Bluebasser86

The smaller Savage Gear Suicide Duck has caught me some fish. I have the wood duck color. They didn't have the white when I bought mine, I'd probably go with the white if I did it over now.

Normally, if I see carp spawning, I leave because the bass never bite around them. I had a rare exception this year when I had a 4+ and my BIL caught a 5+ out of the edge of the grass the carp were spawning in. Only thing I could think is the carp were running spawning bluegills out of the grass where those big bass were waiting for them.

Never caught a red but it'll happen some day. They seem like they're a blast to catch.

Warmouth, been catching a ton of them lately here and they're very brightly colored for the spawn.

Congrats on going 10-7. Hope your retirement is a long and enjoyable one.

Awesome! Congrats to both of you!

It happens often, and the question comes up often how to deal with it. If you learn how to properly remove a gut hooked bass, very few of them will go belly up on you like that.

Fish are spawning or post spawn a lot of areas right now, puts a lot of stress on them and they'll develop sores and some fish will die as a result of the rigors of the spawn.

Welcome!

Welcome!

Couple miles worth but tthey're beat down so the dust wasn't terrible.

Most any of the baitfish colors work but it seems to me they prefer bone, monkey butt, and T1000 in that order.

Finesse jigs and plastics

Just a hair above 38" per turn.

Not having any issues with either of mine. My Speed Demon was doing some heavy lifting in a bad neighborhood on Thursday.

So I was wrong. 110 outfished the 90 badly today for smallmouth, there was a clear preference from the fish. Wasn't terribly windy, so the 90 was functioning like it was supposed to, one of them was even the same color. Only bad thing is they're too heavy for spinning gear that I use for guide trips.

Less than a week from Japan to my door, awesome.

For smallmouth, it's my most productive topwater without a doubt. I'd rather throw a buzzbait, but they won't eat one of those for some reason.

My son does well with a wacky rigged stick worm, and he's only 3. They don't have to know what a bite feels like, fish hang onto them forever and the small hook digs in really easily. Plus their herky-jerky retrieve style fishes a wacky rig about perfect. Get a worm that is a slower sinker (less salt content), and it will stay up higher in the water where it's less likely to get snagged.

An original Spook or Super Spook Jr. are about as easy as it gets to walk. I fish straight braid with mine and don't have the tangling issues that others seem to have but I don't pause my bait or let them glide very long so that might be the reason for that.

If you search "Kill Creek Lake" in this thread you'll get almost a page of results. I have fished it a bunch of times. Usually do good on a black grape Zoom worm this time of year.

Some toad spots there!

I have over a dozen 90 size ploppers and never had a single issue. I do swap the hooks out to EWG short shank Gamakatsu hooks. They're a little lighter to help the bait stay up and since they're shorter it's harder for the fish to get leverage to throw them. R2S doesn't make their own hooks and it's impossible to tell there's a weak spot in a mass produced hook by looking at it. Just something that happens if you buy enough baits eventually. You might look at the new 110 size. I fished one a lot today and they ate it really well. It's right at the 1oz mark so your rod you currently have should be fine. It rides over the waves and gets up better than the 90's do.

Is there any deeper water out of your reach that you know of? A pond that shallow probably wouldn't support a large population of fish, especially if you're above the freeze line. I usually do best in shallow ponds on spinnerbaits and buzzbaits.