer just click on the choose files link that shows up below the box you are typing into and choose the folder and picture you want in the post. The pic will show up below the window you type in with a + and garbage can symbol in the box. Just click on the + and click on submit reply button.
Bass_Fishing_Socal reply :
On 8/15/2018 at 4:39 PM, clh121787 said:Can someone teach me how to upload pics
Really? I thought you have that hawg posted here before.
haggard reply :
On 8/15/2018 at 4:39 PM, clh121787 said:Can someone teach me how to upload pics
Use the "choose files..." link at the bottom of the text editor. It should open a dialog box that lets you navigate to your photo, then just double click on the pic. Note that if the file size is too large, you may have to downsize it before attaching it. Uploading a raw/original file might not work because it will be too big.
J Francho reply :
On 8/15/2018 at 4:39 PM, clh121787 said:Can someone teach me how to upload pics
https://postimages.org/
Copy and paste the direct link provided.
MrFrost reply :
I've been fishing since the end of May, so I am still VERY new to this, and to be honest, due to my inexperience I have allowed myself to focus on topwater, as it was how I caught my first ever fish, so it became my confidence technique and all I ever use. Well I decided to challenge myself, since the topwater bite at my local pond is horrible lately. So I tied on a Texas Rig setup and told myself I couldn't throw anything else until I caught a fish on the T-Rig. Well I wasn't having any luck whatsoever, and I started paying attention to my bait. And I soon realized that I wasn't penetrating the grass in my local pond at all, and my 1/32nd ounce bullet weight wasn't cutting it. So I grabbed some 1/4th ounce bullet weights and a pack of Zoom Brush Hogs in green pumpkin and tried again yesterday, after my full time job and before my part time job, and sure enough, this guy hit my Texas Rig so hard, the brush hog was nowhere to be found! Felt good to finally scrape the bottom and come up with a fish!
MIbassyaker reply :
On 8/15/2018 at 8:53 PM, MrFrost said:I've been fishing since the end of May, so I am still VERY new to this, and to be honest, due to my inexperience I have allowed myself to focus on topwater, as it was how I caught my first ever fish, so it became my confidence technique and all I ever use. Well I decided to challenge myself, since the topwater bite at my local pond is horrible lately. So I tied on a Texas Rig setup and told myself I couldn't throw anything else until I caught a fish on the T-Rig. Well I wasn't having any luck whatsoever, and I started paying attention to my bait. And I soon realized that I wasn't penetrating the grass in my local pond at all, and my 1/32nd ounce bullet weight wasn't cutting it. So I grabbed some 1/4th ounce bullet weights and a pack of Zoom Brush Hogs in green pumpkin and tried again yesterday, after my full time job and before my part time job, and sure enough, this guy hit my Texas Rig so hard, the brush hog was nowhere to be found! Felt good to finally scrape the bottom and come up with a fish!
Yep, that's how you do it!
clh121787 reply :
On 8/15/2018 at 7:14 PM, JustJames said:Really? I thought you have that hawg posted here before.
I've posted pictures on here before . But the process has changed. Or something. My screen does not even show a choose files selection tab. Lol I've got more hawgs ro show off lol
Bass_Fishing_Socal reply :
On 8/15/2018 at 9:45 PM, clh121787 said:I've posted pictures on here before . But the process has changed. Or something. My screen does not even show a choose files selection tab. Lol I've got more hawgs ro show off lol
Okay let make a deal, I show you how to post pic and you come here and show me how to catch those HAWG, deal?
J Francho reply :
On 8/15/2018 at 9:45 PM, clh121787 said:I've posted pictures on here before . But the process has changed. Or something. My screen does not even show a choose files selection tab. Lol I've got more hawgs ro show off lol
lo n slo reply :
my grandson starts back to school tomorrow so we took the Javelin out..........just one more time
N Florida Mike reply :
where is that , Lake Norman ?
QUAKEnSHAKE reply :
Surprise catch of the day a smallmouth a rarity in this lake! 16" 2 pounds used Keitech salty core tube, 16# sniper fc, Tat SV reel, Quantum Smoke 7' M/F rod.
This 20" 4 pounder used 16# sniper fc, Chronarch CI4 reel, Okuma Helios 7' M/F rod.
lo n slo reply :
On 8/16/2018 at 3:36 AM, N Florida Mike said:where is that , Lake Norman ?
yes
boostr reply :
On 8/16/2018 at 3:28 AM, lo n slo said:my grandson starts back to school tomorrow so we took the Javelin out..........just one more time
Nice Catch!
Man, they seem to start school early down south.
lo n slo reply :
On 8/16/2018 at 11:57 PM, boostr said:Nice Catch!
Man, they seem to start school early down south.
his first bass on an artificial lure, a 1/8 oz yellow Road Runner w/gp Yum mini grub. he’s been using minnows and worms all summer but he wanted to throw something different yesterday. i dont know who was more excited, him or me!
yes, they do go back to school too early ????
Glaucus reply :
Just checking in. No pics of today's adventure due to being directly in the water (phone, water, bad). Buddy and I have been wading for 7 miles. Taking a break at the moment. I'm sitting at 61 Smallmouth and 4 Largemouth, as well as a couple Crappie and Rock Bass. Been slaying it with the Ned Rig. Not that I'm counting, ha!
MichaelCopeland reply :
Went down to Alexandria today for the birth of our new granddaughter and had a chance to go to Pineville and hit my old little neighborhood pond. My son still lives there and he walked with me over there. Didn't have alot of time to fish because we had to get back to the hospital for the birth. Anyhow my second cast with a 1/4oz Texas rigged 6" Yum watermelon red flake lizard landed this 1lb 4oz scorable bass. Nothing else after that though. It was nice to fish thare again and to catch a bass on top of that. Will post a pic of the grandbaby when I can. We have two grandbabies in NICU at the moment. So as soon as I can I'll post pics. ????
J._Bricker reply :
On 8/17/2018 at 9:30 AM, MichaelCopeland said:Went down to Alexandria today for the birth of our new granddaughter and had a chance to go to Pineville and hit my old little neighborhood pond. My son still lives there and he walked with me over there. Didn't have alot of time to fish because we had to get back to the hospital for the birth. Anyhow my second cast with a 1/4oz Texas rigged 6" Yum watermelon red flake lizard landed this 1lb 4oz scorable bass. Nothing else after that though. It was nice to fish thare again and to catch a bass on top of that. Will post a pic of the grandbaby when I can. We have two grandbabies in NICU at the moment. So as soon as I can I'll post pics. ????
Grandpa Copeland has a nice ring to it, congratulations on the new additions to your family Michael! Glad you found a free minute to go fish with your son and the fish were wiling participants...
lo n slo reply :
small lake fishing in the little johnny this morning. warm and muggy early with a nice SW breeze building as the morning progressed. numbers were down slightly but the quality bite was good. i caught a solid bag of largemouths to go along with this 5.12 kicker. life is good!
WDE reply :
Numbers were good this morning. 7 in about 90 minutes on T rigged black/blue and junebug Dingers.
I also managed to catch the same intriguing fish I caught 2.5 months ago! He appears to have grown a bit. Caught in the same general area. Left side: July, right side present day.
NYWayfarer reply :
I was out a few days ago trying my new Whopper Plopper 75 Loon color to no avail. I switched to a Berkley Squarebull Bluegill color and got a Smallmouth on the first cast. It hit the water and 2 cranks later fish on!
The second catch was better and proves the Berkley fusion hooks are wicked sharp (my savage hookset helps) Last picture is after I preformed surgery to remove the crankbait. You can see the marks the hook left in the Bass' side. One of the many things I hate about treble hooks.
MichaelCopeland reply :
On 8/17/2018 at 11:58 PM, J._Bricker said:Grandpa Copeland has a nice ring to it, congratulations on the new additions to your family Michael! Glad you found a free minute to go fish with your son and the fish were wiling participants...
Thank you sir! I sure do miss fishing that pond. Where I'm living in Minden, LA now there's only one pond that's a public pond and it's a hard pond to fish. There's tons of bank to fish from, but there's entirely too much vegetation in it. That may be good for the fish that's in it, bass included, but not very angler friendly. Every cast, whether fishing topwater, weightless Texas rigs or everything else in between, always reeling in some slop on it. A hollow body frog may be the only thing you can throw out there that doesn't come back like that, but I can't seem to attract any bites with it.
keagbassr reply :
Tough week for me. Logged about 14 hrs. Between tues.weds. and thurs. For 14 fish. Best I could muster was this little humpback 3-5 on the double wide beaver
deep reply :
Big mouth billy bass on a little brush hog. Also, I think I finally found a swing jig head that I really like for fishing vertically in different types of cover and then swimming the bait back. (Zman makes these.)
ohboyitsrobby reply :
Got his first victory in the Friday night derby. 3 fish limit for 6lbs and big bass 3 lbs 3oz. Had to get off the water an hour early cuz it looked like it was gonna storm. It didn't until weigh in. He woke up the ole lady and my brother with a phone call stating we'd just won the bass pro shops tournament lol
lo n slo reply :
git r done robby ????
ohboyitsrobby reply :
On 8/19/2018 at 12:47 AM, lo n slo said:git r done robby ????
Thank you. I mean between being out WAY past bed time, whacking bass and playing in the rain what more does a 4 year old have to look forward too. Lol
Bluebasser86 reply :
Had a guide trip Thursday with a mom and her 2 young boys. None had ever really fished before so we started with casting lessons at the ramp and took it from there. Flat calm, hot, and clear water made things tough, thankfully a front pushed in and got them biting a little before they had to leave. Both boys caught their first smallmouths ever (mom wasn't fishing), and I went back out and really whacked them after they left doing some scouting for another trip next Thursday on the same lake.
A-Jay reply :
Don't usually do weekends before Labor Day.
So Very Glad I made an exception.
A-Jay
12poundbass reply :
On 8/20/2018 at 2:12 AM, A-Jay said:Don't usually do weekends before Labor Day.
So Very Glad I made an exception.
A-Jay
Holy smokes! It that a 6?
BigAngus752 reply :
On 8/20/2018 at 2:12 AM, A-Jay said:Don't usually do weekends before Labor Day.
So Very Glad I made an exception.
A-Jay
Holy football, Batman!
Jar11591 reply :
On 8/20/2018 at 2:12 AM, A-Jay said:Don't usually do weekends before Labor Day.
So Very Glad I made an exception.
A-Jay
Wow that’s a beast! Can’t wait for the report on her.
A-Jay reply :
On 8/20/2018 at 2:25 AM, 12poundbass said:Holy smokes! It that a 6?
On 8/20/2018 at 2:26 AM, BigAngus752 said:Holy football, Batman!
On 8/20/2018 at 3:50 AM, Jar11591 said:
Wow that’s a beast! Can’t wait for the report on her.
Thanks guys ~ She went 6-4
A Report (with sweet video) is just about ready.
A-Jay
keagbassr reply :
Got out today for a quick 2.5hr. After work bonus trip. Got 7 pitching a double wide beaver with the best checking in at 6-1
Bass_Fishing_Socal reply :
A bad day and good day for me.
The good was, I went out fishing all night with my budd, the night pretty slow only caught a few of small one. Until the sun start rising, got 4-5 bites on buzz bait, follow by another 4 fish the last hour with brass n glass.
The biggest of the brunch.
The bad, pretty bad.
I broke the tip of my favorite dropshot rod about 2 guides down (4"). I was in a hurry and closed garage door over the rod. This is Shimano Crucial dropshot casting rod CRC-D611M. I love this rod it is rate down to 1/8oz but got a very good backbone. I do have spare Shimano Compare worm/Jig rod with same 1/8oz rate but backbone is not comparable (too soft).
tdcarl reply :
Not the biggest smallie by any means, but the first one I've ever caught on the fly. Here's to many more! Also didn't manage to get a decent picture of it because the darn thing flopped out of my hands and into the water right as I got the hook out.
PAbasser927 reply :
Got out this weekend and had my best day from the kayak yet. Got my PB smallie along the way with this one!
NYWayfarer reply :
I am addicted to the topwater bite. My new Whopper Plopper 75 loon color has failed to produce a fish for me. I had one fish on my very first cast with it. That one shook the hook at shore and nothing since then.
My Whopper Plopper 90 Bluegill color however is a solid producer.
the reel ess reply :
There is this little spot next to a creek that I drive the Jeep to when I'm out riding with the wife or daughter. Last time i was there I had my sunglasses on and I could see a few small bass swimming around. I made a mental note of that and went back on my lunch break today. I caught 4 including a bass. there were bigger bass there and there were more pools to wade, but it's a lunch hour. I'm going back when I have more time to kill and can walk further.
WolfyBrandon reply :
[August 19, 2018]
This year is really flying by quick, I can already see it's starting to transition from summer to fall with the shorter days and colder temps. The forecast for today shows partly cloudy with a high of 88F, low of 59F, with falling pressure. That doesn't tell the whole story though, as the conditions lately have been heavily impacted by the smoke from the local wildfires...
It's been twelve days since our last fishing trip, and today we finally had the opportunity for another one. It was on our weekend, so I met up with Jeremy at his place around 6:00am to gear up and head out.
We arrived at the ramp and noticed it was pretty busy, which was expected being a Sunday. Water temp was ~71F, and had a little color to it probably from all the boat activity over the weekend. First location - we both quickly hooked into our first bass of the day, and Jeremy also landed a nice pike.
We left in a hurry this morning so I didn't have a chance to change/retie baits from our previous trip like I usually do. The bite seemed to slow down so I made a minor change swapping my current squarebill (KVD 1.5) to my new 6th Sense Crush 50x (Live Baby Bluegill) that I wanted to try out. The main difference between them that I noticed was the KVD is silent, where the 6th Sense has a faint rattle chamber.
We fished our first location for an hour and a half, and the only other thing I caught was an 8 & 1/2" yellow perch on the new squarebill. Time to move...
Second Location, 8:45am, Water temp 71F, Clarity 10ft+. First cast with the grub, I hook into my "fish of the day" that was followed by one of equal size to the boat.
17", 1 lb 12 oz
As we were moving along I saw a lot of activity out deep on the graph, so I made a short cast behind us and pulled up an 11 & 1/4" Smallmouth out of ~30ft. I did try working a lipless out deep along the bottom, but it never resulted in anything. Continuing to throw my new 6th Sense Squarebill, I hooked into something big... and told Jeremy to head for deep water. After a good long fight, it turned out to be my very own "freshwater cuda" aka pike.
9lb, 10oz
It was now after 11:00am, I made a long bomb cast with my topwater popper next to a dock as we were moving to another area that resulted in a 12" Smallmouth exploding on it, and becoming my 6th bass today. 11:30am Jeremy hooked his 3rd bass on a Spinnerbait that had ~7 followers with it.
Around noon he hooked into his 4th on the Spinnerbait, this time Largemouth. We decided to move again, but sadly our plans were cut short as the pull cord on the big motor broke (luckily it started on that pull). A change of plans put us at a different location within range of the ramp using the electric motor.
Third Location, 12:45pm, ~3ft Clarity, Water Temp 73F. Worked a Horny Toad across the entire field of pads within the area and only had a single small bass blow up on it multiple times, but no hookup. Using a grub, Jeremy made a perfect cast into an open boat house and hooked into his 5th bass today...
We fished our way back to the ramp and decided to call it a day at 2:15pm.
All in all it was a good day, we each caught 5 or more bass, no giants unless you count the sizable pike. Had to deal with the wind a bit during the first part of the day and waves from boat traffic during the later. Actually had one wave come over the front of the boat a bit... It's too bad the pull cord broke on us, was really hoping to continue on to some key locations, but at least we were able to catch something when trying to salvage the rest of the day. The smoke from the wildfires was thick on the drive home, this is the worst I've seen it this year...
WolfyBrandon
TnRiver46 reply :
@WolfyBrandon, those Pike are monsters! Didn't realize they lived out there. I always keep an extra t handle, some Paracord and thin tools on board to route a new rip cord. Glad y'all didn't have to paddle all night! Haha
MichaelCopeland reply :
Went out to Caney Lakes lower lake side this morning around 6am. The day started out kinda slow, I was throwing a Texas rigged drop shot with a 6" Aaron's Morning Dawn Roboworm tied on and a 1/4oz drop shot sinker. Got tons of bites, but nothing doing. Had to be bream or something pecking at my bait. Some of the hits were pretty hard too. Decided to go to the pier around 9:30am. Kept throwing the drop shot, because I was determined to catch something on it. Persistence and the virtue of patience paid off as I finally caught my first bass with a drop shot. It weighed in at 1lb 1oz. After several more bites and nothing doing with it, those darn bream...lol, I decided to start chunking my munky butt 110 Whopper Plopper. Made about 4 casts before this hawg sized bass annihilated it. When I got it on the pier, I just knew I had a new PB. Put it on the scale and was surprised to see it only weighed 3lbs 6oz. I weighed it several times just to be sure. It was pretty skinny. All head and no body...lol. Didn't get a measurement, but I guesstimate around 20" or so. If it had been eating good it surely woulda been a new PB. Probably woulda weighed at least 5lbs. Oh well, it was a great day out there all by myself. Plus I didn't break any rods this time either. I learned my lesson and when I got both bass close enough to the pier, I reached out, grabbed the line and pulled them up that way. All around great day. Now it's time for a shower and play some Yahtzee with my beautiful baby Linda! ????
lo n slo reply :
that looks like an older fish Mike, probably a monster in her prime!
MichaelCopeland reply :
On 8/22/2018 at 9:02 AM, lo n slo said:that looks like an older fish Mike, probably a monster in her prime!
I thought that too, actually. The way she didn't put up any fight after annihilating my 110 WP. It was like it took everything out of her just to slam my bait. She swam off ok when I let her go though, so I don't know really.
NYWayfarer reply :
On 8/22/2018 at 5:28 AM, MichaelCopeland said:
Now that's what I call a BUCKET mouth. Nice fish, grats!
the reel ess reply :
@MichaelCopeland Nice fish. I would have guessed it bigger than 4.5 lbs. Could possibly be a big and very mature male. They sometimes get long and skinny.
Angealy reply :
I met up with a guy and bought two combos off him.
These are the two i have now.
South Bend N Gage R2F-562MSP 5'6" Med 6-14 Lb 2 Pc.
Mitchell Esprit MES602CMB 6' Med 6-15 Lb 2 Pc
He had them all spooled up and ready to be used.
Went back home, Grabbed my tackle and bait and headed to the lake.
It was overcast so wasn't sure how things were gonna go but we did managed to get some fish.
Before heading home i hooked into a LMB from a bridge with a water fall just below me.
There was no way i was going to try and get the fish up to me.
With some quick thinking i let out enough string and went down the hill right beside the falls and was able to land the fish.
Baits used below.
1.Berkley PowerBait 3" Power Floating Trout Worm Bubblegum rigged like a grub on a size four hook with a split shot.
2.Night crawlers size four hook weighted and weightless, Used floats as well.
MichaelCopeland reply :
On 8/22/2018 at 8:11 PM, the reel ess said:@MichaelCopeland Nice fish. I would ahve guessed it bigger than 4.5 lbs. Could possibly be a big and very mature male. They sometimes get long and skinny.
On 8/22/2018 at 8:04 PM, NYWayfarer said:Now that's what I call a BUCKET mouth. Nice fish, grats!
Yeah when I saw it come up with that big bucket mouth and chomp my 110 WP I just knew I had a new PB. The next one I catch with a mouth that big is gonna have the belly to go with it...lol! ????
Bass_Fishing_Socal reply :
On 8/22/2018 at 5:28 AM, MichaelCopeland said:
Mike, I believed, you caught a 10lber? Congrat lol
On 8/23/2018 at 2:12 AM, MichaelCopeland said:The next one I catch with a mouth that big is gonna have the belly to go with it...lol! ????
Or maybe none at all, lol
A-Jay reply :
Didn't find them as shallow as I'd like but I did find them.
I like that.
A-Jay
MichaelCopeland reply :
On 8/23/2018 at 4:31 AM, JustJames said:Mike, I believed, you caught a 10lber? Congrat lol
Or maybe none at all, lol
Wish it woulda been a 10lber! It's been a task to beat my 4lb mark, so I know it would be even harder to beat a 10lber. It's ok though, but if I don't catch any at all, it won't be the first time that's happened...lol ????
lonnie g reply :
On 8/20/2018 at 8:51 AM, JustJames said:A bad day and good day for me.
The good was, I went out fishing all night with my budd, the night pretty slow only caught a few of small one. Until the sun start rising, got 4-5 bites on buzz bait, follow by another 4 fish the last hour with brass n glass.
The biggest of the brunch.
The bad, pretty bad.
I broke the tip of my favorite dropshot rod about 2 guides down (4"). I was in a hurry and closed garage door over the rod. This is Shimano Crucial dropshot casting rod CRC-D611M. I love this rod it is rate down to 1/8oz but got a very good backbone. I do have spare Shimano Compare worm/Jig rod with same 1/8oz rate but backbone is not comparable (too soft).
I can't do the night thing , mosquitos like me to much. sorry about the rod , nice fish tho
On 8/22/2018 at 5:28 AM, MichaelCopeland said:Went out to Caney Lakes lower lake side this morning around 6am. The day started out kinda slow, I was throwing a Texas rigged drop shot with a 6" Aaron's Morning Dawn Roboworm tied on and a 1/4oz drop shot sinker. Got tons of bites, but nothing doing. Had to be bream or something pecking at my bait. Some of the hits were pretty hard too. Decided to go to the pier around 9:30am. Kept throwing the drop shot, because I was determined to catch something on it. Persistence and the virtue of patience paid off as I finally caught my first bass with a drop shot. It weighed in at 1lb 1oz. After several more bites and nothing doing with it, those darn bream...lol, I decided to start chunking my munky butt 110 Whopper Plopper. Made about 4 casts before this hawg sized bass annihilated it. When I got it on the pier, I just knew I had a new PB. Put it on the scale and was surprised to see it only weighed 3lbs 6oz. I weighed it several times just to be sure. It was pretty skinny. All head and no body...lol. Didn't get a measurement, but I guesstimate around 20" or so. If it had been eating good it surely woulda been a new PB. Probably woulda weighed at least 5lbs. Oh well, it was a great day out there all by myself. Plus I didn't break any rods this time either. I learned my lesson and when I got both bass close enough to the pier, I reached out, grabbed the line and pulled them up that way. All around great day. Now it's time for a shower and play some Yahtzee with my beautiful baby Linda! ????
heck of a mouth on that last fish , looked like you had a fun day, nice ones
MichaelCopeland reply :
On 8/23/2018 at 8:40 AM, lonnie g said:I can't do the night thing , mosquitos like me to much. sorry about the rod , nice fish tho
heck of a mouth on that last fish , looked like you had a fun day, nice ones
Thanks brother! It was a pretty fun day. Just wish the belly on that last one woulda went with that mouth...lol! ????
Fairtax4me reply :
So after a month of waiting for my river to clean up so I can see to wade it again, I got one day on it... It rained like a hurricane the night after and its up three feet and solid mud again. I might get to fish it in another month!
Either way, my buddy has been getting big into fly fishing and he wanted to catch a smallmouth on the fly. We hit the river Sunday at 7:30 am and he caught his first smallie on the fly rod after about 3 casts! He kinda struggled the rest of the day, trying to get the hang of fishing different lures in the current while wading, but I think he got a dozen or so. We only fished maybe 3/4 mile stretch of river in 8 hours, but it is loaded with 8-12" smallies and has the occasional 2-3lber cruising around. I did what I always do, and went with a bag of senkos, some blue and chartreuse keitechs, and a bluegill plopper 90. Got one to hit the plopper but didn't hook it. I ended up with maybe 18 for the day (didn't really keep a close count after ten) Bunch of short strikes and/or missed hooksets especially on the Keitech for some reason. My biggest of the day came out of a hole that I fish all the time and know it's kind of a hot spot for these brownies to sit in when the current is up.
Can't compete with AJ but I SAW one that's gotta be close to half the weight of that last giant he posted!
Still had an awesome day. Haven't had the time lately to fish like I want to and the next few weekends will be much the same, but I'm looking forward to a big charter trip out to the Gulf Stream for a day!
SDoolittle reply :
Ordinarily, I wouldn't be posting a picture of a 3.25 lb bass, but this one earned it's 15 minutes of fame as the second hardest fighting bass I've ever caught. She turned my boat 90 degrees and nearly wedged me between two docks. She stayed deep and pulled so hard that I just knew that I was hooked up with a double digit bass. The pictures don't really do justice, but this girl was buff! She reminded me of one of those overgrown bluegill whose body looks too big for their heads. I'm pretty sure that she would have tested positive for PEDs! The only bass that has ever fought me harder weighed over 12 lbs.
PNW LipRipper reply :
On 8/24/2018 at 2:47 AM, SDoolittle said:Ordinarily, I wouldn't be posting a picture of a 3.25 lb bass, but this one earned it's 15 minutes of fame as the second hardest fighting bass I've ever caught. She turned my boat 90 degrees and nearly wedged me between two docks. She stayed deep and pulled so hard that I just knew that I was hooked up with a double digit bass. The pictures don't really do justice, but this girl was buff! She reminded me of one of those overgrown bluegill whose body looks too big for their heads. I'm pretty sure that she would have tested positive for PEDs! The only bass that has ever fought me harder weighed over 12 lbs.
Dam that bass has linebacker shoulders
TnRiver46 reply :
Awesome fish! I love the ones that fight hard. That fish will probably lay eggs just so it could eat its own young! Haha
NHBull reply :
Any day I get 3 over 3lbs, it's a good day.
It's a good day
lo n slo reply :
we had a low of 57 last night and i could really feel it while cruising across the lake in the little johnny this morning. but i aint gonna complain about it one bit! blue bird skies and a pesky NE breeze, changing to SE, never seemed to bother the fish, just the fisherman. caught close to 25, mixed bag of spots and largemouth. life is good.
NHBull reply :
Seams 3 is the lucky number for the week thanks to the Fat Ika. Lately it has been my jid substitute
Team9nine reply :
Still biting with the cooler weather we had come through the past few days. Back to near 90 again starting tomorrow after a big line of storms moves through. Half on top last night, half not...
Glaucus reply :
Waiting on the other couple to start wading today and this happened. What an amazing start!
TnRiver46 reply :
On 8/25/2018 at 2:50 AM, lo n slo said:we had a low of 57 last night and i could really feel it while cruising across the lake in the little johnny this morning. but i aint gonna complain about it one bit! blue bird skies and a pesky NE breeze, changing to SE, never seemed to bother the fish, just the fisherman. caught close to 25, mixed bag of spots and largemouth. life is good.
I wish I had a spot like you to fish! Always getting numbers of spots and a largemouth kicker! Nicely done yet again
The Bassman reply :
On 8/25/2018 at 11:54 PM, Team9nine said:Still biting with the cooler weather we had come through the past few days. Back to near 90 again starting tomorrow after a big line of storms moves through. Half on top last night, half not...
Dodged those storms this morning and had great action between running to my car to stay alive (lots of lightning north of Indy). What was refreshing was a stiff breeze and 70 temps. Always gets hot around Labor Day. I remember Labor Days being chilly.
Bluebasser86 reply :
Had another guide trip this Thursday. Rained about as hard as is physically possible while I was driving to the lake, then it just stopped 10 minutes out and only sprinkled on us a couple times. Much cooler, a good south wind, cloudy, they were biting like crazy. Had a couple guys from Georgia that were in the Navy that were in town visiting family while on leave that had never really caught any smallmouth, safe to say they have now. One of them caught his first walleye and drum also (which he was way too excited about but it was a big fish so good for him). I had a shiny new 75 Plopper waiting for me in the mailbox when I got home from work, that was pretty much what I threw the whole time and they were killing it. It accounted for my largest smallmouth of the day and likely of the year so far but my scale got wet while driving to the lake and wouldn't work. Well off the end of my 18" board and very thick would put it towards the high 3-low 4 range, biggest smallie I've caught in a few years probably. I also caught some nice ones dropshotting a wacky rigged Berkley Maxscent Hit Worm and caught some spots and largemouth flipping the Maxscent Creature Hog, first time I've gotten to mess with those baits and they seemed to work well. By the end of the day, in addition to those baits, I'd caught fish on a tube, jerkbait, 6th Sense Speed Glide, spinnerbait, jigging spoon, Ned rig, even had a couple blow up and miss on a Slammer. I "only" pushed my Bulleye 42 times by the end of the trip, but there was a lot of small ones I didn't push it for, and times where they were just coming in the boat so fast that I forgot to do it. Even sent the guys home with fillets from 2 keeper walleyes that they were super pumped about since neither had ever eaten walleye before.
Arobb2012 reply :
Hit the river this morning with a couple of buddies. We had a quick storm blow in on us and it rained for about 10 minutes. Long enough to turn the bite on for a few minutes. The big smallie smashed a 90 whopper plopper in some swift water and gave a couple of jumps for a show. I think it went around 15-16 inches.
NHBull reply :
Wish I would have gone to the Fat ika sooner.
Weighted, Weedless through the grass at 20 feet is deadly
Bass_Fishing_Socal reply :
Went out with my buddy this early morning for some top water action on the lure (hawg wobbler) that I just bought, thanks @MarkH024. Went directly to spot, shallow with some weed around island. I caught one and missed one, my buddy caught one on buzzbait and a catfish on 5" bluegill swimbait.
Went to try plastic around dock and I caught only a dinks so we move again. While my buddy trolling to our last spot at pretty good speed, I let the hawg wobbler in the water about 5-10' feet behind the boat, on the sudden line pull, I yelled to him to stop and pulled in another 2-3lbers. I was laughing so hard becuz we just talked about never get top water bite far from shoreline but this happened right in middle of the lake. All in all, it was a pretty good Sunday, we spent a few hours caught a few fish, came home relax right before the sun start burning us.
Video add*** be advised a lot of **** talk.
N Florida Mike reply :
Got out for an hour and a half yesterday evening with the G-daughter, mainly to make sure my trolling motor was fixed right.
I decided to fish traditionally less productive areas as a challenge and they were all over the senkos again.We ended up with 12, including 3 that were 2 1/2 to 3 pounds.
Trolling motor worked good, had a successful rescue of Mackayla after she got stuck up in the big oak on our island , caught some fish, and enjoyed a pretty sunset on the way home. Life is good !!
MarkH024 reply :
On 8/27/2018 at 2:34 AM, JustJames said:Went out with my buddy this early morning for some top water action on the lure (hawg wobbler) that I just bought, thanks @MarkH024. Went directly to spot, shallow with some weed around island. I caught one and missed one, my buddy caught one on buzzbait and a catfish on 5" bluegill swimbait.
Went to try plastic around dock and I caught only a dinks so we move again. While my buddy trolling to our last spot at pretty good speed, I let the hawg wobbler in the water about 5-10' feet behind the boat, on the sudden line pull, I yelled to him to stop and pulled in another 2-3lbers. I was laughing so hard becuz we just talked about never get top water bite far from shoreline but this happened right in middle of the lake. All in all, it was a pretty good Sunday, we spent a few hours caught a few fish, came home relax right before the sun start burning us.
Thats awesome! Glad you put that bait to use!
NYWayfarer reply :
Finally got one on my new Whopper Plopper 75 Loon color. It's a dink but it counts. I would have to buy a 75 in another color to see if its the color or the way this lure sits in the water is the reason it doesn't produce fish like my 90 Bluegill does.
boostr reply :
Only one "caught" at a new to me lake. Banks were littered with lily pads and some type of grass. Nothing was hitting the frog, jig so decided to Texas rig and peg a GP Zoom Magnum Trick Worm (my new fave bait) and dropping it thru the pads and grass, had about 3 takers, but were small and not inhaling the whole worm 
... Anywho, this guy blasted thru the pads 3 times trying to eat it, once I finally dragged the magnum trick worm into an opening he scarfed it. Was pretty intense to say the least.
boostr reply :
Forgot about this one. This happened last Sunday at a reservoir that's only open to fishing 5 days in the summer, and these days are broken up thru the whole summer. So you figure you'll be catching non stop no matter what you throw... right? Well not this guy. In between casting, I had to deal with this kid getting his baits stuck in trees and untangling birds nests out of his reel. So yeah he was catching while I was fixing... To make it worse my buddy and his girl caught 6 between them. Anywho I'm glad my kid was catching, and that's all that matters. Just look At him, with his "Let me rub it in my dad's face" grin...
Way north bass guy reply :
First morning of my trip to my parents place in Elliot Lake Ontario, fished lake #1 for about 3 hours, got at least 50 bass and lost a bunch more.
Best fish was 4-1/4lbs but probably half of them were over 3.
lo n slo reply :
On 8/27/2018 at 11:23 PM, boostr said:Forgot about this one. This happened last Sunday at a reservoir that's only open to fishing 5 days in the summer, and these days are broken up thru the whole summer. So you figure you'll be catching non stop no matter what you throw... right? Well not this guy. In between casting, I had to deal with this kid getting his baits stuck in trees and untangling birds nests out of his reel. So yeah he was catching while I was fixing... To make it worse my buddy and his girl caught 6 between them. Anywho I'm glad my kid was catching, and that's all that matters. Just look At him, with his "Let me rub it in my dad's face" grin...
well done my friend
Way north bass guy reply :
Afternoon of my trip up north, lake #2 for about 3 hours after supper. Got another 30 or so bass, most were smaller than the morning lake but we still got some nice ones, best was right at 4-1/2lbs.
A-Jay reply :
Got a brief break in the rain late this afternoon which allowed for a quick impromptu trip out on the water.
Thanks ~ I needed that.
A-Jay
WolfyBrandon reply :
[August 24, 2018]
As mentioned in my previous post, fall is fast approaching. The forecast for today showed a high of 73F, low of 49F, with an 11mph wind out of the SW. Arrived at Jeremy's after work around 1:45pm, (already rigged up baits the previous night for our planned trip) here is my bait selection for today...
Had a few delays before the lake (Gas, Store, Construction) combined with it being a Friday and traffic at the boat ramp. We launched the boat and where headed out at ~3:00pm.
We were pleased to see that even though there was high wind today, the lake was fairly calm. There is still a good amount of smoke from the local wildfires that seems to blow in or out depending on the conditions each day.
We arrive at our First Location, Water Temp ~69F. Jeremy quickly hooks into the first bass of the day...
1 lb 04 oz
Soon I hook into my second bass of the day (actually caught my first little dink on the grub while we were at the launch ramp earlier).
After that we stopped getting bit, so we decided to move.
Second location, Water Temp ~70-71F. I kept seeing a lot of activity on the graph out deep in ~30ft, so I decided to throw the lipless around for a while. Tried various retrieves, letting it sink to bottom, yo-yo, etc, but never connected with anything... Even tried fishing up shallow using the other baits, but nada. time to move...
Third Location, Water Temp ~70F. This has been a common sight I've been seeing on the graph lately, and its lead me to make multiple short casts behind the boat with the grub, and I've caught numerous small bass by doing this. So... I decided to swap the plastic worm (which I wasn't using much) for this...
Strike King 6XD Crankbait (Natural Shad)
Had that combo in my hand for most of the early evening that we fished, and lets just say they were "chewing" cranks. Caught 4, one being my "Fish of the Day"...
16 & 1/4", 1 lb 08 oz
Whats interesting was Jeremy was throwing a popper during the low light hours, and though he caught some early on with it... as the light faded the bite slowed down for him but stayed steady for me out deep.
Was a good day. We each caught 5+, I caught a total of 9, and we had to leave them biting...
WolfyBrandon
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[August 27, 2018]
Congrats to my fishing buddy Jeremy for catching his new PB Smallmouth Bass!!!
4 lb 09 oz
Post WIP, Coming Soon...
WolfyBrandon
J Francho reply :
Quote
Try a Hopkins Shorty Spoon in this situation. Drop it right under the transducer, and set your graph sensitivity so you can see the jigging action of the spoon. See if you can get those fish react.
WolfyBrandon reply :
On 8/28/2018 at 8:47 PM, J Francho said:Try a Hopkins Shorty Spoon in this situation. Drop it right under the transducer, and set your graph sensitivity so you can see the jigging action of the spoon. See if you can get those fish react.
I've been putting together a collection of various spoons to always keep in my tackle bag to do exactly that, and hopefully in the near future I can give it a try. Problem is I have a limited number of combos and already have 5+ other baits I want to tie on and try, but can't because the 6 baits I already have selected I plan to use. I make anywhere between 0-2 bait changes per trip on average, and I'm good about putting in time with a bait before changing. If I change baits 90% of the time its because either I need something weedless and don't have it, or I need a bait to run a different depth. Also on a side note my fishing log determines some of my bait selection as well. I have 3 different projects in the bait department. 1) A personal seasonal guide I put together that I'm testing out. 2) A specific selection of bait types I plan to focus on for that year. 3) Bait type & catch number results. So I guess the best way to put it is, it will happen when it happens. lol Hence why I've substituted the grub for the spoon in those situations and it seems to be working... (for now)
WolfyBrandon
N Florida Mike reply :
I got off from work early today and was on the water by 5 or so. Fished until dark. Decided to fish the south end ( furthest from the house )Bite was slower today. Windy at first, so I fished the calmer water by the island. Caught 2-3 on the 4 inch yum dinger but it was slow. Got out past the island in the wind trying to fish weed edges .Switched to a 5 inch green and red sparkle watermelon senko, that they have been all over lately- nothing.
So I decided to fish the other side of the Island out of the wind around brush and eel grass and switched to a ruby sparkle baby brush hog, on my little finesse rod .Caught 7-8 including the pictured fish.
Then, with remaining daylight I went back to the far south end and caught a few more on the senko on eel grass edges. Ended up with 14.
Gator in TN reply :
Caught this guy a little after 7pm on a green frog at Nat Caldwell Park in Hendersonville, TN. Got him by those trees you see in the background just over my right shoulder. Using 20lb mono and pulled him out of the sticks. He was 15 in, didn't have a scale though but maybe 1-2 lbs. After seeing where I hooked him, I'm lucky he didn't come off. Set the hook a little too early on another in the same spot. Can't wait for another couple weeks for the action to start picking up.
TnRiver46 reply :
Finally ended my skunk streak near a cliff wall with a zoom finesse worm on a 1/8 oz swing head
N Florida Mike reply :
On 8/29/2018 at 10:32 AM, Gator in TN said:Caught this guy a little after 7pm on a green frog at Nat Caldwell Park in Hendersonville, TN. Got him by those trees you see in the background just over my right shoulder. Using 20lb mono and pulled him out of the sticks. He was 15 in, didn't have a scale though but maybe 1-2 lbs. After seeing where I hooked him, I'm lucky he didn't come off. Set the hook a little too early on another in the same spot. Can't wait for another couple weeks for the action to start picking up.
Cool name and I.D pic.
Oh, and nice chunky bass too.!
Catt reply :
On 8/29/2018 at 10:42 PM, N Florida Mike said:Cool name and I.D pic.
Oh, and nice chunky bass too.!
N Florida Mike reply :
We'll see @Catt , we'll see. Got y'all at the swamp again this year !
bagofdonuts reply :
Gator in TN reply :
On 8/29/2018 at 10:42 PM, N Florida Mike said:Cool name and I.D pic.
Oh, and nice chunky bass too.!
Thanks, Go Gators!
Hopefully Mullen can bring us back to where we belong.
___________________________
You can tell it's that time again lol
Seems like SEC Country around here!
Nothing like Saturdays in the south.
Good luck to everyone's team (unless you're playing the Gators of course )
ohboyitsrobby reply :
On 8/29/2018 at 11:30 PM, bagofdonuts said:
This!!!! I like this!!!! WPS!!!!
bagofdonuts reply :
i think we hijacked the latest pics thread. but who cares...football starts this weekend!
ratherbfishin1 reply :
On 8/29/2018 at 11:35 PM, Gator in TN said:Thanks, Go Gators!
Hopefully Mullen can bring us back to where we belong.
Agreed man!
go gators all the way from NE!
Way north bass guy reply :
Day 3 of my trip to my parents, caught over 40 bass today, it was a much tougher bite with the cold front rolling through after a bunch of thunderstorms came last night. We finally found the active larger ones this afternoon around some big, thick cabbage beds in about 8-10’ of water. Caught a few on spinnerbaits and a couple on a dropshot 4” Gulp minnow, but the bulk of the damage was done on a strike king rage swimmer rigged on a wide gap football head. We managed quite a few fish between 3-4lbs and several over 4, losing a couple more about 4lbs, but couldn’t seem to find anything much bigger than 4 today. Got a few small pike as well.
lo n slo reply :
way north, git r done son!
long island basser reply :
Had a decent weekend with roughly 38 bass boated.
No giants, but did have some decent ones thrown in.
This one being the best of the day. Falling for a jig/craw.
Fairtax4me reply :
It's been HOT, and my river cleared up enough to wade again, and it's been nice and cold until today. I think the water temp went up about 15° since yesterday. Felt like bath water.
Three days, three adjacent sections of the river, maybe 1/4 mile each. Spent about two and a half hours each day after work before sunset.
They were eating anything that moved yesterday and the day before. Monday Got 8 or 9 decent smallies plus a 17.5" chunker that came in just shy of 2lb. Lots of short strikes from smaller fish that couldn't quite eat a 5" senko in one gulp. Had tons of followers. Had one group of 5 other fish chasing one that was hooked. Watched one run up and steal the worm off the hook and swim away and the others chased off after it!
Tuesday picked up another 6. Couple dinks and a couple 12-15". Nothing spectacular. They were sitting on rocks in current and would chase down a twitching senko or swim bait if it came within sight.
Today only got three. If it was moving they didn't want it, and they weren't gonna chase it. It had to be on their nose and just drifting with current or rolling on the bottom.
Bluebasser86 reply :
On 8/30/2018 at 1:00 AM, bagofdonuts said:i think we hijacked the latest pics thread. but who cares...football starts this weekend!
????
ohboyitsrobby reply :
On 8/30/2018 at 1:37 PM, Bluebasser86 said:????
Aren't you from Kansas?? That's why you don't care about football lol
Bluebasser86 reply :
On 8/30/2018 at 8:56 PM, ohboyitsrobby said:Aren't you from Kansas?? That's why you don't care about football lol
Not far from KC. Most Chiefs fans are pretty diehard, you have to be to cheer for a team that's been that bad for that long.
NHBull reply :
While I enjoy fishing alone, taking someone new out can also be enjoyable. My buddy got a new PB on a weighted wacky trick worm......3.4lbs
He even learned how to long arm ????????
Gundog reply :
You guys are killing me with all the fish pics. I'm down with a nagging case of tendonitis and early carpal tunnel in my casting hand. Hoping it clears up before the weather changes to fall. If not I'm chopping off the hand at the wrist and ducktaping a pair of salad tongs on so I can at least reel with it and I'll finally have some use for the salad tongs.
NHBull reply :
On 8/31/2018 at 1:05 AM, Gundog said:You guys are killing me with all the fish pics. I'm down with a nagging case of tendonitis and early carpal tunnel in my casting hand.
These help when not in the water.....and yes....surgery on both wrist and rebuilt shoulder
A-Jay reply :
Two Tanks in the Tank today ~
Combined for 11 lbs 7 oz.
Sick !
A-Jay
jbmaine reply :
On 8/31/2018 at 4:12 AM, A-Jay said:
Two Tanks in the Tank today ~
Combined for 11 lbs 7 oz.
Sick !
A-Jay
A-Jay, you sure you're not having some of your USCG buddies flying over that lake and secretly seeding it with miracle grow fish food?????
Way north bass guy reply :
Last morning of my northern trip, major cold front came through last night and it was 45 deg. this morning and clear sky’s.
We found the fish had slid a bit deeper and didn’t even want to touch anything fast ( no surprise), but we managed to put the smack down on em with a Berkley power tube and drop shot Gulp minnow. For a while it was a fish on every cast, we managed another 40 or so, not bad for the first major cold front of the season. Best fish was right around 4lbs but most of them were between 2-4lbs.
N Florida Mike reply :
On 8/31/2018 at 1:05 AM, Gundog said:You guys are killing me with all the fish pics. I'm down with a nagging case of tendonitis and early carpal tunnel in my casting hand.
Sorry to hear that. I have trouble with my right wrist sometimes,esp. with casting gear. You might try spinning, it doesnt hurt as much.
YoTone reply :
went up to the Poconos for a few days and caught my first popmax bass. btw the stock hooks are so soft. this guy bent out the front trebles pretty good.
TnRiver46 reply :
They are finally waking up this week! No big ones yet but I'll take every bite I can get . Even got a bonus "green bass" as @A-Jay would say
A-Jay reply :
On 8/31/2018 at 11:25 PM, TnRiver46 said:They are finally waking up this week! No big ones yet but I'll take every bite I can get . Even got a bonus "green bass" as @A-Jay would say
Nice Smallie - I got a green bass yesterday too - Your's was bigger.
Congrats
A-Jay
TnRiver46 reply :
On 8/31/2018 at 11:32 PM, A-Jay said:Nice Smallie - I got a green bass yesterday too - Your's was bigger.
Congrats
A-Jay
Ha! I didn't know they had small bass in menderchuck
Dirtyeggroll reply :
In the last 25 days I have been catching lots of 7-9 lbers including my PB of 9 lbs 8 ounces. All of them were caught and released. My streak of catching all of these heavy ones however ended yesterday. I have been on my Ob/Gyn rotation and catching lots of babies!
Due to the long long work hours of the rotation its been 25 days since I’ve wet a line, but after my exam today I picked up a little reward for myself and stopped by the lake by my house to try it out and break the streak.
Low and behold I caught my first rat fish!
A-Jay reply :
On 9/1/2018 at 1:59 AM, TnRiver46 said:Ha! I didn't know they had small bass in menderchuck
Yea . . you know what it's like.
Oh they're in there - just that so many end up as snick-snacks for the larger Jurassic beasts that roam those fertile waters, that they may not often be seen by the angler.
I might need to lay off the cough syrup for lunch . . .
A-Jay
NYWayfarer reply :
PB’s are meant to be broken. At 3.81lbs this girl weighed in just shy of 4lbs. My biggest Hudson River Smallmouth ever. I got her on of all things, the Ned Rig. I have been shorebound this season due to some back and shoulder issues. It has been tough going so far but I was experimenting with the heavier Shroomz Nedlock jig heads on baitcasting gear and 10# line for max distance and less drift in the currant. It worked for sure today as this big ole river girl choked the TRD. The fight was intense. I had to lock down the drag and use my thumb to stop her from peeling line. Once I landed her I was able to stop a lady on the walking path to take a pic of me with it. Probably scared her half to death but I thanked her and she could see my excitement. She knew it was a special fish. Got some vids on my phone of the release soon to come. I spent a good while reviving her but she was Ok in the end. I look forward to catching her at 6lbs
Team9nine reply :
Did a little finesse fishing today from the bank in a clear water weedy lake just to test a few things out. Turned out rather successful overall. This one, along with the others, came on 3# yellow braid fished with a 5# fluoro leader (~4 feet). Managed 10 total - never retied - Palomar knot, not wetted. I'm sure I broke some other "rules" I'm forgetting -
MichaelCopeland reply :
Had my best outing of the year this evening. Got off work at 4pm, came home and ate supper, rested a few minutes and headed to Caney Lakes around 6:30pm. Went to the lower lake side first because they close that side down at 8pm. Second cast was a skip under the pier I was on(I only fished from the pier this time) and a 2lb 2oz bass chomped my Texas rigged weightless 7.5" plum crazy Culprit worm. 3 or 4 casts later I skipped a 1/4oz weighted Texas rigged tequila sunrise Zoom 6" lizard to the same spot and a 1lb 5oz bass slammed it. From the excitement of catching 2 that quick I forgot to take that one's pic...lol...I did weigh it though. About 10 casts later, switching back and forth between those 2 presentations, a 1lb 8oz bass hit the lizard. 2 for the lizard 1 for the worm. By then it was almost closing time for the lower lake side, so I packed up and headed to the upper lake side. Second cast to some matted grass from the boat dock(I only fished from the dock here as well) with the same Culprit worm, I felt a strike, set the hook and somehow missed. So I started retrieving it fast to cast back to that same spot quickly. Didn't get the chance. On that retrieve, a 2lb 1oz bass slammed it as it was scootin' across the surface on its way back to me. I was like Wow! this is awesome, 4 bass at around 7lbs or so total weight. Unfortunately the bite on those 2 baits stopped happening. I tried my 110 Whopper Plopper and my 1/4oz chartreuse perch Booyah spinnerbait and nothing happening. So I changed out the 110 for my new 1.5 KVD natural bream shallow runner square bill crankbait. First cast the pictured nonscorable bass hit it and was stuck good with all the hooks(glad I changed the stock hooks out for some Mustads I got when I worked at Rat-L-Trap), he wasn't coming off. By then it was almost 9pm and after swapping back and forth between the lizard, worm and 1.5 nothing was doing again, so it was time to come on home and get some R and R. Gotta lotta overtime coming up starting Monday 5am. Inventory time is here. Yay!...Not!...Lol! Had a great evening of bass fishing though! 2 for the lizard, 2 for the worm and 1 for the 1.5! Life is good! ????
Bluebasser86 reply :
Put dad on a real nice smallie Friday. Caught a few of my own too.
MichaelCopeland reply :
On 8/30/2018 at 1:37 PM, Bluebasser86 said:????
I have to say I care that football season is here. Why? Because the fishing pressure on the lake I fish will decrease substantially...lol! ????
On 8/31/2018 at 1:05 AM, Gundog said:You guys are killing me with all the fish pics. I'm down with a nagging case of tendonitis and early carpal tunnel in my casting hand.
I'll be praying for ya brother! ????????????
On 8/31/2018 at 4:12 AM, A-Jay said:
Two Tanks in the Tank today ~
Combined for 11 lbs 7 oz.
Sick !
A-Jay
Nice Tanks in the Tank! Awesomeness! ????
kenmitch reply :
Went to my local lake on the 29th and didn't have much luck. I was mostly throwing larger baits looking for some bigger fish. Still trying to figure out were the fish are going currently. Lake is up 22ft this year after a decade of low water levels. I'm leaning towards they're still using their same routes to get to where they used to haunt and doing some further exploring at this time.
Anyways as I was heading back in for the day I threw on a Warpig and started grinding away. I hooked one and lost it as I got it close to my kayak. It was one of those 1-2 lb feisty ones that wound up pulling the hook. After I lost it I backed off my drag a little as it felt kind of too tight.
I only wound up getting this one in the end. 2.65 lb which I guess is better than none.
I think on my next outing I'll head on over and explore the areas I fished in March and April. The water level is up about 8ft from then so if my old haunt willing to explore theory is correct they may be there or close.
Glaucus reply :
Got out for about 30 min before the parade.
Whopper Plopper. Gobble gobble.
TnRiver46 reply :
Decided to try some shallow water with the river boat, my buddy got a nice one!
haggard reply :
4 smallies today with 9 hours on the yak. They're not making this easy. Awesome day.
FrankN209 reply :
Caught 5 today.
MichaelCopeland reply :
On 9/4/2018 at 1:22 AM, FrankN209 said:Caught 5 today.
Nice bag limit there! They all look like they're starting to feed up for the winter. ????
FrankN209 reply :
On 9/4/2018 at 4:38 AM, MichaelCopeland said:Nice bag limit there! They all look like they're starting to feed up for the winter. ????
Yep, they're little fatties for sure.
N Florida Mike reply :
Walked down to the lake, made 1 cast with a ribbon tailed worm, and caught this one. Then it started pouring down rain so I went back in the house !
MichaelCopeland reply :
On 9/4/2018 at 6:04 AM, N Florida Mike said:Walked down to the lake, made 1 cast with a ribbon tailed worm, and caught this one. Then it started pouring down rain so I went back in the house !
Can't ask for a better outing than that! You were 100% on cast and catch and a hawg to boot! Well done! ????
Team9nine reply :
A little old school Charlie Brewer Slider Fishin' today...a couple of the 23 landed in a 2 hour trip in 90+ degree heat.
NYWayfarer reply :
Finally caught a fish on the Arboghast Buzz Plug Jr.
I lost the set of double hooks the first outing with this lure. I replaced them with a treble hook and tried again this weekend. Got this pound and a quarter Smallmouth Bass on it. The lure and fight messed up it's mouth pretty bad as you can see in the close up. It might be one and done with this lure as I might retire it.
Glaucus reply :
Some of these pics are dorky because they were meant for one of my fishing buddies who says I can't crank. Had way too much fun this morning putting it in his face as he sits at home.
A-Jay reply :
On 9/4/2018 at 9:32 PM, Glaucus said:Some of these pics are dorky because they were meant for one of my fishing buddies who says I can't crank. Had way too much fun this morning putting it in his face as he sits at home.
Nicely Done ~
A-Jay
Glaucus reply :
On 9/4/2018 at 9:52 PM, A-Jay said:Nicely Done ~
A-Jay
Now it all makes sense. You CHEAT to catch those giant Smallies!
Hahaha, what do you do A Jay? Deflate your lures? Spy on Smallie training camps? ????
A-Jay reply :
On 9/4/2018 at 10:48 PM, Glaucus said:Now it all makes sense. It's your 50 years of fishing experience as well as the long days & hours of scouting that contribute to catching those giant Smallies!
Fixed that one for you.
A-Jay
Glaucus reply :
On 9/4/2018 at 10:57 PM, A-Jay said:Fixed that one for you.
A-Jay
Sounds like code for video taping feeding practice buddy
A-Jay reply :
On 9/4/2018 at 10:59 PM, Glaucus said:Sounds like code for video taping feeding practice buddy
You nailed it !
A-Jay
Glaucus reply :
On 9/4/2018 at 11:06 PM, A-Jay said:You nailed it !
A-Jay
She's beautiful ????????
Glaucus reply :
Went back out this evening. Got a beauty on the Whopper Plopped. 
whitwolf reply :
Test: the swamp yielded several this size!
Glaucus reply :
Decent largemouth on the Ned Rig earlier in the evening. Took a break and met up with my buddy for a little night action. Got a good smallmouth on a crankbait, but then storms rolled in and we had to call it quits far too early. That smallmouth ate the crankbait completely. Lodged it in the back of its throat.
WIGuide reply :
Broke my PB 5 fish bag weight and my PB big bass on the same day. Heck of a day on the water, didn't catch lots, but obviously what I did catch made it worth the grind!
Gundog reply :
On 9/6/2018 at 2:20 PM, WIGuide said:Broke my PB 5 fish bag weight and my PB big bass on the same day. Heck of a day on the water, didn't catch lots, but obviously what I did catch made it worth the grind!
Bravo. That is a huge bag and that 7 pounder is great.
A-Jay reply :
On 9/6/2018 at 2:20 PM, WIGuide said:Broke my PB 5 fish bag weight and my PB big bass on the same day. Heck of a day on the water, didn't catch lots, but obviously what I did catch made it worth the grind!
Nicely Done Sir ~
And Congrats on the new personal best.
She's a Fist full . . . .
A-Jay
WIGuide reply :
On 9/6/2018 at 6:11 PM, Gundog said:Bravo. That is a huge bag and that 7 pounder is great.
Thank you! It was a day I won't soon forget that's for sure. I wish I would have had just a little more time to fish though, I had one fish in my limit that I think could have been culled up at least half a pound without too much trouble...and with the size of fish I was catching, who knows maybe even more! Regardless, it was an incredible day with an incredible kicker by northern WI standards!
On 9/6/2018 at 7:34 PM, A-Jay said:Nicely Done Sir ~
And Congrats on the new personal best.
She's a Fist full . . . .
A-Jay
Thank you much! She definitely was!
WolfyBrandon reply :
[September 06, 2018]
My "Fish Of The Day"
&
Jeremy's Personal Best Northern Pike!
CONGRATS!
15 lb 05 oz, 38 & 1/2"
WolfyBrandon
keagbassr reply :
Been a grind the last few weeks working hard for a hand full of keepers and dinks with a couple of maybe 3's in the mix. This week was a little better as I stuck a 5-1 Tues. On a weed demon and a3-3 pitching a jig into holes in weeds on thurs.
YoTone reply :
made a quick stop by my local hole and pulled out this 4.7 lber on my second cast using a top toad.
MichaelCopeland reply :
Got out for about 3 hours yesterday evening/night to Caney Lakes upper lake side. The lower lake side is closed until Memorial Day next year which really sucks, unless you have a boat. There's a boat launch on the other end of that side, but all the bank access is in the park area that's closed. Why? I don't know. Anyways, nothing was doing until about 8:45ishpm and finally got this nonscorable bass on my 1/4oz weighted tequila sunrise 6" Zoom lizard. Then 3 casts later caught another maybe scorable bass(didn't bother to weigh either of them) on the same lizard. My girlfriend wasn't feeling very well so we went on to the house. Wish we coulda stayed a little later, no telling what else I coulda caught, but her wellness is more important and at least I didn't get skunked. ????
Bass_Fishing_Socal reply :
On 9/8/2018 at 10:30 PM, MichaelCopeland said:Got out for about 3 hours yesterday evening/night to Caney Lakes upper lake side. The lower lake side is closed until Memorial Day next year which really sucks, unless you have a boat. There's a boat launch on the other end of that side, but all the bank access is in the park area that's closed. Why? I don't know. Anyways, nothing was doing until about 8:45ishpm and finally got this nonscorable bass on my 1/4oz weighted tequila sunrise 6" Zoom lizard. Then 3 casts later caught another maybe scorable bass(didn't bother to weigh either of them) on the same lizard. My girlfriend wasn't feeling very well so we went on to the house. Wish we coulda stayed a little later, no telling what else I coulda caught, but her wellness is more important and at least I didn't get skunked. ????
Yup family also matter not just fishing. You did well my friend and you did catch some bass at least. There always tomorrow.
MichaelCopeland reply :
@JustJames true that, family comes first and there's always tomorrow. Speaking of tomorrow(today actually...lol) I went back to the upper lake side of Caney Lakes again this afternoon for a couple hours. Nothing to brag about, but I didn't get skunked either. I caught this nonscorable bass on the same tequila sunrise lizard today not long before having to leave. I found out why tequila sunrise and plum colors are doing so well. I saw the first crawfish I've ever seen out there and it was practically the same color as those colors. Now I need to find some craw type baits in those colors. Hopefully somebody makes them. ????
Fairtax4me reply :
My week in photos!
Starting with the most recent and ending with last weekend.
Lone smallie Thursday. Interesting color pattern on it though! Couple bites that day but they weren't having anything to do with eating.
Wednesday, to' some fish up! Smallmouth were sitting on the edges of the fastest current, and eating anything that came within reach. Gar were doing the same, unfortunately, so I lost about 10 lures to those teeth. Feel the bite, set the hook, get half a lure back. Picked up a nice smallie on the second cast that day, and got that nice chunky 2.5lb largemouth which is the biggest green bass I've caught in this stretch of river. Weirdly enough... Couldn't see the fish, but I knew it was going to be a largemouth before I set the hook just by the way the bite felt, and the way the fish started moving with the lure.
Caught another dozen or so smallmouth that day, some dinks
but mostly 12-15" size.
Tuesday had an average day. Different stretch of water, got 6 fish in about 2 hours. They were off in calm pockets out of the current.
Monday was the same.
Sunday... Sandy river res. Almost needs a whole page for itself. Bait fish EVERYWHERE! No bass on them. And if we found bass near them, they didn't want a lure. My first two of the day were a 3.5lb on a squarebill in 5 FOW. It was apparently sitting on a bed?!
Second was a 4 and change that came in about 8 FOW on a ribbon tail worm. I caught three dinks the rest of the day. Had a couple better fish hooked but they shook off before they even got to the surface. Probably not as big as my first two.
My buddy was working on a skunk until he picked up a dink about mid afternoon. His next was a 3lber off bottom in 22fow. Next was a 6.4lb 21.5", from some sort of rock structure in 10Fow. Caught on 1/2oz blade bait. Nice solid fish, but that was all he got for the day.
One lure, one fish. No single lure produced a second fish for either of us, so obviously we were not on the pattern. The baitfish that were everywhere in main lake were shad about 2-3" long, and try as we did, we could not get a pattern going with anything we had that was that size.
Bluebasser86 reply :
Fishing was not great this week and when I finally did get on some fish I had to leave after a few hours because it was getting hard to tell what where the lake was it was flooding so fast.
I was on a 20 acre lake in the bottom of a hole basically where 3 good sized drains run into. The rocks in the background of the second picture were under water in less than an hour and they were almost 2' above water when I got there, it was to the back of that building by the time I left. I've never left a lake because I was worried about getting trapped by flood waters, but if I'd waited another 30 minutes I probably could have driven my boat onto the trailer where I parked it, the water was already to the tires.
This was what the high ground looked like, and all this was running into a tiny lake from all directions.
CrankFate reply :
Here comes the rain again ????
Gundog reply :
On 9/9/2018 at 11:22 PM, CrankFate said:Here comes the rain again ????
Yup and it ain't gonna be nice this time. In my area they are calling for over 30 hrs of rain.
Fairtax4me reply :
On 9/9/2018 at 11:22 PM, CrankFate said:Here comes the rain again ????
On 9/10/2018 at 1:32 AM, Gundog said:Yup and it ain't gonna be nice this time. In my area they are calling for over 30 hrs of rain.
I think this is the first summer I've ever thought we DONT need more rain! Normally we're in a drought and waiting for some tropical storms to dampen things down a bit. Now watching a growing hurricane that might bring us yet more unneeded multiple days of heavy rain, and probably drown out my vacation plans!
CrankFate reply :
On 9/10/2018 at 1:32 AM, Gundog said:Yup and it ain't gonna be nice this time. In my area they are calling for over 30 hrs of rain.
I’m not too far away and it’s been raining a steady 15-20 hours now.
Swbass15 reply :
You guys can send the rain to the southwest, my home lake has dropped over 30+ ft to feed irrigation from New Mexico to Texas.
WDE reply :
GoPro had just enough juice to turn on and get a pic...hence the lighting and awkward angle. Also standing in an ant hill.
3.5lb, t rigged junebug Dinger.
scaleface reply :
A couple of buzzbait bass caught today.
icuOklaCity reply :
Had a pretty good Sunday afternoon. The old Bill Norman Deep Little N and Middle N's Coach Dog Fire Tiger pattern rounded up some nice Fat Girls for me.
Starting off with a 7-8lbs-ish that I lost right at the boat messing around with my stupid net. But I went from completely dejected and ticked off, to wait this might be a good afterall. Cause on the very next cast I put a 5-12 -6 lber in the boat. Then over the next 3 hours I added 4 more in the 4 -5 pound range and a few smaller fish 1-2 lbs in between.... https://www.amazon.com/photos/share/oylc1vAtihVfOyXSBtkUyCXFiaXytlbH7yJ3m2jj7q6
the reel ess reply :
I got a few hours free Sunday afternoon. It was about 93 degrees and I expected to maybe catch a couple dinks and kill a couple hours. I texted all my buddies (2 guys) and neither could go. Also, one of the properties I use has a new lock on the gate and the owner was out of town. So I settled on a little pond that's maybe 2 acres at best. Until yesterday it hadn't rained here in a solid month.I got to the pond and walked the dam first. It looked like the pond had turned over. There was a brown film on the surface and there were some suspended leaves. I didn't expect much when I launched the kayak.
Well I caught 11 in a couple hours, including a 5.1 lb and a 3.2 lb. I caught a couple on a plain jighead with a craw and the rest on a Chug Bug. In the shallowest part of the pond, IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY WITH TEMPS IN THE 90's!!! I've been fishing this pond for years and had no idea there were any 5 pounders in it. I sent the owners these pics and they accused me to pulling their legs.
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Sorry for the attachments. I could not get these to come in portraits, even though I edited them and saved them that way.
Bass_Fishing_Socal reply :
On 9/11/2018 at 8:52 PM, the reel ess said:
Well I caught 11 in a couple hours, including a 5.1 lb and a 3.2 lb. I caught a couple on a plain jighead with a craw and the rest on a Chug Bug.
Nice fish, maybe if you save your image in JPEG might help.
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I though, he use Amazon Photo, in fact BR host all images thru Amazon.
the reel ess reply :
On 9/12/2018 at 6:16 AM, JustJames said:Nice fish, maybe if you save your image in JPEG might help.
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I normally don't use Amazon photo but I have Prime so I created album just to try it out.
Okay I got it to work from Amazon Prime Photo, but might be a little bit complicated. I think Postimage.org might be easier or even Facebook. Let me know if you still need help posting photo from Amazon Photo.
I tried them as JPEGs first. I turned them the right way and saved and they still wouldn't come in in portrait.
J Francho reply :
On 9/11/2018 at 8:52 PM, the reel ess said:Sorry for the attachments. I could not get these to come in portraits, even though I edited them and saved them that way.
Those are PDF (Adobe Acrobat) files, not image files. The forum software doesn't support a preview of PDF format.
the reel ess reply :
On 9/12/2018 at 8:44 PM, J Francho said:Those are PDF (Adobe Acrobat) files, not image files. The forum software doesn't support a preview of PDF format.
I know. See above. I tried JPEGs and could not get them into portrait, even after I saved them that way on my computer. So I attached PDF's which don't preview. See, both of these are vertical on my computer, but one comes in turned 90 degrees. I guess I should have just posted the vertical one. But the other is the 5 pounder.
J Francho reply :
If you open it in Windows Photo Viewer, and rotate it, you should be fine. I use an iPhone, and sometimes mine are sideways, too.
the reel ess reply :
On 9/12/2018 at 10:56 PM, J Francho said:If you open it in Windows Photo Viewer, and rotate it, you should be fine. I use an iPhone, and sometimes mine are sideways, too.
Well, on the umpteenth time, I got it.
Angealy reply :
Decided to go fishing yesterday regardless of the outcome.
Day was overcast and seemed like it was going to rain at any moment.
Water was more dirty than normal because of all the rain we recently had.
The water was faster because of all the rain.
My rig was simple: Bobber/Size 8 eagle claw bait hook/berkley trout worm in bubblegum.
Cast into the slower moving water and bam a bite right away.
First fish broke me off with my four pound test, I had drag locked down. *Lesson learned.*
I believe it was a bass due the way it was fighting me and jumping out of the water.
I then loosen my drag so the next fish could just pull line out.
Hook into my second fish and it does the same thing pulls out the drag and give me a big fight.
I land the fish and got a picture of it.
I caught a total of three fish and then the bite was off, I couldn't get anything else afterwards.
WVU-SCPA reply :
Found a nice flurry of fish after work on a small wind blown point. Chatterbait with a rage craw ripped out of the grass was the ticket.
Heres the best of the evening.
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J._Bricker reply :
I decided to get out on the water this morning, and happy I decided not to cancel on myself. Woke up at 0300 and the wind was howling outside, figured it was going to be a repeat of yesterday. When I finally went downstairs and made a cup of coffee I noticed the wind had stopped, and stepping outside it was dead calm. I’m fishing!
I got on the water before first light, last two hours of the incoming tide, water 69 degrees and change. Second stop was a rip-rap bank with sparse tules and some current pushing up on it. I had been successful throwing the Pop Max at my first stop, catching some solid fish up to 2 pounds. So I picked up that rod again. I fired the Pop Max up along the bank and worked the bait towards a small clump of tules. What I believed to be a small fish swirled on the bait, but missed. Instead of retrieving the lure and recasting, I killed it in place. The next twitch I made the water erupted and the fight was on!
I could tell right away it was a pretty good fish as it pulled drag and headed into a patch of grass. I was able to get the fish out of the grass and it headed for deep water. The only problem with that was that line was now going towards the other side of the boat between the trolling motor and the bow. For some reason the fish decided to change directions and head for another patch of grass. I was able to hand line her to the boat a short time later and the battle was over!
Taking pictures while trying to weighing her was another cluster that I won’t bore you with, but she weighed 6.1lbs and was released unharmed...
Good Fishing all, JB
MichaelCopeland reply :
I got home, from inventory in West Monroe, around 2:30am this morning and was at Caney Lakes upper side shortly after 3am. Second cast with my 110 Whopper Plopper I had an enormous blowup on it, felt the tug and I didn't even set the hook that hard and pulled it out of its mouth. Tried the 110 a few more times and nothing. So I tried some of my new Shot Callers from Siebert Outdoors and nothing. Tried the 110 a few more times. Nothing! So I tied on my 1/2oz junebug @Siebert Outdoors fogy with a sapphire blue Z Craw trailer. First cast this 2lb 2oz bass annihilated it. I liked to have never gotten it unhooked. If bass had tonsils, that's where my fogy would have been hooked. Never had a bass eat a chatterbait/fogy that deep before, Wow! Finally got it unhooked from there but the bass was still trying to swallow or something because it got caught in its gill plates. Never had this much trouble unhooking a fish. Unfortunately, as you can see in the first pic, the bass was bleeding pretty good from the gills. Sure did hate that, but it did swim off aggressively. I believe it looked worse than it actually was, hopefully anyways. I was out there til well after sunrise with not even another bite. By then it was starting to get rather hot anyways, so I came on home and took a 4 hour nap. Hope I can get to sleep at a decent time tonight. I gotta be at work at 7am. Even though I only caught 1 bass in roughly 7 hours, I didn't get skunked and it wasn't a nonscorable bass! ????
Fairtax4me reply :
Been trying all summer for a decent top water bite. The bass just don't want to cooperate this year.
Past few weeks I've been throwing a frog almost every evening after work. Finally managed to get a half decent fish late last week.
About 2.5 lbs, which is a pretty solid fish for this pond.
I caught three other smaller bass on the frog that evening. That's probably my most consistent topwater bite all year.
Bass_Fishing_Socal reply :
Finally got some decent bass to show, after target those tiny bass for awhile.
Caught two last night on 6" Junebug Yum dinger and one this morning on Zoom Magnum Fluke (too bad I only had one Fluke with me and got damaged).
Lasted video of tiny bass I'd been targeting. Please don't watch if you prefer big bass lol.
Derek1 reply :
Caught this one today on a fat 8” ragetail. 3.8 pounds not gonna lie there was a little longarming going on. I think he could have waged a bit more earlier I. The season head is huge, nice catch just the same.
Waged abit more I meant to say.
Weighed more
TnRiver46 reply :
The smallmouth were chasing threadfin and I Got a nice one with topwater today !
Derek1 reply :
^ that’s a nice fish.
TnRiver46 reply :
On 9/16/2018 at 8:18 AM, Derek1 said:^ that’s a nice fish.
Thanks man! Right back at ya! Your 3.8 probably beat mine
Derek1 reply :
Probably not in the fight though
Fairtax4me reply :
Had about an hour free today after getting the house clean and the car tuned up. Spotty rain showers all day here just on the outer band of the hurricane. The bass really weren't in the eating mood at all. Finally caught one about 6", then a few casts later saw some movement in the grass mat I was working across. Cast back in the same spot and saw a little wake from about 2 feet away, felt the thump and the line started pulling.
My new favorite sound is the sound of braid screaming while dragging a stud bass out of a grass pile! Biggest fish I've caught in this pond!
4.5lbs and 20.5" long. Weightless senko. Owner twist lock hooks are friggin strong!
Bluebasser86 reply :
Went straight after work Thursday and picked Lake up to go fishing for a few hours because it was supposed to be so nice outside. Temps in the high 70's, 5-10mph wind, and cloudy, just perfect fishing weather. Of course the fishing was tougher than expected because it's September and it's always tough here in September. I had Lake fishing his standby wacky rig and one of his first cast by the back corner of a boat lift must have landed on this fish's head because the water boiled and he was hooked up with the first fish of the day, and he was thoroughly excited about catching the first one of the day.
That one wore him out so he had to sit down for a snack. I starting pitching a tiny homemade 1/8 micro finesse jig with a trimmed down 2.75" YUM craw papi trailer under docks on an Okuma EVX rod, Okuma Epixor reel, and 8lb AbrasX when just a couple more docks down the bank I got a big surprise.
21.5" and super fat at 6.58 pounds. She had a tail of a shad that was probably an 8-10 inch fish sticking out of her throat and I would be surprised if it was the only one like that in there.
That got Lake motivated to get back up and back to catching.
He got to run the back trolling motor when we went on a "high speed" run across the lake because we were short on time, that might have been the highlight of his day. He tells everyone he meets now that he's a fisherman, I'm not going to stop him.
TnRiver46 reply :
Lake: “is that a carp?” Hahahah. Fun times and big bass
Bluebasser86 reply :
On 9/16/2018 at 6:26 PM, TnRiver46 said:Lake: “is that a carp?” Hahahah. Fun times and big bass
He has somewhat of a fixation with carp for some reason, I think it's from a book I always read him when he was a baby. I had just had a big grass carp come up under a propbait and almost took a swipe at it, and then cruised right under his feet just a foot or two below the surface, so there's that too.
Russ E reply :
On 9/16/2018 at 2:12 PM, Bluebasser86 said:Went straight after work Thursday and picked Lake up to go fishing for a few hours because it was supposed to be so nice outside. Temps in the high 70's, 5-10mph wind, and cloudy, just perfect fishing weather. Of course the fishing was tougher than expected because it's September and it's always tough here in September. I had Lake fishing his standby wacky rig and one of his first cast by the back corner of a boat lift must have landed on this fish's head because the water boiled and he was hooked up with the first fish of the day, and he was thoroughly excited about catching the first one of the day.
That one wore him out so he had to sit down for a snack. I starting pitching a tiny homemade 1/8 micro finesse jig with a trimmed down 2.75" YUM craw papi trailer under docks on an Okuma EVX rod, Okuma Epixor reel, and 8lb AbrasX when just a couple more docks down the bank I got a big surprise.
21.5" and super fat at 6.58 pounds. She had a tail of a shad that was probably an 8-10 inch fish sticking out of her throat and I would be surprised if it was the only one like that in there.
That got Lake motivated to get back up and back to catching.
He got to run the back trolling motor when we went on a "high speed" run across the lake because we were short on time, that might have been the highlight of his day. He tells everyone he meets now that he's a fisherman, I'm not going to stop
Looks like he is having a lot of fun.
Nice September fish.
When I lived in Iowa, September was the start of fall transition and usually good fishing.
Here in Kansas the bass seem to get in a funk. Not sure what causes that, but for me, fishing can be tough in september.
A-Jay reply :
On 9/16/2018 at 2:12 PM, Bluebasser86 said:
That one wore him out so he had to sit down for a snack. I starting pitching a tiny homemade 1/8 micro finesse jig with a trimmed down 2.75" YUM craw papi trailer under docks on an Okuma EVX rod, Okuma Epixor reel, and 8lb AbrasX when just a couple more docks down the bank I got a big surprise.
21.5" and super fat at 6.58 pounds. She had a tail of a shad that was probably an 8-10 inch fish sticking out of her throat and I would be surprised if it was the only one like that in there.
That got Lake motivated to get back up and back to catching.
He got to run the back trolling motor when we went on a "high speed" run across the lake because we were short on time, that might have been the highlight of his day. He tells everyone he meets now that he's a fisherman, I'm not going to stop him.
That's a Tank !
Couple of Very Happy Bass Fisherman.
Nicely Done ~
A-Jay
PAbasser927 reply :
Got out Saturday afternoon and caught my best bass of the year so far. This one must have been through a lot as you can see a portion of the dorsal fin is missing along with the entire upper half of the tail. Measuring in over 20 inches and only 3.55lbs, I would have loved to catch her in her prime. Still took advantage of the photo op since I had my wife out with me... we kayak fishermen don’t usually have the opportunity for good pictures lol
A-Jay reply :
On 9/17/2018 at 8:48 PM, PAbasser927 said:Got out Saturday afternoon and caught my best bass of the year so far. This one must have been through a lot as you can see a portion of the dorsal fin is missing along with the entire upper half of the tail. Measuring in over 20 inches and only 3.55lbs, I would have loved to catch her in her prime. Still took advantage of the photo op since I had my wife out with me... we kayak fishermen don’t usually have the opportunity for good pictures lol
Nice Bass and Great Picture !
Congrats
A-Jay
Hook2Jaw reply :
So I set out Saturday morning to beat my PB crankbait fish, that fish being about 3 pounds and get some crankbait practice in general. I was making good casts and bumping bottom, occasional pausing, constant retrieve, you name it. No fish.
Then this girl cruises up to me looking for food so I made a short cast with the Berkley Squarebull and reel it right by her, get a follow, stop the bait, twitch it once and she slams the front door on it.
Took the bait beautifully.
What do y'all reckon she weighed? Sorry about putting her on the ground, but at 6'1" and 200 I don't really do the fish justice when I pose with them.
CybrSlydr reply :
Caught my first-ever Freshwater Drum while wading in the Maumee river yesterday.
Bass_Fishing_Socal reply :
On 9/17/2018 at 9:40 PM, Hook2Jaw said:
What do y'all reckon she weighed? Sorry about putting her on the ground, but at 6'1" and 200 I don't really do the fish justice when I pose with them.
Nice fish there, and you don't even have to do long hand. I would say 6+ for sure maybe close to 7.
Hook2Jaw reply :
On 9/18/2018 at 12:04 AM, JustJames said:Nice fish there, and you don't even have to do long hand. I would say 6+ for sure maybe close to 7.
Thanks man! She definitely felt heavy in hand, so I'll just keep in mind I need to beat 6.5 or so to have a new PB crank fish.
Gundog reply :
Got out Saturday because it was the first day it hadn't rained in about 2 weeks. Caught 5 bass and one pickerel. Most of the bass were small but 2 topped 2 pounds which is a good size for the lake. Most came on a spinnerbait but 1 was fooled by a Smilin' Fred swim jig and menace grub.
TnRiver46 reply :
On 9/18/2018 at 4:35 AM, Gundog said:Got out Saturday because it was the first day it hadn't rained in about 2 weeks. Caught 5 bass and one pickerel. Most of the bass were small but 2 topped 2 pounds which is a good size for the lake. Most came on a spinnerbait but 1 was fooled by a Smilin' Fred swim jig and menace grub.
Nice! I like that boat too
Gundog reply :
On 9/18/2018 at 11:05 AM, TnRiver46 said:Nice! I like that boat too
Its a 17 year old canoe. In canoe years that's 64 1/2. Almost ready to retire. I had to replace one of the seats with a couple of 2x4's and ants have taken up permanent residence in both of the ends. She's served me well and only cost me $300 brand new.
WolfyBrandon reply :
[September 17, 2018]
Sunrise
"Fish of the Day"
Removed Broke Off Rig
Scenic
Second Best of the Day
End of the Day
WolfyBrandon
TnRiver46 reply :
On 9/18/2018 at 11:30 AM, Gundog said:Its a 17 year old canoe. In canoe years that's 64 1/2. Almost ready to retire. I had to replace one of the seats with a couple of 2x4's and ants have taken up permanent residence in both of the ends. She's served me well and only cost me $300 brand new.
Those are the best kind! I have an even older one (I think). Mine is an alumacraft that I bought on craigslist, it has a lake toxaway 1984 sticker on it so I’m guessing it’s older than me. A few drops of terro on a regular basis will wipe out boat ants
Gundog reply :
On 9/18/2018 at 7:31 PM, TnRiver46 said:A few drops of terro on a regular basis will wipe out boat ants
I'll give it a try. Hope it keeps them away. With Raid ant killer you have to keep spraying it on, otherwise they keep coming back. Not possible when the boat is moored at a lake 30 minutes away from my home.
NYWayfarer reply :
This was a great weekend in more ways than one. Sept. 15th was my 17 year wedding anniversary. It was also my son's 15th birthday. He was born on our 2 year wedding anniversary. It was also the day I got a new PB!
I woke up early that morning and my wife was out running some errands. I figured lets get some fishing in before the days festivities started. Saturday was dead calm water with a bit of fog. I started throwing the Whopper Plopper 90 in Bluegill color (ole faithful) I was using it similar to a popper, cast it out, wait for the ripples to die and pull it through the water to create a small plop then let it sit again. Second time I did this there was a surface swirl and my lure disappeared. At that point I set the hook and my Denali Zeynx crankbai rod bent over nearly in half. I thought the fish had swam under a rock. Once I saw the line move off to the left I realized this was a big fish.
