What a day. Brutal wind (for this part of the world) and air temps in the high 20s to start. The water temp was around 48. We had one dink smallmouth in the boat for 3 fisherman from about 9 am til 4pm. Then things got interesting for the better!!! My buddy got a nice largemouth down deep with a kietech. Then we hit a flurry of nice smallmouth from about 17” up to 21”. Rattle trap silver buddy and kietech were the baits of choice, one time I got hit insanely hard while my rattle trap was sinking, I had a ton of slack and was watching the line and it took off like a rocket. I think that may have been the 21” fish that we boated, it was all a quick blur after a day of freezing and no action

Fish from yesterday's tournament. 4 fish, 18.99 lbs for third place and BB with a 6.28.

It's been a while since I've really posted on here. Sorry bout that, been pretty busy at work and haven't done much fishing since about the end of October beginning of November. Tuesday, February 5, 2019, I finally caught my new PB of 4lbs 8oz! Caught her in a most unlikely place, the bayou about a 30-45 minute walk from my house. At least for the past year I thought anyways. I'd never caught a bass there. Y'all may remember the 2lb 4oz crappie I posted about a year ago I caught there. Well Tuesday I refused to believe there was no bass in there. I was right. Within my first 10 casts, with a Rayburn red craw colored 1/2oz Booyah One Knocker it was on. She didn't put up much of a fight. After a few more casts, I hit the bridge piling with my crankbait and broke the back treble hook off. So I started using a few other baits I had brought with me. Nothing doing for about 4 hours. Then I went back to the same spot I caught my new PB, put a new treble hook on that One Knocker. Within 3-4 casts, my crankbait banked off the bridge piling and as soon as it hit the water my second bass was on to the tune of 3lbs even. Apparently there is bass in there and I'm guessing only big uns. I believe if there were small ones in there they would have bit pretty much anything I threw. Gonna get back there as soon as I can, cause I refuse to believe that 4lbs 8oz is the biggest one in there. 2019 started out great for me, basswise anyways! Miss y'all and God Bless! ??

On 2/2/2019 at 10:57 PM, Bluebasser86 said:

Caught several on one of my homemade spinnerbaits

I thought you wouldnt bother with making spinnerbaits , to expensive . ☺️

2 minutes ago, scaleface said:

I thought you wouldnt bother with making spinnerbaits , to expensive . ☺️

It is really expensive, especially the ones I wanted to make. Nobody seems to make the big, thumping baits anymore and so I bought a mold to make just those. I'll keep buying them from the store for the standard stuff, but my 5/8, 3/4, 1oz mold with #7 or #8 single Colorado or a pair of big blades is going to fill a space that has really been missing, especially the hammered blades and copper blades. 

 Got to fish at a couple of my work route ponds. ( I do sales, so often have gaps of time between stops ) Today I was at one of the parks I frequent. I usually fish the middle pond first. Today I started there ,felt the thump, set the hook, and the fish broke the hook off at the shank. Went back to the truck to retie, and when I got back a dad and his kid were right at the best spot at the drain ( where I was fixing to fish ). The kid was throwing rocks in the water , smh.

So I bailed out from there and went to the front pond ( where I hadnt caught any before.)Ended up getting these 3 healthy fish on a zoom super fluke. Watermelon with gold flake.

Now if I can just sell something today....

 

On 2/11/2019 at 6:18 AM, Bluebasser86 said:

It is really expensive, especially the ones I wanted to make. Nobody seems to make the big, thumping baits anymore and so I bought a mold to make just those. I'll keep buying them from the store for the standard stuff, but my 5/8, 3/4, 1oz mold with #7 or #8 single Colorado or a pair of big blades is going to fill a space that has really been missing, especially the hammered blades and copper blades. 

Have you ever seen Stan Sloan Zorro baits? I thought they made any spinnerbait

On ‎2‎/‎11‎/‎2019 at 6:18 AM, Bluebasser86 said:

It is really expensive, especially the ones I wanted to make. Nobody seems to make the big, thumping baits anymore and so I bought a mold to make just those. I'll keep buying them from the store for the standard stuff, but my 5/8, 3/4, 1oz mold with #7 or #8 single Colorado or a pair of big blades is going to fill a space that has really been missing, especially the hammered blades and copper blades. 

There is a reservoir I use to fish where bass would kill a slow-rolled big spinnerbait with a #7 Colorado blade. You literally had to crawl it across the bottom with the blade barely moving. But you are right, big, heavy spinnerbaits are hard to come by today. 

Have had to wait nearly a month but got out a little this afternoon as a front was blowing through. Actually, did pretty well with six fair sized bass. We're on a temperature roller coaster here lately. Spring is coming.  The ground hog said so.

