@killobet Well done!

 

I visited two ponds yesterday. One was 75% ice. The other was 5% ice. Next week, we'll have a stretch of five days, from 60-71 degrees. Guess who's going fishing? I'll wait until the third day to let the water warm a little. I'm going to lead with a chatterbait, a jerkbait, and a lipless crankbait. 

5 hours ago, T-Billy said:

Those Warmouth are mean little buggers. They'll choke my 3.5" Sweet Craw with a 4/0 flippin hook in it. Then they go flying past me at 100mph. ? Beautiful little fish with an attitude that makes a SM seem mellow. If they grew to 5#, they'd be all we fished for.

They didn't want the Puke today though, gonna try something else in the morning lol

5 hours ago, T-Billy said:

Those Warmouth are mean little buggers. They'll choke my 3.5" Sweet Craw with a 4/0 flippin hook in it. Then they go flying past me at 100mph. ? Beautiful little fish with an attitude that makes a SM seem mellow. If they grew to 5#, they'd be all we fished for.

If they crew to 5# we’d need to fish them on Musky gear! 

13 hours ago, ol'crickety said:

Guess who's going fishing?

They finally fixed the heater up there?

 

Alright, it’s that time. Everyone rally around @ol'crickety for her bog fishing adventures 

2 hours ago, LrgmouthShad said:

They finally fixed the heater up there?

 

Alright, it’s that time. Everyone rally around @ol'crickety for her bog fishing adventures 

 

A call to rally might be premature. I have yet to catch a single fish. I've scouted about half a dozen times and I look forward to casting where I couldn't in 2022, i.e. where the weeds were. 

1 hour ago, ol'crickety said:

 

A call to rally might be premature. I have yet to catch a single fish. I've scouted about half a dozen times and I look forward to casting where I couldn't in 2022, i.e. where the weeds were. 

 

If the rally's rescheduled, we can simply pregame until the rally's on.

8 minutes ago, galyonj said:

 

If the rally's rescheduled, we can simply pregame until the rally's on.

Lord knows we throw a good tailgate party. @galyonj is bringing ribs 

1 minute ago, TnRiver46 said:

Lord knows we throw a good tailgate party. @galyonj is bringing ribs 

 

Don't threaten me with a good time.

5 minutes ago, galyonj said:

 

Don't threaten me with a good time.

Pitter patter, @ol'crickety. Gotta know if I need to start a new batch of rub.

I went back to my spot again for a little bit.. This time it was crowded and lots of paddle boat rentals? But my 4 inch senko doesn't care!!

@killobet, the bass you catch are perfect. Perfect color and size. Big too! 

The Stunna has made me a jerkbait fiend.  I can't get enough of this bite y'all. 

 

Look at where a heron/snapping turtle got this buck bass on the cheek.  He's still munching so I reckon he's gonna make it.

 

Couple where my son and I doubled up on sunfish and bass at the pond after work before storm hit.  Hoping to get on em' this weekend on account of my son's spring break!!!

 

Tight lines BR fam!

 

I've been catching several 2-3lb largemouth so far this year but when I hooked this 22 inches of fun, I had to share. It was on BFS gear as well. 

 

2 minutes ago, FishTank said:

I've been catching several 2-3lb largemouth so far this year but when I hooked this 22 inches of fun, I had to share. It was on BFS gear as well. 

 

Oh my. That’s a tank. A FishTank

29 minutes ago, FishTank said:

I've been catching several 2-3lb largemouth so far this year but when I hooked this 22 inches of fun, I had to share. It was on BFS gear as well. 

 

Has me smiling ear to ear, man I love that belly.   Congrats on the piggie 

34 minutes ago, Pat Brown said:

The Stunna has made me a jerkbait fiend.  I can't get enough of this bite y'all. 

 

Look at where a heron/snapping turtle got this buck bass on the cheek.  He's still munching so I reckon he's gonna make it.

 

Couple where my son and I doubled up on sunfish and bass at the pond after work before storm hit.  Hoping to get on em' this weekend on account of my son's spring break!!!

 

Tight lines BR fam!

 

Love it Pat, and that last Bluegill your son is holding is truly exceptional!    Pic quality jumps out too, nice job.

 

A hot jerkbait bite is something every Basshead should experience.  

I love Pat's son's bluegill too. Gorgeous color and big too!

 

You are well-named, @FishTank, since you catch fish like that.