She taxed my Walmart exclusive Lew's Mark Rose baitcaster ($35 on clearance) to the limit. I was able to keep her from the bottom and jumping as I survived a run or three that peeled drag. I was finally able to get her to shore and lip her avoiding the Ploppers treble as she was only hooked with the front one.
On the scale she weighed 4.01 pounds my new PB from the Hudson River and my new PB topwater fish.
Fishing by a walking path has been helpful in the fact that I am always able to snag a passerby to take a pic. I was so grateful to the lady who did. Her dog loved me as I let it sniff the fish before I released her back into the river.
keagbassr reply :
woke up and checked the radar saw I had about a 2 hour window between the heavy rain so I headed out. Got 2 on a 1/4 oz. Black buzzbait with this one weighing in at 3-9.
MichaelCopeland reply :
On 9/18/2018 at 9:34 PM, NYWayfarer said:
This was a great weekend in more ways than one. Sept. 15th was my 17 year wedding anniversary. It was also my son's 15th birthday. He was born on our 2 year wedding anniversary. It was also the day I got a new PB!
I woke up early that morning and my wife was out running some errands. I figured lets get some fishing in before the days festivities started. Saturday was dead calm water with a bit of fog. I started throwing the Whopper Plopper 90 in Bluegill color (ole faithful) I was using it similar to a popper, cast it out, wait for the ripples to die and pull it through the water to create a small plop then let it sit again. Second time I did this there was a surface swirl and my lure disappeared. At that point I set the hook and my Denali Zeynx crankbai rod bent over nearly in half. I thought the fish had swam under a rock. Once I saw the line move off to the left I realized this was a big fish.
She taxed my Walmart exclusive Lew's Mark Rose baitcaster ($35 on clearance) to the limit. I was able to keep her from the bottom and jumping as I survived a run or three that peeled drag. I was finally able to get her to shore and lip her avoiding the Ploppers treble as she was only hooked with the front one.
On the scale she weighed 4.01 pounds my new PB from the Hudson River and my new PB topwater fish.
Fishing by a walking path has been helpful in the fact that I am always able to snag a passerby to take a pic. I was so grateful to the lady who did. Her dog loved me as I let it sniff the fish before I released her back into the river.
Nice fish! Happy Anniversary to you and your wife and Happy Birthday to your son as well! ????
NYWayfarer reply :
Released my PB Smallmouth and she went the wrong way! Right past me and right into some rocks. She swam away dazed and confused...
You can hear the lady who took the pic of me holding the Bass asking me how long they can stay out of water.
Bass_Fishing_Socal reply :
I've seen so much talk about Ned Rig lately, so I set my goal to catch one since I have not use this rig in year. As usual my setup Daiwa Alpha SV105 pair with Majorcraft Go Emotion 652L. I did prepare Zoom Super Fluke Jr. as my backup since I don't have confidence in Ned Rig as much and I'll be fishing on top of weed. End up for hour and a half i managed to catch 4, and typical of Ned Rid two were super tiny, one decent size and one a good 2.5lbers. Not bad for a rookie like myself, lol.
keagbassr reply :
Made the long5 hour Drive to the Maine house. Unloaded grabbed a bite and headed to the river. Got 7 smallies the best weighing 3-14 on a bps bargain bin popper
NHBull reply :
When your student throws his chatterbait before you even deploy your TM
4.7 LM
4.0 SM
MichaelCopeland reply :
Got to Caney Lakes upper side around 5:30pm this evening. Started off a little slow but caught a nonscorable bass, a 1lb bass and a 2lb catfish on a 1/4oz weighted Texas rigged sapphire blue Z Craw. Then a little while later caught a 1lb bass on a dark green pumpkin Project Z chatterbait with the deal colored Z Man Razor Shad. Hooked into another one but it came unhooked before I could land it. It was getting close to time to go because my girlfriend got back to pick me up around 8:30pm. We smoked a cigarette before leaving. I had changed out my Project Z to my junebug @Siebert Outdoors fogy with the sapphire blue Z Craw trailer while we smoked. I bombed it out there and a 3lb 7oz hawg hammered it. After getting her unhooked and pics taken, next cast out to the same spot another hawg of at least the same size hammered it also. Lost her at the boat dock though. Bummer! A few casts later, same fogy, another 1lber smashed it and when I got it up out of the water it shook off my bait and skittered across the dock back into the water. Another bummer! It's ok though, I had a great evening/night of fishing. Hooked into 8, landed 5 of them. I'm gonna have to stock up on those sapphire blue Z Craws. Them things seem to be what the bass want right now, along with a junebug Sieberts fogy! ????
NYWayfarer reply :
On 9/20/2018 at 11:12 AM, MichaelCopeland said:
Is it my imagination or did the catches get bigger as it got darker out? Grats! nice night of fishing right there.
jbmaine reply :
Chartreuse spinnerbait did it again!
MichaelCopeland reply :
On 9/20/2018 at 8:21 PM, NYWayfarer said:Is it my imagination or did the catches get bigger as it got darker out? Grats! nice night of fishing right there.
The catches actually did get bigger as it got darker out, with the exception of the very last one I hooked into that come off and skittered across the dock back into the water. It was probably a little over a pound. Thanks, indeed it was a nice night of fishing! ????
Team9nine reply :
Keeping it simple and basic...
Respooled the old green Curado last weekend with some fluorocarbon and then hit the water with deep cranks tied on.
Worked like a charm ????
12poundbass reply :
On 9/22/2018 at 1:00 AM, Team9nine said:Keeping it simple and basic...
Respooled the old green Curado last weekend with some fluorocarbon and then hit the water with deep cranks tied on.
Worked like a charm ????
Ned would be disappointed in you. How do you sleep at night using a different lure? ????
Nice bass BTW
TnRiver46 reply :
Found a little feeding frenzy this morning!
Derek1 reply :
Just wanted to share this, I got it early spring just to try out. It goes through the water really tight like a poorly steered canoe. Takes forever to work it back.
Meant to add that’s the first fish to bite it.
A-Jay reply :
Enough of these (fun size) around today to keep me on the water most all day.
Just couldn't find any plus size models.
A-Jay
TnRiver46 reply :
On 9/23/2018 at 11:07 AM, A-Jay said:
Enough of these (fun size) around today to keep me on the water most all day.
Just couldn't find any plus size models.
A-Jay
Shoot. That's a big un!!!!!
Bluebasser86 reply :
Had a rare 2 good trips in a row in September, I think it was because of the huge cold front pushing through. Thursday they were mashing a Booyah Meelee, first time really fishing it and it did really well. Pretty partial to my homemade bladed jigs but I can really see myself having a use for these as well. The way the blade is built back from the head seems to make them deflect off cover instead of just snagging like they usually do. I was bumping it through rocks and even over some laydowns and only snagged it once and that was when it got wedged in between 2 rocks.
Friday I went to a mostly overlooked lake because of the dirt roads getting there and it's reputation as being a dink factory. Funny thing is, I get one over 5 more often than not when I go there, along with a ton of fish. I threw a Slammer and Shine Glide a lot, so I kept the numbers to a more modest 48 fish, I could have broke 100 pretty easily if I'd fished normal gear all day. Like usual, my little dink lake produced some nice fish again, including a 5.79 on a homemade jig, a 3.22 on a Bandit Rackit squarebill, and a nearly 3 pounder that was my first fish on my new KastKing Speed Demon shakyhead combo. Most of my fish were on topwater, it was a fun day to say the least.
Derek1 reply :
Great day man, good for you
Dirtyeggroll reply :
@Bluebasser86 is that a 7” or 9” Slammer?
Dirtyeggroll reply :
Been super busy on an internal medicine cardiology rotation, so it’s been 22 days since I’ve wet a line.
Had yesterday off and got a little ahead on my studying so I snuck away to a small 150 acre local lake late in the afternoon. This lake has a handful of 5+ lbers and is loaded with <2 lbers, and has the occasional pike. I got there around 5 PM and sunset is around 7:40 these days.
Started off in a little arm of the lake that’s super shallow and has thick grass and caught one on a frog.
Fished a lot of grass around the lake without another sniff until I made it around to the old creek channel lined by standing timber. Made a cast to the outside treeline with a shaky head in about 4 ft of water, when my line kept looking like it was sinking like it is was much deeper. I reeled down a little and the line took off sideways. I’m thinking it’s a little dink or panfish carrying it off so I give a weak little half hookset and the line goes tight and doesn’t budge at first but then tugs a little. It really felt like whatever was on there had me wrapped in the timber. Then I notice I am making progress toward me, but it still feels the same and I realize it must be a decent fish, although it had the dragging feeling like a stick. Bzzzzt!!! Starts peeling drag (luckily away from the timber) and the fight is on. Whatever it is it just feels heavy and doesn’t seem to be giving a lot of head shakes, not really like a bass, but more like cat fish or a pike or walleye. I finally get it close to the boat when it surfaces and to my surprise it IS a nice bass. After a few more dives under the boat I net my new PB for this lake 4.21lbs.
As the sun started to set the surface activity really started to pick up so I threw a frog at a grass line near the creek channel and caught 5 more ~2lbers.
Fun evening.
Bluebasser86 reply :
On 9/23/2018 at 9:07 PM, Dirtyeggroll said:@Bluebasser86 is that a 7” or 9” Slammer?
7"
keagbassr reply :
Finished up my Maine trip a day early with winds at 40+.never got any more over 3 odd for this time of year but got plenty mid to high 2's like these
Jonny15678 reply :
4.24 Pound , 5-6 Pound and 1.5 Pound
FryDog62 reply :
Took an old neighbor of mine fishing this past week. Her son passed away this past year and she doesn’t have access to a boat now. She’s not a novice, absolutely nuts about fishing, but all she can do is fish from shore these days.
Took her out on a nice day and taught her how to skip wacky worms under docks. We had a blast, nice to see her smiling!!
Gundog reply :
Fall is here in northeastern PA and I'm enjoying it. The cooler temps mean bass are feeding heavily. Normally I'd be chest deep in river water casting for brown bass but with the level of the river being higher than normal I thought I'd stick with the lake. Ended up catching 14 bass and 8 pickerel. All but 2 came on a spinnerbait with a swimbait trailer. The other 2 came on a Lucky Craft Gunfish topwater bait.
MIbassyaker reply :
Best of 11 from a rare (for me) evening excursion tonight. Also the best bass I've had in at least a month...it's been dink-city here, otherwise.
lo n slo reply :
i had taken the little johnny in for some engine work and went to pick it up yesterday. i decided to give it a test run so i put in at Lake Norman State Park, which was on the way home. i also just happened to have my rods and worm bag with me, wink wink. i caught 4 spots and this bonus largemouth in a couple hours of fishing. the boat ran fine too.
Bluebasser86 reply :
Got to meet up with @buzzed bait while he was in town for work and was able to sneak away for a little time on the water. I promised to show him how bad the fishing really is around here and did a pretty good job holding up on that promise. He did catch his Kansas bass he wanted to catch and I caught several including a really nice one for the lake we were on.
Dorado reply :
On 9/17/2018 at 8:48 PM, PAbasser927 said:Got out Saturday afternoon and caught my best bass of the year so far. This one must have been through a lot as you can see a portion of the dorsal fin is missing along with the entire upper half of the tail. Measuring in over 20 inches and only 3.55lbs, I would have loved to catch her in her prime. Still took advantage of the photo op since I had my wife out with me... we kayak fishermen don’t usually have the opportunity for good pictures lol
Nice Yak. I love my Native
PAbasser927 reply :
On 9/26/2018 at 11:50 PM, Dorado said:Nice Yak. I love my Native
Thanks! I do too, I feel like you can’t go wrong with them.
J._Bricker reply :
Nothing like a beautiful sunrise, flat calm water, and a big ole’ bass on topwater to start the day!
And on a side note, yes, those are a pair of $3.00 safety glasses I’m wearing. I’m glad a friend suggested them, because they are best I have found for those very early morning runs to your first spot!
Good fishing all, JB
A-Jay reply :
The Sunset bite was brief but productive ~
A-Jay
buzzed bait reply :
On 9/26/2018 at 12:55 PM, Bluebasser86 said:Got to meet up with @buzzed bait while he was in town for work and was able to sneak away for a little time on the water. I promised to show him how bad the fishing really is around here and did a pretty good job holding up on that promise. He did catch his Kansas bass he wanted to catch and I caught several including a really nice one for the lake we were on.
Man I had a blast and am so glad we were able to make it work! I love fishing new water and learning a little bit from a sharp dude is an added bonus!
If you guys find yourself around Kansas City and looking to get on some fish, you need to get in touch with “blue”! Clayton is a class act and a superb stick. Look him up and book a trip with him to see what you can catch and what you can learn. He’s full of knowledge and very willing to share it!!
Thanks again man, hope to get you back if you’re in my area anytime in the future!!
TnRiver46 reply :
On 9/27/2018 at 11:17 AM, buzzed bait said:
Man I had a blast and am so glad we were able to make it work! I love fishing new water and learning a little bit from a sharp dude is an added bonus!
If you guys find yourself around Kansas City and looking to get on some fish, you need to get in touch with “blue”! Clayton is a class act and a superb stick. Look him up and book a trip with him to see what you can catch and what you can learn. He’s full of knowledge and very willing to share it!!
Thanks again man, hope to get you back if you’re in my area anytime in the future!!
Yeah, he seems to be a fishing encyclopedia as far as I can tell on here! Glad y'all got on the bass
N Florida Mike reply :
I decided to fish off my dock this evening. I wanted to catch a small bream to live bait fish, and caught 10 or so with bread before getting the size I wanted. Hooked it on and threw it out. Kept seeing a decent bass blowing up on bream every few minutes. I kept fishing for bream too. Set the hook and caught this nice bass on bread and a tiny bream hook !
While I was getting the pic and letting it go, something was getting on my live bait rod. It ended up being this big soft shell turtle. Never a dull moment !
WolfyBrandon reply :
[September 27, 2018]
& A Bonus "Freshwater Cuda"
5 lb 01 oz, 28 & 1/2''
Was throwing a Strike King 8XD Crankbait, and without a weight transfer system, the bait tends to helicopter in the air if you don't keep slight tension on the line. The line got hooked around the front treble causing the bait to spin near the surface. When I started to retrieve it... the bait spun two or three times, then I saw a big splash near the bait. I slowed the bait down a bit and the "Cuda" nailed it the second time.
WolfyBrandon
Derek1 reply :
This one crept right up in the grass at my feet and grabbed my crank. I actuall thought I was stuck in the grass until it started splashing.
keagbassr reply :
Got out a few days.ago got 7 on a chatterbait with this one checking in at 4-1
Derek1 reply :
On 9/28/2018 at 10:18 PM, keagbassr said:Got out a few days.ago got 7 on a chatterbait with this one checking in at 4-1
That a nice fish.
keagbassr reply :
On 9/29/2018 at 12:45 AM, Derek1 said:That a nice fish.
Thanks she looked nice and healthy
You got a nice one there as well.
Gundog reply :
After a night of rain (yea, who would have believed it rained) I headed to the lake. Started out with my usual spinnerbait but caught nothing. Tried a crankbait, swimbait and back to a spinner again with no luck. Pulled a bladed jig out of my tackle box and gave it a shot. That made all the difference. They loved the Z-Man chatterbait with a Rage Craw on the back. Caught 12 before the wind pushed me of the lake. Hopefully the weekend will be calmer.
starkeer reply :
I was having a slow morning, just 3 or 4 smaller fish, when all that got turned around by this 5lb 7oz fish. I am really hoping this is a sign of things to come as the fall bite heats up hear in Minnesota. Caught on 1/2oz white/charteuse spinnerbait with a 3.75 Rage Swimmer trailer.
Also, I am trying to stop long-arming everything but it was seared into my brain by my dad when I was a kid and its a hard habit to kick haha
BigAngus752 reply :
On 9/29/2018 at 6:35 AM, starkeer said:Also, I am trying to stop long-arming everything
Hey don't worry about it this time. When you have a 5 1/2 pound fish it never LOOKS long-armed even when it is! Beautiful bass!
TnRiver46 reply :
On 9/29/2018 at 6:33 AM, Gundog said:After a night of rain (yea, who would have believed it rained
I'm still 0-fer lifetime with chatterbait..... And I have been throwing it constantly
A-Jay reply :
Five in the box early this morning ~
A-Jay
Team9nine reply :
Caught 29 bass, 23 of which were keepers, all from a single anchored casting position this afternoon. Heck of a school for Indiana waters - don't happen often around here. Buck would be proud
Here's a few...
Bluebasser86 reply :
Went and tried to find some offshore wipers Thursday. I found them but that was it. Lake isn't known for it's great bass fishing, but I caught quite a few and lost a 4+ pound smallie that I thought was going to be a wiper until it jumped, I couldn't get it to move anywhere when I set the hook on it before it jumped and tossed my spinnerbait back at me. Still had a keeper largemouth (18" lake), and a just short smallmouth. 
Went to a different lake Friday that has giant smallmouth and is recovering nicely from LMBV. Didn't find any giants but caught a bunch of largemouth, some smallies, several big Goo's, a channel cat, a few big black crappie, and my limit +2 of walleye.
LonnieP reply :
The bass were tearing the Rattle Trap up today. Here’s 2 of the biggest of the day.
N Florida Mike reply :
Had a nice afternoon with near perfect weather. Slightly cooler and less humid.
I started out with the ruby sparkle baby brush hog and caught 5-6 , on the east side of our island. Got out past it and switched to the watermelon seed fluke, and caught 8-10 more around eel grass edges.. Caught several on a ribbon tail worm, especially reeling across the top of and around eel grass.And 1 on a zoom z-hog. They were biting real good. Ended up with 19. No big fish, but the avg size was 2 pounds, got several around 3. Caught 3 on consecutive casts.
The bite today was fall-like, but the weather isnt quite there yet.
Derek1 reply :
^^ that’s a great day man.
redmexican5081 reply :
Had my first really good topwater day for the year. Caught about 25 bass, biggest 3 all went around 15", a handful of pickerel, and one crappie who thought my $1 Walmart bargain bin Creme topwater stickbait in Walk the Shad color looked too appetizing to pass up.
Tacklebox lid is ~16"
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A-Jay reply :
Spent a damp & chilling morning on Lake Menderchuck.
It was worth it.
A-Jay
roadwarrior reply :
Geez...
Derek1 reply :
@A-Jaydamm man you sure seem to have it dialed in. I’m sure it took allot of hard work to get there. Glad to see it’s paying off. Beautiful fish again.
ohboyitsrobby reply :
I'm pretty sure this is the biggest brownie I've caught all year. Haven't been fishing the creek as much.
N Florida Mike reply :
On 10/2/2018 at 7:21 AM, A-Jay said:Spent a damp & chilling morning on Lake Menderchuck.
It was worth it.
A-Jay
Those are some beautiful fish A.J . That water must be clear for them to be so light colored.
Janderson45 reply :
Fished my first tournament in the new boat this past weekend on Lake Winnipesaukee in New Hampshire. Didn't catch any lunkers but did land a whole bunch of healthy smallies. Here's a picture from each of the 3 days I fished:
-Practice day, turned out to be my best bag naturally:
Day 1 weigh in:
Day 2 weigh in (yes I'm wearing the same outfit) :
Caught them as shallow as 2' and as deep as 50', very interesting! The majority of the ~50 or so smallies I landed over 3 days were caught in 40-50' of water still. Only two of them broke 3lbs and they were both in practice (of course!)
keagbassr reply :
Got out today again in the rain/drizzle. Boated 9 3 on spinnerbaits and 6 on a black buzzbait with 3 good ones in the mix that weighed 5-I, 4-2,(pictured)and 3-9.
Gundog reply :
On 9/18/2018 at 7:31 PM, TnRiver46 said:A few drops of terro on a regular basis will wipe out boat ants
BTW Thanks @TnRiver46. I tried Terro and it killed all the ants. I was spraying the boat with Raid Ant Killer for months and they keep coming back. Just a one ounce bottle of that Terro did the trick. Haven't seen an ant in my boat since.
TnRiver46 reply :
On 10/3/2018 at 4:33 AM, Gundog said:BTW Thanks @TnRiver46. I tried Terro and it killed all the ants. I was spraying the boat with Raid Ant Killer for months and they keep coming back. Just a one ounce bottle of that Terro did the trick. Haven't seen an ant in my boat since.
Happy to help. I think I had to use 3-4 oz at my house. When theres ants on my food I just eat them........ My girlfriend didn't really see it that way so I had to take action
everythingthatswims reply :
It's that time of year again . And I made it to class on time for my exam at 11:30!
TnRiver46 reply :
On 10/3/2018 at 1:13 PM, everythingthatswims said:It's that time of year again
And had meat for supper!
burrows reply :
On 10/3/2018 at 1:13 PM, everythingthatswims said:It's that time of year again
What kind of rod is that ?
Texicans reply :
I started working from home about three weeks ago and manage my day as needed. I decided I wanted to fish more and hone my skills to pass on to my 4yr old. My first LMB on a new combo I purchased last week. Small public pond in Richardson, TX. No secret. There's usually 1-2 guys casting during the lunch hour. Green Pumpkin trick work on a Texas rig. Sunny day with a good South breeze.
ShenandoahAngler reply :
Caught my PB this weekend. Pictures are terrible quality, but I don't care. 5.04 pounds, 22 inches.
More pictures at the link: https://imgur.com/a/TdOQ2J0
everythingthatswims reply :
On 10/4/2018 at 1:18 AM, Burrows said:What kind of rod is that ?
Doomsday Tackle Company. Check them out, simple options, all rods are $150. I am a big fan!
BigAngus752 reply :
On 10/4/2018 at 8:46 AM, VirginiaBureaucrat said:Caught my PB this weekend. Pictures are terrible quality, but I don't care. 5.04 pounds, 22 inches.
More pictures at the link: https://imgur.com/a/TdOQ2J0
Nice fish! Congrats!
Texicans reply :
On 10/4/2018 at 8:46 AM, VirginiaBureaucrat said:Caught my PB this weekend. Pictures are terrible quality, but I don't care. 5.04 pounds, 22 inches.
More pictures at the link: https://imgur.com/a/TdOQ2J0
Hard to tell what's bigger, your smile or the fish. Congrats!
burrows reply :
On 10/4/2018 at 9:03 AM, everythingthatswims said:Doomsday Tackle Company. Check them out, simple options, all rods are $150. I am a big fan!
That’s what I was thinking the 47s ???? but the guides are not wrapped in red like I thought anyways I’m gonna check them out. thanks man!
Catt reply :
Tells y'all how my morning went! ????
TnRiver46 reply :
On 10/5/2018 at 12:35 AM, Catt said:Tells y'all how my morning went! ????
Is this wound from a bass or alligator???.......... haha
bagofdonuts reply :
Dang Catt. You need to stop lipping those bowfin.
Catt reply :
I tell you what Lazer Trokar hooks are sharp!
3# bass with 8# of grass, I grabbed her by the lip not knowing where the hook was. She start kicking driving the hook almost passed the barb.
I yelled at my son to bring me the needle nose pliers but she kicked again ripping the hook out.
Gundog reply :
On 10/5/2018 at 2:39 AM, Catt said:I tell you what Lazer Trokar hooks are sharp!
3# bass with 8# of grass, I grabbed her by the lip not knowing where the hook was. She start kicking driving the hook almost passed the barb.
I yelled at my son to bring me the needle nose pliers but she kicked again ripping the hook out.
Do we have to start a "Go Fund Me" page to buy you a net?
everythingthatswims reply :
On 10/4/2018 at 1:04 PM, Burrows said:That’s what I was thinking the 47s ???? but the guides are not wrapped in red like I thought anyways I’m gonna check them out. thanks man!
They are, it's just hard to see in the photo
LadiMopar reply :
Well, she isn't huge but she taught me a painful lesson...don't use your ribcage as a brace! Yup, cracked a rib trying to horse her out of the pads.
This getting old thing is well...getting old. 
ShenandoahAngler reply :
On 10/4/2018 at 11:28 AM, Texicans said:Hard to tell what's bigger, your smile or the fish. Congrats!
I'm tellin' ya, it was an exciting time. That lake is super pressured, so fish like that are few and far between in there.
burrows reply :
On 10/5/2018 at 5:36 AM, LadiMopar said:Well, she isn't huge but she taught me a painful lesson...don't use your ribcage as a brace! Yup, cracked a rib trying to horse her out of the pads.
This getting old thing is well...getting old.
Ok when you say cracked a rib cage do you mean to say that you had to have some type of medical attention after you’re fishing session or are you being sarcastic?
LadiMopar reply :
On 10/5/2018 at 9:21 AM, Burrows said:Ok when you say cracked a rib cage do you mean to say that you had to have some type of medical attention after you’re fishing session or are you being sarcastic?
Sorry to say I'm being quite serious. I didn't bother with medical treatment because now a days they don't bind up a cracked/broken rib. It hurts like hell but she was worth it!
burrows reply :
On 10/5/2018 at 9:26 AM, LadiMopar said:
Sorry to say I'm being quite serious. I didn't bother with medical treatment because now a days they don't bind up a cracked/broken rib. It hurts like hell but she was worth it!
????
Gundog reply :
On 10/5/2018 at 9:26 AM, LadiMopar said:
Sorry to say I'm being quite serious. I didn't bother with medical treatment because now a days they don't bind up a cracked/broken rib. It hurts like hell but she was worth it!
Take care of yourself @LadiMopar. Health is the most important thing we have.
Russ E reply :
Finally broke a cold spell.
Until today, it has been over a month since I landed a bass over 3lbs.
Had several opportunities, but never got them in the boat.
Caught this girl on a local power plant reservoir with a whopper plopper 130.
She was 21.5 inches long and weighed 6lb. 2oz.
It was the strangest whopper Plopper bite I ever had. Sounded like a carp sucking on the top, then the bait just disappeared.
She jumped 3 times. I thought she was going to spit the heavy bait and extend my cold spell.
Luckily she had a mouth full of bait with both hooks embedded in.
Counting this fish I have been fortunate enough to catch seven bass over 5lbs.,this year. Three of them were over 6lbs.,
hopefully in the next couple months I can add a few more to the list.
NorcalBassin reply :
Great to finally get back out on the water again. Caught some nice spots and the peak fall bite is getting soooo close.
Plus some additional entertainment with the float plane guys practicing.
Texicans reply :
This past Thursday, also at lunch hour. Started with same Texas rig worm as day before, but switch to spinner after seeing some bait fish breaking. Strike King Mini Spinner 1/8oz. Single fish of the day. My single fish from the prior day was much larger and probably a solid +4lbs. This guy was closer to 2-3lbs. I really try to play the fish quickly, land by lipping and keeping the fish from touching anything once out of the water. Consequently, I don't get photos next to my pole for scale.
I'm not good taking photos solo. Any suggestions?
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Bluebasser86 reply :
Was hoping to get on the river/creek bite Thursday but heavy rains ruined that. So much current it looked like an actual river, plus debris floating everywhere. I did catch a decent number of fish, and I did scratch out one good one on a black Cavitron, plus one that wants to be a bass on the same Cavitron.
Friday saw me back again trying to find the offshore wipers. I had better results this week. Lots of fish down there, and I did get a bite, so that's better than last week It was too perfect out for the fish to not be biting so I headed to meet up with some old friends. In 30 minutes I had 4 of them in the boat and missed 3 more, plus 2 big drum. Slung a spinnerbait all day, lost ANOTHER big smallmouth just like last week, right at the boat this time. I did get to catch one really nice smallmouth, a solid keeper (18" lake) largemouth, along with several other fat and healthy fish that were slamming spinnerbaits. My buddy jumped off a big smallmouth on a spinnerbait and had one pull off a crankbait, along with catching a wiper on a spinnerbait, and a channel and flathead on a squarebill. I had a channel cat on a spinnerbait too, all kinds of fish coming to the boat Friday I guess.
AC870 reply :
Texas rig on the Big G.
The Bassman reply :
Had a good evening catching several decent bass and this guy on a weightless wacky stick worm. Gave this old man a real workout.
Fairtax4me reply :
Been dinkin it up lately. Not much time to fish either with strange weather and other goings on.
Last weekend made a poor Saturday fishing trip into a decent Sunday on Briery Creek. Sandy Res Saturday did her typical Sandy disappearing fish act. Marked bait everywhere. I caught 2 bass in 9 hours. My buddy got a decent one kinda early but it was same story for him the rest of the day. Couple dinks was all we could muster.
Briery turned the weekend around pretty well. My buddy snagged a 5lber right off the bat, too bad it was short of citation size by 1/2”. The rest of the day we found pockets of bass in some shallow coves but not in others. And a few scattered around in deeper water in main lake.
Both of of us missed hook sets on a nice sized fish which we assumed to be the same fish since it was on the same tree.
Ive been fishing a Keitech 7.8 for about a year now off and on and had yet to get a solid bite on it until a 3.5lber smashed it! First fish on the big ol paddle tail, had to get a pic of that. The bigger one of the day, 4.5lber, came on a 4” Keitech, along with most of my other fish that day.
This weekend a friend of mine got married Saturday and that meant no good chance for fishing. Today around 4:00 I managed to ease off the hangover and waddled my way to a pond about 15 minutes walk from where I live. Caught a dink, then made a cast to a lay-down tree top out in a cove in about 3FOW. Tiniest little tick and then the line started pulling. Set the hook and knew it was a good fish but she was swimming towards me so didn’t get the full picture until she came up just in front of me and flashed that big belly! She made a run under a log and dragged the line around across it for a few very tense seconds! Then I almost fell in the pond trying to get closer to the grass line so I could grab her! 6.0 pounds on the nose and she went 22-1/4”
Citation baby! Fall is here and I feel the big bass fever!!
QUAKEnSHAKE reply :
Got this one 18" 3pounds dragging 1/2oz SK Rocket Shad along the bottom 22fow through weeds. Reel Tatula SV, rod brand that cant be mentioned 7'1" M/F , line 16# Sniper.
Graham reply :
Stuck a nice one this evening on a 10 inch curly tail worm. First time night fishing for bass and I don’t know why I never thought it would work well. Anyways...
LadiMopar reply :
@Gundog I want you to know that I appreciated your words of wisdom to take care of myself after last weeks rib breaking event, but I am in some ways a glutton for punishment, call me crazy, or whatever else might come to mind but somehow sitting in my yak in pain is still better than sitting at home in the chair lamenting the fact that the months of frozen water are not far off.
So, I went out Sunday and bagged 5.
jbmaine reply :
Took advantage of the warmer than normal temps. to head out for some smallies. Took a while to find them but did OK. Looks like they are starting to fatten up for the winter.
Nothing too big, but boy what a fight.
Russ E reply :
after getting 10 inches of rain in the last 5 days, I was itching to get out on the water.
A cold front and 15-20 mph were not ideal conditions, but i was determined to go out anyway.
spent about 5 hours riding the waves and cranking rip rap, with a kvd 1.5, on my favorite power plant lake.
caught 7 bass these 2 were the biggest. 3lb 14oz. and 3lb 6oz.
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of course a day of crankbait fishing, in Kansas, is not complete without a couple drum hammering your bait and taking off like a freight train.
TnRiver46 reply :
AC870 reply :
My wife rarely has a hair out of place which is what made this photo so funny to me. It was windy on the Big G yesterday and it was hitting her right in the back of the head. She’s a fan of Guy Fieri of “Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives.” I told her she looked like Guy’s twin sister, whom I called “Guydean,”
jbmaine reply :
On 10/11/2018 at 12:38 PM, AC870 said:My wife rarely has a hair out of place which is what made this photo so funny to me. It was windy on the Big G yesterday and it was hitting her right in the back of the head. She’s a fan of Guy Fieri of “Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives.” I told her she looked like Guy’s twin sister, whom I called “Guydean,”
Congratulations on what looks like a fun day for you and the Mrs.'s . I see she uses a spincaster. That's all my wife uses too. Nobody will ever convince me they aren't capable of handling big fish.
HeyCoach reply :
I’ve had a bit of a slump for most of the summer and have been routinely catching small spotted bass right at sunrise using a 90 series Whopper Plopper in one small area around the neighboring pier.
Little fella fought above his weight class. I thought it was bigger as I was reeling it in.
TnRiver46 reply :
They are eating up plastic worms lately! We actually got a real cold front and water temp dropped to .......... 73... but it was chilly
YoTone reply :
can anyone tell me how to post youtube videos?
CybrSlydr reply :
My brother and I both caught our new PERSONAL BESTS today!!!
I caught mine on a 3/0 EWG screw lock Trokar with a BioSpawn Black/Blue worm with a 1/4oz bullet weight. Tail looked bloody and was mutilated like it was spawning. Absolute MONSTER and no way it was any less than 5lbs!
Brother landed one on a belly-weighted 3/0 hook with the same BioSpawn black/blue worm as me.
I'm estimating his was a good 3.5-4lb fish!
We were both shaking with adrenaline and excitement afterwards - they were SO d**n BIG!!!
A-Jay reply :
Got on a few good ones today.
A-Jay
Russ E reply :
On 10/14/2018 at 8:35 AM, A-Jay said:
Got on a few good ones today.
A-Jay
those Michigan Smallmouth sure have vivid colors, compared to the Smallies I catch around here.
A-Jay reply :
On 10/14/2018 at 8:46 AM, Russ E said:those Michigan Smallmouth sure have vivid colors, compared to the Smallies I catch around here.
These fish were all tigered up.
More pics / video are coming with the report post.
A-Jay
AC870 reply :
Just so you know - War Eagle spinnerbaits are fun!
TnRiver46 reply :
On 10/14/2018 at 5:35 AM, CybrSlydr said:My brother and I both caught our new PERSONAL BESTS today!!!
I caught mine on a 3/0 EWG screw lock Trokar with a BioSpawn Black/Blue worm with a 1/4oz bullet weight. Tail looked bloody and was mutilated like it was spawning. Absolute MONSTER and no way it was any less than 5lbs!
Brother landed one on a belly-weighted 3/0 hook with the same BioSpawn black/blue worm as me.
I'm estimating his was a good 3.5-4lb fish!
We were both shaking with adrenaline and excitement afterwards - they were SO d**n BIG!!!
Pretty awesome to see y’all getting some nice fish!!! I know the two of you worked hard at it there for a while. Double congrats on two pbs
Bluebasser86 reply :
Went to a small lake that never really treats me very well on Friday. I've heard it fishes really good when the water is up and it's flooding everywhere across the state so thought it would be a good time to try it. Well apparently all the rain has been going around this lake because it was still a good 5-6 feet low with the water just barely touching the edge of the grass. We were there, so we were at least going to give it a shot. Weather was a beautiful 40 and rain that was supposed to stop at 9am but never did. Not heavy rain, just keep you wet so your hands go numb and the cold can really soak into you kind of rain. I think Chris made 2 cast before he caught a fish on a squarebill, then I caught one on a buzzbait a few cast later. I was prepared for high water and fishing flooded cover, which we obviously were not going to be doing, so I made a few adjustments and one of my first cast with a bladed jig in a pocket that had big shad popping go slack-lined by this fat girl.
One of my favorite ways to catch them and I started steady catching fish with each one being 2.5-3.5 pounds and pulling hard. Chris switched to a bladed jig and got broke off on one of his first has by a fish that probably still hasn't slowed down, I'm thinking it might have had whiskers as hard as it hit is bait. He picked up a beaver and started dragging it in the rocks (lake is super shallow, mostly less than 5'), and catching them steadily doing that. At a small, rounded point near the dam, my bait got hammered by another big one. This one wasn't as fat as the first, but weighed half a pound more.
We had them figured out pretty good at this point. There's little rock "veins" that I think are manmade, basically just big rocks piled that run out into the water and there would be several fish on each row and very few fish anywhere else and all they really wanted was a bladed jig or beaver/rage bug. With that in mind, we were able to concentrate on those key features the second time around and catch several more very solid 3-3.5 pound fish before we had to call it day.
On the way home, the rain stopped (of course), and I had time so I stopped by a little lake with good shoreline access that I usually do good at. They were really chewing good there, 14 fish in a little over half a hour and they weren't shy about the bite.
TnRiver46 reply :
@Bluebasser86, if I ever make it to KC I need a chatterbait lesson in the worst kind of way!
Bluebasser86 reply :
On 10/15/2018 at 9:30 AM, TnRiver46 said:@Bluebasser86, if I ever make it to KC I need a chatterbait lesson in the worst kind of way!
Cast them out and reel them in, that's about all I do. Speed, color selection, location, and bite detection I think are the the factors that cause anglers the most problems with catching fish on them.
TnRiver46 reply :
On 10/15/2018 at 11:33 AM, Bluebasser86 said:Cast them out and reel them in, that's about all I do. Speed, color selection, location, and bite detection I think are the the factors that cause anglers the most problems with catching fish on them.
Hmmm . I may just stick to plastic worms! I’ve been casting them out and reeling them in . A lot . I read so much about fishing them in grass I have been doing that. I’m beginning to wish the chatterbait never hit the market
A-Jay reply :
Two Mid-October Brown Bass from Saturday's trip ~
A-Jay
MichaelCopeland reply :
For the past few weeks I've only managed to get out about 5 times to do any fishing. Got skunked 4 of those times. Not even a bite! Ugh! Today was a bit chilly with all the rain we've had lately and a cold front moving in. It was misting rain almost the whole time I was there, which was about 3 hours. Within my first 10 casts I got snagged with my new Jackhammer style junebug chatterbait, that I bought from @Bluebasser86, and broke off. It's gone! I was pretty upset at first, but the good Lord calmed me down. I switched between a few different baits and finally this nonscorable bass tap tapped my 3/16thoz bullet weighted 6" sapphire blue lizard and I skied him across the water back to me. Got a couple more bites, but nothing committing. I lost an awesome bait today and didn't catch anything worth bragging about, but I didn't get skunked again. So that made the day better. There's hardly any accessible bank to fish at Caney Lakes upper side now and they're being funny about me fishing off the boat dock. I could understand it better if there was anybody trying to launch a boat and I was in their way, but there's nobody else there but me when they make a fuss about it. I believe if I have to pay even just the $3 it costs to be in there to fish, then I should be able to fish from that dock when nobody else is there or they should clear out more bank area for us nonboater fisherman or build a fishing pier on this side. I was at a free spot today and it doesn't have very much access either and the dink I caught was the first fish I've ever caught there. Gonna have to find a different spot to start fishing I guess. ????
Russ E reply :
On 10/16/2018 at 8:36 AM, MichaelCopeland said:For the past few weeks I've only managed to get out about 5 times to do any fishing. Got skunked 4 of those times. Not even a bite! Ugh! Today was a bit chilly with all the rain we've had lately and a cold front moving in. It was misting rain almost the whole time I was there, which was about 3 hours. Within my first 10 casts I got snagged with my new Jackhammer style junebug chatterbait, that I bought from @Bluebasser86, and broke off. It's gone! I was pretty upset at first, but the good Lord calmed me down. I switched between a few different baits and finally this nonscorable bass tap tapped my 3/16thoz bullet weighted 6" sapphire blue lizard and I skied him across the water back to me. Got a couple more bites, but nothing committing. I lost an awesome bait today and didn't catch anything worth bragging about, but I didn't get skunked again. So that made the day better. There's hardly any accessible bank to fish at Caney Lakes upper side now and they're being funny about me fishing off the boat dock. I could understand it better if there was anybody trying to launch a boat and I was in their way, but there's nobody else there but me when they make a fuss about it. I believe if I have to pay even just the $3 it costs to be in there to fish, then I should be able to fish from that dock when nobody else is there or they should clear out more bank area for us nonboater fisherman or build a fishing pier on this side. I was at a free spot today and it doesn't have very much access either and the dink I caught was the first fish I've ever caught there. Gonna have to find a different spot to start fishing I guess. ????
at least you didn't get skunked. Bank fishing can be tough on public water.
Have you ever thought about getting a Kayak? they don't cost much and they open up a lot of potential fishing spots.
often times you can find a used one for a very low price.
MichaelCopeland reply :
On 10/16/2018 at 9:28 AM, Russ E said:at least you didn't get skunked. Bank fishing can be tough on public water.
Have you ever thought about getting a Kayak? they don't cost much and they open up a lot of potential fishing spots.
often times you can find a used one for a very low price.
Yeah I've been wanting to get a kayak for a while now. Just haven't had the extra cash to get one thus far. Hoping to be able to get one by the time the prespawn and/or the spawn get here again next year. Not very promising it'll happen before then unfortunately. ????
TnRiver46 reply :
On 10/16/2018 at 10:01 AM, MichaelCopeland said:Yeah I've been wanting to get a kayak for a while now. Just haven't had the extra cash to get one thus far. Hoping to be able to get one by the time the prespawn and/or the spawn get here again next year. Not very promising it'll happen before then unfortunately. ????
What you need is a buddy with a bass boat!!!
MichaelCopeland reply :
On 10/16/2018 at 11:54 AM, TnRiver46 said:What you need is a buddy with a bass boat!!!
I have a couple buddies that have one, just getting them to ever go fishing is like pulling teeth. They always seem to have better things to do in their spare time. I can't think of much that's better than fishing in my spare time. ????
12poundbass reply :
On 10/16/2018 at 3:08 PM, MichaelCopeland said:I have a couple buddies that have one, just getting them to ever go fishing is like pulling teeth. They always seem to have better things to do in their spare time. I can't think of much that's better than fishing in my spare time. ????
In my world a person that doesn't fish in their spare time isn't a buddy, they're an acquaintance. ???? j/k
MichaelCopeland reply :
On 10/16/2018 at 9:26 PM, 12poundbass said:In my world a person that doesn't fish in their spare time isn't a buddy, they're an acquaintance. ???? j/k
Lol...right! What's the point of them having a boat if they never make time to use it? If I had a boat I'd be using it every day or dang near. ????
Russ E reply :
On 10/16/2018 at 9:26 PM, 12poundbass said:In my world a person that doesn't fish in their spare time isn't a buddy, they're an acquaintance. ???? j/k
On 10/17/2018 at 3:16 AM, MichaelCopeland said:Lol...right! What's the point of them having a boat if they never make time to use it? If I had a boat I'd be using it every day or dang near. ????
My brother in law has a 2 year old tracker pro team 190. It has probably been on the water less than a dozen times. My sister is always getting on him about selling it, so they don't have to make payments.
I have a 2 year old Ranger Z 175, that is on the water 20 hours a week 10 months out of the year. I get it out the other 2 months if there is open water. I had to replace the trolling motor batteries last month, because they were already wore out.
MIbassyaker reply :
On 10/14/2018 at 5:35 AM, CybrSlydr said:My brother and I both caught our new PERSONAL BESTS today!!!
I caught mine on a 3/0 EWG screw lock Trokar with a BioSpawn Black/Blue worm with a 1/4oz bullet weight. Tail looked bloody and was mutilated like it was spawning. Absolute MONSTER and no way it was any less than 5lbs!
Brother landed one on a belly-weighted 3/0 hook with the same BioSpawn black/blue worm as me.
I'm estimating his was a good 3.5-4lb fish!
We were both shaking with adrenaline and excitement afterwards - they were SO d**n BIG!!!
BAM! There it is! Great fish!
Bluebasser86 reply :
On 10/17/2018 at 4:49 AM, Russ E said:
My brother in law has a 2 year old tracker pro team 190. It has probably been on the water less than a dozen times. My sister is always getting on him about selling it, so they don't have to make payments.
I've got 2 boats and a kayak and they've all been on the water more than a dozen times this year
J._Bricker reply :
My last good topwater fish, slurped down the popper! This time I was able to get her, da scale, with the weight all on the same pic. It’s a lot of fun when they’re chewin’, you only have one rod in your hand and it’s a topwater rod! Good fishing, JB
keagbassr reply :
Got out today for what was my first day on the water with the sun shining since sept.6th. The price for that luxury air temp 35 at launch with a cold NW wind gusting to 20+. Managed just 2 ;1 on a spinnerbait and this 3-3 on a buzzbait.
everythingthatswims reply :
Worked my butt off for one bite today. It was a gorgeous fish, but man was it slow out there. Air temps was 35 when we launched, and mid 40s when we got off the water at 2pm, Water temp 64. I definitely would have stayed longer but had to make it to an exam. I fished shallow, deep, and in-between. I am pretty convinced they just weren't eating today, at least not while I was there!
However, after fishing tirelessly all day, I missed this fish, made the same cast and had it pegged for at least a full second after it swam my bait away from the log, and it returned to the same spot to eat again on the third cast. I really don't know what was going on out there today
Ksam1234 reply :
Just a couple from today’s outing, only had two hours to fish with 15-20 mph winds ina. Canoe.. funny thing is the swimjig destroyed it today. Caught about 15 with 10 being on the swimjig and the others the jackhammer !
LonnieP reply :
After a slow start today i decided to go shallow in the creek and throw a lipless Crankbait around the pads and then it was game on. Here’s the two biggest of the day.
hawgenvy reply :
Just got out of the hospital after a little bout of pneumonia. I know, I'm supposed to take it easy. But isn't taking a leisurely 1 hour stroll along a nearby golf course pond -- just me and my T-rig -- taking it easy? (My wife didn't think so, but that's her opinion.) Anyway, my little Rage grubs were gobbled down by some really nice bass tonight. One of them had a pointy belly due to a massive bluegill in her gut, the tail of which was still in her mouth. She was awfully greedy to want my grub for desert before she could swallow its predecessor. Also, I was blessed by the appearance of a great blue heron, wood storks, a rare (for me) roseate spoonbill, and a beautiful sunset.
Now it's time to kick my feet up and relax with a gulp of Robitussin, peruse the pages of BR, and try to burn tonight's little adventure deep into memory.
RealtreeByGod reply :
Is this a spotted bass? When I caught it, it looked like a largemouth to me and was in an area where I was catching mostly largemouth. But after reviewing the picture, it looks alot more like a spot. I still suck at telling the difference.
NYWayfarer reply :
Had a staycation this week. Mother Nature is bi-polar this time of year around here. I had days of fishing in 3 layers to days fishing in a t-shirt.
River Smallmouth fishing was tough as the water temps have really dropped. I was finally able to figure that the crankbait is what they wanted. Here are some of the better catches.
TnRiver46 reply :
@RealtreeByGod, that is indeed a spotted bass
ohboyitsrobby reply :
Spots
Choporoz reply :
@Siebert Outdoors Fogy kind of weekend. Caught some on other stuff, but the biggest ten or so were all on Fogy
Siebert Outdoors reply :
Nice fish!!!
ArmyBassin' reply :
After a few chilly nights, woke up to 46 degrees here in SE Georgia this morning and almost didn't head out. Was glad I did I after i pulled in a new PB. She weighed in at 8lbs 6oz. Getting closer and closer to double digits!
Derek1 reply :
That’s a nice one
The Bassman reply :
On 10/22/2018 at 7:30 PM, ohboyitsrobby said:Spots
Future BR member for sure!
KickingFish reply :
Caught a couple of these in The Gulf not very big but a cool catch!
EGbassing reply :
On 10/19/2018 at 11:09 AM, everythingthatswims said:Worked my butt off for one bite today. It was a gorgeous fish, but man was it slow out there. Air temps was 35 when we launched, and mid 40s when we got off the water at 2pm, Water temp 64. I definitely would have stayed longer but had to make it to an exam. I fished shallow, deep, and in-between. I am pretty convinced they just weren't eating today, at least not while I was there!
However, after fishing tirelessly all day, I missed this fish, made the same cast and had it pegged for at least a full second after it swam my bait away from the log, and it returned to the same spot to eat again on the third cast. I really don't know what was going on out there today
I was going to suggest a ned rig but then I saw it tied on in the picture. If they won't eat a ned rig then they won't eat.
scaleface reply :
The wind shifted out of the north today . High blue bird skies . Water temp 54 degrees . I caught 42 bass on a spinnerbait with 10 over 15 inches . 2 were four lbers .Here is one of them . The first two hours I only had three fish but man they turned on after that .
lonnie g reply :
On 10/16/2018 at 9:28 AM, Russ E said:at least you didn't get skunked. Bank fishing can be tough on public water.
Have you ever thought about getting a Kayak? they don't cost much and they open up a lot of potential fishing spots.
often times you can find a used one for a very low price.
I like the new look of scarf over face when skunked I need to get me one as well I have had that skunk smell on me too!
PAbasser927 reply :
Finally got this pic from my buddy. He snapped it over the summer on our trip up to Maine. Turned out to be my PB smallie. Caught at 40ft in water that had 30ft visibility. It was awesome being able to SEE the fight almost every step of the way.
TnRiver46 reply :
Finally got my first fish on a chatterbait
Ksam1234 reply :
Another good with with the jerkbait and jig ! To many to take pics of but got a nice photo of the biggen of the day. She swallowed the jig whole , thunk!
NittyGrittyBoy reply :
@Team9nine man I dig your style, did same thing today, my bait fit in my back pocket. But I seemed to kill a bag of zoom flukes....
(Edit: I totally commented on an old Post, my bad)
TnRiver46 reply :
Got a mixed bag today bunch of short largemouth and short crappie. One 16” largemouth and one keeper size crappie (10”) . Also got a bluegill and a yellow perch, water temp 60 and windy/cloudy/rainy
bigjean663 reply :
Man oh man today was strange. Father in law smoked me for about 5 hours and 45 minutes of the day. The last 15 minutes of the day I looked down into my bag at a bait I’ve been wanting to tie on just to see how it looked in the water. It’s a bait I really only purchased for a local private camp with “giant bass” and Toledo Bend. I reached down and grabbed the Savage Gear 5 inch swim bait in baby bass color and tied it on. Second cast got a little 14 incher and let him go. Next cast I felt a subtle thump, then thought my line was running with the current but no....I set the hook and immediately I knew I had a big fish. Father in law about fell out the boat trying to get the net to get this thing in the boat. Beat my personal best by over 2lbs today. Borrowed a scale back at the ramp and weighed in at 4.01lbs and 19 inches long.
N Florida Mike reply :
Started fishing around 330 today. Man, was it slow at first. Got a couple on a red shad culprit worm, and a small grape lucky strike worm by our island. Drifted across the south end all the way to the farthest point from my house. Found a school and picked off 4 or so with an orange senko and 5 inch watermelon red yum dinger .Started working west into the setting sun along the south shore and decided to pull out the zoom lizard. Immediately began getting blows ups around and across eel grass. I caught 8 or so with the lizard until they quit.
I decided to head toward home and maybe the bite would start again when I got closer to home and it did. This time they began clobbering 5 inch senkos, again on eel grass edges.The last fish was 4.14. Got a crappy pic.
The fish was bleeding badly, which I didnt realize until I looked at the pic later. Hope she'll make it. She swam off like nothing was wrong anyway.
I enjoyed the afternoon very much. Temps were sooo nice, low 70s. Bluebird skies, and nice ripple on the water. Bite Started very slow, but ended very hot ! Ended up with 18.
Bluebasser86 reply :
Seems like our lakes all decided to turn over at the same time this week, on my days off. Made the best of it and caught a decent number of little guys but only one bigger one on the Shine Glide. It's that time of year they're looking to eat the big gizzard shad.
Hard to see on the white bait but she's getting some serious mojo.
TnRiver46 reply :
A-Jay reply :
I've Still Got It ~
A-Jay
roadwarrior reply :
WOW!
burrows reply :
On 10/30/2018 at 9:37 PM, A-Jay said:
I've Still Got It ~
A-Jay
Did you weigh it that big ol largie
A-Jay reply :
On 10/30/2018 at 11:42 PM, Burrows said:Did you weigh it that big ol largie
Yes. 10lbs 2oz.
Had 2 heavier than this.
Awesome six days of trophy bass fishing.
A-Jay
burrows reply :
On 10/31/2018 at 12:51 AM, A-Jay said:Yes. 10lbs 2oz.
Had 2 heavier than this.
Awesome six days of trophy bass fishing.
A-Jay
WOW that’s awesome!
keagbassr reply :
Got out for about 4.5 hrs today. After no bites the 1st 2 hrs found a few. Got 9 on a spinnerbait and 2 on a chatterbait with this one weighing in at 5-1.
TnRiver46 reply :
Ike’s city limits ! (Well ...... without the limits)
A-Jay reply :
A-Jay
EGbassing reply :
On 11/1/2018 at 10:43 PM, A-Jay said:
A-Jay
Would you be willing to adopt a son? ????
A-Jay reply :
On 11/2/2018 at 8:52 AM, EGbassing said:Would you be willing to adopt a son? ????
If he's got a pilot's Licence, owns a private jet and a Fuel company,
Call me Daddy !
A-Jay
N Florida Mike reply :
I would love going there someday, but Id go homeless trying to afford I'll bet !????
scaleface reply :
A-Jay wins .
Russ E reply :
Windy and cold seemed like the perfect time to go after a huge coal burner bass.
the stack was smoking and anticipation was high. Making the last 5 miles seem like an eternity.
say what you will about burning coal to produce electricity. to an eastern Kansas bass fisherman, this is a vision of beauty.
Water was warmer than I expected. Still hovering around 59 degrees on the cold side of the lake.
Morning started off decent with a light west wind. caught several smaller fish topped off with this 3 pounder on a swimbait. not the trophy I was after, but better than getting skunked.
Late morning a strong cold wind started blowing from the north and I did not get another bite.
although the big fish did not bite, it was a good morning of fishing.
Maybe the trophy will come next time.
NorcalBassin reply :
Had a great morning full of beautiful spots that have been gorging on 1.5-2" threadfin. Seemed like every one of them puked up at least a few near and/or in the boat and it's in need of a garbage can and vacuum. Love this time of year when things align.
burrows reply :
On 11/4/2018 at 6:17 AM, NorcalBassin said:Had a great morning full of beautiful spots that have been gorging on 1.5-2" threadfin. Seemed like every one of them puked up at least a few near and/or in the boat and it's in need of a garbage can and vacuum. Love this time of year when things align.
Those fish are gorgeous
NYWayfarer reply :
Today, November 4th, Hudson River was cold and a strong current with the dam open. Fished the current for awhile and nothing. Found a spot where the current broke around a point and was able to land a few nice Smallmouth Bass and a Big Perch.
Very happy to still be catching fish in November.
Jonny15678 reply :
Great way to end the season for me. 4th time out using the jig and caught this nice 3lb.
gb545 reply :
40 degree weather on a windy day while on Cherokee Lake. Still learning how to use spinnerbaits but got rid of the skunk
N Florida Mike reply :
Started out this afternoon determined to improve on my spinnerbait game. Cloudy, cool , and nice ripple of breeze again.Got 2 on it in probably an hour. Gave up and started with the zoom pumpkin lizard , to follow last weeks pattern .Good bite with them for another hour or so, except none on top . 
Just like last week, I started for home and fished the good eel grass beds on the way. Ued a new yum dinger color ( alabama bug? or craw ? )Anyway the fish were all over them, I caught 3 fish on consecutive casts.
Caught 12 total.
The pics are not in sync with the story this time for some reason
TnRiver46 reply :
Bluebasser86 reply :
Hurt my back pretty back last week, having terrible spasms for a few days in a row made getting on the water rough, impossible if I'd gone by myself most likely. Thankfully, @SuperFluke offered me a spot in the back of his boat and had a seat I could sit down in to help reduce some of the pain. First lake we went to had good numbers, but we couldn't get any size. Next lake had terrible looking water, only had 3 bites but my first one was a decent one at least. Got a very rare picture of me sitting down in a boat and fishing.
The Bassman reply :
On 11/6/2018 at 1:09 PM, Bluebasser86 said:Hurt my back pretty back last week, having terrible spasms for a few days in a row made getting on the water rough, impossible if I'd gone by myself most likely. Thankfully, @SuperFluke offered me a spot in the back of his boat and had a seat I could sit down in to help reduce some of the pain. First lake we went to had good numbers, but we couldn't get any size. Next lake had terrible looking water, only had 3 bites but my first one was a decent one at least. Got a very rare picture of me sitting down in a boat and fishing.
I've dealt with lower back trouble all my life. Definitely feel your pain. Glad you could get out.
EGbassing reply :
On 11/6/2018 at 1:09 PM, Bluebasser86 said:Hurt my back pretty back last week, having terrible spasms for a few days in a row made getting on the water rough, impossible if I'd gone by myself most likely. Thankfully, @SuperFluke offered me a spot in the back of his boat and had a seat I could sit down in to help reduce some of the pain. First lake we went to had good numbers, but we couldn't get any size. Next lake had terrible looking water, only had 3 bites but my first one was a decent one at least. Got a very rare picture of me sitting down in a boat and fishing.
That is a nice fish, man. As TheBassman said, I'm glad you could still get out. It's awful to have to just stay inside because of an injury for a long time. A couple months ago I fell in a concrete ditch when I was walking the banks and tore up my arm really badly on the concrete while trying to save my rods. I saved the rods but it was a couple weeks before I could get back out there again. ???? It was awful.
scaleface reply :
On 11/6/2018 at 1:09 PM, Bluebasser86 said:his boat and had a seat I could sit down in to help reduce some of the pain.
I have resorted to sitting down this year due to back pain . I only stand when I have to like pitching or trying to spot under water objects .
NYWayfarer reply :
On 11/6/2018 at 1:09 PM, Bluebasser86 said:Hurt my back pretty back last week, having terrible spasms for a few days in a row made getting on the water rough, impossible if I'd gone by myself most likely.
Sorry to hear about your injury. I hope you have a speedy recovery.
Gundog reply :
On 11/6/2018 at 1:09 PM, Bluebasser86 said:Hurt my back pretty back last week, having terrible spasms for a few days in a row made getting on the water rough, impossible if I'd gone by myself most likely. Thankfully, @SuperFluke offered me a spot in the back of his boat and had a seat I could sit down in to help reduce some of the pain. First lake we went to had good numbers, but we couldn't get any size. Next lake had terrible looking water, only had 3 bites but my first one was a decent one at least. Got a very rare picture of me sitting down in a boat and fishing.
Take care of yourself Blue. Nothing is worse to lose than your health.
BigSkyBasser reply :
Got out on Saturday to one of my favorite local ponds. It had been cold and raining constantly for the previous couple of days. Took the water temp which showed 46 degrees. Overcast and intermittent rain showers with a slight breeze. Did not think I was going to catch anything.
Started with my Vision 110 Jr casting laterally and working it slowly along weed lines that transition to deeper water. Saw nothing and got no bites.
Moved down the shore to a flat with depths between 4-6 feet and decided to throw out my swimbait (Biwaa S Trout.)
After about 10 casts, I had an 11 inch Largemouth absolutely smash it around 10 feet from the shoreline. Caught 2 more this way and lost another before finally having to leave.
Fished a slough down river of this pond and stuck a small hammer handle on the Vision 110 Jr.
All in all one of the better November days I've ever had!
Bluebasser86 reply :
Back is doing much better after being a regular at the chiropractor this past week and doing a lot of stretching and as much back exercising as I can do. Took the johnboat with me to work so I could check on the zebrafish in a local lake to see if they were on yet. Water was too warm still and really stained yet from all the rain 2 weeks ago. Decided to just look for baits instead since it's so heavily pressured. I tied on a red trap to just cast while I was looking. After a hundred yards, I'd found a Big O, rattle trap, and then a DT 6 in a tree. No bites on the trap, and the DT was in good shape and a good color for the dirty water so I tied it on my only rod I had that could somewhat fish a crankbait. I think my second cast I caught one. Wasn't much further before I caught a really nice fish for the lake I was on.
Kept catching pretty steady but got into some shallower water. Didn't want to take the crankbait off, so I took the A rig off my swimbait rod and tied on the only spinnerbait I had in the boat that was hanging on the magnetic strip. Wasn't the optimal rod and reel but I caught several fish on it and only missed one bite with it.
Right before I left, got another really nice fish for this lake. Extremely rare to catch 2 keepers over 18" the same day from here.
Didn't find as many baits as I probably will later in the year when everything browns up and the water willows die, but I still did okay there too. I was pretty distracted once I realized how well the fish were biting also
A-Jay reply :
On 11/7/2018 at 1:38 PM, Bluebasser86 said:Back is doing much better after being a regular at the chiropractor this past week and doing a lot of stretching and as much back exercising as I can do. Took the johnboat with me to work so I could check on the zebrafish in a local lake to see if they were on yet. Water was too warm still and really stained yet from all the rain 2 weeks ago. Decided to just look for baits instead since it's so heavily pressured. I tied on a red trap to just cast while I was looking. After a hundred yards, I'd found a Big O, rattle trap, and then a DT 6 in a tree. No bites on the trap, and the DT was in good shape and a good color for the dirty water so I tied it on my only rod I had that could somewhat fish a crankbait. I think my second cast I caught one. Wasn't much further before I caught a really nice fish for the lake I was on.
Kept catching pretty steady but got into some shallower water. Didn't want to take the crankbait off, so I took the A rig off my swimbait rod and tied on the only spinnerbait I had in the boat that was hanging on the magnetic strip. Wasn't the optimal rod and reel but I caught several fish on it and only missed one bite with it.
Right before I left, got another really nice fish for this lake. Extremely rare to catch 2 keepers over 18" the same day from here.
Didn't find as many baits as I probably will later in the year when everything browns up and the water willows die, but I still did okay there too. I was pretty distracted once I realized how well the fish were biting also
Glad your back is shaping up for you and nice bass too.
btw - what's up with people casting in trees there ?
If you could get them, why couldn't / didn't Mr Can't Cast ?
Bizarre ~ but there could be one or two sleepers in that haul.
Congrats
A-Jay
BigSkyBasser reply :
On 11/7/2018 at 1:38 PM, Bluebasser86 said:
This is a slow day for finding lures? d**n!
I would have found that plopper and lost my mind.
Bluebasser86 reply :
On 11/8/2018 at 3:20 AM, BigSkyBasser said:
This is a slow day for finding lures? d**n!
I would have found that plopper and lost my mind.
That's the second plopper I've found in 2 weeks. Last year at this time on the same lake, I found nearly 3 dozen baits.
On 11/7/2018 at 8:52 PM, A-Jay said:Glad your back is shaping up for you and nice bass too.
btw - what's up with people casting in trees there ?
If you could get them, why couldn't / didn't Mr Can't Cast ?
Bizarre ~ but there could be one or two sleepers in that haul.
Congrats
A-Jay
Only the plopper, DT, and trap were in the trees, the rest were hidden in shoreline vegetation and debris. All 3 in the trees were easily retrieved though, I didn't even use my lure retriever for any of them, but I did have to lift my trolling motor and bang some rocks a bit. Not a big deal with the tin boat, but maybe the person who lost them was in a glass boat and didn't want to sing their boat. The plopper was on heavy braid on a fairly small limb and I really just reached up and grabbed it, no idea why they left that one but I appreciate it just the same.
Bass_Fishing_Socal reply :
Not what I expected but fish is a fish just glad to at least get some.
Gundog reply :
On 11/8/2018 at 9:47 AM, JustJames said:Not what I expected but fish is a fish just glad to at least get some.
Looks like a "do it yourself" spinner bait.
Bass_Fishing_Socal reply :
On 11/8/2018 at 10:13 AM, Gundog said:Looks like a "do it yourself" spinner bait.
Nah, that is a beetle spin with 1/20oz jig head. I was target crappies at time.
Choporoz reply :
Temps in 60s yesterday for probably last time until March, so used a vacation day. Was a dink sort of day for first several hours until this guy came along
EGbassing reply :
First fluke fish. I already love flukes. ????
scaleface reply :
On 11/10/2018 at 4:31 AM, EGbassing said:First fluke fish. I already love flukes. ????
A fluke is a strange looking salt water fish , thats a largemouth bass . ????
Bass_Fishing_Socal reply :
I thought only a west coast people would say that.
TnRiver46 reply :
Mid 30s air temp but water still at 58. Caught two, one with @Bluebasser86 s bladed jig
Bluebasser86 reply :
On 11/11/2018 at 4:03 AM, TnRiver46 said:Mid 30s air temp but water still at 58. Caught two, one with @Bluebasser86 s bladed jig
There you go!
TnRiver46 reply :
On 11/11/2018 at 4:05 AM, Bluebasser86 said:There you go!
Thanks! He ate it right when it came out of some grass
NorcalBassin reply :
Making me proud with a 4 pounder...
Plus netting my dad's fish (that definitely didn't need a net ????)
Bluebasser86 reply :
First measurable snow fell Thursday, some fool was still out on the water catching fish though.
TnRiver46 reply :
@Bluebasser86, you’re going to need a longer measuring tape.......
Bluebasser86 reply :
On 11/11/2018 at 7:08 PM, TnRiver46 said:@Bluebasser86, you’re going to need a longer measuring tape.......
That's the one that came with my boat and it's really nice because it hides away when not in use and is actually the length most bass have to be to hit keeper size in Kansas. I have a soft tape that I keep in my river bag for catfish, but I need to get one for my boat for some of the bigger bass, wipers, and walleye that I catch.
Oregon Native reply :
On 11/11/2018 at 4:07 AM, TnRiver46 said:Thanks! He ate it right when it came out of some grass
Awesome....I know that area...hardly ever fish up there though. Good Job
Tight Lines
Bass_Fishing_Socal reply :
Take a break from crappies and took my kayak out for the first time of this year to fish with my friend in his float tube. I Caught just a bass on Fluke of course. He also caught one then we called it done and went to have nice brunch.
The Bassman reply :
On 11/12/2018 at 5:23 AM, JustJames said:Take a break from crappies and took my kayak out for the first time of this year to fish with my friend in his float tube. I Caught just a bass on Fluke of course. He also caught one then we called it done and went to have nice brunch.
Was just wondering if the fires are affecting you.
NittyGrittyBoy reply :
My latest caught a couple this size, stopped at a small Creek on my way home from graveyard shift, picked these up with a zoom fluke
Bass_Fishing_Socal reply :
On 11/12/2018 at 6:55 AM, The Bassman said:Was just wondering if the fires are affecting you.
Thanks, Nah this one is pretty far from me, unlike the one earlier (August) that was super close and we could see fire from our backyard.
The Bassman reply :
On 11/12/2018 at 8:01 AM, JustJames said:Thanks, Nah this one is pretty far from me, unlike the one earlier (August) that was super close and we could see fire from our backyard.
Glad you're well. Wouldn't want to lose you.
N Florida Mike reply :
Was feeling poorly all day today. Got home from church and thought about fishing but just didnt feel up to it.About 45 min. before dark I couldnt take it any more and decided to fish off the dock. Caught some bream, a catfish, and caught some nice bait sized 'gills.
And the end result was this 5 pound, 12 oz. fish. She was just a hair under 24 inch.
NittyGrittyBoy reply :
Beautiful Fla Bass! That'll pick ya up
N Florida Mike reply :
Thanks. I thought it had especially pretty markings and color.
BigSkyBasser reply :
Went out on Saturday again since I already filled my deer tag, and taking a week off before going after my elk.
It was 29 degrees outside and snowing. Water temp was in the low 40s around the entire pond.
So you can imagine how suprised I was when I found big females feeding up in 1 foot of water and aggressively taking my jerkbait.
Also ended up with this bonus rainbow
Quite possibly one of the best Novembers I've ever had fishing.
Fairtax4me reply :
On 11/11/2018 at 2:20 PM, Bluebasser86 said:First measurable snow fell Thursday, some fool was still out on the water catching fish though.
One thing on my bucket list is to catch a hog like that in the snow. Nice one man!
Fairtax4me reply :
Fishing here has been sllllllllooooooowwwwwwwwwwwwwwww for me this fall. A turd ton of rain has literally flooded and turned over almost every lake that’s within 6 hours of here. We went from late summer fishing to almost winter fishing in a week.
After being skunked or nearly skunked on the last few trips I did manage to catch 5 over the weekend. My biggest was around 3.5. One dink on a squarebill, the rest on Texas rigged soft plastics dragging bottom super slow.
Feelin the crunch now, seems like the rest of this year is flying by, and running out of time to get on some more big girls before true winter hits.
Bass_Fishing_Socal reply :
Have not hold this size bass for quite a long time. It was fun playing with 22" bass on trout rod and Berkley 3" minnow.
TnRiver46 reply :
@JustJames, I have caught a lot of trout on batcasting gear but I still don’t think that counts as a trout rod hahahaha
burrows reply :
On 11/14/2018 at 9:07 AM, JustJames said:Have not hold this size bass for quite a long time. It was fun playing with 22" bass on trout rod and Berkley 3" minnow.
Are they stocking trout in your lake? That is a long bass I’m guess right at 4 but she’s a skinny bass with a big head probably a 5 pounder that needs to fatten up.
On 11/11/2018 at 2:20 PM, Bluebasser86 said:First measurable snow fell Thursday, some fool was still out on the water catching fish though.
You didn’t get this one on go pro ???? I watch most your videos ????. Must have been fun to catch that one on spinning gear she’s a fatty.
Bluebasser86 reply :
On 11/14/2018 at 5:41 PM, Burrows said:Are they stocking trout in your lake? That is a long bass I’m guess right at 4 but she’s a skinny bass with a big head probably a 5 pounder that needs to fatten up.
You didn’t get this one on go pro ???? I watch most your videos ????. Must have been fun to catch that one on spinning gear she’s a fatty.
Bass_Fishing_Socal reply :
On 11/14/2018 at 5:41 PM, Burrows said:Are they stocking trout in your lake? That is a long bass I’m guess right at 4 but she’s a skinny bass with a big head probably a 5 pounder that needs to fatten up.
No, no trout stocked here, in fact they haven't stocked trout around city park lakes in SoCal for quite awhile.
burrows reply :
On 11/14/2018 at 6:16 PM, JustJames said:No, no trout stocked here, in fact they haven't stocked trout around city park lakes in SoCal for quite awhile.
No, no trout stocked here, in fact they haven't stocked trout around city park lakes in SoCal for quite awhile.
To hot down there we get trout this month.
Russ E reply :
had a break in the cold weather and decided to head to the local power plant lake, to try out my new Kastking speed demon pro jerkbait rod. Put a tatula ct on it and threw a yozuri jerkbait around for 4 hours.
The combination worked great. caught several white bass and wipers on the upper hot side of the lake. water temp was 54 degrees.
went to the cold lower end of the lake and caught these 2 bass. water temp was 49 degrees.
No monsters, but still gave the new rod a decent workout. felt good to get out on the water after a week of unseasonably cold weather.
Bluebasser86 reply :
On 11/17/2018 at 9:13 AM, Russ E said:had a break in the cold weather and decided to head to the local power plant lake, to try out my new Kastking speed demon pro jerkbait rod. Put a tatula ct on it and threw a yozuri jerkbait around for 4 hours.
The combination worked great. caught several white bass and wipers on the upper hot side of the lake. water temp was 54 degrees.
went to the cold lower end of the lake and caught these 2 bass. water temp was 49 degrees.
No monsters, but still gave the new rod a decent workout. felt good to get out on the water after a week of unseasonably cold weather.
We caught gobs of jerkbait fish at the trout lake today, including one big trout on a jerkbait. Fish were really grouped up when we found them.
Russ E reply :
On 11/17/2018 at 9:30 AM, Bluebasser86 said:We caught gobs of jerkbait fish at the trout lake today, including one big trout on a jerkbait. Fish were really grouped up when we found them.
I was thinking about heading there Monday. Surprisingly, I did not catch any largemouth in the warmer water.
The two I caught were on rip rap in cold water.
TnRiver46 reply :
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Bluebasser86 reply :
Got out on the water with a good buddy Friday for some cold water fishing. Water was 43 when we launched, a little over 45 in places when we left, and we just laid it on them the whole time. We caught largemouth, smallmouth, white bass, wipers, crappie, drum, walleye, and a big trout. Most of our fish were on jerkbaits or a Ned rig, but also got a few on an A-rig, Keitech, micro finesse jig, and jigging spoon.
Russ E reply :
On 11/18/2018 at 12:55 PM, Bluebasser86 said:Got out on the water with a good buddy Friday for some cold water fishing. Water was 43 when we launched, a little over 45 in places when we left, and we just laid it on them the whole time. We caught largemouth, smallmouth, white bass, wipers, crappie, drum, walleye, and a big trout. Most of our fish were on jerkbaits or a Ned rig, but also got a few on an A-rig, Keitech, micro finesse jig, and jigging spoon.
That water is colder than I anticipated. I am debating whether to head over there or Just go to the Dotte Monday. Caught some nice cold water fish at the Dotte this spring.
Bluebasser86 reply :
On 11/18/2018 at 1:07 PM, Russ E said:That water is colder than I anticipated. I am debating whether to head over there or Just go to the Dotte Monday. Caught some nice cold water fish at the Dotte this spring.
I've heard it was pretty cloudy still, I imagine from all the vegetation dying off so quickly with the cold water. The water was nice and clear for us, great jerkbait water. I watched that big trout crush the bait right next to the boat. That lake fishes really good when the water is cold. I was still catching them good with temps in the high 30's last year.
Russ E reply :
On 11/18/2018 at 1:10 PM, Bluebasser86 said:I've heard it was pretty cloudy still, I imagine from all the vegetation dying off so quickly with the cold water. The water was nice and clear for us, great jerkbait water. I watched that big trout crush the bait right next to the boat. That lake fishes really good when the water is cold. I was still catching them good with temps in the high 30's last year.
I was at Wyandotte a little over a week ago. Dead weeds floating all over and water was dirty. if it has not cleared, I will probably head west.
Oregon Native reply :
Here's that pic on Lake Cumberland I told ya all about....cool huh. Going to try and practice some more pics....
Tks
Oregon Native reply :
I was fishing down the bank with my son and looked up and went wow....weird!!!! Showed to a man who ran Cumberland outdoors and he's lived there for a long time and never seen and loves that section of lake.
TnRiver46 reply :
On 11/18/2018 at 11:22 PM, Oregon Native said:
Here's that pic on Lake Cumberland I told ya all about....cool huh. Going to try and practice some more pics....
Tks
Looks like double doors to the buzzard hotel
deep reply :
Been a month or two since I last fished. Caught 6 little guys and this not-so-little one today.
Fairtax4me reply :
Put a new PB in the boat today!!! My buddy’s been working hard for this fish for a long time!
8.5lbs, 24”
I had to play net man on this one, and we were both pumped to bring in a Giant first fish of the day!
Rest of the day was an absolute grind. Only three fish total between us. Can’t complain too much for the first fish out of a new lake! We were also the only boat on the water from sunrise to 3pm. One other boat put in, and then a few brave kayakers hit the water just as the wind picked up to 15-20mph and chopped the place up big time.
43° water and less than 3 foot visibility. They were on the bottom, and we could find an occasional school, but just could not get them to eat. Except the important one!
N Florida Mike reply :
Was planning to fish the home lake today after 1. Forecast was rain. Radar seemed to confirm it , and showed some lightning strikes in it. Waited awhile and it still looked immenent , so I decided to fish the cypress pond down the road so I could leave quickly if needed.
First cast got a dink, 2nd cast, one that was about 2 inches longer. Got these off a drain.
Caught 5 more 1-2 pound fish, all out of the cypresses. Caught all the fish on 5 inch yum dingers in alabama bug and pumpkin chartruese tail.
Nice little back up spot. These fish are broader in the tail half of the fish than the head half. Kind of backwards compared to most of the fish I normally catch.
As I write this, is still hasnt rained yet...
Fairtax4me reply :
The Yum Dinger has become my new go-to worm lure. Tex-posed, Texas rigged, wacky, neko, shakey head, doesn’t matter, it catches fish. Also caught several big bass this year on it. There’s a time and a place for it, but it just flat out works.
TnRiver46 reply :
JLindsey reply :
It’s been awful slow here, but I finally, FINALLY figured out these cold water bass. On Wednesday I caught the fella pictured here and I was absolutely over the moon. I’ve only been bass fishing for a few months, so to me any fish above two pounds is something to write home about. I couldn’t wait to catch a few more.
On Thursday, family obligations and a cold snap both meant I couldn’t hit the water. But Friday I went back out to the lake, VERY excited...aaaaand the lake was frozen over. Heck and darn.
TnRiver46 reply :
Caught a mixed bag , including a humpback smallmouth and a crappie with a lamprey on it. We caught largemouth smallmouth spotted bass bluegill white bass and black crappie , all in the middle of the day
The Bassman reply :
Temps moderated a little here in central IN since Thanksgiving. Just for fun I went back to my warm weather tactics by throwing a weightless Senko. Just fished it deeper and slower. Had real good results with three over 2 lb. and this big one. Sorry about the bad lighting.
Bluebasser86 reply :
Mid 60's today, blizzard warning tomorrow, so I had to take the chance to get my boy on some fish one last time this year. Water temps were 43-44 and more stained than I would have liked, but we still put a few in the boat in a couple hours.
Oregon Native reply :
On 11/24/2018 at 7:34 AM, N Florida Mike said:Was planning to fish the home lake today after 1. Forecast was rain. Radar seemed to confirm it , and showed some lightning strikes in it. Waited awhile and it still looked immenent , so I decided to fish the cypress pond down the road so I could leave quickly if needed.
First cast got a dink, 2nd cast, one that was about 2 inches longer. Got these off a drain.
Caught 5 more 1-2 pound fish, all out of the cypresses. Caught all the fish on 5 inch yum dingers in alabama bug and pumpkin chartruese tail.
Nice little back up spot. These fish are broader in the tail half of the fish than the head half. Kind of backwards compared to most of the fish I normally catch.
As I write this, is still hasnt rained yet...
Pretty setting....
The Bassman reply :
On 11/25/2018 at 12:44 PM, Bluebasser86 said:Mid 60's today, blizzard warning tomorrow, so I had to take the chance to get my boy on some fish one last time this year. Water temps were 43-44 and more stained than I would have liked, but we still put a few in the boat in a couple hours.
We're going to miss the snow here but get real cold for a few days. They're talking about a warm up later this week. Our temps come from your neck of the woods so hang in there. I think you'll be fishing next weekend even if it's a little cool for your sidekick.
Bluebasser86 reply :
On 11/25/2018 at 8:02 PM, The Bassman said:We're going to miss the snow here but get real cold for a few days. They're talking about a warm up later this week. Our temps come from your neck of the woods so hang in there. I think you'll be fishing next weekend even if it's a little cool for your sidekick.
I'm not worried about it being too cold for me, I'll go in about anything, but it isn't going to make it warm enough to take Lake again this year.
N Florida Mike reply :
Isnt it ? Ive fished it for years and never caught a fish over 3 in it. But heard of 10 + fish coming out of it.
NYWayfarer reply :
On 11/25/2018 at 12:44 PM, Bluebasser86 said:Mid 60's today, blizzard warning tomorrow, so I had to take the chance to get my boy on some fish one last time this year. Water temps were 43-44 and more stained than I would have liked, but we still put a few in the boat in a couple hours.
This is one of the posts I wish I could ❤️ Love ❤️ more than once. Great job. He looks soooo happy.
TnRiver46 reply :
hawgenvy reply :
Her first bass.
Bluebasser86 reply :
bagofdonuts reply :
Caught this girl yesterday, full of eggs. She looked liked she was ready to bed.
scaleface reply :
On 11/30/2018 at 11:40 PM, bagofdonuts said:Caught this girl yesterday, full of eggs. She looked liked she was ready to bed.
Look at those cypress trees . I only fished them once in Florida . It was different and fun .
TnRiver46 reply :
On 11/30/2018 at 11:40 PM, bagofdonuts said:Caught this girl yesterday, full of eggs. She looked liked she was ready to bed.
Holy smokes. Maybe that’s fish had just come from a low country crawfish boil!!!
rv8apilot reply :
New personal best. Unfortunately, I left the scale at home, so I'll just have to catch another one to weigh it! Pickwick Dam, TN, 11/28/2018.
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TnRiver46 reply :
TnRiver46 reply :
Congrats @rv8apilot, I bet that water is raging
TnRiver46 reply :
I only got one today but it was cool. I was trolling a break line, looking for a key piece of cover on the drop off like @Team9nine @Catt and @WRB are always talking about. I found what I think was a tree with a smallmouth on it! Dropped a spoon straight down and he attacked it immediately. I have never read anything by buck perry but I think he caught me a bass today
Catt reply :
@TnRiver46
Sometimes it's that easy ????
hawgenvy reply :
Took my son, visiting from Nashville, out to a local pond today to do a little bank fishing before supper. The 2-4 pounders were aggressive, probably in pre-spawn mode, and we caught a bunch. The lure du jour was Gambler's "Big EZ," the color "forty-niner."
bagofdonuts reply :
couple more crawfish eaters from the cypress knees. caught same afternoon as one above.
