1 hour ago, TravisVirginiaAngler said:

Got a 7.4 lb prespawner on a jerkbait.

 

Maaaan I had a big ole girl follow my jerkbait on a foul cast, got right up to shore and then swam off when she saw me. I was so focused on getting my lure back that I didn't realize she was there or I would have paused and maybe caught a PB...
Naturally this happens as I have to leave, and the thing I left for has been delayed by an hour...after I arrive. irritation level 100. gonna go back out there tonight and see if I can find somewhere to cast. the lake is crowded with spring breakers at the moment, the first time i've had elbows on a weekday in a while

4 hours ago, TravisVirginiaAngler said:

Got a 7.4 lb prespawner on a jerkbait. They were hitting it on a 3-4 second pause. She knocked the slack in my line. Virginia is turning out GIANTS this year. 

That is absolutely beautiful

2 hours ago, thediscochef said:

That is absolutely beautiful

Agreed! Beautiful picture and fish

I think jerkbaits are good. 2.6lbs. 

An ongoing lightning hazard ends my day not even 15 minutes later.

 

Lost a lipless crank on a rock when my leader knot snapped. Pretty sure id nicked it when i tied on...RIP googan shad lookin thing...you will be replaced by a red eye shad 

I figured I would post up some other fish from Spring Break. Ya'll, I struggled fishing over break. Skunking plagued me. Really could not get much going and I missed too many bites. But I had an absolutely wonderful time fishing. I lived on the water, fishing a ton every day, and I was learning constantly. This is the best I have responded in this sport to coming short of what I wanted, because I know my time is coming. It just didn't happen then. But, I did get a few more fish! So figured I'd post em up. 

 

And... its open season here where I am in NY. Everything is thawed :). Life is good. 

3 minutes ago, LrgmouthShad said:

I figured I would post up some other fish from Spring Break. Ya'll, I struggled fishing over break. Skunking plagued me. Really could not get much going and I missed too many bites. But I had an absolutely wonderful time fishing. I lived on the water, fishing a ton every day, and I was learning constantly. This is the best I have responded in this sport to coming short of what I wanted, because I know my time is coming. It just didn't happen then. But, I did get a few more fish! So figured I'd post em up. 

 

And... its open season here where I am in NY. Everything is thawed :). Life is good. 

Spring time is for amateurs anyway! Looks like you did well 

 

i gladly skip pretty weather days in spring for maintenance, all the people that don’t know how to launch or if their boat will start come out of the woodworks 

3 minutes ago, LrgmouthShad said:

I figured I would post up some other fish from Spring Break. Ya'll, I struggled fishing over break. Skunking plagued me. Really could not get much going and I missed too many bites. But I had an absolutely wonderful time fishing. I lived on the water, fishing a ton every day, and I was learning constantly. This is the best I have responded in this sport to coming short of what I wanted, because I know my time is coming. It just didn't happen then. But, I did get a few more fish! So figured I'd post em up. 

 

And... its open season here where I am in NY. Everything is thawed :). Life is good. 

Some pretty fishes right there ! 

Way to keep the tenacity ??

2 hours ago, thediscochef said:

That is absolutely beautiful

Thanks man!!! That fog did it!

2 minutes ago, TravisVirginiaAngler said:

Thanks man!!! That fog did it!

I've done very well on foggy days. You love to see it, congrats on the nice fish! 

I think jerkbaits are good

 

We had a line of severe weather roll through which cleared us all out for a bit. I managed to get back to the ramp as the back side of the front was rolling in, and it paid off.

 

Another 2.5ish, followed quickly by a 4.75. The larger girl really inhaled that thing - all three trebles hooked inside the mouth. Took me a minute to get them all out but she swam off all angry as desired. I had her out of the water a while so my photos were not the best...my focus was elsewhere. I was making a very dumb*** face lmaoooo

Best fishing I've had this year, in terms of total weight average per fish. I think spring is good.

 

May have had the best night fishing in quite a while. Started off with this girl on an EZ Shiner…But better than that was watching this guy beat me with 5 fish to my 4…His biggest of the night was right at 2 lbs all on a 3” blue / black rage swimmer. He picked those out of my paddle tail box and I sort of chuckled because I don’t think I’ve ever caught anything on them. He hasn’t wanted to fish with me much the last year because “senko fishing is boring” but we had a blast and he wants to go again on Thursday. Good to have my fishing buddy back from the world of iPads and Fortnite. 
Just for the record, I did catch the largest at 2.25 on the bait he picked and almost burning it back that he also figured out and clued me in on…

The lonely consolation fish. I was only out there an hour and a half to begin with - I had three good strikes. The first one would have easily been my heaviest fish of the year and felt like a solid 6-9lbs of something...not even sure it was a bass as I never saw it and it never surfaced. It kicked hard twice at the bank like a cat does sometimes. An absolutely devastating blow to morale as it bent a hook out while I was fumbling with my net. The next one was this lil dude. The third one happened on a slack pause and I didn't realize it was there...it came unhooked as I was pulling it out of the water. 

