I caught my personal best yesterday while bank fishing and reeled in a two pound fifteen ounce bass! I was and still am pumped up about this catch. If you were around were I was fishing you probably heard me screaming out loud and yelling because I was so happy. Two pounds and fifteen ounces, almost three pounds!

Oh, and that bass I caught had teeth! Yeah, I had to curl my thumb over those teeth. But I could feel them for sure.

I stopped keeping count, but Id say Im probably at around 20-22 so far. It's been slow for me. I dont think Iv caught a fish on anything other than jigs, a t-rig and maybe two dinks on a lipless crank. Iv been throwing Squarebills, and have yet to catch one on em. I love crankbait fishing, so Im hoping to get some soon.

I stopped keeping count, but Id say Im probably at around 20-22 so far. It's been slow for me. I dont think Iv caught a fish on anything other than jigs, a t-rig and maybe two dinks on a lipless crank. Iv been throwing Squarebills, and have yet to catch one on em. I love crankbait fishing, so Im hoping to get some soon.

This year for the most part, most my success has been on jigs and t rigs ans some c rigs... Yesterday was a different story. Squarebills 7, chatterbaits6, and I caught three and lost two on a LC 3.5 wake bait.

My little fishing buddy caught 10 all on chatterbaits.

They just wanted a moving bait.. almost burning speed

Yesterday they just wanted a

That sounds great Teal! Like I said, Iv yet to get em to want my squarebill offering, but man I cant wait.

Also correct me if Im wrong, but are you in NC?

That sounds great Teal! Like I said, Iv yet to get em to want my squarebill offering, but man I cant wait.

Also correct me if Im wrong, but are you in NC?

Yup, live in nc on the border of Va. Fish in both states.

Yup, live in nc on the border of Va. Fish in both states.

Ok, I hear ya. Im about 15-20 minutes from Charlotte. Where are you running your Squarebills and having the most success? Iv been running mine right off the bank, fairly quickly and having it dig in to the bottom and bounce off rocks, but still nothing.

I've been fishing twice here at home. A grand total of one bass around a pound and one crappie. In a few minutes, I'm going to go out and try again.

I haven't even been out yet.  I do *** you guys in the southern states.  Other than I hate fishing dirty water

I've been out five times this year, each for only an hour or two.  I caught one dink LMB @ Blue Hills Reservoir, but am pretty convinced it's been fished out because my Sonar Phone showed only the odd ping here & there, which is supported by comments made by other guys who fish there.

 

I found another small pond (more like a big puddle) where I caught another dink LMB on a Rapala crank bait.  

 

My Sonar Phone said the water temp was in the low 40's.

I'm at 95 bass, a few crappie, and a limit of trout.

i cant even keep track...... but i am in the south so its alot better fishing than up north in my opinion

i cant even keep track...... but i am in the south so its alot better fishing than up north in my opinion

Alot of those guys may still have ice or seasons that are closed still... They will be on the fish soon. Down here in the south and middle of the country we have fishin with no real stopage. There's a lot of good fish, fisheries, and fishermen up north..

Give it a few weeks, guys like AJay, MNbassman, JFrancho, FrogTurds,Speedbead, WW2farmer, WNY, will all be spanking our butts. Those guys and plenty of others on here and nation wide prove that there's plenty of good fishing up north.

I'm just glad that I don't have to deal with ice or in the MN guys case a closed bass season.

For some reason I can't get myself to count fish (into quality not quantity).

This year it's somewhere between 3 bass and 3 hundred bass, probably closer to '3'  

 

Roger

It's been a slow year for me due to the extended cold weather.

337 bass so far which is 317 less than this time last year.

I think we NE-erners are gettin jealous hearing bout the spawn-time bass fishin down south.

Fish up here in Jersey still bite but its a winter/early Spring bite.. fish are still just snapping out of it and I am seeing some aquatic vegetation budding.

Went fishing once for 2 hrs on an afternoon and finally caught a male 15" on a jig after frantically trying to search and cycle through my lures to figure out what the state of affairs is and where they are.

If your talking just bass.  I'd guess around 200.  I dont keep track very long.  I'm hoping starting tomorrow this number increases by 10 fold.

Ice has been gone for 2 weeks today, I have been fishing 8 times......but only 3 times for more than 2 hours. I have already lost count.

Been fishing 4 times here is the catch.

1 Bass

1 Crappie

12 Blue Catfish

I cast my first bait in 7 years this past Saturday.

 

Managed to land about a dozen or so LMB. Largest being about 3 lbs. All on Texas rigged Culprit 6" junebug worms.

 

So nothing real special but fun.

 

Sunday evening I found a great hole for Peacock's and pulled in 3 in an hour!!

 

Landed those on a rebel frog.

 

Largest being about 3 lbs.

 

I'm hooked (completely pun intended) again!!

Here is a 50 lb limit http://youtu.be/B1grEe7AhLw

And a 47 lb limit http://youtu.be/3oEJdXkFeg0

A 42 lb limit http://youtu.be/J01yGCwv1kY

39 lb limit http://youtu.be/-kNyfU3PLLo

38 lb limit http://youtu.be/NeitAMY0IG8

And one more DD http://youtu.be/PTc73ZdnhLg

From just this year .

Lots of other nice fish too. Thanks for letting me brag

I seen all these on SU in the Got Em section. Your pretty legendary on there. Nice job and keep it up.

For some reason I can't get myself to count fish (into quality not quantity).

This year it's somewhere between 3 bass and 3 hundred bass, probably closer to '3'  

 

Roger

Counting fish of any species has never entered into my mind.  

Here is a 50 lb limit http://youtu.be/B1grEe7AhLw

And a 47 lb limit http://youtu.be/3oEJdXkFeg0

A 42 lb limit http://youtu.be/J01yGCwv1kY

39 lb limit  http://youtu.be/-kNyfU3PLLo

38 lb limit http://youtu.be/NeitAMY0IG8

And one more DD http://youtu.be/PTc73ZdnhLg

From just this year .

Lots of other nice fish too. Thanks for letting me brag

So this on SU! That's a beast bag man!

So far I've got 2 hudd fish one 6.5 pounder and a 3.5. I've got 3 crank bait fish. And 7 jig fish. Totoal tally 13 fish in 4 outings

3rd, 4th, & 5th Bass,

 

May 02, 2014 (3:30pm - ~6:30pm)

 

(1) 12'' 13oz Smallmouth, (2) 12 & 1/2" ~1lb? Smallmouth, (3)  13" 1lb 0oz Smallmouth.

 

 

WolfyBrandon

Since the beginning of the year? HUNDREDS.  I would hate to live north of the Florida line, must be horrible for fisherman up North!