2 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said:

The jig only last one throw in riprap from my experience 

Not in mine! Used to throw jigs in riprap all the time bank fishing. I’d lose one here and there, sure. But they worked good and was never expensive. The 6th sense divine swim jigs came through anything for me. Rocks, grass, wood, anything 

3 hours ago, LrgmouthShad said:

I wanna throw a crankbait or jig in those rocks so bad

That's my normal spot when I'm feeling lazy or having back pain like I have been. I like to be up in there when it's a little calmer, slow running a chatterbait just over the rocks.That water never really gets much beyond 3-4ft clarity so on calmer days the bass hug up to the larger gaps in the rocks. Yesterday I hooked four bass and three crappies right there. There's not really a bad bank spot at that lake, just ones that get more challenging with different winds. This one has the most to choose from in all conditions and also where I caught my PB. I've seen photos of bass up to 12lbs caught from that access point so my hope each time is that I'll get one of those .1% of upper end bass to hook on and stay on. 

I found this great place over by my local Academy. It has 3 ponds over 10 acres of dirty water with structure for days on end. The one I fished looked the best, so I lead off with a chatterbait, nothing bit it. I switched to an S Waver, nothing hit it. I switched to a trap, felt a few hits. This pond had a bunch of laydowns so I was confident that if they ticked the trap, I knew they'd hit the squarebill, but no. I remember reading that KVD likes to follow misses with a wacky rig, so I threw a bubble gum Ocho at them, and sure enough I smoked a few! I love that I can now fish methodically instead of casting a lure praying works. I also threw a buzzbait, and was amazed at the strikes. I never landed one but I tuned this particular buzzbait very nice. Crimped the rivet, rolled down my window and let the blade spin at high speeds  I'm hooked on buzzbaits now, although I never caught a fish, the strikes are crazy. Buzzbaits trigger a defensive strike and you better be ready, because the fish will literally take the entire rod out of your hand as she explodes out of the water to strike. 

       If you don't want to read the long report, the bass are 9.2  and 5.8 pounds, caught on a Magnum Rage Bug and a crankbait.                                                                                                                  I went to Presa Trigomil for the first time this weekend.  I heard about this lake from a guy I hired as a deckhand this winter.  He told me he had bass fished once in his life and caught a good bass.  When he showed me a picture of the 12.5 pound bass he caught (a good bass) I decided I needed to give this lake a try.

       I new the lake would be down, so I studied low water pictures on Google Earth.  I assumed it would be post spawn, and planned on fishing secondary points to start.  I arrived at the lake about noon Thursday.  The water was 76 degrees, with 4-5 foot of visibility, and no wind.

      I fished a dozen secondary and main lake points with no luck.   I tried the back end of a couple of bays and caught a few less than a pound bass.  Tilapia were spawning everywhere, and there was an abundance of bait. I could see bait in the shallows, and by marking with my fish finder offshore. At the end of the day I found a point with some bass and landed a 5.5 pounder along with a couple three pounders.

      The next morning I went back to that point and landed a 5 and a 6 pound bass.  I left to try another part of the lake with no luck. I ended the day at my only good point.  I decided to try a Carolina rig for the first time in my life.  I caught a 5.5 pound bass on the first cast and thought I had found the magic bait.  That was the only bass on the rig, and I finished the day with a couple small bass on cranks.

      The next morning I started at my only semi good spot with no luck.  I finally decided it was time to quit beating a dead horse, and come up with a new plan.  I pulled over to the bank and climbed up a small bluff to take a break and look at the water.  There was no wind so I could see down about 5 feet.  I observed all kinds of life mostly spawning Tilapia, along with some bluegill, carp and lots of bait.  Then I saw a 5 pound bass cruise the shoreline.  The bass would go up and down the shore for about one hundred yards, but would alway return to the same spot.

     I had pounded this bank earlier in the day and couldn't believe there was a 5 pound bass hanging out that close to the shore.  I grabbed a rod from the kayak climbed back on the bluff, and cast a Waky Senko in front of the bass.  No interest.  Then I saw a smaller bass join the larger one, and finally the light went on.  I can be a stubborn fisherman, if I think the bass are post spawn and on points than I practically have to get hit on the head to convince me otherwise, but I was seeing a spawning pair with my own eyes, and I was to tired of not catching fish to ignore the obvious spawning behavior..

