I’m fishing big platte tommrow. I fished little platte Monday night which, I’ll post pics later and took 2 16 inches , 16.5, and a 12 inche large mouths

Went to little platte lake in benzie county Monday night.  It’s a big lake but, the deepest it gets is 8 feet in a couple of holes.  Water temp was 67 degrees and water clear.   Took one 15incher on my home made chatter bait green pumpkin with blue tips on the skirt.  Than 12 inches cane in a bomber 4a sexy shad crank.  The 16 inches and 16.5 came on a water Mellon red flake 7 inch yum dinger t rigged with 1/8 tungsten weight.  I may hit little platte up again before I leave. I can’t get the other 2 pics to load.  I’m up north at the moment without a computer 

 

The boat was rocking too hard for the scale to settle on a reading, so let's call this smallmouth 3 3/4 lbs. A Finesse TRD on a 1/16 oz. mushroom head is stretched out along her upper lip.

 

be careful out there Will

..she got a good job, good credit, no kids AND she can cook

14 hours ago, Mbirdsley said:

I’m fishing big platte tommrow. I fished little platte Monday night which, I’ll post pics later and took 2 16 inches , 16.5, and a 12 inche large mouths

That’s awesome man!!

 

 

Got a 20.5 inch yesterday evening

 

Gotta love spring on St Clair. 

Nice.  That's my happy place....when the wind isn't blowing 30 knots. 

Went to a nearby lake that used to secretly hold a very good population of 6, 7, and 8 lbers (so good that you could almost count on catching one or more that size one each trip). The water was clear so I had to pull out “The Babe” in hopes of in taunting one on the higher end of the scale. 

 

Well it wasn’t the fish I was hoping to catch to trash my Babe, but I’ll take it (~2.5 lber).

 

Had lots of bigger fish striking the d**n head of the thing. I’d watch fish strike it multiple times on the way back to the boat, but couldn’t get a hook in them. I tried switching over to a pre-rigged version with a hanging treble but there was too much grass for that to work. I was planning on running back through the area where I was getting bit with a weightless senko or fluke but I ran out of time.

it’s been stormy here since yesterday morning, but i had a decent window of opportunity to get after them this morning. not my best day in the little johnny, but i did get a dozen, with this fatty being the lone largemouth of the creel. life is good.

Wasn't the huge bass I tangled with the day before and earlier in the day yesterday, but this was a "one more cast" bass as I was getting ready to leave. 17.25 inches, and a bit on the skinny side, so I say about 1lb 14 ounces.

Had a good morning today with 10 pickerel and 9 bass.

Five of the bass were over 3 lbs with the best two weighing 6lb 12oz and 5lb 8oz.

 

On 6/7/2019 at 7:08 AM, TnRiver46 said:

Got a 20.5 inch yesterday evening

 

Nice. 

Got this one and a couple of his friends in about 5 minutes using a cut-off Zoom  June bug speed worm.

Went BACK to big platte lake in benzonia county Michigan. Fished for 3.5 hrs before we had to head home.  Went 0 for 3 on smallies the day before.  Water is very clear and you can see down 15 feet.  This first picture was a smallie I caught on zoom green pumpkin salty tube 1/4 tube jig.  Underneath a dock in 3 ft ofvwater.  Day before I saw monster smallies cruising 4-3 ft Fow.  Water temp was 66 degrees and  I think spawning is just wrapping up on this lake.  

This 2nd smallie was 17.5 inches.  Caught on a bandit silent root beer either 200 or 300 crank.  Caught another smaller small mouth and a bunch of rock bass on that crank.  This bass was on the drop off where it went for 5-6 to 25 feet of water bank. First real success I’ve had with cranks so far.   I bought that bandit at a surplus store that is getting into fishing tackle heavy.  Paid 2.99 for it.  I’m thinking of going back and buying the 2-3  they had left 

I was able to eke out first place from the rear deck yesterday in a casual club tournament at Lake Okeechobee north end. The lake itself was ridiculously shallow and muddy, so we fished the lower section of the Kissimmee River. Surface temps were as high as 88 degrees in shallow areas. Fishing was slow. Most of the fish were off the bank on the bottom in 10 FOW. The ticket was Gambler's gigantic 13" ribbon tail worm in black, behind a 1/2 oz bullet weight, resulting in a handful of 2-3 pounders and a win with a 12.5 bag. No one else reached the 5 fish limit and a couple of the guys were skunked. The key, I think, was that big worm.

 

Got this one before the rain on a zoom fluke in watermelon slice.

Weekend weather was absolutely amazing. Was able to fish Friday to Sunday. The Strike King Rage Swimmer was the juice! Lew’s LFS reel paired with an old favorite rod, the Field and Stream Tec-Spec Elite 6’,10” MH/extra fast. Got some nice Smallies. 

 

Season starting so slow, no pics to post. Bass usually become catchable around now. Did a trip in saltwater and still have nothing to report but one dink, at least it was on my new Kistler KLX, which will be more versatile than expected. The only luck so far has been at the trusty old catfish hole.

I finally was able to hit a local river. Caught 3 smallies 2 on a bps bomb craw and 1 one a rage menace grub.

Back on the water and back on the forums after a few months. Due to life’s craziness I hadn’t been able to do either as much as I would like. But the hectic schedule has opened a little bit and I should be able to get out a lot this year. Did pretty well on my first trip of the year. No lunkers, but a decent average size and I caught em all day. Most fish were caught super shallow. Got the best fish on a weedless frog.

 

 

1st time out on the boat this year. Caught me a couple of Lmbs on one of Sieberts 3/8 double willow spinner baits in Bluegill

 

And no, I didn't hook the gills. That came from the soft cheek tissue. And yeah, the wife thinks she's funny... Wasn't laughing after I pushed her off the boat... I keed, just joke yes...

Fattest LMB I've caught on this river since a 6 pounder in April 2013. Coincidentally only about 20 yards away from where that 6 pounder came from 6 years ago. I've caught quite a few longer LMB here since then, but not nearly as fat. I wish the photos did the gut justice.

 

 

 

Hanging out where the Smallies like to be... Species traitor

My outboard broke down a week ago. With the flooded reservoirs ,all of the boat repair shops are booked. Cabelas can finally get it in tomorrow, hopefully it is a simple repair.

Instead of sitting around waiting for my boat, I decided to walk the bank of the local lake.

 

caught a mixed bag of Largemomouth and Smallmouth. All on a Neko rig.

this was by far the largest. It weighed 4lb. 4oz. One of the largest I have caught from the bank of this lake.

 

 

12 hours ago, Glaucus said:

Fattest LMB I've caught on this river since a 6 pounder in April 2013. Coincidentally only about 20 yards away from where that 6 pounder came from 6 years ago. I've caught quite a few longer LMB here since then, but not nearly as fat. I wish the photos did the gut justice.

 

 

 

Hanging out where the Smallies like to be... Species traitor

Good to see you fishing moving water again. Just wish our creeks would get wadeable here in central IN.