Joshua van Wyk reply :
Got my first fish off a spinnerbait the other day! Probably one of the last fish of the season for me, the waters gonna be freezing soon and I have the flu ????
NittyGrittyBoy reply :
Caught a couple around that size, cold front coming in, rained on me. Bite was off
NorcalBassin reply :
Had a fun day chasing spots around after our first cold weather finally came through.
This poor guy looked like he drowned. Couldn't find an exit hole, no visible trauma, and no roads anywhere near the part of the lake we found him.
everythingthatswims reply :
Here's a big ol ned rig brown fish from East Tennesee
This one is from PA
TnRiver46 reply :
On 12/4/2018 at 10:03 AM, everythingthatswims said:
Here's a big ol ned rig brown fish from East Tennesee
This one is from PA
I will have to say............. it looks like the one from e Tn is bigger.......... nice catches
Fairtax4me reply :
When you go to a river looking for smallmouth and they won’t eat...
Turns out, trout eat dinger worms too! It’s actually not the first trout I’ve caught this year on a dinger. But it is the biggest, and my PB rainbow! 17.5” My only catch of the day.
Those teeth were scary sharp!
Dorado reply :
Caught a couple of these guys while targeting slab crappies in open water from the yak. 2.8” Keitech FAT Impacts in Electric Blue and Chartreuse on a 1/4 Oz Roadrunner
Bluebasser86 reply :
Never made it above freezing Friday, but still found some chewing, and one choking ????
Fairtax4me reply :
Had one heck of a weekend!
Started Friday going back to the same river as last weekend chasing smallmouth, but this time took some trout gear. Well the smalls were uncooperative, and so were the trout to some extent. I think they’ve seen every lure out there, so I did some digging around in my little tackle box and came up with a creation that I was hoping would get the smallies to eat. They still wouldn’t! Turned out the trout loved it! Caught a half dozen stock size rainbow and brook trout on it, and then I found some big girls!
18” brook trout. New PB! Caught another small rainbow and then not even 30 minutes later...
19” Brook trout! New PB round 2!
I was stoked on the first one and was almost too excited to fish anymore after the second! Beautiful mountain scenery, small stream and awesome views with super clear blue water, capped off with some big trout that I was not expecting or even trying to target.
Saturday we were out again chasing big bass on Briery. Cloudy day, 46° water, storm front coming in, we were expecting good fishing... Did not turn out that way.
Spent the first few hours of the day just looking for a bite. Finally found a fish in the 10-15 foot depth range. Nice 2.5 lber.
Spent another hour almost in that area and couldn’t find another bite, so moved on and kept trying some key areas, but kept coming up short. Finally around 3:00 I managed to hook into another 2.5lber with a crankbait. And about 5 casts later got my big of the day on the same crankbait. 21”, 5lbs on the nose. Just above the freezing mark and cloudy all day, made the struggle bus that much worse. But a solid fish capped off the day again!
NorcalBassin reply :
Best winter jig numbers day I've ever had today...
Fat Albert!
The Bassman reply :
Been waiting for almost two weeks to get back out. Finally got rid of the ice today and got out briefly after some rain just before sundown. Only had about 45 min. but managed a couple on a 3" wacky Senko. Both were about this size. Not real big but a lot of fun in mid Dec. in Indiana. I'm planning to get out Sun. and have time to really focus.
Team9nine reply :
On 12/15/2018 at 6:43 AM, The Bassman said:Been waiting for almost two weeks to get back out. Finally got rid of the ice today and got out briefly after some rain just before sundown. Only had about 45 min. but managed a couple on a 3" wacky Senko. Both were about this size. Not real big but a lot of fun in mid Dec. in Indiana. I'm planning to get out Sun. and have time to really focus.
Drove by half a dozen today on the way home and every one is still 95% locked up Will be a few more days from the looks of it. Boat is coming out Sun, Mon and Tues though on larger open waters chasing crappie. It will be all bass in ponds after that until we freeze back up the following week.
The Bassman reply :
On 12/15/2018 at 7:05 AM, Team9nine said:Drove by half a dozen today on the way home and every one is still 95% locked up
I'm pretty much open on the southeast side. The rain tonight and tomorrow will finish off everything else I would think. I'm doing a tropical dance(?) that we'll stay open. Thirty years ago I would have been hopping mad that the ice left. Funny what age does to you.
NorcalBassin reply :
Awesome getting out on a near empty lake today. Bite wasn't on by any means, but we still had a great time with hit/miss action.
I was expecting something a bit bigger with the big SB!
(9.5" Explorer)
(8" S-Waver)
Nice spot on a Ned
Pops getting in on the action
Calibassassin reply :
A good friend took me out for my first time winter fishing deep structure. First time drop shotting also. Worked hard for 7 fish in about the same amount of hours. Had a great time, learned a lot, and great company. 
TnRiver46 reply :
I think I got a new “pb “ as the kids say . 23”
Bluebasser86 reply :
Thursday was a decent day on the power plant lake, not big ones but decent numbers and it was only me and one other guy who never set his boat still long enough to catch a fish I don't think.
Got a rare chance to go out on a Saturday, which I usually wouldn't do this time of year because the power plant lakes are the only options and they're packed on a nice weekend day, but everything has thawed this past week so I took the johnboat to a local puddle. I've never caught anything over 2 pounds there, but I wanted to get out and also run the outboard on it so I could put some stabil through the motor. Still haven't caught anything over 2 pounds, but catching several in 1.5 hours was still a lot of fun. They're so colored up in cold, clean water.
TnRiver46 reply :
I lost one of the Biggest largemouth That I have ever hooked today but it could have been worse. No bites at all where we found the big smallmouth yesterday
The Bassman reply :
Took advantage of some real nice weather today and caught several on a small marabou jig including this 3 lbr. Foul hooked a bigger one on a blade bait but didn't take pic because he (she) doesn't count. As slow as I was fishing I have to believe the fish took a swipe at it and got hooked in the side. I keep hoping I can keep this up all winter. Years past this would never happen in Indiana
Russ E reply :
Deer season is wrapped up. Time to get serious about bass fishing.
Had a decent day. Caught a few whites, a few small bass, and these three.
Shakyhead was the ticket
Not trophies, but any bass in December is a good catch to me.
NittyGrittyBoy reply :
Little pond by the house, missed quite a few
Bluebasser86 reply :
Got out for an hour from the bank after work yesterday to give the dogs a chance to run around and see if I could get anything to bite. Threw a 65 Pointer and a Spro Phat Fly about 3' below a bobber and caught fish on both, about a dozen total. All fish were thoroughly inspected and licked before release.
A-Jay reply :
On 12/20/2018 at 7:23 PM, Bluebasser86 said:Got out for an hour from the bank after work yesterday to give the dogs a chance to run around and see if I could get anything to bite. Threw a 65 Pointer and a Spro Phat Fly about 3' below a bobber and caught fish on both, about a dozen total. All fish were thoroughly inspected and licked before release.
Nicely Done by you both ~
And it looks as though they were on the Pointer pretty hard.
I like it when they eat it like that.
A-Jay
hawgenvy reply :
Went out at dusk last night with my friend Mike to toss some Ultra Vibe Speed Worms from the bank. Caught a few feisty bass, and this was the biggest.
NorcalBassin reply :
Great late December day out on the water chasing spots.
lo n slo reply :
those are some nice spots man ????
Bluebasser86 reply :
Couldn't have asked for nicer weather on the first day of winter in Kansas Friday. It was 30 when we launched, nearly 50 with barely any wind when we took out, and the fish were biting as good as they have in a month. All about moving baits, jerkbaits, RES, mid depth flat sided crank, and a shad rap were the deal. Had 3 keepers over 18" with a 4.89 BB. White bass were thick and hungry everywhere, which kept us busy between bass bites. If I could have boated a couple more of my big bites it could have really been a great day.
The Bassman reply :
On 12/23/2018 at 2:36 PM, Bluebasser86 said:Couldn't have asked for nicer weather on the first day of winter in Kansas Friday. It was 30 when we launched, nearly 50 with barely any wind when we took out, and the fish were biting as good as they have in a month. All about moving baits, jerkbaits, RES, mid depth flat sided crank, and a shad rap were the deal. Had 3 keepers over 18" with a 4.89 BB. White bass were thick and hungry everywhere, which kept us busy between bass bites. If I could have boated a couple more of my big bites it could have really been a great day.
Was this a power plant lake or were those fish hitting moving baits in cold water?
Bluebasser86 reply :
On 12/23/2018 at 6:40 PM, The Bassman said:Was this a power plant lake or were those fish hitting moving baits in cold water?
This was a power plant, water temps were 48-61 with most of the fish in 49-54 degree water.
The Bassman reply :
On 12/23/2018 at 6:45 PM, Bluebasser86 said:This was a power plant, water temps were 48-61 with most of the fish in 49-54 degree water.
Saw that in your regional post after I asked. Believe it or not I saw a big bass chasing bait to the bank in high 30's water the other day as I was crawling a ned rig. They always leave us wondering.
Oregon Native reply :
On 12/23/2018 at 7:30 AM, NorcalBassin said:Great late December day out on the water chasing spots.
May have fished that area many years ago.....well done.
Bluebasser86 reply :
On 12/23/2018 at 8:39 PM, The Bassman said:Saw that in your regional post after I asked. Believe it or not I saw a big bass chasing bait to the bank in high 30's water the other day as I was crawling a ned rig. They always leave us wondering.
I've caught them on this lake many times in 39-41 degree water on crankbaits in less than 5' of water. They apparently don't know the rules.
Russ E reply :
On 12/23/2018 at 9:36 PM, Bluebasser86 said:I've caught them on this lake many times in 39-41 degree water on crankbaits in less than 5' of water. They apparently don't know the rules.
One thing I am slowly learning on that lake is the bass don't play by the rules.
NorcalBassin reply :
On 12/23/2018 at 8:40 PM, Oregon Native said:May have fished that area many years ago.....well done.
It's one of my favorites and it gets a lot less pressure these days than it did when there was an active launch there years ago. ????
BigAngus752 reply :
Recently got permission to fish a small pond in an expensive subdivision less than 2 minutes from my house. Today I went to the sweet spot on the west side where I caught a fish last weekend. I threw a Ned Rig with 1/2 of a coppertreuse Zinker Z on it. These three fish represent the first three casts I made. I only made those three casts and then I went home. I didn't want to burn it out. I'm bringing my teenage son back tomorrow so he can have a good fishing experience.
Oregon Native reply :
On 12/24/2018 at 12:51 AM, NorcalBassin said:It's one of my favorites and it gets a lot less pressure these days than it did when there was an active launch there years ago. ????
Used to do "amazing" especially in spring on a Dry Creek tube called Old Ugly out there.
Tight Lines
Bluebasser86 reply :
It was a cold one this morning but I wanted to try to catch some Christmas Eve bass. Little skim ice around the edges, lots of ice in the guides, but managed to trick some, even got one on a blade bait and lost a few more on it.
The Bassman reply :
Got out for a bit before Christmas Eve get together. We got down in the mid 20's the night before so I couldn't get a line in the water until after 2:00 because of ice. Caught 4 including this nice one on coppertreuse TRD. I'm finding that this cold water fishing is more predictable than many other times. Just wish the fish could fight harder. Can't have everything I guess.
Bass_Fishing_Socal reply :
How about Christmas day’s bass?
caught this one minutes ago on the way home from work. 2nd cast to the same spot got another bite fought for a few seconds and broke my braid line of. It definitely felt bigger, oh well the fish you lost always feel bigger anyway lol.
Merry christmas to all.
TnRiver46 reply :
WE got lots of Christmas Day bass and a few crappie. Was after white bass but largemouth and smallmouth seemed to have moved in on them.
NittyGrittyBoy reply :
Water temp was 55° and wind was howling, caught 27 overall, my dad smoked me on rapala jerkbait. But DT6 Demon won me big bass.
Just a 10 acre pond full of stumps.
TnRiver46 reply :
Got a new vaccuum sealer for Christmas , hoping to try it out with a bunch of white bass that I threw on ice yesterday. Those pesky smallies kept getting in the way too...........
Big Rick reply :
Got to go for a few hours yesterday with my oldest son. We kept 12 of the smaller ones for a fish fry Friday to celebrate my baby boys birthday. Biggest fish is 7 pounds even and next is 5 pounds even. Now we got flash flood, tornado, and severe weather watches for the next 24-48 hours. Glad we got to go yesterday!
Dirtyeggroll reply :
The lake near my house is being drained. All of the fish are at the back of the dam trying to get back into the lake. I took advantage and caught a few of them. We had about a week of temps greater than 40 degrees to thaw the water so I am thankful to get a break in what would normally be a long brutal cold and barren winter.
This was the nicest one at 5.29. Caught several just under 5.
N Florida Mike reply :
On 12/4/2018 at 12:25 AM, bagofdonuts said:couple more crawfish eaters from the cypress knees. caught same afternoon as one above.
Love the color of those fish ! And the setting.
N Florida Mike reply :
Got out again today for a few hours . Decided to take my worm boxes only. I wanted to fish the east side of the lake and tried but it was too windy. Did get a fish off a tree in the water. Got down south to some calmer water and picked up another fish. Both fish on the red shad culprit. Lost a nice fish and they
quit for an hour or so. Changed to the watermelon red / chartruese tail trick worm. Finally picked up 2 nice fish on consecutive casts. The one pictured is the smaller of the two - That pic was even blurrier than this one. Not a banner day, but better than yesterdays attempt at jerkbait fishing.
TnRiver46 reply :
TnRiver46 reply :
Today I Only caught one from 1-5:30 or so but got 3 right before dark.
Bluebasser86 reply :
Cold weather moved in here Friday. Wasn't supposed to make it much over 30 with 15mph NW winds first thing in the morning (don't think they ever blew that light with all the whitecaps). Power plant lake fish love nasty weather though, so away I went. My spot that was good last week had fish but couldn't get them to bite. Started cranking with all the wind and my first bite was only about 18.5" but 4.46 pounds.
Little further down I caught a chunky 15" fish, then my very next cast to the same spot a 6.41lb tank choked my bait.
Had a few swings and misses, always hard to tell if they're bites, if the bait is running into one of the numerous carp that always feed on the rocks, or if a white bass smacked the bait. I turned and came back down the same stretch with a jerkbait and caught my 4th fish and 3rd keeper over 18" that went 3.22 and was unusually skinny for this lake. I think an injury may have been causing it some problems.
I made one more pass down the bank with a 6th Sense Cloud 9 magnum squarebill and immediately hooked up with a big fish (duh). It pulled hard to get to the brush and right as I got it to the boat, popped off. Easily a 6+, probably over 7. I've never managed to land a big fish on a magnum squarebill, they just always seem to get too much leverage and shake the bait on me. Fished one more short bank that was similar and hooked another heavy fish for a minute that came off. I guess I needed a reminder on why I never fish a bait with stock hooks.
Dirtyeggroll reply :
On 12/30/2018 at 1:21 PM, Bluebasser86 said:My spot that was good last week had fish but couldn't get them to bite. Started cranking with all the wind and my first bite was only about 18.5" but 4.46 pounds.
Little further down I caught a chunky 15" fish, then my very next cast to the same spot a 6.41lb tank
I made one more pass down the bank
Man I want to hit that bank!
(also, what make/model boat is that?)
Bluebasser86 reply :
On 12/30/2018 at 2:00 PM, Dirtyeggroll said:Man I want to hit that bank!
(also, what make/model boat is that?)
It's a Stratos 189 VLO.
TnRiver46 reply :
Got another good one! Just over 21”, we had a few 18” mixed in as well
The Bassman reply :
December fishing just keeps getting better. Caught ten this afternoon including four about this size. All came on a shortened Z-Man Hula Stikz ned rigged. Looks like we might keep cheating winter here in Indiana.
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everythingthatswims reply :
Not many places you can do this, but I went to a specific lake with the intention of trying. Pulled it off!
Bluebasser86 reply :
On 12/31/2018 at 12:08 PM, everythingthatswims said:
Not many places you can do this, but I went to a specific lake with the intention of trying. Pulled it off!
That plus a meanmouth is always a goal when I go to Table Rock.
N Florida Mike reply :
Today is the anniversary of my PB , caught many years ago. Decided to fish longer than normal, and fish " Old School " large plastic worms like the jelly worm I caught the PB on. I still have a box of them from the 70s and 80s.
Before I left I cast a couple times at the nieghbors dock and got the first fish pictured. Caught it on a late 70s , early 80s vintage gold flake paddle tail worm. Caught 1 more on it later. Went to the island to get some shade and got another on a black with blue tail curly tailed worm. I stayed with various 10 inch worms, and caught another on the red shad culprit. Very slow bite, almost slick calm conditions .
Fished very slow to get them . It was starting to get dark and I de cided to fish a little of the east shoreline going home. I had rooted around and found a 5 inch alabama craw yum dinger. Nothing for a long time, then finally got this 4 pound 15 oz fish. ( last pic ) On the lean side at 23 inch. Not the PB I was huntin', but I'll take it . Happy new year everyone !!!
NorcalBassin reply :
Another above average winter day. Cold and windy but you barely notice when all the fish seem to be 16-18" chunks.
TnRiver46 reply :
First trip of 2019: Got some white bass for a New Year’s Day meal and my buddy got a nice bonus largemouth. Fried the fish and onions and made a pot of pintos with bacon, trying to imitate hog jawl and black eyed peas for good luck........... didn’t have any jawl on hand.........
The Bassman reply :
Caught these two on PB&J half Zinker ned after work. We're experiencing a remarkably gentle El Nino winter thus far and I'm milking it to the max.
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lo n slo reply :
On 1/2/2019 at 11:23 PM, TnRiver46 said:First trip of 2019: Got some white bass for a New Year’s Day meal and my buddy got a nice bonus largemouth. Fried the fish and onions and made a pot of pintos with bacon, trying to imitate hog jawl and black eyed peas for good luck........... didn’t have any jawl on hand.........
i could do a face plant in that mess of fried fish right now!
git r done SON ????
Russ E reply :
first trip of 2019. in spite of losing 2 nice bass, I managed to catch a few. biggest one I got in the boat was 3 pounds. Caught it on a jig.
white bass would not leave the crankbait alone.
TnRiver46 reply :
dear diary: I threw a topwater in 48 degree water today and some fish ate it
Team9nine reply :
Catching a few in between crappie trips. Will get a bit more serious with them once winter is over. Things look like we'll freeze up around here mid to late next week. But, it's already January, so it won't be a long wait
Bluebasser86 reply :
First fish of 2019
First bass of 2019
First keeper of 2019. 4.66 on a Bandit 200 in Mistake color.
A-Jay reply :
On 1/6/2019 at 1:44 PM, Bluebasser86 said:First fish of 2019
First bass of 2019
First keeper of 2019. 4.66 on a Bandit 200 in Mistake color.
Nicely Done ~
Congrats
A-Jay
Bluebasser86 reply :
Last week was seasonable (cold), and everything but the power plants froze over. Then then the previous few days were springlike and everything thawed out again. Took 30 minutes after work to test a little jerkbait my buddy painted up and managed to catch a couple. Recent rain had the water stained and the bait was floating a little faster than I'd liked in the cold water or I might have managed a couple more.
Team9nine reply :
A heavy dusting of snow today, and highs only in the 20s. We'll be freezing up everything as soon as the wind stops blowing and we get a calm night. But, snuck out yesterday before everything went to hell and managed to stretch the string a few last times
lo n slo reply :
great pics. you guys are killing it ????
The Bassman reply :
On 1/10/2019 at 7:39 AM, Team9nine said:A heavy dusting of snow today, and highs only in the 20s. We'll be freezing up everything as soon as the wind stops blowing and we get a calm night. But, snuck out yesterday before everything went to hell and managed to stretch the string a few last times
Long range puts us back above normal so maybe this will be a redux of Dec. Posted about yesterday in Hoosier thread because I couldn't take a decent pic for here. Still shaking my head at the action I experienced just before frontal passage.
lonnie g reply :
On 1/6/2019 at 1:44 PM, Bluebasser86 said:First fish of 2019
First bass of 2019
First keeper of 2019. 4.66 on a Bandit 200 in Mistake color.
nice! I like the looks of your four legged fishing buddy. you guys are tougher than me ,I dint do the cold very well, early lights my back up.
Bluebasser86 reply :
Weird day on the water Thursday at the power plant lake. Discharge was 47 degrees, ramp was 49 degrees, dam was 47 degrees, flats north of the discharge was 52 degrees? The stack was smoking so they were generating, not sure what the deal was but as expected in that situation, the fish were shut down. We worked hard and got some to bite though. I had a shiny new Yo-Zuri 3DR Vibe I was trying out from the TW sale and that was the flavor of the day. It matched the baitfish they were schooling on perfectly, caught big fish of the day with a nice 4.74lb fish that popped it on the fall after I ripped it off the bottom (how almost all my fish bit that day), and went from new to scratched up by the end of the day and it was hard earned.
TnRiver46 reply :
Went out for crappie and caught largemouth and catfish. Creeks were thick with shad everywhere so we netted some and used them under bobbers around Marinas. Seagulls were gorging themselves. Find the bait doesnt make the fishing so easy when the bait is everywhere and super thick. I also scanned under a bridge a few times and got some cool screen shots
The Bassman reply :
What's better to do the day after a big snow than go fishing. Just a few fun size but better than sitting around. Guides icing up was the biggest hassle.
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TnRiver46 reply :
@The Bassman, that is awesome! I love snow
The Bassman reply :
On 1/14/2019 at 6:22 AM, TnRiver46 said:@The Bassman, that is awesome! I love snow
I don't particularly, but it beats watching football when your team lost last night.
TnRiver46 reply :
On 1/14/2019 at 6:40 AM, The Bassman said:I don't particularly, but it beats watching football when your team lost last night.
Well yeah if I lived in Indiana I bet my opinion would change hahaha
Hook2Jaw reply :
Early yesterday morning, we pulled the kayaks off the beds of our trucks and hit the Ogeechee river where the fresh meets the salt in search of striped bass. It was my first time fishing a tidal river, and it was an awesome experience.
I managed five hard-fighting river bass in the area of 14-17" long, fat little fellows. Healthy fish. I'll definitely be fishing the area again.
Fishstalker001 reply :
First club tourney of the year on Lake Seminole Fl. 2 of the better ones. Lucky for us no snow or ice involved.
roadwarrior reply :
Nice fish!
lo n slo reply :
....and short sleeves! ????
NorcalBassin reply :
Had a great day chasing spots with a nice mix of size and numbers...
Pops with a nice one
My biggest of the day on a neko rig (21" and a little over 4lbs)
TnRiver46 reply :
@Nor-Cal Basser, wow. Those are some big spots. They have a crazy gold color out there too
lo n slo reply :
beautiful
MIbassyaker reply :
Pics of my latest "catch"......acquired some classics for the home library:
Is it April yet?
Dorado reply :
Took the kayak out to Bartlett Reservior, AZ on a very windy day. Caught several of these guys all on Gary Yamamoto baits. Numbers came from Shad Shaped Worms (Blue Pearl Silver Flake) on a winter drop shot and the largest from a Hula Grub rigged on 3/8oz Football Jighead (Watermelon w/ Black/Gold). I videogamed it in 19 ft of water by dropping it right on top of his head from honing in on my sonar. Finally getting the hang of my electronics!
TnRiver46 reply :
@Dorado, that’s awesome. Any fish finder can be very effective once you get used to the particular unit
Bass_Fishing_Socal reply :
First bass on my new float tube, and of course caught her on Kinami Palm tree aka Fat Ika, color oxblood purple.
My float tube set up.
And the bass.
The Bassman reply :
On 1/24/2019 at 5:14 AM, JustJames said:First bass on my new float tube, and of course caught her on Kinami Palm tree aka Fat Ika, color oxblood purple.
My float tube set up.
And the bass.
You westerners must enjoy torturing us midwesterners about now.
hawgenvy reply :
Back to basics tonight. When I was getting ready to throw my rod in the truck to head out to a pond for some bank fishing after work, I realized I'd been neglecting the good old jig & trailer for months. And, oh, man! Something with a big mouth weighing 1-4 pounds was chomping my 3/8 black/blue plus Rage craw on every pitch for a good 40 minutes. The bite was subtle, mostly just my line moving sideways. But there was nothing subtle after I'd reel down and set that thick hook into mayhem! What in our short lives can surpass a stout rod, braided line, a sturdy jig, and a mean old hungry bass?
NorcalBassin reply :
Had another above average winter day with 30+ up to 3lbs. Definitely the most consistent winter action we've ever had. Not sure if I'm getting better or just lucky but I'll gladly take it either way. Water temp up to 54* and the lake has risen three feet in the past week with all the rain/snow.
Pops with the fish of the day (3.1 lbs)
The Bassman reply :
On 1/27/2019 at 8:33 AM, NorcalBassin said:Had another above average winter day with 30+ up to 3lbs. Definitely the most consistent winter action we've ever had. Not sure if I'm getting better or just lucky but I'll gladly take it either way. Water temp up to 54* and the lake has risen three feet in the past week with all the rain/snow.
Pops with the fish of the day (3.1 lbs)
Beautiful fish! Two weeks ago I was bragging like that here in IN. We're froze up good now. Enjoy your weather. We're paying for ours, but we should expect it here.
LonnieP reply :
Managed to catch a couple of bass today hopping a lipless crankbait off the bottom. Water was 41 degrees. Here’s the biggest one. 
hawgenvy reply :
A cold front is stalled over the Florida peninsula. The air is cool and damp, it's raining off and on, the water is muddy. I went out to my highest percentage local pond tonight at 5 pm armed with a jig w/ craw trailer. I concentrated on metal culverts, 3 ft diameter pipes between manmade ponds. Of the four culverts that I targeted, 3 of them held big, fat-bellied bass, all caught within 20 minutes of each other: a 4 lb, a 3-1/2, and a 5.22 pounder.
A-Jay reply :
On 1/28/2019 at 8:36 AM, hawgenvy said:A cold front is stalled over the Florida peninsula. There air is cool and damp, it's raining off and on, the water is muddy. I went out to my highest percentage local pond tonight at 5 pm armed with a jig w/ craw trailer. I concentrated on metal culverts, 3 ft diameter pipes between manmade ponds. Of four culverts I targeted, 3 held big fat-bellied bass, all caught within 20 minutes of each other: a 4 lb, a 3-1/2, and a 5.22 pounder.
Nicely done ~
"The Culvert Pattern" . . Something I'll probably never be looking for here . . .
Congrats
A-Jay
hawgenvy reply :
On 1/28/2019 at 9:12 AM, A-Jay said:Nicely done ~
"The Culvert Pattern" . . SomethingmI'll probably never be looking for here . . .
Congrats
A-Jay
Thanks, man. Many of the golf course and residential ponds around here have so little structure or cover that anything you find is likely to hold a bass. There is one place I go where there's a piece of wood sticking out of the water no bigger than a #2 pencil. About 80% of the time I can catch a solitary bass on it.
A-Jay reply :
On 1/28/2019 at 9:25 AM, hawgenvy said:Thanks, man. Many of the golf course and residential ponds around here have so little structure or cover that anything you find is likely to hold a bass. There is one place I go where there's a piece of wood sticking out of the water no bigger than a #2 pencil. About 80% of the time I can catch a solitary bass on it.
Cover's cover & a bass is a bass.
What it is may not be as important as when it is & when & how we fish it.
I just don't see any pipes where I fish, that's all.
A-Jay
Bass_Fishing_Socal reply :
I’m trying to learn more deep water approach his year to fit my plan so I choose 3/8-1/2 Jigs. I only caught about 10 bass on jig last year mostly drag around shallow. I started early this year with Jig targeting rip-rap and rocky point. This is my 2nd bass on jig this year dragging and hoping around Point. She is fed up and ready for spawn cycle.
Bluebasser86 reply :
On 1/28/2019 at 10:58 AM, JustJames said:I’m trying to learn more deep water approach his year to fit my plan so I choose 3/8-1/2 Jigs. I only caught about 10 bass on jig last year mostly drag around shallow. I started early this year with Jig targeting rip-rap and rocky point. This is my 2nd bass on jig this year dragging and hoping around Point. She is fed up and ready for spawn cycle.
Better get you some Mattlures catfish swimbaits.
TnRiver46 reply :
Got in an hour or two off the dock. Can’t brag about the size but I suppose I can brag about not needing sleeves 
The Bassman reply :
On 1/28/2019 at 8:36 AM, hawgenvy said:A cold front is stalled over the Florida peninsula. The air is cool and damp, it's raining off and on, the water is muddy. I went out to my highest percentage local pond tonight at 5 pm armed with a jig w/ craw trailer. I concentrated on metal culverts, 3 ft diameter pipes between manmade ponds. Of the four culverts that I targeted, 3 of them held big, fat-bellied bass, all caught within 20 minutes of each other: a 4 lb, a 3-1/2, and a 5.22 pounder.
Culvert pattern is key to my success in the HOA lakes I fish.
TnRiver46 reply :
Culverts are always good. Just like trapping animals, it’s a funnel/choke point .
We have a bunch of them on the large reservoirs too, mostly when the water goes under a highway
Oregon Native reply :
On 1/27/2019 at 8:33 AM, NorcalBassin said:Had another above average winter day with 30+ up to 3lbs. Definitely the most consistent winter action we've ever had. Not sure if I'm getting better or just lucky but I'll gladly take it either way. Water temp up to 54* and the lake has risen three feet in the past week with all the rain/snow.
Pops with the fish of the day (3.1 lbs)
Beautiful country...glad water is on the rise.
On 1/28/2019 at 5:27 PM, TnRiver46 said:Got in an hour or two off the dock. Can’t brag about the size but I suppose I can brag about not needing sleeves
Nice....I got some that size yesterday. Was crazy...haven't had that many dinks in awhile.
Way north bass guy reply :
On 1/28/2019 at 5:27 PM, TnRiver46 said:Got in an hour or two off the dock. Can’t brag about the size but I suppose I can brag about not needing sleeves
Nice! Right now I need about three sets of sleeves, my snowmobile coat and a toque and neck warmer along with heavy mitts! Oh yeah, and there’s about 16” of ice on the lake too, I’d take those dink fish all day long right now.
Bass_Fishing_Socal reply :
On 1/28/2019 at 1:17 PM, Bluebasser86 said:Better get you some Mattlures catfish swimbaits.
You think how long is that baby catfish? The tail is a little bigger than 1”. Maybe time to get my hudd out.
Bluebasser86 reply :
On 1/29/2019 at 9:29 AM, JustJames said:You think how long is that baby catfish? The tail is a little bigger than 1”. Maybe time to get my hudd out.
At least 8" I'd guess.
hawgenvy reply :
On 1/28/2019 at 6:28 PM, TnRiver46 said:Culverts are always good. Just like trapping animals, it’s a funnel/choke point .
We have a bunch of them on the large reservoirs too, mostly when the water goes under a highway
And an ideal place, from within its dark recess, for a bass to plan an ambush.
12poundbass reply :
Ok ok I'll say it, at -40 temps I say it's only fair we shut this thread down until mid-March. It's only fair. ????
Russ E reply :
On 1/30/2019 at 12:17 PM, 12poundbass said:Ok ok I'll say it, at -40 temps I say it's only fair we shut this thread down until mid-March. It's only fair. ????
I can't imagine what-40 would feel like.
growing up in eastern Iowa I remember a couple -20 days.
It might get below zero tonight here in KC, but that is relatively rare here. by Friday it is supposed to be around 49 degrees. The biggest problem here is the huge swings in temperature. You never get conditioned to the cold.
Don't want to shut the thread down yet. I plan on trying to catch a fat power plant lake Bass Friday.
Bluebasser86 reply :
Supposed to be 12 for a high tomorrow, 65 for a high Monday, crazy weather swing. Looks like there's a good chance I'll get out Friday though ????
J Francho reply :
That's nuts. We're getting a deep freeze. Currently 9° and dropping.
J._Bricker reply :
On 1/30/2019 at 12:17 PM, 12poundbass said:Ok ok I'll say it, at -40 temps I say it's only fair we shut this thread down until mid-March. It's only fair. ????
In seeing this morning’s weather report, my thoughts are with you guys in that everyone makes it through the freezing weather okay. Makes me really appreciate the weather out in my neck of the woods....
hawgenvy reply :
Had a great evening fishing with my friend Mike tonight, who had never before fished for bass with a jig. Mike took to the jig and trailer like a fish to water and was setting the hook like a pro right from the start. We had steady action for an hour with 2 to 4 pounders one after the other, in spite of cold air (64 deg) and a north wind. Quote of the day from Mike: "Bass really seem to love this jig thing."
N Florida Mike reply :
Nice ! I need to rethink this jig thing. All I catch with them is weeds.
Dwight Hottle reply :
New bass for me a florida pea! I can now answer the question which fights harder a smallmouth or peacock bass. It's pretty much a draw based on my experiences.
hawgenvy reply :
That's an incredible fish. Congratulations!
Bluebasser86 reply :
Got out and caught some fish Friday. A bunch of grotesquely fat white bass, 17 healthy largemouth, 2 14 1/4" black crappie, and a channel cat. We did it all without having to deal with our guides icing up, and the guys at the gatehouse said that nobody else caught more than half dozen all day out of dozen other boats on the water. Caught several on one of my homemade spinnerbaits too, so that was a nice bonus. Both the crappies and the channel cat ate my buddies finesse jig flipping at standing timber.
The Bassman reply :
On 2/3/2019 at 12:57 PM, Bluebasser86 said:Got out and caught some fish Friday. A bunch of grotesquely fat white bass, 17 healthy largemouth, 2 14 1/4" black crappie, and a channel cat. We did it all without having to deal with our guides icing up, and the guys at the gatehouse said that nobody else caught more than half dozen all day out of dozen other boats on the water. Caught several on one of my homemade spinnerbaits too, so that was a nice bonus. Both the crappies and the channel cat ate my buddies finesse jig flipping at standing timber.
Beautiful crappie! It was -11 here Wed., mid 50's today. Maybe the groundhog knows something after all.
TnRiver46 reply :
Super bowl Sunday crappies. Caught all kinds of small bluegill and largemouth too. Basically I caught a lot of the same fish as @Bluebasser86, only much smaller
hawgenvy reply :
Snuck out before the Super Bowl to the pond for 3/4 hour with a Chatterbait, and nailed the nice (3-7) female pictured here, followed by a half dozen bucks. The surprise for me was the iridescent crappie, the first I'd caught in years. If mine and the preceding two posts are indicative, crappie come out in numbers on Super Bowl Sunday.
Fairtax4me reply :
Brand new Shimano SLX reel. First bass caught on it...
3.48 lb Brown! After fishing mud all last year it felt so alien to fish crystal clear blue water! We could see bottom at 15 feet!
Took some time to find fish but when we did they were piled up and they were all fat and chewing up a 3” swimbait. Caught a nice 3.2lb large on it not long after the smallmouth.
But I had to cut that bait off after I had three largemouth in the 2-3lb range shake it within feet of the boat.
The VMC jig hook and Strike king rage swimmer didn’t let me down though!
I watched this 4.1lb largemouth follow the lure up to the boat. I kept a steady reel speed until the lure was about 3 feet below the surface then killed it and let it coast in just below my rod tip and the fish veered off under the boat. I waited what felt like a small eternity (probably 2 seconds) and gave the rod the slightest twitch, and that got her to thump it! She pulled drag when I set the hook, but she didn’t get far!
Fairtax4me reply :
Last weekend Ned was the bait of choice!
Local mud hole, starting to clear up some but still on the murky side. Maybe 4-5 foot visibility. 38° water.
Couple fat 3.5 lbers liked the 4” TuRD Hula Stick worm. Had at least another 7-8 (kinda lost count) smaller bass eat it too. And the crappie liked to pick it up and swim away with it as well but none of them would just eat it so I could get a hook in them.
My biggest of the day was this 4.5lb chunker, liked it so much she almost swallowed it before I got the hook set! Super fun fight on a medium spinning rod and 10lb braid!
TnRiver46 reply :
@Fairtax4me, those are some studs!
lonnie g reply :
you guys are catching nice ones! all we are getting up here is freezing ca ca ca coldddddddd!!!!!!! beautiful peacock!and smallie pics
TnRiver46 reply :
Had to go to the dentist after work from 3-4. Figured I might as well go fish off the dock, got started about 4:45 and quit around 6. Caught a largemouth on a smoke grub on second cast, yellow perch on third. Two set lines with nightcrawlers got no action. While down there I saw Canada geese, wild turkeys, belted kingfishers, pileated woodpeckers (that have made some holes in my siding.... angry face emoji) and I almost hit a herd of 13 does on my way out. The turkeys were in the treetops of the picture with no fish, making all kinds of racket
Choporoz reply :
Went out Sunday and broke some ice with the new Hobie. Only caught one, but she was as good as I get from that water. Unfortunately, I put a new, crap SD in the phone and this is all that's left of the pics. Smidge over 4#...on brand new hair made by a couple local brothers.
Pic blows, but little else to brag about this time of year...:)
TnRiver46 reply :
On 2/6/2019 at 5:48 AM, Choporoz said:Went out Sunday and broke some ice with the new Hobie. Only caught one, but she was as good as I get from that water. Unfortunately, I put a new, crap SD in the phone and this is all that's left of the pics. Smidge over 4#...on brand new hair made by a couple local brothers.
Pic blows, but little else to brag about this time of year...:)
I can tell from the picture that it’s big enough to eat most of the largemouth I catch
Fairtax4me reply :
On 2/5/2019 at 5:41 AM, lonnie g said:you guys are catching nice ones! all we are getting up here is freezing ca ca ca coldddddddd!!!!!!! beautiful peacock!and smallie pics
Yeah last week we had our coldest stretch yet this winter, with several days that never made it above freezing and multiple nights in the low teens to near single digit temps.
Today it was 77°.
Dorado reply :
@Fairtax4me great reports brother! Keep me coming!
Fairtax4me reply :
Yesterday before work I hit the local mud hole again for about an hour from the bank. Found a sweet spot with crappie piled up in the shallows and bass sitting out a bit deeper.
Two dinks and this nice one that went just shy of 4lbs!
I spooked the crappie off the bank just beyond casting distance and saw a couple big swirls out in the middle of the school. I tried for about 10 minutes but just couldn’t quite get a lure out far enough to get any attention from the bass that were chasing them.
N Florida Mike reply :
I havent been out this year yet, just catching a few bank fishing. Today was very windy and cool but didnt feel like going and battling the wind.
So I did me some lazy man dock fishing and caught me a 
5.10 on a little bream.
The beddin' is starting too. They have began scooping right by my bank, like they do every year.
This fish was out away from the bank, but was holding just offshore gettin' ready !!
TnRiver46 reply :
What a day. Brutal wind (for this part of the world) and air temps in the high 20s to start. The water temp was around 48. We had one dink smallmouth in the boat for 3 fisherman from about 9 am til 4pm. Then things got interesting for the better!!! My buddy got a nice largemouth down deep with a kietech. Then we hit a flurry of nice smallmouth from about 17” up to 21”. Rattle trap silver buddy and kietech were the baits of choice, one time I got hit insanely hard while my rattle trap was sinking, I had a ton of slack and was watching the line and it took off like a rocket. I think that may have been the 21” fish that we boated, it was all a quick blur after a day of freezing and no action
jbsoonerfan reply :
Fish from yesterday's tournament. 4 fish, 18.99 lbs for third place and BB with a 6.28.
MichaelCopeland reply :
It's been a while since I've really posted on here. Sorry bout that, been pretty busy at work and haven't done much fishing since about the end of October beginning of November. Tuesday, February 5, 2019, I finally caught my new PB of 4lbs 8oz! Caught her in a most unlikely place, the bayou about a 30-45 minute walk from my house. At least for the past year I thought anyways. I'd never caught a bass there. Y'all may remember the 2lb 4oz crappie I posted about a year ago I caught there. Well Tuesday I refused to believe there was no bass in there. I was right. Within my first 10 casts, with a Rayburn red craw colored 1/2oz Booyah One Knocker it was on. She didn't put up much of a fight. After a few more casts, I hit the bridge piling with my crankbait and broke the back treble hook off. So I started using a few other baits I had brought with me. Nothing doing for about 4 hours. Then I went back to the same spot I caught my new PB, put a new treble hook on that One Knocker. Within 3-4 casts, my crankbait banked off the bridge piling and as soon as it hit the water my second bass was on to the tune of 3lbs even. Apparently there is bass in there and I'm guessing only big uns. I believe if there were small ones in there they would have bit pretty much anything I threw. Gonna get back there as soon as I can, cause I refuse to believe that 4lbs 8oz is the biggest one in there. 2019 started out great for me, basswise anyways! Miss y'all and God Bless! ????????
scaleface reply :
On 2/3/2019 at 12:57 PM, Bluebasser86 said:Caught several on one of my homemade spinnerbaits
I thought you wouldnt bother with making spinnerbaits , to expensive . ☺️
Bluebasser86 reply :
On 2/11/2019 at 7:12 PM, scaleface said:I thought you wouldnt bother with making spinnerbaits , to expensive . ☺️
It is really expensive, especially the ones I wanted to make. Nobody seems to make the big, thumping baits anymore and so I bought a mold to make just those. I'll keep buying them from the store for the standard stuff, but my 5/8, 3/4, 1oz mold with #7 or #8 single Colorado or a pair of big blades is going to fill a space that has really been missing, especially the hammered blades and copper blades.
scaleface reply :
On 2/11/2019 at 7:18 PM, Bluebasser86 said:. Nobody seems to make the big, thumping baits anymore and so I bought a mold to make just those.
I have some of those big hammered copper Colorado .I recently acquired some old Strike King willows in copper and gold . I think they are a size six .
N Florida Mike reply :
Got to fish at a couple of my work route ponds. ( I do sales, so often have gaps of time between stops ) Today I was at one of the parks I frequent. I usually fish the middle pond first. Today I started there ,felt the thump, set the hook, and the fish broke the hook off at the shank. Went back to the truck to retie, and when I got back a dad and his kid were right at the best spot at the drain ( where I was fixing to fish ). The kid was throwing rocks in the water , smh.
So I bailed out from there and went to the front pond ( where I hadnt caught any before.)Ended up getting these 3 healthy fish on a zoom super fluke. Watermelon with gold flake.
Now if I can just sell something today....
TnRiver46 reply :
On 2/11/2019 at 7:18 PM, Bluebasser86 said:It is really expensive, especially the ones I wanted to make. Nobody seems to make the big, thumping baits anymore and so I bought a mold to make just those. I'll keep buying them from the store for the standard stuff, but my 5/8, 3/4, 1oz mold with #7 or #8 single Colorado or a pair of big blades is going to fill a space that has really been missing, especially the hammered blades and copper blades.
Have you ever seen Stan Sloan Zorro baits? I thought they made any spinnerbait
Gundog reply :
On 2/11/2019 at 7:18 PM, Bluebasser86 said:It is really expensive, especially the ones I wanted to make. Nobody seems to make the big, thumping baits anymore and so I bought a mold to make just those. I'll keep buying them from the store for the standard stuff, but my 5/8, 3/4, 1oz mold with #7 or #8 single Colorado or a pair of big blades is going to fill a space that has really been missing, especially the hammered blades and copper blades.
There is a reservoir I use to fish where bass would kill a slow-rolled big spinnerbait with a #7 Colorado blade. You literally had to crawl it across the bottom with the blade barely moving. But you are right, big, heavy spinnerbaits are hard to come by today.
The Bassman reply :
Have had to wait nearly a month but got out a little this afternoon as a front was blowing through. Actually, did pretty well with six fair sized bass. We're on a temperature roller coaster here lately. Spring is coming. The ground hog said so.
Bluebasser86 reply :
On 2/13/2019 at 1:38 AM, TnRiver46 said:Have you ever seen Stan Sloan Zorro baits? I thought they made any spinnerbait
They only make them up to a certain size, only in a few colors, no hammered blades, no copper blades, just very limited.
TnRiver46 reply :
On 2/13/2019 at 8:46 AM, Bluebasser86 said:They only make them up to a certain size, only in a few colors, no hammered blades, no copper blades, just very limited.
Gotcha. A friend of mine knows the guys that make them, he gave me a box of them once. I’ll send you a couple pics and see if you might want any of them. I thought I recalled seeing a few thumpers
Bass_Fishing_Socal reply :
After my last failure from float tube (Jan 30), losing the only good size bass on jig from head shake after spending 4-5 hour dragging jig around. I looked back on my video and knew I made a big mistake by not load up my rod before setting hook. I’ll have to improve my hookset on big heavy Jig and especially when I’m in kayak or float tube.
This week and probably next week we expect another set of big storm coming down starting this evening. Today while I can even it is a little chilly and windy and becuz I wanna test my new crappies/bass rod (MC Benkei 5’7 L) . I went to spot I know to have shallow flat rock and drop down deep to old river. I took two setups one for bass and another for crappies. Didn’t get any crappies bite but instead got this beautiful/biggest yet of 2019 bass for me.
N Florida Mike reply :
Wow. Nice fish.
The Bassman reply :
On 2/14/2019 at 5:01 AM, JustJames said:After my last failure from float tube (Jan 30), losing the only good size bass on jig from head shake after spending 4-5 hour dragging jig around. I looked back on my video and knew I made a big mistake by not load up my rod before setting hook. I’ll have to improve my hookset on big heavy Jig and especially when I’m in kayak or float tube.
This week and probably next week we expect another set of big storm coming down starting this evening. Today while I can even it is a little chilly and windy and becuz I wanna test my new crappies/bass rod (MC Benkei 5’7 L) . I went to spot I know to have shallow flat rock and drop down deep to old river. I took two setups one for bass and another for crappies. Didn’t get any crappies bite but instead got this beautiful/biggest yet of 2019 bass for me.
Weight guess?
Russ E reply :
Took advantage of a nice February day.
shakyhead produced the only bites I got.
not many bites, but I will take quality over quantity.
One of the fattest Bass I ever caught. It was shaped Like a football.
Bass_Fishing_Socal reply :
On 2/14/2019 at 7:41 AM, The Bassman said:Weight guess?
I’m not sure but at least 6, might not over 7. The bass is close to 23”. Her body is pretty wide bigger than my palm spread out, unlike others I caught long but skinny. I didn’t have my backpack with me just 2 rods. I’m pretty lazy lately lol.
hawgenvy reply :
My wife said I was nuts for going out to fish in the rain tonight, but it was well worth it, as three four-pounders and a number of feisty bucks were amongst those captured. The lure du jour was the Eco Pro Tungsten Trokar Flipping Jig, the head Sharpied black to cover wear, finished with a Rage Craw trailer.
Fairtax4me reply :
Off work at 5 and in the car to ride to my local muddy honey hole to hit my spot. Uncle Ned still putting in the work catching bass! After a few days of cloudy and rain we finally got a sunny day today, albeit slightly breezy and not exactly warm.
Made a few casts to see if they were deep or up shallow and found them pretty much where I left them last time. Maybe a bit deeper, but still very much within reach from the bank.
First up was a 3.7lb chunker!
A few casts later caught a nice maybe pound and a half.
Kept working that spot and maybe 20 minutes later hooked a GIANT!!! Major Adrenaline rush because this fish hit and just started peeling drag when I set the hook! Finally got to reel some line in and it starts peeling again! Holy ice cream Batman this gotta be a new pb...
Nope, just a fat 2.5 lber I somehow managed to hook in the tail! Smack bottom center in the meat just before the fin. The only time a 2.5lb bass is a disappointment...
Clear skies, cold tonight (mid 20s), but warm and sunny the next two days! Hopefully the juice will still be on!
Bluebasser86 reply :
You guys are killing me. Haven't seen open water in what feels like an eternity, even though it's only been a couple weeks. Maybe tomorrow. I know I need to go bad when I mentioned maybe going fishing on Valentine's Day to my sick wife ????
lonnie g reply :
On 2/14/2019 at 5:01 AM, JustJames said:After my last failure from float tube (Jan 30), losing the only good size bass on jig from head shake after spending 4-5 hour dragging jig around. I looked back on my video and knew I made a big mistake by not load up my rod before setting hook. I’ll have to improve my hookset on big heavy Jig and especially when I’m in kayak or float tube.
This week and probably next week we expect another set of big storm coming down starting this evening. Today while I can even it is a little chilly and windy and becuz I wanna test my new crappies/bass rod (MC Benkei 5’7 L) . I went to spot I know to have shallow flat rock and drop down deep to old river. I took two setups one for bass and another for crappies. Didn’t get any crappies bite but instead got this beautiful/biggest yet of 2019 bass for me.
On 2/14/2019 at 5:01 AM, JustJames said:After my last failure from float tube (Jan 30), losing the only good size bass on jig from head shake after spending 4-5 hour dragging jig around. I looked back on my video and knew I made a big mistake by not load up my rod before setting hook. I’ll have to improve my hookset on big heavy Jig and especially when I’m in kayak or float tube.
This week and probably next week we expect another set of big storm coming down starting this evening. Today while I can even it is a little chilly and windy and becuz I wanna test my new crappies/bass rod (MC Benkei 5’7 L) . I went to spot I know to have shallow flat rock and drop down deep to old river. I took two setups one for bass and another for crappies. Didn’t get any crappies bite but instead got this beautiful/biggest yet of 2019 bass for me.
great fish! fat girl! that had to be fun. we still got ice here, planning a trip to chickamauga in Tennessee 1st week in April. looking forward to feeling that tug again.
Zurg reply :
Spring is getting closer in the south. Starting to see some good fish the past couple of weekends
N Florida Mike reply :
On 2/15/2019 at 12:16 AM, Zurg said:Spring is getting closer in the south. Starting to see some good fish the past couple of weekends
Yeah, I'd say that qualifies as a good fish. ????
Get a weight on her ?
Zurg reply :
On 2/15/2019 at 6:42 AM, N Florida Mike said:Yeah, I'd say that qualifies as a good fish. ????
Get a weight on her ?
Mike,
The photo makes her look bigger than she actually is. She was really fat so I am guessing between 6 and 7lbs. The water has been really muddy here. She hit a mop jig in some timber laydowns
Gundog reply :
On 2/14/2019 at 12:58 PM, Bluebasser86 said:You guys are killing me. Haven't seen open water in what feels like an eternity, even though it's only been a couple weeks. Maybe tomorrow. I know I need to go bad when I mentioned maybe going fishing on Valentine's Day to my sick wife ????
WEEKS....WEEKS!!! I haven't fished since October! Last time I saw a fish at the end of my line they kicked me out of the pet store's aquarium section.
Bluebasser86 reply :
On 2/15/2019 at 10:06 PM, Gundog said:WEEKS....WEEKS!!! I haven't fished since October! Last time I saw a fish at the end of my line they kicked me out of the pet store's aquarium section.
The benefits of having weekdays off and living 30 minutes from a powerplant lake that's open 12 months a year.
I went, fish were caught ????
EGbassing reply :
Fairtax4me reply :
Yesterday morning my buddy was off work and he wanted in on some of that juice. So I met him at the lake to fish for a couple hours before I had to go to work.
I might have jinxed him by catching a 6.2 on the 3rd or 4th cast.
21” and fat like miss piggy!
I got a few bites after that and had another decent one shake the hook long before I actually saw the fish so dunno how big it was, felt like 3-4lbs.
Then I had to leave (should have called in), my buddy kept fishing for another few hours. He caught a few dink’s and lost a good one at the boat.
Just to rub it in a little more I went back after work and fished the bank until dark. 5 pounds on the nose. Uncle Ned strikes again!
Bluebasser86 reply :
Mrs. Blue let me sneak out for a few hours on Valentine's Day because it was supposed to be in the teens and snowing several inches the next day. Water was really high and dirty and there was several boats when I got there so I didn't have high hopes but I managed to catch a couple including one pretty healthy fish that went a little over 4 1/4. Passed several other boats and none of them had caught a fish so I felt pretty fortunate to have those couple I got.
N Florida Mike reply :
Had a young friend from church over this afternoon to take advantage of the springlike condtions.
We caught 27 on trick worms, flukes, and senkos. The bites came mostly in 2-3 big flurries throughout the afternoon. High was pushing 80 !!
I lost 2 fish 5 minutes apart that didnt budge when I set the hook.
Mission accomplished though, in putting him on some fish.
TnRiver46 reply :
We got a few decent ones in the rain today!!
lonnie g reply :
On 2/18/2019 at 11:10 AM, TnRiver46 said:We got a few decent ones in the rain today!!
you guys start talking nicer to Mother Nature. I hear you are supposed to be getting a lot more. that water didnt look to bad bad in your pics, but I hear chickaoming is muddy. coming there in April, looking forward to it. so treat her nicely!!
TnRiver46 reply :
On 2/18/2019 at 9:14 PM, lonnie g said:you guys start talking nicer to Mother Nature. I hear you are supposed to be getting a lot more. that water didnt look to bad bad in your pics, but I hear chickaoming is muddy. coming there in April, looking forward to it. so treat her nicely!!
Yes the main river is nasty. There's plenty of lakes around here that stay clear no matter what, I chose one of those sunday
BigAngus752 reply :
On 2/18/2019 at 9:10 AM, N Florida Mike said:Had a young friend from church over this afternoon to take advantage of the springlike condtions.
We caught 27 on trick worms, flukes, and senkos. The bites came mostly in 2-3 big flurries throughout the afternoon. High was pushing 80 !!
I lost 2 fish 5 minutes apart that didnt budge when I set the hook.
Mission accomplished though, in putting him on some fish.
Ok, new rule on the boards. Guys from Florida are no longer allowed to post pics wearing shorts when I am chipping ice off everything that I own.
Way north bass guy reply :
On 2/19/2019 at 3:10 AM, BigAngus752 said:Ok, new rule on the boards. Guys from Florida are no longer allowed to post pics wearing shorts when I am chipping ice off everything that I own.
Sounds like a good rule to me, I just finished blowing a path out to my geeenhouse to get some salad greens, and there’s about 24” of snow out there ????. Won’t be seeing shorts here for some time yet.
MN Fisher reply :
On 2/19/2019 at 3:10 AM, BigAngus752 said:Ok, new rule on the boards. Guys from Florida are no longer allowed to post pics wearing shorts when I am chipping ice off everything that I own.
On 2/19/2019 at 4:39 AM, Way north bass guy said:Sounds like a good rule to me, I just finished blowing a path out to my geeenhouse to get some salad greens, and there’s about 24” of snow out there ????. Won’t be seeing shorts here for some time yet.
I can get behind this - today is the warmest it's been in weeks...and we're still not breaking freezing.
TnRiver46 reply :
On 2/19/2019 at 3:10 AM, BigAngus752 said:Ok, new rule on the boards. Guys from Florida are no longer allowed to post pics wearing shorts when I am chipping ice off everything that I own.
They havent built a wall at the bottom of Georgia......... Yet..........
hawgenvy reply :
Sorry, you guys in the frozen north -- I just gotta do another Florida post!
That's because I got lucky tonight and caught this 5-4 on a Eco Pro Tungsten Trokar jig fished barbless. This is definitely the biggest bass I've caught barbless. It's great being able to simply lift out the hook and leave the bass unharmed. When you're just fishing for fun it makes a whole lot of sense. Also, it's a good way to practice keeping 'em pinned when they jump.
CrankFate reply :
Great to see someone’s catching fish somewhere. This winter thing is killin me.
EGbassing reply :
On 2/19/2019 at 9:50 AM, hawgenvy said:Sorry, you guys in the frozen north -- I just gotta do another Florida post!
That's because I got lucky tonight and caught this 5-4 on a Eco Pro Tungsten Trokar jig fished barbless. This is definitely the biggest bass I've caught barbless. It's great being able to simply lift out the hook and leave the bass unharmed. When you're just fishing for fun it makes a whole lot of sense. Also, it's a good way to practice keeping 'em pinned when they jump.
Nice fish! I always fish barbless and very rarely lose fish on jigs. It's stuff like ned rigs, dropshots, etc. that are hard to keep fish on.
hawgenvy reply :
Agree, EG. Its not that hard to keep the bass pinned with a barbless jig as long as you keep the pressure on, especially when it jumps.
N Florida Mike reply :
Had time at one of my work route ponds to catch this one 
on a trick worm.
The Bassman reply :
Had a great afternoon with ned rig on some decent fish. This was the best of nine I caught in a little over an hour. Rain tomorrow then big wind and more cold. The groundhog is a con artist.
TnRiver46 reply :
@The Bassman, I thought surely you would be frozen in
The Bassman reply :
On 2/23/2019 at 11:54 AM, TnRiver46 said:@The Bassman, I thought surely you would be frozen in
I think we're done with ice. It came and went several times this winter with mid Jan. being the most persistent. It's been a great winter of finesse fishing but I'm anxious for some power techniques soon.
TnRiver46 reply :
Well we had to wait until 3:30 for a break in the rain but it was worth it! Got 4 nice ones. Hopefully a short video to follow
Bluebasser86 reply :
Had a really good day Friday. Shouldn't have ever put the spinnerbait down but for some reason I really wanted to force them to eat something else I guess. I did get my first nicer one on a 100 pointer that was 16 3/4" long and 3.45lbs.
Next one after that was a couple hours later on the spinnerbait, 18" and 4.30lbs. She actually had a pair of big shad tails sticking out of her throat.
They got their point across to me then and I spent most of the rest of the day with my spinnerbait rod in my hand and caught several more, including a few more solid fish.
MN Fisher reply :
On 2/24/2019 at 12:50 PM, Bluebasser86 said:Had a really good day Friday. Shouldn't have ever put the spinnerbait down but for some reason I really wanted to force them to eat something else I guess. I did get my first nicer one on a 100 pointer that was 16 3/4" long and 3.45lbs.
Next one after that was a couple hours later on the spinnerbait, 18" and 4.30lbs. She actually had a pair of big shad tails sticking out of her throat.
They got their point across to me then and I spent most of the rest of the day with my spinnerbait rod in my hand and caught several more, including a few more solid fish.
You're making me jealous here, man. We still got 16" of ice topped with 10+" of snow on the lakes.
Bluebasser86 reply :
On 2/24/2019 at 1:04 PM, MN Fisher said:You're making me jealous here, man. We still got 16" of ice topped with 10+" of snow on the lakes.
Most of the rest of our lakes are frozen, although a few ponds are starting to break up with the few warmer days we've had. If it wasn't for that power pant steaming in the background of that picture, I wouldn't be catching anything most likely.
MN Fisher reply :
On 2/24/2019 at 1:09 PM, Bluebasser86 said:Most of the rest of our lakes are frozen, although a few ponds are starting to break up with the few warmer days we've had. If it wasn't for that power pant steaming in the background of that picture, I wouldn't be catching anything most likely.
We ain't freeing up anytime soon. Temps dipping below zero several nights this week, and a -26 windchill tomorrow night.
N Florida Mike reply :
Got this skinny 4 pound, 9 oz. fish on a 5 inch pumkin chartruese tail yum dinger.
The Bassman reply :
On 2/25/2019 at 3:36 AM, N Florida Mike said:Got this skinny 4 pound, 9 oz. fish on a 5 inch pumkin chartruese tail yum dinger.
Really envy you. I was catching fish in 50* yesterday. Today we're hanging on to whatever we can with 45-50 mph wind and temps dropping to the teens tonight. Our spring's coming real soon. I can sense the transition.
N Florida Mike reply :
We have had a very mild winter, even for us. It hasnt even been under 50 for 2 weeks now. Everything in nature around here thinks its spring. We'll see.
EGbassing reply :
On 2/24/2019 at 12:50 PM, Bluebasser86 said:Had a really good day Friday. Shouldn't have ever put the spinnerbait down but for some reason I really wanted to force them to eat something else I guess. I did get my first nicer one on a 100 pointer that was 16 3/4" long and 3.45lbs.
Next one after that was a couple hours later on the spinnerbait, 18" and 4.30lbs. She actually had a pair of big shad tails sticking out of her throat.
They got their point across to me then and I spent most of the rest of the day with my spinnerbait rod in my hand and caught several more, including a few more solid fish.
Do you see how that one in the top picture is hooked? That's how I hooked one yesterday and it took me forever to get it out.
N Florida Mike reply :
Got this one
on the small pumkin yum dinger.
The Bassman reply :
On 2/25/2019 at 5:03 AM, EGbassing said:Do you see how that one in the top picture is hooked? That's how I hooked one yesterday and it took me forever to get it out.
Unless I'm missing something it looks like just a quick flick with the needle nose.
Bluebasser86 reply :
On 2/25/2019 at 5:03 AM, EGbassing said:Do you see how that one in the top picture is hooked? That's how I hooked one yesterday and it took me forever to get it out.
That's weird, it can be kind of tough right there sometimes but not terrible.
On 2/25/2019 at 6:49 AM, The Bassman said:Unless I'm missing something it looks like just a quick flick with the needle nose.
It didn't even require pliers or any any real effort to remove.
EGbassing reply :
On 2/25/2019 at 6:49 AM, The Bassman said:Unless I'm missing something it looks like just a quick flick with the needle nose.
The hook shank is under a piece of its skin, so it can't just be popped out, assuming that's the same way mine was hooked.
On 2/25/2019 at 7:47 AM, Bluebasser86 said:That's weird, it can be kind of tough right there sometimes but not terrible.
It didn't even require pliers or any any real effort to remove.
^
Swbass15 reply :
@Bluebasser86 nice fish can’t wait to throw some of those spinner baits around here. Nice fish!
OCdockskipper reply :
On 2/18/2019 at 9:10 AM, N Florida Mike said:
I would pay that young man $5 if I could hear him say "Hey, Beavis, this fish has a big mouth, uh, huh, huh huh!"
????
The Bassman reply :
On 2/25/2019 at 9:22 AM, EGbassing said:The hook shank is under a piece of its skin, so it can't just be popped out, assuming that's the same way mine was hooked.
^
I think you're trying to be too surgical. You have to tear a little skin. It heals. Better to get the fish back in the water quick than worry about a hole. I catch bass with fully disjointed jaw hinges sometimes. It's the nature of the sport. They don't hurt like we do.
Bluebasser86 reply :
On 2/25/2019 at 9:22 AM, EGbassing said:The hook shank is under a piece of its skin, so it can't just be popped out, assuming that's the same way mine was hooked.
^
Sounds like maybe you had it hooked in the joint of the jaw or maybe right behind jawbone. I've had that happen a few times and it can be pretty tough to get out. You got to get a little rough sometimes, give it a little jerk with some force to try to pop it out. You can get cheap wire cutters for $2 at Harbor Freight that will cut any hook out there if you want to have them in the future.
EGbassing reply :
On 2/25/2019 at 8:55 PM, Bluebasser86 said:Sounds like maybe you had it hooked in the joint of the jaw or maybe right behind jawbone. I've had that happen a few times and it can be pretty tough to get out. You got to get a little rough sometimes, give it a little jerk with some force to try to pop it out. You can get cheap wire cutters for $2 at Harbor Freight that will cut any hook out there if you want to have them in the future.
Might be. The hooks were barbless but I just couldn't get it out for a while for some reason. I found some wire cutters yesterday so I've got them in my tackle box now.
On 2/25/2019 at 5:55 PM, The Bassman said:I think you're trying to be too surgical. You have to tear a little skin. It heals. Better to get the fish back in the water quick than worry about a hole. I catch bass with fully disjointed jaw hinges sometimes. It's the nature of the sport. They don't hurt like we do.
I started out like that but I started trying to tear it out pretty hard once I realized that it wasn't coming out. It was just a hard one to unhook I think.
NYWayfarer reply :
If you can't beat the Floridians, join them. Usually can't post the first fish of the year until sometime in late April around these parts. Had to plan a winter trip to Florida to make sure that didn't happen this year.
First Bass of 2019 for me. Orlando Florida vacation. My son and I were able to steal away a few hours during the week to do some fishing. Caught this Bass on a Berkley Warpig lipless crankbait.
The resort we stayed at had a resident Otter. We had fun catching Bluegill and feeding it to him.
rod snapper reply :
Good grief! Every time i look at this thread there is a new page, its going to kill me because i still have some time before i can hit the water????, but keep up the beautiful pictures. ????
Dwight Hottle reply :
Megabsss vision 110+2 fish today on lake Okeechobie.
Gundog reply :
On 2/26/2019 at 4:29 AM, NYWayfarer said:
The resort we stayed at had a resident Otter. We had fun catching Bluegill and feeding it to him.
Worth the price of what ever you paid to stay there.
NYWayfarer reply :
On 2/26/2019 at 8:36 AM, Gundog said:Worth the price of what ever you paid to stay there.
It sure was.
He kept us company while we fished. The three Bluegill I fed him helped keep him around. I asked the resort staff if it was alright to feed him and they said yes. They don't want guest feeding him people food, but freshly caught fish is Ok.
N Florida Mike reply :
On 2/26/2019 at 8:26 AM, Dwight Hottle said:Megabsss vision 110+2 fish today on lake Okeechobie.
Nice one , Dwight !
kenmitch reply :
1st bass of the year. Tipping the scales at 7.02 lbs. It's my new PB!
J Francho reply :
Nice fish, man. Matches my PB in weight. Yours looks a little fatter than mine was.
kenmitch reply :
On 2/27/2019 at 9:45 PM, J Francho said:Nice fish, man. Matches my PB in weight. Yours looks a little fatter than mine was.
Thanks! She was a nice one. I was thinking she'd way more than she did. I'm going to have to check my scale for accuracy at the lower range just to make sure. I checked it with a 30lb weight I had laying around when I 1st bought it. I'll have to check the recycle bin for a empty milk jug and fill it with water to see....Scale was cheap but the water test was dead on.
The Bassman reply :
Had some good action this afternoon with these two being the best. I know all my pics look the same but it's the only way I know to get them with my flip phone and no one else around. Usually by now I'm chomping at the bit for spring (still anxious to move on to other techniques) but this winter has been a fishing season in itself. Lots of memories.
hawgenvy reply :
Went out to bank fish at a nearby golf course tonight with my friend Mike, whom I've been mentoring in the art of bass fishing most every Wednesday evening. I try to introduce a new bait or technique each time. Tonight was a lesson on the big ribbon tail worm, which I honestly don't throw that often. But with the rainy, dark and windless conditions, murky water, and the fish loitering in calm shallows, I thought Gambler's 13" ribbon tail in black or green would be the ticket, Texas rigged, inched slowly along the bottom. And it was! We nailed a couple of 5 pounders, and at least a dozen 2-3s in an hour or so of fishing.
Brad Reid reply :
Nothing very large for me lately. I went out yesterday, weather was warmer, and I caught a couple very quickly, then stopped to chat with a neighbor sitting on his boathouse deck across the cove from me. I might have had 5 or so but lost too much time.
Today? The weather here on Lake Athens, Texas took a turn toward colder weather so instead of dropping my canoe in the lake, I just made casts off my boathouse deck. 20 casts with a jig head and Keitech plastic, moving the lure along slowly? No bass love shown to me, not a nibble.
So, before I left, I thought about making a cast and letting it sink to the bottom and I then nudged it back sort of like working a T-Rigged worm . . . and on about the 3rd twitch of my rod, one jumped on it.
No, not very large, but I'll go to sleep with a smile on my face!
Brad
Koz reply :
I had about 90 minutes of free time to fish today and got blanked at one of my favorite lagoons so I headed to one that I've fished maybe a handful of times before. This one has about a 5 foot shallow shelf ringing most of the basin and lots of aquatic vegetation that extends just beyond the shelf. The HOA cut the vegetation in the fall so it was all sub surface now.
There's a corner on the bank I like to fish because it allows me to easily cast parallel to the shoreline. I tossed a Teckel Sprinker frog along the edge of the weedline and got my only bite of the day but it was a good one. Big blow up and an easy hook set. There happened to be 3 or 4 golf carts passing by at that moment and they all stopped when they heard me say, "Whoa!" I said that because as I was fighting it I could see it was a big largemouth. I'm thinking I'm about to land my personal best.
But as luck would have it pre-spawn activity has just started here and she was skinny and not carrying eggs yet. I didn't get the length, but it was l-o-n-g (I'm actually short arming it in the photo below) but it did weigh in at 5.8 pounds so I'll take that. In three weeks I bet she's a tank. I'll definitely hit that lagoon again.
Bluebasser86 reply :
We finally had a day above freezing here Friday (and it's going to be the only one in about a 10 day stretch). It didn't make it much over freezing though because my guides were icing most of the day. It was a grinder, catching a fish here and there, about a fish a hour until I finally got on one spot they were concentrated a little bit. Unfortunately my catching attracted some unwanted attention and that spot was quickly ruined by an idiot with a throw net. Thankfully, I managed to land my biggest of the year so far before that happened. I honestly thought it might have been much bigger but it was so short, needed her to have more distance between the head and tail. Only about 20" long and 6.56lbs though, super thick and healthy.
My homemade spinnerbaits were still catching some good quality fish too.
TnRiver46 reply :
HEavy rain again so I left the boat in the carport, but thanks to @Bluebasser86’s bladed jig I got a fish right away. I set out two catfish rods and then picked up the bladed jig and threw it under the neighbors dock, caught a little pale largemouth on the first throw! (Note the water color in the picture below my elbow) It was raining awfully hard so I quit casting and took advantage of soft ground and did some unprofessional drainage work with a shovel around the foundation. No success on the catfish lines, they were out for probably 4 hours
EGbassing reply :
On 3/4/2019 at 8:36 PM, TnRiver46 said:HEavy rain again so I left the boat in the carport, but thanks to @Bluebasser86’s bladed jig I got a fish right away. I set out two catfish rods and then picked up the bladed jig and threw it under the neighbors dock, caught a little pale largemouth on the first throw! (Note the water color in the picture below my elbow) It was raining awfully hard so I quit casting and took advantage of soft ground and did some unprofessional drainage work with a shovel around the foundation. No success on the catfish lines, they were out for probably 4 hours
Nice fish. I've set catfish lines out a lot of times and still never got a bite. I know they're in the pond I fish because I've seen other people catch them, and some 5+ pound floating ones.
TnRiver46 reply :
On 3/5/2019 at 12:28 AM, EGbassing said:Nice fish. I've set catfish lines out a lot of times and still never got a bite. I know they're in the pond I fish because I've seen other people catch them, and some 5+ pound floating ones.
They are trickier than they should be
lonnie g reply :
On 2/27/2019 at 1:39 AM, N Florida Mike said:Nice one , Dwight !
good looking fat girl!
Bluebasser86 reply :
On 3/5/2019 at 12:28 AM, EGbassing said:Nice fish. I've set catfish lines out a lot of times and still never got a bite. I know they're in the pond I fish because I've seen other people catch them, and some 5+ pound floating ones.
On 3/5/2019 at 12:56 AM, TnRiver46 said:They are trickier than they should be
I think a lot of folks fish too deep/far off the bank for them. Catfish will cruise right up against the bank and weedlines even during the day. Also pays to be very quiet and still fishing ponds for them.
EGbassing reply :
On 3/6/2019 at 1:22 PM, Bluebasser86 said:
I think a lot of folks fish too deep/far off the bank for them. Catfish will cruise right up against the bank and weedlines even during the day. Also pays to be very quiet and still fishing ponds for them.
I probably am guilty of that a lot. I always get taps on the line but I assume it's bluegill because they never get hooked.
J._Bricker reply :
Well, I finally got out on the the water today with a break in the weather. After last week when the Mrs and I enjoyed some togetherness at home with the flu causing the last minute cancellation of our trip to Spring Training which we had been planning for over four months....
Sorry for drifting, anyway air and water temperature were around 52 degrees when I dropped in this morning on a outgoing tide. Made a short run and eventually ended up with a spinnerbait rod in my hand. Missed one strike, and a few casts later this big girl smoked my blades for my first bass of 2019! She pulled hard and after a short, but spirited battle I got her in the boat. That’s when I saw I had hooked her with the trailer hook! I caught a few more in the 2-3.5lb range and called it a day as the rain moved in. But what a way to start 2019!
Dwight Hottle reply :
On 3/8/2019 at 8:18 AM, J._Bricker said:Well, I finally got out on the the water today with a break in the weather. After last week when the Mrs and I enjoyed some togetherness at home with the flu causing the last minute cancellation of our trip to Spring Training which we had been planning for over four months....
Sorry for drifting, anyway air and water temperature were around 52 degrees when I dropped in this morning on a outgoing tide. Made a short run and eventually ended up with a spinnerbait rod in my hand. Missed one strike, and a few casts later this big girl smoked my blades for my first bass of 2019! She pulled hard and after a short, but spirited battle I got her in the boat. That’s when I saw I had hooked her with the trailer hook! I caught a few more in the 2-3.5lb range and called it a day as the rain moved in. But what a way to start 2019!
That’s a great first bass of the new season.
J._Bricker reply :
On 3/8/2019 at 10:57 AM, Dwight Hottle said:That’s a great first bass of the new season.
Thanks @Dwight Hottle! After seeing all the exceptional fish all of you Florida guys were posting, I was happy to contribute. The guys afflicted by hard water are going to unleash the arsenal they’ve been stockpiling, so looking forward to seeing some more really nice fish on this thread!
Russ E reply :
high of 45 today and the local lakes are still frozen.
haven't fished for a couple weeks , so I decided to take a trip to the local power plant lake.
I wasn't the only one with that idea.
there were 22 trailers in the boat ramp parking lot when I got there.
decided to give it a shot anyway. Once on the lake all of my favorite spots had multiple boats on them.
decided to venture out and find new water. I found a couple shallow flats just upstream from the hot water outlet that were loaded with shad.
I caught 8 bass on jerkbaits and spinnerbaits. No giants but at least I caught fish. Also had a couple large white bass hammer the jerkbait.
when I talked to a few other anglers, all they caught were a few white bass, so I was pretty happy to catch a few.
Bluebasser86 reply :
On 3/9/2019 at 10:02 AM, Russ E said:high of 45 today and the local lakes are still frozen.
haven't fished for a couple weeks , so I decided to take a trip to the local power plant lake.
I wasn't the only one with that idea.
there were 22 trailers in the boat ramp parking lot when I got there.
decided to give it a shot anyway. Once on the lake all of my favorite spots had multiple boats on them.
decided to venture out and find new water. I found a couple shallow flats just upstream from the hot water outlet that were loaded with shad.
I caught 8 bass on jerkbaits and spinnerbaits. No giants but at least I caught fish. Also had a couple large white bass hammer the jerkbait.
when I talked to a few other anglers, all they caught were a few white bass, so I was pretty happy to catch a few.
Those are the areas I've been catching most of mine and all the popular spots have been pretty empty.
Oregon Native reply :
On 3/8/2019 at 11:46 PM, J._Bricker said:Thanks @Dwight Hottle! After seeing all the exceptional fish all of you Florida guys were posting, I was happy to contribute. The guys afflicted by hard water are going to unleash the arsenal they’ve been stockpiling, so looking forward to seeing some more really nice fish on this thread!
I do miss the Delta...was a great place. Nice fish
Dwight Hottle reply :
Fishing Lake O and didn’t see a gator all day until this *#!&& ate my megabass 110 mag half way back to the boat.
Gundog reply :
On 3/9/2019 at 10:33 PM, Dwight Hottle said:Fishing Lake O and didn’t see a gator all day until this *#!&& ate my megabass 110 mag half way back to the boat.
Don't mean to laugh but I have to. Rapala's new slogan should be.. "If that was a Rapala you would have only lost $7."
Bassin' Brad reply :
Finally got to go fishing for the 1st time this year. It was mostly cloudy, in the high 70's with a water temp of 48°. I ended up catching 11, but my 1st 2 bass of 2019 was a 2 lber and then this super chunky girl that went a little over 5 lbs. Caught them both on a weightless super fluke jr.
N Florida Mike reply :
Got out with a friend from work for a few hours this afternoon. The bite was very slow at first. We caught 11 in the first 3 hours or so. The lake was almost slick calm, which usually means you have to slow down the presentation. Byron got a nice 3 pounder when I saw the wake and told him where to throw.
The last 30- 40 minutes we caught 9 more , all on the Alabama craw yum dingers.
The other fish were cuaght on zoom speed craws in some brush, and the golden bream super flukes. And caught 1 on a trick worm. We lost a couple bigger fish in the eel grass. It was Byrons 2nd time bass fishing. He is learning fast, and doing much better on the hook set. Another nice weather day, almost hot , with temps in the low 80s.
The Bassman reply :
On 3/11/2019 at 9:47 AM, N Florida Mike said:Got out with a friend from work for a few hours this afternoon. The bite was very slow at first. We caught 11 in the first 3 hours or so. The lake was almost slick calm, which usually means you have to slow down the presentation. Byron got a nice 3 pounder when I saw the wake and told him where to throw.
The last 30- 40 minutes we caught 9 more , all on the Alabama craw yum dingers.
The other fish were cuaght on zoom speed craws in some brush, and the golden bream super flukes. And caught 1 on a trick worm. We lost a couple bigger fish in the eel grass. It was Byrons 2nd time bass fishing. He is learning fast, and doing much better on the hook set. Another nice weather day, almost hot , with temps in the low 80s.
Thanks for making this winter all the longer for me with all your pics. LOL Our time is coming soon. At least I've seen lots of action. More fun in shorts and T-shirts, though.
N Florida Mike reply :
Sorry friend, but your time will come. Our weather is a month early. Our March hasnt even been very windy either. Hopefully our summer wont be early !
TnRiver46 reply :
I only got one bass yesterday but that's better than none every single time. Saw lots of pros, they sure go fast. Spent most of the day working on the lake house, had to get proof for @Jigfishn10 this time hahaha. Got a free old school dishwasher from my buddy, it works 100 times better than the extra extra old school one that was down there
the reel ess reply :
I finally got good enough weather to go out for a few hours yesterday afternoon. My buddy caught two 7-pounders last week on the Whopper Plopper of all things. The air temp was in the low 70s, but water temp is still around 50. It was windy (whitecapping in the commode as my dad would say). I was confined about 1/4 of the reservoir in my kayak. I didn't get a bite on the WP, but I got two on the @cadman custom black/blue jig. The first was the 6.0 you see in these pics. I caught her out of a laydown pine tree and had to wrestle her out of the heavy cover. The second was a dink. It only takes one to make a trip worthwhile. Notice the red spot she has under her gills. I may recognize it if I catch her again.
Jigfishn10 reply :
@TnRiver46...
I can see you're not much of a cook...Fire extinguisher?!? Is that for a fish fry gone wrong? you may be remodeling the kitchen this summer...LOL
Sweet Fish you got there bud!
@the reel ess, she's a beauty for sure!
TnRiver46 reply :
On 3/11/2019 at 11:48 PM, Jigfishn10 said:@TnRiver46...
I can see you're not much of a cook...Fire extinguisher?!? Is that for a fish fry gone wrong? you may be remodeling the kitchen this summer...LOL
Sweet Fish you got there bud!
@the reel ess, she's a beauty for sure!
Hahaha I can cook but only outside on a fire. That poor kitchen hasn't been updated since it was built in 1988. Lots of work to do before I can convince my girlfriend to move down there. My main bargaining chip is "it's on the lake, honey!"
hawgenvy reply :
Went out to the pond with my friend Mike tonight to introduce him to the phenomenon of the topwater blowup, and we had great success. The top pic is his very first buzz bait fish. After we caught a few nice ones on the buzz I pulled out a Spook and caught a few more. Then I lost two big ol' girls right at my feet, including one that could have been 6 pounds. Mike finished the day with a final dramatic twilight explosion on his buzzer.
Bluebasser86 reply :
Well I think we're thawed out for good here, heard frogs croaking tonight when I took the dogs out and there were some nightcrawlers on the sidewalk when I came in to work. It was in the low to mid 50's all day today and raining off and on. Had to take a couple packages to the post office and one of my favorite little time wasting puddles is right by it. I've only ever caught dinks from it, but the state's website says they sampled fish up to 4 pounds this fall during their shocking samples, no giants but made it much more intriguing at least that there's one decent one in there. Had a rod with a Spro Phat Fly on a float-n-fly rig, and a Yo-Zuri 3DS jerkbait in the small 2 3/4" size. Only fished for about 45 minutes but I caught a half dozen on the jerkbait that all looked like this;
2 on the phat fly that looked like this;
Then right before I left, I made a cast off a shallow point that drops into some of the deepest water in the pond and thought maybe I'd sideswung one at the end of the long cast as it as pulling a lot harder and moving slow. Once it got closer and wallowed on the top I knew I'd found one of those bigger fish. Didn't have my scale on me and didn't want to carry her the 100 yards back to the car just to weigh her, but pretty solid 4 pounder I'd guess. Called her quits on that one, the rain was starting to soak through on me.