7 hours ago, TnRiver46 said:

Have you ever seen Stan Sloan Zorro baits? I thought they made any spinnerbait

They only make them up to a certain size, only in a few colors, no hammered blades, no copper blades, just very limited. 

6 minutes ago, Bluebasser86 said:

They only make them up to a certain size, only in a few colors, no hammered blades, no copper blades, just very limited. 

Gotcha. A friend of mine knows the guys that make them, he gave me a box of them once. I’ll send you a couple pics and see if you might want any of them. I thought I recalled seeing a few thumpers

Took advantage of a nice February day.

shakyhead produced the only bites I got.

not many bites, but I will take quality over quantity.

One of the fattest Bass I ever caught. It was shaped Like a football.

 

 

My wife said I was nuts for going out to fish in the rain tonight, but it was well worth it, as three four-pounders and a number of feisty bucks were amongst those captured. The lure du jour was the Eco Pro Tungsten Trokar Flipping Jig, the head Sharpied black to cover wear, finished with a Rage Craw trailer. 

 

 

Off work at 5 and in the car to ride to my local muddy honey hole to hit my spot. Uncle Ned still putting in the work catching bass! After a few days of cloudy and rain we finally got a sunny day today, albeit slightly breezy and not exactly warm. 

Made a few casts to see if they were deep or up shallow and found them pretty much where I left them last time. Maybe a bit deeper, but still very much within reach from the bank. 

First up was a 3.7lb chunker! 

A few casts later caught a nice maybe pound and a half. 

Kept working that spot and maybe 20 minutes later hooked a GIANT!!! Major Adrenaline rush because this fish hit and just started peeling drag when I set the hook! Finally got to reel some line in and it starts peeling again! Holy ice cream Batman this gotta be a new pb... 

Nope, just a fat 2.5 lber I somehow managed to hook in the tail!  Smack bottom center in the meat just before the fin. The only time a 2.5lb bass is a disappointment... 

Clear skies, cold tonight (mid 20s), but warm and sunny the next two days! Hopefully the juice will still be on! 

 

You guys are killing me. Haven't seen open water in what feels like an eternity, even though it's only been a couple weeks. Maybe tomorrow. I know I need to go bad when I mentioned maybe going fishing on Valentine's Day to my sick wife ?

Spring is getting closer in the south. Starting to see some good fish the past couple of weekends

6 hours ago, Zurg said:

Spring is getting closer in the south. Starting to see some good fish the past couple of weekends

Yeah, I'd say that qualifies as a good fish. ?

Get a weight on her ?

15 hours ago, N Florida Mike said:

Yeah, I'd say that qualifies as a good fish. ?

Get a weight on her ?

Mike,

 

The photo makes her look bigger than she actually is. She was really fat so I am guessing between 6 and 7lbs. The water has been really muddy here. She hit a mop jig in some timber laydowns

On ‎2‎/‎13‎/‎2019 at 11:58 PM, Bluebasser86 said:

You guys are killing me. Haven't seen open water in what feels like an eternity, even though it's only been a couple weeks. Maybe tomorrow. I know I need to go bad when I mentioned maybe going fishing on Valentine's Day to my sick wife ?

WEEKS....WEEKS!!! I haven't fished since October! Last time I saw a fish at the end of my line they kicked me out of the pet store's aquarium section.

39 minutes ago, Gundog said:

WEEKS....WEEKS!!! I haven't fished since October! Last time I saw a fish at the end of my line they kicked me out of the pet store's aquarium section.

The benefits of having weekdays off and living 30 minutes from a powerplant lake that's open 12 months a year.

 

I went, fish were caught ?

Yesterday morning my buddy was off work and he wanted in on some of that juice. So I met him at the lake to fish for a couple hours before I had to go to work.  

I might have jinxed him by catching a 6.2 on the 3rd or 4th cast. 

21” and fat like miss piggy! 

 

I got a few bites after that and had another decent one shake the hook long before I actually saw the fish so dunno how big it was, felt like 3-4lbs. 

Then I had to leave (should have called in), my buddy kept fishing for another few hours. He caught a few dink’s and lost a good one at the boat. 

 

Just to rub it in a little more I went back after work and fished the bank until dark. 5 pounds on the nose. Uncle Ned strikes again!  

Had a young friend from church over this afternoon to take advantage of the springlike condtions. 

We caught 27 on trick worms, flukes, and senkos. The bites came mostly in 2-3 big flurries throughout the afternoon. High was pushing 80 !!

I lost 2 fish 5 minutes apart that didnt budge when I set the hook.

Mission accomplished though, in putting him on some fish.

We got a few decent ones in the rain today!!

you guys start talking nicer to Mother Nature. I hear  you are supposed to be getting a lot more. that water didnt look to bad bad in your pics, but I hear chickaoming is muddy. coming there in April, looking forward to it. so treat  her nicely!!