It was amazing, always my favorite anytime I get out there. The water is usually lower and you have to swim to fish it but recent rains allowed us to take boats, although they have to be tiny boats that turn easily and that you can easily pick up and drag

36 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said:

It was amazing, always my favorite anytime I get out there. The water is usually lower and you have to swim to fish it but recent rains allowed us to take boats, although they have to be tiny boats that turn easily and that you can easily pick up and drag

It's so beautiful, Russ. One morning in northwestern Ontario, I caught a 20-lb. plus bag of smallies, but when I remember that morning, I remember this more:

And I remember the wolves on both shores singing to each other and the bear swimming across the strait and the geese so low overhead that I could hear their wings beating. I still can hear those wings beating.

Your river is as beautiful as the lake above.

Fished the home lake and it was pretty blah. Got there around 730, starting with a pegged power worm. After 3 drops, a lost fish and a miss...I switched to a jig/craw and hit a nice fish on my second throw. Had another drop on the jig there, before moving on. Hit my second fish on a t-rigged cleanup craw before losing another fish. Got irritated with the teaxs rig(I had unpegged at that point) and started throwing the jig again and landed three more fish, two good ones and a 13". After that, it really slowed up with another drop and a miss being it before leaving. Atleast size was solid...

Got a few nice bass this morning. 8 total between 15.5 inches and the one 20 incher. Was having a real good morning until I saw the redneck "special forces" come rolling in. Bunch of loud trucks, jacked up with beat in and mismatched fenders. I figured right then I could count on one of them getting their boat and throwing right on top of me. And not only did one boat do it, but 3 others did as well. Effectively spooking off the feeding fish and forcing me away from the point I was fishing from the bank. Boat anglers like them get under my skin. They show respect when they throw right on top of me like they did. Luckily they were topwater and I was fishing off the bottom with creature baits or else we would have got tangled up, that's how close they decided to get.

That isn't to say that I own any part of the lake, of course I don't. But when I'm fishing I make it a point to not encroach others and not cast where they have already been fishing. Even if someone is fishing on or near my favorite spot before me, I'll walk to the other side of the bank and give them proper space to not only avoid tangling up, but also to not ruin their fishing.

And back to the fish-- interestingly I noticed a couple of the buck bass, or pictured, had red/blooded tails on the bottom like they had been fanning a bed. Do bass actually spawn more than one time of year, or sm I perhaps experiencing a delayed spawn, because this year in the traditional spawning window-- march-april-may, I didn't catch squat. Never even saw evidence of beds.

39 minutes ago, BluegillsTightlines said:

Do bass actually spawn more than one time of year

Professor @Pat Brown says they do and there's no finer mind, bass-wise. Your lucky t-shirt is back! Sorry about the rude boys.

Took the daughter out fishing today on the rivers around Saginaw. Tough bite with all of the Canadian wildfire smoke drifting down. Viability was less than a mile on the river. We didn’t see the actual sun until about 11am. So I believe the fish are in a funk due to the smoke.

Good day though, as I was able to get the daughter on the boat. We fished for about 5-6 hrs. I went up to the area where I had caught fish the previous trip and scratched out one smallie. Caught on a t-rigged black and blue spine craw. Really tough bite.

Should be able to get out Monday before we head up north for a week.