Went out for a few hours on the kayak while the kids were at school and caught 5 in about 4 hours. Water temp was 64-66 depending on location. All my bites came off the first area of cover in coves off the main lake. 3 on a Senko wacky rigged and 2 on a crankbait. The little bass that you catch on cranks always make me laugh! Biggest was 2.1 lbs which is largest I’ve caught at this lake in a few months. 
 

I did find a few off shore schools but no fish on a jerkbait or dropshot. I got a few bites on the drop shot but came back without my minnow tail a few times so not sure what was going on there. 
 

10 hours ago, Swamp Girl said:

 

They're circling you with a boat. Apples and oranges.

 

 

This is because I own three boats!

 

Now remember there are anglers who have wizard boats that nearly teleport them and their boats have magic boxes that tell them where the bass are. For a shore angler, that's not apples and oranges. That's watermelons and cranberries. Your 2.5-pounder is their 5-pounder easy-peasy.

Hit up a reservoir yesterday, left my camera in my life jacket so posting today, was a little tired.

38 degrees in the morning so in no hurry to get out.

On the water at 10, clear blue skies with a NW “breeze” so I wasn’t too confident.

14’ visibility so I figured they would be in deeper water, searched around a bit and found some in 20’ to 28’.

Got the first one after a hr, a small Largemouth, then a couple more small ones.

Then got a nice Rainbow but with no net when I got it unhooked it slipped out of my hand before I could get a picture.

Then got 2 decent Largemouth, then more small ones so I left them to look for Smallmouths, well that didn’t work out.

Wind picked up more and it’s a real pain to fish from the kayak with just a paddle, fishing with the rod in one hand and trying to position with the paddle in my other hand/shoulder.

Wound up with 12 fish landed, 10 Largemouths, one Rainbow and a Rock bass.

All fish on a drop shot and green pumpkin Max Scent flat worm

Blanked at Meredith today but I caught the rarest thing yet - my first random encounter with a forum member in the wild!

I had the pleasure of meeting and talking with @Skunkmaster-k this morning, great guy and great fisherman. Really enjoyed the conversation and the time fishing. Sometimes it's not all about the catching

1 hour ago, Swamp Girl said:

Now remember there are anglers who have wizard boats that nearly teleport them and their boats have magic boxes that tell them where the bass are. For a shore angler, that's not apples and oranges. That's watermelons and cranberries. Your 2.5-pounder is their 5-pounder easy-peasy.

Yeah that’s a whole other thing for sure.

 

Comparing myself to other bank anglers though is somewhat difficult. Mostly because I make a conscious effort to avoid them. 😅


 

 

2 hours ago, thediscochef said:

Blanked at Meredith today but I caught the rarest thing yet - my first random encounter with a forum member in the wild!

I had the pleasure of meeting and talking with @Skunkmaster-k this morning, great guy and great fisherman. Really enjoyed the conversation and the time fishing. Sometimes it's not all about the catching

Your beard is even more amazing in person ! Next time you’re up this way holler at me , and we’ll get you a walleye . 

16 minutes ago, Skunkmaster-k said:

Your beard is even more amazing in person ! Next time you’re up this way holler at me , and we’ll get you a walleye . 

Next time you're in DFW I'll do my best to show you some bites at Roberts! Awesome to meet you man

31 minutes ago, thediscochef said:

Next time you're in DFW I'll do my best to show you some bites at Roberts! Awesome to meet you man

Sweet! It was a pleasure meeting you too. 

Got to the lake and they were already five boats at the boat ramp.. this was 40 minutes before sunrise. 

 

Managed 14 bass, this was the largest at 20 in long. 4 lb 11 oz.

 

Water temps between 63 and 65. Light North Wind at 8 Miles an hour. It was a good day.

 

 

2 hours ago, DaubsNU1 said:

Got to the lake and they were already five boats at the boat ramp.. this was 40 minutes before sunrise. 

 

No slacking in Nebraska, I see.

