on a terminator 3/8 black/blue swim jig, no trailer. unfortunately no scale on me.

5 minutes ago, Sy_A said:

on a terminator 3/8 black/blue swim jig, no trailer. unfortunately no scale on me.

Hey I think I’ve seen that fish before. r/bassfishing? 
 

She’s a beaut football

1 minute ago, LrgmouthShad said:

Hey I think I’ve seen that fish before. r/bassfishing? 
 

She’s a beaut football

Yes that’s me! Hah

Got out in the canoe this evening with a buddy.  It was calm so I fished a frog over 3-6ft. of water with coontail and some small pad patches for probably close to an hour, with no takers.  I was thinking I’d try a buzz bait, but the rod I was going to use for that had a TR black/blue Bandito Bug tied on and I felt too lazy to change it right away.  First cast toward a bit deeper water (8-10ft) and boom, about a 3# whacked it on the fall.  Very next cast I got about a 2#.  Few casts later a 1.5# or so, then a while later another 2# or so.  Heck of a good time and I’m suddenly a big fan of beaver baits.?

 

Edited July 8, 20223 yr by The Baron

1 hour ago, The Baron said:

I felt too lazy to change it right away

 

I need be like this more often.

6 hours ago, throttleplate said:

 

I need be like this more often.

I caught all of my fish last night because I was too lazy to tie on the wrong bait. lol

After work Friday bass!!!!. Punched out of work at 6 am.  After eating breakfast I was the first one on the water at 7:15am.

 

Not giving the lakes name as it’s very small and located near Lansing in Clinton county MI. This has been a secret of mine for 4-5 years now.  The state game area that surrounds the lake is named after it.  It’s almost 10 minutes due west of sleepy hollow/lake Ovid.  Take the same exit off 127

 

for some reason these fish absolutely crush a 6 inch black and blue flake ocho t-rigged with a 1/4 oz weight.  All I do is cast or flip into outskirts or pockets in the pads that ring the lake. 
 

first fish came on a baby bass fluke.  I’m hoping this fluke is another piece of the puzzle on this lake. It’s either I knock them dead or nothing.  However, the fish are always cruising and crushing minnows on the surface. Whether I’m catching fish or not.  
 

last fish came on a 5 inch savage gear boot tail black crappie swim bait with 5/0 beast hook.  So first panfish boot tail catch. Also, on rainshadow blank that I built. 

Managed a few hours on the kayak this morning before the heat really set in. I only managed a 15"er but its score able for the two tourneys Im in. I missed it on an OG Chatterbait in white and chartreuse with a Tennessee Shad colored Havoc Grass Pig Jr trailer. I immediately swapped rods and followed up with a 5" wacky rigged Yum Dinger in Morning Dawn. He hit it after I twitched the rod a few times after the fall, he was in about 3.5' of water.

I couldn’t find a partner, so did a solo canoe outing to a small back lake this morning.  The lake delivered exactly what I expected - good numbers of small fish.  I caught almost 40 fish, with maybe 2 of them over a pound.  I started with a popper, then a frog (I was surprised how shallow I caught some), a small spook and finally a wacky rigged senko.  All were fun, but the senko was the winner - I caught over a dozen in the last 20 minutes before deciding I’d had enough.  Pic below is actually one of the bigger ones.?

 

First Bass in the new Tracker!!!

16 minutes ago, treble hook said:

First Bass in the new Tracker!!!

Congrats !

A-Jay

1 hour ago, treble hook said:

First Bass in the new Tracker!!!

Awesome!  My son and I have the same dream.  Congratulations.?

3 hours ago, The Baron said:

I couldn’t find a partner, so did a solo canoe outing to a small back lake this morning.

I always did better alone . Learned a lot more too . Took chances , thought outside the box . For me  its the best  way to go .

I was net man again ~ All Day !

