Fried Lemons

Commit! Good luck.

Got on a fun bite with a glide. Thought the lack of clarity might’ve been an issue but they were finding it just fine. Kicker went 6.3. I missed half my bites for the day so there was a lot of missed potential. 6.3

My jury rigged turner gave me a lot of trouble with this project.

68 special

First ice out fish, haven’t had open water for over a month. Bigger lakes are still iced.

@A-Jay and @Swamp Girl for continuing to grind when most of the population would have retired to a life on the couch.

They are a delicacy in Chinese cooking. Go to your local Great Wall or similar grocery store and there is a good chance you will see live largemouth bass in their tanks. I’ve eaten plenty and think they are just as good as any of the other popular freshwater species like walleye or bluegill. These days I harvest on certain small lakes to try and help grow bigger fish.

Might be the last one before the big freeze, I’ll try and get out one more time before then!

I’ve done it on the water a bunch of times using my foot to hold the leader line in tension and wrapping the braid around my left hand.

I've met some good friends through social media so it's not all bad. I only follow fishing though and it's mostly locals. On the water I tend to stay far away from other fishermen so without the online space I would probably have zero fishing friends.

Worst thing I’ve eaten is takuan, Japanese pickled daikon. I’m a pretty adventurous eater and I like most pickles but these were really bad. Already posted this in the pictures thread but hey why not here. Caught on Jan 2nd in Maryland. (6.06/11.375)100 = 53.28

Got a few on a jig. I couldn’t get them to come up for anything despite them only being in 10’.

Tell me about it, I snapped off an expensive swimbait when my line guide iced up on a cast.

Great start to 2026! 6.06 ate a football jig crawled over a rock pile in 20’. In honor of our resident jig master @WRB-2.0

Whatever knot you are confident in tying. I’ve used a palomar for baits up to 9oz without issue. Make sure you are cinching slowly and not burning the line.

Big loss for this forum, his knowledge and insights were second to none. I’m going to miss hearing from him, I always paid extra attention to his posts. Rest in peace Tom.

Couple more glide eaters on bigger water. Small lakes are a bit too iced to fish right now. Bites so soft you really need fluorocarbon this time of year.

Long skinny fish 22” 4.8lbs. Also got a snot rocket and a few smaller ones in the same area.

Shad bait that I foiled up while my lakes were frozen. I was going for that faded look they get in the winter around here.

Healthy one on a suspending glide

Nope! I thought my home lake was a bluegill/crappie/stocked trout forage lake. Just yesterday I found a 6” gizzard Shad killed by the cold. First time I’ve ever seen or heard of them in this lake. No mention of them in any of the DNR literature either.

Nothing big but fun bites. Mechanical jerks with 3 second pauses.

Reach “master angler” (catch 10 citation sized fish of different species). I plan to go for crappie, flathead, blue cat, pickerel, and perch/walleye for the remaining 5. As far as bass fishing, break 9lbs.

It's been a while since I purchased new tackle from Japan. Anyone order anything recently? How bad are the tariffs on say a $350 reel?

Still getting bit shallow. I dumped what would have been the biggest fish of the year unfortunately. Lost her on a straight pull. The hook was fine and everything - just bad luck I guess.