Got out after 4:30 yesterday. Had high hopes because of the warmer weather and near full moon.

I had “one of those days”.

The first thing was that a fish picked up my culprit worm as I was messing with another combo. It wasnt long, but he went through 3 different little brush piles near each other before I realized it. It took me probably 10 minutes to finally get my bait back. Then , as I was a little aggravated about that , I cast without looking up and the bait got hung on an overhanging limb. I pulled and pulled, and it broke off and plopped into the water.

I ended up with 5-6, but the pictured fish was the biggest. 
As It got dark I began to head for home from the other end of the lake. My trolling motor went slower, and slower , then was just barely pushing the boat. ( Even though the battery was fully charged, or so I thought) . ( I  Dont use an outboard in my lake)

In my haste to get out , I had forgotten a paddle!

So I got out on the island, got a big pine limb, and used it to eventually get home. It worked about 1/3 as good as a real paddle.

That being said, can’t wait to get out again!

I got my first NY bass of 2022 tonight and it also happens to be my NY PB. Funny how that works. I tossed around a jig a bunch for a couple hours, no dice. As it started to get a little darker towards sunset, switched to a spinnerbait and fished it ultra slow around some steep banks. Got her! 6.21lbs. I was awfully excited ?.

6 minutes ago, LrgmouthShad said:

I got my first NY bass of 2022 tonight and it also happens to be my NY PB. Funny how that works. I tossed around a jig a bunch for a couple hours, no dice. As it started to get a little darker towards sunset, switched to a spinnerbait and fished it ultra slow around some steep banks. Got her! 6.21lbs. I was awfully excited ?.

Nice Bass ~

Congrats

A-Jay

On 3/17/2022 at 1:32 PM, J._Bricker said:

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. 

Thanks man I’m still high from Wednesday! Best of luck this prespawn/spawn! 

1 hour ago, LrgmouthShad said:

I got my first NY bass of 2022 tonight and it also happens to be my NY PB. Funny how that works. I tossed around a jig a bunch for a couple hours, no dice. As it started to get a little darker towards sunset, switched to a spinnerbait and fished it ultra slow around some steep banks. Got her! 6.21lbs. I was awfully excited ?.

Congrats! That’s the biggest smile we’ve ever seen out of ya haha

3 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said:

Congrats! That’s the biggest smile we’ve ever seen out of ya haha

Thanks man ?. I was all smiles when I caught her! I'll have to remember to show ya'll some pearly whites next time. 

2 minutes ago, LrgmouthShad said:

Thanks man ?. I was all smiles when I caught her! I'll have to remember to show ya'll some pearly whites next time. 

Hey man, you can mean mug it too, it’s your fish your choice! I can tell you were happy to get that one, you don’t see many like that from NY 

1 hour ago, LrgmouthShad said:

I got my first NY bass of 2022 tonight and it also happens to be my NY PB. Funny how that works. I tossed around a jig a bunch for a couple hours, no dice. As it started to get a little darker towards sunset, switched to a spinnerbait and fished it ultra slow around some steep banks. Got her! 6.21lbs. I was awfully excited ?.

Nice fish. Congratulations!!! I'm a fan of those short arm spinners too.

5 minutes ago, T-Billy said:

I'm a fan of those short arm spinners too.

Short arm single colorado now accounts for both my NC and NY PB. I haven't fished those zorros a whole lot, but I'll fish em more now! Lol. 

4 hours ago, LrgmouthShad said:

I got my first NY bass of 2022 tonight and it also happens to be my NY PB. Funny how that works. I tossed around a jig a bunch for a couple hours, no dice. As it started to get a little darker towards sunset, switched to a spinnerbait and fished it ultra slow around some steep banks. Got her! 6.21lbs. I was awfully excited ?.

What an NY fish!

 

I like your shirt btw Lol

 

4 hours ago, LrgmouthShad said:

I got my first NY bass of 2022 tonight and it also happens to be my NY PB.

Nice NY chunk, LMS! Congrats! 6 lbers up here is where my heart really starts to get pumping. Feels like a big jump up from a 5er. How long did it take for your hands to quit shaking?

15 hours ago, LrgmouthShad said:

I got my first NY bass of 2022 tonight and it also happens to be my NY PB. Funny how that works. I tossed around a jig a bunch for a couple hours, no dice. As it started to get a little darker towards sunset, switched to a spinnerbait and fished it ultra slow around some steep banks. Got her! 6.21lbs. I was awfully excited ?.

 

First bass of the season is a new PB. Congrats! Your 2022 fishing season is looking good. 

Two of the three I caught Wednesday mid-morning. The 3rd one was maybe 14" or so.

 

6.24# and 21.25"   

Caught on a double willow chartreuse spinnerbait with a 4" chartreuse grub.

 

5.27 and 21"

Caught on a DT-6 Demon in 8 feet or so of water.

With next week's forecast we've gotta be close to busting loose. Saw some small bucks in shallow but no beds anywhere we were fishing (10ft vis). Water temp 56*.

 

Pops with one of the small bucks he was picking off up shallow.