     It didn't take me long to find the sweet spot and catch both of the bass on a waky rigged Senko.  I started walking further along the steep bank and spotted another 5 pounder, and caught her.  I went a little further and spotted a pair, and caught both of them.  The bank began to get to steep to side hill with my bad knee while wearing flimsy sandals, so I climbed back to the flat spot on the bluff.  It was there I spotted a DD. bass.  I tried for over an hour to get her to bite, even though I had no idea how I was going to land her, 30 feet up a bluff.

      I had to come up with a new plan.  I started going down the bank in the kayak looking for bass.  If I ran over and spooked them, I would mark the spot to return later and try to catch them.  Even standing up in the kayak I couldn't see the bass far enough away without spooking them.  It looked like more side hilling the steep banks was going to be the only way.

     I pulled in to shore near one on of my marked bass, climbed 20 feet up the bank and spotted two big bass.  They would chase each other up and down the bank but would always come back to the same spot.  I couldn't see a nest but their was definitely a spot they liked.  Then a third smaller bass started hanging around the same spot, and I new I had a spawning pair plus one.  The biggest bass kept trying to chase the other larger bass away, but she kept coming back.  Sometimes they both would go as far as 100 yards up the bank but both would eventually always come back. 

      I didn't have any white soft plastics so I picked out a Magnum Rage Bug with bright blue on the top hoping it would help me to see the bait.  I now see why the pros use white.  Visibility of the bait is key. I drug it in front of all three bass with no response.  Their favorite spot was almost out of sight and I couldn't see my bait that deep, but I new I could get close.  I waited until both big bass were chasing again, and drug the bait to the spot and waited.  The smallest of the big bass came back and I saw my line start to move off.  I set the hook and the fight was on.  I landed her right when the only other fisherman on the lake paddled by.  He pulled over and took my picture and told me he hadn't caught a bass in two days.  I told him my new strategy, he looked at me like I was crazy and paddled off.

     I went back caught the male, but even though I did see the big one I couldn't get her to bite.  I found two more large bass including a DD. but by the time I went back to fish for them the wind had picked up making it impossible to see well enough to catch them.

      The next morning I tried for two of the fish I had spotted.  I did find both of them again, but the light was not good when the sun was low, and the wind picked up early making it difficult so I had to give up and go back to casting blind.  I did find another point that had bass and caught 2 three pounders before having to make the 5 hour drive home.

     I didn't catch many bass but was able to catch my first C rig bass, my first bass sight fishing, and once again learned that having an open mind is way better for successful fishing than being stubborn is.  I also learned side hilling steep banks wearing sandals will make you feet very sore, but catching a 9 pound bass is worth it.

      The picture of the bank is where one DD lived I tried for hours to get to bite with no luck.

Nice bass and a great read!

22 minutes ago, king fisher said:

       If you don't want to read the long report, the bass are 9.2  and 5.8 pounds, caught on a Magnum Rage Bug and a crankbait.                                                                                                                 

 

Nice Bass ~

Congrats

btw - I enjoyed reading your report.

So I read it twice.

I've got that kind of time.

A-Jay

Just now, A-Jay said:

Nice Bass ~

Congrats

btw - I enjoyed reading your report.

So I read it twice.

I've got that kind of time.

A-Jay

Thanks AJ  I forgot one other first, on this trip that I'm still having a hard time believing.  I fished for four days, and didn't loose a single lure.  The bass may have not been biting, but I can't say I didn't have incredible luck.

Got my dad and my oldest out to chase some 'eyes Saturday. Dad and mom like to eat them, so I always try to get out with him and try to get them a couple to eat every spring. Water was way dirtier than I'd hoped but after a couple fat white bass, I caught a keeper saugeye along with a couple more shorts.

The lake has a good spinnerbait bite for bass, but they're usually pretty small. Windy, cold, dirty water? Yeah, I had to make some cast at them. They were CHEWING, and bigger than average it seemed. Chart/white Booyah Covert with the orange/gold Colorado blades was killing them.

Sent dad home with a bookend pair of line-burner 18" saugeye for him and my mom to eat.

1 hour ago, king fisher said:

       If you don't want to read the long report, the bass are 9.2  and 5.8 pounds, caught on a Magnum Rage Bug and a crankbait.                                                                                                                  I went to Presa Trigomil for the first time this weekend.  I heard about this lake from a guy I hired as a deckhand this winter.  He told me he had bass fished once in his life and caught a good bass.  When he showed me a picture of the 12.5 pound bass he caught (a good bass) I decided I needed to give this lake a try.

       I new the lake would be down, so I studied low water pictures on Google Earth.  I assumed it would be post spawn, and planned on fishing secondary points to start.  I arrived at the lake about noon Thursday.  The water was 76 degrees, with 4-5 foot of visibility, and no wind.

