samwise2u

Welcome and Happy New Year!

Welcome and Happy New Year!

Welcome and Happy New Year!

Welcome to Bass Resource! When the lily pads and grass get going in the summer I love frogs also! For help with your bait caster you should subscribe to the Bass resource You Tube channel where there are how-to videos. Search around and I bet you can find one for setting up a bait caster. Here is a link that has some sites you should think about joining.

Welcome to Bass Resource!

Welcome to Bass Resource!

Welcome to Bass Resource!

Welcome to Bass Resource!

Welcome to Bass Resource!

Welcome to Bass Resource!

Welcome to Bass Resource!

Welcome to Bass Resource!

I have a Xpress Striker 17' w/60hp Evinrude, http://www.gogreeson.com/inventory/v1/Current/Xpress-Boats/Bass/2014-Striker-Series/17--Hot-Springs-Arkansas---1829401. My first fishing boat was my ex-father-in-law jon boat that had a 25hp motor, Evinrude I think. So really nothing to compare my Xpress too. There is no leaning no matter where I sit or stand on the front deck. Very stable. Will say that I personally think riding around in 1' - 2' waves is no fun, it does jar my insides, but the boat is stable and I feel completely safe. Loaded down with my son and myself and gear GPS says 25mph wide open. Gas mileage is good but the plastic gas tank is a bummer. The two cycle Evinrude hardly uses any oil at all. I would buy another Xpress.

Gonna purchase some jerk baits and see ifn The Bend Bass will bite those. Something that gets down to 10'. Any suggestions on color? Brand? I think something in shad, brand does not matter.

caught 3, son caught 1 I was throwing a black/blue buzz bait and my son caught his on a watermelon soft plastic worm. All fish caught in 4' or less of water. Windy and water was, you know, for a pond I would say clear. The wind was blowing causing quite the ripple but the buzz bait still worked for me. Cloudy and no sunshine, supposed to start raining today after lunch.

Nada, nothing, not a thing. Launched at Oak Ridge around 10:30am and recovered and on the road by 4:45pm. Tried jigs, drop shot, rat-l-trap, weightless soft plastic. Black and blue, smokey shad and Watermelon Red. Different depths from shoreline to 30'. Really worked over the drop offs where most the fish were holding (according to my fish finder), worked it shallow to deep then deep to shallow. Looked like most the fish were in the 10' - 15' area. Surface water was 50 to 53 degrees and saw stained and muddy water. Light breeze from the South. All in all a good day of fishing. Next time I geaux though, I wanna deaux some catching! Haven't caught a fish on The Bend in over 2 decades! Must not be holding my tongue right.

Happy belated Birthday Catt!

Gonna try and make it to The Bend tomorrow, think they will be biting?

Welcome and Merry Christmas!

Welcome and Merry Christmas!

Welcome and Merry Christmas!

Thank you and your Wife for y'alls service. Welcome and Merry Christmas!

Welcome and Merry Christmas!

Welcome and Merry Christmas!

Thank you for your service. Welcome and Merry Christmas!