Dink ? alert

 

 

the real miracle was that I got to fish this evening, haven’t been since the classic and I was starting to have serious withdrawal symptoms. Shakes, night sweats, nightmares, crabbiness, irritability, etc. I can’t remember the last time I missed a whole week or more like that . 
 

So if you’re gonna post dinks might as well make an interesting story out of it. I went to launch the little tiny kayak and noticed 3-4 buffalo spawning underneath the dock. I snagged one briefly and it took off and pulled the hook. So I then paddle along casting a crappie jig and some kind of loud noise is echoing all throughout the cove. We are near a marina so I just figured it was somebody running some power tools working on a boat. Well the noise won’t stop , sounded like a bunch of people beating pontoon boats and floating docks with a baseball bat . I paddled into the marina and the splashing and noise was deafening. Buffalo were spawning and splashing and jumping all over, it was wild. I caught 6-8 of them, fun stuff on light tackle. They had some tubercules or something like it all over them, easy to hand land in the kayak like gripping sandpaper. 6 lb tatsu is tough, I was ripping them up over dock cables with a spinning rod haha. Some guy that lives on a house boat in there came out to chat, he said he can’t hardly sleep when the buffalo are beating the boat like that 

 

also got another little largemouth, a green sunfish, and a yellow bass 

 

7 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said:

Dink ? alert

 

 

the real miracle was that I got to fish this evening, haven’t been since the classic and I was starting to have serious withdrawal symptoms. Shakes, night sweats, nightmares, crabbiness, irritability, etc. I can’t remember the last time I missed a whole week or more like that . 
 

So if you’re gonna post dinks might as well make an interesting story out of it. I went to launch the little tiny kayak and noticed 3-4 buffalo spawning underneath the dock. I snagged one briefly and it took off and pulled the hook. So I then paddle along casting a crappie jig and some kind of loud noise is echoing all throughout the cove. We are near a marina so I just figured it was somebody running some power tools working on a boat. Well the noise won’t stop , sounded like a bunch of people beating pontoon boats and floating docks with a baseball bat . I paddled into the marina and the splashing and noise was deafening. Buffalo were spawning and splashing and jumping all over, it was wild. I caught 6-8 of them, fun stuff on light tackle. They had some tubercules or something like it all over them, easy to hand land in the kayak like gripping sandpaper. 6 lb tatsu is tough, I was ripping them up over dock cables with a spinning rod haha. Some guy that lives on a house boat in there came out to chat, he said he can’t hardly sleep when the buffalo are beating the boat like that 

 

also got another little largemouth, a green sunfish, and a yellow bass 

 

Nice, how do you catch them, or do you have to snag them?

Thanks for the video. I've watched too many horror movies. I've been programmed to assume that what comes after the splashing and whacking is a monster. 

10 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said:

Dink ? alert

 

 

Dude I LOVE your fish and especially your gear pics ?

9 minutes ago, AlabamaSpothunter said:

Nice, how do you catch them, or do you have to snag them?

I was throwing into the fray and snagging them but about half were hooked in the mouth. I’m guessing I snagged them in the mouth because the rest is like tire rubber but who knows haha. The yellow bass actually hit the lure hard while I was trying to snag Buffalo under a dock??? What was he thinking 

2 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said:

I was throwing into the fray and snagging them but about half were hooked in the mouth. I’m guessing I snagged them in the mouth because the rest is like tire rubber but who knows haha. The yellow bass actually hit the lure hard while I was trying to snag Buffalo under a dock??? What was he thinking 

Brings back great memories as a kid and going to a public little couple acre lake, and somebody taught me how to snag Carp.   Never got one, but it was exciting.  

Just now, AlabamaSpothunter said:

Brings back great memories as a kid and going to a public little couple acre lake, and somebody taught me how to snag Carp.   Never got one, but it was exciting.  

Snagging is harder than it should be, I have about a 3% success rate……… the guy on the houseboat said he shot one with a bow yesterday 

3lber on the lizard! 

Two dinks and a story

me and my neighbor went out on his boat for about 2 hours we fished down a while rocky bank and a point I got 1 bite but no fish. Moved to some fallen trees, Wham! Got one no picture more just having fun it had a leech on it crushed it tossed it in and watched a blue gill try to get it moving on wham! Hit a 2 and a half pounder but lost him caught a rock bass further down I got a three and he got a two lost a monster bass and I lost a gar snapped me off right at the boat same with a 4pounder it was in 6lb line soooo

 

over all a great day on the water!