      I fished a dozen secondary and main lake points with no luck.   I tried the back end of a couple of bays and caught a few less than a pound bass.  Tilapia were spawning everywhere, and there was an abundance of bait. I could see bait in the shallows, and by marking with my fish finder offshore. At the end of the day I found a point with some bass and landed a 5.5 pounder along with a couple three pounders.

      The next morning I went back to that point and landed a 5 and a 6 pound bass.  I left to try another part of the lake with no luck. I ended the day at my only good point.  I decided to try a Carolina rig for the first time in my life.  I caught a 5.5 pound bass on the first cast and thought I had found the magic bait.  That was the only bass on the rig, and I finished the day with a couple small bass on cranks.

      The next morning I started at my only semi good spot with no luck.  I finally decided it was time to quit beating a dead horse, and come up with a new plan.  I pulled over to the bank and climbed up a small bluff to take a break and look at the water.  There was no wind so I could see down about 5 feet.  I observed all kinds of life mostly spawning Tilapia, along with some bluegill, carp and lots of bait.  Then I saw a 5 pound bass cruise the shoreline.  The bass would go up and down the shore for about one hundred yards, but would alway return to the same spot.

     I had pounded this bank earlier in the day and couldn't believe there was a 5 pound bass hanging out that close to the shore.  I grabbed a rod from the kayak climbed back on the bluff, and cast a Waky Senko in front of the bass.  No interest.  Then I saw a smaller bass join the larger one, and finally the light went on.  I can be a stubborn fisherman, if I think the bass are post spawn and on points than I practically have to get hit on the head to convince me otherwise, but I was seeing a spawning pair with my own eyes, and I was to tired of not catching fish to ignore the obvious spawning behavior..

     It didn't take me long to find the sweet spot and catch both of the bass on a waky rigged Senko.  I started walking further along the steep bank and spotted another 5 pounder, and caught her.  I went a little further and spotted a pair, and caught both of them.  The bank began to get to steep to side hill with my bad knee while wearing flimsy sandals, so I climbed back to the flat spot on the bluff.  It was there I spotted a DD. bass.  I tried for over an hour to get her to bite, even though I had no idea how I was going to land her, 30 feet up a bluff.

      I had to come up with a new plan.  I started going down the bank in the kayak looking for bass.  If I ran over and spooked them, I would mark the spot to return later and try to catch them.  Even standing up in the kayak I couldn't see the bass far enough away without spooking them.  It looked like more side hilling the steep banks was going to be the only way.

     I pulled in to shore near one on of my marked bass, climbed 20 feet up the bank and spotted two big bass.  They would chase each other up and down the bank but would always come back to the same spot.  I couldn't see a nest but their was definitely a spot they liked.  Then a third smaller bass started hanging around the same spot, and I new I had a spawning pair plus one.  The biggest bass kept trying to chase the other larger bass away, but she kept coming back.  Sometimes they both would go as far as 100 yards up the bank but both would eventually always come back. 

      I didn't have any white soft plastics so I picked out a Magnum Rage Bug with bright blue on the top hoping it would help me to see the bait.  I now see why the pros use white.  Visibility of the bait is key. I drug it in front of all three bass with no response.  Their favorite spot was almost out of sight and I couldn't see my bait that deep, but I new I could get close.  I waited until both big bass were chasing again, and drug the bait to the spot and waited.  The smallest of the big bass came back and I saw my line start to move off.  I set the hook and the fight was on.  I landed her right when the only other fisherman on the lake paddled by.  He pulled over and took my picture and told me he hadn't caught a bass in two days.  I told him my new strategy, he looked at me like I was crazy and paddled off.

     I went back caught the male, but even though I did see the big one I couldn't get her to bite.  I found two more large bass including a DD. but by the time I went back to fish for them the wind had picked up making it impossible to see well enough to catch them.

      The next morning I tried for two of the fish I had spotted.  I did find both of them again, but the light was not good when the sun was low, and the wind picked up early making it difficult so I had to give up and go back to casting blind.  I did find another point that had bass and caught 2 three pounders before having to make the 5 hour drive home.

     I didn't catch many bass but was able to catch my first C rig bass, my first bass sight fishing, and once again learned that having an open mind is way better for successful fishing than being stubborn is.  I also learned side hilling steep banks wearing sandals will make you feet very sore, but catching a 9 pound bass is worth it.

      The picture of the bank is where one DD lived I tried for hours to get to bite with no luck.

