20 hours ago, ol'crickety said:

Green Pig of Georgia is catching them steadily through the winter. Now Creek Pirate had smallies go bonkers with a jerkbait in Alabama and Alex had his great streak too. I'm thinking a little Georgia/Alabama rivalry might be fun. 

Green Pig has got me beat.I didn't believe bass lived deeper than 10 ft.Last week he caught one in 44 ft.

That's ocean fishing in my book lol.

I tip my hat to anglers who can fish deep.Honestly I would rather take a treble hook to the eye as fish that deep.🤣

My oldest daughters boyfriend has wanted to catch a smallmouth.He never has.Hes rarely off work but yesterday he was available.I informed him the second day after a cold front was tough especially when a hillbilly sore mouthed them the day before.Long story short.Limited experience in a kayak.No experience paddling upstream.No experience bass fishing.But the kid has grit and yesterday grit was enough to get him his first smallmouth on 3 inch keitech.

 

 

50 minutes ago, Creek Pirate said:

Green Pig has got me beat.I didn't believe bass lived deeper than 10 ft.Last week he caught one in 44 ft.

That's ocean fishing in my book lol.

I tip my hat to anglers who can fish deep.Honestly I would rather take a treble hook to the eye as fish that deep.🤣

 

So true.

 

I was alluding to football actually, but it was, I think, I a swing and a miss, which means I'm now alluding to baseball. Oh, bother. I've confused myself now. 

 

P. S. - Way to guide the boyfriend to his first bass and his first kayaking experience. Good jump getting that PFD on him too. Some young men believe they're immortal. I've tussled with a few who wanted to step into my canoe without a life jacket.

2 minutes ago, ol'crickety said:

 

So true.

 

I was alluding to football actually, but it was, I think, I a swing and a miss, which means I'm now alluding to baseball. Oh, bother. I've confused myself now. 

Saban's gone so green pig wins there too.🤣

22 hours ago, ol'crickety said:

Green Pig of Georgia is catching them steadily through the winter. Now Creek Pirate had smallies go bonkers with a jerkbait in Alabama and Alex had his great streak too. I'm thinking a little Georgia/Alabama rivalry might be fun. 

I’d suggest a little Maine/Ontario competition too, but I’ve seen too many of your posts to be that foolish! 😝

1 hour ago, Creek Pirate said:

Green Pig has got me beat.I didn't believe bass lived deeper than 10 ft.Last week he caught one in 44 ft.

That's ocean fishing in my book lol.

I tip my hat to anglers who can fish deep.Honestly I would rather take a treble hook to the eye as fish that deep.🤣

Well when you can cast underhand to the bank and the boat is sitting in 125’, you really don’t have much choice. We’ve got tons of places like that 

5 minutes ago, The Baron said:

I’d suggest a little Maine/Ontario competition too, but I’ve seen too many of your posts to be that foolish! 😝

 

Ha!

 

The best fishing of my life was down logging roads on Crown Land in northwestern Ontario. If you took Robert Frost's advice and chose the road less traveled, you'd outfish me, but beware: those less traveled roads are bumpy and muddy. 

6 minutes ago, ol'crickety said:

…beware: those less traveled roads are bumpy and muddy. 

 
I have a truck.  And a canoe. 🤔😁

9 minutes ago, The Baron said:

 
I have a truck.  And a canoe. 🤔😁

 

That's all you need.

 

 

Threw a couple different Texas Rigged worms, a weightless stickbait and a tiny 3 inch worm with no luck this morning. Finally decided to take out my favorite lure- a Beetle Spin. Hadn't fished it since October because I didn't think I'd get many bites with a moderate retrieve in the cold water. It was the ticket. Caught 4 bass and a surprise catfish. That's why I love the Beetles (and it's driving me nuts that some of my pics still show up sideways even though they're right when I load them into my computer to re-size).

 

 

By the way, is this a brown bullhead? I'm not too swift when it comes to catfish species...

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6 hours ago, Creek Pirate said:

My oldest daughters boyfriend has wanted to catch a smallmouth.He never has.Hes rarely off work but yesterday he was available.I informed him the second day after a cold front was tough especially when a hillbilly sore mouthed them the day before.Long story short.Limited experience in a kayak.No experience paddling upstream.No experience bass fishing.But the kid has grit and yesterday grit was enough to get him his first smallmouth on 3 inch keitech.

 

 

Awesome!! Glad you could help em get his first smallie!! 

3 hours ago, OmegaDPW said:

By the way, is this a brown bullhead? I'm not too swift when it comes to catfish species...

It is. Nice one too.

Congrats to @Creek Pirate for such a successful day. I'm glad those LC's did the job.

I didn't skunk today.  I caught a 17 inch spot within 10 minutes of launching the boat.  I thought that was a good sign.  I fished 3 more hours without another bite.   I won't be able to make it out again until March.  I caught a few decent sized Bass during February but numbers should have been better.   In March I'm looking for a BUNCH of decent sized Bass.   

 

17 minutes ago, Woody B said:

In March I'm looking for a BUNCH of decent sized Bass. 

 

If anyone can do it, it's Mr. Consistency, aka you. 

8 hours ago, ol'crickety said:

 

That's all you need.

 

 

And a snorkel exhaust 

Went to a reservoir today and managed to get two on a Bomber Squarebill in Apple Red

Just one today under tough conditions but my first fish on a jig this year!!!!

 

Love the “yig!” 
 

it’s also fun to pronounce with a Y 

11 hours ago, Pat Brown said:

Just one today under tough conditions but my first fish on a jig this year!!!!

 

Excited to see the go pro in use! Hopefully some buzz bait and lipless videos coming soon?

13 minutes ago, FishTax said:

Excited to see the go pro in use! Hopefully some buzz bait and lipless videos coming soon?

 

 

If the fish cooperate we may have some footage of some catches someday lol

Another unseasonably nice day today so I made the trip out to the Gun Club.  The water was super clear and I saw signs of life for the first time in a while.  Only caught a pair of smallish fish and a had couple follows on the flashy swimmer.  

Backside of a high pressure system. SW winds sustained at 15-20 mph with regular gusts to almost 30 mph - was not fun for boat  control, but high hit 71 which was nice. Fish didn’t seem to like the frontal conditions either. Only caught two bass and half a dozen crappie, but a couple of them were decent (3 lb. bass; 2.73 lb. crappie). Rain 3 of the next 4 days might really hamper any further trips this week.

 

 

 

Slow at work so I hit the water around 3:15 to dark. Windy , sunny and cool. Decided to fish around our Island first and they weren’t there. Moved on down to the south end , and finally got one on a super fluke. Caught a couple more on it before switching to the Uv speed worm. Got a few more, then switched to a 10 inch grape shad culprit worm, and got 2-3 more as the sun set.  
I was a little suprised the bite wasn’t better. Got every fish dead sticking . Still cant find any real big fish, although Im seeing some bedding going on . I think the otters may have really decimated our fish over 5 pounds…🙁

All in all, a relaxing afternoon on the water though …