 

2 hours ago, DaubsNU1 said:

 

Managed 14 bass, this was the largest at 20 in long. 4 lb 11 oz.

 

Yep, no slacking.

Just a few hours this morning. Caught three (more like 2-1/2) and lost two. 
 

The first was on a squarebill. A true 6” dink. Wasn’t even sure I had a fish on lol. Didn’t get bites/catches on anything other than that A-Jay Special. Caught two. One I had hooked but lightly and it threw the hook. The other I think was pretty good. Most of my catches have been tight to the bank or in wood. I made a bomb cast in open water to get line out to reel it in tight, and as soon as it went under the line took off like a rocket. I was unprepared and by the time I reeled in the slack, it was gone. 
 

Well, my fall fishing bonanza has taken a sudden downturn.  I fished a week ago and water temp was in the low 67’s… this afternoon it was in the low 58’s.  I was really looking forward to the great fishing I had last year as water temps fell through the 60’s, but I seem to have pretty much missed it this year. 😞 

 

Only one 4# fatty on a plopper today, and a couple smaller ones.  Had another good fish on a deep crankbait but it got off before I had a chance to see it.  Might be time to winterize the boat and start hunting. 😕

 

Had a buddy in town from AZ for the football game this weekend. We got in some fishing on Sunday. All the jumping white bass had vanished but we found plenty of shad for bait and caught LM to keep us busy 

12 hours ago, The Baron said:

 I was really looking forward to the great fishing I had last year as water temps fell through the 60’s, but I seem to have pretty much missed it this year.

 

I think you had pretty great fishing this year. You've boated some fine fish in the last couple weeks or so. 

13 hours ago, The Baron said:

Might be time to winterize the boat and start hunting

That’s gonna be me in about 2 weeks.

47 minutes ago, gimruis said:

That’s gonna be me in about 2 weeks.

Me too 

#hateit

🥴

A-Jay

2 weeks is the beginning of good fishing here! 

5 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said:

2 weeks is the beginning of good fishing here! 

Excellent!  Do you have a spare bedroom? 😁

30 minutes ago, The Baron said:

Excellent!  Do you have a spare bedroom? 😁

Several! Come on down, now til March is magic time 

Yall are crazy. Just come to TX. Just remember TX is not responsible for any feelings of overheating or constant need for a cold beverage

Fish are still biting up north.  19 largemouth and 10 pike in about 5 hours with a friend and the dog made for a productive day.  One of these days my season is going to be over but for now there is still a good bite going.

 

 

Got to fish the other day for the first time in a while. We caught 12. All dinks except for this chunky 4 lb 6 oz smallie.

 

I fished for an hour this evening at my pond. The north wind has been blowing pretty steady for three days and will blow for another three days, but it abated just long enough today for me to cast for an hour. I used three baits: popper, walking bait, and spinnerbait. I caught four bass total, but had four hits on the walking bait that didn't stick. Two looked big as they came completely out of the water. I did drop my spinnerbait on the head of one hit and miss and I had her hooked for a few seconds, but she charged my canoe and I never got a good hookset. It didn't help that my hands were cold as it was raining. A cold rain. And it's going to reach 34 degrees this week.

 

Here's one of the bass. I like how plump fall bass are:

 

 

Congrats to @gimruis, @The Baron, and @Fishlegs and all hail @TnRiver46 for showing us, again and again, how to really live.

 

 

6 minutes ago, Swamp Girl said:

And it's going to reach 34 degrees this week.

 

It was 35 degrees when I got up this morning here and 40 when I hit the water.  Let's just say it was tolerable because there was no wind.  And it felt pretty good after noon when the sun came out too.

Start of the cold front hit us today. Pretty tough conditions, then didn’t realize I was about out of gas until I launched, so stayed close and just burned up the trolling motor. Tomorrow is the only cloudy day all week, so hoping to be able to get back out. Surface temps falling fast now, down to 70-71 deg. today. Did score a couple bass along with a handful of crappie.