Just now, Pat Brown said:

 

I mean would you?!?!

 

Yes, I would because my heart can't take frog fishing. When they hit a frog, they want to obliterate it. They hit and I scream. I just want to wave a white flag and surrender. However, I almost tied on a frog this morning because between the rain, fog, and wind, I couldn't read the water; I couldn't see the open spots to cast. 

8 minutes ago, ol'crickety said:

 

Yes, I would because my heart can't take frog fishing. When they hit a frog, they want to obliterate it. They hit and I scream. I just want to wave a white flag and surrender. However, I almost tied on a frog this morning because between the rain, fog, and wind, I couldn't read the water; I couldn't see the open spots to cast. 

 

 

You kinda get in the zone with it.  You learn to anticipate the blow up and not fear it so much once you catch a few.  🙂🙂🙂

 

Stick with it - I reckon you'll be a froggin' master in no time with the water you fish - and I reckon you'll find the biggest girls in your pond on frogs real good.

Best of 6 from "Lake 5" this morning

 

In other news, the Rage Tail Space Monkey tops my list of most underappreciated creature baits.  Nothing else looks quite like it, and they wouldn't eat anything else today.

 

Windy days are working out pretty good  this Summer.Cloud cover has been helpful in this heat

A little early morning fishing: 

 

I got to the pond at 5:30, but the fish have consistently waited until 6 to bite. And right on cue, I got my first bite at 6:05 and the second two casts later. Threw in the towel early an hour later. It was a chilly morning today, dipping into the high 50's. But still beautiful. 

 

 

 

 

Later this evening, from 7 to 8, I fished a little honey hole on the Chippewa River and caught two little smallies, and a pike who decided getting hooked once wasn't good enough, and came back to rehit the same lure he'd escaped from earlier. Pike photo in the Other Species thread. 

 

 

 

Also had an aged turtle impart his secret turtle wisdom to me. It's still a secret from me, otherwise I'd share it. He was probably telling me the secrets to world peace or something. 

 

@IcatchDinks: C'mon, Buddy, what did the turtle say??? Also, you're due for one of your not-a-dink bass. 

23 hours ago, Team9nine said:

Been 2-1/2 weeks since I last got the boat out, but finally got a break in the heat and rain. Snatched this one off a brushpile this afternoon.

 

The real question is…
 

What would your wife say about those jeans. Good grief.

19 minutes ago, gimruis said:

The real question is…
 

What would your wife say about those jeans. Good grief.

Cropped the knees out as best I could. These are now “fishing” jeans. They protect against the sun better than shorts, but they won’t make it to another summer.

10 hours ago, Team9nine said:

but they won’t make it to another summer.

 

That's because Mrs Team9 is gonna refuse to wash them.  

10 hours ago, Team9nine said:

they won’t make it to another summer.

 

Sell them to the Kardashians. They love torn jeans. 

On 7/23/2024 at 7:44 AM, Pat Brown said:

Nice one @thediscochef!  I know you've been waiting for that bite a long time and I'm so glad you got it.

 

Finally found a big one today:

 

 

Getting scummy with the big girls in the dark is my favorite way to beat the heat!  ♥️😎🎣

 

 

I have a scum frog now because of you and @LrgmouthShad

The last 2 days I’ve stopped at my favorite retention pond after work. Day 1 was being harassed by the bluegill throwing a spinner bait so went back an hour later with an ultralight and caught 1 bass. Day 2 yesterday brought a light powered rod with a VMC marabou jig and picked up 3 bass, a crappie, a bluegill and 1 really nice bass for the size of the retention pond. The biggest one was my first catch and it was a blast on the light powered rod 😃

@Eric 26: Way to go, Buddy!

18 hours ago, ol'crickety said:

@IcatchDinks: C'mon, Buddy, what did the turtle say??? Also, you're due for one of your not-a-dink bass. 

Alas, I don't speak turtle. But I'm sure his wisdom was far beyond my feeble comprehension anyway. 😄

 

The final smallie from Sunday was big enough for me to consider it "not-a-dink." 14 or 15 inches. I didn't measure because I was trying to hurry my line back into the water to catch the bigger bass I saw with it. 

 

On 7/22/2024 at 10:42 PM, IcatchDinks said:

 

 

 

Late report, been a crazy busy week. 1AM as I'm writing it as is what I guess is the end of my Wednesday still and have to be back in to start my Thursday in a little over 6 hours.

 

Fished a new to me lake Saturday. Got a roadrunner tournament coming up that I thought was the same as last years but found out it's completely different. Last year, we could fish in 3 different counties, any public body of water. This year, it's any state lake in Kansas, which rules out all of my favorite lakes as all of our state lakes within a reasonable drive of me are absolute garbage. So now I'm scrambling, trying to find a state lake that is at least decent to hopefully make a good showing in this tournament.

