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First one was in about 6" visibility on a 1/4oz single colorado blade white spinnerbait. I had never actually thrown it but I know you're supposed to use it in muddy water haha. Second one was in water with 1-2' vis so I was just flipping a pegged baby brush hog in willow grass.

3.9 & 4.7 in clay colored water from the kayak

They wouldn't touch a cavitron but would eat that bait. Definitely a different look than most topwaters, and it is NOT just an expensive jitterbug, the action of a jitterbug is completely different. LOUD too. I haven't used it enough to give you a firm answer, but the bait has potential.

I watched a big fish eat my bait the other day and put on quite a show. I genuinely though the fish was at least 7 pounds until I got my hands on her, just under 6lbs. Makes me wonder about all of the other "giants" I have lost!

Had 2 hours this evening so I headed to a local reservoir for a few bass before the monsoon hits tomorrow! I caught most of my fish (14 total) on a frog in willow grass, or pitching a pegged 3/8oz t-rig with a pit boss. I tossed to a laydown and my bait was going to land on the tree trunk so I pulled it about a foot when it hit the water so it would fall beside the tree. When I did this I saw a big one come out from under the laydown and eat it. I reared back on the fish and after a brief fight and one nerve-wracking jump, I got my hands on her. She weighed 5.75lbs and was 22" long. I never catch any big ones until May or later anyways so this is only the beginning! Also drew first blood with the pompadour. The big size is not too big

Small bait small fish pics thread

I got out of school and picked up my brother from middle school shortly after, we then made the 1hr15min drive to lake anna because we found some fish this weekend that we didn't exactly capitalize on. Had the kayaks in the water before 6pm and we were on them from the get-go. I found a school of hybrids with my a-rig, and went to work on them for at least an hour. They are all 14-18" since they were recently stocked but they are very fun! Once the sun got low the fish dispersed from my spot and we had to start searching. There were a few sporadic fish on the surface to point us in the right direction but they wouldn't stay up for long. I threw the a-rig and my brother threw an x-rap. We were able to zero in on schools and go through little flurries for quite some time. In the last half hour of light, fish pushed bait into the shallows and we caught some nicer ones on spooks. I even caught one on the bull shad! I ended up boating 14 hybrids and 12 stripers, my little brother got 2 hybrids and 7 stripers (he whooped my tail last trip with 15 stripers compared to my 3 so I was due to sting him a little) Today was my last day at school so I'll be up at 3:45 to pick up my friend and head right back out there for the sunrise bite!

No, a lake that gets stocked with trout. I was bass fishing

Says the one whose profile pic is a peacock bass!

First brook trout I have caught on a pointer, awesome colors on it too!

Nice fish! Not sure how I feel about holding them like that though hahaha

This happened to me last year in the muddiest water I've ever caught bass in. Stumps/laydowns everywhere and they were suspended near a steep gravel bank. Fish don't follow our rules sometimes!

That fish is ridiculous!!

25mph+ sustained winds in a kayak? Never again. But I did catch some fish. Felt like I was in the ocean!

Baby Paca Craw on a 3/0 EWG Gamakatsu with a 1/8-3/8oz bullet weight depending on all kinds of variables that us fishermen juggle in our brains. I also like using Zoom Ultravibe Speed Craws but only when I'm pegging it. I will use 20lb fluoro and superline hooks if I'm flipping/pitching heavy vegetation or heavy cover.

During the state championship, we were wrapping things up hitting a laydown across from the boat ramp 5 minutes before weigh in and I turned to my partner and said "you've caught 13 today right?" and he goes "Nope, this one's 14" right before he leaned back on one. Best hook set catch phrase so far that I have witnessed!

Man that is a long fish... You could fit a 3lber between his hands!

Buy a scale now before you catch one that should be a DD. It hurts when you don't know and they're that big. Nice fish!!!

No breaks!

It was a long day on the kayak today! I fished in Sturgeon Creek from 8am-4pm while bass boats came and went the entire time. The pleasure boats, however, did not come and go, they seemed to continuously come and stay and make huge wakes. Why people pick small creeks to "recreate" in when they have the main lake all to themselves is beyond me, but it pretty much shut off the fish by 1:30, so I fished a couple protected areas. Fish were guarding fry or very halfheartedly guarding an area that I assume had a bed, most of these fish would not bite, the few that did show interest would charge the bait then come to a dead halt when you would normally expect them to eat it. I saw several fish in the 4-6lb class but no dice. Put 10 bass in the kayak, two "nice" ones, a 3.02 and a 2.44. The 3.02 is my biggest ned rig fish to date. I wrapped up the day at Dike 3 where I caught 4 largemouth and 4 stripers. The stripers were schooling on herring so I rigged a super spook jr on a spinning rod with 8lb line (so I could reach them if they started blowing up at an iffy distance) and had a blast. 3 of them surpassed the 20" size limit so they came home with me! You can see Ned in his top lip Skinny 2.44 And this was too cool not to share, I think it is a Green Sunfish x Pumpkinseed hybrid. Lake Anna has numerous sunfish hybrids, I bet one out of every 10 you catch there is a combination of two species.

This weekend, I fished the state championship, where the pressure was so high that I had clammy hands for an hour on day one and would start shaking when we hooked a 15" fish. I took almost every setup I own, and almost all of my tackle. Today, I'm headed to a local body of water with one rod and one giant swimbait...... I love all of it!!!

Right now my average is 5.1 fish/day, if we are just talking bass it's 3.1/day. That's counting all days this year so far, not just the ones I fish on.

Yup, my buddy and I netted & relocated a few sterile grass carp from below a dam where the culvert pipe spit out creating a tiny pool. They got stuck there during a massive flood.

When do you wanna go?