6 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said:

Something is wrong with your pics, the sun is shining 

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Been swamped. Too tired lately for vampire fishing, but have no fear, I'll be back at it soon. Believe me, this daylight fishing jazz simply doesn't give me the same spark, and I feel lost without bats buzzing about my head.

2 minutes ago, PhishLI said:

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Been swamped. Too tired lately for vampire fishing, but have no fear, I'll be back at it soon. Believe me, this daylight fishing jazz simply doesn't give me the same spark, and I feel lost without bats buzzing about my head.

Haha, I would have to agree with you.    Sadly peak night fishing season is over down here for me.   About July it peaks, and it's much easier for me to find bigger quality fish holding in the deeper parts of a lake, especially by dams.   

 

I can't tell you the number of times I set the hook on a Bat hitting the line ?      

Fall fishing is here. Air temps in the mid 40’s when I arrived at my spot. I have been fishing a Senko rigged weightless a lot this year. It didn’t disappoint me this morning on the river. Caught a 19” Smallmouth Bass weighing in at 3 pounds. 
 

6 minutes ago, AlabamaSpothunter said:

Sadly peak night fishing season is over down here for me.   About July it peaks

The night bite rules here year 'round. It's the nature of our lakes. I'm convinced the bass here, especially the bigs, are spooky due to how close we are to the salt. Big fishing birds come from the salt bays to pound our shallow spots here during the day. It's common to catch a bass here with beak scars from Ospreys, Hawks, Cormorants, etc. They were the lucky ones. The birds win a lot. Besides that, the daytime fishing pressure is nuts. This morning the red army bucket brigade occupied an entire shoreline. I wade, so I was able to go where they couldn't. They like their lawn chairs.

First club tourney of the year. Air temps dropped from the 90s to 60s overnight which had the fish a little stunned. Shad were dying off like crazy so no need for the smallies to chase our baits. Still managed to get 2nd which I won’t complain about given how the day went. Lost a 4-5lber early on a plopper which would have won it easily. Can’t complain though, it’s better than school. Next one is an MLF event on the Ozarks. Should be a good one!

I caught 10 today including a 19 inch long Largemouth.   @AlabamaSpothunter would be mad if I posted a picture of it instead of the FAT 17 inch Spot.   This particular spot jumped several times.  Around here spots usually just pull like a tug boat, but don't jump.   

 

I went out on the kayak today, and I got this 2.33 pounder and 4 more bass! The clouds really helped out the bite today!

Got in a little Sunday night kayak tournament last night. 3 fish limit, only a few other guys fishing it on a notorious dink factory. I got the win and big bass with a whopping 16" big bass and 45.5" inches. It was a fun night, buzzbait and bladed jig was all they'd bite.

 

Decided to go out to the pond today around noon and try out the new 3.5” Rattlin Rapala in Shad I recently got. Rattlin Rapala  The day couldn’t have been better with bluebird skies, a nice breeze with some gusts occasionally and temps in the mid-70s. 3rd cast by the pier and caught this 4 pound pig with an attitude. ? This pond continues to surprise me with some large, quality fish. Even spotted some Carp up around the shallows that I never knew were there.

 

 

Biggest fish from this last week, been wrecking ‘‘em on the jerkbait

There are some hog farmers in the house!

1 hour ago, ol'crickety said:

There are some hog farmers in the house!

I suspect the pond is spiked ?

Got to love football ? season. Put the whopper plopper to work this evening 

Doc, did you get a measurement on that fish?

28 minutes ago, ol'crickety said:

Doc, did you get a measurement on that fish?

No measurement.  She was a good size— I’m thinking in the 5 pound range.  All 4 I caught this evening were chunky.  

3 hours ago, sdw215 said:

Decided to go out to the pond today around noon and try out the new 3.5” Rattlin Rapala in Shad I recently got. Rattlin Rapala  The day couldn’t have been better with bluebird skies, a nice breeze with some gusts occasionally and temps in the mid-70s. 3rd cast by the pier and caught this 4 pound pig with an attitude. ? This pond continues to surprise me with some large, quality fish. Even spotted some Carp up around the shallows that I never knew were there.

 

 

Way to go friend, really nice fish!   

