A-Jay

For the past few years anyway, I post up a few of my favorites from that past season. They change a bit here & there, but there's always some staples. Fishing exclusively for Brown Bass in the North Woods. https://www.bassresource.com/bass-fishing-forums/topic/263885-productive-baits-2024-edition/ A-Jay

Still loving the open water experience ~ A-Jay

Giant Set Workout Day 4 this time. When I'm doing this correctly, the total body warm up I do before each of these training sessions, is thorough and takes a little bit longer than the workout itself. Super important. #borninfiftynine A-Jay

Me too.. I also use these on the smaller stuff. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000IBSFPS?ref_=ppx_hzsearch_conn_dt_b_fed_asin_title_2 A-Jay

Nope not snow, but plenty of downed trees ! CRAZY CRAZY CRAZY. 🤪 A-Jay

Oh my, please excuse my mistake. I'll go with one my Dad used to tell me all the time growing up. "If you had half a brain, you'd be dangerous". He was so supportive. A-Jay

Turns out it wasn't bad . . . A-Jay

Pays Off ~ A-Jay

Public access finally opened here. After looking at the weather forecast, seemed the wind would be down but I'd be dodging rain squals all afternoon. Went for it anyway and I'm glad I did. Ride across the lake was killer (love the big open water) and once I got settled into my first spot, I was treated to several medium sized pike. And I mean cast after cast after cast. It was non stop for a while. I said treated in jest - it is not a treat pulling 3 trebles out of 25 pike. Only saw 2 dink smallies so I moved. Not much at place two. Decided to return to where I started, just a couple of yards away from Pikeville. Good Move. I was rewarded with a beauty of a 5 lb class fish. Man that felt good. Especially after the crazy winter we just had. I made a short video because - why not ? It picks up after I relocated. Enjoy. I surely did. A-Jay

@Dwight Hottle is always a tough act to follow, but I've got to start some where . . . Got my best brown bass so far at 5-5.28 That's 5.33 divided by MI record 9.98 gets me to 53.40. Still some room to grow I think A-Jay

Lake Menderchuck in the rain this afternoon. First Grown fish of the year. A-Jay

Compared to what you're routinely doing now, place LESS Trailer in the lake. It will correct 2 challenges. 1. Your rigs will not 'float' to an incorrect position. 2. The trailer will guide your right to the correct position as it's designed. Regardless of how the trailer is angled at the ramp, when the trailer is too deep, bad things happen. Find the sweet spot, for my rig it's when the fenders are 1 inch out of the water. When the ramp is tilted I keep one side 2 inches above the water. But one way deep never works smoothly. A-Jay

Crushed a ton of yard clean up today after my workout. Frees me up to be on the water tomorrow. Plans are for an afternoon trip out on to Lake Menderchuck Actual. Might be good . . . . . A-Jay

Hello and Welcome to Bass Resource ~ A-Jay

Provider Tackle has been my go-to for all things tube for a long time. BBQ Melon is a must. https://www.providertackle.com/store/index.php?route=common/home A-Jay

Giant Set Workout Day 3 this morning. I've got no complaints. #borninfiftynine A-Jay

what is your local lure and most importantly, why does it work for you where and when you fish? Not certain I have a 'local' lure. Pretty sure that most everything I some have success with here, would do the same in other places under similar conditions. Never hurts to be putting our baits in places that have feeding fish present. A-Jay

Me too. A-Jay

Probably not for the one you're looking for. A-Jay

My time is valuable, so I choose to use it to hunt Big Brown bass not bargains. Besides, once I made these purchases, saving 35 cents on a pack of Robo Worms didn't really mean much. A-Jay

Thanks - I left myself Plenty of room to improve. Needles to say that one is Not a candidate for the State vs State thread. Still felt good to float around again though. A-Jay

Accesses are opening up slowly but surely one at a time. Got out for the first time today. Air temps in the 30's to start and water temps barely 40 and dirty. I was so afraid I was going to miss the early bite but now I'm thinking maybe not. In the end, nothing came easy today. Worked hard for a dozen 2-3 lb smallies. But I was glad to have them. All on jerkbaits Won't be able to get out again till next week. A-Jay

Not exactly a tackle tester and it only took me 4 1/2 months, but I'm finally on the board for 2025. A-Jay

Just dropped the Pro-V Bass on to the GMC hitch. Man I forgot how much I loved that sound. Cold & windy, hoping for the sun to peak out a few times. Either way . . . I'm going fishing ! Finally A-Jay

Just located a double secret Lake Menderchuck that has OPEN to the public boating access. It's a hike but I think I'm going to give it a shot. Next 2 days weather are semi-fisherman friendly. I might not sleep much tonight. Oh boy ~ Here we go ! A-Jay