TnRiver46 reply :
@Bluebasser86, I almost didn’t recognize you not wrapped up like an Eskimo!
NYWayfarer reply :
On 3/13/2019 at 8:07 PM, TnRiver46 said:@Bluebasser86, I almost didn’t recognize you not wrapped up like an Eskimo!
Or without the beard! Makes him look 10 years younger. He might get carded now buying a 6 pack.
Nice haul of Bass BTW. Those are 2 baits I am going to throw once I can get on the river again. Spro float and fly and a jerkbait.
Way north bass guy reply :
On 3/13/2019 at 11:32 AM, Bluebasser86 said:Well I think we're thawed out for good here, heard frogs croaking tonight when I took the dogs out and there were some nightcrawlers on the sidewalk when I came in to work.
Frogs, those little buggers might be just about the absolute best sound of the year to hear, man I wish I could hear them soon, but that’s gonna be likely another month at least ????
kenmitch reply :
Planned on taking the yak out yesterday, but the weather didn't look favorable when I go up. That and I had to make a 85 mile round trip to pick up a washer. Something about doing both in the same day didn't sound to rewarding.
The weather report said winds up to 10-11 mph at the lake. It was more like constant 10 mph with gusts up to 30 mph or so at times. The wind messed up my game plan as I had intended to go to the other side of the lake where I caught the 7 lb'r 2 weeks ago. I spent a whole lot of time pedaling my yak slowly into the wind to at least try and make the best of it. I'm glad I just stuck it out in the end. I didn't cover much water, but in the end got plenty of exercise, caught a couple fish, and most importantly had fun.
I wound up catching 2 Bass.
2.46 lb on a trap. This one was longer, lean and feisty so probably a male staking out his claim.
2.98 lb on a warpig. This one was short, chubby and also feisty probably a little girl.
Both of them gave a good fight in the end. I guess the wind and the chop gave them somewhat of an advantage.
I almost caught one more as it tried to sideswipe my warpig about 8 ft from the yak, but it missed. It looked like a dink anyways.
Logan S reply :
Work, home stuff, and winter weather all combined at just the right times to make me start this season much later than normal...Had a decent first day on Monday though. Caught a few like this and some smaller ones. Third year in a row this same little balsa crank has captured my first fish of the year, I think it's officially a tradition now.
Bluebasser86 reply :
On 3/13/2019 at 8:07 PM, TnRiver46 said:@Bluebasser86, I almost didn’t recognize you not wrapped up like an Eskimo!
It was still cool, but 50's feels great compared to the 20's and 30's I've gotten so accustomed to fishing in.
On 3/14/2019 at 1:50 AM, NYWayfarer said:Or without the beard! Makes him look 10 years younger. He might get carded now buying a 6 pack.
Nice haul of Bass BTW. Those are 2 baits I am going to throw once I can get on the river again. Spro float and fly and a jerkbait.
It had to go unfortunately. I like having the beard, but the mustache drives me crazy. Work requires us to have a mustache if we're going to grow a beard and I got tired of it. I still get carded every time I go to the liquor store or bar (which is very rarely), but not bad for going to be 33 in a month.
On 3/14/2019 at 5:52 AM, Way north bass guy said:Frogs, those little buggers might be just about the absolute best sound of the year to hear, man I wish I could hear them soon, but that’s gonna be likely another month at least ????
My wife thinks I'm an idiot because how excited I get each year the first I hear the peepers chirping. I don't care about any other supposed way to tell if spring is almost here, when I hear frogs croaking, spring is right there. About as close to that kid on Christmas Eve feeling as I get as an adult.
hawgenvy reply :
Tried out a brand new paddle tail swimbait tonight, Gambler Baits' "EZ VibeZ" in Ghost Shad color. I was disappointed about the way it was wobbling, nearly flipping over, in spite of a keel-weighted hook. On the other hand, the darn thing worked!
Fairtax4me reply :
Got a couple birthday bass after work today! Hit a local pond for a bit to see if the little fish there were doing anything and they were! I whooped on about a dozen 8” bass in 45 minutes and found a small school of them sitting shallow in a sunny corner. They were happy to munch on the weightless dinker worm I was skipping over their heads! Pulled 7 out of there on consecutive casts. Then I decided if the bitty bass were chomping like this maybe the big girls would be on my honey hole spot at the bigger lake down the road.
They were! But they weren’t suspending, and if it was moving they couldn’t care less about it. Slow and wiggly on the bottom was the key.
I launched a dink with a hook set with the ned rig and then had a nice 2-3lb on that jumped twice and shook loose underwater after the second jump.
I put that down and picked up the medium heavy jig rod and tied on a 4/0 shaky head with a black trick worm. That did the trick! A couple 2lbs followed by a 3.9 and a 5.8 about ten minutes later right at dusk!
She kissed the 22” mark! B-Day citation! If you gotta work and can’t party on your bday, catching some big ole bass certainly makes up for it! 
A-Jay reply :
On 3/15/2019 at 11:32 AM, Fairtax4me said:Got a couple birthday bass after work today! Hit a local pond for a bit to see if the little fish there were doing anything and they were! I whooped on about a dozen 8” bass in 45 minutes and found a small school of them sitting shallow in a sunny corner. They were happy to munch on the weightless dinker worm I was skipping over their heads! Pulled 7 out of there on consecutive casts. Then I decided if the bitty bass were chomping like this maybe the big girls would be on my honey hole spot at the bigger lake down the road.
They were! But they weren’t suspending, and if it was moving they couldn’t care less about it. Slow and wiggly on the bottom was the key.
I launched a dink with a hook set with the ned rig and then had a nice 2-3lb on that jumped twice and shook loose underwater after the second jump.
I put that down and picked up the medium heavy jig rod and tied on a 4/0 shaky head with a black trick worm. That did the trick! A couple 2lbs followed by a 3.9 and a 5.8 about ten minutes later right at dusk!
She kissed the 22” mark! B-Day citation! If you gotta work and can’t party on your bday, catching some big ole bass certainly makes up for it!
Nicely Done ~
And Happy Birthday you Old Basshead . . .
A-Jay
Bass_Fishing_Socal reply :
On 3/14/2019 at 6:29 AM, kenmitch said:Planned on taking the yak out yesterday, but the weather didn't look favorable when I go up. That and I had to make a 85 mile round trip to pick up a washer. Something about doing both in the same day didn't sound to rewarding.
The weather report said winds up to 10-11 mph at the lake. It was more like constant 10 mph with gusts up to 30 mph or so at times. The wind messed up my game plan as I had intended to go to the other side of the lake where I caught the 7 lb'r 2 weeks ago. I spent a whole lot of time pedaling my yak slowly into the wind to at least try and make the best of it. I'm glad I just stuck it out in the end. I didn't cover much water, but in the end got plenty of exercise, caught a couple fish, and most importantly had fun.
I wound up catching 2 Bass.
2.46 lb on a trap. This one was longer, lean and feisty so probably a male staking out his claim.
2.98 lb on a warpig. This one was short, chubby and also feisty probably a little girl.
Both of them gave a good fight in the end. I guess the wind and the chop gave them somewhat of an advantage.
I almost caught one more as it tried to sideswipe my warpig about 8 ft from the yak, but it missed. It looked like a dink anyways.
Good job man to stay in the wind, especially Perris lake. It was windy pretty bad in our area for the past 3 days. Tuesday I took jon boat out and it was pretty hard to stay in the wind even use anchor (kayak anchor) the boat still moving around like crazy. Manage to caught only one pitching jig around shallow. Wednesday decided to stay shoreline and caught 3 on Senko (feet from shore).
kenmitch reply :
On 3/15/2019 at 3:49 PM, JustJames said:Good job man to stay in the wind, especially Perris lake. It was windy pretty bad in our area for the past 3 days. Tuesday I took jon boat out and it was pretty hard to stay in the wind even use anchor (kayak anchor) the boat still moving around like crazy. Manage to caught only one pitching jig around shallow. Wednesday decided to stay shoreline and caught 3 on Senko (feet from shore).
The wind blows in more ways than one! My kayak cuts thru the wind pretty easily, just takes a little pedaling to stay in place. All hell sometimes breaks loose once I hook a fish as I pretty much just go with the flow until I land it. It's just hard at times to get some productive casts in at times. Nice thing about being a lipless fanatic is they cast into the wind pretty easily. Just gotta keep the thumb warmed up is all.
I'm on vacation starting Sunday and need to get my on the water fix at least a couple of days during the week. It's looking like I'm going to have to just suck it up and make the best of it. I guess there's lot's of shallow water to play around in if nothing else. My B-day's on the 21st and the weather report is showing possible AM rain which is somewhat depressing. It's a wait and see on that day. Last year I had one of my best days on my B-day!
On another note I really wish they'd put the dang weather station back online. I'm not sure why it's no longer reporting data.
First time I've ever viewed Canyon Lake on google maps. It wasn't what I expected to see. I figured there would be waterfront properties, but didn't think that most of the lake would be developed. How is the fishing? Would be fun to maybe someday join you on a kayaking adventure there. The upper undeveloped arm of the lake looks interesting too me.
Bass_Fishing_Socal reply :
@kenmitch, the canyon lake is still good bass fishing lake, the only bad part is me “I’m still sucked at bass fishing” only catch a few here and there lol.
You know what BR members always welcome to fish here. The only thing I ask is to follow the rules by those ..... HOA ppl. Let me know when you wanna come fish here. The north part of the lake is good for fishery but bad for us. The water level come up high and flood all the dying trees, hard to get to shallow area by the shoreline.
Fairtax4me reply :
I’m gonna count this as Birthday Citation Bass number 2. It was less than 24 hours later so it’s close enough.
Gutzilla here ate the same black trick worm. She weighed 6.69 (weighed twice just to be sure) which is .05 lbs shy of my PB. She was 22-1/4” long. OH the fatness!!
Two others I got today as well. One on the ned rig, and the other on the trick worm right at dusk.
N Florida Mike reply :
Got this one today on a frog. One ounce shy of 5 pounds
Fairtax4me reply :
Knowing today would be an “off” day, I went back to the spot for about an hour at sunset to see what I might convince to bite. Yesterday it was cloudy windy, almost 70°. Today, bluebird, 55, and pressure going back up.
Context: Last Friday I tied on a brand new zman weedless shroom jig and a brand new hula stick worm and had a bite on the first cast with it. Set the hook and the brand new worm got yanked off the hook. How that happens with an elaztech bait!?!?
Fast forward a week through many small bass, a 5lber and a handful of 2 and 3lbers on the subsequent hula stick worm, and same jig head.
Today my hula stick worm theif bit again, and for a short time had Two hula worms in his mouth! The one I lost, and the one I put on a week ago to replace the one I lost!
A little tug with the forceps and I got my other worm back, and it was in surprisingly good shape!
I guess that’s a win for the day! Retrieved my lost worm and saved the little dude in the process!
moguy1973 reply :
Had an awesome day fishing my in-laws pond yesterday. Probably one of my best days of bass fishing weight wise I’ve ever had. Caught 7 in a about an hours worth of fishing, and besides a small 8” fish the other 6 were these. Two 2.75, a 2.80, a 3.00, a 4.00, and my new biggest largemouth a 4.52lber. Best 5 would have went about 17lbs
4.00
2.75
2.75
4.52
2.80
3.00
Fairtax4me reply :
You gotta teach your co-angler how to take pics for you!
Good catches, and congrats on the new PB!
moguy1973 reply :
On 3/18/2019 at 8:26 AM, Fairtax4me said:You gotta teach your co-angler how to take pics for you!
Good catches, and congrats on the new PB!
I was out there by myself for most of them. My daughter photobombed me on the last one.
MIbassyaker reply :
On 3/11/2019 at 11:22 PM, TnRiver46 said:Got a free old school dishwasher from my buddy, it works 100 times better than the extra extra old school one that was down there
Score!!
928JLH reply :
Got to break in my spinning rod today.
WVU-SCPA reply :
Has the first "founded them" moment of 2019 on a hike after work last week. The last ice chunks melted away with temps getting into the 60's. Didn't find any active fish on the steep banks or points where I thought they may be, but as I walked past a small inlet and feeder stream the unmistakable black blob of mature gizard shad was a welcome sight. Found the bass off them at opening of the inlet.
Couldn't get anything to commit to a jerkbait, but caught a few on a chatterbait with Jenko tremor shad worked as if I was slow dragging a C-rig. 2 more hit a yoyo'ed lipless.
Below is the best one, boat comes out of hibernation this weekend!
kenmitch reply :
Took the yak out today to try my luck again. It was one of those dreaded bluebird days today! The lake was almost dead calm, the heat slowly cranking up, and a very slight breeze. I sizzled out on my yak and caught my 1st case of sunburn for the year!
I did manage to put down the lipless and fish a BPS 5.25" speed shad for a while. I've never fished one before and was wondering how it would do. I probably wasn't fishing an ideal color for my lake, but chose to fish a tin foil one so I could actually see what it was doing. It does look like it has some pretty decent action. I was using it on a Storm 360 GT searchbait jig head. I cut off the rounded head part of the speed shad and calculated where the hook would come out, aimed a little low on the shad, and hoped for the best. I actually nailed it as the bait looked perfect and swam straight. I wanted to fish it around 6ft or so, but it likes to rise up in the water column. Maybe not enough weight for the larger size of the speed shad. Didn't get any takers on the speed shad. At least I got to experiment with it and see how it fishes on the jighead, pausing and letting if fall did allow it to go deeper as long as I reeled really slow.
I tried out the flatt shad that A-Jay gifted me for a little while. I didn't think it would be effective on a bluebird day with very little surface disturbance so it's workout is on hold for now. Visibility was around 6ft or so in the areas I was fishing. I'll give it a whirl on my next outing if there's some cloud cover or at least some chop on the water.
Once again my lucky trap at least attracted some action. The 1st bass that was interested in it was a dink that I watched try and eat it 3-4 times about 12ft from my yak. The little guy tried to inhale it from the side, but was unsuccessful in the end. At least it gave me some hope that I'd have a shot at beating the skunk.
Sure enough the trap came thru. It's not a monster at 2.66 lb but at least it wasn't a dink.
The trap attracted another bass that was headed in for the kill until it saw my yak, it made a hard left and just missed it.
The lake was so calm I actually did a little stand up fishing in my yak. I don't mind sitting and fishing as it's relaxing, but I decided to give it a shot. I caught my 1st bass while standing and fishing. He was one of those slightly bigger dinks in the 1.25 lb or so range. I didn't bother to even photo or weigh him.
ohboyitsrobby reply :
One of 10 or 11we caught. All brownies with the exception of a small spot. Biggest one was about a pound and a half. Just a good time. Weapon of choice was the bps little wee craw knock off.
Bluebasser86 reply :
My little bank fishing, dink lake is confused apparently, 2 trips in a row now.
Caught another dozen of the usual suspects. I actually almost quit on the fish before the big one because the bite had slowed down and I needed to get home and go to bed but decided to try one more spot that always looks good but rarely produces, glad I did.
The one before big one was hungry little guy.
Team9nine reply :
It's been 78 days since I last was able to get the boat out due to our winter weather and heavy rains (but who's counting). Finally made it today though and everything ran fine. Even managed a few bass in 43-44 degree stained water. Felt good to be running the lake again.
Logan S reply :
Fished a little 10-boat 'ice breaker' open tournament this past weekend before my regular season starts and won with a limit weighing 11-15 . This was the big fish of the day, came on a spinnerbait in/around shallow wood...One of my favorite ways to catch em.
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Catt reply :
Well two days into the Toledo Bend trip & I've only caught 3 fish.
One was a tagged BassCashBash fish the won me a 2019 Dodge Ram!
Mobasser reply :
Congrats Catt. Can't go wrong with a new Ram!
A-Jay reply :
On 3/20/2019 at 9:59 AM, Catt said:Well two days into the Toledo Bend trip & I've only caught 3 fish.
One was a tagged BassCashBash fish the won me a 2019 Dodge Ram!
Holy Smokes !
Talk about a score-able bass . . .
Congrats @Catt
Keep casting . . .
Maybe the next one will cover the tax & tags . . . .
A-Jay
Joshua van Wyk reply :
On 3/20/2019 at 9:59 AM, Catt said:Well two days into the Toledo Bend trip & I've only caught 3 fish.
One was a tagged BassCashBash fish the won me a 2019 Dodge Ram!
Congrats!
roadwarrior reply :
WOW!
EGbassing reply :
On 3/20/2019 at 9:59 AM, Catt said:Well two days into the Toledo Bend trip & I've only caught 3 fish.
One was a tagged BassCashBash fish the won me a 2019 Dodge Ram!
Congrats! I bet I would have completely missed that tag and thrown it back without ever knowing. ????
Catt reply :
On 3/20/2019 at 10:20 PM, EGbassing said:Congrats! I bet I would have completely missed that tag and thrown it back without ever knowing. ????
Funny you say that, I almost did!
The way I lipped It the tag was facing away from me but my buddy SCREAMED it's tagged!
Russ E reply :
On 3/20/2019 at 9:59 AM, Catt said:Well two days into the Toledo Bend trip & I've only caught 3 fish.
One was a tagged BassCashBash fish the won me a 2019 Dodge Ram!
Thats awesome. Congratulations.
I caught a tagged bass in Iowa 20 years ago. At the time a couple local businesses were giving away prizes for bass that they tagged.
I was all excited. thought I won something.
I called the number on the tag. It was the Iowa DNR. they were tagging bass to check bass movement in that reservoir. All they wanted was,where I caught it. I didn't even get a hat.
Dwight Hottle reply :
On 3/20/2019 at 9:59 AM, Catt said:Well two days into the Toledo Bend trip & I've only caught 3 fish.
One was a tagged BassCashBash fish the won me a 2019 Dodge Ram!
That makes it officially your biggest bass catch ever. Congrats on the new PB.
kenmitch reply :
On 3/20/2019 at 9:59 AM, Catt said:Well two days into the Toledo Bend trip & I've only caught 3 fish.
One was a tagged BassCashBash fish the won me a 2019 Dodge Ram!
Nice going! What do you have to do with the little guy? Pull that tag or do you turn him in?
I would have long armed it for the photo also.
keagbassr reply :
Stopped after work today to take a few casts. Managed to get one on a little jerkbait. Not a monster but the first of the year just felt good.
Catt reply :
On 3/21/2019 at 5:55 AM, kenmitch said:Nice going! What do you have to do with the little guy? Pull that tag or do you turn him in?
I would have long armed it for the photo also.
Rules stated photograph showing tag, cut the tag off, & return to Fin-n-Feather.
N Florida Mike reply :
On 3/20/2019 at 9:59 AM, Catt said:Well two days into the Toledo Bend trip & I've only caught 3 fish.
One was a tagged BassCashBash fish the won me a 2019 Dodge Ram!
Man , what a blessing ! You have some great success on that lake for sure. You could make a new topic " So y'all want to know how to fish toledo bend AND win a new truck " ? ????
Did you get the truck yet ?
Catt reply :
On 3/21/2019 at 9:17 AM, N Florida Mike said:Man , what a blessing ! You have some great success on that lake for sure. You could make a new topic " So y'all want to know how to fish toledo bend AND win a new truck " ? ????
Did you get the truck yet ?
No sir, have to take a polygraph, Fin-n-Feather has to submit my registration, & then I'll be contacted with farther details.
hawgenvy reply :
Holy cow, Catt! That's incredible! What a payoff, you lucky dog (er...cat)! Awesome. You're the best, man! (I mean your the best, cat!). Anyway, congratulations, et laissez le bon temp rouler avec votre nouveau Ram!
Bluebasser86 reply :
That's crazy! I've caught 2 tagged fish in my life, one was a tagged walleye that was worth $5 (less after I paid to mail in the tag to the state). The other was a freshwater drum? Nobody had any idea why it was tagged even though it was a state tag.
Oregon Native reply :
Sweeeeet
Master Bait'r reply :
That is just ridiculous. Never even conceived something like that could occur in a million years, Catt.
Let this be be a lesson to us all, when the wife asks where we’re going the answer henceforth shall be “Headed out to try and win a new truck!”
NYWayfarer reply :
On 3/20/2019 at 9:59 AM, Catt said:Well two days into the Toledo Bend trip & I've only caught 3 fish.
One was a tagged BassCashBash fish the won me a 2019 Dodge Ram!
Was this caught on St. Patrick's Day?!?!
Grats! Fantastic catch and prize!
Bass_Fishing_Socal reply :
Best bass ever you caught there @Catt congrats
Bass_Fishing_Socal reply :
Good come after bad, I’m kind of sick and was in bed all day yesterday(my day off). Today woke up and felt a little better so I sneaked out of the house after my wife left for work. Second cast with my new jig rod, got a fish on about a pound and a half. I felt even better already and talked to myself it is gonna be a good day. A few cast later land another fish, this one even bigger than the first (around 3) and the zodias 610H perform flawlessly. The next cast on this 3/8oz black blue jig with rattle and rage menace trailer got me another bass a little smaller than the one before but it hit since the first hop all the way out there. I start to like jig fishing more and more, where have I been?. After that nothing bite and might be time to call it quit, but I have other rod with me 1/4oz Texas rig with Roboworm. I told myself to try that a few cast before go home and have a nice sleep, since I have to work tonight. After 4-5 cast land another decent size bass with proper hookset, loaded the rod before set hook (I can’t do that with jig). All in all 4 bass in an hour not such a bad day for me.
kenmitch reply :
It was my birthday today and as luck would have it we got hit by a cold front yesterday. Today's forecast was low 44 high 54 and a 77% chance of rain. I was originally just going to fish for a few hours and leave before the rain. The sunburn I got on Monday kept me warm I guess as only my wet hands felt cold at times. It didn't really rain all that hard at least. I figured I was warm enough thanks to Monday's sunburn so I'd tough it out.
I had fun and enjoyed my time alone on the lake. Would have been nice to catch a nicer one, but in the end at least I didn't get skunked. I actually tried throwing a worm for a little while, but just couldn't get into it in the end.
Got 6 in the yak, lost 3 during the fight, and had 1 short strike that didn't hook up. I guess it's not too bad considering the weather. Every one of these fish were caught in 8ft to 16ft of water in submerged timber and brush.
.94 lb on a warpig
1.29 lb on a warpig
1.18 lb on a trap
1.27 lb on a trap
1.76 lb on a trap
1.61 lb on a trap
Here's the two biggest ones.
It was fun none the less, but I'd much rather of just caught 1 8 lb'r instead of grinding 8 lb's out the hard way.
J._Bricker reply :
On 3/22/2019 at 9:26 AM, kenmitch said:It was my birthday today and as luck would have it we got hit by a cold front yesterday. Today's forecast was low 44 high 54 and a 77% chance of rain. I was originally just going to fish for a few hours and leave before the rain. The sunburn I got on Monday kept me warm I guess as only my wet hands felt cold at times. It didn't really rain all that hard at least. I figured I was warm enough thanks to Monday's sunburn so I'd tough it out.
I had fun and enjoyed my time alone on the lake. Would have been nice to catch a nicer one, but in the end at least I didn't get skunked. I actually tried throwing a worm for a little while, but just couldn't get into it in the end.
Got 6 in the yak, lost 3 during the fight, and had 1 short strike that didn't hook up. I guess it's not too bad considering the weather. Every one of these fish were caught in 8ft to 16ft of water in submerged timber and brush.
.94 lb on a warpig
1.29 lb on a warpig
1.18 lb on a trap
1.27 lb on a trap
1.76 lb on a trap
1.61 lb on a trap
Here's the two biggest ones.
It was fun none the less, but I'd much rather of just caught 1 8 lb'r instead of grinding 8 lb's out the hard way.
Great day out on the water... Happy Birthday @kenmitch ????!
EGbassing reply :
On 3/22/2019 at 9:26 AM, kenmitch said:It was my birthday today and as luck would have it we got hit by a cold front yesterday. Today's forecast was low 44 high 54 and a 77% chance of rain. I was originally just going to fish for a few hours and leave before the rain. The sunburn I got on Monday kept me warm I guess as only my wet hands felt cold at times. It didn't really rain all that hard at least. I figured I was warm enough thanks to Monday's sunburn so I'd tough it out.
I had fun and enjoyed my time alone on the lake. Would have been nice to catch a nicer one, but in the end at least I didn't get skunked. I actually tried throwing a worm for a little while, but just couldn't get into it in the end.
Got 6 in the yak, lost 3 during the fight, and had 1 short strike that didn't hook up. I guess it's not too bad considering the weather. Every one of these fish were caught in 8ft to 16ft of water in submerged timber and brush.
.94 lb on a warpig
1.29 lb on a warpig
1.18 lb on a trap
1.27 lb on a trap
1.76 lb on a trap
1.61 lb on a trap
Here's the two biggest ones.
It was fun none the less, but I'd much rather of just caught 1 8 lb'r instead of grinding 8 lb's out the hard way.
Happy birthday! Is that a BPS carbonlite?
kenmitch reply :
On 3/22/2019 at 11:16 AM, EGbassing said:Happy birthday? Is that a BPS carbonlite?
Yes. 7' Medium Moderate JCT70MTM. It was on sale for $80 so I decided to try it out. I have it paired up with a Lews Tournament MB. It's my trap combo and seems to work well at it. It'll keep them pinned as long as I don't go MLF on them. Caught my 7 lb PB with the combo!
EGbassing reply :
On 3/22/2019 at 11:54 AM, kenmitch said:Yes. 7' Medium Moderate JCT70MTM. It was on sale for $80 so I decided to try it out. I have it paired up with a Lews Tournament MB. It's my trap combo and seems to work well at it. It'll keep them pinned as long as I don't go MLF on them. Caught my 7 lb PB with the combo!
Nice. I've wanted to get one for a while.
LadiMopar reply :
On 3/20/2019 at 9:59 AM, Catt said:Well two days into the Toledo Bend trip & I've only caught 3 fish.
One was a tagged BassCashBash fish the won me a 2019 Dodge Ram!
Mopar to ya @Catt !!!! Shall I start referring to you as Sir Mopar now!? ???? Congrats on the amazing catch although I'm not sure which is more exciting, the bass or the truck...oh wait that's easy...the TRUCK!!!! Woohoo!!!!
I've been taking care of my mother after a hip replacement the last few weeks so
apologies for not seeing this sooner....when do we get to see pics of the new Hemi beast?
Welcome to the Mopar family!
NYWayfarer reply :
On 3/22/2019 at 11:54 AM, kenmitch said:Yes. 7' Medium Moderate JCT70MTM. It was on sale for $80 so I decided to try it out. I have it paired up with a Lews Tournament MB. It's my trap combo and seems to work well at it. It'll keep them pinned as long as I don't go MLF on them. Caught my 7 lb PB with the combo!
Happy Birthday! Nice combo!
PhishLI reply :
I just woke up to the sound of deck furniture getting thrown around by high winds. Took a look outside to find horizontal snow flurries whipping past the street lights! Makes me doubly happy I was able to sneak in a 45 minute session right after work and right before babysitting our brand new grandaughter. The Shadow Rap 11 in perch does it again! 90% of my catches since December have come on this bait. This cutie came on the last, last cast. I had about 15 last casts before that one!
Dwight Hottle reply :
On 3/23/2019 at 3:04 PM, PhishLI said:I just woke up to the sound of deck furniture getting thrown around by high winds. Took a look outside to find horizontal snow flurries whipping past the street lights! Makes me doubly happy I was able to sneak in a 45 minute session right after work and right before babysitting our brand new grandaughter. The Shadow Rap 11 in perch does it again! 90% of my catches since December have come on this bait. This cutie came on the last, last cast. I had about 15 last casts before that one!
Always nice to end the day just after catching one.
kenmitch reply :
On 3/23/2019 at 3:04 PM, PhishLI said:I just woke up to the sound of deck furniture getting thrown around by high winds. Took a look outside to find horizontal snow flurries whipping past the street lights! Makes me doubly happy I was able to sneak in a 45 minute session right after work and right before babysitting our brand new grandaughter. The Shadow Rap 11 in perch does it again! 90% of my catches since December have come on this bait. This cutie came on the last, last cast. I had about 15 last casts before that one!
Nice catch! Those last casts tend to linger on for a while at times. Nice that you got one on the last, last cast!
Justin Roberts reply :
Bluebasser86 reply :
Finally got some nice enough weather to take the big man out with me Thursday. We didn't catch any big fish by my standards, but we had a lot of fun, I think that's pretty obvious.
Friday had Josh from PigPatrolTV in the boat fishing for bass and big trout. Didn't find find any big trout, but we did catch quite a few and they were bigger than what he's use to so that was good. The bass cooperated well also. Of course I caught the biggest one of the day when he had to run to the store and get another memory card for his camera ???? Just a touch longer than my 18" board.
Team9nine reply :
So nice being back out on the boat again after this winter. Local lake is clearing from all this rain, and surface temps up to 47 degrees. Threw "Ned" around a bit yesterday and managed about 15 fish in really nice conditions to be on the water in (sunny, no wind, mid 50s)...just not the greatest for catching - Lol. We made do.
HazeRVA reply :
New PB! 3.17lbs on a white spinnerbait with nickel double willows.
J._Bricker reply :
On 3/25/2019 at 6:34 AM, HazeRVA said:New PB! 3.17lbs on a white spinnerbait with nickel double willows.
Congratulations @HazeRVA on your new Personal Best! Well done sir!
bc106111 reply :
Gave the ned rig a try for the first time today. I guess the fish are still a lot colder than I thought, in a small pond only managed one fish but I had to drop the ned rig right in front of his nose.
Came on a green pumpkin finesse TRD.
They are slowly getting bigger!
jbsoonerfan reply :
Caught today at about 2:10 in about 5 fow on a Greenfish tackle HD spinnerbait in Sungill. 8 lb 2 oz which ties my PB and is my PB from a lake.
keagbassr reply :
Worked 6-2 today went right home and babysat my 3yr. Old granddaughter for a few hours then ran out for few casts. On about my 6th got my "good pappi reward" a nice 4-4 on a jerkbait.
TnRiver46 reply :
Smallmouth bass and a bowl of pasta?
PhishLI reply :
Late on Friday night one of my wading buddys asked to link up on Saturday after work. Late on Saturday afternoon I got a text from him :"No fishing for me today". We had 25-30 mph NW winds pounding in all day. The "real feel" was 28°. The spot we were going to hit is usually a wind tunnel on breezy days, so I can't blame him. But I had a truck full of gear... so I hit a bank that I've been doing well at. Unfortunately it's on the SE side of the lake. It was just about impossible to thrown anything with the wind blasting straight at me. Luckily I had my frog rod in the truck. Tied on a 1/2 oz Terminator spinner bait and went to work. It cut the wind pretty good. I bombed it out into a spot that was wall to wall pads last season. It's just random stalks at this point. Slow rolled it just above the bottom and let it clip whatever was in the way. Then BAM, fish on. This guy really wanted it. The hit and run was violent. I thought it might be a monster at first, but it was just a nice one for a day that I thought was going to be a bust for sure. The water is still quite cold at 39° degrees. But the last few have had fat bellies, so they're getting ready for the spawn regardless. I left with frozen hands and a frozen smile.
Timothy Glen Vaughan reply :
Earlier this year I purchased some sierbert spinnerbaits based on some of the reviews I have seen on this form amd so far they are workong out very well. Yesterday a rough day of fishing was salvaged by a black and blue double colorado spinnerbait.. She was 4 lbs 15oz and absolutely smashed it.
lo n slo reply :
me and my grandson caught 7 spotties from the dock, before the rain set it in, on the first day of spring break ????
Bluebasser86 reply :
Fished a pond for a little bit after work. It usually doesn't produce many but the quality is really good. It was opposite this time with 10 fish in less than an hour and only 1 of the usual more quality bites.
The Bassman reply :
On 3/26/2019 at 12:42 PM, Bluebasser86 said:Fished a pond for a little bit after work. It usually doesn't produce many but the quality is really good. It was opposite this time with 10 fish in less than an hour and only 1 of the usual more quality bites.
To be honest I find a fast bite with pounders (I call em "fun size") is as enjoyable as the occasional big one. I fish a couple of ponds that produce scads of them. I like to target them with light spinning. My favorite lure in warm weather is an 04 Sub Wart. Found a bunch of them on e-bay.
kenmitch reply :
Took the yak out today for another bass'n adventure. I wound up catching 2 of those 1-1.2lb feisty dinks along with 1 decent one. My lucky Trap once again came thru for me. I tried some other offerings, but had no takers in the areas I like to fish.
3.69 lbs
Had to do a quick weigh and photo as she was a bleeder. Luckily the photo came out decent at least.
PhishLI reply :
Last Thursday my friend asked me to fish Candlewood with him on Sunday on his totally jammin' bass boat! But, my brother had already asked me the night before if I wanted to get blown around on the jon boat on a very skunky lake on the same day. Oh, the dilema! Skunk Lake it was. This lake is tough, as anyone who fishes it will tell you. A huge, feature-less, bowl. Zero cover. Zero lillies, so no lingering stalks from last season. But it has some bottom contour and good fish if you can find 'em. Some dude got an 8lb Largemouth last fall. Not too shabby for the northeast. But I had it in my head that we should go all out for smallmouth. So we did. The wind was blowing so hard that the battery was merc'd in about 2 1/2 hours. Paddling against a headwind in a jon boat through rollers for a mile is invigorating. Avoid it if you can! In the end we found 'em. No whoppers, but the fight was still rediculous. Smallies really, really, really, don't want to be caught! Good times.
TnRiver46 reply :
N Florida Mike reply :
Got out for a little while before dark so I stayed close to home ( The North end of my lake ) Caught 8 fish , all on Zoom super flukes , in watermelon slice. Had several violent blowups as it hit the water, or as I pulled the fluke through grass or brush.
The biggest was 3.6. ( First pic.)
lonnie g reply :
On 3/29/2019 at 9:14 AM, N Florida Mike said:Got out for a little while before dark so I stayed close to home ( The North end of my lake ) Caught 8 fish , all on Zoom super flukes , in watermelon slice. Had several violent blowups as it hit the water, or as I pulled the fluke through grass or brush.
The biggest was 3.6. ( First pic.)
nice ! my favorite kind of bite, I love it when they blow up at it. you might miss a few but nothing more exciting.been in bama this past week working on another flip house. going to chicamauga tn. next Thursday,cant wait getting excited. keep slaying them my friend ,altho your making me jealous
ResoKP reply :
This was last year but fishing in this fog was surreal !
Bluebasser86 reply :
Lots of fish this weekend, some of them were bigger than this one, but none of them were my first smallmouth of the year like this one. In the back of a mud bottom cove right where I expected him to be ????
WDE reply :
I have now caught the same fish 3 times in a year. Turns out she’s pregnant. I’m astonished by her resilience. She hits like a 3lb every time.
deep reply :
Been a while.
Love me some bluebird skies. Cold, and windy too.
Fish were biting though.
Too windy to take the kayak out, I walked the banks for ~3 hours and caught maybe 15, not counting quick releases.
One rod, one reel, and two jerkbaits. This one was the largest.
WVU-SCPA reply :
First tournament of 2019 was humbling. Believe I had the winning bites but didn't have the winning execution.
Water temp started at 46 and raised to 49 by the end of the day. The lake was stained and had less then 6" of visibility. The wind went from dead calm to 20+ gust by the end. This all lead to only 2 of the 37 boats bringing in a full bag.
Didn't have confidence is many spots other then a 20 yard section so the game plan was to spend the majority of the morning cycling different baits there. Swimming a trd 2-3 ft and killing it for 10 seconds brought most of the strikes in practice and that didn't change in the first pass of the morning. The first 10 cast produced the lunker of the tournament, a 14" short, and snapping off on a hookset (Mistake 1# should have retied and may have been a little aggressive on the hookset). Was unprepared and had some livewell issues which allowed the boat to float over the small section (Mistake #2 as I believe there were more active fish but the noise shut them down). Mistake #3 came a hour later after hooking a solid 3lber and having the net tangled up with a crankbait, tried to flip it and the hook popped right out.
There were many more mistakes throughout the day but you get the jive, being prepared goes a long way.
This beautiful lady went 5lbs 10oz. I'll be ready for better execution this Saturday.
TnRiver46 reply :
bc106111 reply :
Update from my last post about figuring out a pattern. I revisited the same spot that produced my last few fish on Friday evening but this was after a rain and on an overcast day. I had 1 maybe 2 bites lost one and missed the other.
Revisited today for maybe 30 minutes. We had a huge cold front move through the past day and some cold rain/snow. Water was up a couple feet but the sun was shining bright plus I wanted to test my new setup. So I tied on a Red Craw Lunker Hunt lipless crank and made a few casts and almost immediately hooked into this nice bass. Lost another huge fish which I’m pretty sure I’m snagging carp when that happens, could be big bass but whatever I am hooking is nearly pulling the rod from my hands.
Anyway caught another slightly smaller bass that I didn’t picture but the key seems to be the lipless just over the grass on a sunny relatively calm day.
The fish are still a little cold and don’t look to be quite into pre spawn yet so the best fishing is yet to come!!
This will be my first real season going hard after the bass so I am pumped!
GatorDr reply :
Two of my bigger catches this past weekend. If you guys had to guesstimate, how much do you think they weigh?
rtwvumtneer6 reply :
7# 4.0oz ... 6oz shy of my PB.
Zman chatterbait with a Boss skirt in Heartland Craw, and a zoom zcraw jr in green pumpkin.
Uploaded multiple times
Dirtyeggroll reply :
First time getting out this year. First fish of the year. Found a fat mamma jamma!
deep reply :
Cold, but at least it was not windy. So I did some more bank banging with a pocketful of jerkbaits.
Caught about a dozen small bass...
and some dinner.
PAbasser927 reply :
This is one of my more interesting catches, and certainly one of the more ambitious bass that I caught. Still hungry enough to CRUSH my jerkbait.
rtwvumtneer6 reply :
On 4/3/2019 at 9:32 AM, Dirtyeggroll said:First time getting out this year. First fish of the year. Found a fat mamma jamma!
That's a hammer!
JLindsey reply :
Hit a new-to-me pond today that’s more than a little out of my way, but I found decent incentive to go back real soon.
hawgenvy reply :
Went out to bank fish tonight again with my buddy Mike. I nailed some big females, including a hefty 6-1/2, with a Booyah Flex 2 squarebill wiggled over the eelgrass with #17 AbrazX. Man, that little crank is a good bait! Pretty good hooks, too. Mike caught a bunch as well, on a jig.
NorcalBassin reply :
Finally got out again after a couple months of life and weather getting in the way. Caught my PB smallmouth (4 pounds, don't laugh) and a few other solid fish. Great being back out there again.
Bluebasser86 reply :
Got a new PB for the year today! Released to fight again another day.
A-Jay reply :
On 4/4/2019 at 12:29 PM, Bluebasser86 said:Got a new PB for the year today! Released to fight again another day.
Dude ~
No Bueno . .
A-Jay
Bluebasser86 reply :
On 4/4/2019 at 12:33 PM, A-Jay said:Dude ~
No Bueno . .
A-Jay
Tip of the day;
When you try to put your jerkbait tray back in your boats storage, make sure all hooks are properly stored inside the tray so when you try to let it slide through your hand into the storage compartment, it doesn't stick to your hand like mine did.
Another note, it takes an amazing amount of force to push a Katsuage outbarb hook through a callous on a human palm, especially when said human is trying to do it with their off hand.
A-Jay reply :
On 4/4/2019 at 12:40 PM, Bluebasser86 said:Tip of the day;
When you try to put your jerkbait tray back in your boats storage, make sure all hooks are properly stored inside the tray so when you try to let it slide through your hand into the storage compartment, it doesn't stick to your hand like mine did.
Another note, it takes an amazing amount of force to push a Katsuage outbarb hook through a callous on a human palm, especially when said human is trying to do it with their off hand.
OUCH !
I hate those hooks and that would not improve my relationship with them one bit.
Hope you're current on that tetanus.
????
A-Jay
Bluebasser86 reply :
On 4/4/2019 at 12:49 PM, A-Jay said:OUCH !
I hate those hooks and that would not improve my relationship with them one bit.
Hope you're current on that tetanus.
????
A-Jay
I say I'm going to take them off every time I fish that bait (my only 110), because I get sliced by those stupid outbarbs every time I'm trying to unhook a fish. I have some shiny new ST36's in the boat with that baits name on them.
With my work I always make sure to stay up to date on that thankfully.
NittyGrittyBoy reply :
I got one in my palm one day. Buried that sucker. Sorry bout you hand, been there.
Least you know your hooks are sharp
EGbassing reply :
On 4/4/2019 at 11:29 PM, NittyGrittyBoy said:I got one in my palm one day. Buried that sucker. Sorry bout you hand, been there.
Least you know your hooks are sharp
I sort of slid across my carpet to grab my pliers the other day. Right into a jig. Honestly it wasn't nearly as deep as I thought it was going to be though.
keagbassr reply :
Got out today for about 3.5 hrs. In some brutal wind. Managed 1 on a bladed jig and 3 on a jig with this one weighing in at 3-13. All were up shallow on little sticks and branches.
hawgenvy reply :
On 4/4/2019 at 12:40 PM, Bluebasser86 said:Tip of the day;
When you try to put your jerkbait tray back in your boats storage, make sure all hooks are properly stored inside the tray so when you try to let it slide through your hand into the storage compartment, it doesn't stick to your hand like mine did.
Another note, it takes an amazing amount of force to push a Katsuage outbarb hook through a callous on a human palm, especially when said human is trying to do it with their off hand.
That bit of rust on your hook is a nice touch. I had a treble hook stuck in my finger last night, fortunately just shy of the barb. When I was trying to get it out it kept going in and I couldn't immediately figure out why. Then I realized the fishing rod and line dangling behind my back was pulling it deeper. Next time step one will be to cut the line.
jbsoonerfan reply :
Got out after work today for a couple hours. Hooked up with this 5.5. My buddy caught a 6.4
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ohboyitsrobby reply :
1st night derby of the year on lake Catherine. Been there 4 times now 1st time we ever weighed. Took 7lbs with 3 fish to win. Had 6 with these 2 and lost a 13 inch spot at the boat ???????? oh well had a good time.
PhishLI reply :
The weather's been nuts here. Woke up to 26° the other day. 33° on another. I could really feel the temperature drop in the water when wading. NW winds helped to really chill it compared to last week. There was a 67 degree day mixed in. We'll see high 50s this weekend. It's been up and down.
I hit my spot at lunch time today only to be pelted by ice pellets. Not quite hail or sleet. Then it started raining. No hits. No misses. Slid back there for a quick one before dinner and got to work. It was still raining. The jerk bait bite has fallen off for some reason. I threw them anyway, fruitlessly. BUT! The Dark Sleeper to the rescue! This bait has been ???? lately. I'm not sure what they think it is. A baby carp? Who knows? All I know is they like it alot.
I can't get bit on anything Keitech in this place no matter how I fish it, so go figure. The Sleeper is like a short, bulky Swing Impact. Maybe it's the Sleeper's profile? Anyhow, with these results lately, I now have an excuse to buy every shade and size of Dark Sleeper known to god, man, and vegetable. Weeeeeee!
Only a 16"er, but she was a scrapper I tell ya.
Team9nine reply :
First time bass fishing this local reservoir in over 3.5 years. Spent the afternoon checking out some old holes and was happy to see fish still using them. Here’s a couple of them. Good structure stays good, year after year ????
A-Jay reply :
On 4/6/2019 at 11:54 PM, Team9nine said:First time bass fishing this local reservoir in over 3.5 years. Spent the afternoon checking out some old holes and was happy to see fish still using them. Here’s a couple of them. Good structure stays good, year after year ????
Nicely done ~
Your conditions looked pretty Primo too . .
Congrats
A-Jay
928JLH reply :
Did some bank beating after work. First frog fish of 2019.
lo n slo reply :
caught 36 spotted bass this morning and zero largemouth. but spots like these put up one heck of a fight!
deep reply :
One dink in five hours on Thursday, from the yak. Brutal.
~Eight more in about an hour and a half yesterday, from the bank.
CrankFate reply :
Caught nothing but a 9 foot, 8” diameter log tha was lodged in the mud. Pulled it in maybe 100’ until my worm finally broke free and almost hit me in the eye. Not bad for 20 lb braid.
Got to test out a 1/4oz dark sleeper. Way better than the bootlegs I ordered from China.
Not a single bite.
Woke this guy up:
MountainMan83 reply :
Today I biked to a retention pond area that has two good size ponds that are result of a river close by. After a few hours of watching shad jump or seeing snakeheads surface for air and not getting a nibble from anything, I caught this gal. She hit it well and valiantly tried to make a couple runs but the water is still cold here. I tried to weigh her but my scale was dead. Caught one last year, this month, in the sister pond that weighed just shy of 5lbs and this one seemed bigger. This one was a little over 21". I couldn't have been happier.
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Bluebasser86 reply :
This weekend the old power plant lake was her usual temperamental self. I had a guide trip Friday and hadn't been on the lake in about a month so I wanted to poke around Thursday and see what I could find. What I found was discouraging to say the least. The lake had been dropped nearly 2' in less than a week, the wet moss on all the rocks now well on dry ground were an obvious sign of it at the ramp. The plant had just started generating again, so the water was rapidly warming, which triggered a lakewide massive carp and gar spawning party, which the bass do not like at all. I spent 5 hours, fishing a variety of baits from the dam to the far north end, never had anything I'm 100% sure was a bite. I did snag and fight 5 carp to the boat on jerkbaits, cranks, and a trap along with rolling several and having several drag peeling runs from them before they'd pop off.
Badly beaten, I let Gary know of the bad news and gave him the option to go to a different lake but he was paying so it was his choice. He wanted to learn the lake, so we were going back. The lake changes widely from day to day and so does the bite, I told myself on the way to the lake the next morning, not really believing it. The fish gods smiled down on us though. Between the 2 of us about 30 bass, 10 drum, and Gary's first channel cat (he was from the UK and had never caught a drum or catfish). None of the big ones the lake is known for came out to play, but man it feels good to figure them out after getting beat so badly the day before and show someone trying to learn some valuable information. You can kind of tell in the pictures on the rocks in the background how far the water had dropped in about 4 days.
Bankbeater reply :
I've been having pretty good luck with crankbaits on flats and up in the shallows. I caught the first jig bass of 2019 yesterday.
TnRiver46 reply :
White bass made it to the shoals and are flailing around everywhere and spawning. Found a smallmouth amongst them, sunny and well over 70 degree air. SPF was applied liberally
lo n slo reply :
we caught over 30 spots again today amid the low clouds and a light SE breeze. it was a shame we had to leave.
928JLH reply :
A few from a fun day today. Owner Jig rig with keitechs, and skipping green pumpkin T rigged senkos got it done.
J._Bricker reply :
My last couple of trips out fishing were more of a sea lion watching expedition than anything else. Watching the pinnipeds searching out and feeding on prespawn bass throughout the delta is rather disheartening. So with that said, I felt very fortunate to get this 4.7lber to eat a 7” senko.
superkamikazee reply :
First fish of 2019. I've been skunked the last 4 times I've been out, the water is finally hitting 50F+. Had to leave a lake and head over to this pond to get a catch, the other lakes water temps barely hit 50-52F, this ponds north side was 55-57F. Fish were caught up shallow, 2-3ft. Nothing special but I'm happy to finally be on the board for 2019.
2lb
1.5lb
1lb
TnRiver46 reply :
Had a big floatilla going down river yesterday. Everyone got lots of trout, I got one bass. Only one person dumped a kayak and lost a rod haha. He had Keys/wallet/phone in a pelican case
JLindsey reply :
This is certainly my most interesting catch lately. He’s not hooked - just hitched a ride on my stick bait. These little guys are all over the lakes and ponds near me. Google tells me they’re probably red spotted newts.
Tizi reply :
On 4/9/2019 at 12:27 AM, JLindsey said:This is certainly my most interesting catch lately. He’s not hooked - just hitched a ride on my stick bait. These little guys are all over the lakes and ponds near me. Google tells me they’re probably red spotted newts.
Very similar to what I am seeing in my home lake. Brownish-red with orange bottom.
TnRiver46 reply :
On 4/9/2019 at 12:27 AM, JLindsey said:This is certainly my most interesting catch lately. He’s not hooked - just hitched a ride on my stick bait. These little guys are all over the lakes and ponds near me. Google tells me they’re probably red spotted newts.
I see a lot of newts in ponds also. Forget the newt, that is a beautiful plastic worm
scaleface reply :
My first time out this year . Great day , high 70's and light wind . Water 1 foot visibility . surface temp 57 in the morning and mid 60's in the afternoon . Caught 58 bass on a spinnerbait . Around a dozen over 15 inches with this five pounder the biggest .
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A-Jay reply :
On 4/9/2019 at 9:51 AM, scaleface said:My first time out this year . Great day , high 70's and light wind . Water 1 foot visibility . surface temp 57 in the morning and mid 60's in the afternoon . Caught 58 bass on a spinnerbait . Around a dozen over 15 inches with this five pounder the biggest .
Nicely Done ~
50+ spinnerbait bites - that had to be a blast.
Way to start your year off with a BANG !
Congrats
A-Jay
scaleface reply :
On 4/9/2019 at 10:36 AM, A-Jay said:
50+ spinnerbait bites - that had to be a blast.
Some days bass are on points like the mouths of coves , the end of trees ... Today they were in the coves and coves within coves . Once I figured out the pattern it was easy fishing .
TnRiver46 reply :
On 4/9/2019 at 9:51 AM, scaleface said:My first time out this year . Great day , high 70's and light wind . Water 1 foot visibility . surface temp 57 in the morning and mid 60's in the afternoon . Caught 58 bass on a spinnerbait . Around a dozen over 15 inches with this five pounder the biggest .
That’s worth having to search for big foots (feet(s)?) all winter !!
A-Jay reply :
On 4/9/2019 at 10:42 AM, scaleface said:Some days bass are on points like the mouths of coves , the end of trees ... Today they were in the coves and coves within coves . Once I figured out the pattern it was easy fishing .
That's my favorite kind.
Here's to a whole season of that.
A-Jay
PhishLI reply :
Aint nuthin' like a self inflicted wound...
I was able to get out Sunday on the jon boat with my brother for a quick one. It was pretty nice out for once. This doesn't matter much at Skunk lake though. It was so windy down there that at some points there were rollers. This time I was smart enough to have a second battery for the trolling motor, but dumb enough to think that we didn't need to be cramped up by carrying the oars. Who needs stinkin' oars with two batteries for a 3 hour session? Well, what seemed like a half a mile of someone's mono wrapping around and behind the prop stopping it dead was the justice dealt out for that error. Did I mention we had no tools? One thing about a windy day and a flat bottomed jon boat is that you'll be blown somewhere fast. We ended up on the shore pretty quickly. I ran through the woods back to the truck and grabbed some tools. Ran back to the shipwreck and made things right, and we were off. I was working the 6th Sense Crush Flat 75 hard along the bottom in six feet of water when this guy bit. It took the sting out the sketchy start to the day!
hawgenvy reply :
Something about dark skies and light rain ahead of a Florida cold front make bass go crazy for Gambler's 13 inch ribbon tail worms. I caught a nice bunch of 2-3 pounders in the hour before dark tonight and drove home with a smile, amid a lingering scent of Gambler garlic and bass breath.
lonnie g reply :
On 4/7/2019 at 4:53 AM, lo n slo said:caught 36 spotted bass this morning and zero largemouth. but spots like these put up one heck of a fight!
heck yea! spots are a blast , they never quit. even after in the boat they will get even with a treble hook!
On 4/7/2019 at 12:18 PM, Bluebasser86 said:This weekend the old power plant lake was her usual temperamental self. I had a guide trip Friday and hadn't been on the lake in about a month so I wanted to poke around Thursday and see what I could find. What I found was discouraging to say the least. The lake had been dropped nearly 2' in less than a week, the wet moss on all the rocks now well on dry ground were an obvious sign of it at the ramp. The plant had just started generating again, so the water was rapidly warming, which triggered a lakewide massive carp and gar spawning party, which the bass do not like at all. I spent 5 hours, fishing a variety of baits from the dam to the far north end, never had anything I'm 100% sure was a bite. I did snag and fight 5 carp to the boat on jerkbaits, cranks, and a trap along with rolling several and having several drag peeling runs from them before they'd pop off.
Badly beaten, I let Gary know of the bad news and gave him the option to go to a different lake but he was paying so it was his choice. He wanted to learn the lake, so we were going back. The lake changes widely from day to day and so does the bite, I told myself on the way to the lake the next morning, not really believing it. The fish gods smiled down on us though. Between the 2 of us about 30 bass, 10 drum, and Gary's first channel cat (he was from the UK and had never caught a drum or catfish). None of the big ones the lake is known for came out to play, but man it feels good to figure them out after getting beat so badly the day before and show someone trying to learn some valuable information. You can kind of tell in the pictures on the rocks in the background how far the water had dropped in about 4 days.
nice bounce back !, pretty awesome to provide a fishing experience for someone like that. got to be a great sense of satisfaction. man it don't get no better when you get yo have fun doing it.
lonnie g reply :
On 4/8/2019 at 8:50 PM, TnRiver46 said:Had a big floatilla going down river yesterday. Everyone got lots of trout, I got one bass. Only one person dumped a kayak and lost a rod haha. He had Keys/wallet/phone in a pelican case
you guys are crazy!if I tried that al you would see is a yack upside down an old man hanging on for dear life, my rods in one hand cell wallet keys gone and white flag waving for surrender. fun to fish with friends .if I were along you wouldn't get any fishing in for laughing.
lo n slo reply :
me and my work partner (John “Mudfoot” ????) finished up a big job yesterday and finally had a good weekday off to fish. we caught over 40 spots with a few doubles mixed in
deep reply :
Fished for a bit from the banks tonight, and caught a good one. Not sure how/ why I only catch decent ones from the shore line here. Of course, now I have to take the kayak out on Saturday, and will catch one dink in five hours (again!).
Wasn't having much luck flipping jigs, and it was getting kinda dark. I tried a shallow jerkbait before calling it a day, and stuck this one.
Stiff jig rod, light treble hooks, drag backed off, and timber around. Could have lost both the fish and the bait lol.
HazeRVA reply :
Another PB! Pays to go out in the rain. Bluegill fire swim jig with a magic craw swirl Sweet Beaver rigged sideways. Moving on up! Caught another 2lber a little while later on the same thing. Then a catfish! On a BHite Delight jackhammer. Thought it was going to break my 14lb fluoro.
lonnie g reply :
On 4/12/2019 at 9:00 AM, deep said:Fished for a bit from the banks tonight, and caught a good one. Not sure how/ why I only catch decent ones from the shore line here. Of course, now I have to take the kayak out on Saturday, and will catch one dink in five hours (again!).
Wasn't having much luck flipping jigs, and it was getting kinda dark. I tried a shallow jerkbait before calling it a day, and stuck this one.
Stiff jig rod, light treble hooks, drag backed off, and timber around. Could have lost both the fish and the bait lol.
here piggy piggy!!! wow!! good one
Bluebasser86 reply :
Had another guide trip Friday in some nasty, cold front conditions. Highs 25 degrees colder than the day before, lows right at freezing, 20-30 mph winds, bluebird skies, everything you hope won't happen when you're taking someone fishing that is expecting you to put them on fish, especially on a lake that is already notoriously tough. I had a plan to point the nose of the boat into the wind and just fight the wind the best I could while doing a kind of controlled drift backwards down the bank I wanted to concentrate on. Took a bunch of waves over the front of the boat and almost took a swim a couple different times, but we put a hurting on them! No real monsters, but lots of nice fish. Richard was a good stick but old school so it took a minute to get the hang of fishing a Ned like the fish wanted. Once he got it down he was working them over with it. He was really liking the Flash Green Smackdown, made the bites a lot easier for him to see when he couldn't feel them.
The real shocker was a smallmouth. There's be stories and they've almost gained a mythical status at this lake. In almost 20 years of fishing it a lot, I've never caught one or seen proof of one until this one came up attached to my jerkbait. I caught it and I still almost don't believe it.
NittyGrittyBoy reply :
@Bluebasser86 man y'all smoked some nice ones!
PhishLI reply :
My number one bass catching lure from way back when I was just a kid was the Arbogast Hawaiian Wiggler. I've thrown it over the past 2 years with no luck except for one mutant bluegill. Even with the lack of success I've had using it, nostalgia has me chucking it once in a while anyway. The Dark Sleeper got bitten most yesterday, but when spinnerbait conditions arose I tied on the Wiggler in perch pattern. The bassin' gods finally came through for me. That fish hadn't yet swallowed the fish it had when it smashed the Wiggler. 9 in total for me and a bud. Good times. Here's a few:
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NittyGrittyBoy reply :
Beautiful bass @PhishLI
928JLH reply :
Great catches!
A few from a local 5hr kayak tourney today for the best 3. Culled the 16.5 with 11 minutes to left securing 2nd place.
Gundog reply :
A 3 1/2 pounder from the Susquehanna river. 7 fish in total for the day. This was the monster.
rt dak reply :
Biggest of the year so far. Swing Impact Fat on a Revenge underspin
Fairtax4me reply :
Hit a mountain lake yesterday. Wacky rigged 4” senko was all I could get them to eat. They were sitting 5-15 feet deep on trees, literally sitting on the tree. Stomachs touching the trunk. 54° Super clear water. Found a school of trout swimming around just below the surface that were all Giants, but none of them had any interest in the lures I had tied on at the time. Caught a few dink bass then the bluebird calm sunny turned to cloudy windy, then a thunderstorm rolled in so I called it and went home.
Kinda rainy cloudy back home, but figured what the heck I’ll go down to the pond for a few hours. Grabbed a rod and a bag of 5” Yum dingers. Bass and bluegill everywhere! Landed 5 and missed several others, but one was a Hawg!
5.9lbs, and she just touched 22”! citation baby!
N Florida Mike reply :
Went for a few hours this afternoon in the home lake. I though conditions were good with a front coming in and all. Overcast skies , temps in the high 80s.
Tried to start at the north end and it was just too windy. Still got a fish or two on the strike king shimmy stick. Got down to the central part of the lake, and got some sheltered water on the east side of the island, and began pickin em off with the small zoom fluke. Finished the island and decided to fish a deep eel grass line . Something told me to fish the zoom speed worm. First cast , rod loaded up . Big fish.The fish was slightly angling in a way that caused it to get just a little slack and came off. Next cast , a nice fish, 2 1/2 or so . Next cast, a 4.12 ( 2nd fish pictured ).
I fished on around the point going into the s.e part of the lake. Wind 20+ at my back. I proceeded to just wear em out for app. 1 1/2 hours . I had caught high 20s in numbers , most of the fish coming on the windward end of the lake. I caught about half the fish deadsticking, and the other half reeling it on or near the surface, all on the speed worm.Had to anchor at each spot it was so windy , move about a cast away, then re-anchor.
On the way home, I got some more on the june bug trick worm. Ended up with 30 something total.
TnRiver46 reply :
@Gundog, at long last! Nice smallmouth
Gundog reply :
On 4/15/2019 at 7:46 PM, TnRiver46 said:@Gundog, at long last! Nice smallmouth
Its been too long. After 5 times out fishing and catching nothing I was starting to think it wasn't going to happen.
Logan S reply :
Had a good trip to Lake Gaston this past weekend. Took 3rd in 2-day tournament with 10 fish for 23-15. Lot's of 3lb+ fish but no true big ones to put me over the top. Weighed in a few spotted bass too, Gaston is the only lake I fish that has them so it's still cool to catch them for me.
Practice...
Day 1...Culled a small LM with this Spot for the smallest fish in the limit.
Day 2...Couple nice LM's a spot that was eating very well, had 2 shad tails visible in it's gullet.
Everything I weighed in came on one of these, most were on the bladed jig.
A-Jay reply :
On 4/16/2019 at 4:02 AM, Logan S said:Had a good trip to Lake Gaston this past weekend. Took 3rd in 2-day tournament with 10 fish for 23-15. Lot's of 3lb+ fish but no true big ones to put me over the top. Weighed in a few spotted bass too, Gaston is the only lake I fish that has them so it's still cool to catch them for me.
Practice...
Day 1...Culled a small LM with this Spot for the smallest fish in the limit.
Day 2...Couple nice LM's a spot that was eating very well, had 2 shad tails visible in it's gullet.
Everything I weighed in came on one of these, most were on the bladed jig.
Really nice.
Thanks for sharing.
Btw..love the black tail on that trailer.
Totally stealing that.
A-Jay
fishballer06 reply :
My biggest from this weekend. Caught on a 3" Megabass Hazedong Shad with an 1/8oz jighead.
J Francho reply :
Not sure what you did there, but I fixed it for you.
Nice feesh!
fishballer06 reply :
On 4/16/2019 at 9:37 PM, J Francho said:Not sure what you did there, but I fixed it for you.
Nice feesh!
Thanks. Imgur was giving me fits, and it's a blocked site here at work, so I wasn't sure what was actually being posted.
J Francho reply :
Try:
https://postimages.org/
redmexican5081 reply :
Not a giant but it is my first bass of the year. Caught it with an Arkie sexy tail shad with an ultralight while crappie fishing on my way home from work.
NorcalBassin reply :
Fortunate to get a couple quick trips in over the weekend, Saturday with Pops and Sunday with my oldest. Good times and it's getting so close to busting loose...
hawgenvy reply :
Bank fishing local ponds with my friend Mike has become a Wednesday night ritual. We caught a bunch tonight. Mike was swimming a jig and I was tossing a black 13 inch ribbon tail worm. The highlight was a double header: a four pounder and a five pounder landed simultaneously!
I also tried out a new (for me) bait, the beautiful (and expensive) Greenfish Beer Belly Prop bait. A lot of fish ate it but I only landed half of them, probably my error. I might have kept them pinned better with a less stiff rod.
PhishLI reply :
I've been following the same routine since Sunday: Work, come home, eat dinner, listen to a few of my wife's stories, walk the dog, then go wading. Rinse, repeat. Last night was chilly. The water was colder than usual. I got skunked for the first time in days. Defeated, I left the lake well in to darkness truly exhausted to my core. I told myself that I really needed a break, but I woke up quite early this morning refreshed somehow. I can't explain it. While walking my pooch and noticing the dark clouds and near dusk conditions it occurred to me that this really looks like great bassin' weather. Plus, we're on the edge of a full moon. "I can slip in a quick one before work" I told myself, so I did just that. Second cast throwing the Rat 30 in morning dawn I hooked a nice 2 pounder. Last night's defeat was instantly turned into victory! "Go out on a good note" I told myself, but just one more cast... I picked up the rig with a Dark Sleeper tied on and started working angles. Sixth cast and I'm hooked up. The bass takes a run at a stump in the water and starts to wrap around it. Instead of panicking and losing the fish, as I've done once before in this very spot, I gave it slack and it ran out of the trouble zone and I landed her. A nice 19"er. "OK, I'm really done now" I told myself, but just one more cast... I start chucking the sleeper again. Fast wind, then let it die, repeat. I lift the rod, then Bang! This one is heavy. I'm winding but the spool is slipping wildly. With so many spots to get snagged on I crank down the drag and pull her in. 22 inches and fat. "Go out on a good note" I told myself, and so I did. But I went back right after work and instantly got another cutie on the Rat 30. It was good day of phishin.
NorcalBassin reply :
Seems like full moons have always been a curse to our fishing, but the temps and season were lining up too perfectly not to take a chance today. Thank goodness we gave it a shot. Caught over 30, including my PB largemouth. I had been throwing swimbaits most of the morning and skipped to a stick bait after no luck on some prime looking areas. First cast with the stick bait and boom goes the dynamite out to deep water stripping line like a catfish followed by a couple circles around the boat like a shark. I about had a heart attack the first time she came up to jump and I saw it was a bass and a beast of one at that. We thought she was a 10 pounder for sure, but she was a 25" fatty that weighed in at 9.1 on my scale. Busted my 110 Special rod in half about an hour later but had such a rush I didn't even care. Good times.
One last pic after getting her back in the water for a breather
hawgenvy reply :
That's an awesome beast, Norcal! Congratulations. Don't forget to change your PB designation on your profile!
PhishLI reply :
On 4/19/2019 at 11:44 AM, NorcalBassin said:25" fatty that weighed in at 9.1 on my scale
Congrats, NorCal! That's a whopper!
Dwbassin reply :
Is anyone else having problems uploading a pic? Caught my biggest of the year last night and it keeps telling me on all threads my media file is to big
Swbass15 reply :
@Dwbassin you will need to resize your image
J Francho reply :
On 4/19/2019 at 7:48 PM, Dwbassin said:Is anyone else having problems uploading a pic? Caught my biggest of the year last night and it keeps telling me on all threads my media file is to big
https://postimages.org/
Copy and paste the direct link here.
928JLH reply :
NorCal WOW what an amazing catch congrats!!
Biggest last night skipping and pitchin Keitech 3.8s around the docks.
Dwbassin reply :
https://postimg.cc/gallery/2k6adyzne/
Figured it out, so here’s my biggest of the year, was out snakehead fishing in blackwater refuge. Thanks @J Francho
J Francho reply :
SLOB!!!!!
Russ E reply :
Decided to try a local lake for the first time in 2019.
After catching dinks all day, I finally caught a decent fish. it hit a ned rig.it was 18 inches long and weighed 3lb. 1oz.
Dponchay reply :
Friend and I went fishing. I spotted her a few feet from the shore. She didn't want anything to do with me, but my buddy came and yanked a smaller one off the bed and she destroyed my fluke. Got her on an ultralight with 4lb test.
NorcalBassin reply :
Been awesome getting so much water time this past week. Tried a different lake today and had some solid action with quite a few in that 2-3# class. Lost a solid 5 pounder at the boat on a jumping head shake, but watching that was almost as good as actually landing her.
This fella took it right off a bass bed
One of the nicer ones of the day
This one hit at the end of a small cove, went crazy stripping line as she passed under the boat rubbing the line along the hull, and then found vegetation to run through and around. I free spooled her assuming the tension from her run and the line rubbing on the boat was going to snap her off, and to my surprise she jumped about 30 ft away on the opposite side of the boat right after I got the line away from the motor. Line was frizzed out, but 6# sniper was even tougher than I thought.
This tom was trying to impress his hen and kept squaring up to my truck and boat as we were trying to pass through on the way to the lake. Not the smartest turkey.
deep reply :
Got me a new rod, so of course I had to test it out. Only had a little bit of time. Rod (903C MBR) works great btw!
And another one, before I had to leave.
Derek1 reply :
Gotta admire there heart and determination
Bluebasser86 reply :
Local mudhole is about to really get going with it's annual shallow spinnerbait bite, and I couldn't be more excited. I only had 3 hours and caught a dozen in 30mph winds trying not to get stuck on top of one of the hundreds of stumps, still caught a dozen with 3 18+ inch keepers, and I lost the big one right at the boat. Most folks around here will tell you there's no bass in this lake, and I do my best to keep that rumor going ????
roadwarrior reply :
Nice fish, great pic!
928JLH reply :
Went out for a few Friday afternoon. Really liking the owner 3/16oz jig rig with small swimbaits. Merry Easter!
JLindsey reply :
She’s no giant, but still my biggest of the year so far. 3lbs 3oz
Happy Easter!
HazeRVA reply :
Went down to visit my cousin yesterday and spent the whole day on the water. 3 different lakes over the course of 11 hours. Caught this one 2 hours in and another smaller one a few hours later. My cousin caught 4, but this was the catch of the day! 5.73lbs. Booyah Glow Blade spinnerbait, white with white willow blades. Over my right shoulder are 4 old dock posts, I cast right between front 2 and landed just to the left of the back left post. Slow rolled it out, just as it passed between the 2 front posts it got slammed! Heart was racing! Felt big but I was pulling it through the pads so wasn't sure. My cousin netted it and we both just looked at each other, holy crap! A full 2 pounds bigger than my previous biggest! Such a great day on the water! Made dealing with 12-17mph winds on his little bass raider well worth it.
Dwight Hottle reply :
Congrats on the new PB. Don't forget to change your profile pb to 5-6.
MountainMan83 reply :
Caught this gal yesterday after missing a fish of a lifetime. Over 20".
CrankFate reply :
Still no fish. Bootleg dark sleeper got its guts ripped out after getting hung up a few times. This did not happen to the authentic one that I got snagged with more times than I could count.
Switched to a black/blue BooYa Jig with orange grub tail on it to get some chatter going, managed to see a few dink’s hit the grub tail very close in, but they were barely 3x bigger than the 3/8’s jig.
Nowhere near as durable as the real thing
MountainMan83 reply :
On 4/22/2019 at 5:11 AM, CrankFate said:Still no fish. Bootleg dark sleeper got its guts ripped out after getting hung up a few times. This did not happen to the authentic one that I got snagged with more times than I could count.
Switched to a black/blue BooYa Jig with orange grub tail on it to get some chatter going, managed to see a few dink’s hit the grub tail very close in, but they were barely 3x bigger than the 3/8’s jig.
Nowhere near as durable as the real thing
You'll get em'. Just keep at it. Good you're experimenting, that's what its all about!
MIbassyaker reply :
Finally got out to do my first actual fishing of the year....
The water of choice was a little natural lake, under 100 acres, visibility to about 10 feet. Water temp was 52 a couple feet down.
First two bass of 2019 were these little guys, 12" and 13" on a Ghost Sunfish Slender Pointer:
And then....nothing for the next hour and a half. Tried some different things at various spots and various depths: a ned rig, a jig 'n craw, a shiny new Jackhammer I've been waiting to break in...nothing.
Until i got up near a guy fishing on the bank, and saw him pull in a bluegill. Immediately, I had another jerkbait dink on. We congratulated each other, and he said he had been around most of the lake on foot over the last few hours, and the spot he was on was the only place to produce any 'gills. I made a mental note ("Now, if I were a bass....").
5 minutes later he left, so I moved in....and 2 casts to the deeper side of his bluegill spot, this 20-incher hit, just shy of 4lbs (3.96):
And then one more "non-scorable" bass to finish the excursion.
So first trip out for the year, 3 hours, 5 fish, one good one, all on the slender pointer -- feels good; I'll take it.
Mbirdsley reply :
First large mouth of the year from Murphy lake michigan on Easter Sunday. Makes it even sweeter that I caught it on a chatter bait I poured ( do-it mold), painted, cured, and assembled. Jig is silver, skirt silver and black, with a 2.5 inch twister tail for a trailer. I lost another about the same size. Made it all worth while is both nailed the lure as 2 separate group of guys came motoring up to ask how I was doing
Heres a close up of the chatter bait
. Now I just need a differnt mold to enminate the split ring
TnRiver46 reply :
Nice bass. Looks like that bait works pretty well with the split ring
WolfyBrandon reply :
[April 22, 2019]
It's been a long winter... working on fishing tackle projects, waiting for the snow to melt, and the ice on the lake to thaw. My buddy and I headed out for our first fishing trip of 2019 back on April 15th, 2019, but we both zeroed. Water was cold & dirty (~45 degrees, <1ft clarity), and there had been two tournaments the past two weekends. Not making excuses, just the conditions were tough. We fished area's we had history with in the past and tried to hit high percentage areas that we know hold fish... but it didn't work. So a week passes, we get a few more days of warm weather, and come up with the idea to fish a completely new location and area of the lake that neither of us have ever fished before. No history or memories to worry about, we will have only our instincts and what we have learned to guide us through our fishing day...
When we got to the ramp we could see the water clarity was around 3-4ft, water temp was around 46-50 degrees, and the forecast showed today to be sunny through the morning, then become overcast with falling pressure and wind in the early to late afternoon. We both knew bass are currently in the pre-spawn phase, so it's a matter of finding where they are staging and what they will react to. The new area we fished was amazing, literally everything looked good from rocky points, to boulders, to deep water breaklines, to docks & laydowns, you name it. We fished so much amazing looking stuff for hours and hours without a bite constantly covering water, throwing lipless crankbaits, spinnerbaits, deep diving crankbaits, jerkbaits, softbaits, bladed jigs, jigs, over and over and over until my arm was sore. "Keep Grinding" I told myself as I had in my mind today's success could come from a specific location or time of day or even a combination of both. Well the night before our trip I did a little research on Google Earth and Navionics, and found three key locations that looked good. Well the day was now about over, and we were on the last one. It was the last major secondary point before you get to the back of the cove where the spawning area would be. It had an area off the point with ~10-15ft before it breaks off into 30+. By this time in the day the clouds had rolled in along with the wind and it was becoming harder to control the boat. Not only could I now see the ramp we launched from this morning, I could also make out the truck and trailer - we were that close to the end of our day. It only took a couple of casts (par usual when fishing around fish) and I felt the rod load up...
1st Bass of 2019 - 18 & 1/4'', 2lb 13oz / 2.88lb
6th Sense Curve 55 (Crackle Craw)
WolfyBrandon
PAbasser927 reply :
First decent smallie of the year! Couldn’t find the fish all day, this was the only fish landed. At least it was a good one!
Bluebasser86 reply :
Got my first topwater action of the year. Not big ones, but they were willing to play and that's all I ask. Saw quite a few beds but it was too windy to tell if there was any fish on them.
keagbassr reply :
Got out from 8:30 til.2 today. Got 10 -1 on a chatterbait and 9 on a jig with the best two weighing 3-2 And this one at 4-13
MIbassyaker reply :
Post-frontal fishing from the riverbank today.
Was hoping for a bigger smallie to show off, but it was not to be. So here is a little one instead. Also, a somewhat foamy largemouth:
NYWayfarer reply :
First New York Largemouth of 2019 for me! The pond Bass have finally come out of hibernation.
I was out for Trout with a size 100 reel, 4# mono and a light action pole. Had a worm threaded on a size 6 Aberdeen hook. Saw this girl hanging by some cover with my polarized glasses. Tossed it about a foot and a half away and she shot out and slammed the worm. A nice little fight on the Trout and panfish gear for sure.
superkamikazee reply :
A little slow lately, a lot of dinks, so I was happy to get something decent. Also, my first fish on a soft plastic (senko). I usually only fish hard baits, and frogs.
Next cast caught this guy on the senko, near the same laydown.
And a PB Crappie for me lol, on a jerkbait
MIbassyaker reply :
Broke in my new Jackhammer chatterbait on a new lake today...in 3 hours I caught 16, all about the same size -- around a pound or two, like this one:
Bluebasser86 reply :
Good spinnerbait and bladed jig bite at the mudhole this morning. Pretty sure I got redemption on a fish I lost last week. Same spot, same bait, same short line bite, but she made it to the boat this time and was big fish of the morning at 4.19lbs.
Got in to work really early and had some time to kill so I swung by the city lake across the street. Tried for crappie for a minute, lost 3 jigs and quit on them. Had a baitcaster with a Toadrunner Jr tied on it. Lost one right at the bank and then caught my first frog fish of the year the next cast with it.
MIbassyaker reply :
Spinnerbait chunk this afternoon, best of 9 (didn't get a weight; likely 3-something):
The shoreline areas had some weeds, and some wood; the key was finding where there were both.
Will Wetline reply :
It was a beautiful day to be on the water: sunny and just the right amount of wind. However, as much as this fisherman liked the conditions, the smallies didn't. I went to a presentation that's worked in the past, a simple, 1/8 oz. bucktail jig fished slowly and deep off a rock pile. This 4.37 lb. smallmouth made the mistake of taking it for lunch!
NittyGrittyBoy reply :
No weight, just caught, pictured, released. Modified devils horse. Bank fishing around a dock!
Derek1 reply :
On 4/26/2019 at 10:44 PM, NittyGrittyBoy said:No weight, just caught, pictured, released. Modified devils horse. Bank fishing around a dock!
That thing looks huge
NittyGrittyBoy reply :
This pic is for better size reference. Maybe I tiny bit long armed.????
MIbassyaker reply :
On 4/27/2019 at 1:06 AM, NittyGrittyBoy said:This pic is for better size reference. Maybe I tiny bit long armed.????
Long arm or not, that's clearly still a monster! Congrats!
Derek1 reply :
On 4/27/2019 at 1:06 AM, NittyGrittyBoy said:This pic is for better size reference. Maybe I tiny bit long armed.????
Yeah, long arm or not that’s a big one. I could tell by the mouth and gill plate compared to your hand. There’s no chance of mistaking that one.
Brad Reid reply :
I post this just because this bull bluegill was so danged pretty. I have caught them much longer than this one on Lake Athens here in east Texas; but, this guy was really, really thick. My flip phone photo doesn't do him justice.
Oh, yes! After I put away my ultralight tackle, I got into a mess of LMBs, too! Late afternoon fishing yesterday! Nothing very large, 6 or 7 as I recall, all in the 2 to 2.5 lbs. range.
Brad
gnappi reply :
We went out today, despite the morning starting off weird with a C-R-A-Z-Y lady taking pix of us while we were staging the boat telling us we were trespassing in a public park, AND calling the police, we had mediocre results.
Two ~1.5 lb LMB in the boat, one just over 2, and a small snakehead. The LMB released unharmed, the snakehead with a severe headache.
Jmp_37 reply :
Just caught this 21incher and scale said 4.78. Just read that a 21inch smallmouth should weight around 5.5lbs. You guys think the scale was correct?
CrankFate reply :
Tried late in the day after the 35-40mph wind gusts died down. Tried a new part of the pond that i never fished before. Cracked open a fresh 1/4 oz Zman Chatterbait White/chartreuse with a chartreuse grub tail. Fished it slow. On the first cast I had one on. Finally they’re biting, I’m gonna kill em today. Nope. 2/3 of the way in, as I tried to pull it over a big stick in the water, I lost it. Too bad the 1/4 oz Zmans didn’t have the gamakatsu hooks. Third cast, I got a couple bites, but whatever it was, it did not have a big enough mouth to get the bait in it’s mouth. Possibly a 3-4 pound carp, because I saw two of them around the area. Threw cast after cast after cast. Nothing. The copoly I was using was birdsnesting up just by looking at it. Until I took about 100’ off the reel. Then it was smooth sailing to no fish. I balled up the line and took it with me so as not to find it wrapped around the necks of any geese, like the one with a six pack wrapper wrapped around its neck.
TnRiver46 reply :
Black bass triple crown topped off by beautiful sunset 
Mbirdsley reply :
Two more on my chatter baits today on muskrat lake in Michigan.. This time the green and white one. 17 inches and another smaller one. Also picked up another on a ned tube. So far this jd the most success I’ve ever had in the month of April
One on the left
Team9nine reply :
Been a horrible spring around these parts. Wet and windy - lots of flooding and cool weather, along with muddy water. Haven't been able to get the boat out much at all, but have snuck in a few bank trips the past week. Managed around 60 so far - nothing too big though. Even seeing reports of some males beginning to nest, though I haven't seen it yet on my waters. Here's a couple from this evening after the rain passed. Air temps had cooled down to 47 degrees. Indiana "rock hopping" - One rod, one reel, one bait
The Bassman reply :
On 4/28/2019 at 9:39 AM, Team9nine said:Been a horrible spring around these parts. Wet and windy - lots of flooding and cool weather, along with muddy water. Haven't been able to get the boat out much at all, but have snuck in a few bank trips the past week. Managed around 60 so far - nothing too big though. Even seeing reports of some males beginning to nest, though I haven't seen it yet on my waters. Here's a couple from this evening after the rain passed. Air temps had cooled down to 47 degrees. Indiana "rock hopping" - One rod, one reel, one bait
Really good to see you holding fish again. By the lack of activity on your blog I thought this HB 1279 thing had you in a funk. These rains have been very good to me lately fishing around drains.
CrankFate reply :
Had a few bites. Could not hook them, until finally..........
