AK, I am going to the spot where I caught the big one. Hopefully, somebody is home this weekend so I can at least win in one of the categories.

Lou good luck hopefully you catch some nice fish and can make a late run at first. It just takes one good day like tightlinesjax showed us

I couldn't resist and I went to the park for a little bit. Within 5 minutes I missed a nice 4+ lbr, that would have really helped my numbers. Anyhow I stuck with it and landed a 15.5" right before I was run out by a big thunderstorm.

 

 

This makes it my 5th, finally!! I have a few more days to cull. Right now I am at 78.50. I am shooting for top 3. I am swinging for the fences!!

Lou good luck hopefully you catch some nice fish and can make a late run at first. It just takes one good day like tightlinesjax showed us

 

Tx AK. It's still warm, but the fish are showing signs of activity these last few days. I am seeing wolf packs with 3-5lbrs in the group. Once you convince one to bite in a wolf pack, the others turn on as well.

I couldn't resist and I went to the park for a little bit. Within 5 minutes I missed a nice 4+ lbr, that would have really helped my numbers. Anyhow I stuck with it and landed a 15.5" right before I was run out by a big thunderstorm.

 

 

This makes it my 5th, finally!! I have a few more days to cull. Right now I am at 78.50. I am shooting for top 3. I am swinging for the fences!!

What were you using?

Sorry AK, I keep doing that don't I. I explained the bait I used in the gallery, and not the thread. I was using a u-vibe worm buzzing the surface. Missing the 4lbr was clearly my fault. I was not expecting a big one to come around and I was not paying attention until I heard the strike. When I looked up she spit the hook. If I were paying attention and saw the strike at its entirety, I would done things differently. Oh well, live and learn I guess. She was 20"+. Oh! to make matters worse the bass swam close to the bank and stayed there for me to really take a look at what I missed. LOL. Then she swam off.

Went out to the park again after the storm, and I missed a 5.5-6lbr. This fish came barreling down from 10yds out toward my u-vibe that was less than 8ft from shore. This thing was a heat seeking missile. It struck my worm, and connected. She ran out to the deep and did three hard runs and then....nothing, the hooked quietly pulled out. The bass then proceeded to swim parallel to shore showing me how big she was again!! Those 2 fish alone today, would have easily put me in the top 3, and maybe.... compete with your fish AK. I am still crushed. What a productive, come home empty handed type of day. Now I am leaving for a baseball game with the family. No more fishing til, Fri.

OK boys the count down begins. 1 more week till my Birthday, and you know what that means?! New trolling motor, and then its game on to get some numbers for the October tourney. My Sundays are going to be a lot more exciting!

Unfortunately there is no trick to help improve the hook set on frogs. It just depends on how the fish takes the frog. With the ones we use, in assuming you are using the Ribbit brand, they take the tail a lot, I can tell by the wear on mine. As far as the double hooks go that's all I use with my frogs.

 

 

Dsidle, what I do using that type of soft plastic frog is the following: As the frog is buzzing on top, once I see the hit, I am looking at  my rod tip. When I notice there is a slight bow on the tip, I set the hook. By doing this, I am recognizing the fish has the frog before I set the hook. Keep the tension constant, and try not to overpower or over play the fish. We usually set when we see the first signs of commotion, and the fish could have simply missed or striked short.  Hopefully that makes sense and/or it works for you.

 

AK i keep flipping back and forth between the ribbits and zoom.  I seem to have about equal luck (or lack of) on both kinds. Lou ive really been working on this, im new to frogging so obviously the natural instinct is to rip it at the strike but im getting much better at waiting to feel it on there. AND THIS LEADS ME TO MY STORY OF THE EVENING.  Went out to my hot spot, got nothing, not even a bump which is the first time for me at this place.  So i walked around the pond to a part ive fished only once w no luck.  Walked down the bank its probably 50 yards or so with nothing, on the way back i chucked out the frog for one more cast and BOOM.  fish absolutely demolished the frog, i waited, felt the fish and set it and it was on.  took a nice leap and saw it was a good 5lber.  fish took off for the shore i was on so i literally walked down to the fish til it was right in front of me, saw it again and confirmed my previous thoughts of this guy, very very nice fat fish.  felt like the fish finally gave up so i was dragging her to my feet and then GONE, spit me out right in front of me.  Almost gave my pole a toss into the pond.  The good news however is that i waited felt the fish and got a hook set (apparently not a good enough one!!)  I swear one of these days im gonna get one on shore im getting closer each time lol. 

AK i keep flipping back and forth between the ribbits and zoom.  I seem to have about equal luck (or lack of) on both kinds. Lou ive really been working on this, im new to frogging so obviously the natural instinct is to rip it at the strike but im getting much better at waiting to feel it on there. AND THIS LEADS ME TO MY STORY OF THE EVENING.  Went out to my hot spot, got nothing, not even a bump which is the first time for me at this place.  So i walked around the pond to a part ive fished only once w no luck.  Walked down the bank its probably 50 yards or so with nothing, on the way back i chucked out the frog for one more cast and BOOM.  fish absolutely demolished the frog, i waited, felt the fish and set it and it was on.  took a nice leap and saw it was a good 5lber.  fish took off for the shore i was on so i literally walked down to the fish til it was right in front of me, saw it again and confirmed my previous thoughts of this guy, very very nice fat fish.  felt like the fish finally gave up so i was dragging her to my feet and then GONE, spit me out right in front of me.  Almost gave my pole a toss into the pond.  The good news however is that i waited felt the fish and got a hook set (apparently not a good enough one!!)  I swear one of these days im gonna get one on shore im getting closer each time lol. 

