Update from my last post about figuring out a pattern. I revisited the same spot that produced my last few fish on Friday evening but this was after a rain and on an overcast day. I had 1 maybe 2 bites lost one and missed the other. 

 

Revisited today for maybe 30 minutes. We had a huge cold front move through the past day and some cold rain/snow. Water was up a couple feet but the sun was shining bright plus I wanted to test my new setup. So I tied on a Red Craw Lunker Hunt lipless crank and made a few casts and almost immediately hooked into this nice bass. Lost another huge fish which I’m pretty sure I’m snagging carp when that happens, could be big bass but whatever I am hooking is nearly pulling the rod from my hands. 

 

Anyway caught another slightly smaller bass that I didn’t picture but the key seems to be the lipless just over the grass on a sunny relatively calm day. 

 

The fish are still a little cold and don’t look to be quite into pre spawn yet so the best fishing is yet to come!!

 

This will be my first real season going hard after the bass so I am pumped!

 

 

 

Two of my bigger catches this past weekend. If you guys had to guesstimate, how much do you think they weigh?

 

 

 

7# 4.0oz ... 6oz shy of my PB.  

 

Zman chatterbait with a Boss skirt in Heartland Craw, and a zoom zcraw jr in green pumpkin.

 

 

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First time getting out this year. First fish of the year. Found a fat mamma jamma!

 

 

Cold, but at least it was not windy. So I did some more bank banging with a pocketful of jerkbaits.

 

 

Caught about a dozen small bass...

 

 

and some dinner.

 

 

 

This is one of my more interesting catches, and certainly one of the more ambitious bass that I caught.  Still hungry enough to CRUSH my jerkbait.

20 hours ago, Dirtyeggroll said:

First time getting out this year. First fish of the year. Found a fat mamma jamma!

 

 

That's a hammer!

Hit a new-to-me pond today that’s more than a little out of my way, but I found decent incentive to go back real soon.

Went out to bank fish tonight again with my buddy Mike. I nailed some big females, including a hefty 6-1/2, with a Booyah Flex 2 squarebill wiggled over the eelgrass with #17 AbrazX. Man, that little crank is a good bait! Pretty good hooks, too. Mike caught a bunch as well, on a jig.

 

Finally got out again after a couple months of life and weather getting in the way. Caught my PB smallmouth (4 pounds, don't laugh) and a few other solid fish. Great being back out there again.

 

 

 

Got out today for about 3.5 hrs. In some brutal wind. Managed 1 on a bladed jig and 3 on a jig with this one weighing in at 3-13. All were up shallow on little sticks and branches.

Got out after work today for a couple hours. Hooked up with this 5.5. My buddy caught a 6.4

 

 

1st night derby of the year on lake Catherine. Been there 4 times now 1st time we ever weighed. Took 7lbs with 3 fish to win. Had 6 with these 2 and lost a 13 inch spot at the boat ?? oh well had a good time. 

The weather's been nuts here. Woke up to 26° the other day. 33° on another. I could really feel the temperature drop in the water when wading. NW winds helped to really chill it compared to last week. There was a 67 degree day mixed in. We'll see high 50s this weekend. It's been up and down.

 

I hit my spot at lunch time today only to be pelted by ice pellets. Not quite hail or sleet. Then it started raining. No hits. No misses. Slid back there for a quick one before dinner and got to work. It was still raining. The jerk bait bite has fallen off for some reason. I threw them anyway, fruitlessly.  BUT! The Dark Sleeper to the rescue! This bait has been ? lately. I'm not sure what they think it is. A baby carp? Who knows? All I know is they like it alot.

 

I can't get bit on anything Keitech in this place no matter how I fish it, so go figure. The Sleeper is like a short, bulky Swing Impact. Maybe it's the Sleeper's profile?  Anyhow, with these results lately, I now have an excuse to buy every shade and size of Dark Sleeper known to god, man, and vegetable. Weeeeeee!

 

Only a 16"er, but she was a scrapper I tell ya.

 

 

First time bass fishing this local reservoir in over 3.5 years. Spent the afternoon checking out some old holes and was happy to see fish still using them. Here’s a couple of them. Good structure stays good, year after year ?

 

 

2 hours ago, Team9nine said:

First time bass fishing this local reservoir in over 3.5 years. Spent the afternoon checking out some old holes and was happy to see fish still using them. Here’s a couple of them. Good structure stays good, year after year ?

 

 

Nicely done ~ 

Your conditions looked pretty Primo too . . 

Congrats

A-Jay

Did some bank beating after work. First frog fish of 2019.

caught 36 spotted bass this morning and zero largemouth. but spots like these put up one heck of a fight!

One dink in five hours on Thursday, from the yak. Brutal.

~Eight more in about an hour and a half yesterday, from the bank.

 

 

 

Caught nothing but a 9 foot, 8” diameter log tha was lodged in the mud. Pulled it in maybe 100’ until my worm finally broke free and almost hit me in the eye. Not bad for 20 lb braid.

 

Got to test out a 1/4oz dark sleeper. Way better than the bootlegs I ordered from China.

 

Not a single bite.

 

Woke this guy up:

 

 

 

 

 

 

I've been having pretty good luck with crankbaits on flats and up in the shallows.  I caught the first jig bass of 2019 yesterday.

White bass made it to the shoals and are flailing around everywhere and spawning. Found a smallmouth amongst them, sunny and well over 70 degree air. SPF was applied liberally 

we caught over 30 spots again today amid the low clouds and a light SE breeze. it was a shame we had to leave.

A few from a fun day today. Owner Jig rig with keitechs, and skipping green pumpkin T rigged senkos got it done.  

 

 

My last couple of trips out fishing were more of a sea lion watching expedition than anything else. Watching the pinnipeds searching out and feeding on prespawn bass throughout the delta is rather disheartening. So with that said, I felt very fortunate to get this 4.7lber to eat a 7” senko.