A-Jay

6 hours ago, The Baron said:

I couldn’t find a partner, so did a solo canoe outing to a small back lake this morning.  The lake delivered exactly what I expected - good numbers of small fish.  I caught almost 40 fish, with maybe 2 of them over a pound.  I started with a popper, then a frog (I was surprised how shallow I caught some), a small spook and finally a wacky rigged senko.  All were fun, but the senko was the bit hit - I caught over a dozen in the last 20 minutes before deciding I’d had enough.  Pic below is actually one of the bigger ones.?

 

Nice catch! Love that boat 

I caught a few today at a pond that I fish in parchment, MI that’s been overrun with pike I caught 5 or so small bass. I caught at least 10 pike, at the pond caught them on a lipless crank and a strike king lil mister money spinner bait. Then I went to spring valley just across the road from my apartment and caught this 1.78lb bass on a lipless ripping grass with it. I would say today was a success.

Wednesday 6/29 (last time I’ve been out) took the kids to Possum kingdom. Caught 10 in a few hours I think. All on Weightless senko in submerged trees in 15’ water. 
The kids each lost one. 
 

 

Sorry, I don’t know why my pictures are so grainy in here. They are fine on my phone. 

Friday wife and i went to a another dam in Fergus Falls Minn area. First time we fished it and i spent 8 hours in hip waders today walking the flooded shoreline, crawling over rocks and downed trees looking for eddies.

We caught smallmouth and pike which i am just wore out with as they bit me off today 3 times and the wife twice.

Snagged a huge carp in the tail meat area and fought him like a giant tuna and got him into shore. I couldnt pick him up as i was standing on big rocks and couldnt bend down.

It was hot out and we got home at midnite. Today i never opened the door of the house to look outside and after stretching in the morning i just laid down all day sleeping on and off.

 

Obligatory morning dink hitting a topwater he shouldn't.

 

This one absolutely choked the spinnerbait... only thing outside the mouth was the trailer hook. 

 

Pops with a spot.

 

Fish of the day I picked up on a 175.

Another solo couple of hours this morning.  Tried a new spot that’s part of a big chain of lakes on the Rideau Canal system, but unfortunately the whole area I launched from was pretty shallow and weedy.  I did a circuit around a couple bays but didn’t want to venture further in the canoe.  I caught a few, first was about 2# so I was happy after so many dinks yesterday.  He pulled my frog down, then grabbed it again when submerged.  I tossed a wacky rigged green pumpkin/red flake senko in right behind that and he nailed it.?

I don’t want the weekend to end, so might try again tonight.

I have been wanting to throw some tubes, especially since I bought some max scent ones and various weights of owner phantom tube hooks. Got rigged up and went to one of my spots in spring valley park. I made a couple short cast to check the action and fall rate out, first cast to the spot I wanted to target caught this 2.64lb bass. Packed up and headed home, have a bunch of stuff to do today and I feel like I accomplished what I set out to do catch my first bass on a tube. I caught it on a 1/16 oz owner phantom tube hook with a watermelon red Berkley max scent 3.5 tube. I am happy with that for a day lol, not bad for less than 5 minutes.

A buddy and I hit up Saginaw bay today.  We launched in bay city and farther up the Saginaw river than I wanted but, Patterson was full.  We had a 20-30 minute boat ride to the mouth. 
 

we fished around spoils island first.  While going around the island  I caught 2 big sheap head and 2 smallies on a Norman middle N root beer crank.  Only the biggest one is pictured. 
 

next we moved east about 2 miles and into shallower water.  I caught 1 big smallie and about 5-7 large mouths in 2.5ft of water.  I was fishing a GP maxx scent general worm wacky rigged. Buddy caught 2 large mouths.  Where we were fishing looked like an old break wall.  It was a line of rocks underneath the water that extend 2 miles out into the lake 

 

Worked a little twilight magic this evening

 

 

                                                       

Blade bait keeps putting up numbers and size. As long as I have a clean path through the water and a little breeze these guys are going to get a lot of game time.