 

Stick with it Dsidle, trust me I feel your frustration, same thing happen to me today, twice!!

OK boys the count down begins. 1 more week till my Birthday, and you know what that means?! New trolling motor, and then its game on to get some numbers for the October tourney. My Sundays are going to be a lot more exciting!

 

Good to here your going to stick with us for another month.

AK i keep flipping back and forth between the ribbits and zoom. I seem to have about equal luck (or lack of) on both kinds. Lou ive really been working on this, im new to frogging so obviously the natural instinct is to rip it at the strike but im getting much better at waiting to feel it on there. AND THIS LEADS ME TO MY STORY OF THE EVENING. Went out to my hot spot, got nothing, not even a bump which is the first time for me at this place. So i walked around the pond to a part ive fished only once w no luck. Walked down the bank its probably 50 yards or so with nothing, on the way back i chucked out the frog for one more cast and BOOM. fish absolutely demolished the frog, i waited, felt the fish and set it and it was on. took a nice leap and saw it was a good 5lber. fish took off for the shore i was on so i literally walked down to the fish til it was right in front of me, saw it again and confirmed my previous thoughts of this guy, very very nice fat fish. felt like the fish finally gave up so i was dragging her to my feet and then GONE, spit me out right in front of me. Almost gave my pole a toss into the pond. The good news however is that i waited felt the fish and got a hook set (apparently not a good enough one!!) I swear one of these days im gonna get one on shore im getting closer each time lol.

Yea man I am all too familiar with these stories I think I made them famous among our competitions lol.

It's frustrating when we miss big fish but it's cool we can talk about it and joke around. Wait til you get the fish of your life time on and you lose her! Hard to get the picture out my head still to this day

Alright I saw that we had a lead change so I just had to go out at sunset and try my luck.  I ended up with 3 with a long of 20 inches.  All three fish caught on a Senko style worm.

AK and Lou, the big ones definitely keep coming me back. As you guys know I'm relatively new to Florida bassing having lived in Pennsylvania for pretty much my entre life so I'm still fascinated by bass 5lbs and more! Fish up there just don't get big in the amount if numbers they do down here. They day I pull in one I'll be like a kid at Christmas while a lot of people down here toss them back and wish it was bigger.

Alright I saw that we had a lead change so I just had to go out at sunset and try my luck. I ended up with 3 with a long of 20 inches. All three fish caught on a Senko style worm.

Nice fish Jax! You are having luck with worms I may have to go back to senkos seems like that's what the fish want. Nice catches

I went out but only managed 4 biggest was 18.

AK and Lou, the big ones definitely keep coming me back. As you guys know I'm relatively new to Florida bassing having lived in Pennsylvania for pretty much my entre life so I'm still fascinated by bass 5lbs and more! Fish up there just don't get big in the amount if numbers they do down here. They day I pull in one I'll be like a kid at Christmas while a lot of people down here toss them back and wish it was bigger.

You guys have bigger fish in PA than we do in NJ. I still feel like a kid on Christmas when I hook into a 4lb fish. Especially on the frog strikes nothing beats catching a fish that way IMO.

Alright I saw that we had a lead change so I just had to go out at sunset and try my luck.  I ended up with 3 with a long of 20 inches.  All three fish caught on a Senko style worm.

Tight linesjax,how are you fishing the senko?

T-rigged,wacky?

Youre slaying em up there!

This is really getting intense. DeepDish and Tighlines are exactly tied at 100". AWESOME!!!! Coming down to 4 days. GO GET EM !!!

Alright I saw that we had a lead change so I just had to go out at sunset and try my luck.  I ended up with 3 with a long of 20 inches.  All three fish caught on a Senko style worm.

 

Tighlines, if you would have corrected that fish's tale a little bit more, it would have easily gone for 21" and put up by an whole inch.

AK, you have a 19" to cull still, and Tightlines you have 18" to cull as well. This one is going to be close, unless one of you catches a lunker!! This month has been the closest race to first since we started this in MAY.

OK boys the count down begins. 1 more week till my Birthday, and you know what that means?! New trolling motor, and then its game on to get some numbers for the October tourney. My Sundays are going to be a lot more exciting!

 

you mean OUR Sundays

Tighlines, if you would have corrected that fish's tale a little bit more, it would have easily gone for 21" and put up by an whole inch.

Yeah. The fish kept flopping around and i was in a rush to put it back. I just snapped the pic and kept fishing.

Tight linesjax,how are you fishing the senko?T-rigged,wacky?Youre slaying em up there!

I was fishing t-rigged yesterday. My favorite way to use a senko is with no weight and weedless.

Yeah. The fish kept flopping around and i was in a rush to put it back. I just snapped the pic and kept fishing.

 

I hate it when that happens. Some of those fish are definitely camera shy. LOL

nice fish tightlines, i managed to get out for about 2 1/2 hrs on tuedays and 4 hrs on wed. skunked both days, had one bite. nothing else to talk about.  was fishing at the west end of c-14 and you could have rode the current coming out of the culvert on a surf board lol.

LOTS of rain the past few days so water level will be up quite a bit along with the first cold front of the year. Giving it a shot this Saturday.

 

I need some smelly hands and rough thumbs!