TriStateBassin106

I fished yesterday on my local lake in Northern NJ and it was identical conditions, on vacation at my lake house I got skunked in the morning session and then went back out in the later afternoon and caught a few small ones on the ned rig. It was definitely post front yesterday and the heat didn't make matters any better, I fished briefly on the 4th when the storms were scattered and it was pretty good, lost a nice on a jig though that still ticks me off hahahaha

Sv-3 is a great spinnerbait. Personally I feel like there's no need to change out the blades since anything megabass makes is usually good quality, but some other good colors you should try are white python and hot tiger. Great for almost any water clarity!

Oh yeah, I love throwing the zoom ole monster up here in New Jersey when it's hot out, you'll even catch dinks on it, xzone lures makes an 11inch ribbontail called the blitz worm which is also really good.

At least you didn't let her go to waste, personally I would've had her mounted.

Flukemaster, I was always under the impression he was to never be mentioned on this site ever again lol, but all seriousness I always wondered what happened with him and here. Just curious about it since it all happened long before my time and I still watch his old videos every now and then when he said he was with bassresource.

Won a local derb this weekend and was an ounce short of lunker, fish was only 3.6lbs but that's probably because of it being spawned out I've now won 1st in this specific event 8 times since 2009 which is crazy lol. also here are some other catches from the past two weeks including some smallies and largemouth and a bonus crappie which is my new PB.

Yeah it was the biggest of three fish, the rest were caught on chatterbaits below a lb which were caught over a former weed bed. Guess the fish can still be found in their old spots for now.

My home lake has the exact same color you're talking about, it's actually tannic from all the leaves but I try to use green pumpkin bladed jigs when it's sunny and maybe black and blue or chartreuse for when it's overcast, here is a picture of a white megabass SV-3 I was testing recently and you can see the tannic acid in the water

I have a thread on this but it's for more greenish tinted stained water, but usually if it's not green and just slighty stained I try to fish naturals like green pumpkins and browns when it's sunny and throw blacks and blues colored soft plastics when in lowlight conditions.

I went yesterday and caught a nice lil 2lber on a coppertruese TRD, but I agree with @casts_by_fly the fishing definitely shuts down when they treat it, it also doesn't help with the increase fishing pressure this place has recieved, so many teenagers trying to fish for catfish and throwing wacky rigs all around you can have a negative impact aswell.

Yes the fishing has definitely taken a hit at this spot in particular, it doesn't help anymore that they keep treating it every so often. But hopefully down the road it (the fishing) will benefit from it for everyone. I will miss the grass though even though it became a hassle towards the end.

Sign posted today at the waterbody in question, anyone know what type of pesticide that is they wrote? Also took some pics of the shallow end and you can see plenty of now dead grass visible along the shoreline.

To be fair, the fishing at this pond was downright impossible due to the matted grass, if you didn't have a topwater punching rig you were basically out of luck. I wouldn't have a problem if the grass was still around in some spots.

I personally don't wear gloves but I try to wear a SAfishing face shield, I have a few in different colors and they do me just fine, I always keep SPF 50 dunscreen lotion on my hands and neck, I try not to wear short sleeve shorts or shirts and prefer UV and jeans/cargo pants, even in the heat which sounds crazy. In the sun I usually ditch the baseball caps and try to wear straw hats or boonies.

I throw all my tungsten into one little compartment because they all have the weight ID on them, that's smart though having two boxes are they 3700 size?

A 10 acre pond I frequent has recently began treatment in the past month for its excessive weed problems, specifically with strains of Eurasian milfoil and hydrilla, before the treatment the water clarity was great but it probably had something to do with the weeds clearing it up, now that the weeds are being killed off the water clarity has reduced greatly and has taken a greenish tint, with maybe a ft and a half of visibility, I took a picture of it today. What lure colors would you guys use in this green tinted water?, so far I've had mixed results with green and darker colors I used to use when the weeds where still there because the bass could see easier when hiding in the grass but I want other opinions, how do you guys fish green water? Natural colors or more vibrant/darker? Like Black n blue/white/chartreuse etc

Went fishing this evening and stayed out until 830, gorgeous sunset too.

Is the first pic swartswood lake NJ? I recognized the pads hahaha

1/2oz or heavier tungsten and a strong sharp flipping hook, I would be punching pit bosses or normal sized d bombs in the pads that are really clumped up, make sure you have a heavy rod and some braid to get them out of there, because those pads will break anything else off. Also a weightless fluke/senko in the open holes.

I'm a yankee but I understand the importance of staying cool and hydrated, we had multiple days last year in New Jersey where it was near or over 100 degrees and all you wanted to do was just sit inside with the air on, like a maniac though I was doing wiring in some guys garage at work and the heat was really getting to me that day. When I have to fish in the heat I try to keep it limited to the morning evenings and even night time which is the best IMO, I always keep bottles of gatorade/powerade and a nice cold jug of water. I try to wear UV clothing and long straw hats/boonies and face shields, sunscreen UPF 50 applied every 2 hours. But I do that always when fishing in the sun.

Any time I'm able to fish I'm happy like others have said in here but in terms of catching fish, being able to catch fish consistently and get on a pattern of any kind during an outing is a "good" day for me, even if it's a finesse pattern, I have caught nice sized fish on stuff like neds and wacky/neko rigs. If I'm catching a fish here and there or they're all dinks (below or near 1lbs) I consider that a not so great day. And epic day for me is when I go through multiple bags of soft plastics hahaha Couldn't have said it better.

It's on a private lake in West Milford NJ. The Property owners association has it every year and I usually go out with someone from the local club. I'm going there saturday to practice again, after that I have another tournament in the same area but I'm co angling on a friend's boat, Greenwood lake NY.

Man I just couldn't figure the bigger fish out today, I have a tournament next sunday on my home lake and I figured I'd get out and do some scouting and practice for it, my home lake is a man made typical homeowner impoundment with tons of docks and grassy coves but it seems like the big fish were just nowhere to be found. I probably caught like 12 or 13 fish below a lb though which was pretty weird, have any of you guys had those type of days where only the little ones are consistently biting? I caught most of them on T rigged plastics and ned rigs, we had some nasty thunderstorms roll in Saturday evening and I think it shut down the bite for sunday (yesterday now)

I was in passiac county NJ yesterday and it looked like it was Mars. 2PM in the afternoon and the streetlights were on, spooky stuff man. I went fishing this afternoon and got skunked. I don't know if the smoke had something to do with it but the fishing has been tough for the last week. I think it has something to do with that stubborn low pressure system that won't move out of here, (the one bringing the smoke down) I can't remember the last time it was above 80 degrees but I think it was last week sometime.

Zman nedlockZ is also a good alternative I picked a few up last week and like them already. Stay away from those weedless pro shroomz they aren't that good.