Well............wnybassman wins the month of may for BOTH LMB and SMB. Way to go!!! He is also in the lead for yearly LMB so far beating my april winning 5-11 with his 5-13. clayton86 still has the yearly SMB lead. I will have a coin flip between myself and clayton86 for his LMB prize, and myself and rmcguirk for his SMB prize.

June leaderboard:

 

SMB:

 

#1 ww2farmer 3lbs 12oz. 6-6-13

 

#2

 

#3

 

LMB

 

#1 ww2farmer 4lbs 12oz. 6-7-13

 

#2 ww2farmer 4lbs 9oz. 6-2-13

 

#3

I'll start June off with an upgradable (I hope) 4lb 9oz. LMB. Caught on Silver Lake , 6-2-13 on a jig

Nice fish.  So far, I'm a big suckfest when it comes to fishing.

I haven't even gone in a while besides with the kids which means no fishing for me but its ok when I'm with the kids. I'm hoping tomorrow ill get out.

Might as well get the June SMB started with a small one. 3lbs 12oz. Caught on Silver Lake on a senko.

Nice if I get rained out tomorrow I'm hitting silver in the kayak.

I'll bump the LMB up to 4-12 with this one I caught on Silver Lake today, on a senko

Do you work lol

Do you work lol

 

 

Uh-Oh

 

I know what happened to the last guy that asked that question.     

Lol I know he works I think farmers have it harder then us roofers do in the rain.

Well, either June was terrible for you guys, or no one wants to play anymore. Heck, I didn't even have to enter my big ones to win the month for LM.

I only got out 3 times the whole month my biggest largemouth was maybe 2lbs

June was busy here, between too much work and my younger son's high school graduation. I still fished a fair amount, but it's been dink city for me, and not much volume, either. I don't know if I'm just bad or that the weather is playing havoc with the bass getting settled down after the spawn, but my "luck" has really stunk. I'm looking forward to a lot of fishing over the next several days, rain or shine, and I hope to get things turned around.

Wow we must have all forgot or just had a lousy year. I know I had a lousy year fishing

Wow we must have all forgot or just had a lousy year. I know I had a lousy year fishing

Seemed like people stopped playing along..........I had a great year, but I didn't want to keep rubbing it in. LOL

 

I know I had a lousy year fishing

 

You're not alone in that department. My year was lousier than lousy.

I started strong then bombed to catching minnows.....seriously fingerling bass

Awful year here too. Between working too much, getting kids off to college, some boat issues, and the only type of weather that keeps me off the water (high wind), I didn't fish nearly as much as I wanted. And, when i did go, it was tough fishing for me. I don't know if I was trying too many things, or what, but after spring was done, I don't think I put together a decent day all season. A few fish here or there, but no great numbers and few picture worthy bass. Got a few nice pike and my first tiger, but that's not what I was chasing.

What's the old saying? Better luck next year.

I'm not sure how to classify this year, other than it was a learning experience.  I spent a great deal of time alternately blanking and hitting the mother lode, trying to figure out what happened to the Lake O. smallmouth.  It was rewarding, and I caught some fish, both size and numbers.  Still wondering where the dinks are, though.  That scares me a little.  A great deal of this effort happened with many other fisherman collaborating, and sharing info.  Many thanks to the guys that took my calls/texts/PMs - they know who they are, lol.  While we may not have completely broken the south shore open, we have a good starting point for locating summer fish.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Too bad I don't have a scale.

5.3 weighed on conesus, just to help scale the other fish in pictures.

pushing 6 lbs easy, location "honey hole"

Easy 5 "honey hole"

 

 

Caught a bunch of other 5lbers, this year was good!!

 

Couple more 5 lb + tanks from this year.

 

 

 

 

Is this gonna happen again this year

Is this gonna happen again this year

IDK? Maybe. Guys  (including myself) kind of quit playing along after a while.