First time fishing an A rig and well it works. I may have had to go swimming to retrieve it but it was worth is for this 4’4 chunk. Got to see the bite which was cool. I’d say I’m hooked on A rigs now. 

Got out today after work 3-7. Got 8 on a spinnerbait with the best of those a 3-8 and one on a jig that weighed 4-8.

1 hour ago, keagbassr said:

Got out today after work 3-7. Got 8 on a spinnerbait with the best of those a 3-8 and one on a jig that weighed 4-8.

A jig? You feeling ok? Nice bass as always 

The brownies have arrived!  The old man and I landed 40.  My best 5 went 25 and change.  his went almost 27.  Our big 5 went 28.5.  43-47 degree water.

 

3 minutes ago, RichF said:

The brownies have arrived!  The old man and I landed 40.  My best 5 went 25 and change.  his went almost 27.  Our big 5 went 28.5.  43-47 degree water.

 

That's a good day right there!

Hit the lake again today. I wasn’t about to miss the chance to throw the A rig again and I wasn’t disappointed! New PB largie that went for 5-6. Not bad for northern Illinois. I ended with three in under 2hrs with the smallest over 2lbs. The two pics are of the 5-6. I think I may spend any free hour I get this week at this place-the bite is that good. That’s a 4-4 and 5-6 in back to back visits.

1 hour ago, RichF said:

The brownies have arrived!  The old man and I landed 40.  My best 5 went 25 and change.  his went almost 27.  Our big 5 went 28.5.  43-47 degree water.

 

Wowza!!!! That’s awesome. 43-47 is my favorite water temp, looks like you already know why. When you say arrived, did you order those smallmouth off Amazon?? Link please, asking for a friend 

Had to go out again. They are really biting an A rig right now as I pulled another good one. This one went 4-9 and I added two other smaller ones. I had one pulling drag on a locked out curado DC and ended up pulling a single fish scale. Probably snagged but it still hurt for a while.

Here’s my 3.6lb bed fish, took about 15 minutes to get her to go

Got on a few today ~

Best 5 were just north of 28 lbs

Report & Video to follow . . . 

A-Jay

@A-Jay  The respect you show these amazing fish is incredible!  Most people would boat flip them and they would flop around the boat for a bit.  You net your fish and then make sure they get on their pad.  Fish would want to be caught so they could get this special treatment!  

Caps off!

Weighed in at 3.78 lbs.

A chilly rain all day and into Monday night quieted down last night's bite, but the Phish brothers beat dat skunk anyway with a few feisty buck bass, and none of my baits got murda'd by pickerel for once. Happy days.

 

 

And another successful hour of A rig fishing. The smallest was a low 3, then a 3-12, and 5-0. The 5-0 ate with about 6ft of line out which was quite fun.

 

In order: low 3, 5-0, 3-12

9 hours ago, Nelson Wormefeller said:

Weighed in at 3.78 lbs.

I’ve heard of a basshead. But bass no head? That’s a new one! 

I'm uglier than the fish, can't bear to be internetted.

13 hours ago, Nelson Wormefeller said:

Weighed in at 3.78 lbs.

I’m pretty sure that every BR member has lost their head over a fish at some point in their life. ?  

Took the boat out to Sutton lake, the bass were hammering bait fish. My buddy caught two decent fish.

Just got back from an over-nighter grind of a wade with some pals. The original theme was supposed to be BIG swimbaits, but they wouldn't play along, so we eventually capitulated. I went really small and got the bottom two on a 3" Dark Sleeper and a 4" MB Hazedong Shad. LOL. So much for BIG bait dreams, for now anyway. We all hit good numbers and some nice chunks, so smiles all around.

 

P.S. My buddy wore "that shirt" again just for you @TnRiver46 ?

Finally got on some fish the past 2 days, these being the biggest. Ned rig and texas rigs have been clutch. I believe these were all females, all loaded with eggs probably. 

Fished a little bit in the AM, and caught this one. Also caught the customary little guys.

 

 

Jerkbait fish are so much fun.

1 hour ago, deep said:

Fished a little bit in the AM, and caught this one. Also caught the customary little guys.

 

 

Nice fish!

You've got guts throwing a 110 from the bank in that rocky water!  ?

Couldnt even get him in my net!! Well over 5lbs