No pics for now, but I caught a couple from the bank on the 6-inch Bacca Burrito swimbait in the Table Rock color. A four flat, a three, a 2, and the smallest one I've ever caught on a big bait at about 1.7lbs. Will update with photos in a few days.

helpful results on One Of Those Days

Got one cranking 49 degree ultra fast water.

Saw some of @GreenPig ’s buddies walking the banks

Finally saw the sun at sunset

Did my Pics come thru for yall? It’s Blank on my end

56 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said:

Did my Pics come thru for yall? It’s Blank on my end

Yep. They're great.

Yes Sir

Biggest bass of the year so far, 6.06lb on a 3/4 oz bone lipless. Was very overcast and wind was sustained ~15 mph with gusts over 20 with a cold front that just moved in a couple of days ago. Threw a gold lipless at first and caught a few fish right off the bat, but felt like bone was a better move given the water clarity and overcast conditions. Caught 15 total plus 2 tilapia, all but one on the lipless, the odd man out was on a bladed jig.

Saw some bass pushing some fingerling shad up into a pocket and picked off a few smaller fish before I got this one to hit.

Accidentally snagged a small 3 foot gator on the lipless, too. Little guy was sitting on the bottom and I snagged it in the back, for that first ~20 seconds I thought I had a big DD on until the fight got too weird and I realized what happened. Thankfully the hook pulled right as I got him to the bank, and he went on his way none the worse for wear.

Dying to get into a really big bass, but this one sure felt good after such a long dry spell.

@Aaron_H That's a fine fish.

Fished from 7 - 12 this morning and caught 8 on the Hellgrammite. Water temp was 68 on the 11th and back down to 58 today and 2' higher.

Good looking bass, @GreenPig.

@Aaron_H is back!

Warm, sunny day. Air 75, water 50. Ice went out (again) on Tuesday.

Not a good day. Clipped a deer on the way to the lake. She peeled the tail light off trailer! Put in and caught a few as I was headed up the lake. Got a mile from the truck and elec motor quit! Then it would run off and on to get me back to the truck.

Try again tomorrow.

8 minutes ago, Lottabass said:

Warm, sunny day. Air 75, water 50. Ice went out (again) on Tuesday.

Not a good day. Clipped a deer on the way to the lake. She peeled the tail light off trailer! Put in and caught a few as I was headed up the lake. Got a mile from the truck and elec motor quit! Then it would run off and on to get me back to the truck.

Try again tomorrow.

Man that’s a rough day!! I’m sorry to hear about that. What were ya catching them on? I didn’t think the water would be that warm yet. My fist lake trip in the new to me boat will be tomm morning.

7 hours ago, Swamp Girl said:

Good looking bass, @GreenPig.

@Aaron_H is back!

"Back" is a strong word considering how little I've been able to fish lately, but I sure do appreciate it! Been able to get out 3 times in 2026 so far (missed all of February sadly) which is already 75% of my trips last year so here's to hoping. It definitely felt great to be out there again and I was fortunate to connect with a quality fish and some decent numbers.

I'd like to break the 8lb mark this year, last one was Dec 2024.

Randomly woke up this morning at 3:30am and like any sane angler I figured the time be better spent on the water than tossing and turning in bed. It's been unseasonably warm and I wanted to test how early I can get a night bite going.

With that being said I am so happy to have gotten my butt out of bed!! Didn't get the weight on the first fish but man that thing was a meatball, my guess is 5lbs and some change, caught her pausing a wakebait for about 10 seconds before she decided to hammer it. The second came right before sunrise on a glidebait fished verrryyy slowly and came in on the scale at 6lbs.

What's interesting to me is they had the length of say a 4 maybe 5lb fish but their girth was ridiculous! I love catching these Northern strain largies they get round like a basketball lol.

@RenzokukenFisher Those are some big healthy girls.

12 hours ago, Joedodge said:

Man that’s a rough day!! I’m sorry to hear about that. What were ya catching them on? I didn’t think the water would be that warm yet. My fist lake trip in the new to me boat will be tomm morning.

Spinnerbait. Last Saturday was "winter", this Saturday is gonna be "heat wave from hell"!!!! That's Iowa spring weather.

Good luck with your new boat. Take your toolbox with you and wear your PFD!

My first bass of ‘26 from a week ago. Landed less than 50%. Vision 110, Simcoe 75, Wameko 60.

Got up to Headwaters Lake for two days of shiner fishing with my old grade school buddy. We had a March cold front come thru just before we got there. Water temp was 65 degrees & the wind was honking up to 30 mph gusts with sustained 20 mph. Few bites the first day but we managed to get some better fish on the second day when the sun was shining.

Yowza, Dwight! You sure can cowboy.

A couple of nighttime and early morning catches. We have 105 solid here 😅

Hot day, hot fishin'! Air 90, water 56. All on bladed jig in 2 fow. Upper end of lake. 2 bigs at 6 1/4 and 7 1/4!

10 minutes ago, Lottabass said:

Hot day, hot fishin'! Air 90, water 56. All on bladed jig in 2 fow. Upper end of lake. 2 bigs at 6 1/4 and 7 1/4!

Holy cow. Great catch! It’s hot here also. But our water was only 44 degrees give or take. So the bite wasn’t good at all.

31 minutes ago, Lottabass said:

Hot day, hot fishin'! Air 90, water 56. All on bladed jig in 2 fow. Upper end of lake. 2 bigs at 6 1/4 and 7 1/4!

Full Grown Bass right there.

Nice job.

But unless there is a minus sign in front of every number in your post, I just can't relate.

Congrats

A-Jay

Holy mackerel, Al! You've landing the beasts in the north and Dwight and Aaron are landing the beasts in the south. Like I said to Dwight, you sure can cowboy, Al.

Got a few today. First full day out there. Water temps still low 40s where I am