 

Made the 2 hour drive to this lake, caught probably 40 fish but the biggest was only 17.25". Maybe it had the fish I will need, but the bank pressure was insane. It was only a 90 acre lake but there was no less than 20 shore anglers from the time we arrived at 5:30AM. It made a small lake even smaller. 

 

One of the state lakes I like but isn't particularly known for it's numbers of big fish was on the way back, so we decided to head there with a few hours left in the day to fish. I like the lake because they eat the jig, and sometimes I catch a good one there. This time, I got both.

 

@Bluebasser86:

 

Usually I go to the pond in the early morning before work, but decided to try my luck on the river today instead. Made it to the spot about 6 AM, and right away caught a fish. I didn't know I had a fish until I got my lure back in because he was so small. I thought I had just wrapped my line around one of the trebles or something. 

 

 

I then absolutely set the crap out of that lure on a submerged log and had to break off. 😭

 

So I switched to top water. Lost one right away, but then hooked another at the very end of about 100 yards of line downstream. I doubt it was actually that far down, but it was a long way off. Not a monster, but what with the fish using a pretty strong current to fight me, and having that much line out, it was the longest fight of my life. Poor fella was worn the heck out, but he seemed to revive pretty quick and splashed me as he swam off. 

 

 

After about 30 minutes of fruitless casting, I switched to a #5 Mepps Black Fury. Another absolutely tiny dink bit. 

 

 

I finished the morning with the Crush City Mayor on Owner's underspin hook. Missed two fish who seemed to have lazily swiped at it. 

 

Then I finally hooked into a really good one. A nice 16" smallmouth that leap as high as I've ever seen a fish jump. Twice. But EWGs hold really good, and I landed him with no problems.

 

@IcatchDinks: I'm always happy to see you catch not-a-dink! 

Recently moved to a new apartment complex, and there is a huge pond out in front of it. Decided to go give it a try. Caught 5 large mouth and even a couple catfish, nothing huge, but decent fish.

 

 

Got out to the lake this morning, didn't get much of anything for an hour, and then it came an absolute flood. Waited it out in my car and moved down the lake and spotted a bass chasing some small bream in the grass bed. Problem was I would have to cast over a very thick  pile to get to it and there would be no way to lip or net it there. So I decided if I hooked it, I would work it down the bank and into an opening in the grass that led to some rocks to step on so I did that and kept my rod up while fighting it to keep enough tension on it. Paid off. 7'0 Lew's Speed Stick handled it beautifully. I missed a good one the other day so it was nice to get this one in.

@BluegillsTightlines: Your lake is beautiful. Nice bass too!

 

@JoshFromBolo: In your front yard? Lucky duck! Keep posting pics, Josh. It's always ducky to have new anglers in this thread.

25 minutes ago, ol'crickety said:

@BluegillsTightlines: Your lake is beautiful. Nice bass too!

 

@JoshFromBolo: In your front yard? Lucky duck! Keep posting pics, Josh. It's always ducky to have new anglers in this thread.

Thank you, I love the color variations they have. I've caught some super dark green, and others more dollar bill looking like that one, and others that were almost colorless, but had a very prominent line running along the arch of their back just a bit under the dorsal fin. And that lake really is a gorgeous place. There is an islet/jetty there that allows for some absolutely stunning sunset views. And it's only 3 miles from home too. So I can literally hop up on a whim and go, don't have to pre plan or schedule. Bass population is VERY healthy there thanks to the way they've managed it after closing it down for renovations a few summers ago. It stayed closed for a year , but it paid off. That lake holds a lot of quality fish. There have been quite a good many double digit bass by other anglers since the renovation. It's also a great place to catch some nice catfish, bluegill, and shellcracker. I caught a handful of shellcracker there this year that were definitely over a lb and several, several bluegill up in the 10 inch range. Crappie were finicky this year though for some reason.

Took it on the chin two days ago, not even getting a bite. Got a chance to sneak out to the lake for a few hours this afternoon and try and redeem myself. Fortunately, things went better, as I was able to figure out a pattern and bite. Hooked up with half a dozen bass, about twenty crappie, two channel cats and half a dozen white perch. Landed 4 of the bass, losing a small keeper when it jumped near the boat, and had a much larger fish hooked for a good while that eventually just pulled off.

 

 

 

29 minutes ago, Team9nine said:

half a dozen bass, about twenty crappie, two channel cats and half a dozen white perch

 

Wow! If you'd kept them all, that's a stringer you couldn't have lifted!