I went back out after sunset and listened to the guys on the dock with live bait and green lights reeling them in. Caught nothing, went home. Gonna practice the new leader knot I learned today and just remember to keep my dang thumb off the spool when I hook into something good. Gonna go get em tomorrow though.

On 3/12/2022 at 1:00 PM, Choporoz said:

Was a time not too many years ago when I only threw jerkbaits in clear water.  Thanks in part to @quanjig, I don't hesitate to use them in murky stuff.

  Pre spawn, pre storm...jerk bite was good yesterday. 

Wow, that’s awesome!! I’m glad you got on them, the jb is always on my boat, year round. Keep crushing them!!

I spent 12 hours on the bank today to catch this beauty 

In all seriousness today was a total beatdown - just total failure in everything I did, save for things like breathing and cursing. There was plenty of BS outside of fishing today, I was really hoping it wouldn't spill over. But sometimes that happens.

I take pride in the fact that I did not give up or quit at any of the things I did though. Also nobody died. We'll get back at it in the morning. A yet still more glorious dawn awaits. It's gonna be a good day.

Went out on public water in Virginia  yesterday and posted a 29.25 lb mega bag! 12 ounces shy of a DIRTY 30! All big baits on a lake that gets tons of pressure! A whole new level has been achieved for my bass fishing journey! I’m so jacked!

1 hour ago, TravisVirginiaAngler said:

Went out on public water in Virginia  yesterday and posted a 29.25 lb mega bag! 12 ounces shy of a DIRTY 30! All big baits on a lake that gets tons of pressure! A whole new level has been achieved for my bass fishing journey! I’m so jacked!

Wow, congrats!  

That’s a giant bag!

Just now, HaydenS said:

Wow, congrats!  

That’s a giant bag!

Thanks Hayden! Was a crazy day!!!!

Had a family night last night after work with mini golf and a trip to the park by a lake. Made a few cast and got one on a H2O jerk shad.

4 hours ago, TravisVirginiaAngler said:

Went out on public water in Virginia  yesterday and posted a 29.25 lb mega bag! 12 ounces shy of a DIRTY 30! All big baits on a lake that gets tons of pressure! A whole new level has been achieved for my bass fishing journey! I’m so jacked!

d**n!!!! That was my first reaction when I saw those pictures @TravisVirginiaAnglerof those big ole red tailed pigs. Thanks for sharing and congratulations on your incredible big fish roll we ALL want to have our next time on the water. 

8 hours ago, TravisVirginiaAngler said:

Went out on public water in Virginia  yesterday and posted a 29.25 lb mega bag! 12 ounces shy of a DIRTY 30! All big baits on a lake that gets tons of pressure! A whole new level has been achieved for my bass fishing journey! I’m so jacked!

Congrats… great catch…..

We were in the 20s this past weekend, but mild temps since then have been a relief. Water temps are up to 41 degrees again. I probably should've stayed home last night with a nearly full moon beaming down on glass flat water. I barely needed a flashlight. The icing on the cake came in the form of a huge armada of geese splashing down in front of me, then they went to war with wings beating the water everywhere. Rogue males like to horn in on a mating pair, then the fight is on. They don't play. Their honking and displays are quite interesting though.

 

I finally got a little break in a goose-free spot when some clouds came in and a slight southwest breeze added a little ripple. I got a small swim bait into a cohort of males looking to play keep away, but only got short strikes. Tied on a Livingston Bullnose crank, missed a few, but finally got a few. It should've been a total bust, so I'll take it.

 

I battled some serious hay fever all day, pulled muscles in my back from all the sneezing. Tomorrow is gonna hurt.

Felt good to get a 10pm jerkbait bass. Also the second time I've hooked a shad this month. I guess jerkbaits really do catch all species. I'm feeling good. Yall are catching some pretty bass!!

Lucky hour today beating the bank around sunset with a Gambler black 13 inch ribbon tail worm. Caught 3 prespawn females: two were each exactly 4.32 lbs, and the other was 5.54. My avian friend nailed a nice fish, too.