On 7/30/2018 at 7:06 AM, everythingthatswims said:

Bump!

Not a color combo you see fished very often, nice fish!

Big minnow on the Pats this morning; along with a few smaller minnows.

 

3 hours ago, deep said:

Big minnow on the Pats this morning; along with a few smaller minnows.

 

Is that the Slammer? 

On 7/30/2018 at 3:47 PM, Glaucus said:

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.

 

 

 

 

GO PACK GO!!

5 hours ago, Graham said:

Not a color combo you see fished very often, nice fish!

I don't think that fish had a clue what that bait looked like, but I KNOW it knew what it felt like

4 hours ago, deep said:

Big minnow on the Pats this morning; along with a few smaller minnows.

 

The coveted pats perch, thought you sold most of those big boy toys?

4 hours ago, NorthernBasser said:

Is that the Slammer? 

Pat's Perch, a really expensive Slammer ? 

Chunky Senko fish Tuesday morning.  Thought this would go over 4lb for sure when it first came up......not quite, it turned out...3.75:

Went out to practice two things I need more confidence in... skipping and the Ned rig.  Caught this decent one skipping a Ned under low branches.

Got out Tues. And today for about 5 hrs each day. Tues. Just pitched all day with a double wide beaver got 10 best at 3-8. Today tried to force a toad and buzz bait bite only managed a couple so back to pitching.only 2 bites but 1 came in at 5-2.

19 hours ago, PAbasser927 said:

Went out to practice two things I need more confidence in... skipping and the Ned rig.  Caught this decent one skipping a Ned under low branches.

That is a hefty hawg.

Last night was one of those memorable nights.  I hit a pond with my kayak that I normally don't get a chance to fish in the evening.  Probably over 20 topwater blowups on frogs, buzz toads, and buzz baits. The fish in open water shot out of the water like rockets to hit the buzz toad, especially.  Missed quite a few in really thick slop.  I ended up boating around 10, including several in the chunky 3 lb range.  No monsters, but constant topwater action.  I don't ask for any more than that!

New PB. I don't own a scale but I'm buying one tomorrow... That picture angle didn't do him justice at all. 

Megabass really has a knack for getting the day started with big topwater fish. Today it was the Pop X. First cast yeilded this 21 incher. Really wish she could have munched on a few more perch before I caught her...21” and barely tipped the scale at 4lbs. 

 

Topwater was the really the only thing they wanted today. Couple small ones around docks with the senkos, and spinnerbaits couldn’t buy a sniff unless from Esox. Fine by me, I have no problem feeding them the topwater all morning! 

1 hour ago, Jar11591 said:

Megabass really has a knack for getting the day started with big topwater fish. Today it was the Pop X. First cast yeilded this 21 incher. Really wish she could have munched on a few more perch before I caught her...21” and barely tipped the scale at 4lbs. 

 

Topwater was the really the only thing they wanted today. Couple small ones around docks with the senkos, and spinnerbaits couldn’t buy a sniff unless from Esox. Fine by me, I have no problem feeding them the topwater all morning! 

Don't lip Mr. Esox.

Went Smallie hunting again with the ole Ned Rig. First picture is my first cast. Second picture is my second cast. It was on from there. Another 30 Smallies in about 2 hours. Had to make the second picture gray so it would fit on here. Sorry for the dumb face. My wife texted me and that was my reply back. We're weird.

 

 

Back at it this fine morning 

 

Seldom do I catch 4 in a row over 3 lbs, must be good karma

The 4th jumped ship before I could get his mug shot

 

He won fish of the day!

 

Sad, really sad...

caught 16 spots and 2 largemouths in the little johnny this morning from 6:30 til 10:30. this 20” porker hit a Zoom lizard in 12 fow. dadburnit it’s hot!

A-Rig bass! Caught three in about 20 minutes, this one was my biggest of the day. 3.5ish 

 

The day started out a bit slow but we found a spot where bass were crashing shad and spent a few hours floating around there picking off a few bass. If we could throw a jerkbait into the school when they were breaking the surface it was almost guaranteed to catch a fish. 

I caught a few on crankbaits and rattle traps as well. But they were keyed in on small shad and didn't want anything if it was bigger than the shad they were chasing. 

Got 7 this evening , all on 5 inch senkos. Stayed up at my end of the lake again and fished eel grass pockets. Had a couple on that felt bigger, but gave me the slip. I did get this one anyway.

Tried the frog again awhile, and nothing again. Frog bite has been almost non existent for me this summer.

Im not sure whats up with this weather but its been a very rainy but relatively cool summer . The fish have never slowed down this summer. It felt almost like the early fall out there this evening.

Got out for a couple hours to a new lake, to me anyways, Ivan Lake in Cotton Valley, La. It has lots of potential plus lots of bank and 5 fishing piers to fish from. Wasn't there long enough to really figure anything out as it was too hot. Didn't catch any bass. Did catch another bowfin. No pic of it because it shook my bait as I got it on the bank and disappointed it wasn't a bass just pushed it back in the water with my foot. It was a cool catch though. It slammed my 110 Whopper Plopper. Sounded almost like a whip cracked when it hit. It was a pretty good sized one too. Almost as big as that 6lb 11oz one I posted earlier this year. After being back home for a while I was checking the line on the rod I caught it with for any nicks or abrasions and happened to notice the teeth marks it left behind. Some serious grooves in my 110. Glad I didn't have to deal with unhooking it! ?

Biggest Smallmouth ever on this particular river. Throwing the Ned Rig off the dam. It doesn't just catch dinks! I was shaking for awhile. My buddy gets credit for it too because he climbed down the wall and lipped it for me and raised it up to me so I didn't have to horse it up the wall and risk breaking it off. 

 

And then we waded down to some islands and this behemoth ate his Ned Rig. 

My buddy down the wall doing me a solid. 

On 8/5/2018 at 12:53 PM, boostr said:

He won fish of the day!

 

 

 

That fish looks bigger than all of @EGbassing's 10 pounders!

[August 06, 2018]

 

 

It's been 17 long days since Jeremy & I last fished. There was a bass tournament held last Saturday (4th). It's the summer season and temps are now reaching into the 90's. The past weekend saw a lot of pressure from both tournament & weekend anglers as well as recreational boaters. All in all, I was just happy to finally get back out and get some casts in, and thought even if I only caught a little 8 incher to stay consistent, I would consider that a bonus.

 

Well I caught that little 8 incher...

 

 

As well as a few upgrades...

 

 

 

WolfyBrandon

 

13 minutes ago, Glaucus said:

Biggest Smallmouth ever on this particular river. Throwing the Ned Rig off the dam. It doesn't just catch dinks! I was shaking for awhile. My buddy gets credit for it too because he climbed down the wall and lipped it for me and raised it up to me so I didn't have to horse it up the wall and risk breaking it off. 

 

And then we waded down to some islands and this behemoth ate his Ned Rig. 

My buddy down the wall doing me a solid. 

Great catch and thanks for not "long-arming " it......