Dinked by a whisker fish on the jig.
A-Jay reply :
Got a 6-1 yesterday.
She came with a big Grin !
A-Jay
8pt172 reply :
On 4/29/2019 at 10:27 PM, A-Jay said:
Got a 6-1 yesterday.
Her came with a big Grin !
A-Jay
Gorgeous Toad!!!!
What is the water temps currently up in your neck of the woods?
A-Jay reply :
On 4/29/2019 at 10:33 PM, 8pt172 said:Gorgeous Toad!!!!
What is the water temps currently up in your neck of the woods?
She certainly was ~ Thanks
With open water less than a week along in many places water tamps are ranging between 40-50 depending on the size / depth of the lake. It will warm Very Fast with the sun next week. This week is OVC and cold; even getting snow later today.
A-Jay
MIbassyaker reply :
On 4/29/2019 at 10:27 PM, A-Jay said:
Got a 6-1 yesterday.
Her came with a big Grin !
A-Jay
Boom! Back in the saddle, I see...
NYWayfarer reply :
On 4/29/2019 at 10:27 PM, A-Jay said:
Got a 6-1 yesterday.
Her came with a big Grin !
A-Jay
Great to see your season has started.
Did you have the lake to yourself?
A-Jay reply :
On 4/29/2019 at 11:16 PM, NYWayfarer said:Great to see your season has started.
Did you have the lake to yourself?
Thank you my friend.
I did not. There were 3 resident vessels on the water at different points throughout the day. Each took turns coming over into the wind when they saw me hook up. Stayed nearby for a bit and then quickly retreated back to a leeward area to get out of the wind. I did not do that and the reward was significant.
A-Jay
12poundbass reply :
On 4/29/2019 at 10:27 PM, A-Jay said:
Got a 6-1 yesterday.
She came with a big Grin !
A-Jay
Picking up where you left off I see! Well done.
12poundbass reply :
We broke down and bought a pontoon. We leave it in the water all the time which is nice because we can just grab our poles, walk out the back door, hop on, and we’re fishing. Yesterday was yard work day, after that I smoked some tenderloin, after that me, the wife, and 6poundbass grabbed our poles, hopped on the pontoon, and went fishing for a little bit. I got skunked, the wife got her first of the year, and 6poundbass hauled 3 in, including this guy. Many more family fishing nights to come.
Choporoz reply :
Yesterday was one of those rare days when lure meant little, but location was everything. Caught fish on anything...once I figured out where they'd be: downstream from lay down, but only if in shadow...all at same depths.
TnRiver46 reply :
On 4/30/2019 at 12:55 AM, Choporoz said:Yesterday was one of those rare days when lure meant little, but location was everything. Caught fish on anything...once I figured out where they'd be: downstream from lay down, but only if in shadow...all at same depths.
You’re always hauling in some fat green ones
MossyBackDaddy reply :
My son's first ever bass and my first bass of the season. I know a coupe of lunkers but better than getting skunked.
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813basstard reply :
Me, boy and 2 dogs..good day
BigSkyBasser reply :
Spring has finally sprung here in Montana!
And though cold, the fish are hungry!
WolfyBrandon reply :
[April 29, 2019]
Jeremy catches his first bass of 2019, and we both ended up catching 5 by the end of the day...
Finally managed to catch a few on the Jackhammer... (Bass #4 & #5)
WolfyBrandon
deep reply :
So the fishing (catching) has been pretty lackluster the last 3 or 4 trips as far as quality is concerned.
Tried different locations, depths, speeds; caught probably 60+ fish in all, but nothing over 2#. Can't really get out to fish early or late, and I guess the bigger fish don't want to play in the middle of the day. (That even rhymes ha!).
Cookie-cutter:
The other species are keeping me company though, so it's not all that bad. I'm glad everything out here eats jerkbaits.
Big crappie:
Citation perch:
lo n slo reply :
took the wife out in the little johnny this morning. we caught 36 spots and a single largemouth. she used her brand new Zebco Bullet to land the big fish of the day, this spot, pushing 3 lbs! good grief, wimmen folk ????
PAbasser927 reply :
Only had about an hour to spend on the water last night. Initially I couldn’t decide whether it would be worth the hassle of packing everything up for such a short amount of time. Since the forecast is not so great this week I decided to go for it. This chunk certainly made it worthwhile!
jbmaine reply :
Around here real high water, over the ramp and onto the access road. Did manage to sneak the boat out though, and picked up the first fish of the year. A nice LM, 19 " just under 3lb.
Ksam1234 reply :
No brown bass today, the heavy high winds comming from the north stopped that , but we didn’t manage some nice green brutes. Along with this 6,10 oz beauty
Catt reply :
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=2005312296247212&id=548228681955588
NittyGrittyBoy reply :
Congrats! 
N Florida Mike reply :
Happy for ya @Catt !!
928JLH reply :
Few from the last outing. Tons of carp spawning everywhere with all their shenanigans..
deep reply :
Yep, today was a good day; until I ran out of rage tail baby menaces, and then the depthfinder battery ran out too, so I left them biting.
Nothing really big, but I did catch a lot of fish, including some decent ones.
lo n slo reply :
On 5/3/2019 at 12:51 PM, deep said:
Yep, today was a good day; until I ran out of rage tail baby menaces, and then the depthfinder battery ran out too, so I left them biting.
Nothing really big, but I did catch a lot of fish, including some decent ones.
that thumb! ????
Ksam1234 reply :
On 5/3/2019 at 12:51 PM, deep said:
Yep, today was a good day; until I ran out of rage tail baby menaces, and then the depthfinder battery ran out too, so I left them biting.
Nothing really big, but I did catch a lot of fish, including some decent ones.
That is the worst case of bass thumb I have ever seen. I had a 72 fish day once and it’s wasn’t even that bad. Congrats !! Hah
MossyBackDaddy reply :
@deep bruh you ain't suppose to lip pike! J/K
The Bassman reply :
Had a fun evening with my new friend "Fat Ika". Can't believe that hybrid sunnie got hold of that hook.
TnRiver46 reply :
The Bassman reply :
On 5/4/2019 at 5:53 PM, TnRiver46 said:
Really missing my smallies. Our streams look like coffee with cream and really no lake options around here.
Ksam1234 reply :
Just some beautiful brown bass again !
813basstard reply :
I swear kids are the best anglers..all feel
Boy: I think we should tie up frogs
Dad: It’s 92, no wind and bright..I’m game.
3 casts later...wack
TnRiver46 reply :
Another triple crown day 
TnRiver46 reply :
MountainMan83 reply :
On 5/5/2019 at 10:10 AM, TnRiver46 said:Another triple crown day
Billy D and Co. getting it done!
Mbirdsley reply :
Managed one more 17 inches yesterday (Friday) at sleepy hollow. This Time on a green pumpkin ned rig on a near shore drop off. I started this year with 3 main goals 1 obviously get my avg size up. 2 stop being a fair weather fisherman. 3 keep learning. I almost called it quits an hour into but, pushed on for another 3 hrs
so far I have been able to do all 3 of the goals I have set. Friday was a down right dreadful day on lake Ovid. High was supposed to 56 with light and variable wind and partly sunny. It was cloudy and the Temp only reached 47 degrees and with a constant 12-15 mph wind ( which blows my 14 tin boat around quite a bit). I’ve only been out three times in the last month mainly due to weather on days I could get out. However, that is three times more I’ve ever been out this early in the season in previous years. Years past I would wait for perfect sunny conditions. This year I’m pushing myself to get out there in all weather ( within reason). So far it has paid off. My avg this year is 17-18 inches when last year I was in the 14-15 in range. I just need to get my numbers up.
Bluebasser86 reply :
High, dirty water means I get do my favorite kind of fishing. Picked up my 7' 6" Okuma Helios rod/Helios SX combo, spooled with 20lb Seaguar flipping fluoro and went to work. It isn't a numbers game usually, but couldn't complain about the quality this week.
Also fished another lake that had water that was a touch clearer but still really high. Wasn't sure if I wanted to put the boat in to fish for 2.5 hours so I made a couple cast from the bank with a Yo-Zuri popper. This stout spot went all shark week on it and convinced me to launch the boat.
TnRiver46 reply :
@Bluebasser86, I haven’t broken out the jig yet this year. I might be inspired enough to do it today now!
@Mbirdsley, “fair weather” changes by the minute so you’ve gotta chance it sometimes. I got caught in a wild storm yesterday. I was looking directly at the boat ramp and had no clue where it was. We went to eat fried chicken for about an hour and it cleared off! My buddy came into town from Memphis so we were fishing despite the forecast. Fished about 10 out of 11 hours completely dry, most stayed at home
Will Wetline reply :
4.47 lber. caught on a nose hooked Z-Man Scented Jerk ShadZ. Wham!
A-Jay reply :
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Morning started out Flat calm with little to no active fish anywhere I checked.
Afternoon ended fast & furious as a most welcome SW wind blew right on my favorite flat.
The 48 degree water and bright sunshine, just needed the wind.
About 30 minutes after it came up, a Lucky Craft 127 jerkbait in natural brown trout pattern worked over 6-8 ft of hard bottom was doing all the heavy lifting, including this perfectly shaped 5-2.
Best of this day.
A-Jay
Johnbt reply :
I caught this skinny one yesterday morning around 10:30 in a private 40-acre lake west of Richmond. The kind of place that has a muddy bank for a ramp.
Length was 22 3/4”, but it was just 5 pounds 15 ounces on my Rapala digital.
Fought like crazy too and I was using a MH Conquest & 14# green Trilene XL. Went 12' left, 12' right, left. right, left again & then under the boat, then pulled away and jumped a couple of times , but never made it back into the pads.
I was using a copper-bladed spinnerbait with multicolored-flake pinkish? skirt and a 4” curl tail grub in chartreuse silver flake. These War Eagle spinnerbaits are growing on me. My mentor isn’t laughing quite so much now about my color selection.
TnRiver46 reply :
WE weren’t expecting much this morning for a half day with tons of current and water in the high 50s. Still eating the little finesse worm, got a 19”, 18”, 17” and several 12-15” . And gar tacos for cinco de mayo!
Bluebasser86 reply :
On 5/6/2019 at 5:04 AM, TnRiver46 said:And gar tacos for cinco de mayo!
MMMMM, gar tacos ????
I've heard they're great eating, but the guy telling me how to clean them started talking about getting a bandsaw involved and I checked out of the conversation.
TnRiver46 reply :
On 5/6/2019 at 12:24 PM, Bluebasser86 said:MMMMM, gar tacos ????
I've heard they're great eating, but the guy telling me how to clean them started talking about getting a bandsaw involved and I checked out of the conversation.
We used tin snips yesterday, it wasn't too tough this go around. Experience seems to be helping with the cleaning effort. We had chicken and beef tacos as well for the not so crazy guests haha.
JLindsey reply :
Caught a new PB yesterday - 3lbs 10oz. Took me two hours standing in the rain just to find the one fish, but I haven’t been catching much besides dinks and pickerel lately so I was over the moon when I landed her.
I was hopping a little black and blue ZMan micro finesse jig with a TRD CrawZ trailer through the pads.
Angealy reply :
Bass of 2019, Let's go!
Weather was great and the water was clear you could see everything.
I hit the lake before heading to the stream for trout fishing and seem like i made the right choice.
I threw a weightless wacky rig dark green senko on my trout rod with four pound test and a size 8 hook.
A-Jay reply :
Got out onto Lake Menderchuck just after the rains subsided.
My timing was impeccable.
A-Jay
jbsoonerfan reply :
Wow!!!! Awesome job @A-Jay
Catt reply :
My grandson Aiden may have the bug worse than me!
Waiting on my daughter to pick him up for school he grabbed his rod & I tell he, " ya got 15-20 minutes, to which he replied more than enough time!"
Second cast & he says, "I'm good I can go to school now!"
J._Bricker reply :
Great sack of brown bass @A-Jay!! They’re probably thinking their jaws had just healed up from last year! Continued good fishing to you sir
The Bassman reply :
On 5/7/2019 at 10:18 AM, A-Jay said:Got out onto Lake Menderchuck just after the rains subsided.
My timing was impeccable.
A-Jay
Remember when you was fretting about how slow the ice was going out? I said you would have us all passed up soon enough. I'd say you just did. Congrats.
keagbassr reply :
Got out 8:30 to 2:00 today and managed to put together a decent junk fishing day. Got 15 total. 1 on a tx.rig craw,2 on spinnerbait, 2 on a shallow crank, 2 on frog and 8 on a jig with the best of the day this 4-3 jig fish.
Looking for the big one reply :
A couple nice spots on a neko rigged Zoom Trick Worm. First went 3.2 and the second 2.8
TnRiver46 reply :
@Looking for the big one, those are some toad spots. I’ve had the pleasure to battle a few like that in the Alabama river and I was lucky to live through it!
A-Jay reply :
Late afternoon trip out on Lake Menderchuck today produced a bunch of fun size brown ones . . .
NYWayfarer reply :
On 5/8/2019 at 12:23 PM, A-Jay said:Late afternoon trip out on Lake Menderchuck today produced a bunch of fun size brown ones . . .
Bluebird skies and a nice haul of Bass. Another great outing, grats!
J._Bricker reply :
On 5/8/2019 at 12:23 PM, A-Jay said:Late afternoon trip out on Lake Menderchuck today produced a bunch of fun size brown ones . . .
Once again @A-Jay has those brown bass lining up singing, I wanta’ be in pictures... I’m gonna be a star... Heck of an afternoon session ????
lo n slo reply :
On 5/8/2019 at 8:35 AM, Looking for the big one said:
A couple nice spots on a neko rigged Zoom Trick Worm. First went 3.2 and the second 2.8
beautiful spotties ????
hawgenvy reply :
Amazing bank fishing tonight after heavy rains enticed big females back into the shallows. Caught a dozen big bass in 27 minutes on a big black worm and a blue/black jig and trailer. And that doesn't include several giants that I missed. Unfortunately, I demolished a Dobyns Champion 734 rod that snapped in three places simultaneously when I flipped a 6 pounder up onto the bank.
Bluebasser86 reply :
Got out and did some bassin after work this morning in the little boat. Water was high and muddy like everywhere else. Not sure why I tied on a swim jig since I never fish them, but it turned out to be the only thing I could get them to eat minus the first one I caught on a Toadrunner Jr. Thanks to @Munkin for the jig. It was fun for the whole hour I got to fish it until a fish stole it.
lonnie g reply :
On 5/7/2019 at 10:18 AM, A-Jay said:Got out onto Lake Menderchuck just after the rains subsided.
My timing was impeccable.
A-Jay
dang!!!! I needed that I was getting withdraw symptoms , from not seeing you with the huge footballs .great day man super fish!
On 5/8/2019 at 3:17 AM, keagbassr said:Got out 8:30 to 2:00 today and managed to put together a decent junk fishing day. Got 15 total. 1 on a tx.rig craw,2 on spinnerbait, 2 on a shallow crank, 2 on frog and 8 on a jig with the best of the day this 4-3 jig fish.
love to when I get to use the whole tackle box. great day! nice fish .
On 5/9/2019 at 10:32 AM, hawgenvy said:Amazing bank fishing tonight after heavy rains enticed big females back into the shallows. Caught a dozen big bass in 27 minutes on a big black worm and a blue/black jig and trailer. And that doesn't include several giants that I missed. Unfortunately, I demolished a Dobyns Champion 734 rod that snapped in three places simultaneously when I flipped a 6 pounder up onto the bank.
is that what you call a "whipper snapper"???? nice fish
A-Jay reply :
On 5/9/2019 at 8:58 PM, lonnie g said:dang!!!! I needed that I was getting withdraw symptoms , from not seeing you with the huge footballs .great day man super fish!
Thank you my friend.
I've started editing video's of the this season today.
I'm posting them chronologically but it will take me awhile to get caught up.
A-Jay
JLindsey reply :
I spent a few hours yesterday working shallow cover with nothing to show for it except a few chain pickerel. I made one last cast along the edge of the lily pads when it got too dark to see my line and just about got my arm ripped off. I didn’t have my scale with me but she felt like she was pushing five pounds.
Fishingintheweeds reply :
My whole drive home from work is between lakes and over rivers. I decided to give myself 20 minutes at the last lake before I hit our driveway. I walked down the hill with a jig on and...a Senko. I know, I know. If I had more time, I was going to go with the jig...but I wanted to get one under my belt quick so I started with the Senko. I knew they'd eat it there and if they didn't, I'd get some big rock bass.
Well, I missed two, caught one small one and then this one here. Funny, every time I've caught big fish this year, I haven't brought the scale. I thought about that on the way down the hill and decided I would just leave it in the truck because for sure, I wouldn't catch anything big and besides, I was only staying for 20 minutes. ????
I did weigh a fish in at 2lb the other day and this one was a good bit bigger. Scales bigger in the pictures also, for what that's worth. Anyways, it was a fun time. I left right as the rain blew in.
Got 3 hard runs, jumped twice and gave me two big boils in there between all that. Not a bad sized Michigan bass.
keagbassr reply :
On 5/9/2019 at 8:58 PM, lonnie g said:love to when I get to use the whole tackle box. great day! nice fish .
@lonnie gWhile I'd rather be 'dialed in' on 1 or 2 lures it's nice to be able to make good choices based on what's in front of you. Was back at it again on thurs. Got 16- 2 on the tx. Rig craw 2 on a jig 3 on a bladed jig 2 on a toad 6 on a buzzbait and 1 on a bps double plopper with a 2-12 toad fish the best. No real pigs but if the shallow topwater assault is gonna be on I'll be a happy camper the next few weeks
Will Wetline reply :
On a windy May 8, I whupped seven good smallies on a 5" Jerk ShadZ . This one weighed 4.03 lbs.
A-Jay reply :
On 5/10/2019 at 8:50 PM, keagbassr said:@lonnie gWhile I'd rather be 'dialed in' on 1 or 2 lures it's nice to be able to make good choices based on what's in front of you. Was back at it again on thurs. Got 16- 2 on the tx. Rig craw 2 on a jig 3 on a bladed jig 2 on a toad 6 on a buzzbait and 1 on a bps double plopper with a 2-12 toad fish the best. No real pigs but if the shallow topwater assault is gonna be on I'll be a happy camper the next few weeks
Nice bass and GREAT HOODIE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
How about game 1 last night ?
#bruinsallthe way
A-Jay
On 5/10/2019 at 10:23 PM, Will Wetline said:
On a windy May 8, I whupped seven good smallies on a 5" Jerk ShadZ . This one weighed 4.03 lbs.
Nicely Done.
Your consistent success on such a challenging body of water speaks to your ability, determination, love of the sport and overall brown bass catching savvy.
#expectsomethinghuge
A-Jay
roadwarrior reply :
You guys are kill'in em!
My brother and I are fishing Bull Shoals next week. Hope to post a
picture or two.
keagbassr reply :
On 5/11/2019 at 12:49 AM, A-Jay said:Nice bass and GREAT HOODIE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
How about game 1 last night ?
#bruinsallthe way
Thanks and yea great game. Was nice to see that draft pick we wasted on Hamilton finally pay some dividends.????
A-Jay reply :
On 5/11/2019 at 2:20 AM, keagbassr said:Thanks and yea great game. Was nice to see that draft pick we wasted on Hamilton finally pay some dividends.????
I heard Hamilton may have hurt his uterus last night.
Now back to our regularly scheduled programing . . .
A-Jay
NorcalBassin reply :
Made the annual spring trip to Clear Lake. First hit on day 1 (senko) went straight to the deep. Thought I had a pig... soon realized it was too good to be true and was a catfish.
Pops' first fish... another not bass.
Finally got into some bass. Nothing over 4 pounds but everything was a chunk.
TnRiver46 reply :
Team9nine reply :
Cold (50s) breezy NE wind and rain fast approaching kept me from pullling the boat out yet again. Made a bank trip though to one of my favorite little lakes and made a pass around it, managing 30 before the rain sent me packing. No real biggies, but good enough for me. Here's a few...
The Bassman reply :
On 5/12/2019 at 6:58 AM, Team9nine said:Cold (50s) breezy NE wind and rain fast approaching kept me from pullling the boat out yet again. Made a bank trip though to one of my favorite little lakes and made a pass around it, managing 30 before the rain sent me packing. No real biggies, but good enough for me. Here's a few...
Did real well today also. Been a long time since the fish felt warmer than the air.
Ksam1234 reply :
Got my first ever ned rig fish today! And the little fish is the second one lol , caught about 100 smallmouth today! Biggest was 4.11 but didn’t get a pic, most were smaller guys.
NittyGrittyBoy reply :
100 Bass days are money ????
Mbirdsley reply :
Went fishing on Wiggins lake today. Only real thing worth mentioning of the 7 bass I caught is this humpback large mouth. I thought it was cool. He obviously dosent have any issues surviving. Caught most of the bass and one pike on zoom 4 inch t-rugged green pumpkin tube
NorcalBassin reply :
Day 2 of the trip on Clear Lake was awesome. 40+ for the day with no dinks and 2 PB's.
PB #1. Flipped a senko deep in a pocket behind some vegetation and it was on right away. Knew it was big when it made a surge for the surface, but when it went back down and started towing the boat around it became evident it was a non-bass giant. No idea on the weight since the mouth was way too soft to hold its mass, but I've never seen a carp anywhere near this big. Length was just a bit over 36" with a 27" girth. Even a bigger fan of 7# Sniper and Owner wacky jig heads after they held up during what was at least 15 minutes of following the beast around.
PB #2. Been a very long time since my dad had caught anything over 3-4 pounds (if ever), and I couldn't have been more happy seeing him hook into an acrobatic giant that we were able to get into the net after a few crazy jumps and runs. She came in right at 6 pounds.
A-Jay reply :
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Lake Menderchuck was a fickle beast yesterday afternoon; Cloudy & Cold.
Felt good just to get one, and this is it.
Didn't get skunked bit it was really close.
Hung in there and pull this one out in the bottom of the 9th.
A-Jay
TnRiver46 reply :
@A-Jay, do you think they left the area you had been catching them previously or they just weren’t biting? Or were you fishing a different area all together ?
A-Jay reply :
On 5/12/2019 at 9:00 PM, TnRiver46 said:@A-Jay, do you think they left the area you had been catching them previously or they just weren’t biting? Or were you fishing a different area all together ?
NO SUN !
I think they were right there, just shut down.
Cold & Cloudy is rarely a good recipe for smb - at least for me.
I've had a few trips were they were chewing but by & large it's a tough sledding.
Good thing is there usually a good walleye bite, so I'll switch gears.
But yesterday the morning was sunny & nice and I couldn't get out.
By the time I did, it had turned much colder and no sun.
Went anyway, usually don't for that reason though.
A-Jay
PAbasser927 reply :
New PB!! I set a goal in 2018 to catch my first bass over 5lbs. Unfortunately, I was not able to accomplish that last year. I FINALLY made the mark with this tank at 5lbs 3oz. I do 90% of my fishing from a kayak, but I was lucky enough to catch this one from our bass boat where my brother was able to get a great picture (pictures always seem lacking from a kayak). Super pumped!
Ksam1234 reply :
On 5/12/2019 at 7:57 AM, NittyGrittyBoy said:100 Bass days are money ????
They were mostly small but still fun! My friend was out in his boat and he was amused at how they were hitting. I found them only in one spot and we did the buddy system. I had to use the bathroom and he was on is boat. He csme over and picked me up in my kayak so I didn’t lose my anchor spot and he fished while I used the bathroom and got snacks then csme back and picked me up and dropped me back off on my kayak haha
J._Bricker reply :
On 5/12/2019 at 9:27 PM, PAbasser927 said:New PB!! I set a goal in 2018 to catch my first bass over 5lbs. Unfortunately, I was not able to accomplish that last year. I FINALLY made the mark with this tank at 5lbs 3oz. I do 90% of my fishing from a kayak, but I was lucky enough to catch this one from our bass boat where my brother was able to get a great picture (pictures always seem lacking from a kayak). Super pumped!
Congratulations @PAbasser927 on your new PB, well done sir!
JG233 reply :
Standard Quabbin SMB from last week. I didn't get a picture or weight of the big one I caught because it got away when I tried to dip it.
TnRiver46 reply :
On 5/12/2019 at 9:17 PM, A-Jay said:NO SUN !
I think they were right there, just shut down.
Cold & Cloudy is rarely a good recipe for smb - at least for me.
I've had a few trips were they were chewing but by & large it's a tough sledding.
Good thing is there usually a good walleye bite, so I'll switch gears.
But yesterday the morning was sunny & nice and I couldn't get out.
By the time I did, it had turned much colder and no sun.
Went anyway, usually don't for that reason though.
A-Jay
Thanks man! I love all your tips and tricks! Although I think geography plays a role as well because the best smallmouthing we have here is snowing sideways or 39 degree drizzle. I imagine a smallmouth that just got done with ice would rather soak up some vitamin D! What about those post rain toads you caught the other day? Was that a warmer rain?
On 5/13/2019 at 5:00 AM, JG233 said:Standard Quabbin SMB from last week. I didn't get a picture or weight of the big one I caught because it got away when I tried to dip it.
Nice smallie! Always dip after the first quick photo haha
NorcalBassin reply :
Third and final day of the Clear Lake trip. Lots of numbers with pretty much everything being chunky 2-3 pounders.
Got tired of cleaning salad off and switched to topwater… way more action than I anticipated and wish I had dedicated some time each day to it.
Bass bite was excellent, but since the carp and catfish also had an affinity for my offerings of course I couldn't go a day without another one of them on a senko.
TnRiver46 reply :
This post is mainly for @Jigfishn10 because of his sense of humor. My mom always wants manual labor and a boat ride for Mother’s day. She is worried about our lake house because it’s pretty much gutted so she wanted me to put down some flooring and a vanity in a tiny half bathroom. As you might expect, I got there before she did and stayed after she left so I could get some fishing done! Also I transported one of my kayaks down there for more efficient fish capturing. Lastly, if you don’t have a life jacket as cool as mine, well then ........
NittyGrittyBoy reply :
I seen the pictures before I read the caption and was gonna comment on that jacket!!! ????
TnRiver46 reply :
On 5/13/2019 at 10:21 AM, NittyGrittyBoy said:I seen the pictures before I read the caption and was gonna comment on that jacket!!! ????
Hahahah. I was hunting through my boat trying to find one that I wouldn’t mind leaving down there in the weather. Bingo! I strapped it to a dock post, no danger of theft .......
hawgenvy reply :
Fished a low-key club tournament on a hot day in the Everglades yesterday. My partner and I managed only 9 keeper bass between us all day (along with the usual mess of dinks, oscars, and mudfish). Somehow we won. Only 6 boats so we barely made back our gas money! Anyway, my first fish was this cute little baby on a Megabass jerkbait.
BigSkyBasser reply :
Found a frog bite in May.
Weighed the biggest bag I ever have in a tournament, won it, and won big fish. Also broke my PB pike and crappie all in the same weekend.
Dorado reply :
Phoenix Urban Pond fishing today Almost 4 lbs. Middle of the day. Weightless tx-rigged 5” Senko (watermelon w/ green and red flk)
The Bassman reply :
On 5/13/2019 at 11:37 AM, BigSkyBasser said:Found a frog bite in May.
Weighed the biggest bag I ever have in a tournament, won it, and won big fish. Also broke my PB pike and crappie all in the same weekend.
Beautiful pics (and fish, too).
Jigfishn10 reply :
On 5/13/2019 at 10:15 AM, TnRiver46 said:This post is mainly for @Jigfishn10 because of his sense of humor. My mom always wants manual labor and a boat ride for Mother’s day. She is worried about our lake house because it’s pretty much gutted so she wanted me to put down some flooring and a vanity in a tiny half bathroom. As you might expect, I got there before she did and stayed after she left so I could get some fishing done! Also I transported one of my kayaks down there for more efficient fish capturing. Lastly, if you don’t have a life jacket as cool as mine, well then ........
Nice job on the floor, buddy! Is that a ceramic tile or a vinyl tile? Either way it came out nice, your mom must be really happy!!
You sure that life jacket won't get stolen? I mean, they don't make em like that anymore? (Psst, there's a very good reason they stop making em, they're butt ugly and no one was buying em)
That fish I quoted in this post would still be twice the size of mine if I was competitive fishing with you that day.
"Happy mother's day, mom, there's a bar of soap down at the water's edge in case you need to wash your hands. We'll talk about the toilet later!"
TnRiver46 reply :
T@Jigfishn10, it was some kind of peel and stick Jazz, not a great product but I reckon it will do and it was very cheap. It was like cutting graham crackers ! But with determination it can be defeated . If you look very closely it’s caddy wampus but it looks good if you are standing up haha
Jigfishn10 reply :
On 5/13/2019 at 10:45 PM, TnRiver46 said:T@Jigfishn10, it was some kind of peel and stick Jazz, not a great product but I reckon it will do and it was very cheap. It was like cutting graham crackers ! But with determination it can be defeated . If you look very closely it’s caddy wampus but it looks good if you are standing up haha
Looks good from the pic. The important thing is, does mom like it?
You can always go over it with a floating floor.
TnRiver46 reply :
On 5/14/2019 at 12:29 AM, Jigfishn10 said:
Absolutely because she picked it out!
N Florida Mike reply :
Caught several yesterday on the 10 inch grape shad culprit worm.
keagbassr reply :
Got out 8:30 to 1:30 today figuring my hopes for a topwater fest gone with an air temp of 39 at launch. While i did manage 2 on a buzzbait with 1 good one at 3-13 it was a spinnerbait that did the most work bringing 11 to the boat including the days best at 4-15.
A-Jay reply :
My morning on Lake Menderchuck was Epic.
When the 5-4 is the dink in the bag.
#thirtypoundsack
A-Jay
12poundbass reply :
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A-Jay reply :
Tired of dealing with these tiny pics.
12poundbass reply :
On 5/15/2019 at 8:43 AM, A-Jay said:Tired of dealing with these tiny pics.
Your pics don’t look tiny. Your fish are so d**n big it gives the illusion of tiny pics. ????
A-Jay reply :
On 5/15/2019 at 8:24 PM, 12poundbass said:Your pics don’t look tiny. Your fish are so d**n big it gives the illusion of tiny pics. ????
I has having an OG moment.
I'm better now though.
????
A-Jay
lo n slo reply :
we’re in full post-spawn mode now, numbers were way down, but we managed to boat around 15 spots today with a few good ones mixed in
813basstard reply :
Sometimes you gotta make withdrawals from the bank..
N Florida Mike reply :
On 5/16/2019 at 8:36 AM, 813basstard said:Sometimes you gotta make withdrawals from the bank..
Looks like a deposit to me !
12poundbass reply :
Persistence pays off. He finally caught one from shore.
NYWayfarer reply :
On 5/16/2019 at 8:05 PM, 12poundbass said:Persistence pays off. He finally caught one from shore.
No doubt about it. His motto is on his shirt.
12poundbass reply :
On 5/16/2019 at 9:44 PM, NYWayfarer said:No doubt about it. His motto is on his shirt.
He’s out there religiously. After he caught that we took the pontoon out and I tied on a spinnerbait for him, no luck on that but he won’t give up which is good.
MossyBackDaddy reply :
On 5/15/2019 at 8:27 AM, A-Jay said:My morning on Lake Menderchuck was Epic.
When the 5-4 is the dink in the bag.
#thirtypoundsack
A-Jay
I'm beginning to think these fish are paid models who only show up for the photo shoot with you then bounce. I'm highly suspicious....J/K nice job.
A-Jay reply :
On 5/17/2019 at 3:32 AM, MossyBackDaddy said:I'm beginning to think these fish are paid models who only show up for the photo shoot with you then bounce. I'm highly suspicious....J/K nice job.
And when I consider the $$ allocated to this obsession, that's mostly the way it is.
Except the models don't always show up !
A-Jay
keagbassr reply :
Got out for about 5 hrs. today. Struggled to get anything going but ended up with 9- 2 on a spinnerbait and 7 on a jig the best one going 3-14.
A-Jay reply :
And then she swam away . . . .
A-Jay
WVU-SCPA reply :
Popped out to a cove that has annually saw heavy spawning for a couple cast after work. The 6 males I saw on beds didn't want to play and weren't locked on. While making cast at them a big lady had moved in and out twice and the light bulb finally went off. Back to back cast on a point that transitions from flat, deeper water, and cove mouth brought these ladies to hand.
lo n slo reply :
nice mixed bag of largemouth and spots this morning.
MossyBackDaddy reply :
Finally got the stank off! Hauled in a few but these were the best ones/ones that stuck around to pose for pics. After throwing Senko style baits here and there for a couple of seasons I decided to focus more on them. These are my very first soft stickbait fish (BPS brand). I'm hooked on soft stick baits now. One on the grass I estimated at 3 pounds and the other goes for about 2 pounds.
At the same time I was crossing the eyes on the ones above my fishing partner caught this nearly 5 pound smallmouth (yeah he didn't even invite me). Gonna go and try to catch his twin tomorrow.
A-Jay reply :
Managed to scratch out a few decent ones today.
A-Jay
N Florida Mike reply :
Got out around 430. Had a friend along I hadn’t fished with for 5 years or so. ( he had took up golf, but suddenly called and wanted to fish.)
Weather was warm and windy. We caught 18 in the first hour and a half . I caught most of mine on a Houdini zoom fluke, and he caught some on the watermelon red fluke. All around eel grass.( as usual)
We got down to the south end and it was pretty dead . Cuaght a few and decided to head back towards home and kept catching fish all the way back. I had switched to the watermelon slice fluke and Bob ended up catching most of his fish on some kind of top water swim bait, can’t remember the name.
We ended up with 30 . No real big fish, but still a great afternoon. 
truthdweller reply :
Comfortable in my Onyx Thunder Rage Jacket and Bibs, I was out last week in a spring downpour catching 5lb HAWGS (plural) at a local pond. Bass CAME ALIVE and we're EXPLODING on the Strike King Rage Chunk on a Texas Rig when the water surface first began being pelted by large raindrops. So, when similar conditions were forecasted, I geared up and arrived at the same location an hour early to beat the rain and repeat the experiment to add more weight to my theory!
Using ultra-light gear again, my 5'4" Ugly Stik, and the Daiwa BG2000 spinning reel, w/ 8lb fluro and 12lb mono leader, I cast out to the left edge of a bush when...
...this happened:
12poundbass reply :
The wife and I had a ‘date night’ we grabbed the poles and hit a bridge close to us to see if any smallies were in the river. First cast with her trusty Senko and she nailed the first SMB of the year that went 2-10.
MIbassyaker reply :
Lots of action friday on a trip to a little out-of-the-way 40-acre lake. A Siebert Fogy bladed jig was effective when cast right up to the shoreline, and when worked through scattered emerging lily pads. Where vegetation was thicker and the fogy started hooking up on pad stems too often, I would switch to a Rage Swimmer rigged weedless on a mustad powerlock hook. This "1-2 punch" accounted for about 2 dozen largemouth in 3 and a half hours, most around 2-3lb, plus a couple of little pike.
Here's the best one, caught on the Fogy; wriggled away before I could get a measure, but probably in the high 3s/low 4s:
A substantially bigger one came off on a surfacing head-shake about 10 minutes later.
A-Jay reply :
This poor girl was lost . . .
A-Jay
12poundbass reply :
On 5/19/2019 at 5:29 AM, A-Jay said:
This poor girl was lost . . .
A-Jay
DUDE!!!! That’s a tank of a green bass, how much did she weigh?
A-Jay reply :
On 5/19/2019 at 5:34 AM, 12poundbass said:DUDE!!!! That’s a tank of a green bass, how much did she weigh?
Thank you my friend.
She was a stout 4.49 lbs.
Admittedly a surprise, this will most likely be my biggest MI green bass this season. Peaked early I guess.
btw - she'll be appearing in an upcoming video here shorty.
With the rain all weekend I'm chained to the pc and have become an editing machine !
Several have already gone up today
A-Jay
ClintIsKING reply :
Don't own a scale but going to Walmart tomorrow to get one lol. Anyone have any guess on what they think it weighed? Nothing crazy but still a nice bass for my first time at the pond ????
Edit: Compared next to a Dobyns 734C and my size 10.5 shoe
hawgenvy reply :
I tried something new tonight bank fishing a golf course lake. The lake is around 5 foot deep in the middle and most of it has a featureless mud bottom. I speculate that a good portion of the forage for many of the bass are the pale blue tilapia that are so numerous there. I selected a shad pattern deep diving (SK 10XD) crankbait, that rooted to and fro and and dug hard into the bottom leaving in its wake a plume of mud. The big hooks on the bait allowed me to use a heavy rig to bring them in through the shore vegetation. The result was a successful outing, leading to a 5 pounder and a 3-12 in quick succession.
PAbasser927 reply :
Just 1 week after catching my first 5+ lb bass (that took me a year and a half to catch), I crushed my PB again by over a full pound! This toad tipped the scales at 6.35lbs... and gave me one heck of a sleigh ride in the kayak!
hawgenvy reply :
Congratulations, man! Nice fish! Nice photo, too. Remember to up your PB in your profile!
hawgenvy reply :
On 5/19/2019 at 9:17 AM, ClintIsKING said:Don't own a scale but going to Walmart tomorrow to get one lol. Anyone have any guess on what they think it weighed? Nothing crazy but still a nice bass for my first time at the pond ????
4 pounds, 3 oz.
ClintIsKING reply :
On 5/19/2019 at 10:55 AM, hawgenvy said:4 pounds, 3 oz.
Yea I thought about 4lbs. Looked at a length to weight comparison chart it and said between 4-5lbs so I'm pretty happy.
hawgenvy reply :
Nice fish, my friend. Enjoy the memory.
Fishingintheweeds reply :
On 5/19/2019 at 9:32 AM, PAbasser927 said:Just 1 week after catching my first 5+ lb bass (that took me a year and a half to catch), I crushed my PB again by over a full pound! This toad tipped the scales at 6.35lbs... and gave me one heck of a sleigh ride in the kayak!
Nice fish. Handling one that size or bigger, up this way (I'm in Michigan) , will have you talking to yourself. I've got my two biggest this year just a few weeks apart also and it kinda leaves me wondering where I go from here...ha, ha, probably down. But congrats! That's a nice one!
Bluebasser86 reply :
Busy couple days Thursday and Friday. Had a guy call me Wednesday night from Las Vegas to see if I was available to guide Thursday night, which I was. So until their flight got in, I went fishing (at a different lake nearby). Didn't catch many, but the quality was good when I got bit. Should have had over 20lbs with my biggest 5, but I had one of those internal dialogue moments when I made a really long cast with my little plastic on my spinning rod and said "I'll never hook it if I get bit that far out", I was right. Line moved off to deep water, gave it all I had on the hookset and didn't even start to turn the fish, then she was gone. Ended up with my 4 keepers just shy of 16 pounds in 4 hours though.
Guide trip went great. 3 friends put over 60 fish in the boat in 4 hours, a mix of largemouth, green sunfish, bluegill, black crappie, channel catfish, and a first in my boat, a gizzard shad hooked in the mouth on a wacky rig. Poor guy had never seen a shad before and grabbed it by it's side to try and unhook it before I could say anything, it got a good laugh from his buddies. To cap the night, I spotted what proved to be the biggest of the evening sitting suspended next to a boat lift, and she was all over the Ned rig that landed in front of her.
Had my favorite backseater with me Friday. Fishing was not terrific, but we caught plenty of fish and he got to play in the livewell and eat lots of snacks. We even went way up a creek with the high water and found a bunch of fish trapped in a big, clear pool and caught about 20 out of there. Tons of snakes cruising the creek for some reason, he was having fun watching them too. Didn't get any bass pictures, but we did get some multispecies action.
PAbasser927 reply :
On 5/19/2019 at 11:59 AM, Fishingintheweeds said:Nice fish. Handling one that size or bigger, up this way (I'm in Michigan) , will have you talking to yourself. I've got my two biggest this year just a few weeks apart also and it kinda leaves me wondering where I go from here...ha, ha, probably down. But congrats! That's a nice one!
Thanks! Yeah I am in the same boat here in Southeast PA. This was actually the biggest bass I have seen in person. I had the same thought about where I go from here, but I actually have my first baby due in August so I am just happy to get these catches in before my fishing time gets severely limited lol
Will Wetline reply :
Here's a "wake up" fish from early 5/18. Report on the day will follow.
Team9nine reply :
Been a bad year for getting the boat out, but snuck in another bank trip to a favorite small lake yesterday. Saw a lot of beds, but nothing locked on them. Did catch a couple cruisers sight fishing, but the rest of the 21 landed were cast and grind
Fishingintheweeds reply :
On 5/19/2019 at 6:45 PM, PAbasser927 said:Thanks! Yeah I am in the same boat here in Southeast PA. This was actually the biggest bass I have seen in person. I had the same thought about where I go from here, but I actually have my first baby due in August so I am just happy to get these catches in before my fishing time gets severely limited lol
Yeah, it changes some. I have two, a year and a half apart and they're still young. I started having to get little 30-45 minute trips in and planning them out...it was a change, for sure. But I've caught all of my biggest 3 since I had my second. So, never fear! All is not lost.
I've also lucked out that my 2 and a half year old can fish with a wacky rigged Senko on a tiny circle hook and...SO FAR...not get anything twisted or stick with a hook. The circle hook also relieved most of the worry about him causing a late hook set somehow and having a gut hooked fish. Of course, I help, but he actually gets to fish...and mom's a fan of anything that can get at least one kid out of the house! Just saying...it's worth a shot!
CrankFate reply :
Got out for a little today. Looks like the fish are bedding up. They are staying tight to their spots and will not eat. Found one today that had to be around 10lbs. No matter what I did, I could not get it to bite anything. I even casted straight into him and bumped him once with a spinner bait. No luck. They all did the same thing. Looks like the dumb ones like this 3-4 pounder are making beds in the excessive algae this year. I have never seen this much before.
Still a great day, since now that everything’s all set up right, I could cast to the end of the spool on my aldebaran with a weightless senko or even 1/4 ounce
Brandon O'tinger reply :
Caught while fishing for crappie and bluegill. I lost a bigger bass on 4 lb test line, and I'm pretty sure this one also was one that had got away earlier in the day. Glad he came back. Not sure the weight, roughly 1.8 to 2 lbs you think?
I usually don't keep, but this time.i decided to keep a handful of the 15 crappie I caught today to fillet and fry. Also a chunky bluegill in there
CrankFate reply :
Maybe you can see it better this way. They appear to be protecting the holes.
The Bassman reply :
Not the 5's and 6's some guys are showing but finally getting some river action. Caught 9 the other day with this one being the best. Also, some decent white bass action. They're lots of fun.
deep reply :
On 5/20/2019 at 9:51 AM, CrankFate said:
Maybe you can see it better this way. They appear to be protecting the holes.
I almost got a headache trying to find your bed(s?) lol.
My first cast with the 68 yielded this today:
Guess I will take it.. especially since it's the only one I caught. First cast curse?
CrankFate reply :
On 5/21/2019 at 1:08 AM, deep said:
I almost got a headache trying to find your bed(s?) lol.
My first cast with the 68 yielded this today:
Guess I will take it.. especially since it's the only one I caught. First cast curse?
Still better than the hundreds of casts curse. The only thing I caught was a dink catfish.
A-Jay reply :
Last fish of the day and she was definitely worth the wait.
A-Jay
Johnbt reply :
I caught another skinny fish yesterday at noon. This one measured an honest 22 inches, but only weighed 5 pounds 1 ounce. It went to the bottom and had me all wrapped up in pads for a couple of minutes. I thought I was going to have to cut the braid at one point, or go in and get it.
fishballer06 reply :
Crappie in her gullet and she still wanted the @Siebert Outdoors jig.
boostr reply :
On 5/22/2019 at 10:20 AM, A-Jay said:
Last fish of the day and she was definitely worth the wait.
A-Jay
man A-Jay, Those pigballs you catch are ridiculous.
Graham reply :
Been a while since I’ve posted on here. Good one I caught the other day, went for 4.8.
A-Jay reply :
Really like throwing jerkbaits in the wind.
But once it got 25 +, I had to call it.
Not before introducing myself to a couple of the locals.
A-Jay
Brandon O'tinger reply :
Not a giant, but I always get super stoked to catch a quality bass. Right around the 3 lb mark. Had a nice fat belly. Caught on nightcrawler threaded on a #6 brim hook, 4 lb line and light action rod. Ran up under the dock and actually got snagged on a post, but instead of jerking the rod, I flipped the bail over to let out some slack I'm hoped it would swim itself out, and it did.
deep reply :
Topwater tonight. Caught a dozen or so, some hanging out in a foot or two of water. All on a Gunfish 115 that I got from @Bluebasser86 about 8 years back in a trade.
Glimpse of some wildlife on the way back:
Brandon O'tinger reply :
I've never caught huge bass so that one is quite likely my PB. That's probably a dink for many around here. It measured out to be just over 18 inches long.
keagbassr reply :
Got out thurs. Thinking the cloudy/windy conditions would be perfect for where I went. Threw the kitchen sink for 5 hrs. Could only get 4 on a buzzbait with the best at 3-4.
928JLH reply :
The grass is finally coming in nicely. Balls of shad roaming everywhere and bass feeding. Underspins were great. Use to hate fishing grass now I feel confident in it. Can't wait to throw a lipless and chatterbait around. Have a safe memorial day weekend.
Brandon O'tinger reply :
First is the bass I caught Thursday, other is one earlier in the year. Roughly the same length but one is fatter and has a rounder shape. I'm guessing one is Male and the other is female?
Ksam1234 reply :
Haven’t been out as much lately but still catching the big brown beauties
The Bassman reply :
This girl looks like she's late to the party. I'd expect this a few weeks ago but it's late May and not yet spawned out. At least I presume she's full of eggs and not shad at this point in time.
Bluebasser86 reply :
Really feeling the effects of the 10+ inches of rain we've had the last week here. Still managed to get on a couple good ones, along with several smaller ones, flipping a homemade jig and pitching a Rage bug into flooded grass. One of the first grass bites was a pretty wild ride on a short line.
roadwarrior reply :
TnRiver46 reply :
lo n slo reply :
we caught a dozen in the little johnny this morning and got off the water around 10:30. this nice spot came off brush in 20 fow.
deep reply :
Walking the banks for a bit in the AM, and caught 6 including a quick release. None were much bigger or smaller than this last one.
keagbassr reply :
After working today and then hanging out with my brother,nephew and my mom for a bit before she heads home to Fla. In a couple days I decided I could squeeze in a quick bonus trip from 430 til 7. Only got 3 all on a spinnerbait with 1 good one that weighed 4 lbs. Even.
Ksam1234 reply :
Another good day of big brown bass, tomorrow will be the third day of warm stable weather ! Going to have a long 8 hour water session tomorrrow ! Can’t wait
12poundbass reply :
On 5/27/2019 at 8:49 AM, Ksam1234 said:Another good day of big brown bass, tomorrow will be the third day of warm stable weather ! Going to have a long 8 hour water session tomorrrow ! Can’t wait
Nice fatties, well done!
TnRiver46 reply :
^what he said! Those ones appear to have been back through the buffet line a few times too many. Reminds me of me.......
A-Jay reply :
April & May 2019 have been decent; especially for plus sized brown bass.
A-Jay
12poundbass reply :
We finally got a chance to get the G3 out on a different lake this morning. Things didn’t go quite as planned. The bass didn’t cooperate neither did the weather. We only got about 3 hours in and around 8:30 the wind picked up. By 9 we had enough of getting blown around. I got a dink on a spinnerbait and 6poundbass got one while we were waiting for the launch to free up.
flyfisher reply :
Couple pound jig fish
I still can't believe that 1, he fit that frog into his mouth and 2 that i was able to get a good enough hookset to land him.
Here is the best fish of the day. A shade under 22" and weighed in at 5lbs 9oz
I imagine is full on spawn mode she would weigh a few pounds more. Had a fun day which included 10+ miles of paddling....
Dorado reply :
Caught 5 of these guys today surface buzzing the Zoom Ultra Vibe Speed Worm (Cali 420) for violent topwater strikes. Not huge, but the coolest way to catch bass off worms IMO.
Ksam1234 reply :
Not to get to sentimental but I wanna thank everyone for the good talks and positive encouragement on here. The pics I get to look at and all the info I get to read keeps my mind busy. This has probably been the worst year I have had in a long time personal life wise and it has taken a toll, the fishing is what is keeping me sane and all the helpful and nice people around here and on the water. That being said it’s been a great year for fish! Here are some more brown fish from Memorial Day
boostr reply :
I had a memorable Memorial Day, me and the boy went to a newer lake. The second time for me and the first for him. A good 10 minute hike up to the lake, then we walked and fished the whole 4 mile circumfrence. I got to spend time with my boy, and caught the most bass than I ever did bank fishing. Caught six largies (could of been eight but lost 2), and my son caught one snot rocket. Four bucketmouths couldn't resist a wacky rigged green pumpkin copper purple flake Senko, then caught one on a homemade jig with a Blue Craw Rage Chunk and another on Texas rigged Blue Craw Rage Craw. These guys were all gentle biters, each one felt like a bluegill pecking at the bait.
This is the the first and biggest. A nice 3 lbr, the rest were between 2 and 1 1/2 lbs:
And this is my son's snot rocket:
NYWayfarer reply :
Finally, first Smallmouth of the year!
The river is still raging from all the rain we have had these last weeks. Combined with the snowmelt earlier this month this is as late a start to the season as I can remember.
I took a trip to the local dam and did what my wife calls "fishing like your 16" I walked along the 4' wide wall until I got to a calm spot on the side of the dam. Dropped my worm 15' to the waters below and was able to get two Smallmouth Bass. I don't know what I would have done if I caught one over 2lbs. It was hard enough to reel these guys in and then pull them up to the top of the dam.
They weren't monsters but still fun to catch and a cure for my Smallie skunk.
ShenandoahAngler reply :
This was actually last weekend. It was caught on a black and blue Chatterbait with a Missile Baits swimbait trailer. I had been paddling around the lake for four hours without any luck, then at the last minute I landed this one at 3.76 pounds and 18 inches.
This Saturday, I caught four fish, but they ranged from 11-13 inches and .70 to 1.4 pounds. Caught two on a weighted hook swimbait, one on the Chatterbait from the week before, and one on a 6th Sense jig with a Rage Craw trailer.
I've rented the kayak three times now, and I think I am addicted.
superkamikazee reply :
Haven't able to make it out in a while, but finally got a chance to hit the water last weekend. Only out for 2 hrs, managed to land this 2.5lb'r.
Pretty sure I missed the spawn, and this one was a late spawner or still hanging out near a bunch of empty beds. I also believe I caught this same fish 30 mins apart lol, same weight and torn fins.
teethmarks reply :
fish were loving the jig today casting it out and hopping it back to the boat. then it got stuck under/between some rocks and i had to break it off. it was the only one i had with me in that color and as expected no other colors or combinations worked the rest of the day. luckily was able to work the drop shot for a few here and there but no where near the activity of the jig. the girl with the red on her tail was the biggest of the day at just under 3.
Johnbt reply :
This is NOT my fish.
I recently posted a couple of pics of 22" and 23" fish that I called skinny because they were only 5 and 6 pounds. To claim a Virginia citation/trophy largemouth a fish must be 8 pounds or 22". In the good old days it was 8 pounds or nothing.
Although I'm leaving for Ocracoke Island NC to do a little surf fishing and hang out with my wife and friends, I still have bass fishing on my mind.
Will the bullfrogs be huge when I get back? Will the dinks stop slapping my frog and annoying me? Will the copper/chartreuse spinnerbaits still work? Who knows.
My buddy and bass mentor caught this one last summer on a frog and I've been thinking about it while I've been landing those skinny fish... Will he catch it again before I get back? How big is it this year? Is its momma even bigger? Stay tuned.
10 pounds, 26 inches, and a 7-inch frog leg sticking up in its throat. How many frogs did it eat before it ate the fake frog?
RealtreeByGod reply :
Caught an absolute monster as my first ever topwater bass.
lo n slo reply :
three chubby spots from this morning in the little johnny. these things fight like crazy. caught 16 total. life is good.
(not my best day taking pictures)
Bluebasser86 reply :
One of my little 1/8oz micro finesse jigs was catching them good Friday, including the biggest largemouth and smallmouth of the day, and a really cool looking Warmouth.
CrankFate reply :
Not many bass where we were. Small catfish only. But we were looking for the giant carp. No luck. Kids had 20-25 cats.
TnRiver46 reply :
Got a nice 19.5” smallmouth that fought like the devil. Once again captured with @Bluebasser86‘s bladed jig
Bassin' Brad reply :
Just under 3 lbs. She hit a white tx rigged fluke.
WVU-SCPA reply :
Who says the ned doesn't catch big fish? This little guy has a lot to learn as he was chasing minnows as soon as he was back in the water.
In all seriousness, the ned has accounted for 3 over 5 this year and two tournament lunkers.
12poundbass reply :
On 6/5/2019 at 2:28 AM, WVU-SCPA said:Who says the ned doesn't catch big fish? This little guy has a lot to learn as he was chasing minnows as soon as he was back in the water.
In all seriousness, the ned has accounted for 3 over 5 this year and two tournament lunkers.
Must be that bass has little man syndrome
Dangerfield reply :
Caught my PB smallmouth (6.01lb) a few weeks back on a 4" Z-man swimmerz (shiner).
12poundbass reply :
On 6/6/2019 at 2:01 AM, Dangerfield said:Caught my PB smallmouth (6.01lb) a few weeks back on a 4" Z-man swimmerz (shiner).
That’s a nice looking football right there. Congrats!
Mbirdsley reply :
First time fishing for smallies in crystal lake in benzonia county Michigan. Water was crystal clear and can see down 15 feet. Water temp was 55 degrees. Locals have been kicking the crap out of the smallies. I only managed this one and couple monster rockbass on a 4 inch zoom green pumpkin tube. I wasn’t bed fishing but, they are on the beds in northern Michigan
TnRiver46 reply :
On 6/7/2019 at 2:29 AM, Mbirdsley said:First time fishing for smallies in crystal lake in benzonia county Michigan. Water was crystal clear and can see down 15 feet. Water temp was 55 degrees. Locals have been kicking the crap out of the smallies. I only managed this one and couple monster rockbass in a 4 inch zoom green pumpkin tube. I was bed fishing but, they are on the beds in northern Michigan
Nice fish! My only trip to that part of the world ended up near there on big platte lake, very fun place
Mbirdsley reply :
On 6/7/2019 at 2:47 AM, TnRiver46 said:Nice fish! My only trip to that part of the world ended up near there on big platte lake, very fun place
I’m fishing big platte tommrow. I fished little platte Monday night which, I’ll post pics later and took 2 16 inches , 16.5, and a 12 inche large mouths
Mbirdsley reply :
Went to little platte lake in benzie county Monday night. It’s a big lake but, the deepest it gets is 8 feet in a couple of holes. Water temp was 67 degrees and water clear. Took one 15incher on my home made chatter bait green pumpkin with blue tips on the skirt. Than 12 inches cane in a bomber 4a sexy shad crank. The 16 inches and 16.5 came on a water Mellon red flake 7 inch yum dinger t rigged with 1/8 tungsten weight. I may hit little platte up again before I leave. I can’t get the other 2 pics to load. I’m up north at the moment without a computer
Will Wetline reply :
The boat was rocking too hard for the scale to settle on a reading, so let's call this smallmouth 3 3/4 lbs. A Finesse TRD on a 1/16 oz. mushroom head is stretched out along her upper lip.
lo n slo reply :
be careful out there Will
813basstard reply :
..she got a good job, good credit, no kids AND she can cook
TnRiver46 reply :
On 6/7/2019 at 4:15 AM, Mbirdsley said:I’m fishing big platte tommrow. I fished little platte Monday night which, I’ll post pics later and took 2 16 inches , 16.5, and a 12 inche large mouths
That’s awesome man!!
TnRiver46 reply :
Got a 20.5 inch yesterday evening
Hollada reply :
Gotta love spring on St Clair.
TOXIC reply :
On 6/7/2019 at 7:12 PM, Hollada said:Gotta love spring on St Clair.
Nice. That's my happy place....when the wind isn't blowing 30 knots.
Dirtyeggroll reply :
Went to a nearby lake that used to secretly hold a very good population of 6, 7, and 8 lbers (so good that you could almost count on catching one or more that size one each trip). The water was clear so I had to pull out “The Babe” in hopes of in taunting one on the higher end of the scale.
Well it wasn’t the fish I was hoping to catch to trash my Babe, but I’ll take it (~2.5 lber).
Had lots of bigger fish striking the d**n head of the thing. I’d watch fish strike it multiple times on the way back to the boat, but couldn’t get a hook in them. I tried switching over to a pre-rigged version with a hanging treble but there was too much grass for that to work. I was planning on running back through the area where I was getting bit with a weightless senko or fluke but I ran out of time.
lo n slo reply :
it’s been stormy here since yesterday morning, but i had a decent window of opportunity to get after them this morning. not my best day in the little johnny, but i did get a dozen, with this fatty being the lone largemouth of the creel. life is good.
Brandon O'tinger reply :
Wasn't the huge bass I tangled with the day before and earlier in the day yesterday, but this was a "one more cast" bass as I was getting ready to leave. 17.25 inches, and a bit on the skinny side, so I say about 1lb 14 ounces.
long island basser reply :
Had a good morning today with 10 pickerel and 9 bass.
Five of the bass were over 3 lbs with the best two weighing 6lb 12oz and 5lb 8oz.
N Florida Mike reply :
On 6/7/2019 at 7:08 PM, TnRiver46 said:Got a 20.5 inch yesterday evening
Nice.
Got this one and a couple of his friends in about 5 minutes using a cut-off Zoom June bug speed worm.
Mbirdsley reply :
Went BACK to big platte lake in benzonia county Michigan. Fished for 3.5 hrs before we had to head home. Went 0 for 3 on smallies the day before. Water is very clear and you can see down 15 feet. This first picture was a smallie I caught on zoom green pumpkin salty tube 1/4 tube jig. Underneath a dock in 3 ft ofvwater. Day before I saw monster smallies cruising 4-3 ft Fow. Water temp was 66 degrees and I think spawning is just wrapping up on this lake.
This 2nd smallie was 17.5 inches. Caught on a bandit silent root beer either 200 or 300 crank. Caught another smaller small mouth and a bunch of rock bass on that crank. This bass was on the drop off where it went for 5-6 to 25 feet of water bank. First real success I’ve had with cranks so far. I bought that bandit at a surplus store that is getting into fishing tackle heavy. Paid 2.99 for it. I’m thinking of going back and buying the 2-3 they had left
hawgenvy reply :
I was able to eke out first place from the rear deck yesterday in a casual club tournament at Lake Okeechobee north end. The lake itself was ridiculously shallow and muddy, so we fished the lower section of the Kissimmee River. Surface temps were as high as 88 degrees in shallow areas. Fishing was slow. Most of the fish were off the bank on the bottom in 10 FOW. The ticket was Gambler's gigantic 13" ribbon tail worm in black, behind a 1/2 oz bullet weight, resulting in a handful of 2-3 pounders and a win with a 12.5 bag. No one else reached the 5 fish limit and a couple of the guys were skunked. The key, I think, was that big worm.
N Florida Mike reply :
Got this one before the rain on a zoom fluke in watermelon slice.
NYWayfarer reply :
Weekend weather was absolutely amazing. Was able to fish Friday to Sunday. The Strike King Rage Swimmer was the juice! Lew’s LFS reel paired with an old favorite rod, the Field and Stream Tec-Spec Elite 6’,10” MH/extra fast. Got some nice Smallies.
CrankFate reply :
Season starting so slow, no pics to post. Bass usually become catchable around now. Did a trip in saltwater and still have nothing to report but one dink, at least it was on my new Kistler KLX, which will be more versatile than expected. The only luck so far has been at the trusty old catfish hole.
Arobb2012 reply :
I finally was able to hit a local river. Caught 3 smallies 2 on a bps bomb craw and 1 one a rage menace grub.
Jar11591 reply :
Back on the water and back on the forums after a few months. Due to life’s craziness I hadn’t been able to do either as much as I would like. But the hectic schedule has opened a little bit and I should be able to get out a lot this year. Did pretty well on my first trip of the year. No lunkers, but a decent average size and I caught em all day. Most fish were caught super shallow. Got the best fish on a weedless frog.
boostr reply :
1st time out on the boat this year. Caught me a couple of Lmbs on one of Sieberts 3/8 double willow spinner baits in Bluegill
And no, I didn't hook the gills. That came from the soft cheek tissue. And yeah, the wife thinks she's funny... Wasn't laughing after I pushed her off the boat... I keed, just joke yes...
Glaucus reply :
Fattest LMB I've caught on this river since a 6 pounder in April 2013. Coincidentally only about 20 yards away from where that 6 pounder came from 6 years ago. I've caught quite a few longer LMB here since then, but not nearly as fat. I wish the photos did the gut justice.
Hanging out where the Smallies like to be... Species traitor
Russ E reply :
My outboard broke down a week ago. With the flooded reservoirs ,all of the boat repair shops are booked. Cabelas can finally get it in tomorrow, hopefully it is a simple repair.
Instead of sitting around waiting for my boat, I decided to walk the bank of the local lake.
caught a mixed bag of Largemomouth and Smallmouth. All on a Neko rig.
this was by far the largest. It weighed 4lb. 4oz. One of the largest I have caught from the bank of this lake.
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The Bassman reply :
On 6/11/2019 at 5:54 AM, Glaucus said:Fattest LMB I've caught on this river since a 6 pounder in April 2013. Coincidentally only about 20 yards away from where that 6 pounder came from 6 years ago. I've caught quite a few longer LMB here since then, but not nearly as fat. I wish the photos did the gut justice.
Hanging out where the Smallies like to be... Species traitor
Good to see you fishing moving water again. Just wish our creeks would get wadeable here in central IN.
A-Jay reply :
Didn't Break any records but didn't get skunked ~
A-Jay
TnRiver46 reply :
On 6/12/2019 at 6:16 AM, A-Jay said:
Didn't Break any records but didn't get skunked ~
A-Jay
Nice fish! I thought you might have floated away
Bluebasser86 reply :
Been gone for a minute, on a much needed family vacation at Table Rock this past Friday-Monday. Thursday before we left I took a friend and his friend to a lake that usually doesn't treat me well. It's where he wanted to go though, so that's where we went. It was much nicer to me than it has been in my past trips. They were smashing Pepe the Slammer and a @Munkin swim jig for me and my bladed jigs for the guys.
Table Rock was a blast, although I think the fish were very much in transition and probably feeling the effects of having almost 2 straight weeks of being pounded on by MLF pros to go along with all the regular pressure that lake gets. I still managed to catch my fair share and put my dad, my wife, and Lake on some fish as well. Even Finn got to meet a Table Rock bass during his first ever ride in my boat. Most of my fish were on a Duo Realis Rozante, shakyhead, or video fishing with a dropshot. Even I impressed myself with that last one.
I usually find a bunch of baits at Table Rock, but I only found one this time, a River2Sea Rover. It was floating about 20' off a shoreline and still attached to a 7' MH BPS Carbonlite and Abu Revo SX. Couldn't have been there long, reel seemed to still be functioning well. Took it apart when we got home so I can let it dry and clean it.
BurrStone reply :
Got up to Washington County, Maine for bass fishing on Grand Falls Flowage. Still in late stage of pre-spawn up there. First sunny stretch of days they'd seen all spring. So we got lucky. Mostly used weightless t-rigged senkos (submerged stumps everywhere). Caught my biggest bass on a tiny Keitech swimbait, t-rigged. Got mauled by black flies the whole time.
TnRiver46 reply :
MossyBackDaddy reply :
Went out this morning to a private pond and it was a good day landed about 8 or 9. Used the Live Target Field Mouse for the very first time (any mouse lure for that matter) and let me tell you that thing gets bit! All fish were from 1-2.5 pounds. One that got off felt like he was about 3-4 pounds.
This guy was caught on the BPS senko which he choked. Funny thing is this one and another one were caught using the senko and a weedless finesse hook but when I went to remove the hook saw that the weedless wire was still engaged. Anybody else ever had that happen to them? Like I said the LMB bite has been fire for me but the SMB bite has been pathetic.
On 6/12/2019 at 6:16 AM, A-Jay said:
Didn't Break any records but didn't get skunked ~
A-Jay
A-Jay I am the new moderator here and you are hereby banned from posting anymore pics of fat pig brownies until further notice...or until I can get in on some of that action.
A-Jay reply :
On 6/13/2019 at 5:37 AM, MossyBackDaddy said:A-Jay I am the new moderator here and you are hereby banned from posting anymore pics of fat pig brownies until further notice...or until I can get in on some of that action.
OK ~ Good Luck with that.
btw - do Musky count ?
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????
A-Jay
12poundbass reply :
6poundbass caught a nice one tonight. He’s religiously out fishing ever night, I think he’s addicted.
fishwizzard reply :
On 6/13/2019 at 6:11 AM, A-Jay said:OK ~ Good Luck with that.
btw - do Musky count ?
????
A-Jay
I could not stand the cold but you make some compelling arguments for living that far north.
A-Jay reply :
On 6/13/2019 at 10:04 AM, fishwizzard said:I could not stand the cold but you make some compelling arguments for living that far north.
Thanks - While nothing's guaranteed, I feel like if I can make it through the months of -30 temps - fishing in 40 degree stuff is a piece of cake.
Besides the rewards can be memorable.
#notforeveryone
A-Jay
Bluebasser86 reply :
Perfect weather this morning when I got off work, couldn't help but make a couple cast at the lake across the street. One of my first cast I caught this little fella that was surely about to starve to death. 7 more and 4 misses on a frog (but all followed up and caught with the stick worm) made a pretty eventful half hour.
Had a guide trip this evening. Fish were active and feeding with the cooler temps, wind, and fronts moving through. Several solid 2-3 pound fish and a couple a little bigger. Bladed jig, Ned, slider, T-rig, swinging football head, and one of @Munkin's swim jigs all claimed fish for me or Ray.
Poor skinny, post spawn gal was 20" and only 3.76lbs. Pretty rare to see a big, skinny fish on this lake.
NE-KID reply :
On 6/13/2019 at 6:11 AM, A-Jay said:OK ~ Good Luck with that.
btw - do Musky count ?
????
A-Jay
Very nice A-Jay!
TnRiver46 reply :
Got a 19" about 3.25 lbs and a 21.5" a little over 4 lbs. Been experimenting with a cheap spring scale, good evening to have it. Surprisingly accurate
N Florida Mike reply :
Caught this poor thing . Skinniest I’ve ever caught. ????
N Florida Mike reply :
On 6/13/2019 at 9:21 PM, TnRiver46 said:Got a 19" about 3.25 lbs and a 21.5" a little over 4 lbs. Been experimenting with a cheap spring scale, good evening to have it. Surprisingly accurate
Good fish. Don’t know ‘bout that hat tho!????
J._Bricker reply :
Twice this guy missed my buzz bait, so I pitch a senko in there and he smoked it. When I got him to the boat, I discovered why he missed the buzz bait. His face was so mangled, these photos don’t do it justice. My hook is just visible in what’s left of his upper lip. I’m sure he’ll live to fight another day...
Derek1 reply :
Rained hard all day. Let up just In time for my ride home. So I stopped for a half hour and caught this one and two big pickerel.
Skinny belly just spawned out I think.
Hurricane reply :
On 6/13/2019 at 6:11 AM, A-Jay said:OK ~ Good Luck with that.
btw - do Musky count ?
????
A-Jay
My god thats awesome
NHBull reply :
Dirtyeggroll reply :
Got on a really fun big Swimbait/wakebait bite!
Will update with more info and pics later.
hawgenvy reply :
Went bank fishing tonight with my friend Mike. The Florida summer pattern was in full swing with fish widely scattered and mostly in deeper areas. We caught a few, including this healthy 4 1/2 pounder that inhaled my Gambler 13" black ribbon-tail worm. She pulled so hard I thought I was battling a 10 pounder, but in the end I wasn't disappointed when this robust specimen emerged.
deep reply :
Caught me a good one on the oneten plus one today:
Brandon O'tinger reply :
16 incher caught in the middle of some bluegill. Also caught were a 2 lb catfish and a 4lb catfish.
Way north bass guy reply :
Finally able to add to this thread, as today was our opener. Started a bit late, didn’t get on the water till almost 9:00 and were off by 1:00 but we still managed about 30 bass. Mostly smaller ones, but I did get one decent one about 3lbs or so. Almost every fish came on a frog, and they were choking it today! All in all, a decent start to the season for my son and I. This was a brand new frog at the start of the day ????.
The Bassman reply :
On 6/22/2019 at 1:44 AM, NHBull said:A fine morning playing with SM on Squam....All on a fat ika
My new secret weapon this year for LM. Are you rigging it backwards? I cut a notch out of mine to give the hook point a little more bite.
NHBull reply :
On 6/23/2019 at 4:01 AM, The Bassman said:My new secret weapon this year for LM. Are you rigging it backwards? I cut a notch out of mine to give the hook point a little more bite.
I have been rigging upside down like a palm tree. The back with Bl, is almost identical to craw that’s been regurgitated. Been using a red standard Grammy 4/0 EWG offset with the working end bent slightly out so it is parallel the shank. I have some owners and others on the way to experiment with. The owner is slightly shorter and I am planning to add a nail in the summer
long island basser reply :
One short of a dozen this morning. Most coming on hollow body frogs and h2o wake/crank.
long island basser reply :
N Florida Mike reply :
On 6/20/2019 at 10:47 PM, teethmarks said:story time
went out on a local rezzie with my brother in law. it was my first outing with a new fish finder, chirp 54cv. the old one (which i kept on the boat) is a humminbird 100sx; it is quite the jump. i cannot believe the resolution of the new one it is kind of crazy to me.
so we started marking fish at a point that drops quickly to 40' and im pulling up smallies with drop shot at a decent clip and my brother is throwing squarebills and shaky craws to shore. we are seeing them in the 10' to 15' depth range.
my drop shot rod is a fenwick elite tech with a 13 fishing prototype x 2.0 spinning reel. it is strung up with power pro 15lb main line and i use seaguar finesse fluorocarbon as a leader via double uni knot. i have been using the 8.4 lb finesse line in this application without a problem for a good while now but recently wanted to try the 6.2 lb. it was apparent when tying this smaller line on as a leader that the fidelity and strength of the line between the two was very different.
in a moment i had a fish on that was easily the biggest fish i have ever felt on the end of my line in a fresh water scenario. in that same moment i did not recall the switch to lighter line. it went something like, feel bite, set hook, got two or three cranks and the fish took off like a bluefish. took some line, then some more, then broke off. tears may have been shed and i told my brother that this incident would cause night terrors. in retrospect im beating myself up over not having the presence of mind to loosen the drag.
i did check the drag before the very first cast and it felt fine. this reel however has a very unique brake system. i understand that im typing this out to cope and shift responsibility and accountability. BUT there really is something different about the drag on this reel than i am used to, coming from low end pfluegers and clearance combos. it engages on a scale, like it has more resistance as more line is taken. amateur but frustrating. and it hurts. i can see, feel and taste the awe of boating whatever that was. the excitement is all there but instead of reality it exists in an imaginary place and time that is hollow and empty. i never want to make a mistake like this again!
a moment after this ordeal (maybe a minute) my brother pulled this 4 and a half pound chain pickerel to the boat. i joked to check it for jewelry but i knew in my heart that was not the fish that was on my line.
somewhat slightly redeeming to get a really nice fish so soon after a heartbreaking loss.
my nicest bass from the day, the smallies i got on the boat were just that, small
and a nice 3 lb fish from the other day
Sorry you lost that big un. At least you got some nice fish anyway. And your brother looks happy.????
NYWayfarer reply :
First topwater fish of the year.
Caught another Smallmouth then a Pumpkinseed swiped and foul hooked itself.
Switched to the Ned when the bite died down.
Bluebasser86 reply :
Been so busy that I haven't fished many of the Thursday night tournaments this year. This last week was the 3rd one I've fished this year and first one I've won, also got big bass. Could have done much better if I didn't miss some chances at bigger fish. Really hurts to miss good bites when the fishing is as tough as it was.
Friday was weird. Started good, 2 keepers over 18" in about 10 minutes on top, then it just died and a big storm moved in. Once the storm passed they were acting really strange and no fish of any size would cooperate. I did catch 7 channel cats on bladed jigs once the storm moved through, which was kind of fun.
TnRiver46 reply :
NHBull reply :
Best day of the year so far....12 over 3lbs in 3 hours all on a Fat IKA, with the best best being just below PB at 5.7 lbs for the North East
keagbassr reply :
On 6/24/2019 at 1:57 AM, NHBull said:...12 over 3lbs in 3 hours
Holy cow!that's insane! I'm doing cartwheels if I catch 12 over 3 in a MONTH. CONGRATS!
lo n slo reply :
i caught my pb spot this morning on a 5” Zoom june bug lizard, off brush in 18 fow. short of my goal of 4 lbs this year, but not by much. she was 20” long and 3.84 lbs. i caught 15 spots in all, but no largemouth today. life is good ????
Dorado reply :
GP Green Flk Pitboss swam near ambush points to imitate the bluegills. First time fishing the Havoc Pitboss and I’m loving the versatility and action of this classic bait
Finally landed a LMB on the Livetarget Sunfish Hollow Belly. I modified it by taking pliers to make the hooks protrude at an upward angle. I’ve gotten more strikes on this top water lure than any other top water lures combined.
Way north bass guy reply :
Took the kid to the culvert across the road from our house for some panfish. Ultra light rod and some fresh caught worms did the trick, only thing is, we didn’t get one perch or sunfish, and usually we catch dozens there. Nope, today it was all smallies, he caught 6, and our best 5 would’ve gone about 18-19lbs! The culvert is about 20’ deep as they dredged it out a couple years ago when they fixed it up, so I guess the bass came in from the connected lake and just lay in the shade in deep water waiting for food to drift by. It was a pretty exciting half hour, and we even got to watch a 4lber come up and engulf a huge moth that was skittering across the surface about 2’ from where our legs dangled off the culvert. My son then promptly dropped his worm down and caught the same fish ????.
This guy wasn’t even the biggest one!
Brandon O'tinger reply :
No big ones Friday, but did get this 14 incher. Thought about keeping it with the bluegill I had on the stringer, but she looked a little skinny from the spawn, so I out her back to let her recover.
Team9nine reply :
Happy to find that the shallow pond I thought got killed out over the winter seems to be alive and well. Managed 10 mostly decent fish before a fast moving storm pushed me off the water...but not before getting soaked Spent 10 minutes watching and observing this cruiser before I was able to figure out how to trigger it to bite. Nothing like observing bass behavior up close and personal.
Ksam1234 reply :
Today was a great day for the frog! Csught about 20 on frog all day in the pads ! Then some others weightless with swimbait. Only got a pic of this decent one around 3 pounds
RealtreeByGod reply :
I have been catching a lot of spots recently and I'd like to think I have been getting better at telling the difference between them and largemouth and now my entire existence has been called into question. What is this?
Maybe it's just the picture and the way I'm lipping it, but it seems like the jaw doesn't go far enough back to be a largemouth.
Bluebasser86 reply :
On 6/24/2019 at 2:34 PM, RealtreeByGod said:I have been catching a lot of spots recently and I'd like to think I have been getting better at telling the difference between them and largemouth and now my entire existence has been called into question. What is this?
Maybe it's just the picture and the way I'm lipping it, but it seems like the jaw doesn't go far enough back to be a largemouth.
100% largemouth
N Florida Mike reply :
Picked this one off before dark on a watermelon red yum dinger .
keagbassr reply :
First cast of the day today from shore before I launched my boat produced my best of the year. 5-12 on a jig. Got 9 more on frogs and toads once I got out but nothing over 2 or so. Did have one looked about 4 blast my toad but I couldn't close the deal.
Brandon O'tinger reply :
1.67 lb and a 2.50 largemouth caught on my ultralight. both were real fun fights.
fishwizzard reply :
Got a nice one at my local pond this morning.
I was able to pull 2-3lb bass out of it with good regularity last year and even got enough 3-4lb ones to make it worth the crowds, but this year I have not had much success there. After spending 90% of my time fussing with a chatterbait and a small glidebait I went and grabbed a finesse combo out of the car and within a few dozen casts I had that one and one just a bit smaller. It's the largest bass I have got on that rod so far (MB Phase 3 Criffhanger) and it was a hell of a fight. It took a bit to get her head turned and maybe 2 min to get her under control and landed. It's not a noodle rod by any means but I have been on such a big-bait kick of late that it took me a moment to remember what to do.
I also think I have at long last found the perfect way to rig the 4" Easy Shiners:
It's a 1/8oz-1/0 Sled/Draggin' head with a Medium Owner Twistlock screw on it. The Sled head shape is very very snag resistant in weeds, wood, and rock, it also really protects the lure-scewlock connection from impact with said cover so it gives crazy long plastic life. That head was new when I tied it on and that single plastic has caught half a dozen small smallies, a small striper, and the two decent LMBs today and just now is the keeper starting to pull out of the nose. The head shape is designed for bottom dragging and while it excels at that, it's also great for swimming, it does not swing as much as a normal weighted swimbait hook and keeps the plastic's action to a tight wiggle even at high speeds and in current.
TonynswAR reply :
A nice 18” bass from SC PA a couple days ago.
Carol Knowles reply :
On 6/17/2014 at 12:30 AM, TNRanger said:5+ lb
3.75 lb
And my favorite co-angler...
That is so sweet!! How fun
Team9nine reply :
Post front. Couldn’t get on the pond I wanted. Only got one bite at a different lake. Turned out to be a good one ???? Zman Finesse WormZ
Brandon O'tinger reply :
On 6/26/2019 at 10:44 AM, TonynswAR said:A nice 18” bass from SC PA a couple days ago.
great looking fish, nice color.
NHBull reply :
10 SM this AM with a 4.1 LM on a FAT IKA.
The Bass God's are smiling on "Golden Pond"
Bass_Fishing_Socal reply :
The frog the jig and the setup
BubbaBassin’ reply :
After four days of nothing but grinding, a dink finally broke my skunk. Been fishing from sunup to sundown. Rough lake.
TnRiver46 reply :
On 6/27/2019 at 10:11 AM, BubbaBassin’ said:After four days of nothing but grinding, a dink finally broke my skunk. Been fishing from sunup to sundown.
Nice spot, way to stick with it!! Those things are like tuna, just roaming open water chasing baitfish.
Well my two fishing partners both caught the biggest fish of their lives tonight after work. The largemouth was 21” with a good belly and the smallmouth was 20.25”. I caught a mere 18”........ the current is raging and the fish were caught with Texas rigs. They used worms I used the menace. Water temp around 72. Great evening on the TN river
Alec McMillan reply :
8 pound hybrid on live bluegill, was fishing for largemouth
Bass_Fishing_Socal reply :
On 6/28/2019 at 6:51 AM, Alec McMillan said:8 pound hybrid on live bluegill, was fishing for largemouth
I hope you are not in California, yesterday I saw a guy fishing for bluegill so I said are you gonna use bluegill for bait (I saw a few more bass/catfish gears plus a basket for keeping fish). He stopped after I told him it is illegal here, but once I left he went back for bluegill again.
keagbassr reply :
Got out today for about 6 hrs. Only got six,3 on spinnerbait,1 on a buzzbait and 2 punching a gambler crawdaddy with this one weighing 4-1.
Dirtyeggroll reply :
Might be my last day to fish until August and it was a good one. Caught a ton on a jig and a Squarebill. Weights of the best 8 are pictured. Best 5 went 20.19, biggest was 5.42.
Alec McMillan reply :
On 6/28/2019 at 7:37 AM, JustJames said:I hope you are not in California, yesterday I saw a guy fishing for bluegill so I said are you gonna use bluegill for bait (I saw a few more bass/catfish gears plus a basket for keeping fish). He stopped after I told him it is illegal here, but once I left he went back for bluegill again.
In Georgia not California. Private pond
deep reply :
Stingiest reservoir ever gave up 8 today; I don't think I've ever hooked more than 3 there on any one outing before today!!
