Not enuf

Me either. Slowly adding up though. 

Up to a whopping 6 now....only 3 of which were the targeted bass.  They really don't seem interested in anything I throw even with seeing a great number of them in the shallows with the warm up.  Did catch my first pike in 20+ yrs today though.

with the 5 i caught today im at 102. last year it took me until june 28th to cross the 100 mark.

I don't keep track of the numbers anymore. I do keep track of the size of the bigger ones. Quality over Quanity

i like quantity AND quality, lol

I got 5 small ones yesterday and anothr 6 small ones today

i like quantity AND quality, lol

yah, a quantity of quality, the ultimate that I have yet to find.

Ya I like quality for sure but quantity dont hurt either.

I am at almost 50 fish so far this year with over 10 fish > 3 lbs.. most of the bigger fish on spinnerbaits.

This is an approximate since I take pictures and videos and I have not yet renamed and categorized them which I usually do end of season in winter.

..but June is when I usually catch most of the big'uns and lots on topwater cigars & frogs.. so wooohooo lookin forward to that! (lickin of chops / rubbin my hands / knee slappin' woohoo)

It's funny.  I used to count my first year two years ago.  I gave that up late last year.  All I know is that I have caught plenty enough to keep me wanting to catch more.  My last excursion scouting out a spot from my Yak I caught well over 13 fish and lost a handful at the yak.

8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, & 12th Bass,

 

(1) May 20, 2014 - 11 & 1/2'' 10oz Smallmouth, (2) May 29, 2014 - 8'' 04oz Largemouth,  (3) June 03, 2014 - 10'' 08oz Smallmouth,  (4) June 03, 2014 - 11 & 1/2'' 11oz - Smallmouth, (5) June 03, 2014 - (Unknown Length & Weight) Smallmouth.

 

 

WolfyBrandon

I don't count, but not enough:)

Bass # 13 - 23.

 

June 05, 2014 (~3:30pm - ~8:00pm)

 

I had a long work week and only planned to fish for a few hours... I fished around the marina till about 5:30pm and only managed to catch one small Largemouth bass that was 7 & 1/4'' 04oz...

 

 

I knew the fishing should be better... so changed my mind and decided I would head out in the boat. (I needed to test it out anyway after painting the bottom to fix some small leaks.)
 

I didn't think much on where to go, It was bluebird sky with minimal clouds & wind so I decided to hit up some docks that I haven't fished yet this year. After just a few casts, I hooked into my first fish... and seconds later... I GOT MY FIRST EVER DOUBLE UP!

 

 

I managed to find a good school of Smallmouth, and was catching them on every cast. Once I stopped getting bit, I changed to a Jig & Trailer and picked up another nice fish close by...

 

 

I kept fishing with the Jig & Trailer and hooked 3 more nice fish before it got dark and I decided to head home...

 

 

Then just after my best day fishing so far this year, as Murphy's Law would have it, I had vehicle problems that put it in the shop, which prevented me from fishing for an entire week+ after that day. lol

 

WolfyBrandon

15 smallies, and about 50 redeyes. one of the smallies was my PB.

Not enough!

Bass 24 & 25,

 

June 16, 2014 (~4:30pm - ~6:00pm)

 

 

WolfyBrandon

So far I've caught 26. 20 of them being on a yum dinger, 4 on a chatterbait and I caught the first two smallmouth bass of my LIFE on father's day on a storm wildeye swimbait/spinnerbait. I know these numbers might not be impressive to some, but last year I only ONE bass so I'm way ahead of game.

i finally got to do some bass fishing a couple weeks ago. havent had much time to fish at all this year. i did manage to catch 7 bass on my outing, nothing bigger than 1.5 to 2lbs id guess...

As of today 212 best was 11 lbs on a finesse worm 12 lb test

Bass # 26 - 36

 

June 19, 2014 (~4:00pm - ~9:00pm)

 

 

WolfyBrandon

Reached and surpassed 50 yesterday to get to 54. I've never caught 50 bass in a single season so its a new personal milestone for me.

Probably approaching 20 landed now....techniques, presentations and location have improved for me substantially over this time last year.  Caught my first 4 fish on drop shot today from shore....though none of the fish were anything special today.  20" LMB, one of my first catches of the year, is still the best on the season for me.  Still waiting for my first t-rig catch and still waiting for this year's first froggin' catch, getting many to snap at them over the muck but none hooked.  My PB (in the avatar) was from froggin'.

 

Fully expect to get my first smallie of the year (and then some) next weekend while on vacation.

Bass # 37 - 50

 

June 23, 2014 (~3:30pm - ~9:30pm)

 

Wow... It doesn't take long to remind me why I love topwater baits! I first started fishing with the T-Rigged Lizard, Bandit Squarebill, and the Bomber Fat Free Shad, but found my success with that combination has slowed down a bit. I changed from the Bandit Squarebill to a Heddon Super Spook Jr and the fish just came Alive! I found multiple casts with the Fat Free would yield nothing, and only a few walks of the Spook Jr. would get an instant surface strike. I would do a "One-Two Punch" tactic where if they missed the spook I would toss the T-Rigged Lizard and let it sink to the bottom. Twitch it a few times and usually they would have it. This worked several times, but if I ever followed it up with the crankbait they would never touch it. Soon it wouldn't matter though... because I ended up making a bad cast when trying to launch it out there... The crank somehow hit the side of the boat around 100mph while casting, and spooled my baitcaster to the point where it was out of action for the rest of the trip. It hit so hard it chipped a large piece off the bill of the crank.   Oh well, a few casts with the spook, fish or two later and I was over it.   Sometimes I found the fish would completely ignore the Lizard too and only go for the spook. Things I noted while on the water were that I found a small frog swimming on the surface which could hint to the topwater bite, as well as on my last trip I found multiple fish with a throat full of bugs. A few of the fish I caught during this trip however had baitfish in their throat (one looked like a blueback) so it's interesting that I got 0 hits on the crank (only managed to fish it probably 1-2 hours though. When eventually the lizard got chewed up, I changed to a T-Rigged Fluke (thinking of the baitfish) but had no luck on it (by that time it was already getting dark and didn't have much time to fish it.) Probably my best day fishing so far this year, caught a few decent smallies on topwater, and fish # 48 had beautiful color to it....

 

 

WolfyBrandon

First post, pumped up about the forum you guys are awesome.

 

Missed spring fishing all together, this summer I have maybe 20 largemouth, most around 2lb.

 

Personal best last Sunday the 5lb9oz in my pic, then CRAZY happened, and I caught a 6lb1oz later that evening!

 

15 of 20 fish this summer are on weightless senko, the other 5 were dinks. First year trying senko and I see why my old man always whooped me growing up.

 

Cheers

 

PEACE

Too many to count. Who the heck has time to count every fish? I'm impressed lol.

88 in the last two trips, 80 one day on Oroville (normal for this time of yr.) and my best day on our after bay as far as size, 8 keepers over 5 lbs., with a 7+ kicker. Nice 6 hr. trip. Let them all go of course.