Swamp Girl

Thanks for the location pic, Al. Those are broad shoulders. Do you have sonar telling you that there's a channel there?

Yep, you have a continental climate too.

Thank you, Eric. Southern Maine has been swarmed by people with too much money. I fear the same with mid-coast Maine, but my pond has natural defenses, i.e. wetland on three shores. So, fingers crossed it stays green!

I'm hoping for snow. We're in extreme drought. Temp-wise, everyday here is pretty much the same day with a low of 28 and a high of 41. That's what coastal living is like: each day is like the prior day and the next day. If you want extreme weather shifts, live in Iowa or Minnesota where one day can have a high of 70 and the next day, a high of 40. That doesn't happen here.

Thanks! I hope some others will assemble slide shows of their fishing holes too, showing exactly where they catch bass. I can't speak for others, but I learn more easily when I'm shown what type of cover holds bass. I'm just glad that most people don't feel this way or I would never have been able to afford it. I paid $75,000, but there are two other five acre lots on nearby lakes and the asking prices are $850,000 and $1,250,000. Both lakes are MUCH more developed and have ramps, jet skis, and pontoon boats. Some people prefer such things, which is why the asking prices are so much higher. The wetlands that edge my lot are actually useful to me. I tie my canoe to a pallet, but there's really no need. One time I forgot to tie up and my canoe was exactly where I left it. It's that sheltered. And I've caught up to five bass at a time in my little inlet. I walk beyond my canoe, as quietly and low as possible, and cast into the inlet toward the pond. It's narrow, but holds fish in late spring and early summer. Here: My pond doesn't grow platter-shaped bass like the ones @Bluebasser86 catches and it doesn't grow loooong bass like @Pat Brown catches , but they are muscular and powerful and so much fun. When the guys clean up the shoreline next May, I'll share photos of that too.

Yes, please! Give us a tour. No, but the ones I do catch are muscular.

99...and counting!!!

Go, @T-Billy! We're all cheering for you.

Yes, the Lindners are great Minnesota anglers, but R. Green is their equal:

Quality plus quantity for Clayton!

Nope. Thanks for all the ideas, guys. Having just purchased my fourth boat, I'm boat full just now. Maybe in a few years when paddling becomes harder.

In a kayak???

All great ideas and I leave three of my four canoes/kayaks outside already, so I have no issue with that, but if I were going to go this route, I'd go with a 12' aluminum boat, either a V-hull or jonboat. Just so much easier to move up into the woods.

I'm so glad you guys enjoyed this post. I think there are some Bass Resourcers who are fully, only bass-focused, but there are others among us who stop and smell the pine-scented breeze. I also think that sharing photos of WHERE we catch bass is informative. Many of the pics above show the exact places where I catch bass. A beginning bass angler could look at them, see similar locations, and chuck a lure into those spots...and likely catch bass. Plus, it's just so interesting to me how different bass homes can be. You've seen where Al @Lottabass catches BIG bass, that funky, green water with dead trees that look like witches' crooked fingers. Seeing Al's photos, if I ever get a chance to cast into algae-thick water, I will. And I won't hesitate to fish roiling water after seeing Russ's @TnRiver46 photos. Or cast at sloped shorelines built from boulders after watching Glenn's @Glenn videos. However, I don't know if I'll ever be brave enough to cast into @PhishLI's thickets! Remember the stream that leads to a bog? This one: Well, the bog begins about 20 yards ahead in the photo above and there are clumps of soggy soil that break up the stream. I've forayed up it a bit and there are bass up there and I've landed a few, but lawdy, lawdy, it's like wrestling a bull in a china shop when you've promised to not chip a single plate. There is just so much to avoid in the tussle with almost more wood than water. It looks like this, but MUCH tighter and I'm sitting in a canoe. If I could stand, that would help:

I'm about to order two rods holders and a paddle holder. With four boats, I don't need a fifth. I'd only like a bigger boat with a motor if I had a place to dock it and a way to remove it and store it.

No time frame yet. I've done two major home projects in the last 14 years and I just want to live in my current, beautiful home for a bit before building another. Meanwhile, the pond is only five minutes away.

Gosh, I hope so and kudos to Meagan! #patbrownshouldhavehisownfishingshow I'd be fishing still too if I thought I could catch something. I couldn't even walk my dog today as it was pelting sleet.

"Last cast" for me usually means two to five more.

Uh, that would be everyday for me. If I'm going out for dinner, dressing up for me means brushing my hair. Otherwise, no brush touches my hair, which fits the rest of me, as I'm long past staining my clothes. Now, my stains have stains.

Cute title for this report. You rival @pdxfisher for cute titles. Wide hips for sure, Al! I am so impressed by you catching bass in such cold water.

That's some current, Russ. Nice bass too. Seven-pounders for @king fisher are like 3.5-pounders for me. I'm half a King Fisher. What's half a king? Does that make me a Duchess Fisher?

That's a great idea. I've been pulled into that tree so many times, killing the fishing. I also like the idea of working my way toward the tree, saving the best for my last casts.

Yeah, huh! You can see why I'm a scoot and skitter angler...except at my best laydown. I'll fish one side of the tree, then the tip of the tree, and then the other side. And I'll fish adjacent areas too. That old White pine gathers bass. As with all laydowns, hooking a bass and landing a bass aren't the same thing. Yes, I am, which is why I stop every trip, look up, and say, "Thank you." Next spring, the three massive men are returning for three days. There are a lot of oak trees on the ground and they'll cut them and take the wood to our local Woodshed, where poor folks can get wood for free to heat their homes. They'll also fell dead trees and build a little platform for a few chairs. I think I'll launch and catch some bass for the boys to clean and cook. They'd like that, I think.

It was in the thirties all day here today. I'm envious that you Michigan and Iowa boys are still fishing.