 

Had the same conditions except it was gusting up to 15mph today.....little whitecaps on my lake.   I knew it was going to be a banger of a bite though with this upcoming low pressure coming from Hurricane Ian.    

 

I expect this to continue until Friday at least, maybe even into Saturday.    Tomorrow is going to be the same just with more wind I think.

 

I couldn't catch the quality LGM I thought I was going to given how good the bite was, but I can't complain with a raw thumb day using a Crankbait, and this little Chatterback Flashback.  

 

Only used two setups, threw the Jackall Crankbait around points and flats, and then fished the Flashback with the 3" Armor Shad offshore around isolated large pods of shads.   The Flashback with the 3" Armor Shad is a deadly looking bait, and really turns the bait into a dedicated Bass lure.    

 

Guess a bird got a hold of one of these chunky Spots, hopefully it makes it.    Second pic was my biggest, a 2.2 Spot.    

@sdw215  hope you get a chance to go fishing today, look at the super dynamic conditions.....my bet is it's either lockjaw, or epic moving bait action.

 

My lake temps have dropped 7 degrees in 3days, the outside hi/low temps have dramatically dropped by 20-30 degrees.   Last week this time it was 94 with a felt temp of 97.....today it is 74 with a rare Alabama red flag alert.  

 

Fall is no doubt here, and with these dynamic conditions coming from Ian, I think fishing is about to get really good again.  

 

 

Alex, it's fall in Maine, which made for some pretty fishing this morning. It was also pretty tough fishing. I fished the shallowest of my bogs and it was even shallower, which puzzles me, as it's been raining steadily. I had to search for water where I could cast. A stretch might look open, but then there'd be weeds half an inch below the surface. There were also stretches with leaves floating on the water, which I liked. 

 

I caught 29 fish, two pickerel and 27 bass, but nothing big. I did have one nicer fish single hooked by the canoe, but it unbuttoned. Earlier in the summer, I lost a Whopper Plopper to a poorly tied knot. That fish kindly returned it. It happened again this morning (Dumb to not check my knot, huh?), so I waited for the bass to return it and it did (Smart to be patient, huh?), coming out of the water and shaking it free. T-Billy (Tim) once called me a "hammer." This morning, I was a tack hammer.

 

Some fall color followed by a perfect hornets' nest in the rain followed by a few fish:

 

 

 

 

 

 

57 minutes ago, ol'crickety said:

Alex, it's fall in Maine, which made for some pretty fishing this morning. It was also pretty tough fishing. I fished the shallowest of my bogs and it was even shallower, which puzzles me, as it's been raining steadily. I had to search for water where I could cast. A stretch might look open, but then there'd be weeds half an inch below the surface. There were also stretches with leaves floating on the water, which I liked. 

 

I caught 29 fish, two pickerel and 27 bass, but nothing big. I did have one nicer fish single hooked by the canoe, but it unbuttoned. Earlier in the summer, I lost a Whopper Plopper to a poorly tied knot. That fish kindly returned it. It happened again this morning (Dumb to not check my knot, huh?), so I waited for the bass to return it and it did (Smart to be patient, huh?), coming out of the water and shaking it free. T-Billy (Tim) once called me a "hammer." This morning, I was a tack hammer.

 

Some fall color followed by a perfect hornets' nest in the rain followed by a few fish:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wow, so beautiful, and so many fish Katie!  Look at how dark some of those bog Bass are.   Bet you can grate cheese with your thumbs ?

 

Why can't a fish ever return my lures.....I've heard of that happening, but never to me.   Some catfish has a nice LuckyCraft I'd love to have back right now.

 

On a great day I might average 3-4 fish an hour.    Super rare when I catch upwards 30 Bass.  

No cheese grating. I was wearing a glove...thanks to you guys! I also had my scale for the first time, but no fish big enough to weigh. Dang it! Oh, well. I'm going fishing again for a couple hours this evening, so fingers crossed I get to weigh my first fish EVER!

 

Alex, you'd catch 30 fish if you fished my bogs. They're too small and weed-cluttered for most fishers, which means more fish ready to punch my dance card. 