Also caught this weird looking baby (~10 inches) catfish pitching plastics. Not sure what kind of catfish though.
Dorado reply :
On 6/26/2019 at 10:20 PM, Team9nine said:Post front. Couldn’t get on the pond I wanted. Only got one bite at a different lake. Turned out to be a good one ???? Zman Finesse WormZ
This pic motivated me to pick up a pack of those finesse Wormz! Sweet fish!
On 6/28/2019 at 12:08 PM, deep said:Stingiest reservoir ever gave up 8 today; I don't think I've ever hooked more than 3 there on any one outing before today!!
Also caught this weird looking baby (~10 inches) catfish pitching plastics. Not sure what kind of catfish though.
Looks like a Bullhead
bassh8er reply :
On 6/28/2019 at 12:08 PM, deep said:Stingiest reservoir ever gave up 8 today; I don't think I've ever hooked more than 3 there on any one outing before today!!
Also caught this weird looking baby (~10 inches) catfish pitching plastics. Not sure what kind of catfish though.
Do you have bullhead in that lake? Looks like one to me.
Derek1 reply :
On 6/18/2019 at 12:58 PM, Bluebasser86 said:Good weather and a few extra days off that resulted in extra time on the water this weekend produced good results.
Nice fish man,you really get after it.
lo n slo reply :
me and my cousin caught a few this morning in the little johnny before the heat ran us off the water. he had big fish with a 3.7 spot and i managed to land a 2.8. 14 spots and no largemouth again today.
SlappinKraken reply :
Had a great day in Indiana. Frog, 1oz punch, and chatterbait caught about 15 fish over 3 pounds. Found a spot the size of a kitchen table that held 8 in the 4 to 5.3 pound range and bit on almost every cast with the chatterbait.
928JLH reply :
Finally took a Saturday off and went fishing. What an awesome day. Overcast and a little over 100. Used a 6th Sense Lipless in the deep grass. Caught dozens of little stripers on topwater too. Side note make sure hooks are sharp and not worn out. Dumped my biggest largie of the day on a Sammy with pretty dull hooks.
lo n slo reply :
i left the dock at 6 this morning in the little johnny and caught a dozen before leaving around 10. this is the first largemouth i’ve caught in a few weeks. ain’t she pretty?
Way north bass guy reply :
Took the kid out for a few hours this afternoon, managed a handful of pike this size and about 30 bass. No big ones today but still lots of action.
Fishin' Fool reply :
Hydrilla gorilla out of the kayak this morning.
John Walter Sewell reply :
My fiancée caught her personal best LMB today on a chrome Cotten Cordell Super Spot off of a long point.
It was 21 inches, we don’t have a scale so no weight.
It was the big fish of the day too, she caught another 10 inch LMB and I got skunked.
Still it was an epic day!
flyfisher reply :
5lb 6oz frog fish. He totally destroyed my frog as you can see.
Dangerfield reply :
Caught my PB LMB 4.80lb, might seem small but north of the border these are big girls.
6" Zman Swimmerz (Sexy Mullet) rigged on a 7/0 Gamakatsu Superline EWG Weighted hook.
Fishin' Fool reply :
Another good fish out of the yak this morning. He tried to take me into the weeds as you can see the salad on his head.
Brandon O'tinger reply :
2.50 lber from last week. Store manager was kind enough to take the pic.
On 7/1/2019 at 11:07 AM, Dangerfield said:Caught my PB LMB 4.80lb, might seem small but north of the border these are big girls.
6" Zman Swimmerz (Sexy Mullet) rigged on a 7/0 Gamakatsu Superline EWG Weighted hook.
That is no small fish. When they breach 4lbs, that's when they start getting some nice bulk to them. A bass over 4 lbs is a great fish. I know I was tickled when I caught that 4.50 of mine 2 weeks ago.
deep reply :
I have been trying to get out of my comfort zone, driving further, and fishing some new(ish) reservoirs lately.
It isn't usually much fun fishing in the midday sun, but the heat and humidity seem to keep most people off the water, and I sure like that (these are all small electric only lakes, no jetskis etc).
I caught 6 small ones yesterday and a couple quick releases. Not complaining though, buddy and I fish these places once in a while, and have a lot less luck. Guess I fish more thoroughly when I am on my own.
Highlight of the day was a channel catfish I caught on a rage baby menace on a jighead. Set the hook and knew it was a good fish, but then it came up near the surface and I saw what it was.
Then it kept digging and digging until it won't come up for like a minute or so. Finally landed the fish. It was a good fight on a 3 power Conquest/ Curado 71/ 12# Tatsu. Forgot to measure or weigh it, but it was around 20 inches.
keagbassr reply :
Got out today for a quick 3 hr. After work trip 330-630. Only got one on a buzzbait that weighed 4-2
Angealy reply :
Yesterday was such a awesome day.
Seems like i showed up at the right time and the bite was continuous.
It was one bite after another, Normally i'm lucky if i get a single bite from here.
I landed like six bass in a total of two hours.
I used a 6' Medium Shakespeare Alpha Low Profile Baitcast Combo & 15lb Green Berkley Trilene Big Game.
For hook and bait 3/0 Eagle Claw Lazer Sharp Wide Gap Worm Hook & 5" Green Pumpkin Chartreuse Yum Dinger T-Rigged Weightless.
N Florida Mike reply :
Was on the water at crack of dawn this morning. Figured they’d bite ‘cause we had a hard rain yesterday evening and it cooled things down some and provided some much needed oxygen to the water. Water level is way down around here.
Started out with a frog and buzzbait. Nothing on the bb, but I got one nice fish on the frog. Also caught some on the 5 inch dinger in Watermelon red around eel grass edges . Caught most of the rest of the fish with various zoom flukes. Could not get the big fish to bite, but most of them were quality fish up to 3 pounds. Ended up with 21.
TnRiver46 reply :
Freedom!!! Happy 4th!!! I only fished for about 30-45 minutes but I caught 2
CrankFate reply :
I was not allowed to fish, but my 11 year old son won biggest fish (boys) at the local 4th of July kids fishing contest. With a bluegill, not a bass.
Bluebasser86 reply :
Haven't fished much the last couple weeks with our move, just a few quick bank stops. We're back in our old town again, and I'm back to checking on my old bank fishing spots. They still live there.
Dangerfield reply :
On 7/3/2019 at 9:16 AM, Brandon O'tinger said:2.50 lber from last week. Store manager was kind enough to take the pic.
That is no small fish. When they breach 4lbs, that's when they start getting some nice bulk to them. A bass over 4 lbs is a great fish. I know I was tickled when I caught that 4.50 of mine 2 weeks ago.
I caught a 6lb smallmouth bass, which I doubt I'll beat unless I fish Lake Simcoe. I was intrigued in knowing how old a 6lb smallmouth might be. Keep in mind I'm Canadian and I live/fish Southern Ontario, mainly Georgian Bay. I thought it would be cool to share (quotes are from Gord Pyzer's post on https://www.outdoorcanada.ca/how-long-do-smallmouth-bass-live):
QuoteSo, if we take smallmouth bass as the example, a fish born five years ago in Kentucky or Tennessee will be about 19-inches in length, weigh close to four pounds and will already have spawned several times. That very same fish in Northern Ontario, however, will be less than 12 inches in length, weigh less than a pound an will never have spawned a single time!
But—and this is a big but—the bass in Kentucky will be dead of old age when it’s 10 or 11 years old, while the fish in Northern Ontario will still live for another 10 years.
- - -
Think of it this way: A fish is born with a predetermined number of heart beats and if it uses them growing up quickly, like the fish in Kentucky, it dies sooner, around the age of ten.
The fish in Northern Ontario, on the other hand, has the same number of preordained heart beats, but because of our cold winters, it spreads them out, and thus has the potential to live to the ripe old age of 20 or more years old.
Will Wetline reply :
The majority of smallmouth in my home water in central Massachusetts are now cruising deep under schools of their summer diet. Quabbin Reservoir still calls me, however, and I answer by
anchoring deep on the edges of humps and flats optimistic that one or two might swim by.
This fair fish took a Reaction Innovations Smallie Beaver, T-rigged.
12poundbass reply :
Yesterday was a miserable day! It was 91, very very humid, and hardly a breeze. The heat must have gotten the best of us and we decided to try it. We decided to hit another one of our tiny state land lakes, and stay away from boating traffic.
This lake has always been special and it didn’t disappoint last night. We only fished 3 hours before the heat and humidity wore us out. The three hours momma bear managed 11 nice bass, I hooked two, and 6poundbass managed 3. Her trusty Senko was her choice, Liam was throwing all kinds of soft plastics, and I got one on a spinnerbait and the other came on my favorite a frog. I had a ton of blow ups but the mats were a little too thick. Biggest went just shy of 3 and the smallest 1-15.
RealtreeByGod reply :
First bass over 4 pounds I've caught all year, also easily the darkest largemouth I've ever caught. Thought it was a smallmouth when I first saw a glimpse of it. 
Team9nine reply :
Learned a little something tonight when I rotated through a pond the second time around today right at sunset. Bass turned on like flipping a light switch. Managed 17 fish in about 45 minutes only fishing half the pond. A full pass during the day only turned up 5 or 6, and they were toward the small size. Nothing like bass chasing down, waking and crushing a topwater just off the bank in a foot or so of water The mosquito bites I suffered, on the other hand...
hawgenvy reply :
Club event in the Everglades yesterday, just three boats. It was hot, naturally, but thankfully moderated by cloud cover and a breeze. We met some success in a north-south canal that had a gentle current from the north. Water temp was 82 deg. The fishing was fairly slow, and there were no markings on sonar except bottom. The ticket was topwater all day, with my buddy getting a nice limit on an Eeliminator [sic], and I eventually lucked out with the SK Sexy Dawg, which, along with my fingers, was pretty scratched up by the end of the day (and I had crampy forearms from walking that Dawg for hours!). We pulled the boat out 30 seconds before the skies opened in a downpour. All-in-all a fun day.
lo n slo reply :
a nice one from this morning
moguy1973 reply :
New personal best yesterday. 5.20lbs
A-Jay reply :
On 7/8/2019 at 12:26 AM, moguy1973 said:New personal best yesterday. 5.20lbs
Nice Bass
Congrats on the new Personal Best
A-Jay
Jar11591 reply :
Got on a good, very shallow frog bite around mid-day today. The best one went 4lb, and she slammed a Pad Crasher right next to the boat.
NHBull reply :
Today was the quickest my partner and I figured out the post spawn pattern and the mag-Ned and neco filled the boat with several over 3 lbs
And my partner got a new PB with a 6.7
The Bassman reply :
On 7/7/2019 at 10:23 AM, Team9nine said:Learned a little something tonight when I rotated through a pond the second time around today right at sunset. Bass turned on like flipping a light switch. Managed 17 fish in about 45 minutes only fishing half the pond. A full pass during the day only turned up 5 or 6, and they were toward the small size. Nothing like bass chasing down, waking and crushing a topwater just off the bank in a foot or so of water
Skeeters gotta eat, too!
Bluebasser86 reply :
I let Lake take me fishing for a few hours after work Saturday morning. Caught quite a few fish and had a lot of fun.
Sunday night I went night fishing and fished until about 9am the next morning. Caught fish all night pretty steadily on a homemade black and blue bladed jig including my biggest of the night.
Caught several on a Savage Gear 3D bat.
As the sun started to come up, they really wanted a Slammer, and I love feeding them a Slammer!
roadwarrior reply :
TnRiver46 reply :
Got in a little dock fishing on Sunday. Got a Bluegill with the fly rod that was then circle hooked and parlayed into a smallmouth.
Got a couple fish out of my buddy's pond on Monday
keagbassr reply :
Got out today 730 til 1. Got 1 punching 2 on a buzzbait and 4 on a bps double plopper including the days best at 5-4.
A-Jay reply :
On 7/10/2019 at 3:18 AM, keagbassr said:Got out today 730 til 1. Got 1 punching 2 on a buzzbait and 4 on a bps double plopper including the days best at 5-4.
Man, you are maintaining a very healthy average.
Congrats
A-Jay
lo n slo reply :
On 7/10/2019 at 4:08 AM, A-Jay said:Man, you are maintaining a very healthy average.
Congrats
A-Jay
you got that right ????
J._Bricker reply :
They were chewing on the punch rig for me today, went through 2 bags of baits. Gotta love the sound of braid through the line guides on the hook set!
A-Jay reply :
On 7/11/2019 at 8:38 AM, J._Bricker said:They were chewing on the punch rig for me today, went through 2 bags of baits. Gotta love the sound of braid through the line guides on the hook set!
Nice Job
Congrats
btw - were they Googan baits ?
A-Ja
Catt reply :
Ran outta likes ????
J._Bricker reply :
On 7/11/2019 at 10:16 AM, A-Jay said:Nice Job
Congrats
btw - were they Googan baits ?
A-Ja
Hahaha thanks @A-Jay and no as a matter of they were a Strike King product ???? which seemed to work just fine. However, I was impressed with the minimal effort I need using a Trokar hook as opposed to the Owner hooks I normally use. Not sure if “Googan” gets mentioned more because of a line of baits or on Wicked Tuna ????.
lo n slo reply :
On 7/11/2019 at 10:24 AM, Catt said:Ran outta likes ????
tell me about it ????
superkamikazee reply :
Spent 4th of July week at the Cape, never fished there before. Went out 3 times, twice at the same lake. First lake best I could do was a 1.5lb'r, and a few dinks. Water was crystal clear, mostly shallow, water temps in the 80's, overall a slow day. Second lake was right by the house we were renting, first day was similar, pretty slow with a 1.5lb'r via senko being the best. The place looked like it would hold nice fish, so I went back and focused on fishing shaded little holes, and deeper water with long grass. The first days exploring paid off, and I spent most of my time in those areas with decent results.
2lbs via wacky rig senko skipped into a shady nook
3lbs with a popping pad crasher working the top of the long grassy deeper part of the lake
and a 3.5lb'r, same area with the popping pad crasher. The fish absolutely hammered the frog.
Caught a few more working the grass area on a lipless crank, nothing quite as nice, but still plenty fun.
My local honey hole has been slow, the entire lake is now one giant mat, so it's been tough to find the fish since I'm assuming they're spread out. The big mat used to be 7-8 smaller mats so it was easier to find the fish and bait.
Last nights catch on a live target 65T frog.
lo n slo reply :
we seem to have developed a little thermocline thing around here and i’ve had to adjust. my deep bite has fallen off real bad. swt’s are in the 85 degree range and 17’ deep seems to be the cutoff, according to the sonar. so i’ve moved back in the creeks a little further and kept my eyes on the Garmin. found one decent area in particular, but some others weren’t so great. ground out 9 spotties and one largemouth.
flyfisher reply :
After missing a virginia length citation by less than a half inch at least 5 times this year and within 1-2 inches countless other times I finally got one today. She swallowed that jig too....
J._Bricker reply :
Went out hoping to reproduce to previous days punch bite, leaving the house at 0500 and it was 65 degrees and barely a slight breeze, forecast high was in the upper 90’s. Tide was an hour later, water was around 73 degrees when I dropped the boat in and headed to my first spot looking forward to a little top water action.
I didn’t get anything to commit on top, so I picked up a “bladed jig” and after several casts my bait just stopped. Man, what a great feeling when your rod loads up and the fight begins knowing it’s a good fish! She weighed 4.9lbs and my novice picture taking efforts didn’t do her justice. The chatter-bait was the ticket this morning and I decided to get off the water early before the afternoon heat set in...
AndrewJ reply :
3 Lbs spot on an otherwise rough fishing day on July 1st. Oh and my first post in about a year, so hi everyone.
deep reply :
Slowly figuring out a thing or three fishing this newish-to-me reservoir.
The "tree" bite I found and refined the last two trips was almost nonexistent. I paddled and graphed around a lot; and found a few fish. Caught several, including these two on back-to-back casts; thought that was pretty cool.
Russ E reply :
While I have had a decent year Bass fishing, bigger fish have been fairly scarce.
last few weeks picked up a little.
I caught one that was 5lb 3 oz a couple weeks ago and another 5lb. 2oz yesterday.
Now that the weather has finally stabilized, hopefully the lakes clear up. Could be a good late summer/fall.
Some of the local reservoirs have been closed to boating for a while. they could be good once opened.
NHBull reply :
Squam is known as an excellent SM fishery.
This Summer we have been catching a LOT of LM in the same areas. This morning numbers were low but a 5.3 LM on a NEKO in 10 feet made my day.
Brandon O'tinger reply :
Caught these 3 bass and a catfish at the very end of the day yesterday doing what I usually do. Nightcrawler on bottom without a sinker. Got a new rod and reel-- Shimano Stimula 6'0" medium-light action with a Quantum Optix 20 reel. They performed awesome in battling those fish.
The Bassman reply :
Impromptu outing while wife was cooking supper. Water was green with algae bloom so I gave a chatterbait a go and caught six, this one being the best, maybe just shy of 3 lb.
Jar11591 reply :
Got on the water later than normal this morning. Sun was already high and hot, but still managed a good one on the first cast. Pitched a 10” Culprit ribbon-tail worm to a submerged tree. She went 4lb:
The first cast curse was real though, as I only managed a pickerel and a couple more tiny bass the rest of the day.
Dangerfield reply :
Crushed my PB (5.60lb) earlier on a Nichols Sabre Jig x Z-Man Diezel Minnowz. Man I love bass fishing.
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Way north bass guy reply :
Went out this afternoon with the kid for a couple hours. Little lake just behind our house, usually we get out there a few times a year with the tinny. First time this year, and they weren’t really all that hot, but we did get a couple dozen little fellas and the kid got the best of the day, right around 3 lbs that smoked a wacky rig off a tree right beside the boat.
N Florida Mike reply :
Went out tonight after 6. HOT !! With a slight breeze every now and then. Big fish huntin’ today. Found a old 10 inch cut off Mann’s jelly worm from the late 70s . Fished the first deep hole down the lake . Suddenly a nice fish blew up on the jelly worm. But I had thrown an 80s paddle tail worm out to the other side of the hole. So I went to reel it in to get it out of the way and there was this fish on it. Turned out to be big fish of the day , just shy of 4 pounds. The fish that blew up on the jelly had let go by the time I got the other fish in.
Stayed with 10 inch+ worms all evening and caught most of the rest of the fish on the zoom ol’ Monster in watermelon seed. Could not get another big one to bite but I did get a 3 or so. Ended up with 16 Total.
boostr reply :
Tough day, only managed this guy and a snot rocket. Gave it a little tickle with my pinky so it would raise his dorsal (Always saw Dave Mercer do this... It actually works lol) One thing I've noticed from all the Largmouth I catch from this particular lake, they all have bronze backs. Must be the tanins in the water I guess... Or sun burn...
Arobb2012 reply :
Caught 5 smallies yesterday morning. Two of them were hooked outside of the mouth back to back fish. I've never had this happen before.
hawgenvy reply :
Florida fishing can be tough in the summer. Nevertheless, I managed to nail a few good ones tonight using an old favorite, the big, fat 7" Yum Dinger, Texas-rigged weightless and fished slow. Unfortunately, the 7" has been unavailable for 4 or 5 years, discontinued due to poor sales. But it was a darn good bait to entice big sluggish bass in summer. I managed to save an old bag of the baits in watermelon green, and put two of them to good use tonight. I sure wish Yum would reintroduce these monster stick baits.
Bluebasser86 reply :
Got my second Thursday night win of the year this past week.
N Florida Mike reply :
On 7/16/2019 at 10:17 AM, hawgenvy said:Florida fishing can be tough in the summer. Nevertheless, I managed to nail a few good ones tonight using an old favorite, the big, fat 7" Yum Dinger, Texas-rigged weightless and fished slow. Unfortunately, the 7" has been unavailable for 4 or 5 years, discontinued due to poor sales. But it was a darn good bait to entice big sluggish bass in summer. I managed to save an old bag of the baits in watermelon green, and put two of them to good use tonight. I sure wish Yum would reintroduce these monster stick baits.
I was just thinking about that size yesterday. I used most of mine up too. Now I just have a couple bags left but they are colors that don’t work very good.
That size is money in the summer for large Florida bass!!!
hawgenvy reply :
BPS Stick-o, Yama Senko, and SK Ocho all have 7" models. Haven't tried those yet, but surely will.
boostr reply :
On 7/16/2019 at 8:14 PM, hawgenvy said:BPS Stick-o, Yama Senko, and SK Ocho all have 7" models. Haven't tried those yet, but surely will.
ZOOM Magnum Trick Worms as well
Dangerfield reply :
On 7/14/2019 at 10:58 PM, Dangerfield said:Crushed my PB (5.60lb) earlier on a Nichols Sabre Jig x Z-Man Diezel Minnowz. Man I love bass fishing.
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12poundbass reply :
Saturday night we launch our boat on our lake. I was hitting them good on a Pop-R, the wife her trusty Senko. My son started to get discouraged because he wasn’t catching any. Then his attitude went south, he kept saying I never catch fish (mind you he’s probably caught 50 or more bass than me this year) then he caught a bass. His attitude changed and we all laughed. Lesson learned don’t complain or else.....????
NYWayfarer reply :
Took a Disney guided fishing excursion with my son and good friend while on vacation last week.
The Captain put us on some nice Bass. I caught 12 during the two hour trip.
The Bassman reply :
On 7/16/2019 at 10:17 AM, hawgenvy said:Florida fishing can be tough in the summer. Nevertheless, I managed to nail a few good ones tonight using an old favorite, the big, fat 7" Yum Dinger, Texas-rigged weightless and fished slow. Unfortunately, the 7" has been unavailable for 4 or 5 years, discontinued due to poor sales. But it was a darn good bait to entice big sluggish bass in summer. I managed to save an old bag of the baits in watermelon green, and put two of them to good use tonight. I sure wish Yum would reintroduce these monster stick baits.
BPS has a 7" Sticko. I've heard other guys say they're not too different from Yamamoto.
deep reply :
Tried out another new-ish reservoir yesterday. Caught a few, including these two within a few feet of each other, about an hour apart though!
Pitching, punching and frogging.
Pads everywhere. Need to spend more time learning this lake and finding the fish- I don't have a topo map.
Bluebasser86 reply :
Did a little night fishing again Sunday night. Much slower than the last couple times. Water was almost 88 degrees and they were pretty scattered out.
Big bite of the night had whiskers.
Got inspired by @TnRiver46 to do some creek walking. They aren't big, but near constant action and watching a couple dozen bass and couple dozen green sunfish bust a tiny Pop R or eat a wacky rig in a couple hours is still a blast. I saw 3 big gar laying motionless on 3 different occasions and even got one to swat at the popper and hook up momentarily, but they're all but impossible to keep stuck and that one was no exception.
TnRiver46 reply :
Nice fish @Bluebasser86, those green sunfish are aquarium quality haha. Have you ever tried the frayed rope for gar? I have been hooking a bunch of massive dinosaurs here recently but landed almost none with shallow cranks. I guess I’m going to finally have to try it one of these days
Bluebasser86 reply :
On 7/17/2019 at 7:13 PM, TnRiver46 said:Nice fish @Bluebasser86, those green sunfish are aquarium quality haha. Have you ever tried the frayed rope for gar? I have been hooking a bunch of massive dinosaurs here recently but landed almost none with shallow cranks. I guess I’m going to finally have to try it one of these days
Yes I have and it works great if you can get them to grab it. My biggest issue is they never seem to be nearly as interested in the rope lures as they are in regular baits. I think they'd really work best tied like a streamer and fished on a fly rod.
12poundbass reply :
We decided to head down the road a try the bridge. The vampire beaver (his nickname until his teeth come in) pulled the only smallie out of the water and it was a decent one.
deep reply :
So, these stained shallow reservoirs are pretty different from the ones I usually fish. Haven't been catching very many, but the average size has gone way up.
Think I could get used to this!
Also, a double rainbow! Wonder what it means.
Brandon O'tinger reply :
Today off the lake dock. Using nightcrawlers on bottom without a sinker as usual. Crazy thing is it was just there. I never felt a strike and never saw line take off or twitch. I was going to reel in to make another cast and boom, there she was. And then the fireworks started. She put on a very nice air show. Weighed right at 4 lbs.
JoeyT reply :
Ontario Bass at its best.
Smallies ...
More smallies lol...
lo n slo reply :
my grandsons first t rig bass
NHBull reply :
This one fish near my dock really likes purple rats????
Dangerfield reply :
Can't keep em off the ned rig on the kayak.
J._Bricker reply :
Once again leaving the house at 0500, air temperature was 69 degrees and I was expecting a repeat of the previous days pattern. So I drop the boat in and decide to try a different bank, but it seemed the fish obviously had different ideas. Even though I caught a couple of decent fish on a popper and chatter bait, it was the primrose/hyacinth mats that looked like fun.
So I go to work on the mats, catching a couple of small fish punching above their weight class. I drop back in and my rod loads up and I set the hook on a heavy fish, and then nothing. I reel in to find my bobber stopper was the only thing left on my line. After some excitable utterances over what just transpired, I commence to rerigging my punch set-up.
I decided to try another area, and I made a pitch into the mat. My line jumps, my rod loads, and the rumble begins. I gotta say she felt much bigger due to the hook piercing the side of her mouth and promptly imbedding in a primrose vine. After welcoming her aboard, I was surprised she only weighed 2.9lbs and released her to fight another day...
NHBull reply :
Second day in a row..... 5 hours on the lake with limited success, last cast of the day with a ned from the dock, 4.1
Heck, I am doing better from land ????
WolfyBrandon reply :
[July 19, 2019]
3.61lb "Grass Panda" 19 & 7/8"
WolfyBrandon
Pickle_Power reply :
Spent a couple hours flipping docks this morning. Black/blue jig with a blue Zoom chunk trailer got the big one. I also stuck a half dozen on a T rigged Biffle Bug.
TnRiver46 reply :
12poundbass reply :
6poundbass and I hit a local lake hoping for smallies. We got the skunk. We loaded the boat back up came home and launched at our lake. I caught a few pitching to lay downs (first time doing that, it was fun). The wife and MIL took our kayaks out. Later we picked them up and we all squeezed into the G3. I ran the TM and everyone else fished. 6poundbass wanted to try a spinnerbait, I guess that was a good choice because he caught a PB pike and the biggest I’ve seen caught in person. Not 20 minutes later my MIL gets a bite, she started reeling and freaking because it’s putting up such a fight. The rod is bent right over and she hands it to my wife. Long story short I net it weigh it and my MIL’s first bass she ever catches goes 4-8! So all in all it was a good day except nobody paid the guide!
NHBull reply :
Best day of Summer fishing so far. 4 for 14.2lbs
FryDog62 reply :
My favorite lakes might be those with both green and brown bass - never know what you’re going to land..
Hewhospeaksmuchbull reply :
Latest trip to Mittry, AZ
deep reply :
Still burning gas and catching bass (from these faraway reservoirs).
About 10 blowups on a frog today in a little over 4 hours on the water.
Pretty sure three of them missed the bait. Hooked seven; one dove into a patch of pads and got lost before I could paddle over and dig it out. Landed couple small guys, one semi-decent one, and three good ones.
Hewhospeaksmuchbull reply :
Some henshaw CA bass, crankbaits.
NHBull reply :
Fish don't know how big they are ????
keagbassr reply :
Got out for about2.5 hrs. After the rain finally stopped. Had 6 hits but only caught 2 of them 4 casts apart that weighed 3-2and 3-8 on a buzzbait.
Bass_Fishing_Socal reply :
On 7/24/2019 at 2:09 AM, Hewhospeaksmuchbull said:Some henshaw CA bass, crankbaits.
Nice but bloody bass man. How the crappies over the henshaw? Last time I went there was 3 years ago and almost down my wife car( too shallow to launch at the lamp, had to use the lamp at the beach area).
Bluebasser86 reply :
After a terrible day on the water Monday, I had to take advantage of a somewhat cool morning after I got off work today. Went to the local lake closest to our new house that I haven't fished from a boat yet this year. Caught a bunch of little ones before I finally caught a good one on a KVD Rodent off a dock ladder.
Quite a few little ones later, found another Whopper Plopper (bone 110), and was just about to head to the ramp. I'd gone through all my Okeechobee craw, black and blue, and California craw KVD rodents, so I was flipping a Politician colored Big Bite Baits Yo-Momma when it got rocked right off a dock corner. Wasn't sure if I was going to swing into a cat or a big bass but no doubt it was a big fish from the bite. Turned out to be my new lake PB at 4.64, a really good fish for an extremely heavily pressured little city lake. Turned her loose and went home.
As a side note, it was my first time trying the new Big Bite Baits Kamikaze Swimon bladed jig trailer and it was legit. I was afraid that it wouldn't last with the thin plastic but it was still going strong after 10+ fish and a few tail pullers. The tails kind of kick independently of each other and look really nice in the water. Every fish I caught on my homemade bladed jig choked it, so they were liking what they were seeing.
CrankFate reply :
Up in the finger lakes NY region. Got 11 lake trout Monday and a 6” SMB, wife got a fat 3lb SMB and a big fat about 25” laker. Kids caught some perch, lake trout, pickeral and fat rock bass (Skaneateles). The guide said it was a terrible day. Following day (Keuka) I got the skunk, but the wife landed a pickeral that was about 36” and my oldest son got one about 28” - I got a tiny perch, youngest son had a decent SMB. Basically, my wife caught all the biggest fish and I am an expert at pulling not so big fish off the bottom of any water.
We we found a few nice LMB on Seneca lake that we’ll try to land from the bank. The problem is we couldn’t find a guide that specializes in bass. And the LMB are way harder to find with electronics.
Hewhospeaksmuchbull reply :
On 7/24/2019 at 12:38 PM, Bass_Fishing_Socal said:Nice but bloody bass man. How the crappies over the henshaw? Last time I went there was 3 years ago and almost down my wife car( too shallow to launch at the lamp, had to use the lamp at the beach area).
Couldn't tell you, I see a lot of guys on the drift but very little catching.
Bass_Fishing_Socal reply :
On 7/25/2019 at 4:38 AM, Hewhospeaksmuchbull said:Couldn't tell you, I see a lot of guys on the drift but very little catching.
That is a shame, i’ve heard on 2+ lbs crappies there but nothing recently. I love to drift at henshaw too but for catfish and crappies.
NHBull reply :
This summer is getting better and better. I never thought in a million years that the Neco and Ned could produce like it has.
Todays best was a 6.1 and 5.4 and a bunch of 3 lb SM
A-Jay reply :
On 7/26/2019 at 3:46 AM, NHBull said:This summer is getting better and better. I never thought in a million years that the Neco and Ned could produce like it has.
Todays best was a 6.1 and 5.4 and a bunch of 3 lb SM
You're a HAMMER ~ !!!
Congrats.
A-Jay
CrankFate reply :
Spent the whole day at it today. The big bass we saw foraging were gone. Wound up with nice bluegill action with some to 8oz. I got a 2lb carp and a 2-3lb catfish, that I dropped on the swing. We searched Seneca lake on the bank with no luck. My wife said to stop at a small body of water a few minutes from the hotel. She was right. Good thing we did. I finally broke the curse and caught the fish below—my first green pumpkin Senko fish in green pumpkin stained water. That is a 1lb 1oz fish, believe it or not. I only got a few all about that size all on GP senkos. Was dying though, because my reel had 1/3 a spool of line on it and kept nesting up halfway through each cast. And I could only cast 100’ max. My son did a little better.
A-Jay reply :
Met with some of Lake Menderchuck's resident Brown Bass.
Had a little flurry right around sunset.
A-Jay
deep reply :
Tough fishing yesterday, sharing a well-under-100-acres reservoir with 5 other boats.
Worked hard to catch a small limit. This one was the best of the bunch.
I did catch a big catfish on a double tail grub though, and that was pretty cool.
superkamikazee reply :
Found a new lake to checkout, picked the worst day to go out in a sit in kayak, started out cloudy then to a torrential downpour lol. Only stayed out for 3 hours, caught 2 1.5lb'rs and this 2.5lb'r. Top water bite.
Went back to that same lake, got there late, 9am, and stayed till 6pm just as the bite was turning up. Caught a few dink 1.5lb fish, a 2.5lb and this 3lb. Slow day, very hot, sunny, no clouds, almost no action on the lily pads, and spent most of the day exploring and learning what to do. Not very productive fishing wise, but not a total bust.
I need to stick to going out after 3-4pm, or learn how to fish in the heat lol. Lake seemed to be 8-10ft deep, i should have tried to fish that deeper water vs throwing worms and frogs around vegetation all day.
Bluebasser86 reply :
Got my 3rd Thursday night tournament win of the year yesterday and big bass to boot. One of my all blue bladed jigs was getting the job done.
roadwarrior reply :
Way north bass guy reply :
Hit the lake solo last night for a few hours. Started flipping and frogging in the pads while the sun was still high, didn’t get a bunch but got one decent, fat guy. Then as the sun dropped I flew back out to the main lake for smallmouth. Just got set up on a big flat off the side of an island, and in three casts, caught three decent ones on a popper, when a pontoon full of people shut down about 100yds from me. Once I saw the paddles, I knew they weren’t fishing. Idled over, and sure enough, the old guy didn’t check his gas can before heading out, so I lost about 20 min of prime topwater time towing them about 2 miles to their cottage. No biggie though, as I was able to blast back out and hammer a bunch more on top before it got too dark and they shut down again. No monsters, but it was nonstop action and they were all super fat and healthy with every fish jumping about 4 or 5 times each.
Way north bass guy reply :
TnRiver46 reply :
long island basser reply :
Didn’t find the big girls but had a good morning boating 28 bass.
Most caught on various t/rigged plastics.
NYWayfarer reply :
I had a whole bag of baits with me today when I left at 6am I wound up using 1 bait most of the day. The Yo-Zuri 3DB Popper I got at Walmart last week for $5 it was magic today for the early morning Smallmouth Bite. No monsters but a fun day no doubt
Team9nine reply :
Finally got the boat out after a couple month hiatus on a 400 ac. community reservoir. Put the finesse gear to work in some hot weather and high boat traffic to land around a dozen keepers. Slider came through again for me, along with a Ned rig for my buddy.
NHBull reply :
Fishing after a small lake the day after a tournament is always challenging for me, especially with water Temps near 80.
Today I was just happy to get a few 3 pounders.
WolfyBrandon reply :
[July 29, 2019]
"Sunrise"
"Location Scenery"
"Fish of the Day"
"Bait"
"Headed Home"
WolfyBrandon
Bluebasser86 reply :
Took Lake and my oldest niece Lilly fishing Sunday. With all the lakes being 80+ degree water temps and Lilly having very little fishing experience, we pretty much were limited to going somewhere we could fish for whatever was biting and they needed to be biting fast. I even bought some nightcrawlers to make sure that fish were caught. They both caught lots of bluegills, several drum, and Lilly caught a bass and channel cat. I'm not a big fan of catching drum, but they were great for the kids because they bit so readily, pull hard, and they get good sized.
MIbassyaker reply :
Haven't fished much recently but got out to do a river float today. Not quite the fastest action (or the biggest fish) I've had on this river, but very satisfactory--20 smallies and a couple largemouth in 5 hours.
A handful of 14"ers showed up, like this one:
And here's a somewhat beaten-up and abnormally skinny 18.5" -- couldn't have weighed more than 2lbs. A shame -- this would have been quite a nice river fish if it was healthy: look at the head compared to the body. I wonder if it unfortunately has a taste for discarded plastics...
A much healthier one on the next cast, 2 inches shorter, but seemed heavier. 
12poundbass reply :
On 7/31/2019 at 5:58 AM, MIbassyaker said:Haven't fished much recently but got out to do a river float today. Not quite the fastest action (or the biggest fish) I've had on this river, but very satisfactory--20 smallies and a couple largemouth in 5 hours.
A handful of 14"ers showed up, like this one:
And here's a somewhat beaten-up and abnormally skinny 18.5" -- couldn't have weighed more than 2lbs. A shame -- this would have been quite a nice river fish if it was healthy: look at the head compared to the body. I wonder if it unfortunately has a taste for discarded plastics...
A much healthier one on the next cast, 2 inches shorter, but seemed heavier.
Nicely done! Sounds like a good day all together. That one does look like it’s seen better days. Which river?
MIbassyaker reply :
On 7/31/2019 at 6:30 AM, 12poundbass said:Which river?
Yours! South of you.
12poundbass reply :
On 7/31/2019 at 6:36 AM, MIbassyaker said:
Yours! South of you.
Gotcha! ????
813basstard reply :
Caught a bunch, these 2 went well with grits.
teethmarks reply :
hit the water at 0530 this AM, got a new PB shortly after. got her on the slammer, she followed it to the boat then rolled on it. i saw it all go down. this is actually my first bass on the slammer. a bit ago i got a monster chain pickerel that was all sorts of huge. included is a pic of that and another good fish from the day, ate a spro rock crawler. productive morning, few more fish here and there on drop shot. hit a sudden rock and prop fell off had to go overboard to retrieve it. too much action before 8 am. tuckered.
MN Fisher reply :
On the water at 8am - caught this baby about 8:30 on a willow/colorado spinner with yellow/orange skirt. 3.92 lbs...well under my PB, but the first decent fish of the year.
That was the ONLY fish of the day though.
FishingGeekTX reply :
On 7/30/2019 at 12:13 PM, Bluebasser86 said:Took Lake and my oldest niece Lilly fishing Sunday. With all the lakes being 80+ degree water temps and Lilly having very little fishing experience, we pretty much were limited to going somewhere we could fish for whatever was biting and they needed to be biting fast. I even bought some nightcrawlers to make sure that fish were caught. They both caught lots of bluegills, several drum, and Lilly caught a bass and channel cat. I'm not a big fan of catching drum, but they were great for the kids because they bit so readily, pull hard, and they get good sized.
Man those kids steal the show from all the grown men holding fishies
That little boy cracks me up, he's all straight-faced when his sister holds up those big fish. "big deal" I can see above his head. But he's got a huge grin when its his turn...probably reading into it, just struck me as funny. Great pics.
TnRiver46 reply :
On 8/1/2019 at 1:05 AM, MN Fisher said:On the water at 8am - caught this baby about 8:30 on a willow/colorado spinner with yellow/orange skirt. 3.92 lbs...well under my PB, but the first decent fish of the year.
That was the ONLY fish of the day though.
Nice one man!
NHBull reply :
Another slow day for numbers, but my partner managed to get the 5.4 on a foul-hooked popper in a foot of water. The rest of hit were 3lb LM. Where the heck did the SM go? You would never know this lake was know for it SM quality by what we caught in the last month.
fishwizzard reply :
It's amazing what small changes can produce. Look at this little cove:
I could see bass moving in the shallows, mostly dinks but the occasional 1-2lb fish. It was hot and sunny out and I spent about 45min casting a Senko all over it. A few of the tiniest of dinks would grab it and run, but nothing big enough to even hook. I walked away for 20min to try another spot. then came back. I tied on a 3.5" Fat Impact rigged with just a hook and some nail-weights. Immediately caught a 1lb bass, killing my paddletail. While I was re-rigging some clouds blew in and from then it was game-on. In the next 20 min I got five (FIVE!) more bass from dink to maybe 1.5lb and then got this nice little 2.5:
I soon ran out of FI's and the same rig with a Rage Swimmer produced nothing. Sure, 7 bass out of a spot the size of a backyard pool might be all there was to catch, but I quickly walked to the other parts of the pond with similar conditions and still nothing.
Bluebasser86 reply :
Man I was pumped up to go this morning with the clouds and a little rain falling, anticipating a good bite, couldn't have been more wrong. This is 2/3 of the bass I caught in 3 hours and I missed 3 more. My last several trips have been terrible.
superkamikazee reply :
I didn't think it was possible, but I caught a fish on a Westin Danny the Duck. Got the lure as a joke gift, showed them! 3lbs 3oz
keagbassr reply :
Tues. Was fishing in wicked heat only got 3 with 1 at 3-12 punching a double wide beaver, today up.in Maine chasing smallies got about 27 with the best right at 3lbs. On a spinnerbait
Bluebasser86 reply :
Another Thursday night tournament, another win and big bass for the night. She was my first bite of the night on a Big Bite Baits YoMomma under a dock.
roadwarrior reply :
StretcherJockey reply :
New PB from Saturday the 27th. 9.42lbs. Caught on a chart/black 6xd off a stump row in 10-12ft of water. Was sure I’d snagged a catfish in the back or something for at least 30 seconds or so. Even better I got to share this awesome experience with my dad. Was released to be caught again one day.
TnRiver46 reply :
On 8/3/2019 at 2:27 AM, StretcherJockey said:New PB from Saturday the 27th. 9.42lbs. Caught on a chart/black 6xd off a stump row in 10-12ft of water. Was sure I’d snagged a catfish in the back or something for at least 30 seconds or so. Even better I got to share this awesome experience with my dad. Was released to be caught again one day.
Wow congrats! Nice hat
bagofdonuts reply :
That is a pig. Gotta love the xd cranks.
StretcherJockey reply :
On 8/3/2019 at 2:51 AM, TnRiver46 said:Wow congrats! Nice hat
Thanks! I’m definitely a glutton for punishment.
senile1 reply :
On 8/3/2019 at 2:27 AM, StretcherJockey said:New PB from Saturday the 27th. 9.42lbs. Caught on a chart/black 6xd off a stump row in 10-12ft of water. Was sure I’d snagged a catfish in the back or something for at least 30 seconds or so. Even better I got to share this awesome experience with my dad. Was released to be caught again one day.
That's a tank for sure! Excellent work!
On 8/2/2019 at 12:51 PM, Bluebasser86 said:Another Thursday night tournament, another win and big bass for the night. She was my first bite of the night on a Big Bite Baits YoMomma under a dock.
Nice! That's a solid fish for our area, @Bluebasser86.
StretcherJockey reply :
On 8/3/2019 at 4:22 AM, senile1 said:
That's a tank for sure! Excellent work!
Nice! That's a solid fish for our area, @Bluebasser86.
I thought I recognized the background in your post!
Way north bass guy reply :
What a weird night tonight. Went out with the kid for a couple hours before dark. We could do nothing right it seemed. Lost two 3lb smallies on a drop shot, several more the same size on a wacky rig, and too many to count on topwater. Finally, we each caught a couple little fellas on a popper, it was just one of those nights where the hook would not stay in them, and I don’t normally have that happen too often. Oh well, still a nice couple hours outside.
lonnie g reply :
On 7/30/2019 at 12:13 PM, Bluebasser86 said:Took Lake and my oldest niece Lilly fishing Sunday. With all the lakes being 80+ degree water temps and Lilly having very little fishing experience, we pretty much were limited to going somewhere we could fish for whatever was biting and they needed to be biting fast. I even bought some nightcrawlers to make sure that fish were caught. They both caught lots of bluegills, several drum, and Lilly caught a bass and channel cat. I'm not a big fan of catching drum, but they were great for the kids because they bit so readily, pull hard, and they get good sized.
doesn't get much better than that! look like pro's to me!
On 8/3/2019 at 2:27 AM, StretcherJockey said:New PB from Saturday the 27th. 9.42lbs. Caught on a chart/black 6xd off a stump row in 10-12ft of water. Was sure I’d snagged a catfish in the back or something for at least 30 seconds or so. Even better I got to share this awesome experience with my dad. Was released to be caught again one day.
big congrats on new PB nice fish , way to go!
NorthernBasser reply :
I always forget about this thread. Or I should say, what forum it's under. Love seeing everyone's catches, big and small!
Here's a few of the nicer ones I've caught over the past few weeks or so.
Got this one on a bluegill colored spinnerbait in about a foot of water.
Punchin' with an Okeechobee Craw-colored Pit Boss.
Caught this one pitching a Christie Craw in some brush.
Caught both of these on a 6th Sense Cloud in about 13 feet of water. Jungle Rose color (one of my favorites!)
TnRiver46 reply :
I had a fun experience this evening, we ran into a school of smallmouth under a floating dock in extreme current. Just to give an idea of the current, I have a friend who grew up in this neighborhood and she says her parents used to tie an inner tube to their dock and the kids would sit in it and pretend they were getting towed by a boat. There’s also a lot of wooden docks that are piles of splinters now , a couple pretty much brand new. The black and blue rage tail menace accounted for all 6 fish, seemed a heavy bullet weight was the key. I saw the entire school of fish (or the entire amount of fish we caught) when I reeled in the first one, they were mobbing it trying to steal the lure. We Kept motoring back up to make another drift if you could get the menace under the dock you could get bit . It wasn’t easy though, you had to throw about 40 feet upriver of the school to get in the target zone. Not bad for launching at 6 pm and wasting 30+ minutes on a dead spot near the ramp, then making a long run
Team9nine reply :
High pressure, blue skies, and a north breeze...perfect conditions for finesse fishing. Put a nice limit of bass in the boat in under 3 hours at a community reservoir this afternoon after having a great multispecies day with a buddy. I'll post those pics in the "other fish" forum.
Way north bass guy reply :
Snuck out this morning for a few hours by myself. Smaller local lake that isn’t known for a lot of monsters, but there’s some good ones in there. Managed a handful of decent smallmouth and largemouth on a squarebill, as well as a couple pike, and got a few more largemouth pitching a Berkley powerbait thief around shallow vegetation.
MIbassyaker reply :
On 8/3/2019 at 2:27 AM, StretcherJockey said:New PB from Saturday the 27th. 9.42lbs. Caught on a chart/black 6xd off a stump row in 10-12ft of water. Was sure I’d snagged a catfish in the back or something for at least 30 seconds or so. Even better I got to share this awesome experience with my dad. Was released to be caught again one day.
Wowza!!
N Florida Mike reply :
Got one decent fish on a watermelon red trick worm the last hour of daylight...caught it at the first deep hole down the lake..
boostr reply :
Had a good day at a pressured tough lake. I guess the HAB warnings for the past month kept the lake roaches, and wake rats away, and settled the lake. Even though the the pea soup was at 3" inches of visibility, I took a tip from an old MLF episode and went shallow and in this case shallow being around 2 to 4 feet. The magic bait was a Neko Rig with a bk/bl flake Senko with a 1/16 oz nail weight thrown and skipped under docks and shady breaklines. These fish were pretty healthy the biggest one being 3lbs and the others in the 2 1/4-2 1/2 lb range. My son even caught a giant pickeral on a homemade swim jig even before we got on the boat.
MIbassyaker reply :
Breaking in my new FeelFree Lure 11.5 this morning...
TnRiver46 reply :
The top two pics were both 20.5” 3.75 lb smallmouth . We think they might have been the same one
Bluebasser86 reply :
After the lakes being over 20' high for a lot of the summer, it's finally be dry long enough that they've managed to get them back down to a reasonable level. Unfortunately, a major rainstorm made the Corps shut the releasing back down for a week or so, but with the lake at 6' high and stable for a period of time, my wife and I took a rare trip together Sunday to see how the lake was doing. It's mainly a smallmouth lake, which is her favorite fish to catch, so that's what we were hoping for. Lake was packed with a walleye tournament and pleasure boaters everywhere since it's one of the only reservoirs in the state that is open again. Water looked great, fingerling bass were everywhere we looked thanks to the floods not happening until after the fish had spawned and their eggs had hatched, it should really be great in the upcoming years. We only had a few hours to fish, I mainly wanted to check the lake out, but we caught a bunch of little guys of all 3 species of bass, along with some much nicer ones, several sunfish, and a good crappie apiece.
It was so good that I went back Monday to try and really dial them in. I think I did a pretty good job of it, especially considering the second day in a row of flat, calm conditions making the bite tougher than it would have been with a little wind.
deep reply :
Almost too big to fit in the picture lol. Definitely the biggest I've caught this year, probably the biggest in the last few years.
Barely got the fish in the kayak and the frog flew out of her mouth. That was close. Maybe I should get a net.
Caught a few more, and then a small panda to round out the day.
keagbassr reply :
Got out today 8-2. Got 9, 1dink punching the rest on a buzzbait with the 5 best going 3-10,3-14,4-6,4-7and.4-8 for a total of 20lbs.13oz.l ://i.postimg.cc/RFhf72Kr/20190808-080244.jpg
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I cant post pics
J Francho reply :
On 8/9/2019 at 8:59 AM, keagbassr said:tried to post pics but i just cant figure this resizing stuff out oh well.
Use the second line on PostImages, called Direct Link. Just paste in the box here. Works every time. Nice fish!
J._Bricker reply :
Went out last week and was able to put this 3.2lb green fish in the boat. I’ve got to admit it’s pretty satisfying to know you did everything right when you see your “bladed jig” inhaled like this....
EGbassing reply :
Russ E reply :
Caught this smallmouth on a berkley drift walker, first thing this morning. My largest smallmouth of 2019.
the topwater explosion was phenomenal when it hit.
it was 19.5 inches long, but only weighed 3lb. 10 oz.
this was the only smallmouth today.
pretty good day overall. caught several largemouth on topwater in the morning. Switched over to a power worm after the sun came up and caught several more largemouth in the weed beds.
Bluebasser86 reply :
On 8/10/2019 at 5:22 AM, Russ E said:Caught this smallmouth on a berkley drift walker, first thing this morning. My largest smallmouth of 2019.
the topwater explosion was phenomenal when it hit.
it was 19.5 inches long, but only weighed 3lb. 10 oz.
this was the only smallmouth today.
pretty good day overall. caught several largemouth on topwater in the morning. Switched over to a power worm after the sun came up and caught several more largemouth in the weed beds.
I really like that Drift Walker when it's calm out like it was this morning. I don't get to fish it often because it's rarely calm enough to use it but it's been a great bait when I get the chance to throw it.
Went to a little mudpuddle of a lake that I haven't been to in a couple years yesterday. It has some big ones but it just gets beat to death by the bucket brigade thanks to nearly complete shoreline access. I was greeted by good weed growth that has never been there that I'm sure are making the bank anglers pull their hair out, but the bass seem to be loving it. I caught right at 20 with a 4.22 being the biggest.
Yesterday afternoon I got a box of shiny new toys from FishLab, including a few of their new bluegill swimbaits. I took them out this morning from the bank really just for a test swim, but one of my cast in feeder creek of the main lake with the wake gill got rudely interrupted. I love swimbaits, but gill baits have always had lackluster results for me. I think this wake gill could really change that.
superkamikazee reply :
Caught a new PB today, at a lake that's always been slow for me (numbers wise). I know the lake has big fish, but with so many deep stumps you really need electronics or luck. I guess I had luck today, maybe it was the pants.
4lbs 12 oz via Rebel Pop-R
Team9nine reply :
Out chasing crappie today, which we quickly figured out were hanging around shad schools now roaming much of the lake. Spotted several larger arches under some of the schools and was able to drop Ned down on them when I did and score some green.
TnRiver46 reply :
Pictures are deceiving, the middle two pictures are of the same fish (19” And the top fish was probably 19+ but we didn’t measure 
Dirtyeggroll reply :
Monday was my 30th birthday.
For my birthday I asked my wife to come along on the boat for a couple hours. She begrudgingly supports my fishing habit and she’s never been along with me or even caught a bass.
I wanted to see if I could get her on some fish.
Low and behold she caught one within the first minute of fishing! After netting the fish, her immediate response was “I can see how this could be addicting.”
We went to a lake that is chalk full of 3-4 lbers and I had her setup on a medium light spinning rod really hoping she would hook into one and it would feel like Moby dick. Unfortunately, our little outing ended shortly after the first fish due to the steering cable on my Ultrex breaking (what a great birthday gift from the fishing gods), and we didn’t get to catch any more fish. Neither of us plan for her to go again (I wouldn’t want her out fishing me), but nonetheless, both of us had a good time!
YoTone reply :
happy birthday man!
roadwarrior reply :
On 8/10/2019 at 7:27 PM, Dirtyeggroll said:Monday was my 30th birthday.
For my birthday I asked my wife to come along on the boat for a couple hours. She begrudgingly supports my fishing habit and she’s never been along with me or even caught a bass.
I wanted to see if I could get her on some fish.
Low and behold she caught one within the first minute of fishing! After netting the fish, her immediate response was “I can see how this could be addicting.”
We went to a lake that is chalk full of 3-4 lbers and I had her setup on a medium light spinning rod really hoping she would hook into one and it would feel like Moby dick. Unfortunately, our little outing ended shortly after the first fish due to the steering cable on my Ultrex breaking (what a great birthday gift from the fishing gods), and we didn’t get to catch any more fish. Neither of us plan for her to go again (I wouldn’t want her out fishing me), but nonetheless, both of us had a good time!
On 8/10/2019 at 7:27 PM, Dirtyeggroll said:Monday was my 30th birthday.
For my birthday I asked my wife to come along on the boat for a couple hours. She begrudgingly supports my fishing habit and she’s never been along with me or even caught a bass.
I wanted to see if I could get her on some fish.
Low and behold she caught one within the first minute of fishing! After netting the fish, her immediate response was “I can see how this could be addicting.”
We went to a lake that is chalk full of 3-4 lbers and I had her setup on a medium light spinning rod really hoping she would hook into one and it would feel like Moby dick. Unfortunately, our little outing ended shortly after the first fish due to the steering cable on my Ultrex breaking (what a great birthday gift from the fishing gods), and we didn’t get to catch any more fish. Neither of us plan for her to go again (I wouldn’t want her out fishing me), but nonetheless, both of us had a good time!
Bluebasser86 reply :
I've really missed smallmouth with the high water all year. The lake is still over 6' high, but I've been one them for a couple weeks now and it seems like they must have missed me too
Took a buddy and his son this morning and we whacked them again, plus some bonus fish, one that got a ride home with them.
TnRiver46 reply :
keagbassr reply :
Got out for a short 3 hr. Trip. Finished with 4 bass, 1 on a popper and 3 on a buzzbait with this one at 3-9
A-Jay reply :
This day started out dry and ended up wet.
I'm good either way ~
A-Jay
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teethmarks reply :
took the daughter out for a "boat ride" as she calls it. was a beautiful night and not going to get the chance to fish again for a bit. the bite was slow (non existent). water level was low maybe a draw down or something. hard to juggle appeasing a 4 year old and focusing on fishing. i was throwing a bone whopper plopper because i recently saw an episode of mlf where a contestant decimated the field using one. got this fish to finally bite when i casted right on its head. there was a reaction right when it hit the water and then a couple cranks later she was on. only fish of the 2 hours or so we were out.
J._Bricker reply :
After two consecutive weekends of big frog tournaments, I went out with the intention of punching the mats, figuring the fish normally receptive to topwater offerings were recovering from being sore lipped. The fish were chewing, and I was really surprised when I put a 4.4lb and 4.1lber in the boat on consecutive casts. I pretty much had a solid #retiredguytournament bag at the end of the day, just wish these better fish were bitting on Saturdays lol...
deep reply :
Back to catching "normal-size" kicker fish. These are not quite 5 pounders (yet) but I tried to follow @A-Jay's lead, and caught the first one before it started raining, and the second one when it was pouring.
Caught both of these on a JDM Nories Chibi Ebigaeru (apparently that means "little shrimp frog"). When everyone's fishing the same lily pads in the same little 75 acre reservoir with the same Spro and Booyah frogs, I think it's good to show the fish something a little different. (Caught a few on a Jackall Iobee too, but guess that's not as exotic.)
haggard reply :
Largemouth on Little (lower) Mousam Lake in southern Maine, with fellow forum member & wife and their Lund in the background. Great morning! Now if we could just do something about those inflatable pink flamingoes....
TnRiver46 reply :
Found the white bass schooling good on surface, kept 8 and released several. Got some bonus fish, one small blue cat (on ice) and 3-4 short largemouth. Mosquitos got intense after dark so the catfishing grinded to a halt (not that it was working all that well anyhow)
Just_Fishin reply :
Caught and Released this guy yesterday. Caught on live bait
Got this guy yesterday in open water on live bait. He is 4lbs biggest Pickerel I ever caught, real thick.
TnRiver46 reply :
ohboyitsrobby reply :
Made the hour drive north to lake nimrod this morning. Caught somewhere around 30 all but 1 on a trap.
The Bassman reply :
Had a real productive outing today with the best being this one at probably 5.5 or better. Had a unique sight fishing experience where a duck served as my marker. Apparently a bass took a swipe at her and as she jumped up on the bank I followed with my Fat Ika. Result; one three lbr. with a taste for duck.
Team9nine reply :
Attack of the leeches, a common occurrence in several of the ponds I've fished over the years. Spotted this one today on a smaller bass I caught. It's Myzobdella lugubris, and there are even a few good published papers researching the link between largemouth bass and this parasitic leech.
Fairtax4me reply :
I think she wanted to eat that 5” swim bait!
19” long, just under 4lbs! Caught just a little after sunrise.
Caught about a dozen today mostly smaller. One was maybe 2lbs. Bite was tough but I could get some of them to eat IF I could get a lure in front of them. They wanted to follow around all the enormous clouds of bait minnows that were out drifting around. So getting their attention meant doing a lot of chucking and winding, and hoping to get a bait within the 3 feet of visibility where they could see it!
The Bassman reply :
On 8/19/2019 at 8:50 AM, Team9nine said:Attack of the leeches, a common occurrence in several of the ponds I've fished over the years. Spotted this one today on a smaller bass I caught. It's Myzobdella lugubris, and there are even a few good published papers researching the link between largemouth bass and this parasitic leech.
I'll never forget wading Sugar Creek by me several springs ago and catching smallmouth with parasitic lampreys attached. I think it occurred on about three fish. They were app. 8-10" long and would come loose when I reached for the fish. Only saw them that one spring.
Hook2Jaw reply :
Caught my first spot, and can't wait to catch more. This little thing fought like a wildcat in a croaker sack. I guess this is my smallmouth.
Fairtax4me reply :
Spots are all kinds of fun! If you ask me it’s just a smallmouth with different colors.
Bluebasser86 reply :
Haven't been getting out as much since school started, but I got out and did some night fishing Sunday night into Monday morning and had a good time. About my 3rd cast with a homemade 1/2oz black and blue football jig with the same colored Christie craw trailer got crushed, not by the target species, but still fun.
Wasn't very far down the bank when I got a similar bite on the same bait, but this time it was what I was looking for. First time trying trying out my new Frabill Power Extend net, which has a built in light and lift assist (which would come in handy later). The pictures aren't great, but as someone who frequently night fishes, having a net with a bright light on it was a game changer. Not just for netting fish, but also handling fish in the net once in the boat
Rounded a point a little ways down the bank had another one thump it, thought it dropped it, but she was just swimming slow. It's hard to tell when they swim off real slow in the dark.
The jig bite just quit on me for some reason, but then they started eating the all blue homemade bladed jig. This one slack lined me and swam at me so fast I thought I missed her.
Caught a drum and a few little guys, running out of time and decided to try the spot I started on one more time before I had to leave. Dragging my jig over some deep rocks when I got an unmistakable bite from a flathead. Not a monster, but it was fun on my jig rod and made me glad for the lift assist handle on the net ????
Selfies in the dark with a flathead are hard...
NHBull reply :
When you get a 3lb'er from the dock after uncovering the boat, you know it's going to be a good day.
keagbassr reply :
Got out 7:30-1:30 today. Boated 9, 1 on jig 2 on a toad 5 on a buzzbait and 2 punching a double wide beaver with this one weighing in at 5-8.
A-Jay reply :
On 8/21/2019 at 3:10 AM, keagbassr said:Got out 7:30-1:30 today. Boated 9, 1 on jig 2 on a toad 5 on a buzzbait and 2 punching a double wide beaver with this one weighing in at 5-8.
Another Great Bass for @keagbassr ~
Funny - you don't look confused . .
At least not when it comes to finding & catching Big Bass.
Well Done Sir.
A-Jay
lo n slo reply :
On 8/21/2019 at 4:14 AM, A-Jay said:Another Great Bass for @keagbassr ~
Funny - you don't look confused . .
At least not when it comes to finding & catching Big Bass.
Well Done Sir.
A-Jay
for real
keagbassr reply :
On 8/21/2019 at 4:14 AM, A-Jay said:Another Great Bass for @keagbassr ~
Funny - you don't look confused . .
At least not when it comes to finding & catching Big Bass.
Well Done Sir.
A-Jay
Believe me there's no shortage of confusion on the water for me this year. This one came on my 4th different bait I tried on my punch rig. Over all I threw at least a dozen different baits today.
LadiMopar reply :
On 8/21/2019 at 6:21 AM, keagbassr said:Believe me there's no shortage of confusion on the water for me this year. This one came on my 4th different bait I tried on my punch rig. Over all I threw at least a dozen different baits today.
You're not confused, the bass are just being picky eaters...sort of like my grandkids! No, I don't want to eat Green Pumpkin today, do you have that in Red Devil Shad or Chartreuse? Oh, and I'd like that on 20# braid not Fluoro 
Bluebasser86 reply :
Played with one of the new Fish Lab Bio Gill jointed swimbaits for a few minutes this morning. I was running a Light Gill colored one in the 4" slow sink around weed patches and overgrown banks. This lake isn't usually a very good swimbait lake for me, but it went pretty well for the 30 minutes I had to toss it around.
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roadwarrior reply :
deep reply :
One last trip to Lake Faraway before school starts, and one last good fish. Actually that's the only fish I caught yesterday, before a big thunder/rain storm chased me off the water.
No regrets though. Faraway has been good to me. I caught fifteen or so good fish, and a really good one, in ~10 trips. Might not seem very impressive, but to put things in perspective, it would probably take me one whole year to catch that many decent fish from my local lakes!
I'm going to start working on a post about fishing frogs sitting down in a kayak. The learning curve was steep, and it took me a good bit of time to figure out the techniques, baits and gear that actually put fish in the boat (I missed a lot of fish before I finally figured out what worked).
A-Jay reply :
With quite a bit of wind blasting Lake Menderchuck the past several days, it was a challenge not only getting around but then finding some relatively clean / fish-able areas.
Tried fishing the wind blown stuff but couldn't get on fish.
Took me all morning and into early afternoon but eventually I caved and started fishing the few decent areas sheltered from the wind.
Put the Big TRD to work which led to a handful of spunky brown bass.
Be glad when hurricane season is over.
A-Jay
Bluebasser86 reply :
Took Lake right after I picked him up from school to go explore a spot I found on Google Earth. Basically a creek below a lake spillway that leads to a waterfall and big pool. Thought it would have some fish in it and I wasn't wrong. I had him dunking a nightcrawler under a bobber and that thing was going under as fast as it was hitting the water for the whole hour we were there, fun times for a 5 year old. No idea how many gills and sunfish he caught, but it was enough that there was some serious trash talking going on by the time we'd been there for awhile. I "borrowed" a small bluegill to use for cutbait to try for a catfish, all I got was a snapping turtle ???? Lake's as tired as he looks in the pictures, Kindergarten is hard work apparently.
boostr reply :
On 8/23/2019 at 12:09 PM, Bluebasser86 said:Took Lake right after I picked him up from school to go explore a spot I found on Google Earth. Basically a creek below a lake spillway that leads to a waterfall and big pool. Thought it would have some fish in it and I wasn't wrong. I had him dunking a nightcrawler under a bobber and that thing was going under as fast as it was hitting the water for the whole hour we were there, fun times for a 5 year old. No idea how many gills and sunfish he caught, but it was enough that there was some serious trash talking going on by the time we'd been there for awhile. I "borrowed" a small bluegill to use for cutbait to try for a catfish, all I got was a snapping turtle ???? Lake's as tired as he looks in the pictures, Kindergarten is hard work apparently.
It's even great for an 8 year old. I always bring some nightcrawlers along just in case it gets slow for him. How'd you get the hook out of that snapper?
Bluebasser86 reply :
On 8/24/2019 at 12:17 AM, boostr said:How'd you get the hook out?
You don't, they get to keep them. He was actually hooked in the corner of the mouth instead of gut hooked like they usually are so I doubt it even bothers him.
boostr reply :
A nice lip piercing...
roadwarrior reply :
Dirtyeggroll reply :
Johnny and I took a much needed study break!
He must have been getting grouchy from not going fishing because he reached out and snagged one right in the back on the first cast!
Jonny15678 reply :
Caught on a zoom 10.5 inch sapphire blue ribbontail worm.
Team9nine reply :
About 60 bass in the past two days from a couple different ponds in the area. Post frontal cool weather seems to have helped the bite, along with the cooler water temps from the accompanying rain. Everything on Ned rig using the newest outfit. The YGK SS112 continues to impress and has been flawless when combined with a Stren leader.
Fairtax4me reply :
Seeing Deep having a blast on Lake Faraway I thought about going there today, but decided against that since we just got smacked hard with a cold front and a lot of cold rain. Figured the bass there would be Po’d for a few days.
Back on the james river today not with huge hopes, but I was in a very promising area that I’ve never fished from the kayak but have seen monsters there fishing it from the bank.
First fish of the morning on a whopper plopper 130, easily 4lb smallie, mitt have been close to new PB territory. After having it pull me Upstream against heavy current I get it over to the kayak and INCHES from the net it backflips and shakes the hook. Gaaaahhhhh!!!
Fish two I hook on a 4” swim bait and gamakatsu I think jig head hook. Solid 2.5lbs, It jumps three times, I get it to the kayak and somehow it shakes the hook under water.
Fish three within a 50 yard stretch. Different swim bait, VMC jig head. Nails the thing, hook set, fish immediately goes airborn like a rocket and as soon as it’s out of the water the bait flies over my shoulder.
That was all the excitement of the morning before 7am. I didn’t get bit again until after 11. Finally caught my first of the day on a small jerkbait. Spend another hour chucking that with 0 takers. Time for lucky ned!
Noonish I Found a submerged log that produced three small brownies, and a flathead! Not that big, but was a really fun fight on the ultralight! Another hour later I got one more good brown fish on the ned rig, and it made the drag scream on the ultralight! Thought I would never get it to the net! Something like 2.5lbs. About 4:00 I got one more maybe 1lb, and an itty bitty smallie on the ned rig on the way back to the ramp to head home.
Sphynx reply :
Well, certainly not the size I was hoping for, but dad gummit that's a smallie, and I got pictures of me catching it, one species technically off the list, though I obviously hope to do much better soon lol
lo n slo reply :
low clouds and a pesky NE breeze kept temps in the 60’s all morning. what a relief too! in fact, swt’s had fallen a good five degrees, down to 79 degrees. it took me a good hour to locate some fish/bait pods, and i did manage to put things together, enough to boat a dozen bass. this lone largemouth was caught on a 5” Zoom lizard in 15 fow. life is good.
Way north bass guy reply :
Three generations of smallmouth hunters, the youngest got this one on a drop shot while drifting along and reading a book at the same time.
FryDog62 reply :
I’ve skipped a lot of docks with plastics the last several years and seems that the bite is usually quite consistent. Not this year with the super late Spring in Minnesota... been hit and miss..
Until this past weekend... it really picked up. I visit a certain lake a couple times a year that has 7 boat lift/canopies in a row (a small private marina). I skipped under each dock and caught 7 fish including these two.
Never caught more than 2 fish off those docks before - Shoulda bought a lottery ticket on the way home so I could retire and do this every day
Bluebasser86 reply :
Got out for my only short little trip this weekend (which got cut even shorter by a bad storm that came ripping through). Started out with a bang, right off the dock before I even parked the truck on the FishLab Bio Wake Gill.
Got a couple on the FishLab Rattle Toad, the bigger one about took the rod away from when it bit not far from the boat right before I reeled in to make another cast.
and my biggest one of the day ate one of my homemade bladed jigs right before the storm really let loose and I had to break the no wake rule for the lake ????
roadwarrior reply :
Dwight Hottle reply :
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Glenn reply :
Just a quick note: I had to disable the script that allowed you to link to images due to security reasons. Please add the photos to your posts by dragging the photos into the area where it says "Drag files here to attach" when you're creating a post.
Thanks!
A-Jay reply :
On 8/27/2019 at 12:40 PM, Bluebasser86 said:Got out for my only short little trip this weekend (which got cut even shorter by a bad storm that came ripping through). Started out with a bang, right off the dock before I even parked the truck on the FishLab Bio Wake Gill.
Got a couple on the FishLab Rattle Toad, the bigger one about took the rod away from when it bit not far from the boat right before I reeled in to make another cast.
and my biggest one of the day ate one of my homemade bladed jigs right before the storm really let loose and I had to break the no wake rule for the lake ????
Nicely Done !~
What frog is that ?
Thanks in advance
A-Jay
boostr reply :
On 8/27/2019 at 10:53 PM, A-Jay said:Nicely Done !~
What frog is that ?
Thanks in advance
A-Jay
I think he mentioned FishLab Rattle Toad
A-Jay reply :
On 8/27/2019 at 11:13 PM, boostr said:I think he mentioned FishLab Rattle Toad
You're right ~ Thank you.
I was so impressed with the Bass I breezed right past it.
A-Jay
On 8/27/2019 at 11:13 PM, boostr said:I think he mentioned FishLab Rattle Toad
On 8/27/2019 at 11:17 PM, A-Jay said:You're right ~ Thank you.
I was so impressed with the Bass I breezed right past it.
A-Jay
And not for sale YET ~
Which explains it.
A-Jay
TnRiver46 reply :
On 8/27/2019 at 10:33 PM, Glenn said:Just a quick note: I had to disable the script that allowed you to link to images due to security reasons. Please add the photos to your posts by dragging the photos into the area where it says "Drag files here to attach" when you're creating a post.
Thanks!
Thanks for staying on top of things Glenn. How does one “drag” with a cell phone?
J Francho reply :
On 8/27/2019 at 11:54 PM, TnRiver46 said:Thanks for staying on top of things Glenn. How does one “drag” with a cell phone?
Tap "Click to choose files"
Way north bass guy reply :
Hammered them pretty well today finally, after a couple days of them being “off”. Caught over 50, landed multiple 3-4lbers and lost several up to 5lbs. Found a calm spot where we crushed them on topwaters then in the wind hammered them on spinnerbaits and a strike king rage swimmer.
TnRiver46 reply :
On 8/28/2019 at 12:46 AM, J Francho said:Tap "Click to choose files"
That takes me back to the whole dilemma of having to delete my old pictures, unless I’m missing something. You’re postimage.org trick was so good....... now I’m on the hunt for the next best thing. I’m still trying to locate the gallery that I think @N Florida Mike uses
J Francho reply :
On 8/28/2019 at 12:07 PM, TnRiver46 said:You’re postimage.org trick was so good....... now I’m on the hunt for the next best thing.
Yeah, it was good while it lasted. My pic limit here has been full for years.
N Florida Mike reply :
On 8/28/2019 at 12:07 PM, TnRiver46 said:That takes me back to the whole dilemma of having to delete my old pictures, unless I’m missing something. You’re postimage.org trick was so good....... now I’m on the hunt for the next best thing. I’m still trying to locate the gallery that I think @N Florida Mike uses
Hey, I can tell you how I do it if you want. It’s a little tedious but I can do it pretty quick now....
teethmarks reply :
tough fishing on the watersheds. still getting used to sonar. twice now at sundown see what look like fish at depth on ride back to the ramp. the smallies seem to be deep, not sure where the largies are. last two are same fish. second fish had black specks around lips and strong, foul odor. possibly parasites?
Bass_Fishing_Socal reply :
On 8/29/2019 at 10:40 PM, teethmarks said:tough fishing on the watersheds. still getting used to sonar. twice now at sundown see what look like fish at depth on ride back to the ramp. the smallies seem to be deep, not sure where the largies are. last two are same fish. second fish had black specks around lips and strong, foul odor. possibly parasites?
You forgot something my friend, but don’t worry I got your back lol.
keagbassr reply :
Made a lot of casts for not a lot of fish today. But they were all decent. Got a 3-7and a 5-7 on buzzbaits and a 3-6 punching. Also dropped 1 about 3.5 punching when it cleared the weeds. Here are the buzzbait fish.
TnRiver46 reply :
Testing.... Testing 1-2..... Green sunfish from northern Ohio farm pond
Also helped this youngster catch her first ever bass
Special thanks to @N Florida Mike for the help with posting pics when youve reached your Max on attachments
moguy1973 reply :
Caught this one up in Canada today. 36" and 20+lbs.
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A-Jay reply :
On 9/2/2019 at 10:47 AM, moguy1973 said:Caught this one up in Canada today. 36" and 20+lbs.
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Great Pike - Congrats
btw - how much did that thumb weigh ?
A-Jay
moguy1973 reply :
On 9/2/2019 at 10:49 AM, A-Jay said:Great Pike - Congrats
btw - how much did that thumb weigh ?
A-Jay
I know! Right? Was my brother in law's father taking the picture. Guess I'll have to get a bigger one tomorrow.
N Florida Mike reply :
They were biting good as the hurricane looms... It was warm and windy . Ended up with 21 , caught all of them on various color zoom flukes. If the sun popped out, I used those with gold sparkle. They really liked the gold sided ones with sparkle and red top. If the sun was in I switched to watermelon seed, or watermelon red. I fished the middle of the day , which I rarely do in summer.
These were the two best.
Team9nine reply :
Managed 75 bass total over the long weekend walking various ponds for a couple hours each day. Ned rig did the most damage over all 3 ponds, but had a good day with Sliders on the one pond I threw it. One of the ponds is unique for this area as it has a sand grass perimeter underwater. It makes for the most unique bite when you intentionally hang the bait on the sand grass then either tease it or rip it out. Lots of times they simply grab the bait on ‘the tease,’ otherwise ‘the snap’ off the grass gets ‘em .
eightydee reply :
These were just a few of a few days. All on the same wacky worm. Than a northern ate my wacky worm that I was going to put on my wall. It's so fun kayak fishing. If you are top water fishing, the bass love to hit RIGHT at that last second and scares ya. Get pulled when they fight. Uffda, nothing like it.
Also, props to BassResource and the users who gave me help and words that my grandpa would tell me.
moguy1973 reply :
Caught this one today. 33.5"
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Bluebasser86 reply :
Had a great weekend with the family on Table Rock. We camped at the favorite camp ground of my wife and I (Aunt's Creek) and it was the first time tent camping for both our boys. They had a blast and everything went as well as we could have hoped for. They got to swim in the lake, which they loved but had us on edge the whole time. They both loved going fast in the boat. I brought a tub of red wigglers and they caught approximately a million bluegill and sunfish (give or take 1 or 2, I was too busy unhooking fish to keep exact count). They both also got to catch/reel in a couple bass in the boat also with Finn taking big fish honors with a really feisty smallmouth that was giving him the business for quite a while. I also got to sneak out for a few hours Sunday afternoon while everyone was napping and got on a hot deep water drop shot and jigging spoon bite on some deep trees. Not my strong suit, but I was making it work for me for a few hours pretty hot and heavy until I got the call that everyone was awake again and wanted to go back out in the boat, of course that bite was over by the time I got them back to that spot. I wrapped up the trip by catching the 3rd meanmouth I've ever caught. It was my last fish of the trip and really gave me a tough time getting it out of the deep trees on a drop shot.
J._Bricker reply :
After the Labor Day weekend, I figured it was finally time to get out on the water and do a little fishing. I wasn’t the only fisherman with that idea, and we only had to contend with a couple of yachts heading back to their berths signaling the end of their season.
I got bit on pretty much everything I threw, breaking off a good one on a senko. I’ve had everything to throw a Neg rig in the boat for a couple of years and decided to break it out today and go for some numbers. I just find it ridiculous how that thing works, and coupled with light tackle it sure is fun! Here’s my best Ned fish of the day, a pretty little river bass.
boostr reply :
Lost a few, but caught this little fatty, in the 4 hours I had to hit one of the Finger Lakes (Seneca Lake) my whole three day stay there. The weather really messed up my fishing schedule (especially our Cayuga day), but hey was still a great time. Not used to the crystal clear water, scared off alot of potential bites.
TnRiver46 reply :
keagbassr reply :
Got a 3-15 yesterday and a 3-14 today both on a double wide beaver.
NorthernBasser reply :
This guy/gal hit my Chatterbait harder than I've ever had a bass hit that bait. And the hook was actually down near the throat. Thankfully it came out pretty easy.
TnRiver46 reply :
Fun weekend on the holston river
Bluebasser86 reply :
On 9/9/2019 at 7:34 AM, TnRiver46 said:Fun weekend on the holston river
So I don't see a shotgun and it seems really early for goose season, did you hit it with the boat?
Caught myself a skinny one, and a toad this weekend on a slow day. I don't mind it when I get bites like those though. I even caught them both on a crankbait! When they start filling up the big Frabill Power Extend net like this chunk did, that's the kind I'm looking for!
TnRiver46 reply :
@Bluebasser86, we have an early goose season from sept 1 to sept 22. My buddies shot two of them while we were fishing and made pastrami out of them. Mmmmm. And nice green fish ya got there!
Bluebasser86 reply :
Too nice to go home after school tonight, so after I picked him up, Lake and I got the boat real quick and hit the water for a couple hours. He almost got one his first cast, and pretty much caught them steady the whole time we were on the water. His casting was great tonight for a 5 year old. It's amazing the difference the nicer equipment I got him is making.
roadwarrior reply :
boostr reply :
On 9/11/2019 at 12:54 PM, Bluebasser86 said:Too nice to go home after school tonight, so after I picked him up, Lake and I got the boat real quick and hit the water for a couple hours. He almost got one his first cast, and pretty much caught them steady the whole time we were on the water. His casting was great tonight for a 5 year old. It's amazing the difference the nicer equipment I got him is making.
Catching some Hawgs, NOICE!
Glaucus reply :
Been sick for a long time and haven't gotten to fish a lot. A few of my best Smallies from the past few short trips I've been able to make.
My lungs are slowly but surely getting better so hopefully I can make a full fall out of it.
Bluebasser86 reply :
Doubled up on the fishing trips today . Went for 1.5 hours this morning by myself and it was a grind. My frog must have called this one's mom a bad name or something because it sounded like it was going to weigh 10 pounds the way it destroyed my frog through the thick grass. My first bite of the day 20 minutes in, I should have put it back on the trailer and gone home after that.
Found a spot on a creek that I liked the looks of, and Lake loves playing in creeks just like I did when I was his age, so after I picked him up from school it didn't take any convincing to get him to want to go check it out. First spot was pretty nice. All really shallow, but we caught some little channel cats, a bass, several sunfish, and most surprising was several little wipers and white bass including 1 bigger white. I also almost sight fished a pretty big longnose gar with my Mepps. Lake desperately wants to catch a gar for some reason, he was pretty disappointed when it didn't hook up but really excited to see one up close, and I mean up close because we were wading and the sucker swam right next to us before I popped him.
With our time running short, we walked back towards the truck but I wanted to poke around under the bridge and see if there was anything going on in the pool below it. There was a few big logs in the water, and I immediately lost a little largemouth, then had a small school of very aggressive longnose gar swim through, swatting at everything that moved, one even took a swipe at a floating leaf and Lake's bobber when he moved it. I got one to eat a piece of cutbait, but even after waiting at least 5 minutes to set the hook, it still didn't hook up. Lake was pretty devastated that we didn't catch the gar, but very next cast with the Mepps and a big fish was screaming drag and he was about in the creek. It was a tedious fight around and through the laydowns, but we finally got it landed. We'll be going back to check that spot out more for sure!
And I swear he's wearing shorts, he just hiked them up for wading the creek for some reason. I didn't realize he looked like he wasn't wearing pants until after I got home and looked at the pictures ????
The Bassman reply :
On 9/14/2019 at 1:40 PM, Glaucus said:Been sick for a long time and haven't gotten to fish a lot. A few of my best Smallies from the past few short trips I've been able to make.
My lungs are slowly but surely getting better so hopefully I can make a full fall out of it.
Been missing your posts. Always good to see those smallie pics.
long island basser reply :
Did manage to boat 11 decent bass this morning,
The best being just over 4 lbs. caught on adrenaline jig with paca chunk trailer.
A few of the better ones.
eightydee reply :
Just two from today. Two different lakes. Both lost my senko.
The Bassman reply :
On 9/15/2019 at 1:03 PM, eightydee said:Just two from today. Two different lakes. Both lost my senko.
Been using screw lock hooks for t-rigging and vinyl tubing for wacky with senkos. Really saves on baits.
lo n slo reply :
this 4 lb largemouth came off a brush pile in 18 fow this morning.