 

I fished out a bit deeper and had a nice run of fish in the 17" +/- range.

 

This fella apparently bailed after only having 1/2 of his lip injection.

 

 

3 hours ago, NorcalBassin said:

With next week's forecast we've gotta be close to busting loose. Saw some small bucks in shallow but no beds anywhere we were fishing (10ft vis). Water temp 56*.

 

Pops with one of the small bucks he was picking off up shallow.

 

I fished out a bit deeper and had a nice run of fish in the 17" +/- range.

 

This fella apparently bailed after only having 1/2 of his lip injection.

 

 

Yea sir!!!!

Fun day on the water this morning! Stayed cloudy throughout the day and fairly moderate winds. There was a bite window from around 8:30-10:30. Caught 10 with 70% of them coming from one relatively small location. All of them were pretty small but a couple decent ones. Couldn't really find the big girls today. Slow rolled spinnerbaits around rock and wood in close proximity to deep water in some areas that looked promising to me. This was my first time fishing on this lake by myself.

 

Also, I'm smiling for you @TnRiver46 ?. I really need to work on my camera work because it looks like I'm trying to smother the lens with the fish in every photo I take in the kayak ??.

 

 

 

 

 

 

13 minutes ago, LrgmouthShad said:

Fun day on the water this morning! Stayed cloudy throughout the day and fairly moderate winds. There was a bite window from around 8:30-10:30. Caught 10 with 70% of them coming from one relatively small location. All of them were pretty small but a couple decent ones. Couldn't really find the big girls today. Slow rolled spinnerbaits around rock and wood in close proximity to deep water in some areas that looked promising to me. This was my first time fishing on this lake by myself.

 

Also, I'm smiling for you @TnRiver46 ?. I really need to work on my camera work because it looks like I'm trying to smother the lens with the fish in every photo I take in the kayak ??.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nice ones! I like that you still included a mean mug, gotta keep us honest

 

 

1 hour ago, LrgmouthShad said:

Fun day on the water this morning! Stayed cloudy throughout the day and fairly moderate winds. There was a bite window from around 8:30-10:30. Caught 10 with 70% of them coming from one relatively small location. All of them were pretty small but a couple decent ones. Couldn't really find the big girls today. Slow rolled spinnerbaits around rock and wood in close proximity to deep water in some areas that looked promising to me. This was my first time fishing on this lake by myself.

 

Also, I'm smiling for you @TnRiver46 ?. I really need to work on my camera work because it looks like I'm trying to smother the lens with the fish in every photo I take in the kayak ??.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Man...spinner BAIT...great tool.

25 minutes ago, Chris Catignani said:

Man...spinner BAIT...great tool.

As Jimmy Houston said, "There's a lot of lures out there, but a spinnerbait is special." 

 

They bite the heck out of them where I am in NY. Not necessarily so in other places I fish. Still, if I'm fishing a spinnerbait, no matter where I am, I expect to get bit all the time. I should have fished them more over Spring break in NC.

11 minutes ago, LrgmouthShad said:

As Jimmy Houston said, "There's a lot of lures out there, but a spinnerbait is special." 

 

They bite the heck out of them where I am in NY. Not necessarily so in other places I fish. Still, if I'm fishing a spinnerbait, no matter where I am, I expect to get bit all the time. I should have fished them more over Spring break in NC.

Still waiting on my spinnerbait lesson, I can skunk with them in 50 states 

9 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said:

Still waiting on my spinnerbait lesson, I can skunk with them in 50 states 

I promise you...promise you 175% promise...that if you let me pick the week and flew up here I could get you on some spinner bait bass. Im so confident that if I failed to do so I would pay you back your expenses...plane ticket, lodging,food...for the week.

11 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said:

Still waiting on my spinnerbait lesson, I can skunk with them in 50 states 

If you want, I can talk with you about them. But I don't want to disrespect a couple things. I don't want to disrespect effort you've already put forth and I don't mean to cast myself out as a expert in spinnerbaits since I know there are many on this site more accomplished with them than I am. And you are a far better angler than I am. Just because I've caught a lot of fish on spinnerbaits don't mean jack.

43 minutes ago, DitchPanda said:

I promise you...promise you 175% promise...that if you let me pick the week and flew up here I could get you on some spinner bait bass. Im so confident that if I failed to do so I would pay you back your expenses...plane ticket, lodging,food...for the week.

Flew?? I’m too scared to even get on a roller coaster much less an airplane!!! Thanks for the invite, I bet we could catch em! I’ll have to come via ground travel tho, I do have some family in Iowa 

40 minutes ago, LrgmouthShad said:

 And you are a far better angler than I am..

White bass angler maybe………..

 

Best one of seven on my last trip fishing  in FL.

All caught on T-rigged super bug D Bomb.

Time to head north.

 

37 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said:

Flew?? I’m too scared to even get on a roller coaster much less an airplane!!! Thanks for the invite, I bet we could catch em! I’ll have to come via ground travel tho, I do have some family in Iowa 

White bass angler maybe………..

 

Where abouts?