After yesterday’s study break I had to go back for more. Got this 4.16 lb one in 3 feet of water on a Siebert Blue Craw Dredge Dock Rocker jig.

 

 

First time out on my new Pro Guide V 165-wt yesterday and was able to christen the new boat with a few of these guys between 2-3 pounds.  Late morning Fishing a grass bed right at the edge of about a 10 foot drop off.  They weren't donkeys but they were fun catching.  Texas rigged PowerBait 10" Power Worm in Green Pumpkin.  Didnt keep any of them but did come across a nice bluegill bed later in the day.  Took home about 12 good size bluegill and they made a tasty dinner for the family.  Love eating bluegill. 

I really was sick today, boss. Don't be so insensitive. It's called addiction. 

 

On 7/23/2018 at 10:08 PM, Dirtyeggroll said:

brush bison

Haha ditch donkey fosho, nice one!

Got out Tues. For a few hours and today for a couple more before some dark clouds made me nervous. Not a lot numbers wise but stuck a good one each day pitching a double wide beaver. 1st one from today came in at 5-11 and the other at 4-15 on Tues.

Got out for a few hours today hoping to have a good day. Didn't really happen like I'd hoped, but did manage 1 nonscorable bass on a wacky rigged green pumpkin Zoom trick worm. That was the only bite I got before the rain came down. Had a couple more bites then, but lightning made me pack up and head back to my girlfriend's house. Oh well it happens like that sometimes! ?

did a little Kansas power plant fishing again today. bite was really slow today.

started cranking ledges with a 6XD and caught this guy. not what I was after but fought hard . it was 29 inches and weighed 11lb. 2oz.

 

switched over to a magnum trick worm and caught this guy. 22 inches 6lb. 4oz. nice finish to the day.

Catching these fish just never gets old  Quick pass after work before dinner accounted for over a dozen post-frontal bass this evening. Can't wait for the weekend - lol

 

Tiny swimbait still doing work. Several lesser, but very pugnacious, pandas tonight; one of which bent out a hook. Good thing I got two trebles on that bait.

 

 

 

 

7 hours ago, Team9nine said:

Catching these fish just never gets old  Quick pass after work before dinner accounted for over a dozen post-frontal bass this evening. Can't wait for the weekend - lol

 

Assuming you're sticking with finesse/worm techniques.  I got adventurous Thurs. eve. as the front was passing and tried a chatterbait on b/c tackle.  Caught one of my best (5+) of the season.  I fish a group of HOA lakes close to home that differ from most in that they have a shad forage base. Looking forward to the next couple of months as the bass start going more pelagic following the shad. These are good sized lakes so I have to believe there's some big ones to be caught.

4 hours ago, The Bassman said:

Assuming you're sticking with finesse/worm techniques.  I got adventurous Thurs. eve. as the front was passing and tried a chatterbait on b/c tackle.  Caught one of my best (5+) of the season.  I fish a group of HOA lakes close to home that differ from most in that they have a shad forage base. Looking forward to the next couple of months as the bass start going more pelagic following the shad. These are good sized lakes so I have to believe there's some big ones to be caught.

Yep - keeps life simple and has been producing great on my waters. I've always been more enamored with numbers than size. So wanted to get out Thu with those conditions but couldn't. If I catch it right, might pull out a bluegill swimbait one of these days just to see what happens. Gills are still doing some limited spawning in these waters.

Didn’t think I was gonna get to get any fishing in today because it was raining pretty hard when I was supposed to leave and my little plastic boat doesn’t have a bulge. The rain broke a little and I caught a lot of fish before starting my study session. Couldn’t break 4 lbs but got really close with this one which was 3.96. Caught a lot of 3+ lbers.

 

Storms have had the fish all fired up here. The fishing has been red hot this past week as a major storm system swirls around the northeast. 

 

Like usual, they really wanted the popper today. Megabass Pop Max landed this 4-2 right off the bat, followed quickly by several more good sized fish.

 

Sun came up, topwater bite went dead, but that didn’t stop them from slamming other baits all day long. Frog in the lilies, senkos skipped under docks, and spinnerbait in the weeds. Biggest fish came on a spinner bait, around mid-day, a 4-4: 

 

Also got a bunch of hammerhandle pike and pickerel, but did have one decent pike crash a spinnerbait right next to the boat:

3 hours ago, Dirtyeggroll said:

Didn’t honk I was gonna get to get any fishing in today because it was raining pretty hard when I was supposed to leave and my little plastic boat doesn’t have a bulge. The rain broke a little and I caught a lot of fish before starting my study session. Couldn’t break 4 lbs but got really close with this one which was 3.96. Caught a lot of 3+ lbers.

 

Nice Bass & Nice HUK !

A-Jay

Chunky 3.28 lber that smashed my kvd 1.5 square bill yesterday. 

Went first thing this morning for some largemouths, but with the super dry summer we’ve had here, the lake has dropped over a foot since the last time I was there so the largemouths all pulled out of the shallow pads/eelgrass where I caught em last time. So I went out to the main lake and salvaged the morning with brown ones instead. Drop shot Berkley Gulp minnow took them all on the deep edge of shallow flats, best fish was right at 3lbs. 

Just now seeing this thread. I've wondering if there was a place to post catches on this forum. Love seeing others' catches!

 

Here's a mid-summer frog fish. Missed the frog 2 times. Keeps the frog in the strike zone and nailed it on it's 3rd attempt. 

 

Hit the water from 10 am thru 2:30 pm today. Managed to boat 7 bass with a few pickerel thrown in.

Big bass coming on a 4” pit boss from lily pads in about 5/6 fow.

6lb 12oz fatty.

 

Fresh water wasn't in the cards this weekend so tried salt from the yak at around high tide, and for the first time landed a salt water species, first striper. These guys fight hard. Landed 3 more before going home.

 

 

Bump!

Still picking up deep water smallies. Nothing huge but the largest was 2.8. Boy do they fight!!!!

Dunno if I posted this one yet. Not a remarkable Larry by any means, but hands down my favorite fish I've ever caught. This dude fought like a 3lb Smallie. Just unreal for a Larry.

 

So it got me itching for Smallies. Went to the river today with the ole Ned Rig and put a whopping on them. Caught 40+. Mostly small. Different species called for a shave.

 

 

Just so you all know...it's not just you boys having fun out there...?

 

 

 

1 hour ago, LadiMopar said:

Just so you all know...it's not just you boys having fun out there...?

 

 

 

Like there was ever any doubt . . .

Nice Bass right there.

Congrats

A-Jay

 

Only one I was able to pull out of that pea soup. Caught on a Texas rigged and pegged Bk/Bl flake RT Structure Bug off of a stump in a bout 3 fow.