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Dangerfield reply :
On the pause with a light perch Ripstop.
ohboyitsrobby reply :
Biggest one of the day at the local electric only water reservoir. Caught 7-8 most of the damage was done with a baby bass tiny torpedo. Lakes an adventure to get to so don't make it often but is always fun when we do.
TnRiver46 reply :
The largemouth hit the sprinker frog, that was cool! 
boostr reply :
Caught my first Whopper Plopper fish on Friday... Yeah, forgot my phone so use your minds eye... Maybe a 2lbr.
Yeajray231 reply :
On 9/17/2019 at 1:22 AM, boostr said:Caught my first Whopper Plopper fish on Friday... Yeah, forgot my phone so use your minds eye... Maybe a 2lbr.
Pretty sure she's pushing 5. ????
boostr reply :
On 9/17/2019 at 1:46 AM, Yeajray231 said:Pretty sure she's pushing 5. ????
I can live with that...
lo n slo reply :
On 9/17/2019 at 1:22 AM, boostr said:Caught my first Whopper Plopper fish on Friday... Yeah, forgot my phone so use your minds eye... Maybe a 2lbr.
you big dummy ????
TnRiver46 reply :
Jason.Domingo reply :
Did some evening fishing today with the wife to try her new spinning setup
Biggest one out of the 3 she caught
deep reply :
Buddy took me out, and put me on a good one today. This was the only one I caught, but good to be back on the water after almost a month.
NorthernBasser reply :
On 9/16/2019 at 12:23 AM, lo n slo said:this 4 lb largemouth came off a brush pile in 18 fow this morning.
My first thought when I saw this was "what does he have shoved in the bass' mouth. 
lo n slo reply :
On 9/20/2019 at 8:45 AM, NorthernBasser said:My first thought when I saw this was "what does he have shoved in the bass' mouth.
you big dummy! ????
Ksam1234 reply :
Was trying for bass but ended up with this instead , I’ll take it. Did manage a few largemouth later on
TnRiver46 reply :
Got some nice ones today, they were chasing threadfin all morning 
NorcalBassin reply :
After a couple months of work and life getting in the way of fishing I was able to take a wellness day off from work to take my dad out. Was by no means hot but still caught a few with pops picking up a nice spot. Really looking forward to the fall transition and getting out a lot more.
J._Bricker reply :
On 9/22/2019 at 2:27 AM, NorcalBassin said:After a couple months of work and life getting in the way of fishing I was able to take a wellness day off from work to take my dad out. Was by no means hot but still caught a few with pops picking up a nice spot. Really looking forward to the fall transition and getting out a lot more.
Very nice spot @NorCal Bassin', looks like she’s been getting fat on some of that Kokanee candy
lo n slo reply :
she’s beautiful
Frog Turds reply :
4.58# big fish of the day from last monday, top 5 = 17.63#'s
FrankN209 reply :
Caught a couple...
NorcalBassin reply :
On 9/22/2019 at 5:32 AM, J._Bricker said:Very nice spot @NorCal Bassin', looks like she’s been getting fat on some of that Kokanee candy
No doubt about that. Since CDFW stopped planting trout in the lake a few years ago the kokes have definitely helped keep the bass healthy and on the bigger side. They're allegedly going to start trout plants back up again in 2 years... could be the best of both worlds for big spots and LM.
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NorcalBassin reply :
Made it out 2 days in a row and on a different lake this time. Numbers were up but it was a pretty entertaining dinkfest for pops.
A couple of the better ones
Frog Turds reply :
4.67#'s big fish from last tuesday at the end of the day, top 5 went 16.93#'s...
MIbassyaker reply :
Managed to get out for the first time in a month, squeezing in 3 hours before work at a lake I have only previously fished a handful of times April-June. Caught 8, all but one on a black Cavitron buzzbait, and the other on a Revenge bluegill skirted gold double willow spinnerbait.
Best two, an 18" 3.5lber, and a 16" 2lber:
keagbassr reply :
Got a bunch of smallies up in maine with the best a 3-6 on a spinnerbait. Back home got a 5-7 punching a double wide beaver.
Frog Turds reply :
4.01 big fish from yesterday, top 5 went 17.33#'s...sorry for the dark pics but the gopro's no like low light...
Bluebasser86 reply :
Took me a minute to find them since the lake was 2' lower than it was last time I was on it, but I eventually got on them pretty good. Spinnerbait was the hero of the day. Even had the super rare (for Kansas) keeper of all 3 bass species.
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Frog Turds reply :
My "oh look theres a squirrel" then BAM largie smokes the King, set the hook, swing & a miss and the frog travels a ways towards me...but in my brainfart moment i didnt quite expect her to chase it down like she did and crush it again, caught me slippin twice...i reel down set the hook and had her but that head shake at the end, welp that was her giving me the middle finger buh bye ????
Bluebasser86 reply :
I really should have gone straight home and gone to bed this morning. Got the same crud my boys have had the last couple weeks and I'm just worn out, but the cool weather and clouds were too much for me. 45 minutes from the bank were enough to catch 10-12, all dinks on a stick worm except this 4.16 that absolutely crushed my popping Pad Crasher.
keagbassr reply :
Got out yesterday 9-3. Boated 9 punching with the best at 3-9 plus a couple bonus fish on a frog with one weighing 4-7.
lo n slo reply :
got on the water early this morning. never did seem to get the spots fired up but a few nice largemouth took their place. funny how that happens. swt’s remain in the 78-79 degree range, partly cloudy, NE breeze, but still quite warm for late September. had to anchor a few times, the lake is a little low as we’re now in a moderate drought. both of these bass came off brush in 12-15 fow.
PhishLI reply :
This September has been alot like last September: Skunked or dinks, then BAM, some chunks. Got the first one in the daylight pics skipping a 6" wacky senko. 24 1/2". Got the 2nd in the grainy night pics on a 5" Norries Spoon tail shad. The fish blasted a Jackhammer first, but spit it before I was able to set the hook. I chucked the swimbait at the general area where it hit the chatterbait and the big girl oblidged. A shade over 23" and fat. My heart's pumping just writing about it. Catching a mondo at night while chest deep in water is definitely a different experience! Hopefully I've turned the corner!
Continued.
Jar11591 reply :
An extremely busy year prevented me from being on the water as much as I’d like to be, but I was able to get out for several hours this morning. It was windy, cold, and sunny and the bite was a bit “off”. Had to grind for 4 or 5 fish that all came from downed timber. Only one was decent enough to be picture worthy:
October is typically a great month for me, so I’ll be trying to get out as much as possible over the next month. This lake produces a lot of big fall bass.
tander reply :
Caught this one this morning on a weightless Senko.
BigAngus752 reply :
Thank goodness for colored braid! Caught five today and this was the biggest. I felt nothing because when I flipped the t-rig in she grabbed it and swam right at the boat. Fortunately the water is stained and I was using "ghost" (white) braid so I saw my line headed straight to me.
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Bankbeater reply :
Last weekend they were biting for a total of 30 minutes. I caught a 2-10 lb dragging a jig and craw over the top of a hump, then this 3-09 lb dragging the jig across the hump from the opposite side.
lo n slo reply :
caught 22 this morning in the little johnny. it was sunny and HOT!, SW breeze around 10 mph. the spots were schooled up and biting. this 17” was the biggest spot. also caught a 20” largemouth but she was gill hooked so i got her back in asap. life is good!
The Bassman reply :
On 9/29/2019 at 2:29 AM, Jar11591 said:An extremely busy year prevented me from being on the water as much as I’d like to be, but I was able to get out for several hours this morning. It was windy, cold, and sunny and the bite was a bit “off”. Had to grind for 4 or 5 fish that all came from downed timber. Only one was decent enough to be picture worthy:
October is typically a great month for me, so I’ll be trying to get out as much as possible over the next month. This lake produces a lot of big fall bass.
Nice pic. That's how we should be here but we're headed back to 90 tomorrow.
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TnRiver46 reply :
Got the top one with a popping frog in milfoil, fun fun 
WB4IUY reply :
Wife and I did a little fishing in Big Branch after dinner Sunday. It's basically little river, not far from the head end. Nothing big, but it's a beautiful place to bank fish and only about 4 minutes from the house.
A-Jay reply :
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When you fish all day in tough conditions to get two keeper smallies
and you're pretty darn happy about it.
A-Jay
12poundbass reply :
On 10/1/2019 at 5:38 AM, A-Jay said:
When you fish all day in tough conditions to get two keeper smallies
and you're pretty darn happy about it.
A-Jay
These last two Sundays we’ve planned to get out. Both days winds, rain, thunderstorms have kept us off. Sun and clear skies after 11 today made it hard to get through the work day.
Nice work on the fish! What enticed them to bite?
The Bassman reply :
On 9/30/2019 at 8:22 PM, WB4IUY said:Wife and I did a little fishing in Big Branch after dinner Sunday. It's basically little river, not far from the head end. Nothing big, but it's a beautiful place to bank fish and only about 4 minutes from the house.
Looks like those Zebco Bullets are working just fine.
A-Jay reply :
On 10/1/2019 at 5:59 AM, 12poundbass said:These last two Sundays we’ve planned to get out. Both days winds, rain, thunderstorms have kept us off. Sun and clear skies after 11 today made it hard to get through the work day.
Nice work on the fish! What enticed them to bite?
Thanks - winds been a bear for sure. Rage bug on a swing head accounted for these fish.
There's a video loading that will end up in the reports thread later documenting this one.
Here's to some fisherman friendly weather for us both.
A-Jay
Bluebasser86 reply :
I think Lake was trying to see if he could catch one of everything in the lake Sunday ???? He came close if he was, don't know where he gets it.
WB4IUY reply :
On 10/1/2019 at 7:45 AM, The Bassman said:Looks like those Zebco Bullets are working just fine.
Yep, worked fine for these ???? . That was my first picture post, and I see a couple of pics ore 90 degrees out of whack. Got to pay attention to that in the future. Wife and I headed back there again a while this morning, it's overcast and a little on-and-off sprinkle. Pulled a 6lb'r out of there about a year ago.
keagbassr reply :
Fished today 8:30-1:30. Got 9 with the best being a 4-2 and 4-15 on a buzzbait and a 6-10 on a double wide beaver. Best 5 for the day went 19-15. Pics of the 3 best.
WB4IUY reply :
On 10/2/2019 at 3:08 AM, keagbassr said:Fished today 8:30-1:30. Got 9 with the best being a 4-2 and 4-15 on a buzzbait and a 6-10 on a double wide beaver. Best 5 for the day went 19-15. Pics of the 3 best.
Beautiful bass!!! What state are you fishing in?
keagbassr reply :
On 10/2/2019 at 4:08 AM, WB4IUY said:
Beautiful bass!!! What state are you fishing in?
Massachusetts. And thank you.
TnRiver46 reply :
@keagbassr, you are a machine.
YoTone reply :
went to virginia a few weeks back to take the family to busch gardens and was lucky enough to get some advice from @Darren. who helped me get on some fish by pointing out some really sweet small reservoirs. he even told me his top secret spot haha. these were the best from lee hall res. all caught on rage shad and the jackhammer.
Dorado reply :
6th Sense divine swim jig (Shad Citrus) w/ Rage Tail Menace (Glacier) with the appendages positioned vertically. Fun bait to throw!
Derek1 reply :
On 10/2/2019 at 5:10 AM, keagbassr said:Massachusetts. And thank you.
Where about sin mass you from. I’ve been fishing in mass, can’t catch anything lately.
keagbassr reply :
On 10/3/2019 at 4:33 AM, Derek1 said:Where about sin mass you from. I’ve been fishing in mass, can’t catch anything lately.
Kinda south central eastern mass. Northbridge
BigAngus752 reply :
On the way home from work I stopped by a pond I have permission to fish and got this on the second cast. I went home smelling like basshand as @Wizzlebiz would say.
Jonny15678 reply :
Fished the chatterbait today finally caught my first fish on it. Two 1 pounders and than this chunk.
Wizzlebiz reply :
On 10/4/2019 at 8:41 AM, BigAngus752 said:On the way home from work I stopped by a pond I have permission to fish and got this on the second cast. I went home smelling like basshand as @Wizzlebiz would say.
Then you went home smelling like success my man ????
Catt reply :
On 10/1/2019 at 5:38 AM, A-Jay said:When you fish all day in tough conditions to get two keeper smallies
and you're pretty darn happy about it.
A-Jay
Lately I'm happy with one in a row!
Tough summer ????
TnRiver46 reply :
Smelter96 reply :
Found a nice one today. 54° water temp
HeavyTwenty reply :
Just moved to Georgia from Florida. Caught 21 bass (including a few hybrids) yesterday on my kayak. Feels kind of strange looking at a fish finder and jigging a drop shot in 33 ft of water. Caught about 15 after that on top water... missed a lot too. Most within a 2 hour feeding frenzy during the afternoon. I might try a trout trip next.
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Frog Turds reply :
8"s of love ????
NorcalBassin reply :
Slow day with low numbers and nothing over 2lbs, but on the bright side the only thing they seemed interested in hitting was topwater.
Frog Turds reply :
5.02# choked it...
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N Florida Mike reply :
On 10/5/2019 at 2:56 AM, Catt said:
Lately I'm happy with one in a row!
Tough summer ????
Me too. I do alright when I can go but haven’t got out in a month or so. Of course you can always watch the tigers play. Seems like they might have a big game coming up next sat. ????????????
N Florida Mike reply :
Was able to get out for a couple hours before dark. Not biting real good, but I was able to get 6 on this windy evening. Caught 5 on the watermelon red fluke and 1 on a cut off senko. Lost the best fish which was the first one that bit. This was the second biggest, which ain’t saying much. But I’m thankful to just get out!
Johnbt reply :
My 6-pounder from just before noon Saturday. I caught it on a frog in the mess behind the boat.
haggard reply :
As so many have said, it's been a tough season for some unknown reason. It's only my third season but even then I could always count on getting some decent smallies on the home lake, but not in 2019. Finally got a couple last weekend. Not monsters by any means but enough to give a little hope and make for an enjoyable day. Trust me, compared to the rest of them, this one was big
Frog Turds reply :
5.15# October Punch Pig
p.s Mr A, you can come and take your d@mn wind back any time ????
Bluebasser86 reply :
Fished a benefit tournament Sunday. I had the 2 sons of the guy who the tournament was in memory of. They haven't done much fishing since their dad drowned this summer, so I think they were happy to get back on the water. They were even more excited at the end of the day when we'd squeaked out enough for first place and Cole (the younger boy with glasses), managed big bass of the tournament. We caught a lot of fish, but the big fish were nowhere to be found for anyone it seemed. In the end, they took home a good chunk of change and a bunch of prizes.
Monday I was greeted with bluebird skies, light NE winds, and chilly temps as a major cold front had pushed through this weekend. I really wasn't expecting much, but then I caught one on one of my first cast with a buzzbait, had a lull before finding another area with a few more biters, and continued to pick them off here and there. About 11AM I pitched next to a tree and stuck what I was positive was a catfish or big drum. It surged away and it was all I could do to stop it before it made it back to the trees. Then it was a strange, thumping headshake during the fight like a big drum rolling, but up popped a solid largemouth to my surprise. She fell for my trusty sapphire blue Big Bite Baits YoMomma.
I managed a few more little ones, one more pretty decent one, and a bonus fish to finish out my 3 hour tour. Weather was great, the dogs loved the cool air.
PhishLI reply :
The wife had an appointment after work which meant a later than usual dinner and a quick sesh! Things got going quickly at dusk. Heard a loud pop and saw a swirl. Chucked a frog at the zone and it was on. She ran hard to the right but I turned her. Just like that she shook and spit the toad. It whistled past my head. I then worked my way towards more open water and chucked paddletails rigged weedless. Lots of hits but no hookups. Rigged up an open hook Storm 360gt jig head and a 4.8 Keitech. That was the ticket. A nice little chunk choked it, but then I had to go home. I was bummed. The bite was hot. We ate dinner, then I began plotting. I fed my wife a sob story about how it'll be raining for the next 3 days...She rolled her eyes, then smiled, which meant I could go! I connected with a wading bud and we hit it again at 11. Who needs sleep anyway? I rigged up a Berkley perch swimbait and went to work in a spot where the perch tend to congregate. The bass hit it hard and fought for every inch. Nice way to cap things off.
fishballer06 reply :
My biggest of the year. It came from the bank, no less. Finally broke the 20" mark.
keagbassr reply :
Got out today 8-1. Boated 7 but only 1 topped 2 lbs that weighed 5-9 on a spinnerbait.
Frog Turds reply :
overcame the 20-30mph winds today...2 biggest out of the bobbin in the Bering seas largies...made the best out of the horrendous cards i was dealt, always up for a challenge though...the winds/@ss chop was relentless, merciless and where were the fish, of course on the leeward side of hell...missed and lost a fair share, par for the course under these conditions...impossible at times to get a solid hook set with extremely bowed line...
4.62# jig and 4.03# that glided my bait right in her mouth...
Team9nine reply :
Finally got around to pulling out the “Ned rig” outfit again a month or two ago and have been throwing it in our ponds pretty much exclusively. Have caught a few hundred bass since doing so. Been a fun diversion from my boat trips which have all been after crappie. Still nothing but good to say on the YGK SS112 braid which I’ve also been throwing exclusively this whole time. Will definitely be picking up more for the bass rods (spinning) this fall.
TnRiver46 reply :
Narrowly avoided the skunk right before dark
Frog Turds reply :
chics and their gaudy earrings...
senile1 reply :
I caught this 5 lb 7 oz fish on a black and blue Siebert brush jig and Rage Tail Craw in about 12 feet of water yesterday. Every fish I have caught from this particular location on this lake has been over 3 lbs so it isn't too bad of a spot.
tander reply :
Not everything that a bites a Ned rig is a bass!!
Bluebasser86 reply :
Caught a pretty decent one on a short bank fishing stop at a local mudhole.
Then found another whopper plopper right before I left.
Frog Turds reply :
This from Wednesday, 3rd times a charm...fyi; this is the mississippi river backwaters not a land locked lake...
1st time caught was 10/22/18 weighed 4.21#'s
2nd time 8/13/19 weighed 3.72#'s
3rd time 10/9/19 4.14#'s
Dirtyeggroll reply :
Nice gusty day on Tuesday. I caught one right of the bat on a spinnerbait and thought it was gonna be game on!
Negative.
Had to work really hard to catch two more that wouldn’t have gone 12.
Team9nine reply :
Brutal front hit, sitting right on top of us as of 9AM this morning. Light frost overnight; windy. Stopped at a pond late this afternoon anyway and managed 17 bass in a couple hours. A few trips back, I lost a real nice fish on "Ned." I was simply using a rod that is a joy to fish with, but isn't the ideal rod for Midwest Finesse fishing. So I switched outfits just to prove to myself I knew why I lost that fish and have gone 33 for 33 since - and all is right with the world again
Frog Turds reply :
vid with just pics of the rest of the fish from last Wednesday...Top 5 bag = 4.67, 4.14, 3.94, 3.74 & 3.39#'s = 19.88#'s...6 through 10 went = 3.30, 3.21, 3.19, 3.15, 3.15 = 16.10#'s...the 11th fish was over 3#'s also...
Bankbeater reply :
Not much, but it kept the skunk off of me.
LonnieP reply :
Caught these 3 chunks today. Biggest one was caught on a Squarebill and the other 2 on a jig and craw.
N Florida Mike reply :
I fished the last 3 hours of the day. It was partly cloudy and nice temps. Cooler than it’s been since late spring. One of those days that just felt good all around. I ended up with 18. Caught most of them on the June bug speed worm, including the two best fish that are pictured.
I also caught a few on the gold sparkle/red top fluke. I have a spot that also always holds fish right before dark. It’s the first eel grass bed for a while on my way home. I found an old 8 inch producto tournament worm, and picked off a few more, mostly on or near topwater with a medium retrieve.
The bigger fish have been hard to find lately. But The fall bite is improving anyway.
NorthernBasser reply :
On 10/13/2019 at 12:15 PM, Frog Turds said:vid with just pics of the rest of the fish from last Wednesday...Top 5 bag = 4.67, 4.14, 3.94, 3.74 & 3.39#'s = 19.88#'s...6 through 10 went = 3.30, 3.21, 3.19, 3.15, 3.15 = 16.10#'s...the 11th fish was over 3#'s also...
Nice fish, Mr. Wilson.
Bluebasser86 reply :
Made a longer drive than I normally like yesterday. When you're driving 2 hours round trip to fish for 2.5 hours, it stinks, but big fish were calling my name. High hopes when I had nice dark, tea colored 60 degree water at the ramp, not so much when it was 52 and looked like coffee with a lot of creamer at my spot. Not a sign of a baitfish anywhere up the river where I went, but I squeaked out 4 bites and landed 2 of them. Both on a 1/2oz War Eagle, white with double gold hammered willowleaf blades and 4.8 speed shad for a trailer.
TnRiver46 reply :
Nice ones @Bluebasser86! Theres a blanket of baitfish thick enough to walk on everywhere i go and i cant hardly catch a bass so .......
VPI reply :
Managed to get in about 30 minutes between the drizzle and the intense winds tonight.
Frog Turds reply :
On 10/14/2019 at 12:31 PM, NorthernBasser said:Nice fish, Mr. Wilson.
thats funny as hell...issue is, i dont have alot of room on my customized green banana boat...battery is in the middle, GP has to sit on bow mount TM for pics...just wait till ya see my new creation next season, gonna be the ultimate backwater beastie ????
NorthernBasser reply :
On 10/16/2019 at 10:34 AM, Frog Turds said:
I dig it!
Frog Turds reply :
thanks man!! its a helluva vessel really and over the many many years ive floated it, its helped me pull piles of green fish...super stable, can stand in any ass chop and have been out in 20, 30, 40+ winds more times than can count...it has seen and handled it all...got a ninja blade on it also and can 4x4 through some sheit with the 55# on it...but my other creation is on a whole nother level...i'll post pics when she hits the water next season...
PhishLI reply :
Good fishing tonight. The bigs came out to play. Almost full moon. Prefront. Chucked several baits, but the Norries Spoon Tail Shad got all of the attention.
Bluebasser86 reply :
Another morning of not many bites, but the right ones. Just got this new Olive Shad RES 2 tap in the mail last week. It's test drive was successful in the form of one of the largest bass I've caught from one of the local lakes. Knew there was way too many shad grouped up in that funnel area to not be a fish on that spot.
J Francho reply :
I dig the hat.
Bluebasser86 reply :
A training day Friday gave me the chance to guide Thursday. Had a father and son duo and holy cow did we catch some fish. They estimated that we'd conservatively caught 120 fish by the end of the day, and I'd guess that number is very conservative. Not sure how many doubles and triples we had, but it was a lot. White bass and smallmouth were the main catches, but also had some largemouth, spots, and drum in the mix. A 1.0 squarebill or 1/4oz RES was slaying them for the guys, I was tossing a 1/2oz RES 2tap, spinnerbait, Ned, and 5" Bull Shad. The white bass were gigantic porkers, mostly north of 2 pounds and some approaching 3. They kept a handful to try for dinner.
roadwarrior reply :
A-Jay reply :
A bit of Mexican Madness from this most recent trip ~ she went 9-11
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A-Jay
roadwarrior reply :
Pickle_Power reply :
I got out this morning after a prolonged hiatus. It started out cloudy and flat-calm, and managed two bites on a purple curl tail worm. After a bit, the wind kicked up, which immediately made me grab the spinnerbait rod. My intuition paid off - nabbed a nice 16-17" fish right away. After another hour of fruitless casting, I finally got the bite I was there for. The one pictured went 20.75", on a single bladed, black Terminator spinnerbait. This was easily my best of the year, and probably in my top 10 biggest ever.
I only ended up with 5 fish in 3.5 hours, but I'm ok with that.
A-Jay reply :
On 10/17/2019 at 12:19 PM, Bluebasser86 said:Another morning of not many bites, but the right ones. Just got this new Olive Shad RES 2 tap in the mail last week. It's test drive was successful in the form of one of the largest bass I've caught from one of the local lakes. Knew there was way too many shad grouped up in that funnel area to not be a fish on that spot.
Looking Great Blue !
Really
A-Jay
Bluebasser86 reply :
On 10/20/2019 at 7:01 AM, A-Jay said:Looking Great Blue !
Really
A-Jay
I had some mandatory yearly training yesterday and wore my same BDU pants I wore in the academy and had room to spare, that was a good feeling.
TnRiver46 reply :
Well i finally got a bunch of dinks to break my dry spell. Friday evening i only caught 3 babies but it was the triple crown of black bass all in downtown so ill take it.....the large mouth hit a frog at dark and went airborne on the hookset. Sorry little fella it was dark i couldnt see Also lost a yellow perch. Pretty sunset
Saturday i caught lots of little smallmouth but my buddy got an 18" and a 20" smallmouth while fishing close by my boat, i even got to net one . Pretty sunrise
senile1 reply :
The forecast yesterday evening only called for 20 mph winds and I didn't check it this morning. I hit Happy Holler at 8:00 AM, but by 10:00 the 40 mph wind gusts had kicked up and ended the day for me. I caught a short fat 4 lb'er (on the dot) and another standard sized bass before cutting out. Both were caught in 10 - 14 feet of water off of brush using a black and blue Siebert brush jig and Rage Tail Craw. I wanted to get out of the wind but the places that held the fish were out in the open. Water temperatures varied between 54 and 55 while the air temperature was 44 when I started. The surface temperature at this lake has dropped 6 to 7 degrees since I was on it 12 days ago.
Way north bass guy reply :
Had to do a small job on an island on one of central Ontario’s busiest cottage lakes. Luckily this time of year there’s absolutely nobody around. I was done work by noon so I hit a few spots on the way back to the ramp, the Rage Swimmer on a football head did well for me today. Had a huge smallie ( huge for this lake) chase and absolutely hammer it right beside the boat, was just shy of 5lbs on the digital scale, and got a fat little pike around 32” long, and lost another at the boat that was a solid 40” fish.
Bluebasser86 reply :
Life got in the way of fishing this weekend except for a few cold, windy hours on a local lake yesterday. Caught them doing my favorite thing, cranking a DT6 ???? First one was about my normal cranking fish.
Second fish was a bit more like it.
roadwarrior reply :
A-Jay reply :
Swimbait . . . Gone.
A-Jay
Derek1 reply :
On 10/23/2019 at 8:00 AM, A-Jay said:
Swimbait . . . Gone.
A-Jay
That’s a big mouth.
TnRiver46 reply :
Ole faithful Texas rigged purple worm
Jermination reply :
doubles on a cotton cordell sunday morning lol
Derek1 reply :
On 10/25/2019 at 12:28 AM, Jeremy Henry said:doubles on a cotton cordell sunday morning lol
Cool
VPI reply :
Very first cast with the new 6th Sense crankbait.
TnRiver46 reply :
On 10/25/2019 at 8:25 AM, VPI said:Very first cast with the new 6th Sense crankbait.
Must be a good plug!
hawgwash reply :
Some of the day's catches on my new Ceymar CBF-500, which I won in a contest from Okuma. I paired the reel with a Field & Stream Tec-Lite. Both the reel and rod performed great. I caught these using a Jawbone rigged shad and Strike King's Mr. Crappie Lightning Shads.
Logan S reply :
Haven't been online much but still been fishing...Last weekend I had a good day on Lake Anna.
Tournament started with a 30 minute fog delay, once we launched there was still some heavy fog out on the water so it was a little interesting driving around the thickest parts (emphasis on around, even with how accurate GPS is, I don't make a habit of driving thru the thickest stuff). Eventually put this big wall of fog behind us and got to actually fish .
I targeted shallow docks and points, skipping a finesse jig under the docks and using a spinnerbait on the points and pockets. Got two key fish - these 4lbers, one each on the jig and spinnerbait. My total of 14-9 was enough to win ????.
The first 4lber let me cull this fish, which is always an awesome feeling to instantly upgrade by 3+ lbs.
The baits...
A-Jay reply :
On 10/27/2019 at 9:33 AM, Logan S said:Haven't been online much but still been fishing...Last weekend I had a good day on Lake Anna.
Tournament started with a 30 minute fog delay, once we launched there was still some heavy fog out on the water so it was a little interesting driving around the thickest parts (emphasis on around, even with how accurate GPS is, I don't make a habit of driving thru the thickest stuff). Eventually put this big wall of fog behind us and got to actually fish
I targeted shallow docks and points, skipping a finesse jig under the docks and using a spinnerbait on the points and pockets. Got two key fish - these 4lbers, one each on the jig and spinnerbait. My total of 14-9 was enough to win ????.
The first 4lber let me cull this fish, which is always an awesome feeling to instantly upgrade by 3+ lbs.
The baits...
Nicely Done ~
Congrats
A-Jay
Swamp Yankee reply :
Friday was my last trip out before we hauled out the boat and closed up the camper - Took these two bass, 4 pound 2 ounce and 4 pound 7 ounce both caught on a small jerkbait with my Loomis mag light 5'3" rod. Not a bad way to wrap up the season on Aspinook pond.
These were the 5th and 6th 4lb + bass I took from the same two logs since September 21
N Florida Mike reply :
Got out after 4 today. The lake was very calm . I didn’t go with much of a plan. I stopped off at the first deeper hole down the lake and Caught the biggest one there on the zoom fluke with reddish top and gold sparkle. Caught several more on the same bait. Also caught a couple on the watermelon red baby brush hog.I switched back to a fluke down at the island and had one take it- I watched him swim by the boat as I set the hook. There was a bigger fish behind that one but couldn’t get it to bite.Then I switched to a red shad 10 inch culprit worm as I moved to the south end of the lake and got a couple more. Also caught several on the June bug speed worm.
As night fell, I switched to a June bug senko and got a few more. They were only biting it if I hopped it , waited , and repeated.
Ended up with 16. The bite was only fair for this time of year, but you won’t hear me complaining!!????
TnRiver46 reply :
Took Bo out for some time outside the fence 
N Florida Mike reply :
Good dog !!
NorthernBasser reply :
Well, open water fishing is slowly dwindling down up here in the north. 
Got out yesterday. Water temps were 43-44. The bass didn't wanna cooperate. Found some hard bottom w/ green weeds and ended up catching this guy/gal on a chili craw colored Red Eye Shad.
Largemouth was caught few weeks ago, also on a Red Eye Shad (Sugar Daddy color...my favorite). Water temps 55. Weighed in at 4.3lb.
Got this 3.8lb smallie river fishing. Trying to remember if it was a chatterbait or Keitech I caught this one on.
And got this monster shore fishing at a local rock quarry. Who says Ned Rig doesn't catch hawgs??!
N Florida Mike reply :
Stopped by one of my favorite work route ponds and did well with the Houdini zoom super fluke 
Bluebasser86 reply :
Didn't chase any green or brown fish this weekend, got myself out of my comfort zone a little instead. Took Lake for a very short trip Sunday to get him out on what might be his last trip of the year with the weather getting so cold so fast.
The reservoir we were on is still 10' high from floods this spring, we were fishing the top of a submerged marina breaker wall and also the flooded parking lot.
White bass, wipers, and sauger oh my! ????
Monday the cold hit, 39* when I took off in the morning to drive to the lake and not a sole in the parking lot. I'd actually planned on chasing big green fish, but I like to tell my friends that continuously go to the same lakes that they'll never learn anything doing the same things over and over again, so I decided to take my own advice and go do something different again. So I went back after the striped and toothy fish. Turns out I can catch those too.
The Frabill Power Extend was getting a serious workout.
I actually caught this sauger from a parking lot on the back side of a guardrail.
Oregon Native reply :
Lots of great pics......thanks
roadwarrior reply :
Fishjak reply :
Drove 3hrs to only fish 2.5hrs....blown of the water, d**n weather man was wrong!!!
TnRiver46 reply :
@Fishjak, the weather man is always wrong but people still rely on them daily. It boggles the mind. By the way, nice smallmouth
Jermination reply :
On 10/29/2019 at 10:34 PM, TnRiver46 said:@Fishjak, the weather man is always wrong but people still rely on them daily. It boggles the mind. By the way, nice smallmouth
behind being a professional fisherman, a meteorologist has to be the best job in the world. Tell everyone what you think, you're always wrong, and everyone still loves you. sign me up
A-Jay reply :
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Hate putting the Pro-V Bass up for the winter but this was a good way to end it.
The challenge is what makes it so satisfying.
A-Jay
Tim Kelly reply :
Horrible to think you're going into the winter freeze already, especially after all that wind that has kept you off the water recently.
A-Jay reply :
On 10/30/2019 at 12:50 AM, Tim Kelly said:Horrible to think you're going into the winter freeze already, especially after all that wind that has kept you off the water recently.
I hear that @Tim Kelly
Last half of this season was like nothing I've experienced and hope it never repeats.
Definitely makes one appreciate the better trips and appreciate every fish.
Perhaps it will set up a banner 2020 !
#lovethenorthwoods
A-Jay
boostr reply :
On 10/29/2019 at 12:52 AM, TnRiver46 said:Took Bo out for some time outside the fence
Yeah, he looks ecstatic...
TnRiver46 reply :
On 10/30/2019 at 2:40 AM, boostr said:Yeah, he looks ecstatic...
Hahahah! He woke up a couple times , kept jumping into my buddys carpeted boat and sleeping in there too.... I think he wants me to get carpet......
keagbassr reply :
Got out today 8:30-1:30. Got 9 all on a spinnerbait with a 3-3 the best of the day.
ryanerb reply :
On 10/29/2019 at 11:01 PM, A-Jay said:
Hate putting the Pro-V Bass up for the winter but this was a good way to end it.
The challenge is what makes it so satisfying.
A-Jay
Nice fish (and boat)! How did you take that last picture (drone, selfie stick, friend?)? Any details how you caught the fish?
A-Jay reply :
On 10/31/2019 at 5:51 AM, ryanerb said:Nice fish (and boat)! How did you take that last picture (drone, selfie stick, friend?)? Any details how you caught the fish?
Thanks ~
The details of this trip can be found here . . .
As for the picture - I have a Super Stick Push Pole that is used for shallow water operations.
It has a 'spike' on one end. I sunk it in the sand is 5 feet of water, mounted a GoPro to it- and took the picture out of the video.
This is the first time I've tried it - but I like it so you'll most likely see more . . .
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A-Jay
FishingGeekTX reply :
On 10/30/2019 at 2:44 AM, TnRiver46 said:Hahahah! He woke up a couple times , kept jumping into my buddys carpeted boat and sleeping in there too.... I think he wants me to get carpet......
Lol, shameless. Love it.
keagbassr reply :
Fished 8:30-2:30 today in the wind and rain tho 70ish degrees made it bearable. Caught 10, 1 on a bladed jig and the rest on a spinnerbait with the best of the day at 4-8.
Frog Turds reply :
from this week and very well could be my final bag of 2019...since my next days off arent looking promising at all and thereafter, the daily highs are around freezing and below...
i wasnt able to fish my primary sippi areas where i know bigger fish roam due to high water and stained...this is a back up option for those times but doesnt hold the same % of quality fish...but im not complaining, weather was tolerable in the mid 40's once things started warming up...when i hit the road it was 24 degrees, when i got on the water it was 30...pretty much ya got about 1/2 a days time to comfortably try and get on some...once that sun starts dippin, the temps tank lickity split... but hey, it was a decent ending none the less...this fall with all the adverse conditions were a rough one for many of us all over...
time to button down for the siberian winter up north and thats a wrap folks on 2019 season ✌️
top 5 went = 3.32, 3.30, 3.26, 2.97 & 2.93#'s = 15.78#
p.s for Northern Basser
Fairtax4me reply :
Pics from my adventures over the last few weeks.
Had one of the best fishing days I’ve ever had at a small mountain lake. Caught my first ever Northern Pike, somewhere in the area of 30 LM bass, and a couple small smallmouths out of the river that feeds the lake.
Several LM in the 2-3lb range, one that went 4.5lbs, and a couple smallies in the 2-3lb range out of local waters!
Then caught a pile of rainbow trout this last week fishing mountain streams in the Western NC area.
Heading to a couple other local lakes today and tomorrow, and hoping the whack weather over the past few days here hasn’t stirred the water up too bad.
lo n slo reply :
i took the little johnny out around 11 this morning. post cold front conditions but warming into the mid 50’s, felt good. swt around 63 and relatively good water clarity. i only caught 6 today. this 20” largemouth hit a Zoom U Tail, in green pumpkin magic, right off the bank in about two feet of water.
Smelter96 reply :
Water temps around 35 - 37 and the back bays are frozen but the boat launch isnt ????
TnRiver46 reply :
44" on topwater!!!
lo n slo reply :
On 11/4/2019 at 7:19 AM, TnRiver46 said:44" on topwater!!!
hell yes
rtwvumtneer6 reply :
First trip to Texas was a crazy one... Air temps in the 40s, and 75 degree water temps. Stuck this one on a frog. Not at all what I was expecting when I booked the trip, but it was a blast!
Jermination reply :
football time on cherokee! 20+lbs of smallmouth in about 4 hours friday afternoon. just one of those days
J._Bricker reply :
On 11/4/2019 at 7:19 AM, TnRiver46 said:44" on topwater!!!
On 11/4/2019 at 9:16 AM, lo n slo said:hell yes
That was my excitable utterance to @TnRiver46 big ole pig, then I saw your post ????
j bab reply :
Caught my 3rd largest bass last night! 6.73lbs on the S Waver 168. I also lost one that was so big I couldn't move it when I set the hook, who knows what that one was.
keagbassr reply :
Got out today 8-1 for what may be my last outing of the year depending on how the weather shakes out. Stayed mostly with the spinnerbait that's been good lately but only managed to find 3 that wanted to bite with one weighing 4-5
The Bassman reply :
Got in about an hour and a half this afternoon. Our weather seems to be transitioning quickly towards winter. I'm usually still on some power patterns about now but have to roll with the punches. Caught several on ned rig, mostly smaller but this one made it worth the effort.
HeavyTwenty reply :
Been trying to learn Lake Lanier. There's been a lot of top water action but whopper plopper, swim baits, flukes weren't working. I located a large school of bait suspended 15-25 ft in 30-35 ft of water being chased by a few bass (counted maybe 5 on sonar). Couldn't get them to bite the drop shot but a 1/2 oz spoon worked (first time using spoons). Caught 4 total; the big spot weighed 5lb8oz.
Also went to the Chattahoochee River. The current is deceptive. Going 2.5 miles up river and then 2.5 back felt like 15 miles on a lake. Only caught dink trout. Apparently they stopped stocking 2 months ago but the brown trout naturally reproduce there. Almost flipped the kayak on a hidden rock. No photos of trout because taking a quick photo with current is tough and I heard you need to be very quick if you want the trout to survive.
The Bassman reply :
On 11/6/2019 at 6:45 AM, HeavyTwenty said:Been trying to learn Lake Lanier. There's been a lot of top water action but whopper plopper, swim baits, flukes weren't working. I located a large school of bait suspended 15-25 ft in 30-35 ft of water being chased by a few bass (counted maybe 5 on sonar). Couldn't get them to bite the drop shot but a 1/2 oz spoon worked (first time using spoons). Caught 4 total; the big spot weighed 5lb8oz.
Huge Spot! Don't encounter them where I live but have heard they're very hard fighters. Can only imagine how hard this one pulled.
TnRiver46 reply :
@HeavyTwenty, that’s an awesome spot!!!!
Frog Turds reply :
This is definitely my last big girl of 2019 from yesterday, conditions improved from the no chance to window of opportunity so I took it...sticks will be hung up now...
high was 33 degrees with 10-15mph winds and ontop of it, I had a mini blizzard that blew though fast and furious...out of no where this front blasted me with big winds and heavy sleet and snow...which wasn't in the forecast of course...luckily it passed like a bad turd because that wasn't manageable conditions while it lasted...
My mission was to try and get atleast 1 more 4+pounder before the curtain closed, cant get much closer I guess @ 3.99#'s, jig fish...
My phone pic didn't capture at all the snow per how bad it was in reality...but thats not fog in the background, pure snow/sleet with ass winds with it...other pic was the very tail end with the big fluffy flakes, then it stopped and sun peaked out shortly thereafter...mother nature needs to go see the doc and get a prescription for some xanax...so next season after old man winter has done his miserable deeds she can be chilled out for 2020 and be more level headed so we can have a normal/average season up here...
Bluebasser86 reply :
Got the chance to take my dad fishing Monday. Started out a little slow but once we figured out they were on the shallower stuff in the wind, we laid it on them. Jerkbaits ruled the day. I was fishing a 6th Sense Provoke in Table Rock Pro, dad was tossing a MB 110 in Sour Apple. Caught mostly largemouth, a couple smallmouth, a couple drum, and a trout a piece. Water temps were already down in the high 40's ????
The Bassman reply :
On 11/6/2019 at 2:34 PM, Bluebasser86 said:Water temps were already down in the high 40's ????
Looking that way here, too. No Indian Summer this year. I remember a cold start a few years back that led to a fairly mild Dec. Just don't want to get iced over. Back in the 70's I remember ice fishing on Thanksgiving once.
Frog Turds reply :
one season ends and the long suffering begins...
Russ E reply :
there was frost on my windows, when I hooked up the boat. it was supposed to be above 60 by this afternoon.
I only had a couple hours to fish, so i missed out on the warmer weather.
still had a decent morning. caught a few small bass and one 4.1 pounder on a jerkbait.
NorcalBassin reply :
Recently got back from our semiannual father/son trip to Clear Lake. We had a great time, but it was the toughest fall trip we've had there in recent memory. Shad were EVERYWHERE and getting them interested in eating anything but the real stuff was tough.
First morning pulled up and only Aaron Britt beat us to the ramp. Retrospectively, considering his history on Clear Lake I wouldn't have minded seeing where he went.
One of the better ones from day 1
Another nice one from the same area
Best fish of day 2
Ended up catching 4 of these guys (on a 2.8)... just bumped the line nonstop as soon as you started the retrieve.
lo n slo reply :
well done Norcal, always enjoy your posts ????
j bab reply :
The S Waver strikes again, this time the 200 size caught me a 5.6 pounder. Lots of big followers, this is the only one I could trigger
jbsoonerfan reply :
Caught some fall chunks, despite the cold and wind it was a good morning.
N Florida Mike reply :
Was planning to fish the last 3 hours of daylight but I helped my G. Daughter with something instead.
Casted for 5 minutes and caught this one and a smaller friend on a watermelon red speed worm.
The Bassman reply :
On 11/11/2019 at 5:53 AM, N Florida Mike said:Was planning to fish the last 3 hours of daylight but I helped my G. Daughter with something instead.
Casted for 5 minutes and caught this one and a smaller friend on a watermelon red speed worm.
That's what you call good karma.
jbsoonerfan reply :
Only one was camera worthy today. Had one come unbuttoned at the boat that would have been, but that's fishing.
Paul Roberts reply :
I'm still catching. Just trying to stay ahead of the final freeze. Although, as things chill down, I'm not making it easy on myself, choosing a dishpan water that's essentially a weedy flat. There are no deep spots, and precious little notable breaks in those weeds that carpet the bottom. But, I'm scoring a few. Guess where they are? Yes, in those precious little notable breaks in that carpet of weeds! And they are fattening up before my eyes as fall progresses. And getting more and more beautiful as winter comes on. My latest catches I've yet to get to the photos of, but they are more beautiful yet, getting those winter golden-bronze backs, metallic yellow bellies, and heavy dark markings. Worth the effort.
That said, weather allowing, I think I'd be smart to shift to a water with a larger population, as we near ice-up. Just about there now.
On 11/9/2019 at 2:07 PM, j bab said:The S Waver strikes again, this time the 200 size caught me a 5.6 pounder. Lots of big followers, this is the only one I could trigger
Hey, j bab, your post sounds darn familiar! See my Fall Transition report.
Bluebasser86 reply :
Got out a couple times this weekend before we went into the deep freeze. This is the time of year when one of the lakes by our house likes to suddenly kick out wipers, and the weather was really nice (probably too nice), so I drug Lake out with me to try to see if we could find any. They were there, marking them all over on "the spot", but the water was still too warm to really get them biting like normal. I still managed to get one to bite, and Lake cranked him in.
My parents watched the boys Sunday, so my wife and I took advantage of the nearly 60 degree day and spent a rare day on the water together. The fish weren't extremely cooperative, but we caught enough to keep it interesting, and I caught a couple keeper walleye that I brought home for my parents as a thank you for letting us get out for the day.
We doubled to get the catching started for the day, then I followed up immediately with the first walleye of the day.
While I was busy catching dink largemouth off a point, my wife decided to show off and catch the only wiper off the day off the same point.
As our day was winding down and I was thinking I wasn't going to get anymore walleye to make it worth keeping, I found keeper #2 that officially made it worth getting my hands dirty.
A pair of fat, fall eyes. One on a Duo 85 jerkbait, one on a 6th Sense Provoke jerkbait.
roadwarrior reply :
A-Jay reply :
On 11/12/2019 at 1:18 PM, Bluebasser86 said:
Awesome Photo ~ !
Send that to BPS FB Page
Nicely Done.
A-Jay
Paul Roberts reply :
Yes! What a great photo. That says it all. I think we all still smile like that when we're fishing -at least inside!
N Florida Mike reply :
Got one out of another one of my work route ponds . Thought I would have done better with this big front coming in. This one clobbered a watermelon red fluke on top as I was reeling in.
Logan S reply :
Last weekend was my last tournament of the year down on Smith Mountain Lake. I did not do very well, in the tournament...But did catch a few nice ones at least. First time I've fished SML in this late in the year, so I clearly have more to learn. Our northern friends will scoff, but temps in the 20s each morning and never rising above the low 40s with ice/frost on the boats was system shock since up until now things have been pretty mild.
When you have an hour long fog delay in the morning and its 21 degrees - And you find a fire pit up the hill from the docks ????.
Fairtax4me reply :
Got me a pair of 5lbers today! Also a 3ish, and a gizzard!
Had a decent day fishing some of the coldest water I’ve fished yet this season. Surface temp started at 42° this morning. Tried a few different lures and settled on the ned rig when it caught the first fish of the day at 20.5” long and 5.5lbs. Caught all but one on the ned today, and the one bit a magnum trick worm on a shakey head.
Local mud hole known for numbers, but not many people know it’s got some studs in it too! Fishing was slow. I caught 15 fishing from an hour after sunrise this morning until about 10 minutes to sunset.
The gizzard shad somehow got snagged by the ned rig. Thought it was another big bass because it started running as soon as I set the hook, but then it started doing circles and I knew something wasn’t right. Still kinda neat to catch!
TriStateBassin106 reply :
Little guy I got today on the NED. Water temp was 43 degrees and air was 40 degrees.
Got one more after that but he spit it out at the bank.
Bluebasser86 reply :
Caught a rare "Holstein" bass today ????
A-Jay reply :
On 11/18/2019 at 10:52 AM, Bluebasser86 said:Caught a rare "Holstein" bass today ????
That's a Funky Monkey !
A-Jay
OCdockskipper reply :
He kind of looks like a huge perch.
The Bassman reply :
On 11/18/2019 at 10:52 AM, Bluebasser86 said:Caught a rare "Holstein" bass today ????
Article in In Fisherman says these blotches have no explanation but come and go. Funny, when I was younger I don't remember seeing these. (Could be because I caught a lot less fish then, too).
Paul Roberts reply :
I've never seen a black-blotched bass, except for a bruising.
Logan S reply :
I've been told/heard that it's a sign of healthy bass...And most of the tattoo'd ones I catch are healthy. I catch way more (probably 10 to 1) blotchy bass in tidal water than I do in normal lakes/rivers...But I have caught them in those non-tidal places too. They are fairly common on the Potomac, I probably catch a handful each season at least. These were both same day, same area (one is my profile pic).
Bluebasser86 reply :
@Frog Turds posted a good calico colored largemouth that he's caught twice now a few pages back. It has something to do with water temp. I've never caught one from warmer water, it's always during the cold weather months, kind of like how a person's cheeks turn red in the cold.
Made my first "winter" trip to the power plant today. Seemed slow for everyone else but it was pretty steady for me despite fighting with a leaves floating everywhere. Caught 15-20 on a shakyhead, squarebills, jerkbait, trap, and spinnerbait that all looked like this;
Had a couple white bass that oddly enough never bothered my baits fishing a shad colored bait but hammered my squarebill when I switched to a red craw colored one.
I lost 2 good ones on the squarebill, needs different hooks on it. I did manage to keep a good one stuck on the shakyhead though. 1/8oz shakyhead with a GP YUM Magnum Finesse worm.
About as healthy of a individual as you can catch. Clearly it needed to eat something soon.
Hook2Jaw reply :
I did a swimbait fish bank busting. The one I lost on the S-Waver 168 a few weeks ago still haunts my dreams. She would have been the best fish of the year.
I didn't weigh her, but she smoked that Huddleston 68. Did just like the boys from Tactical taught me, set the hook and grinded her right in.
Any guesses on the poundage of my first Huddleston girl?
Paul Roberts reply :
On 11/19/2019 at 12:58 PM, Bluebasser86 said:
About as healthy of a individual as you can catch. Clearly it needed to eat something soon.
Chunkin' up they are. Same here.
TnRiver46 reply :
Lunch break!
Hook2Jaw reply :
On 11/20/2019 at 12:33 AM, TnRiver46 said:Lunch break!
Jelly.
galyonj reply :
Another lunchbass. Caught it on a lipless between bites of my sandwich.
Dirtyeggroll reply :
I read somewhere on this forum that the Cabela’s Mean Eye jerkbaits were an excellent budget jerker. Well last winter when they were clearing them out I found the last one in the store and have been aching to get it out all year.
The crappie loved it, I was getting one nearly every cast, then got a surprise!
Bluebasser86 reply :
Water temps were only 41-43, and the 20+mph south wind wasn't helping me hold the bait still on the pause like I needed to, but I still managed to catch several after work. Most were dinks like they usually are out of this lake, but the first one was a better quality fish than it usually gives up. They were really smacking it if I could let it sit long enough.
The Bassman reply :
On 11/21/2019 at 1:36 PM, Bluebasser86 said:Water temps were only 41-43, and the 20+mph south wind wasn't helping me hold the bait still on the pause like I needed to, but I still managed to catch several after work. Most were dinks like they usually are out of this lake, but the first one was a better quality fish than it usually gives up. They were really smacking it if I could let it sit long enough.
I'm challenged with jerkbaits the same as you are with blades. Gotta think they'd be good in the ponds I fish. Clear water that's clean enough for trebles but my results have always been less than impressive. Maybe not staying with it enough.
TnRiver46 reply :
And so it begins...... (Queue the maniacal laughter)
NorcalBassin reply :
Fishing has been slow this fall on our home lake, but it was still great getting out. Really hoping our first big storm of the season next week triggers them into getting more aggressive in anticipation of winter. Water temp still in the low 60's during the day.
Nice healthy spot that thinks he's bigger than he is.
Another spot.
Only one Pops landed, but still beats a skunk.
J._Bricker reply :
“Yes, bass fishing is a competitive sport”, and this was the competition the other day outside of Herman & Helen’s Marina. I tried to get all four of ‘em together for a group photo but they weren’t having any of it and this was the best I could do
After a short move, I was able to put a few in the boat on the dropshot and a jerkbait.
roadwarrior reply :
JWall14 reply :
Air temps in the 40s. Lucky to get out for an hour and catch three on a swimbait. My buds were in kayaks and caught nothing (haha) while I caught 10lbs of bass from the shore. All three came in a period of 6 minutes, 4 casts. In the order of the pics below: 4'5, 2'14, 2'7. Trying to get out this week over thanksgiving but it might be a little cold.
I had called it a season a few weeks before but couldn't not accept an invite to fish a new location. This was my first time fishing for largemouth (as opposed to smallmouth) in a few months and might have to go back soon.
N Florida Mike reply :
Got out for a few hours this evening. Nearly bluebird skys, temps in the 70s , slick calm on the lake- which is usually the least productive weather around here . I fished the West shoreline all the way to the south end of the lake. The weeds have died out some- this part of the lake, esp. the Northwest part, has been covered with weeds all summer- now it’s clear again. First cast- bam ! ( first fish pic) Caught the First few on the watermelon red trick worm, all on the retrieve. Caught the rest on the Bama bug 5 inch yum dinger. Ended up with 12 . Most of the fish were caught in 2 spurts.
No big fish again, they have really been hiding lately.
Thankful for a relaxing afternoon , along with many other blessings.
Happy Thanksgiving Y’all !???????????? 
Bluebasser86 reply :
I tried to go catch bass Monday, and I had a feeling it would be tough because it was supposed to be a little too nice. Turned out I had a hard time getting my bait past everything else to the bass. I've caught a lot of flatheads while bass fishing, but never seen one choke a trap being burned over shallow riprap like this one did to me.
Probably what he thought he was getting, off the same bank a few cast prior.
Only crankbait fish of the day.
These guys were everywhere.
Testing out my new homemade finesse football jigs and got thumped dragging it through the same tree I caught my 7.5 pounder out of a couple years ago and man did I think I'd gotten a hold of the fish I'd been looking for for a few seconds. It was the right size, 10.21 pounds, just the wrong flavor.
It had a BIG tail sticking out of it's throat, and it's stomach showed it was clearly eating good.
I did catch a bunch of bass, but they were tiny for some reason. My normal big fish lake kicked about over 2 dozen bass and fewer than a half dozen were over a pound. I was catching them so fast at one spot, a couple guys asked if I was catching crappie. This was my big fish of the day I caught pitching to a standing tree on top of a rock slide, which is a very unusual way to get bit there.
kenmitch reply :
After sitting out the hot summer months I've started to go to the lake now and again. The water level at my local lake (Lake Perris) has dropped around 17ft or so from it's June peak. It's in a limbo phase for me as my better spots are either high and dry or a little on the deep side still. I've been looking around for spots and have had some luck here and there from time to time.
Last Tuesday the 19th I went to the lake at 4pm for some quick shore fishing to at least practice some casting. It was the leading edge of a cold front with some decent wind and chop blowing straight in at me. I only fished for just under 1hr as it got dark pretty quickly and was a little on the nippy side.
I wound up catching 5 Bass in a 45 minute time span. Overall it was a great 45 minutes or so of fishing. All caught on a rattle trap that I've since lost.
Here's the kicker! 6.3 lbs and I was lucky enough to have a fellow angler around to take a couple of quick photos. I would have like to get a better photo or two of her, but she was a bleeder. I looked inside her mouth before releasing her and could find where or even see any damage. I would have hated to keep her, but would have if I didn't think she would make it.
Bad hair day!
galyonj reply :
Caught a funny lookin' dink yesterday afternoon. Everything I know to look for points to a largemouth, but the color's like nothing I've ever seen.
I know a little about snakes and stuff, but not all that much about fish. Is it amelanistic, maybe?
N Florida Mike reply :
Looks like it’s been in open, clear water. The more they are under cover or in dark water they are darker.
galyonj reply :
Interesting. I would characterize the water I caught it in as "murky," at best. And I'm probably being real charitable with that.
I've seen how wide the color variance can be with LMB, but nothing like this before.
TnRiver46 reply :
On 11/29/2019 at 7:33 AM, galyonj said:Interesting. I would characterize the water I caught it in as "murky," at best. And I'm probably being real charitable with that.
I've seen how wide the color variance can be with LMB, but nothing like this before.
I catch a lot of pale bass in muddy water
Bluebasser86 reply :
On 11/29/2019 at 6:28 AM, galyonj said:Caught a funny lookin' dink yesterday afternoon. Everything I know to look for points to a largemouth, but the color's like nothing I've ever seen.
I know a little about snakes and stuff, but not all that much about fish. Is it amelanistic, maybe?
On 11/29/2019 at 7:40 AM, TnRiver46 said:I catch a lot of pale bass in muddy water
Looks like it came out of cold, muddy water to me. It's 100% a largemouth bass though.
bassh8er reply :
On 11/29/2019 at 6:28 AM, galyonj said:Caught a funny lookin' dink yesterday afternoon. Everything I know to look for points to a largemouth, but the color's like nothing I've ever seen.
I know a little about snakes and stuff, but not all that much about fish. Is it amelanistic, maybe?
Looks more like cold water bass to me; I seem to get them that color late in the season and right after ice is off.
N Florida Mike reply :
Weird . Looks just like some of the fish I catch in my fairly clear , shallow lake in open water.
TnRiver46 reply :
On 11/30/2019 at 5:25 AM, N Florida Mike said:Weird . Looks just like some of the fish I catch in my fairly clear , shallow lake in open water.
Everything is a little different in Florida...... hahaha
N Florida Mike reply :
Managed 10 today fishing the middle of the day this time. Still not a cloud in the sky, and slick calm much of the day .Low 70s.
Very tough bite the first 3 hours- 4 fish. Tried all kinds of baits but all they wanted were zoom super flukes in Watermelon red, and “ something” bream- kind of silver with blue and red flake. The bite picked up again coming back on the west shoreline - got 6 the last hour.
TnRiver46 reply :
@N Florida Mike, if you ever make it up here or I ever make it down there, I would Thoroughly enjoy a lesson from the fluke master. I like flukes and catch a lot of fish with them but I think you are the fluke master
N Florida Mike reply :
On 11/30/2019 at 5:28 AM, TnRiver46 said:Everything is a little different in Florida...... hahaha
No argument here!
TnRiver46 reply :
One of the craziest white bass days I’ve ever seen and I’ve seen some things..............
we got well over 100 before 10:30 am, they were still biting when we left. We went to go shoot clay pigeons on a friends farm and they decided to check a pond that never has ducks on it...... and there were 20 or so! One of my buddies dropped two gadwall, love the holidays! Cast n blast
The Bassman reply :
On 11/30/2019 at 5:50 AM, TnRiver46 said:
One of the craziest white bass days I’ve ever seen and I’ve seen some things..............
we got well over 100 before 10:30 am, they were still biting when we left. We went to go shoot clay pigeons on a friends farm and they decided to check a pond that never has ducks on it...... and there were 20 or so! One of my buddies dropped two gadwall, love the holidays! Cast n blast
I love to catch white bass but my only real opportunity is in the spring during their spawning run in our local river. They hit and fight so hard for their size.
TnRiver46 reply :
On 11/30/2019 at 6:16 AM, The Bassman said:I love to catch white bass but my only real opportunity is in the spring during their spawning run in our local river. They hit and fight so hard for their size.
It’s kind of weird, they run upriver in fall here also. The spring run they go way up into shallows but in fall they go up pretty far and seem to stop in deep holes and stay there all winter long. I’ve been known to have a fish fry darn near every night in winter and I give my neighbors a lot. We caught them right below a dam today, 30,000 cfs.
N Florida Mike reply :
On 11/30/2019 at 5:35 AM, TnRiver46 said:@N Florida Mike, if you ever make it up here or I ever make it down there, I would Thoroughly enjoy a lesson from the fluke master. I like flukes and catch a lot of fish with them but I think you are the fluke master
I love flukes- they’ve been my go to baits for around 20 years. Soft plastics in general though usually produce.
Seriously, your welcome anytime.
Maybe you could put me on some smallmouth someday up there. I’ve never caught one.
Bird reply :
Would love to join in on the fun but this is the only forum that says " pics to big " lol.
Oh well, caught a 4.9 today on drop shot Roboworm " Aaron's magic ".
Then later went to my treestand and shot this...........wait, pic to big.
Maybe if I got a smaller phone ???. Lol
N Florida Mike reply :
On 11/30/2019 at 8:20 AM, Bird said:Would love to join in on the fun but this is the only forum that says " pics to big " lol.
Oh well, caught a 4.9 today on drop shot Roboworm " Aaron's magic ".
Then later went to my treestand and shot this...........wait, pic to big.
Maybe if I got a smaller phone ???. Lol
Get the “ re- size “ app. You can cut down the size of the pic.
Bluebasser86 reply :
On 11/30/2019 at 8:20 AM, Bird said:Would love to join in on the fun but this is the only forum that says " pics to big " lol.
Oh well, caught a 4.9 today on drop shot Roboworm " Aaron's magic ".
Then later went to my treestand and shot this...........wait, pic to big.
Maybe if I got a smaller phone ???. Lol
This is the website I upload my pics to before posting. It's a very easy, just copy and paste the link.
https://imgbb.com/
On 11/30/2019 at 5:25 AM, N Florida Mike said:Weird . Looks just like some of the fish I catch in my fairly clear , shallow lake in open water.
You don't ever see any cold water down there either to have any experience with it. Those Florida fish usually seem to be much darker colored than fish about everywhere else with all the vegetation and tannic water.
N Florida Mike reply :
On 11/30/2019 at 10:32 AM, Bluebasser86 said:This is the website I upload my pics to before posting. It's a very easy, just copy and paste the link.
https://imgbb.com/
You don't ever see any cold water down there either to have any experience with it. Those Florida fish usually seem to be much darker colored than fish about everywhere else with all the vegetation and tannic water.
I agree with that for the most part. I still occasionally get a light colored fish like that. They have kind of a slight bronze color to them. Maybe there’s another reason I don’t know about. They’re not rare , but not common. Always catch those out away from cover.
The fish I’ve caught in murky water here almost have no color. Just kind of gray.
There are some very clear lakes about an hour away from me. Those fish are light colored too, but have distinct LM patterns, especially the lateral line markings.
The Tannic water fish here are very dark like you said.
And you’re right about me not being used to cold water! Hopefully it stays that way!
Team9nine reply :
Been spending most all fall crappie fishing, but finally picked up the bass sticks again this week before things froze up. Water temps in our smaller reservoirs at 42 degrees, and just need one good cold snap to lock things up. Ponds are already flirting on the edge, and larger reservoirs only a couple degrees warmer at around 44 deg. Been tossing a mix of blade baits, jerkbaits and small plastics to nab a few from both the boat and the bank. Weather forecast looks like I'll get another shot or two late this week Here's a few pics...
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A-Jay reply :
On 12/2/2019 at 4:10 AM, Team9nine said:Been spending most all fall crappie fishing, but finally picked up the bass sticks again this week before things froze up. Water temps in our smaller reservoirs at 42 degrees, and just need one good cold snap to lock things up. Ponds are already flirting on the edge, and larger reservoirs only a couple degrees warmer at around 44 deg. Been tossing a mix of blade baits, jerkbaits and small plastics to nab a few from both the boat and the bank. Weather forecast looks like I'll get another shot or two late this week
Nicely Done ~
Best that felt good.
A-Jay
The Bassman reply :
On 12/2/2019 at 4:10 AM, Team9nine said:Been spending most all fall crappie fishing, but finally picked up the bass sticks again this week before things froze up. Water temps in our smaller reservoirs at 42 degrees, and just need one good cold snap to lock things up. Ponds are already flirting on the edge, and larger reservoirs only a couple degrees warmer at around 44 deg. Been tossing a mix of blade baits, jerkbaits and small plastics to nab a few from both the boat and the bank. Weather forecast looks like I'll get another shot or two late this week
Long range maps are showing above norm through mid month. Ponds have been good lately. Got a 5.22 last tues. Looks like it's gonna be another 12 month bass year.
The Bassman reply :
Locked in my 12 months of bass today. 33* and wind made for a tough hour and a half but caught two 4lbr's shown here and a 2.5.
TnRiver46 reply :
Congrats @The Bassman, that’s something a lot of us take for granted. Way to brave the elements
galyonj reply :
Another dinky lunchbass. This one was 1lb 2oz, and I caught it dragging a @Siebert Outdoors jig with a Christie Craw that I dug out of the bottom of my backpack on it.
Bluebasser86 reply :
Got to sneak out twice on my days off this week. Met my buddy right after I got off work to close the lake down for the year. It wasn't fast fishing, and they weren't big (never are out there), but good variety including a white channel cat and a black nose crappie.
Monday I was by myself at the power plant. It wasn't as cold as I've fished in, but haven't gotten acclimated to it yet this winter so the 25* air with 10-15 mph winds were biting. It was a grind all day, but I managed to find 10 biters, all on a Shad Rap or Ned Rigged Trout Trick.
galyonj reply :
That catfish is beautiful.
Bigassbass reply :
What is a ned rig trout trick?
galyonj reply :
On 12/6/2019 at 12:57 AM, Bigassbass said:What is a ned rig trout trick?
Ned rigging is a finesse presentation, with a little hook and a very light jig head. This is a trout trick.
Bluebasser86 reply :
On 12/6/2019 at 12:57 AM, Bigassbass said:What is a ned rig trout trick?
A Zman Trout Trick on a 1/16oz red Midwest Finesse head with a #2 hook. It's a large bait for a tiny head, but the slow fall gets them when it's tough. I was using a Ralph's Shad colored Trout Trick.
https://www.tacklewarehouse.com/Z-Man_Trout_Trick_6pk/descpage-ZMTRTRK.html
Midwest Fisherman reply :
Snagged a few beauties over the last couple weeks
galyonj reply :
Switched it up and went early instead of around lunchtime. Just as I was about to pack up to go to the office, this chunky two-pounder hit on a lipless.
Tailwalking back to me in 40-some degree water. So much for lethargy.
NorcalBassin reply :
Water cooled down to 56* after the recent storms, but things are still pretty quiet with the bite with nothing over 2.5 lbs.
This guy looked a little skinny in the pic but was healthy with 2 shad in his gullet.
Pops with a 2 pounder on a Ned
2.5 pounder on a Neko
Tim Kelly reply :
Spectacular looking fish. Scale perfect and beautifully marked.
Team9nine reply :
Likely the last day on open water in a boat for me this year. Every pond I went past this afternoon had skim ice on it. Got in 3.5 hours this afternoon on a small reservoir with 40 degree water temps, and managed to connect with 8 fish. Could be a long winter, but hopefully we get some breaks in the weather here and there. We'll see.
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TnRiver46 reply :
Midwest Fisherman reply :
Went out with (B)assman again yesterday to a few local ponds, we had a good day. Threw several different baits, they seemed to like the blades as they were killing my RoadRunner
Bluebasser86 reply :
Rapidly dropping temps, rapidly building winds, off and on drizzle, beautiful day on the water Monday ???? One other boat at the ramp when I showed up. He told me to go ahead, he was going to wait for a minute. I launched, he waited a few more minutes and then just left? Only other boat I saw the 6+ hours I was on the water. With the wind and clouds, seemed like a moving bait bite would be going, but that wasn't what I found for the most part. I got 2 on a squarebill, 1 on a jerkbait, the rest were on a Ned or shakyhead. The most important fish of the day was on the squarebill though. Built like a brick, barely longer than my 18" board and 5lbs right on the button.
Took a while to dial in the slow moving bite, and it was painfully difficult to do in 20+mph winds, but I was really working them over for a while.
roadwarrior reply :
Midwest Fisherman reply :
Caught this 4 pounder on a Berkley Warpig in Red Craw at one of my favorite ponds. 37° weather with most of the pond iced over.
ryanerb reply :
On 12/11/2019 at 6:22 PM, Bluebasser86 said:Rapidly dropping temps, rapidly building winds, off and on drizzle, beautiful day on the water Monday ???? One other boat at the ramp when I showed up. He told me to go ahead, he was going to wait for a minute. I launched, he waited a few more minutes and then just left? Only other boat I saw the 6+ hours I was on the water. With the wind and clouds, seemed like a moving bait bite would be going, but that wasn't what I found for the most part. I got 2 on a squarebill, 1 on a jerkbait, the rest were on a Ned or shakyhead. The most important fish of the day was on the squarebill though. Built like a brick, barely longer than my 18" board and 5lbs right on the button.
Took a while to dial in the slow moving bite, and it was painfully difficult to do in 20+mph winds, but I was really working them over for a while.
I'm very impressed!! Way to get out there when most people wanna stay at home.
How deep were you getting your ned/shakeyhead fish? Squarebill indicates not much depth despite colder water temps.
In high winds, could you fish a dropshot with a heavy weight?
Bluebasser86 reply :
On 12/13/2019 at 3:19 AM, ryanerb said:I'm very impressed!! Way to get out there when most people wanna stay at home.
How deep were you getting your ned/shakeyhead fish? Squarebill indicates not much depth despite colder water temps.
In high winds, could you fish a dropshot with a heavy weight?
Most of them were in 1-3 feet of water. I've tried with a dropshot in the same places and they will not eat it, have never even had a bite on it.
Hook2Jaw reply :
5.7 pounds. .725 if I wanna squeeze what the scale said. She gave my finesse jig a tick and I was able to get in an eye crossing hookset before landing her on the 13 Fate Chrome 7'1" MF with the Daiwa Fuego 7.3:1 strung up with @J Francho's favorite line, Berkley Vanish.
That YUM Craw Chunk keeps putting big fish on the end of my line.
DSTN reply :
On 12/11/2019 at 6:22 PM, Bluebasser86 said:Rapidly dropping temps, rapidly building winds, off and on drizzle, beautiful day on the water Monday ???? One other boat at the ramp when I showed up. He told me to go ahead, he was going to wait for a minute. I launched, he waited a few more minutes and then just left? Only other boat I saw the 6+ hours I was on the water. With the wind and clouds, seemed like a moving bait bite would be going, but that wasn't what I found for the most part. I got 2 on a squarebill, 1 on a jerkbait, the rest were on a Ned or shakyhead. The most important fish of the day was on the squarebill though. Built like a brick, barely longer than my 18" board and 5lbs right on the button.
Nice work! What squarebill is that? Looks killer but I don't recognize it.
Bluebasser86 reply :
On 12/15/2019 at 9:13 AM, DSTN said:Nice work! What squarebill is that? Looks killer but I don't recognize it.
It's a custom made balsa bait that a local guy makes. It's been my best producing crank the last month.
TnRiver46 reply :
43 degrees and spitting rain yesterday...... perfect!!!
Paul Roberts reply :
On 12/11/2019 at 6:22 PM, Bluebasser86 said:Built like a brick, barely longer than my 18" board and 5lbs right on the button.
Wow! She's done well for herself!
Paul Roberts reply :
Decided to finish up the fall on the same pond I've fished through the entire fall transition, a shallow dishpan carpeted wall to wall with coontail. 42F core water, and super high clarity. The winter clear-water period is on. I could have seen straight to the bottom, if not for all that coontail. I've rarely fished such weedy waters during winter, opting for those with more open water. But, I decided to give it a shot, just to see what I could find. With the clear water I went Ned, with a 1/16oz Slider head, and found a couple. What this fishing lacked in numbers was made up in sheer beauty of those winter clear water fish. They are simply stunning; A metallic bronze-gold, yellow flanks, and prominant markings. The GoPro just doesn't do them justice.
senile1 reply :
On 12/16/2019 at 8:32 AM, Paul Roberts said:Decided to finish up the fall on the same pond I've fished through the entire fall transition, a shallow dishpan carpeted wall to wall with coontail. 42F core water, and super high clarity. The winter clear-water period is on. I could have seen straight to the bottom, if not for all that coontail. I've rarely fished such weedy waters during winter, opting for those with more open water. But, I decided to give it a shot, just to see what I could find. With the clear water I went Ned, with a 1/16oz Slider head, and found a couple. What this fishing lacked in numbers was made up in sheer beauty of those winter clear water fish. They are simply stunning; A metallic bronze-gold, yellow flanks, and prominant markings. The GoPro just doesn't do them justice.
Nice looking fish, Paul. I have a small 55 acre lake that is a good clear water winter fishery as well. Not only are the fish stunning, but this lake produces mostly deep water catches in the winter and I can watch them fighting down deep as I bring them in. Unfortunately, I haven't bought an action camera like the GoPro to film them as I bring them up.
galyonj reply :
Some dink action before work. Beautiful pattern on this one.
I should add that I caught this on a @Siebert Outdoors dock rocker (off a dock, obvs) with a cut-down Sweet Beaver on the back. Little guy hit it like it called his mama names.
Added stuff
Paul Roberts reply :
On 12/16/2019 at 10:34 PM, senile1 said:Nice looking fish, Paul. I have a small 55 acre lake that is a good clear water winter fishery as well. Not only are the fish stunning, but this lake produces mostly deep water catches in the winter and I can watch them fighting down deep as I bring them in. Unfortunately, I haven't bought an action camera like the GoPro to film them as I bring them up.
Hi, Ed. Sounds wonderful. It really is neat seeing the fish fighting down through clear water. If you ever decide to film them, you'll want a hat-cam, so the camera can be as directly above them as possible, and a polarizer. Don't use the elastic headband type, or you'll end up with a headache! Get one that's integral with a cap. Mine is made by Smatree.
Bluebasser86 reply :
We had a good amount of snow Sunday, a little more snow Monday, and temps barely climbing above 20 with 10-15 mph north winds, but that's my day to fish so away I went. I forgot my snow shovel, and they hadn't cleared or salted the ramp. Thankfully they maintenance guys forgot to put their snow shovel away before they left the shop by the ramp so I borrowed theirs and spent half and hour clearing snow and ice. Still slid a little launching, forgot to take my motor support off so got my hand wet removing that. Did my customary flip to the end of the dock jetty with a Ned and thought I bumped a rock but it felt mushy? Swung and nothing but looked like a little swirl came to the top. Flipped back at it, felt a for sure peck and missed it again. Dropped it on him again and it mushed up again, bam, snow bass.
My guides were icing up fast, so were my reels. My braid was freezing on my Ned rig reel so it was almost refusing to go onto the reel and knotted up on me bad twice, plus I'm pretty sure the ice cut my line on the hookset once (still got the fish though). I worked for 8-10 fish in the 4 hours I could stand it before I threw in the towel. I did get one pretty healthy fish on a sexy gold 2tap.
The Bassman reply :
On 12/17/2019 at 4:41 PM, Bluebasser86 said:
My guides were icing up fast, so were my reels. My braid was freezing on my Ned rig reel so it was almost refusing to go onto the reel and knotted up on me bad twice, plus I'm pretty sure the ice cut my line on the hookset once (still got the fish though). I worked for 8-10 fish in the 4 hours I could stand it before I threw in the towel. I did get one pretty healthy fish on a sexy gold 2tap.
I don't know how you do it. Anything 32* or less and I'm holding my hand warmer on my last 2 or 3 guides every couple of casts. That's when I call it quits.
Midwest Fisherman reply :
Hit a confidence pond today in 27° weather and was rewarded with 2 nice ones. Top 2 are the same bass and bottom 2 are the same. Used a cut down Junebug Hula Stick
galyonj reply :
On 12/18/2019 at 4:11 AM, Midwest Fisherman said:Hit a confidence pond today in 27° weather and was rewarded with 2 nice ones.
Beautiful fish! Miss me with that weather, though.
Paul Roberts reply :
On 12/18/2019 at 4:11 AM, Midwest Fisherman said:Hit a confidence pond today in 27° weather and was rewarded with 2 nice ones.
Wow! Pretty, pretty!
Neat that people are out there catching em in the winter. Wasn't always like that. "You can't catch bass in winter!"
Team9nine reply :
Found just enough open water on one pond today to make a few casts into, but that was enough. Mission accomplished
The Bassman reply :
On 12/22/2019 at 7:11 AM, Team9nine said:Found just enough open water on one pond today to make a few casts into, but that was enough. Mission accomplished
Hey! You cheated. They didn't shut their fountain down. Just messing with you. I think there's at least a full inch everywhere else. Looked at a Nextdoor post where people were concerned because kids were walking on ponds. Hoping things open up soon. NWS still saying we're warm past New Year. Congrats on the snow bass.
NorcalBassin reply :
Made it out for what may have been our last trip of the year. Bite has been picking up but still not what it usually is with the spots this time of year. Easy to get greedy and I shouldn't complain about 10+ fish up to 3lbs for a half day in December.
TnRiver46 reply :
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Paul Roberts reply :
On 12/22/2019 at 7:11 AM, Team9nine said:Found just enough open water on one pond today to make a few casts into, but that was enough. Mission accomplished
Great shot of a winter bass.
Only water we have open now is where the waterfowl have congregated. I'm going to leave them be.
Paul Roberts reply :
On 11/21/2019 at 1:36 PM, Bluebasser86 said:
Just... Wow!
On 11/29/2019 at 6:28 AM, galyonj said:Caught a funny lookin' dink yesterday afternoon. Everything I know to look for points to a largemouth, but the color's like nothing I've ever seen.
I know a little about snakes and stuff, but not all that much about fish. Is it amelanistic, maybe?
Fish match their background. Fish in cloudy water will match that even "spacelight"; That's what your fish was responding to. Fish in open clear water, and away from bottom or objects, can be silver without markings, what I've called "pelagic silver". Fish near bottom or cover take on markings. This can be faded in cloudy water, or very intense in clear water. Fish also adjust color and patterning by mood, esp noticeable during the spawn.
On 11/30/2019 at 6:22 AM, TnRiver46 said:It’s kind of weird, they run upriver in fall here also. The spring run they go way up into shallows but in fall they go up pretty far and seem to stop in deep holes and stay there all winter long. I’ve been known to have a fish fry darn near every night in winter and I give my neighbors a lot. We caught them right below a dam today, 30,000 cfs.
Many spring spawning species begin such activity in the fall, only to be held off until spring. Some have even been known to attempt spawning in the fall on warm years (yellow perch, chain pickeral, rainbow trout). Fish populations that must migrate a distance may begin that migration/run in the fall, and then winter over part way. This is why their are, or sadly were, year-round salmon runs in the Pacific NW, due to distance needed to travel to spawning grounds.
Paul Roberts reply :
Last outing... until we get a thaw.
Revisited my shallow "Jungle Warfare" pond from this summer. Yeah, it looks a bit different now.
41F core water. Few fish in shallows. Found my fish in two "deep" cuts/channels, taking a half dozen beautiful winter bass. All on a 1/16oz Ned/Slider Head. Those "deep" cuts were 5 to 6fow, surrounded by 3 to 4fow.
galyonj reply :
On 12/23/2019 at 12:21 AM, Paul Roberts said:Fish match their background. Fish in cloudy water will match that even "spacelight"; That's what your fish was responding to. Fish in open clear water, and away from bottom or objects, can be silver without markings, what I've called "pelagic silver". Fish near bottom or cover take on markings. This can be faded in cloudy water, or very intense in clear water. Fish also adjust color and patterning by mood, esp noticeable during the spawn.
Right on. It's fascinating to me, the differences in coloration and pattern among the same species of fish that I've caught sitting in the exact spot I caught the one pictured. I love fishing.
The Bassman reply :
On 12/23/2019 at 2:05 AM, Paul Roberts said:Last outing... until we get a thaw.
Revisited my shallow "Jungle Warfare" pond from this summer. Yeah, it looks a bit different now.
41F core water. Few fish in shallows. Found my fish in two "deep" cuts/channels, taking a half dozen beautiful winter bass. All on a 1/16oz Ned/Slider Head. Those "deep" cuts were 5 to 6fow, surrounded by 3 to 4fow.
Solstice sun angle and gold tinted bass--beautiful!
N Florida Mike reply :
Tying to do better with jerkbaits. Especially this time of year when my weedy home lake is clearer of weeds.
This is the 2nd fish I’ve caught since a friend gave me the bait last week.
The bait is the mystery minnow, by knockout bait company. I caught both fish on a slow, steady retrieve with breaks in between. 
N Florida Mike reply :
I’m on to something with this jerk bait. Every fish I catch gets bigger. I lost one that was 4 + a little while ago.
Getting excited about putting a few hours into it tomorrow.
TnRiver46 reply :
@N Florida Mike, it’s just a fluke with more hooks!
Team9nine reply :
The struggle is real! Thought after two days of low 50 degree highs, I'd see a lot more melting at the ponds. Nope. Still almost nothing open, and the one I hit two days ago is ony about 10% more open now than then...which means about half of it is still ice covered. Still made some casts and was able to land one little guy, so better than blanking. Continued warmup will get a couple of these places opened up eventually before we go cold again.
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Bluebasser86 reply :
Too nice out and too many people off work for the holiday, but after being stuck inside for a few days and just laying in bed with the flu, it was nice getting out and catching some little ones.
The Bassman reply :
On 12/24/2019 at 9:47 AM, Team9nine said:The struggle is real!
National snow cover map shows one stripe right across our area (shrinking). That's contributing to our mid-upper 20's nights. We take one step forward then a half step backward. Should be full open by Christmas day. Warm weather till rain Sat. P.M.
