Went out for crappie and caught largemouth and catfish. Creeks were thick with shad everywhere so we netted some and used them under bobbers around Marinas. Seagulls were gorging themselves. Find the bait doesnt make the fishing so easy when the bait is everywhere and super thick. I also scanned under a bridge a few times and got some cool screen shots 

What's better to do the day after a big snow than go fishing. Just a few fun size but better than sitting around. Guides icing up was the biggest hassle.

@The Bassman, that is awesome! I love snow 

17 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said:

@The Bassman, that is awesome! I love snow 

I don't particularly, but it beats watching football when your team lost last night.

1 hour ago, The Bassman said:

I don't particularly, but it beats watching football when your team lost last night.

Well yeah if I lived in Indiana I bet my opinion would change hahaha

Early yesterday morning, we pulled the kayaks off the beds of our trucks and hit the Ogeechee river where the fresh meets the salt in search of striped bass.  It was my first time fishing a tidal river, and it was an awesome experience.

 

 

I managed five hard-fighting river bass in the area of 14-17" long, fat little fellows.  Healthy fish.  I'll definitely be fishing the area again.

 

First club tourney of the year on Lake Seminole Fl. 2 of the better ones. Lucky for us no snow or ice involved.

Nice fish!

 

....and short sleeves! ?

Had a great day chasing spots with a nice mix of size and numbers...

 

 

 

 

Pops with a nice one

 

My biggest of the day on a neko rig (21" and a little over 4lbs)

 

@Nor-Cal Basser, wow. Those are some big spots. They have a crazy gold color out there too

beautiful 

Pics of my latest "catch"......acquired some classics for the home library:

 

 

 

Is it April yet?

Took the kayak out to Bartlett Reservior, AZ on a very windy day. Caught several of these guys all on Gary Yamamoto baits.  Numbers came from Shad Shaped Worms (Blue Pearl Silver Flake) on a winter drop shot and the largest from a Hula Grub rigged on 3/8oz Football Jighead (Watermelon w/ Black/Gold). I videogamed it in 19 ft of water by dropping it right on top of his head from honing in on my sonar. Finally getting the hang of my electronics!

@Dorado, that’s awesome. Any fish finder can be very effective once you get used to the particular unit 

Back to basics tonight.  When I was getting ready to throw my rod in the truck to head out to a pond for some bank fishing after work, I realized I'd been neglecting the good old jig & trailer for months. And, oh, man! Something with a big mouth weighing 1-4 pounds was chomping my 3/8 black/blue plus Rage craw on every pitch for a good 40 minutes. The bite was subtle, mostly just my line moving sideways. But there was nothing subtle after I'd reel down and set that thick hook into mayhem! What in our short lives can surpass a stout rod, braided line, a sturdy jig, and a mean old hungry bass?

 

Had another above average winter day with 30+ up to 3lbs. Definitely the most consistent winter action we've ever had. Not sure if I'm getting better or just lucky but I'll gladly take it either way. Water temp up to 54* and the lake has risen three feet in the past week with all the rain/snow.

 

 

Pops with the fish of the day (3.1 lbs)

6 minutes ago, NorcalBassin said:

Had another above average winter day with 30+ up to 3lbs. Definitely the most consistent winter action we've ever had. Not sure if I'm getting better or just lucky but I'll gladly take it either way. Water temp up to 54* and the lake has risen three feet in the past week with all the rain/snow.

 

 

Pops with the fish of the day (3.1 lbs)

Beautiful fish! Two weeks ago I was bragging like that here in IN. We're froze up good now. Enjoy your weather. We're paying for ours, but we should expect it here.

Managed to catch a couple of bass today hopping a lipless crankbait off the bottom. Water was 41 degrees. Here’s the biggest one. 

A cold front is stalled over the Florida peninsula. The air is cool and damp, it's raining off and on, the water is muddy. I went out to my highest percentage local pond tonight at 5 pm armed with a jig w/ craw trailer. I concentrated on metal culverts,  3 ft diameter pipes between manmade ponds. Of the four culverts that I targeted, 3 of them held big, fat-bellied bass, all caught within 20 minutes of each other: a 4 lb, a 3-1/2, and a 5.22 pounder. 

 

Nicely done ~

"The Culvert Pattern"  . . Something I'll probably never be looking for here . . .

Congrats

A-Jay

Thanks, man. Many of the golf course and residential ponds around here have so little structure or cover that anything you find is likely to hold a bass. There is one place I go where there's a piece of wood sticking out of the water no bigger than a #2 pencil. About 80% of the time I can catch a solitary bass on it.

Cover's cover & a bass is a bass. 

What it is may not be as important as when it is & when & how we fish it.

I just don't see any pipes where I fish, that's all.

A-Jay

Got in an hour or two off the dock. Can’t brag about the size but I suppose I can brag about not needing sleeves 

9 hours ago, hawgenvy said:

A cold front is stalled over the Florida peninsula. The air is cool and damp, it's raining off and on, the water is muddy. I went out to my highest percentage local pond tonight at 5 pm armed with a jig w/ craw trailer. I concentrated on metal culverts,  3 ft diameter pipes between manmade ponds. Of the four culverts that I targeted, 3 of them held big, fat-bellied bass, all caught within 20 minutes of each other: a 4 lb, a 3-1/2, and a 5.22 pounder. 

 

Culvert pattern is key to my success in the HOA lakes I fish.