 

Great report and oh boy what a great bass! Hopefully those DDs stick around a bit for you to get another shot.

 

2 hours ago, king fisher said:

       If you don't want to read the long report, the bass are 9.2  and 5.8 pounds, caught on a Magnum Rage Bug and a crankbait.                                                                                                                  I went to Presa Trigomil for the first time this weekend.  I heard about this lake from a guy I hired as a deckhand this winter.  He told me he had bass fished once in his life and caught a good bass.  When he showed me a picture of the 12.5 pound bass he caught (a good bass) I decided I needed to give this lake a try.

       I new the lake would be down, so I studied low water pictures on Google Earth.  I assumed it would be post spawn, and planned on fishing secondary points to start.  I arrived at the lake about noon Thursday.  The water was 76 degrees, with 4-5 foot of visibility, and no wind.

      I fished a dozen secondary and main lake points with no luck.   I tried the back end of a couple of bays and caught a few less than a pound bass.  Tilapia were spawning everywhere, and there was an abundance of bait. I could see bait in the shallows, and by marking with my fish finder offshore. At the end of the day I found a point with some bass and landed a 5.5 pounder along with a couple three pounders.

      The next morning I went back to that point and landed a 5 and a 6 pound bass.  I left to try another part of the lake with no luck. I ended the day at my only good point.  I decided to try a Carolina rig for the first time in my life.  I caught a 5.5 pound bass on the first cast and thought I had found the magic bait.  That was the only bass on the rig, and I finished the day with a couple small bass on cranks.

      The next morning I started at my only semi good spot with no luck.  I finally decided it was time to quit beating a dead horse, and come up with a new plan.  I pulled over to the bank and climbed up a small bluff to take a break and look at the water.  There was no wind so I could see down about 5 feet.  I observed all kinds of life mostly spawning Tilapia, along with some bluegill, carp and lots of bait.  Then I saw a 5 pound bass cruise the shoreline.  The bass would go up and down the shore for about one hundred yards, but would alway return to the same spot.

     I had pounded this bank earlier in the day and couldn't believe there was a 5 pound bass hanging out that close to the shore.  I grabbed a rod from the kayak climbed back on the bluff, and cast a Waky Senko in front of the bass.  No interest.  Then I saw a smaller bass join the larger one, and finally the light went on.  I can be a stubborn fisherman, if I think the bass are post spawn and on points than I practically have to get hit on the head to convince me otherwise, but I was seeing a spawning pair with my own eyes, and I was to tired of not catching fish to ignore the obvious spawning behavior..

     It didn't take me long to find the sweet spot and catch both of the bass on a waky rigged Senko.  I started walking further along the steep bank and spotted another 5 pounder, and caught her.  I went a little further and spotted a pair, and caught both of them.  The bank began to get to steep to side hill with my bad knee while wearing flimsy sandals, so I climbed back to the flat spot on the bluff.  It was there I spotted a DD. bass.  I tried for over an hour to get her to bite, even though I had no idea how I was going to land her, 30 feet up a bluff.

      I had to come up with a new plan.  I started going down the bank in the kayak looking for bass.  If I ran over and spooked them, I would mark the spot to return later and try to catch them.  Even standing up in the kayak I couldn't see the bass far enough away without spooking them.  It looked like more side hilling the steep banks was going to be the only way.

     I pulled in to shore near one on of my marked bass, climbed 20 feet up the bank and spotted two big bass.  They would chase each other up and down the bank but would always come back to the same spot.  I couldn't see a nest but their was definitely a spot they liked.  Then a third smaller bass started hanging around the same spot, and I new I had a spawning pair plus one.  The biggest bass kept trying to chase the other larger bass away, but she kept coming back.  Sometimes they both would go as far as 100 yards up the bank but both would eventually always come back. 

      I didn't have any white soft plastics so I picked out a Magnum Rage Bug with bright blue on the top hoping it would help me to see the bait.  I now see why the pros use white.  Visibility of the bait is key. I drug it in front of all three bass with no response.  Their favorite spot was almost out of sight and I couldn't see my bait that deep, but I new I could get close.  I waited until both big bass were chasing again, and drug the bait to the spot and waited.  The smallest of the big bass came back and I saw my line start to move off.  I set the hook and the fight was on.  I landed her right when the only other fisherman on the lake paddled by.  He pulled over and took my picture and told me he hadn't caught a bass in two days.  I told him my new strategy, he looked at me like I was crazy and paddled off.

