Great way to end the season for me. 4th time out using the jig and caught this nice 3lb.

 

 

40 degree weather on a windy day while on Cherokee Lake. Still learning how to use spinnerbaits but got rid of the skunk

Started out this afternoon determined to improve on my spinnerbait game. Cloudy, cool , and nice ripple of breeze again.Got 2 on it in probably an hour. Gave up and started with the zoom pumpkin lizard , to follow last weeks pattern .Good bite with them for another hour or so, except none on top . Just like last week, I started for home and fished the good eel grass beds on the way. Ued a new yum dinger color ( alabama bug? or craw ? )Anyway the fish were all over them, I caught 3 fish on consecutive casts. 

Caught 12 total.

The pics are not in sync with the story this time for some reason

 

Got out on Saturday to one of my favorite local ponds. It had been cold and raining constantly for the previous couple of days. Took the water temp which showed 46 degrees. Overcast and intermittent rain showers with a slight breeze. Did not think I was going to catch anything.

 

Started with my Vision 110 Jr casting laterally and working it slowly along weed lines that transition to deeper water. Saw nothing and got no bites.

 

Moved down the shore to a flat with depths between 4-6 feet and decided to throw out my swimbait (Biwaa S Trout.)

 

After about 10 casts, I had an 11 inch Largemouth absolutely smash it around 10 feet from the shoreline. Caught 2 more this way and lost another before finally having to leave.

 

Fished a slough down river of this pond and stuck a small hammer handle on the Vision 110 Jr. 

 

All in all one of the better November days I've ever had!

 

 

Temps in 60s yesterday for probably last time until March, so used a vacation day.  Was a dink sort of day for first several hours until this guy came along

First fluke fish. I already love flukes. ?

 

16 hours ago, EGbassing said:

First fluke fish. I already love flukes. ?

 

A fluke is a strange looking salt water fish , thats a largemouth bass .  ?

I thought only a west coast people would say that. 

Mid 30s air temp but water still at 58. Caught two, one with @Bluebasser86 s bladed jig

1 minute ago, TnRiver46 said:

Mid 30s air temp but water still at 58. Caught two, one with @Bluebasser86 s bladed jig

There you go! 

1 minute ago, Bluebasser86 said:

There you go! 

Thanks! He ate it right when it came out of some grass

Making me proud with a 4 pounder...

 

Plus netting my dad's fish (that definitely didn't need a net ?)

16 hours ago, TnRiver46 said:

Thanks! He ate it right when it came out of some grass

Awesome....I know that area...hardly ever fish up there though.  Good Job

Tight Lines

My latest caught a couple this size, stopped at a small Creek on my way home from graveyard shift, picked these up with a zoom fluke

32 minutes ago, JustJames said:

Thanks, Nah this one is pretty far from me, unlike the one earlier (August) that was super close and we could see fire from our backyard.

Glad you're well.  Wouldn't want to lose you. 

Was feeling poorly all day today. Got home from church and thought about fishing but just didnt feel up to it.About 45 min. before dark I couldnt take it any more and decided to fish off the dock. Caught some bream, a catfish, and caught some nice bait sized 'gills. 

And the end result was this 5 pound, 12 oz. fish. She was just a hair under 24 inch.

Beautiful Fla Bass! That'll pick ya up

Thanks. I thought it had especially pretty markings and color.

Went out on Saturday again since I already filled my deer tag, and taking a week off before going after my elk.

It was 29 degrees outside and snowing. Water temp was in the low 40s around the entire pond.

 

So you can imagine how suprised I was when I found big females feeding up in 1 foot of water and aggressively taking my jerkbait.

 

Also ended up with this bonus rainbow

 

Quite possibly one of the best Novembers I've ever had fishing.

 

Fishing here has been sllllllllooooooowwwwwwwwwwwwwwww for me this fall. A turd ton of rain has literally flooded and turned over almost every lake that’s within 6 hours of here. We went from late summer fishing to almost winter fishing in a week. 

After being skunked or nearly skunked on the last few trips I did manage to catch 5 over the weekend. My biggest was around 3.5. One dink on a squarebill, the rest on Texas rigged soft plastics dragging bottom super slow.

 

Feelin the crunch now, seems like the rest of this year is flying by, and running out of time to get on some more big girls before true winter hits. 

@JustJames, I have caught a lot of trout on batcasting gear but I still don’t think that counts  as a trout rod hahahaha

17 minutes ago, Burrows said:

Are they stocking trout in your lake? That is a long bass I’m guess right at 4 but she’s a skinny bass with a big head probably a 5 pounder that needs to fatten up.

You didn’t get this one on go pro ? I watch most your videos ?. Must have been fun to catch that one on spinning gear she’s a fatty. 

 

had a break in the cold weather and decided to head to the local power plant lake, to try out my new  Kastking speed demon pro jerkbait rod. Put a tatula ct on it and threw a yozuri jerkbait around for 4 hours.

The combination worked great. caught several white bass and wipers on the upper hot side of the lake. water temp was 54 degrees.

went to the cold lower end of the lake and caught these 2 bass. water temp was 49 degrees.

No monsters, but still gave the new rod a decent workout. felt good to get out on the water after a week of unseasonably cold weather.

We caught gobs of jerkbait fish at the trout lake today, including one big trout on a jerkbait. Fish were really grouped up when we found them.