Broke bass fisherman

Warmouth, rock bass, and green sunfish are actually three different species that are commonly mistaken for each other. The fish you caught appears to be a green sunfish, but it is hard to differentiate between the three in the picture.

x2 Things were a little calmer here in SW Va. At least where I live. My mother in law has been with us for a bit and won't br headed home to WV until her power gets turned back on which they are saying could be as late as the 9th.

Sounds like it was a great trip.

Welcome to the forums Pl.

Wife is planning on going to see it soon. Which means I get four hours on the bank tomorrow. Hooray for chick flicks.

Welcome to the site. Nice fish!

Welcome to the site.

Welcome to the forum.

I fish from shore most of the time and I travel with four setups so I can cover a chunk of water quickly with four different lures and countless presentations until I know what the fish want. IMO this is faster and also more enjoyable for me. It also means I can tie everything on at the house the night before and hit the water hard and fast when I get there.

Welcome.

I end up catching more bluegill than anything else on them.

Great fish!!! Thanks for the update.

Welcome

So I found a small pond near me an have a little success on it pulling little guys, and a pretty nice size guy. Unfortunately I usually have to fish midday when the bite has slacked off. Question I have is, if the perch are schooling to one side of the pond is it safe to assume the bass are probably close to the other? What happens in the midday is the wind blows the algae that covers most of the pond to one end. All of the bass I have caught have been under this algae or on the perimeter of it. Should I be focusing on fishing the algae and ignore the open water?

Great start to the season. Hope your move goes well.

Great fish. Glad you kept the title.

I fan cast, as much as possible, changing my retrieve according to where i am in the stream.

Congrats buddy that is a nice fish

Welcome

Welcome from another Virginian fisherman.

Well if nothing else you have really beautiful scenery to look at while you are getting skunked.

I was fishing late one night, or morning depending how you look at it. I was in a canoe and was fishing out of the bow, not paying much attention to what is going on behind me, when i hear a thump in the conoe and feel the vibration of something moving in the canoe. I am terrified at this moment about what i am about to encounter, I turn around with my flashlight ready for just about anything and what is it in the canoe with me... A raccoon... He just sat there cracking shells and eating away. Probably sat there for 15 minutes just staring at me. Finally had to throw him out with the paddle.

Man I miss Neely Henry dam.

Welcome!

Welcome.