     I went back caught the male, but even though I did see the big one I couldn't get her to bite.  I found two more large bass including a DD. but by the time I went back to fish for them the wind had picked up making it impossible to see well enough to catch them.

      The next morning I tried for two of the fish I had spotted.  I did find both of them again, but the light was not good when the sun was low, and the wind picked up early making it difficult so I had to give up and go back to casting blind.  I did find another point that had bass and caught 2 three pounders before having to make the 5 hour drive home.

     I didn't catch many bass but was able to catch my first C rig bass, my first bass sight fishing, and once again learned that having an open mind is way better for successful fishing than being stubborn is.  I also learned side hilling steep banks wearing sandals will make you feet very sore, but catching a 9 pound bass is worth it.

      The picture of the bank is where one DD lived I tried for hours to get to bite with no luck.

Very nice fish. I enjoyed the report too. Thanks for sharing.

Wacky Rig never lets me down ?‍♀️

15 minutes ago, Jenna Lauren said:

Wacky Rig never lets me down ?‍♀️

 

Nice catches and welcome! The wacky rig is definitely a killer presentation.

1 hour ago, Jenna Lauren said:

Wacky Rig never lets me down ?‍♀️

Nothing like showing out on your first post! Welcome @Jenna Lauren to Bassresource and the Forums!

1 hour ago, Jenna Lauren said:

Wacky Rig never lets me down ?‍♀️

Hey

 

So I decided to chime in since I have not caught anything in a while. This is my small catch this afternoon, but I left early because it was so hot out today? a nice peacock and Mayan cichlid. I lost two more, they threw the hook on me. Happy fishing

I got to fish on Friday, but I'm just now getting to post. We started out throwing fast lures like chatterbaits, lipless, squarebills, etc. We got no takers on riprap, in the creeks, or on grassy flats...other than some pesky white bass, and one hungry little catfish that hit a lipless. That was my first catfish on a lipless.

 

We decided to change gears, and throw jigs, and shaky heads at laydowns. That's when we finally started getting bit. The day started out slow, but ended up pretty good after we made the adjustments. The best one was the spot in the picture. I got her on a green pumpkin jig.

nice, chunky spot brother ?

1 hour ago, BassSteve said:

Hey

 

So I decided to chime in since I have not caught anything in a while. This is my small catch this afternoon, but I left early because it was so hot out today? a nice peacock and Mayan cichlid. I lost two more, they threw the hook on me. Happy fishing

Nice! What did you catch them on?

36 minutes ago, Robert C. Gates said:

Nice! What did you catch them on?

I caught both of them on a shallow diving crankbait! I replaced the treble hooks with single hooks ?

That's better. Just shy of 3lbs, crushed a jerkbait, pretty sure it bit again after I released it. two casts later I hooked into a similarly sized fish right where it'd swam off after I let it go. The second one got away.

Also got a nice 3.5 blue cat, a couple nice little spots, and a couple little LMB. 

Lost two baits, stepped on my rod, it was an expensive day but at least I got some catchin done

Stopped at a pond for a bit today . Silted in moss infected hole  with muddy water . Caught 4 bass .  a 3 , 4,  5 and 5.3.Only took  one spinnerbait with me . Chartreuse with gold turtle back blades . My favorite early spring spinnerbait .

2 minutes ago, scaleface said:

Stopped at a pond for a bit today . Silted in moss infected hole  with muddy water . Caught 4 bass .  a 3 , 4,  5 and 5.3.Only took  one spinnerbait with me . Chartreuse with gold turtle back blades . My favorite early spring spinnerbait .

As a fellow pond hopper all I can say is…d**n I need to find and fish those ponds?

44 minutes ago, Eric 26 said:

As a fellow pond hopper all I can say is…d**n I need to find and fish those ponds?

For real...I want a pond like that pond...

13 hours ago, scaleface said:

Stopped at a pond for a bit today . Silted in moss infected hole  with muddy water . Caught 4 bass .  a 3 , 4,  5 and 5.3.Only took  one spinnerbait with me . Chartreuse with gold turtle back blades . My favorite early spring spinnerbait .

Very nice. Good looking girls.

I don't fish much in the small pond behind our condo, but I know there is at least one fat fish there, almost a pet by now, and I catch her anew once every few months. Each time she is bigger. Went out tonight after dinner and got her again. Now she's 6 pounds! First photo is me gesturing to my wife to go to the garage to get my scale. My neighbor Craig took the (slightly out of focus) photo holding up my little girl.

 

That Runcl scale BTW is great, and waterproof.