Bankbeater

That happened to me a few years back with a jitterbug, only I was fishing for largemouth. The line broke, and the bass jumped right after the line broke, but it was about 20 feet away. We were moving in that direction and my partner said "look what I found" and he picked up my jitterbug out of the water.

White bottom with chrome sides for a Pop-R, black for a jitterbug, and green for a frog. Those seem to be my best colors.

I usually start bringing a jacket with me. Sometimes those Sept. mornings are cold.

Crankbaits worked along the bank, jig and craw fished at the edge of vegetation, and lipless baits slow rolled off the bottom. Everything else has been hit or miss.

Nice!

Feeling the weight on the other end and knowing that this fish is big.

Black Crappie: BPS 6" Stik-o, Mann's 1-minus, Zoom ultravibe speedcraw Bluegill: Pop-R, Strike King bleeding ghost crankbait Channel Cat: rat-l-trap, Mann's 1-minus, Zoom ultravibe speedcraw Green Sunfish: Zoom Znail, Zoom ultravibe speedcraw, Zoom finesse worm, 3/8 ounce jig, 1/8 ounce jig, Mann's 1-minus, 4" tube, 4" Senko, Zoom Mag-2 worm, Cordell Big-O. Muskie: Cordell Super Spot, Rat-L-Trap White Crappie: Mann's 1-minus I got these from my logs. I've caught more species, but I can't remember what bait I was using.

Largemouth, smallmouth, spotted, bluegill, white crappie, black crappie, green sunfish, redear sunfish, longear sunfish, channel catfish, flathead catfish, hybrid bass, muskie, tiger muskie, shad, yellow bullhead, drum, grass carp, walleye, and white bass. So about 20.

If I have a bunch of vegetation growing just under the surface of the water, I will bring the bait back in with a steady slow retrieve. Just fast enough to keep it moving and prevent it from sinking.

Except for the twisted knee and broken trim your trip sounds like a lot of my trips.

First thing I would do is find out what baits other people are using. Second thing I would do is see how those baits are being presented to the bass. Then I would change up the presentation a bit and see what happens.

Jig and craw fished around lily pads.

Congratulations on the PB!

Congratulations!

If I know the body of water, and have caught bass on it before, then I will stick it out and try to figure out a pattern.

Nice going! Spots can be a ton of fun!

Is there a lot of vegetation in the shallows? The bass might be staying where there is oxygen.

For me it's all about location, type of bait, and fishing pressure. Locally, I have been catching one or two bass over four pounds each year, and that's because I use baits that the bass don't see very often. On a fishing trip to a large reservoir, I might catch a four of five pounder once a day.

Probably not.

Have you tried fishing with lipless crankbaits? In Mo. the muskie seem to like them.

That sounds like a great trip.

I would be fishing in the morning before the sun gets up too high. Let the water cool down overnight and see what happens.

I have two Storm sub-warts in hot tiger color that I use when the bite gets very, very slow. I bought them about 13, or 14 years ago, and one is always in the tackle bag when I go out.

Thanks! Good video!

I tie jigs with a palomar knot. I make sure that the knot is good and tight then I trim the tag end as close to the knot as I can get.