Paul Roberts reply :
On 12/24/2019 at 6:26 AM, N Florida Mike said:I’m on to something with this jerk bait. Every fish I catch gets bigger. I lost one that was 4 + a little while ago.
Getting excited about putting a few hours into it tomorrow.
You are going to LOVE jerkbaits!
On 12/24/2019 at 9:47 AM, Team9nine said:The struggle is real!
Warmer air temps this late, at our latitude, tend to slow heat loss, but don't do a heck of a lot for heat gain. Need direct radiation / sun angle for that. Only places open in my waters now are where waterfowl are keeping spots open, and a few incident (N) shoreline edges. Water beneath that ice is 38, 39F, so it's gnawing away. Needs some help though. Radiation is the workhorse. Conduction, not so much.
N Florida Mike reply :
On 12/25/2019 at 12:50 AM, Paul Roberts said:You are going to LOVE jerkbaits!
I’ve fished with them before but never have done well. Soft plastics are hard to compete with around here.
Paul Roberts reply :
On 12/25/2019 at 2:21 AM, N Florida Mike said:I’ve fished with them before but never have done well. Soft plastics are hard to compete with around here.
I understand that!
N Florida Mike reply :
I got out for a few hours today. Windy !! Stuck with the jerkbait and got a few . I got the feeling today would have been tough even with plastics.
TnRiver46 reply :
Slow day but we scratched together a mixed bag. 60 degree air temp (after lunch) and sunny on Christmas Eve 
Shimano_1 reply :
Took my old man out for a few hours yesterday! Not a bad way to spend Christmas eve. This one went 4.12 and came on a rick clunn jerkbait!
The Bassman reply :
On 12/25/2019 at 8:50 PM, Shimano_1 said:Took my old man out for a few hours yesterday! Not a bad way to spend Christmas eve. This one went 4.12 and came on a rick clunn jerkbait!
Nice pose. Looks like a DD.
Fairtax4me reply :
I’ve been putting Ned to work the last few weeks. Not catching huge numbers, but catching some quality fish thrown in the mix for sure.
Lots of 2-3lbs, and in the last few days I’ve landed multiple 5lbers.
There’s a long skinny 22” 4.5lb, a short fat 4.9 that was 19” from today. And a nice chunky 5.9lb 21-1/2” from yesterday.
Sorry, pics loaded sideways and I can’t figure out how to make them right for some reason
ohboyitsrobby reply :
Got out for about 4 1/2 hours today with a buddy. Caught a pretty good mixed bag. Largies, spots, whites and stripers. 16-18 total. Only double of the day. Did hook into a striper that felt like the Earth was shaking every time it shook its head but the hook pulled. Not a bad day after Christmas
Midwest Fisherman reply :
Ponds finally opened up today and had great success with the TRD Spinz, landed about 15 using them for the first time. Not sure how popular they are but can be a little hit and miss, had at least 6 misses which I’m assuming were short strikes due to the cooler temps, think I’ll try inserting the Spinz below the hook next outing. Total catches were over 20 in a 7 hour day.
TnRiver46 reply :
Boxing Day, the best day of the year. Christmas is over and the smallies are hungry! 62 degree air (burning up!) and 54 degree water. Long day with not too many bites but got some good ones! My buddies were doing good with Ned rigs so I put a zoom dead ringer on an 1/8 oz head and thunk...... 18” fish. Release that one cast back out and thunk........ 20” fish . Also I forgot to mention there was a guy wakeboarding by us for a while 
Fairtax4me reply :
On 12/27/2019 at 8:36 AM, Midwest Fisherman said:Ponds finally opened up today and had great success with the TRD Spinz, landed about 15 using them for the first time. Not sure how popular they are but can be a little hit and miss, had at least 6 misses which I’m assuming were short strikes due to the cooler temps, think I’ll try inserting the Spinz below the hook next outing. Total catches were over 20 in a 7 hour day.
Wait a few seconds before you set the hook. Usually if they pick it up by the tail and start swimming away they’ll thump it in the rest of the way 2-3 seconds later and you’ll feel the second thump. Just don’t put too much pressure on it if they feel you pulling back they might spit it. If they do don’t reel it back in just leave it on the bottom and twitch it a bunch, quite often they’ll pick it back up and hit it harder the second time. Majority of my ned fish lately I’ve had to wait 8-10 seconds to set the hook because they’re just grabbing the tail and swimming off with it.
Long day and incredibly slow bite, but I got 9 in 7 hours.
Most in the 1.5lb range, but got a couple 3s out in deeper water.
Kicker was this 21” 5.5lb that I caught on my ultralight rod with a tiny jig head and a white fluke jr on the bottom in 25fow.
ryanerb reply :
On 12/26/2019 at 9:11 AM, Fairtax4me said:I’ve been putting Ned to work the last few weeks. Not catching huge numbers, but catching some quality fish thrown in the mix for sure.
Lots of 2-3lbs, and in the last few days I’ve landed multiple 5lbers.
There’s a long skinny 22” 4.5lb, a short fat 4.9 that was 19” from today. And a nice chunky 5.9lb 21-1/2” from yesterday.
Sorry, pics loaded sideways and I can’t figure out how to make them right for some reason
Those are some nice fish for the Ned rig! Were you mostly dead sticking it or swimming it or.... ?
On 12/27/2019 at 9:18 AM, TnRiver46 said:Boxing Day, the best day of the year. Christmas is over and the smallies are hungry! 62 degree air (burning up!) and 54 degree water. Long day with not too many bites but got some good ones! My buddies were doing good with Ned rigs so I put a zoom dead ringer on an 1/8 oz head and thunk...... 18” fish. Release that one cast back out and thunk........ 20” fish . Also I forgot to mention there was a guy wakeboarding by us for a while
Quite the quality bag! Is that common for that lake or an unusual day?! Nice that you are able to get out and fish!
TnRiver46 reply :
On 12/27/2019 at 1:09 PM, ryanerb said:Those are some nice fish for the Ned rig! Were you mostly dead sticking it or swimming it or.... ?
Quite the quality bag! Is that common for that lake or an unusual day?! Nice that you are able to get out and fish!
This time of year it’s very common. We caught em good there all last winter from mid December to mid February. Then again a buddy sent me a picture of a big bag of smallmouth from a different lake yesterday also. Smallmouth and winter just go together like peanut butter and jelly around here
Oregon Native reply :
Love the fluffy clouds over your head....weather is so warm here...I was out yesterday too...but only one good LMB over three. Am taking out the aqua view....gotta see some of what's there!!!
NorcalBassin reply :
Put in a quick afternoon trip and the spots rewarded us with the best action we've had in a while.
Pops with one of many that were all schooled up and around this same size. All of his came on a Ned.
Caught all of mine on a drop shot (horizontal).
They've all been eating well and had their post-Christmas bellies.
A-Jay reply :
On 12/28/2019 at 12:07 AM, NorcalBassin said:Put in a quick afternoon trip and the spots rewarded us with the best action we've had in a while.
Pops with one of many that were all schooled up and around this same size. All of his came on a Ned.
Caught all of mine on a drop shot (horizontal).
They've all been eating well and had their post-Christmas bellies.
Nice and what an excellent pic !
Congrats
A-Jay
moguy1973 reply :
Caught this one this morning slow rolling a spinner bait in the cold water of my in-laws pond. 3.97lbs
Fairtax4me reply :
On 12/27/2019 at 1:09 PM, ryanerb said:Those are some nice fish for the Ned rig! Were you mostly dead sticking it or swimming it or.... ?
Neither. Kinda hard to explain the technique I use but it’s basically a very short twitch/hop. Like an inch at a time. Move about 8-12 inches then pause for a few seconds. The bait comes up off the bottom just barely enough to not get stuck in the leaves and mud. With water temps now getting down into the upper 30s on the lakes I normally fish, the retrieve is super slow. A long cast takes around 4-5 minutes to retrieve, depending how deep it is.
Team9nine reply :
Woke up to a deteriorating weather forecast, so nixed the boat plans for a day and went into work instead. Stopped at a pond afterward to try and catch some green. Took a while to figure out where they were grouped up at, but finally found them at the opposite end of a 4.5 acre lake from where I last connected with them. Was able to pick off 16 in under 2 hours, with a flurry of 10 in about 45 minutes from the best spot. A little better quality than what I'd been on. 1/2 ZinkerZ trimmed even shorter and fished slow continues to do all the damage. Here's a few.
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ryanerb reply :
On 12/28/2019 at 12:07 AM, NorcalBassin said:Put in a quick afternoon trip and the spots rewarded us with the best action we've had in a while.
Pops with one of many that were all schooled up and around this same size. All of his came on a Ned.
Caught all of mine on a drop shot (horizontal).
They've all been eating well and had their post-Christmas bellies.
Looks like a fun day and similar to a lake I fish.
Great pics and thanks for the great report!!
The Bassman reply :
Experienced a very good bite this afternoon. Seemed more like early spring than late Dec. Fished a large neighborhood lake near me that has a shad forage base. Shad were splashing on top and bass were eating my small lipless crank. Caught 5 between 2-4 lb. and several smaller. Good way to close out 2019. Like Sinatra sang it's been a very good year.
FishTank reply :
On 12/28/2019 at 9:22 AM, Team9nine said:Woke up to a deteriorating weather forecast, so nixed the boat plans for a day and went into work instead. Stopped at a pond afterward to try and catch some green. Took a while to figure out where they were grouped up at, but finally found them at the opposite end of a 4.5 acre lake from where I last connected with them. Was able to pick off 16 in under 2 hours, with a flurry of 10 in about 45 minutes from the best spot. A little better quality than what I'd been on. 1/2 ZinkerZ trimmed even shorter and fished slow continues to do all the damage. Here's a few.
I have to ask..... Where was this at? I live in Indy and it sort of looks familiar.
Team9nine reply :
On 12/30/2019 at 11:36 AM, FishTank said:I have to ask..... Where was this at? I live in Indy and it sort of looks familiar.
This was at a corporate pond I have permission to fish on the NW side of town (Park 100 general area).
N Florida Mike reply :
Not much work yet today so guess what I did?
Caught it on a 6 inch senko.
TnRiver46 reply :
I had to get New brakes and the rotors turned on my truck today but lucky for me, my buddy Dave offered me a boat ride. Slow start with big waves on my offshore stuff, we had to find some sheltered areas. Caught a lot of 1 lb bass and saw loons. Finally right before dark, the waves were a little smaller and we were able to fish offshore (thanks to Dave’s big boat and 101 lb thrust driving skills). I got a 17 &3/4” on my poor mans shakey head and one pushing 20” (board stopped at 18) On a spoon
edit: my buddy just sent me the pics of the two bigger ones. Top two pics are the same Two fish laying on the measuring Board
The Bassman reply :
On 12/31/2019 at 10:47 AM, TnRiver46 said:I had to get New brakes and the rotors turned on my truck today but lucky for me, my buddy Dave offered me a boat ride. Slow start with big waves on my offshore stuff, we had to find some sheltered areas. Caught a lot of 1 lb bass and saw loons. Finally right before dark, the waves were a little smaller and we were able to fish offshore (thanks to Dave’s big boat and 101 lb thrust driving skills). I got a 17 &3/4” on my poor mans shakey head and one pushing 20” (board stopped at 18) On a spoon
Wish I knew a shop here that turned rotors. Any more they all say they have to be replaced because by the time the pads are worn the rotors are too thin. Nice smallies, too. I miss creek wading for them.
TnRiver46 reply :
On 12/31/2019 at 7:12 PM, The Bassman said:Wish I knew a shop here that turned rotors. Any more they all say they have to be replaced because by the time the pads are worn the rotors are too thin. Nice smallies, too. I miss creek wading for them.
This ole boy works from home so he doesn’t answer to anyone. I asked him why shops don’t turn rotors and he rubbed his fingers together and said “they’re after that quick money!” Hahaha
Jermination reply :
cherokee has been hot folks!
Midwest Fisherman reply :
The best way to start a new year
NorcalBassin reply :
Snuck in a quick trip late yesterday afternoon and the fish must've started drinking early because they just weren't cooperating. Only a half dozen to the boat, but a handful of 1-2 pounders still beats working a full day on New Year's Eve.
You know it's slow when my dad wants to take a pic of this one...
Pops with the 2# fish of the day
Most of my damage was on a butt ugly tube (quite fitting)
deep reply :
Haven't fished much since last August, but walked the banks for a bit today with a couple jerkbaits.
Water temps are in the high 30's, so I wasn't expecting much, especially from the shore. I covered a fair amount of water, and found a bunch of fish on a main lake point though, ~10 bass, ~5 or 6 jumbo crappies, and 1 unlucky rainbow trout.
I've caught dozens on brook trouts on jerkbaits, but never a rainbow, until today that is. Not a bad way to ring in the new year, and I caught some dinner too!
Midwest Fisherman reply :
Not a bad day, air temps are hovering around 40°. Bite seemed to slow just a little but they still hit it with a good thump and the fight is more like spring or fall. Landed 14 total using a variety of Z-man finesse plastics. Looks as though this weather will continue for at least another week
BigSkyBasser reply :
With most of the water frozen and the rivers mainly unnavigable, I took my annual trip to my secret warm springs (not actually a secret)
It's not much, but it keeps the cabin fever at bay since I can't manage to be interested by ice fishing.
ohboyitsrobby reply :
1 for 1 in 2020. Only boat to get a limit. Was on some decent fish but the sky was high with absolutely ???? zero wind. Made it a grind but picked up the faithful bitsy bug and put 5 in the boat.
a1712 reply :
We ran way north of Clewiston, but caught a pile this size. Brian.
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928JLH reply :
Started off the New Year great! Worked a Duo Realis lipless through some deep grass up to a rock dropoff. 4 largemouth 2 smallmouth in about 40 mins.
Sweet Tater Pie reply :
On 1/6/2020 at 1:45 PM, a1712 said:We ran way north of Clewiston, but caught a pile this size. Brian.
Holy Smokes!! What did you catch them on?
a1712 reply :
On 1/7/2020 at 6:29 AM, Sweet Tater Pie said:Holy Smokes!! What did you catch them on?
Burner Worms in the grass, a few pitching Cowboys. Brian.
Bluebasser86 reply :
Got out for an hour after work and got on the board for 2020. Not big ones, but felt good to catch a few in the middle of this stupid long work week that's messing up my fishing. There was ice around the edge in parts of the pond, but oddly enough I was spooking fish off the bank and saw some turtles creeping around under the ice. A very gently twitched 65 pointer in Ayu got the job done. Got up to almost 50 today, but it was not 50 while I was out there.
A-Jay reply :
On 1/7/2020 at 12:39 PM, Bluebasser86 said:Got out for an hour after work and got on the board for 2020. Not big ones, but felt good to catch a few in the middle of this stupid long work week that's messing up my fishing. There was ice around the edge in parts of the pond, but oddly enough I was spooking fish off the bank and saw some turtles creeping around under the ice. A very gently twitched 65 pointer in Ayu got the job done. Got up to almost 50 today, but it was not 50 while I was out there.
Top Pic is very cool.
And it must have been the Red Trebles . .
Nicely Done.
A-Jay
Team9nine reply :
Hanging tough in Indy. 4 short bank trips in the first 7 days of the New Year to several different ponds and not a blank to be had That will jinx me good. All going to heck in a couple days with 3 days of heavy rain in the forecast, anywhere from 3-5 inches. Guessing everything will get muddy and flooded, and that will probably kill our winter bite for a while. Going to learn something in the process anyway. Got my baseline temperature reading in before the storms, and will see what actually happens to the water temps given we are supposed to have 55-60 degree temps ushering in all the rain. Will our lakes magically revert to spring time temps, or will any warm water just float right over and off the cold water underneath, leaving us with winter temps again? We'll soon know the answer
Dorado reply :
First bass of 2020. 168 s-waver (bone white) Ambitious little guy
The Bassman reply :
On 1/8/2020 at 8:40 AM, Team9nine said:Will our lakes magically revert to spring time temps, or will any warm water just float right over and off the cold water underneath, leaving us with winter temps again? We'll soon know the answer
Don't know what the water temp was but that warm up and rain two weekends ago definitely put me on a spring bite. Hefty fish hitting lipless hard. This was a large HOA lake that's mostly shallow so temps probably change quicker.
Catt reply :
No hawgs but landed 20 all about this size.
J._Bricker reply :
I headed out for my first fishing trip of the new year, trying to break-in my license and start 2020 on a positive note in sunny Northern California. Haha, sunny California I thought as I motor towards Franks Tract, the duck hunters were calling it a day as they pass by me headed towards the ramp I where just launched. The tule fog was negotiable, air temperature was 47, water at 49, and I’m thinking these are perfect conditions to be throwing Lunker Punkers for big stripers. Instead I’m going for green fish for a few hours.
I found gin clear water where I landed and picked up a rip bait hoping for the best. And I did find one, very hungry fish that inhaled my offering. One of the baits front hooks was stuck next to the bass’s crusher, the tail hook in it’s lip. She went 3.2lbs on the scale and released to fight another day.
A-Jay reply :
On 1/9/2020 at 1:55 PM, Catt said:No hawgs but landed 20 all about this size.
Looking Good !
A-Jay
Catt reply :
On 1/10/2020 at 1:08 AM, A-Jay said:Looking Good !
A-Jay
It would've looked better if Nadine was home ????
A-Jay reply :
On 1/10/2020 at 9:23 AM, Catt said:
It would've looked better if Nadine was home ????
Call Paul ~
He may know when she'll be back . . .
A-Jay
galyonj reply :
It turns out that one doesn't really need a voice to catch a fish. Which is good, because I don't really have one right now.
This little guy helped ease the spanking the white bass put on me last night when I was fishing with @TnRiver46.
Bluebasser86 reply :
Tough conditions Thursday, but it was my first chance to go in a week and a half so I was going. Dirty water, 30+mph straight winds, and a recent major raise in the lake made it a grind. 8 hours for 6 bites, 5 fish, just shy of 18lbs. Ned rig and shakyhead.
NittyGrittyBoy reply :
@Bluebasser86- Ned rig and shakyhead in 30+mph winds? That's tough but looks like it was well worth the effort!! Nice Fish!!
A-Jay reply :
On 1/11/2020 at 4:42 PM, Bluebasser86 said:Tough conditions Thursday, but it was my first chance to go in a week and a half so I was going. Dirty water, 30+mph straight winds, and a recent major raise in the lake made it a grind. 8 hours for 6 bites, 5 fish, just shy of 18lbs. Ned rig and shakyhead.
First Off - haven't seen your face shadeless in a while -
@Bluebasser86 You Look Great and you know what I mean.
Second - Nice Bass
Third - I'm liking the net.
Which model & hoop size is it, do you like it & why ?
Thanks in advance
A-Jay
Bluebasser86 reply :
On 1/12/2020 at 12:51 AM, NittyGrittyBoy said:@Bluebasser86- Ned rig and shakyhead in 30+mph winds? That's tough but looks like it was well worth the effort!! Nice Fish!!
I wasn't in the teeth of it, but it was plenty strong where I was. I'm use to the wind, so that helps. And despite all that wind, I didn't deep hook and kill any fish on a Ned rig ????
Fairtax4me reply :
41° Water surface temp, 65° outside air temp today. Big warm up from the snowy/sleety 33° high and 18° lows we had a few days ago.
Surprisingly the bass were exactly where I left them last weekend. Wind swirling and gusting mid 20mph made it hard to sit in one place in the Kayak but I still picked up a dozen bass, mostly small except for two 4-1/2lbers. One on the Ned rig, the other on a 4” Keitech dragging it on the bottom around 16-18ft deep.
Also forgot to upload my first Bass of the year!
Jan 1 2020
She went just a hair under 5lbs at 20” long. Ned rig, what else?
Bluebasser86 reply :
On 1/12/2020 at 1:20 AM, A-Jay said:First Off - haven't seen your face shadeless in a while -
@Bluebasser86 You Look Great and you know what I mean.
Second - Nice Bass
Third - I'm liking the net.
Which model & hoop size is it, do you like it & why ?
Thanks in advance
A-Jay
Thanks, been working hard to keep it off through the holidays and have done a good job of it. Weird seeing pictures of myself without the round face and double chin.
Thanks again, I was working hard for them I promise.
The net is a Frabill Power Extend 1821
https://www.tacklewarehouse.com/Frabill_Power_Extend_Net_1821/descpage-FPE.html
-Hoop size: 18” x 21”
-Handle length: 38” – 72”
It's a hefty beast, but for guys like you and I that tend to run into large fish of other species, a beefy net is not a bad thing at all. There's also no concern of the net handle pulling out of the hoop at the worst time, like fighting a new PB smallmouth on light line last spring ???? . The other net feature that I wasn't sure how useful it would be that I've actually really enjoyed is the built in LED light and lift assist for night fishing and lifting those XL sized catches.
15lbs of angry whisker fish fit in it easily and the light made locating and scooping in the dark much easier than relying on my headlamp.
A-Jay reply :
On 1/12/2020 at 1:41 PM, Bluebasser86 said:Thanks, been working hard to keep it off through the holidays and have done a good job of it. Weird seeing pictures of myself without the round face and double chin.
Thanks again, I was working hard for them I promise.
The net is a Frabill Power Extend 1821
https://www.tacklewarehouse.com/Frabill_Power_Extend_Net_1821/descpage-FPE.html
-Hoop size: 18” x 21”
-Handle length: 38” – 72”
It's a hefty beast, but for guys like you and I that tend to run into large fish of other species, a beefy net is not a bad thing at all. There's also no concern of the net handle pulling out of the hoop at the worst time, like fighting a new PB smallmouth on light line last spring ???? . The other net feature that I wasn't sure how useful it would be that I've actually really enjoyed is the built in LED light and lift assist for night fishing and lifting those XL sized catches.
15lbs of angry whisker fish fit in it easily and the light made locating and scooping in the dark much easier than relying on my headlamp.
Thank You Sir ~ !
And Congrats Again - on all of that.
A-Jay
Catt reply :
On 1/11/2020 at 2:05 AM, galyonj said:It turns out that one doesn't really need a voice to catch a fish.
That lipless crankbait did all the talking necessary!
galyonj reply :
On 1/12/2020 at 7:21 PM, Catt said:
That lipless crankbait did all the talking necessary!
Man, I love fishing a lipless. It's the first thing I throw anywhere I go.
PhishLI reply :
Wednesday was cold. It was tough be outside in the afternoon, but Thursday was beyond cold. Woke up to a real feel temp of 3°. Water was iced over wherever I drove by it. We were nicely in the high 50s by Friday and in the 60s on Saturday. I wasn't hopeful though. I figured the deep cold would have them shut down for sure and the best case scenario would have me getting some swings in on my new rigs. Hit a spot with a wading bud at 8:30pm. Southerly winds were cranking, but we started at the southern end because we can almost reach the deeper water from there. No bueno. Threw the world at them without a sniff. Instead of working our way north stopping periodically we just jetted to the north end at 11:00. Rollers were crashing against the north cove and the water felt noticeably warmer. I downsized to the Berkley Champ swimmer rigged weedless and got short strikes immediately. Frustrated with that I downsized again to the 1/8oz Storm GT360 with its open hook. 2 casts later a whopper Pickerel took the bait. First fish of 2020! Crazy fight. I then switched back to the Berkley, but this time I pushed the hook point up. 3 casts later a nice well fed chunky girl chomped it. I knew she was a dandy as the drag slipped under my thumb. A fighter! I went right back at em, but after a Pickeral sliced through my 15lb flouro without ever coming close to setting the hook I cashed out right then. A good night for a northesst January.
Fairtax4me reply :
Only got one today worth taking a pic of. 68° full bluebird post-front sunny, steady 10-15mph wind out of the southwest. We got a ton of rain last night that brought water temp up a fair amount so bass were suspended but apparently they weren’t interested in eating.
spent some time with a fluke, Ned rig, and blade bait working around bait schools and only managed to pick off 3 dinks with the ned.
Put on a rapala deep diving jerkbait and first cast caught this 2lber, which was my biggest of the day. Hit it like a freight train after about a ten second pause and twitch. Spent another hour working jerkbait super slow after that and got nil.
TnRiver46 reply :
N Florida Mike reply :
Got out on Saturday with a close friend I grew up with. I have known him and his family since was 11 years old. He was my first fishing buddy, and we would primarily fish the lake I now live on before we got vehicles. We fished all over north Florida together once we got trucks, and fished in the same club.
Anyway, we got out on the St Johns river and it was rough. Tried fishing a few docks with no results. Hard to keep the boat in position with the wind. We ended up running up into Julington Creek, which I fished a lot as a teen and young man.
I tried a chatterbait with a pit boss trailer with no success around some pads. He threw a spinner bait, also with no results. We eventually switched to worms and slowed down, still with no action.
We decided to fish a creek off the creek and got 2 bites, both on beaver- style baits with orange bottom.
Didnt catch much for the time we put in., but the “ catching up “ between friends was priceless.
Already planning 2 more trips !
Russ E reply :
Made my first 2020 trip to the local power plant.
Prefrontal conditions made it tough. only caught one bass in 4 hours, but it was worth it.
she was 22 inches long and weighed 7 pounds 8 ounces.
Caught it on an H2O ultimate jerk shad jerkbait. I have caught a lot of fish on that bait last fall and early winter.
J._Bricker reply :
On 1/16/2020 at 10:06 AM, Russ E said:Made my first 2020 trip to the local power plant.
Prefrontal conditions made it tough. only caught one bass in 4 hours, but it was worth it.
she was 22 inches long and weighed 7 pounds 8 ounces.
Caught it on an H2O ultimate jerk shad jerkbait. I have caught a lot of fish on that bait last fall and early winter.
Beautiful way to start off 2020 @Russ E, we should all be so lucky sir!
NorcalBassin reply :
Able to make it out for a nice afternoon trip. Temp 52-53* with 12+ft of visibility. Tried some swimbaits and reaction baits but all they were interested in was finesse.
Caught most of them on a 3" Hazedong
Pops with his best of the day
Doesn't take long to get a case of bass thumb with those!
J._Bricker reply :
On 1/16/2020 at 11:25 AM, NorcalBassin said:Able to make it out for a nice afternoon trip. Temp 52-53* with 12+ft of visibility. Tried some swimbaits and reaction baits but all they were interested in was finesse.
Caught most of them on a 3" Hazedong
Pops with his best of the day
Doesn't take long to get a case of bass thumb with those!
@NorCal Bassin', those are some beautiful spots! Looks like it was another great day for you up in the foothills.
A-Jay reply :
On 1/16/2020 at 11:25 AM, NorcalBassin said:Able to make it out for a nice afternoon trip. Temp 52-53* with 12+ft of visibility. Tried some swimbaits and reaction baits but all they were interested in was finesse.
Doesn't take long to get a case of bass thumb with those!
Nice Bass & Great Hat ~
BTW - are you available - I hear they might need a manager ?
A-Jay
NorcalBassin reply :
On 1/16/2020 at 12:17 PM, A-Jay said:Nice Bass & Great Hat ~
BTW - are you available - I hear they might need a manager ?
A-Jay
That was painful. I work with a guy that's a huge Astros fan and the hard time I was giving him was incredibly short-lived. Rumor is Beltran may have done some of the same things in his one year with the Yankees before heading over to the Mets... only hope is they get knocked off their righteous high horse about the Sox and Astros beating them the past couple years solely from "stealing" signs (even though the Sox beat them both games on the road, including 16-1 in game 3!).
WDE reply :
First time I’ve been out in a long while. First fish(es) of 2020. Big bass went for 3.5, and I caught a gar on a crankbait again.
TnRiver46 reply :
Congrats @Russ E!!!
N Florida Mike reply :
Got off in time to get on the lake for a couple hours. Stayed closed to home with the limited time .They’re saying it’ll be the last warm day for awhile . ( Think it was 82 today ) , so I really wanted to get out.
I was determined to catch some on a tube( see the tube bait thread in the tackle section) So I got one on the small tube, and one on the bigger 3 1/2 inch one . Watermelon red .
They weren’t biting it much so I switched to the zoom watermelon lizard and they were all over it. In a lunker slump , but got a few decent fish anyway.
TnRiver46 reply :
@N Florida Mike is adding all kinds of things to his arsenal! Look out bass. We caught some white bass today, are those bass or other species? Anyways Here they are. Current about 3 mph 
ryanerb reply :
On 1/16/2020 at 11:25 AM, NorcalBassin said:Able to make it out for a nice afternoon trip. Temp 52-53* with 12+ft of visibility. Tried some swimbaits and reaction baits but all they were interested in was finesse.
Caught most of them on a 3" Hazedong
Pops with his best of the day
Doesn't take long to get a case of bass thumb with those!
That looks like a great day on the water. Similar to my local lake! It's great to see some other California reports in here, keep em comin!
NittyGrittyBoy reply :
Farm Pond close to my house, pond was white capping and I decide to fish a weightless wacky rig ????
Need a bigger hook, more like a 3/0 wacky. But heat shrink is the trick for senkos. Caught about 12, missed a couple nice ones due to hook. All in all, very pleased!
Frog Turds reply :
cool that heat shrink option worked out well for ya ????
Bluebasser86 reply :
Tough fishing for me this week. Went to my super secret pond in the woods and it wasn't nearly as productive as usual.
Then it was so cold Thursday that I couldn't do much and when it seemed like I forgot what to do every time I did get a bite. I tried really hard to take my shakyhead away from this one, for some reason I though I was lifting up a limb but I finally realized it was a fish.
I got cold and had a feeling that I'd be pretty successful walking the bank since this lake was one of the only reservoirs open in the spring when all the others were flooded, I was right.
NittyGrittyBoy reply :
Fish and a lure haul, nice...
TnRiver46 reply :
Had some plans change this morning and ended up having the opportunity to jump in some friends boat. They had already boated 3 and missed a few when I arrived a little before 10 am. Water 51 degrees and clear, air somewhere in the high 30s and raining. We caught a decent amount of small fish but nothing over about 14 inches. The rain soaked through my buddy’s gear and they had to get him back indoors pretty quick so I stayed and fished off the banks for a bit. Caught one baby fish and found a rapala. My mountain hardwear rain jacket and layers underneath had me bone dry and toasty
Mbirdsley reply :
On 1/19/2020 at 4:41 AM, TnRiver46 said:Had some plans change this morning and ended up having the opportunity to jump in some friends boat. They had already boated 3 and missed a few when I arrived a little before 10 am. Water 51 degrees and clear, air somewhere in the high 30s and raining. We caught a decent amount of small fish but nothing over about 14 inches. The rain soaked through my buddy’s gear and they had to get him back indoors pretty quick so I stayed and fished off the banks for a bit. Caught one baby fish and found a rapala. My mountain hardwear rain jacket and layers underneath had me bone dry and toasty
were you fishing those as a jerk bait or straight retrieve like a crank ?
TnRiver46 reply :
On 1/19/2020 at 7:06 AM, Mbirdsley said:
were you fishing those as a jerk bait or straight retrieve like a crank ?
I just found that thing laying on the ground. My buddies caught theirs with Ned rig and I caught mine with gulp minnow on a jig head and zoom worm on a drop shot
Mbirdsley reply :
On 1/19/2020 at 7:20 AM, TnRiver46 said:I just found that thing laying on the ground. My buddies caught theirs with Ned rig and I caught mine with gulp minnow on a jig head and zoom worm on a drop shot
What I get for just skimming. Nice find any how
kayaking_kev reply :
First fish of 2020 on 1/2 oz. Lunkerhunt Impact Jerkbait thrown with a Dobyns Fury 703c.
I tried a dropshot with a roboworm, chatterbait & ned rig before I finally got one. I got it just in time too, looks like everything is about to freeze over again for awhile.
TnRiver46 reply :
Water temp 49 and very sunny bluebird type sky. Chilly for TN, around 31-32 degrees, some icing in the guides but not much. Same lake as yesterday but different portion, I caught mine with gulp minnow and my buddy used Ned 
BigSkyBasser reply :
On 1/20/2020 at 4:08 AM, TnRiver46 said:Water temp 49 and very sunny bluebird type sky. Chilly for TN, around 31-32 degrees, some icing in the guides but not much. Same lake as yesterday but different portion, I caught mine with gulp minnow and my buddy used Ned
It is absolute torture watching you guys smack smallies and white bass all day everyday!
But nice work!
Frog Turds reply :
On 1/20/2020 at 6:53 AM, BigSkyBasser said:it is absolute torture watching you guys smack smallies and white bass all day everyday!
haha that's why i try to not frequent this thread too often in hardwater times...it is just self inflicted misery on myself knowing i still have months to go yet until softwater arrives...
BigSkyBasser reply :
On 1/20/2020 at 7:05 AM, Frog Turds said:haha that's why i try to not frequent this thread too often in hardwater times...it is just self inflicted misery on myself knowing i still have months to go yet until softwater arrives...
You live in the middle of some of the best ice fishing on the planet though.......not big fan of the hardwater either?
Frog Turds reply :
nope, not at all...i have iced fished growing up here & there from setting pike tip ups to pannie fishin...but just could never get into it...I like my long sticks, visible targets and working baits...midget poles and an ice hole never tripped my trigger...
BigSkyBasser reply :
On 1/20/2020 at 7:11 AM, Frog Turds said:nope, not at all...i have iced fished growing up here & there from setting pike tip ups to pannie fishin...but just could never get into it, I like my long sticks, visible targets and working baits...midget poles and a ice hole never tripped my trigger...
I'm right there with ya! Makes living in the North downright miserable in the winter.
TnRiver46 reply :
On 1/20/2020 at 6:53 AM, BigSkyBasser said:
It is absolute torture watching you guys smack smallies and white bass all day everyday!
But nice work!
Hahaha ! Hey we work 40 hrs....... most of the time.......
The Bassman reply :
On 1/20/2020 at 9:31 AM, TnRiver46 said:Hahaha ! Hey we work 40 hrs....... most of the time.......
I'm self employed. The struggle to work vs. fish is constant.
bholtzinger14 reply :
First of 2020. My goal this year will be to fish more. It needs to warm up though.
TnRiver46 reply :
Bluebasser86 reply :
Finally got some good (relatively), weather this week on my day off. It was above freezing (barely), all day, so my guides were never icing up and the wind wasn't howling so I wasn't limited where I could fish. There's been a decent number of big fish turning up lately, so I was hopeful. I got a few pretty early on that were solid, but not big. I tried to get a big bite on a Chad Shad, and I got it when a fish blasted my bait as it sat on the surface while I was trying to finesse my line over a small limb, but she completely missed the hooks. Looked to be a 5-7 pound class fish. I also broke off a heavy fish on a Ned rig that I never saw. By the last hour of the day I'd pretty much reserved myself to not catching any big ones. Then I hooked a fish on a jerkbait I thought was a snag at first until I realized it was moving. Had it for a second or two and then it was just gone. I think and hope that I'd snagged a carp but what happened shortly after has me second guessing. 5 minutes later I hooked another heavy fish, this time it stayed hooked and I netted a 5.69. Less than 10 minutes later I got a train wreck of a slack line bite on my jerkbait and boated another hard pulling fish, this one went 5.20. I was hoping to get one more to put me over the 20lb mark, but what a way to wrap up the day!
roadwarrior reply :
J._Bricker reply :
On 1/25/2020 at 2:21 PM, Bluebasser86 said:Finally got some good (relatively), weather this week on my day off. It was above freezing (barely), all day, so my guides were never icing up and the wind wasn't howling so I wasn't limited where I could fish. There's been a decent number of big fish turning up lately, so I was hopeful. I got a few pretty early on that were solid, but not big. I tried to get a big bite on a Chad Shad, and I got it when a fish blasted my bait as it sat on the surface while I was trying to finesse my line over a small limb, but she completely missed the hooks. Looked to be a 5-7 pound class fish. I also broke off a heavy fish on a Ned rig that I never saw. By the last hour of the day I'd pretty much reserved myself to not catching any big ones. Then I hooked a fish on a jerkbait I thought was a snag at first until I realized it was moving. Had it for a second or two and then it was just gone. I think and hope that I'd snagged a carp but what happened shortly after has me second guessing. 5 minutes later I hooked another heavy fish, this time it stayed hooked and I netted a 5.69. Less than 10 minutes later I got a train wreck of a slack line bite on my jerkbait and boated another hard pulling fish, this one went 5.20. I was hoping to get one more to put me over the 20lb mark, but what a way to wrap up the day!
Heck of a day @Bluebasser86, solid fish! Ran outta likes so this is the best I’m able to do
jbsoonerfan reply :
Took the boat out Sunday to do a little fishing. My first solo trip in the new boat (too cold for my buddy) LOL. I waited till it "warmed" up to 26 degrees before heading out. Got to the lake about 11 and when I made the turn into the parking lot I was surprised. This lake is usually busy most weekends throughout the year. Well, I had my choice of parking spots on this frigid day. The wind got up higher than advertised and it stayed cold the entire day. I threw every deep water thing I could think of without a single bite. I threw Deep cranks, A rig, Big swimbaits, Little swimbaits, vision 110, vision 110 +1, vision 110 +2, chatterbait, lipless, jig, and I'm probably forgetting something. After 4 hours of battling I decided I did not want to get skunked. Grabbed a T-Rig and headed toward the bank. On about my 5th cast I landed one on a Spicy Beaver. Doh! Ended up catching one more in the next 30 min and had to leave to go to a birthday dinner. Not much to show for, but it was better than sitting on the couch.
Russ E reply :
On 1/26/2020 at 12:33 AM, jbsoonerfan said:Took the boat out Sunday to do a little fishing. My first solo trip in the new boat (too cold for my buddy) LOL. I waited till it "warmed" up to 26 degrees before heading out. Got to the lake about 11 and when I made the turn into the parking lot I was surprised. This lake is usually busy most weekends throughout the year. Well, I had my choice of parking spots on this frigid day. The wind got up higher than advertised and it stayed cold the entire day. I threw every deep water thing I could think of without a single bite. I threw Deep cranks, A rig, Big swimbaits, Little swimbaits, vision 110, vision 110 +1, vision 110 +2, chatterbait, lipless, jig, and I'm probably forgetting something. After 4 hours of battling I decided I did not want to get skunked. Grabbed a T-Rig and headed toward the bank. On about my 5th cast I landed one on a Spicy Beaver. Doh! Ended up catching one more in the next 30 min and had to leave to go to a birthday dinner. Not much to show for, but it was better than sitting on the couch.
Took the boat out Sunday to do a little fishing. My first solo trip in the new boat (too cold for my buddy) LOL. I waited till it "warmed" up to 26 degrees before heading out. Got to the lake about 11 and when I made the turn into the parking lot I was surprised. This lake is usually busy most weekends throughout the year. Well, I had my choice of parking spots on this frigid day. The wind got up higher than advertised and it stayed cold the entire day. I threw every deep water thing I could think of without a single bite. I threw Deep cranks, A rig, Big swimbaits, Little swimbaits, vision 110, vision 110 +1, vision 110 +2, chatterbait, lipless, jig, and I'm probably forgetting something. After 4 hours of battling I decided I did not want to get skunked. Grabbed a T-Rig and headed toward the bank. On about my 5th cast I landed one on a Spicy Beaver. Doh! Ended up catching one more in the next 30 min and had to leave to go to a birthday dinner. Not much to show for, but it was better than sitting on the couch.
Nice to catch fish on the first solo trip. A sign of good things to come.
After years of winter fishing stained midwestern lakes, I think the deep water bite is the least consistent.
A lot of my largest fish have come from cold water. 99 percent of them were in water less than 5 foot.
A-Jay reply :
Nicely Done ~
Bet that felt really good.
And tell your bud we said he's weak and that when pitching in for warm weather trip gas, cost 3x as much.
Congrats
A-Jay
jbsoonerfan reply :
Thanks guys! Yea @A-Jay he will be ready on those warm Spring days in March when those big mommas will be about to explode. LOL
N Florida Mike reply :
Got a sudden urge to fish a roostertail on my ultra light combo. The goal was to catch some bream . No bream , but got this one and 2 smaller relatives instead. Nice fight on the ultra light!!
The Bassman reply :
On 1/26/2020 at 4:03 AM, N Florida Mike said:Got a sudden urge to fish a roostertail on my ultra light combo. The goal was to catch some bream . No bream , but got this one and 2 smaller relatives instead. Nice fight on the ultra light!!
Nice fish. Inline spinners don't seem to get as much press these days. They flat out catch bass and about everything else.
NorcalBassin reply :
Hadn't planned on going out today but when my daughter asked if I wanted to there was no way I was passing that up. Not hot by any means but still picked up 10 or so in 4 hours on the usual finesse baits.
One of her better ones of the day.
Last one of the day.
Of course, just as the winds kicked up with a storm system heading in and the light of day about gone we found an incredible school of fish (she likes the fish ID on in 2d). I gave her a couple minutes jigging a kastmaster while I cleaned things up before the long run back to the ramp but unfortunately no takers before running out of time.
N Florida Mike reply :
Went out for a couple hours today. Today I didn’t feel like taking it to serious- I just decided to play around with the roostertail again, and the tube. Did pretty good with the rooster but nothing on the tube. I had a lot of fish follow the rooster without taking. But those that did were a blast on the ultralight. Had fun and got some peace and quiet so that’s all that matters.
TnRiver46 reply :
Crazy day. Fished a few hours without any bites offshore 20-40 feet, water temp 47. Finally my buddy hooks up with a fly on sinking line, 18” skinny smallmouth. I landed the fish for him and took a picture, jump back up on the trolling motor and grab my rod that I had set down when he hooked up (zoom dead ringer on drop shot). Turns out there’s a bass on it! The owner size 1 hook was right in the top lip in perfect position even though the rod was unmanned. Guess who? It’s the bass I’ve caught 4 times in that same spot the last two winters. And he was much fatter than when I caught it a couple weeks ago, probably because it eats everything. No more bites for an hour or so and we head to the lake house to put another coat of mud on some drywall. As we head back out to fish late afternoon, we decided to try some cliffs. My buddy got one on the fly and I got two on a worm, small fish. We decide to go back offshore and I hook up to something strong and fast vertical jigging a rapala lipless that has been through the ringer and no longer rattles for some reason. This fish is pulling like a striper causing me to free spool several times. I keep telling my buddy it’s a striper and it’s shoots up toward the top like a smallie. It decided not to jump but I did see it, a nice 20-21 ish smallmouth maybe 4-5 lbs. just as he is approaching my hands the lure just came out, hooks didn’t bend or anything. Bummer but I don’t think it was super big so I tried not to think about it. I kept on jigging that same bait and a nice walleye ate it! Good way to end it 
ryanerb reply :
On 1/26/2020 at 12:42 PM, NorcalBassin said:Hadn't planned on going out today but when my daughter asked if I wanted to there was no way I was passing that up. Not hot by any means but still picked up 10 or so in 4 hours on the usual finesse baits.
One of her better ones of the day.
Last one of the day.
Of course, just as the winds kicked up with a storm system heading in and the light of day about gone we found an incredible school of fish (she likes the fish ID on in 2d). I gave her a couple minutes jigging a kastmaster while I cleaned things up before the long run back to the ramp but unfortunately no takers before running out of time.
Looks like a fun day! Can't pass em up with the kids want to go. Mine will be that age sooner than I know!
The Bassman reply :
On 1/27/2020 at 9:56 AM, TnRiver46 said:
I catch a lot of bass (and occasional cat) on those. I've never had one get so battle scarred as that. I like the #5 and swap out the stock hooks with #8 Triple Grips.
TnRiver46 reply :
On 1/28/2020 at 1:51 AM, The Bassman said:I catch a lot of bass (and occasional cat) on those. I've never had one get so battle scarred as that. I like the #5 and swap out the stock hooks with #8 Triple Grips.
I wish they were battle scars! I think I left it next to some plastic worms. Somehow it doesnt rattle
Bluebasser86 reply :
On 1/28/2020 at 2:28 AM, TnRiver46 said:I wish they were battle scars! I think I left it next to some plastic worms. Somehow it doesnt rattle
Ever tried a jigging rap instead of the ripping rap? I like to keep a #7 jigging rap tied on to drop on schools of fish I mark. Everything eats them, and they drop like a rock so you're not waiting for them to get to the bottom. The gliding action really seems to drive them nuts some days though.
TnRiver46 reply :
On 1/28/2020 at 1:49 PM, Bluebasser86 said:Ever tried a jigging rap instead of the ripping rap? I like to keep a #7 jigging rap tied on to drop on schools of fish I mark. Everything eats them, and they drop like a rock so you're not waiting for them to get to the bottom. The gliding action really seems to drive them nuts some days though.
No but I saw wheeler doing it up north on you tube, I’m gonna give it a whirl if I can find a jigging rap at any stores around here. I’ve heard it’s mainly for ice fishing
Bluebasser86 reply :
On 1/28/2020 at 8:15 PM, TnRiver46 said:No but I saw wheeler doing it up north on you tube, I’m gonna give it a whirl if I can find a jigging rap at any stores around here. I’ve heard it’s mainly for ice fishing
That's the rumor the guys that use them want to keep alive. I caught so many white bass on them last year dropping on schools offshore in the summer. My buddy that owns the guide service I work for pretty much only fishes jigging raps all summer for wipers, whites, and walleyes.
Fairtax4me reply :
Cold. Post front (again) post 1.5” of rain. I was anchored on a point with 5-10mph winds and gusts to 15-20 drifting me side to side. Sat there about 20 minutes fishing painfully slow on the bottom because that’s the only place I’ve marked anything yet. Bait seem to be between 8-15 feet and that’s where I was casting to, working back up to 10 feet right below the kayak.
I started seeing a different looking “spot” on the sonar dead smack on the bottom. Drift left, there’s the spot, drift back right, there it is again. Went this way for about 15 minutes more. Probably drifted over this “weird spot” 10 times every time the wind would gust a different direction. Then I float across it again and this time the “spot” had moved Up! Just a little...
For the past three months or so I’ve kept a crappie jig tied on the ultralite whenever I’m out on the kayak so I can drop into schools and pick off a couple crappie here and there. It’s like playing the lotto though because you never know what you’re gonna get. Sometimes it’s crappie, sometimes a big bluegill, every now and then it’s a bass, but usually tiny.
Drop the crappie jig over the side and let it slowly fall down to about 8 feet. Drift back over the spot, and sure enough the spot starts to come up off the bottom more! Sweet! Play the dangle game on the video screen and watch the mark getting bigger, and bigger, then there’s white space under it and it’s coming up toward the line from my jig...
The tiniest almost imperceptible “tunk” on the line. I fish 8lb braid to a 6 foot 6lb floro leader on this rod, so bites are normally obvious, but not this one. Had to think about it for a second and really watch the end of the rod, then felt a little bit of a pull back down.
Rip the rod up and the poor thing does a 180° U bend and the tip goes for the water and the drag starts screaming! I know what it is at this point, but don’t know how big it is yet. I also know it doesn’t want to come to the surface. It slowly swims a few circles under the kayak as I make a turn of the reel handle every now and then and wait. I reach for the net, yawn, wait some more, it’s finally coming up, then another drag rip and it runs back down to the bottom. Wait some more, swim another circle, wait some more...
Felt like an eternity but was probably only 45 seconds. Short fat 4.5lb bass at 18”
One for the day!
J._Bricker reply :
On 1/29/2020 at 10:09 AM, Fairtax4me said:Cold. Post front (again) post 1.5” of rain. I was anchored on a point with 5-10mph winds and gusts to 15-20 drifting me side to side. Sat there about 20 minutes fishing painfully slow on the bottom because that’s the only place I’ve marked anything yet. Bait seem to be between 8-15 feet and that’s where I was casting to, working back up to 10 feet right below the kayak.
I started seeing a different looking “spot” on the sonar dead smack on the bottom. Drift left, there’s the spot, drift back right, there it is again. Went this way for about 15 minutes more. Probably drifted over this “weird spot” 10 times every time the wind would gust a different direction. Then I float across it again and this time the “spot” had moved Up! Just a little...
For the past three months or so I’ve kept a crappie jig tied on the ultralite whenever I’m out on the kayak so I can drop into schools and pick off a couple crappie here and there. It’s like playing the lotto though because you never know what you’re gonna get. Sometimes it’s crappie, sometimes a big bluegill, every now and then it’s a bass, but usually tiny.
Drop the crappie jig over the side and let it slowly fall down to about 8 feet. Drift back over the spot, and sure enough the spot starts to come up off the bottom more! Sweet! Play the dangle game on the video screen and watch the mark getting bigger, and bigger, then there’s white space under it and it’s coming up toward the line from my jig...
The tiniest almost imperceptible “tunk” on the line. I fish 8lb braid to a 6 foot 6lb floro leader on this rod, so bites are normally obvious, but not this one. Had to think about it for a second and really watch the end of the rod, then felt a little bit of a pull back down.
Rip the rod up and the poor thing does a 180° U bend and the tip goes for the water and the drag starts screaming! I know what it is at this point, but don’t know how big it is yet. I also know it doesn’t want to come to the surface. It slowly swims a few circles under the kayak as I make a turn of the reel handle every now and then and wait. I reach for the net, yawn, wait some more, it’s finally coming up, then another drag rip and it runs back down to the bottom. Wait some more, swim another circle, wait some more...
Felt like an eternity but was probably only 45 seconds. Short fat 4.5lb bass at 18”
One for the day!
Beautiful green fish @Fairtax4me, enjoyed the account of the battle! Thanks for taking the time to share it
813basstard reply :
TnRiver46 reply :
Congrats @813basstard! That’s a beast
NorcalBassin reply :
We have a 20 degree temperature drop and some precip coming in tomorrow to put an end to the springtime weather we had this past week. I expected that to trigger a great bite and it didn't, but I still found some willing spots on neko rigs to make it well worth heading out.
The Bassman reply :
On 2/2/2020 at 3:53 AM, NorcalBassin said:We have a 20 degree temperature drop and some precip coming in tomorrow to put an end to the springtime weather we had this past week. I expected that to trigger a great bite and it didn't, but I still found some willing spots on neko rigs to make it well worth heading out.
Beautiful fish. I've heard that they fight even harder than smallmouth.
TnRiver46 reply :
My girlfriend has saturdays off now and agreed to go fishing as long as it was in the pretty mountains. Good call as we caught several fish in 3 hours, mmmmm fried perch. Water temp 48, caught with tube, spoon, drop shot/worm and gulp minnow on jig head
JediAmoeba reply :
Through the ice...first bass of 2020 caught on 31 January.
The Bassman reply :
On 2/2/2020 at 2:13 PM, JediAmoeba said:Through the ice...first bass of 2020 caught on 31 January.
That would be a perfect eater. My last few times ice fishing I started releasing my fish. Then it occurred to me how silly it must look putting fish back in the hole. So I quit ice fishing. (Really because of the cold). I open water fish in the 30's but standing still in single digit weather lost its luster with age.
ryanerb reply :
On 2/2/2020 at 3:53 AM, NorcalBassin said:We have a 20 degree temperature drop and some precip coming in tomorrow to put an end to the springtime weather we had this past week. I expected that to trigger a great bite and it didn't, but I still found some willing spots on neko rigs to make it well worth heading out.
I would have thought they would bite better before the cold front too... It was almost like a false spring weather pattern! Still some nice fish, seems the neko is always a sure bet for some spots. Thanks for all your great Cali posts, I can relate being several hours south of you.
813basstard reply :
On 2/2/2020 at 3:53 AM, NorcalBassin said:We have a 20 degree temperature drop and some precip coming in tomorrow to put an end to the springtime weather we had this past week. I expected that to trigger a great bite and it didn't, but I still found some willing spots on neko rigs to make it well worth heading out.
Those are gorgeous fish!!
Man I love seeing different stuff. Every bass looks the same down here
j bab reply :
Got myself a nice 6.5lber off the dock this evening That's in my top 5 heaviest bass ever. It's getting harder to make it in my top 5, which I'm happy about
1/2oz queen tackle tungsten flipping jig in black magic, with a 3.5" big bite college craw in hematoma. Quickly becoming a go to setup for me!
TnRiver46 reply :
Funny day. Had 3.5 hours to kill and it was calling for snow. This one lake about 45 minutes north of my house is pretty much the only clear water left after the latest deluge. It always fishes better in windy cloudy or even snowy weather so I head there. I get there and it’s sunny and cold and the water has risen about 12.5 feet. I’ve always heard that makes the fish go up shallow and eat so I cranked a wiggle wart around to no avail. Back to the trusty gulp minnow on a tight line down deep and finally started getting bites. Couple of dinks, pretty slow so I just sat down on the front deck and was taking it easy. Of course I get a bite and the fish starts pulling pretty hard. I’m afraid to stand up because I’m thinking as soon as I do, it will get slack and shake off somehow. I finally landed an 18.5 inch smallmouth while seated on the boat deck haha. Then a 16”. Meanwhile all my friends are sending me pictures of snow around my house and fellow member @Jermination sends me 1.5 inches on the front of his bass boat! Only about 1-1.5 hours south of me fishing in the sunshine 
Bluebasser86 reply :
Both of my normal days off I got scheduled for training this week (yay!), but thankfully I have a wife that is understanding and saw that the weather was supposed to be nice on Saturday when I was scheduled to have a partial day off to keep me from breaking policy for working too many days in a row, who told me to go fishing. Kind of got the crud right now and couldn't sleep real well. Woke up at 3, laid in bed until 3:30 and gave up trying because it wasn't happening. Tied up some bait orders I had and took off for the lake a little before 5 in the 19* air. Beautiful full moon was shining down on the clear night, and the power plant always looks like something from another planet on a clear night.
Had a little while before the sun was going to be up, so I decided to try the outlet where the water was the warmest. Haven't caught anything at all there this winter, but my second cast with a shallow flicker shad my rod loaded up on a heavy fish and the fight was on for the next few minutes. Hard to tell in the dark, hoping for a big bass but was guessing it was a wiper. Then it got close to the boat and I saw it was coming in sideways, I knew it was a carp then. One neat thing was it turned out to be a mirror carp, don't see them too often.
Nothing else at the outlet, fished along to one of my favorite little points that has a lot of rock and wood that can't be seen above the water. Lots of shad were flipping, started pulling the suspending 6th Sense Quake and had a little guy load up.
Had another one crush it on the pause that didn't hook up, then several cast later when I paused it not far from the boat, it got inhaled.
Nothing else going on there beside a couple swipes and misses. Moved to a steep rock bank and wasn't too long before I caught a little one on a jerkbait. A couple cast later, I got another good one on the jerkbait.
Something about that little 20 yard stretch had them piled up, I caught 8 of my 12 fish right there on a jerkbait or crankbait, including another one that was super fat.
The bite started to slow down and the other boats started showing up since it was getting close to being above freezing I guess. Went back to my point again and first cast with a jerkbait, caught one of the biggest white bass I've ever caught from this lake and one of my biggest white bass ever. Didn't weight it, but around 17" is a huge white bass and it makes the SK 300 jerkbait look little.
Went and fished a long riprap bank trying to decide how long I was going to stay since I needed to get some sleep before work. Switched back and forth between the jerkbait and crankbait without anything happening. Wind had died completely, sun was getting high, not good conditions on this lake so I was thinking about going and getting some sleep. Made a cast with the Frittside and noticed a swirl about halfway back to the boat like a fish had tried for my bait and missed. Made another cast and a heavy fish loaded up. Got her to the boat, and she was hooked right in the tail? Don't know if she was swiping and missed the bait, maybe it popped out during the fight and got hooked in the tail, or just plain got snagged in the tail, but I'll take fat 5.5 pounders however they want to come to the boat.
I piddled around about another hour before I headed home. Lake was getting busy, and I was tired.
The Bassman reply :
On 2/9/2020 at 2:23 PM, Bluebasser86 said:Both of my normal days off I got scheduled for training this week (yay!), but thankfully I have a wife that is understanding and saw that the weather was supposed to be nice on Saturday when I was scheduled to have a partial day off to keep me from breaking policy for working too many days in a row, who told me to go fishing. Kind of got the crud right now and couldn't sleep real well. Woke up at 3, laid in bed until 3:30 and gave up trying because it wasn't happening. Tied up some bait orders I had and took off for the lake a little before 5 in the 19* air. Beautiful full moon was shining down on the clear night, and the power plant always looks like something from another planet on a clear night.
Had a little while before the sun was going to be up, so I decided to try the outlet where the water was the warmest. Haven't caught anything at all there this winter, but my second cast with a shallow flicker shad my rod loaded up on a heavy fish and the fight was on for the next few minutes. Hard to tell in the dark, hoping for a big bass but was guessing it was a wiper. Then it got close to the boat and I saw it was coming in sideways, I knew it was a carp then. One neat thing was it turned out to be a mirror carp, don't see them too often.
Nothing else at the outlet, fished along to one of my favorite little points that has a lot of rock and wood that can't be seen above the water. Lots of shad were flipping, started pulling the suspending 6th Sense Quake and had a little guy load up.
Had another one crush it on the pause that didn't hook up, then several cast later when I paused it not far from the boat, it got inhaled.
Nothing else going on there beside a couple swipes and misses. Moved to a steep rock bank and wasn't too long before I caught a little one on a jerkbait. A couple cast later, I got another good one on the jerkbait.
Something about that little 20 yard stretch had them piled up, I caught 8 of my 12 fish right there on a jerkbait or crankbait, including another one that was super fat.
The bite started to slow down and the other boats started showing up since it was getting close to being above freezing I guess. Went back to my point again and first cast with a jerkbait, caught one of the biggest white bass I've ever caught from this lake and one of my biggest white bass ever. Didn't weight it, but around 17" is a huge white bass and it makes the SK 300 jerkbait look little.
Went and fished a long riprap bank trying to decide how long I was going to stay since I needed to get some sleep before work. Switched back and forth between the jerkbait and crankbait without anything happening. Wind had died completely, sun was getting high, not good conditions on this lake so I was thinking about going and getting some sleep. Made a cast with the Frittside and noticed a swirl about halfway back to the boat like a fish had tried for my bait and missed. Made another cast and a heavy fish loaded up. Got her to the boat, and she was hooked right in the tail? Don't know if she was swiping and missed the bait, maybe it popped out during the fight and got hooked in the tail, or just plain got snagged in the tail, but I'll take fat 5.5 pounders however they want to come to the boat.
I piddled around about another hour before I headed home. Lake was getting busy, and I was tired.
Great post! I still don't know how you keep from icing up. 31* and I can't cast or retrieve without warming up my tip every other cast.
Bluebasser86 reply :
On 2/9/2020 at 7:35 PM, The Bassman said:Great post! I still don't know how you keep from icing up. 31* and I can't cast or retrieve without warming up my tip every other cast.
I have to do the same. Every few cast I have to dip my rod in the water and blow in the reels line guide to clear the ice. It's even worse here because the steam freezes to everything and makes it ice up faster.
The Bassman reply :
On 2/9/2020 at 7:49 PM, Bluebasser86 said:I have to do the same. Every few cast I have to dip my rod in the water and blow in the reels line guide to clear the ice. It's even worse here because the steam freezes to everything and makes it ice up faster.
My wife thinks I'm nuts, especially now because I'm fishing with "the crud".
TnRiver46 reply :
Another good day for smallies! The TN river is a muddy conveyor belt of giant logs so I went to another tributary reservoir that stays clear. There was some current though!
Within the first little bit I got a 19” and 18” smallmouth, both chunky! The wind was supposed to be 3 mph but of course it’s unpredictable in the mountains. We toughed out some more smaller bass and perch before the trolling motor died and went to do more coats of drywall mud at the lake house downstream.
Jermination reply :
On 2/9/2020 at 2:23 PM, Bluebasser86 said:Both of my normal days off I got scheduled for training this week (yay!), but thankfully I have a wife that is understanding and saw that the weather was supposed to be nice on Saturday when I was scheduled to have a partial day off to keep me from breaking policy for working too many days in a row, who told me to go fishing. Kind of got the crud right now and couldn't sleep real well. Woke up at 3, laid in bed until 3:30 and gave up trying because it wasn't happening. Tied up some bait orders I had and took off for the lake a little before 5 in the 19* air. Beautiful full moon was shining down on the clear night, and the power plant always looks like something from another planet on a clear night.
Had a little while before the sun was going to be up, so I decided to try the outlet where the water was the warmest. Haven't caught anything at all there this winter, but my second cast with a shallow flicker shad my rod loaded up on a heavy fish and the fight was on for the next few minutes. Hard to tell in the dark, hoping for a big bass but was guessing it was a wiper. Then it got close to the boat and I saw it was coming in sideways, I knew it was a carp then. One neat thing was it turned out to be a mirror carp, don't see them too often.
Nothing else at the outlet, fished along to one of my favorite little points that has a lot of rock and wood that can't be seen above the water. Lots of shad were flipping, started pulling the suspending 6th Sense Quake and had a little guy load up.
Had another one crush it on the pause that didn't hook up, then several cast later when I paused it not far from the boat, it got inhaled.
Nothing else going on there beside a couple swipes and misses. Moved to a steep rock bank and wasn't too long before I caught a little one on a jerkbait. A couple cast later, I got another good one on the jerkbait.
Something about that little 20 yard stretch had them piled up, I caught 8 of my 12 fish right there on a jerkbait or crankbait, including another one that was super fat.
The bite started to slow down and the other boats started showing up since it was getting close to being above freezing I guess. Went back to my point again and first cast with a jerkbait, caught one of the biggest white bass I've ever caught from this lake and one of my biggest white bass ever. Didn't weight it, but around 17" is a huge white bass and it makes the SK 300 jerkbait look little.
Went and fished a long riprap bank trying to decide how long I was going to stay since I needed to get some sleep before work. Switched back and forth between the jerkbait and crankbait without anything happening. Wind had died completely, sun was getting high, not good conditions on this lake so I was thinking about going and getting some sleep. Made a cast with the Frittside and noticed a swirl about halfway back to the boat like a fish had tried for my bait and missed. Made another cast and a heavy fish loaded up. Got her to the boat, and she was hooked right in the tail? Don't know if she was swiping and missed the bait, maybe it popped out during the fight and got hooked in the tail, or just plain got snagged in the tail, but I'll take fat 5.5 pounders however they want to come to the boat.
I piddled around about another hour before I headed home. Lake was getting busy, and I was tired.
shhhh with the suspending lipless talk. I don't miss my cotton cordell suspending super spots after finding those 6th sense & IMA ones a couple months ago
DINK WHISPERER reply :
So proud of my little guy. He shattered his PB on Sunday afternoon. He had been bugging me since Saturday to hit the lake. With the wind as bad as it was and the cold nights I didn't want to bother. I just got him a new Tatula rod and reel combo he's been wanting to try. I told him we're not going to catch anything and he said he didn't care he just wanted to be out there and try his combo. Sunday he finally talked me into hitting our little spot out in the woods. On his second cast with a Storm wildeye swimbait(of all baits) he hooked up with this beauty. It weighed in at just over 6lbs! His previous PB was 4.5 lbs. Tight lines and take those kids out fellas.
TnRiver46 reply :
On 2/11/2020 at 11:29 PM, DINK WHISPERER said:So proud of my little guy. He shattered his PB on Sunday afternoon. He had been bugging me since Saturday to hit the lake. With the wind as bad as it was and the cold nights I didn't want to bother. I just got him a new Tatula rod and reel combo he's been wanting to try. I told him we're not going to catch anything and he said he didn't care he just wanted to be out there and try his combo.Sunday he finally talked me into hitting our little spot out in the woods. On his second cast with a Storm wildeye swimbait(of all baits) he hooked up with this beauty. Just over 6lbs! Tight lines and take those kids out fellas.
Congrats to him!!! Not only did he break his record but he also learned never to assume anything about bass behavior and go when you get the chance!
DINK WHISPERER reply :
On 2/11/2020 at 11:34 PM, TnRiver46 said:Congrats to him!!! Not only did he break his record but he also learned never to assume anything about bass behavior and go when you get the chance!
Yes sir, you are absolutely correct! I have been fishing for 30 years and I still can't get that listen through my hard head.????
PhishLI reply :
February night time bass on a Matt Lures 6" Hard Gill.
PhishLI reply :
Shellcracker G2 gettin it done.
Bluebasser86 reply :
Temp got down to 1* on my way to the lake. Climbed all the way up to 9* by the time I got to the ramp. It was tough fighting wind, ice, and frozen fingers, but I did manage to get bit, including my first 2 smallies of the year. Only took a couple pictures because I didn't want to keep the fish out of the water long in those frigid temps.
Mbirdsley reply :
On 2/15/2020 at 2:24 PM, Bluebasser86 said:Temp got down to 1* on my way to the lake. Climbed all the way up to 9* by the time I got to the ramp. It was tough fighting wind, ice, and frozen fingers, but I did manage to get bit, including my first 2 smallies of the year. Only took a couple pictures because I didn't want to keep the fish out of the water long in those frigid temps.
You are literally my hero right now for fishing in those temps.
Bluebasser86 reply :
On 2/15/2020 at 2:35 PM, Mbirdsley said:You are literally my hero right now for fishing in those temps.
When you see me fishing with full fingered gloves, you know it's cold out.
Mbirdsley reply :
On 2/15/2020 at 2:37 PM, Bluebasser86 said:When you see me fishing with full fingered gloves, you know it's cold out.
I’ve made it a point to not even ice fish when it’s that cold
lo n slo reply :
On 2/15/2020 at 2:24 PM, Bluebasser86 said:Temp got down to 1* on my way to the lake. Climbed all the way up to 9* by the time I got to the ramp. It was tough fighting wind, ice, and frozen fingers, but I did manage to get bit, including my first 2 smallies of the year. Only took a couple pictures because I didn't want to keep the fish out of the water long in those frigid temps.
that’s pretty strong blue. but i’m beginning to think that you’re a crazy person.
????
FrankN209 reply :
Caught a couple this morning using a dark sleeper.
The Bassman reply :
On 2/16/2020 at 4:56 AM, FrankN209 said:Caught a couple this morning using a dark sleeper.
I've had a bit of success with that bait. Do you swim or jig it?
Bass_Fishing_Socal reply :
Just got one this morning too on dark sleeper, i hardly success with any paddle tail swimbait swimming it. The dark sleeper is really good for slow jiging/hoping compare to others.
FrankN209 reply :
On 2/16/2020 at 5:55 AM, The Bassman said:I've had a bit of success with that bait. Do you swim or jig it?
I do a little of both. But mostly swim it.
ohboyitsrobby reply :
I've caught a whole bunch of spots and brownies and never questioned what was what.... Until today. Caught this one at the river behind my house. Has definite spot markings but I've never seen a brown spot.
LadiMopar reply :
On 2/17/2020 at 3:34 AM, ohboyitsrobby said:I've caught a whole bunch of spots and brownies and never questioned what was what.... Until today. Caught this one at the river behind my house. Has definite spot markings but I've never seen a brown spot.
There are some great links with pics to help identify what species of bass you have there...Nine have been verified by the scientific community, but there are another 9-10 variations which are still being debated. True black bass species or hybrids?
J._Bricker reply :
On 2/17/2020 at 3:34 AM, ohboyitsrobby said:I've caught a whole bunch of spots and brownies and never questioned what was what.... Until today. Caught this one at the river behind my house. Has definite spot markings but I've never seen a brown spot.
Possibly a meanmouth?
ohboyitsrobby reply :
On 2/17/2020 at 5:34 AM, J._Bricker said:Possibly a meanmouth?
That's what I was thinking it possibly was. I know we have them in Arkansas. Just never heard of or saw one on lake ouachita or it's tributaries. I'm the bump man for a high school series and I'm glad someone didn't bring this fish to the scales lol
FrankN209 reply :
On 2/17/2020 at 6:02 AM, ohboyitsrobby said:That's what I was thinking it possibly was. I know we have them in Arkansas. Just never heard of or saw one on lake ouachita or it's tributaries. I'm the bump man for a high school series and I'm glad someone didn't bring this fish to the scales lol
I caught a couple of these when I lived in Clarksville. The river behind my house there.
N Florida Mike reply :
On 2/15/2020 at 2:24 PM, Bluebasser86 said:
Temp got down to 1* on my way to the lake. Climbed all the way up to 9* by the time I got to the ramp. It was tough fighting wind, ice, and frozen fingers, but I did manage to get bit, including my first 2 smallies of the year. Only took a couple pictures because I didn't want to keep the fish out of the water long in those frigid temps.
Man, that’s dedication!
I think the coldest weather I ever fished was 25-28 degrees. A catfish pulled a rod off the dock that night and I went in after it ( and got it) The water felt warm compared to the air. When I got out though... I had to walk home ( about 600 feet) I think that’s the coldest I’ve ever been. Have not liked fishing in the cold since ( Not that we have much !! )
N Florida Mike reply :
I went out back for a couple hours before the rain. Slight breeze, overcast, temps in the seventies. Felt like a fluke day. About the third cast I got this one. Breeze stopped and it got calm. Decided to pull out the zoom magnum lizard. Caught a couple and the bite slowed. Was fishing over the top of eelgrass, and clear pockets near shore. Found a nice bed but couldn’t see the fish. Decided to come back on the way home. Pulled out 5-6 more on the watermelon seed super fluke. Most were tight to the bank, probably bedding or about to. Saw a couple more beds coming home, but nobody home. Tried the first bed on the way back but same result.
I am officially in a big fish slump, since I caught a 7 1/2 last summer.
GReb reply :
The old man and I had a good day
The Bassman reply :
On 2/17/2020 at 7:20 AM, N Florida Mike said:I went out back for a couple hours before the rain. Slight breeze, overcast, temps in the seventies. Felt like a fluke day. About the third cast I got this one. Breeze stopped and it got calm. Decided to pull out the zoom magnum lizard. Caught a couple and the bite slowed. Was fishing over the top of eelgrass, and clear pockets near shore. Found a nice bed but couldn’t see the fish. Decided to come back on the way home. Pulled out 5-6 more on the watermelon seed super fluke. Most were tight to the bank, probably bedding or about to. Saw a couple more beds coming home, but nobody home. Tried the first bed on the way back but same result.
I am officially in a big fish slump, since I caught a 7 1/2 last summer.
Temp in the 70's would definitely be a "fluke" here. Drove around looking for open water this afternoon.
N Florida Mike reply :
It’s been a warm winter, even for here. We haven’t even had a freeze yet.????
TnRiver46 reply :
Fellow member @Jermination invited me out on his skeeter today. I’m glad I went, this guys knows how to catch a bass! First he sees some favorable conditions on the depth finder and says we need to find rip rap. As soon as we find some he catches a fish cranking. I had left all my jig heads at home and he said to try one of his neds. He boated one humpback 18” smallmouth with it also and missed another but I just kept trying other stuff. Then he says “seriously, I would.” After tying it on, Within an hour I caught a largemouth and 3 smallmouth (19” 17” and 15”) on a place he found fish on the graph. 
rtwvumtneer6 reply :
February ☑️
Bassfishingfred reply :
Jerkbait in Colorado
jbsoonerfan reply :
Finally got some good weather and a day off. Went to a power plant lake to give it a shot because the water warms up there faster than it does at the other lakes close to me. Got on the water about 9:15 and drove about 500 yards to a grass flat that I had caught some before. Tied on a 1/2 oz black/blue Project Z chatterbait and hooked up on about my 5th cast. Fished for a bit longer and switched to a 1/2 oz Spro Aruku shad lipless in Mudbug red. Caught 3 good fish in about 45 min. I weighed them just to see and they were from 2lb 4oz to 3lb 2oz. Fished the rest of the day with nothing. Finally caught another fish about 3:00 that was about a pound. Not sure what happened the rest of the day but as soon as the wind died and the sun came out it shut them down. I did better than a couple guys I talked to at the ramp that said they only managed a couple dinks. All in all, it was a good day.
Edit* I don't think any of these are the same fish, but they might be. Trying to take pics using a ram mount and my phone set on burst mode. Not real good at it yet so I took a bunch.
WVU-SCPA reply :
Confirmed over lunch break that bass like the action of the suspending quake as much as I do.
A-Jay reply :
On 2/18/2020 at 7:39 AM, jbsoonerfan said:Finally got some good weather and a day off. Went to a power plant lake to give it a shot because the water warms up there faster than it does at the other lakes close to me. Got on the water about 9:15 and drove about 500 yards to a grass flat that I had caught some before. Tied on a 1/2 oz black/blue Project Z chatterbait and hooked up on about my 5th cast. Fished for a bit longer and switched to a 1/2 oz Spro Aruku shad lipless in Mudbug red. Caught 3 good fish in about 45 min. I weighed them just to see and they were from 2lb 4oz to 3lb 2oz. Fished the rest of the day with nothing. Finally caught another fish about 3:00 that was about a pound. Not sure what happened the rest of the day but as soon as the wind died and the sun came out it shut them down. I did better than a couple guys I talked to at the ramp that said they only managed a couple dinks. All in all, it was a good day.
Edit* I don't think any of these are the same fish, but they might be. Trying to take pics using a ram mount and my phone set on burst mode. Not real good at it yet so I took a bunch.
Nicely Done ~
Great Smile
Congrats
A-Jay
PhishLI reply :
Got together with a bunch of wading pals for a late afternoon/evening session on Monday. Conditions were textbook perfect, or at least as good as it gets for mid February up here. We had an arsenal between the 5 of us, and we covered alot of water between 2pm -8pm, and nobody got a sniff. Blanked.
I was cozy on my couch last night, still exhausted from Monday and wrapped in a quilt like a newborn when the phone rang. It was Joe. I was going to let it ring, but I picked it up in the end. "I've got a gut feeling about tonight", said Joe. "But I'm already in my feet pajamas", I said. He went to work on me and I became energized. I got clearance from the wife and off I went. You've gotta get clearance to go bass fishing deep in the woods at midnight on a weekday. Those are rules of marriage. It's somewhere in the manual.
We did OK for a northeast mid February midnight sesh. Missed a few, but got some too. It felt good to find some action after the massive skunkage of the day before. IMA crankbait, Nories Spoon Tail Shad, and the Dark Sleeper helped to warm up our frozen feet.
J._Bricker reply :
I was able to get out for a few hours the past two days and do a little fishing. Weather was sunny, air temps around 70°, water temps around 53° and pretty much dead calm both days. I didn’t get numbers by any stretch, but I’m happy with the ones I did get. Tuesday’s chatterbait fish was 3.81lbs and today’s was 5.86lbs on the same bait. It’s getting close and the prospect of another drought maybe helping the prespawn bite at this point here on the delta.
Dorado reply :
After work, had to get my fix. Females are getting their grub on finally! Ned rig (Green Pumpkin Orange) caught right off the bank.
TnRiver46 reply :
Nice one @Dorado
N Florida Mike reply :
Got out the last 2.5 hours of daylight.
Had a urge to use my finesse Combo with 8 pound line , and tied on a t rigged baby brush hog .Got the first one on the 2nd cast at the dock before I even left. Got the middle fish on the same, and got the last one off a sea wall where fish are known to bed, on a 6 inch senko type bait. Also got 6 or so on the super fluke.
Bluebasser86 reply :
Started off on fire Friday. Cold morning so I'd started the Merc and was waiting for her to warm up, caught 4 right by the ramp on a Berkley Frittsider, including a 5.25 pounder before we even went to our first spot. Only ended up with 10 by the end of the day, plus a heartbreaker tail hooked carp and side swung drum. My picture hurt someones feelings though, called me out for catching a "release fish", almost a full week after the last hot water shootout and claiming I catch all my fish from the boat ramp and don't figure anything out, so I posted the previous 10 big ones I'd caught, none of which were from the ramp area. Those were probably just lucky catches though ????♂️
N Florida Mike reply :
On 2/24/2020 at 1:51 PM, Bluebasser86 said:called me out for catching a "release fish", almost a full week after the last hot water shootout and claiming I catch all my fish from the boat ramp and don't figure anything out,
You ought to challenge him to a one- on- one competition. My bet is you would never hear from him again...
A-Jay reply :
On 2/24/2020 at 1:51 PM, Bluebasser86 said:Started off on fire Friday. Cold morning so I'd started the Merc and was waiting for her to warm up, caught 4 right by the ramp on a Berkley Frittsider, including a 5.25 pounder before we even went to our first spot. Only ended up with 10 by the end of the day, plus a heartbreaker tail hooked carp and side swung drum. My picture hurt someones feelings though, called me out for catching a "release fish", almost a full week after the last hot water shootout and claiming I catch all my fish from the boat ramp and don't figure anything out, so I posted the previous 10 big ones I'd caught, none of which were from the ramp area. Those were probably just lucky catches though ????♂️
Nice Bass Blue ~
The rest of that's actually pretty funny.
And Mr Salty is wrong, you did figure something out.
You figured out they were at the ramp and then how to catch them.
A-Jay
Bluebasser86 reply :
On 2/24/2020 at 8:58 PM, A-Jay said:Nice Bass Blue ~
The rest of that's actually pretty funny.
And Mr Salty is wrong, you did figure something out.
You figured out they were at the ramp and then how to catch them.
A-Jay
I thought catching 4 in less than 5 minutes from a notoriously difficult lake was certainly figuring something out, but I must have violated his unwritten rules for fun fishing. Obviously doesn't watch any of my videos either. I don't try to hide them from in those, and he'd know I don't just fish the ramp then. I have a theory that maybe someone is discounting my catches to try to make a lack of their own catches, just a theory.
J._Bricker reply :
On 2/24/2020 at 1:51 PM, Bluebasser86 said:Started off on fire Friday. Cold morning so I'd started the Merc and was waiting for her to warm up, caught 4 right by the ramp on a Berkley Frittsider, including a 5.25 pounder before we even went to our first spot. Only ended up with 10 by the end of the day, plus a heartbreaker tail hooked carp and side swung drum. My picture hurt someones feelings though, called me out for catching a "release fish", almost a full week after the last hot water shootout and claiming I catch all my fish from the boat ramp and don't figure anything out, so I posted the previous 10 big ones I'd caught, none of which were from the ramp area. Those were probably just lucky catches though ????♂️
Nice healthy bass Clayton, congrats on putting four in the boat before “leaving fish to go find fish”! We all want to be on fish like the ones you’re posting, especially this time of year. Unfortunately the fish and weather related circumstances can make it difficult to say the least, so I say it’s great you’re able to do it. Continued good fishing and be safe.
kayaking_kev reply :
Not very big, but it's a fish. One of my goals this year is to catch one in every month, this is my February fish. As you can see, almost half the pond/lake still had ice on it, so I'm just happy I got to fish. I caught it on a jerkbait, just like my January fish. I also went to the river afterwards and caught some small 5 inch fish that I have no idea wth it was, the scales on it almost looked like a baby carp, but the mouth didn't, but I would't really know, I've never caught a carp. My GoPro battery died out right before or else I would have a picture of it. I caught it on a Ned Rig.
Bassfishingfred reply :
February bassin:) 3 lb largie loving the jerkbait
Bluebasser86 reply :
On 2/25/2020 at 12:16 AM, J._Bricker said:Nice healthy bass Clayton, congrats on putting four in the boat before “leaving fish to go find fish”! We all want to be on fish like the ones you’re posting, especially this time of year. Unfortunately the fish and weather related circumstances can make it difficult to say the least, so I say it’s great you’re able to do it. Continued good fishing and be safe.
We'd worked the area over pretty well by the time we left. I was hoping my backseater would get a fish or two before we took off but they were really keyed on that Frittsider for some reason, he couldn't get them to eat a similar colored Flat-A all day.
I had to go back and look because I noticed the black spot on that fish, I thought maybe I'd caught her before, but maybe it was her sister?
bassh8er reply :
On 2/25/2020 at 2:38 AM, kayaking_kev said:Not very big, but it's a fish. One of my goals this year is to catch one in every month, this is my February fish. As you can see, almost half the pond/lake still had ice on it, so I'm just happy I got to fish. I caught it on a jerkbait, just like my January fish. I also went to the river afterwards and caught some small 5 inch fish that I have no idea wth it was, the scales on it almost looked like a baby carp, but the mouth didn't, but I would't really know, I've never caught a carp. My GoPro battery died out right before or else I would have a picture of it. I caught it on a Ned Rig.
I got my first boat in July of 2015 and have also made it a goal to catch at least one fish every month of the year. 2 kids and Nebraska winters haven’t stopped my yet. November and February are the toughest months but still going strong.
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