7 minutes ago, ol'crickety said:

No cheese grating. I was wearing a glove...thanks to you guys! I also had my scale for the first time, but no fish big enough to weigh. Dang it! Oh, well. I'm going fishing again for a couple hours this evening, so fingers crossed I get to weigh my first fish EVER!

 

Alex, you'd catch 30 fish if you fished my bogs. They're too small and weed-cluttered for most fishers, which means more fish ready to punch my dance card. 

Out of emotions, but you're the only one crazy enough to fish them ?

 

Fingers crossed for a piggy!

Regarding the cray-cray bog-fishing requirement, I did bonk a rock. I saw other rocks, but the rock I hit was a complete surprise. If I'd been in a bigger, faster boat, I might have permanently docked that boat on the bottom of the bog. I'm about to leave for fishing again and it looks like rain. Hooray for that! I love overcast skies because bass like overcast skies and I've had some big fish hit my surface lures when rain is pelting the surface. 

2 hours ago, ol'crickety said:

Alex, it's fall in Maine, which made for some pretty fishing this morning. It was also pretty tough fishing. I fished the shallowest of my bogs and it was even shallower, which puzzles me, as it's been raining steadily. I had to search for water where I could cast. A stretch might look open, but then there'd be weeds half an inch below the surface. There were also stretches with leaves floating on the water, which I liked. 

 

I caught 29 fish, two pickerel and 27 bass, but nothing big. I did have one nicer fish single hooked by the canoe, but it unbuttoned. Earlier in the summer, I lost a Whopper Plopper to a poorly tied knot. That fish kindly returned it. It happened again this morning (Dumb to not check my knot, huh?), so I waited for the bass to return it and it did (Smart to be patient, huh?), coming out of the water and shaking it free. T-Billy (Tim) once called me a "hammer." This morning, I was a tack hammer.

 

Some fall color followed by a perfect hornets' nest in the rain followed by a few fish:

 

 

 

 

 

 

You da girl Katie… nice job and great pics. ?

3 hours ago, AlabamaSpothunter said:

@sdw215  hope you get a chance to go fishing today, look at the super dynamic conditions.....my bet is it's either lockjaw, or epic moving bait action.

 

My lake temps have dropped 7 degrees in 3days, the outside hi/low temps have dramatically dropped by 20-30 degrees.   Last week this time it was 94 with a felt temp of 97.....today it is 74 with a rare Alabama red flag alert.  

 

Fall is no doubt here, and with these dynamic conditions coming from Ian, I think fishing is about to get really good again.  

 

 

 

@AlabamaSpothunter I did and got skunked. ☹️ Went low then high and ended with a whopper plopper to see if the wind-stirred surface would edge my chances. No joy. Couldn’t ask for better weather or temps but the Skunk Monster got me anyway. 
 

3 hours ago, ol'crickety said:

Earlier in the summer, I lost a Whopper Plopper to a poorly tied knot. That fish kindly returned it. It happened again this morning (Dumb to not check my knot, huh?), so I waited for the bass to return it and it did (Smart to be patient, huh?), coming out of the water and shaking it free.

 

That one bass still hasn’t returned that Ned-hook he swiped. ? Glad you got your plopper back!

 

3 hours ago, sdw215 said:

 

@AlabamaSpothunter I did and got skunked. ☹️ Went low then high and ended with a whopper plopper to see if the wind-stirred surface would edge my chances. No joy. Couldn’t ask for better weather or temps but the Skunk Monster got me anyway. 
 

 

That one bass still hasn’t returned that Ned-hook he swiped. ? Glad you got your plopper back!

 

Dang I thought it would be better for you.    It was not nearly the same level of bite I had yesterday, however ironically enough instead of catching lots of fish, I caught a really nice LGM, and 3 other 1-2lb fish.     Every fish came off a 6th Sense squarebill Crankbait that runs 4-6ft.    They all were caught when the squarebill deflected off brush.    I work these the same way I almost do the Chatterbaits, moving it as slowly as I can, and then stopping every so often if it doesn't naturally come in contact with structure.     

 

Wind was absolutely crazy in a jon boat and 50lb thrust motor......but like you the weather besides that was just perfect.    Not a cloud in the sky, and mid 70s.    

 

 

Now I see why I catch Bass with huge flesh wounds like the one yesterday.....