Got out for about 9 total hours between Tues. And. Wed. Landed 10 bass with no big ones however I was happy to get my first 3 buzzbait fish yesterday including this guy. 

22 hours ago, PhishLI said:

Things were setting up nearly perfectly last night. Low pressure, dense cloud cover removing the huge spotlight in the sky from the equation, and rain coming in at 3:00 am were all good omens. The lack of any wind whatsoever was the only fly in the ointment. That didn't matter though because things started off nicely right away, for my brother anyway. A nice little scrapper bit his G2, so he was on the board. About a half hour later a tank smashed his Matt Lures Hard Gill. Joy! Up to that point, and for the next 2 hours, I was in the weeds. Not a sniff. It was 2:00 am at that point, and the catching streak I've been on looked like it was done. I was being hard-heading throwing just 3 baits; A Jackhammer, an IMA Shallow crank, and a Gantarel. The Berkely Champ Swimmer in Perch has been money lately, but I really wanted to hookup on something different. With my gameplan in tatters I capitulated, tied it on, and within 5 minutes I had my first. Over the next 20 minutes I had multiple hits and bagged two more. The last one blasted the Champ and stripped drag off my Fuego CT like nothing. They're really fired up now. Heart pounding. I was sparked up after that one, but the rain came in hard so I cashed out. OK night for the Phish brothers.

 

 

 

 

 

Nice fish sir!

 

Is your bait tied to a paperclip?

I caught these three Iowa Beasts the other day. Big one weighed 8.2 lbs with a bull head down her throat. The next biggest weighed 7.1 lbs, the smallest weighed 6.45 lbs. 3 Fish for 21 pounds and some change. Finished out the 5 fish limit with two three pounders. 5 fish for 27 pounds. Easily my best day of fishing, and it was in a cold weather state Iowa. 

 

 

37 minutes ago, bassh8er said:

Is your bait tied to a paperclip?

LOL! It's called a Tactical Angler Clip. 

 

https://www.dickssportinggoods.com/p/tactical-anglers-power-clips-25-pack-16ta2utctnglrpwrcter/16ta2utctnglrpwrcter

44 minutes ago, nmatthes said:

3 Fish for 21 pounds and some change

Chunks! Congrats!

On 4/7/2020 at 2:10 PM, PhishLI said:

I haven't needed to defrost my feet after the last few wades, and yesterday was the first time this season that I saw bluegill in the shallows. It's about to get real. Last night's Jackhammer eaters weren't bigs, but were very, very energetic.

 

What’s with the rubber gloves? LOL

Congrats on a great day @nmatthes

1 hour ago, basser27 said:

What’s with the rubber gloves?

Hey now, those are some very very manly Grease Monkey Gorilla Grip 6 mil gloves, not some girly gloves!

My left thumb split from the cold last winter, which is a special type of never ending hell, so...Picking off weeds and algae, and I hold fish in the water to make sure they're right before I release them, so hands get wet and freeze. Those very very manly gloves allow me to take the pain a just a little longer at night when temps are in the 30s with wind, Mr. Smarty Pants.?

Managed to get in a few swings yesterday morning before hurricane winds and sideways rain drove me out. Only landed a few squeakers on this outing, but this little dude made my day. You've gotta admire the ambition.

 

Took an extra day off this week. Saw it was supposed to be really nice on my Friday and we had an extra person on the schedule, thankfully my Sgt was nice enough to let me take a day since there was still going to be enough people at work.

 

Got off work Tuesday morning and took a nap for a few hours. It was already in the 70's when I woke up around lunch time. Had lunch and asked the wife if I could take the boys to a creek for a little exploring/fishing and she could have some quiet time. She was a bit nervous since I haven't taken them out just "the boys", yet, but we didn't have any issues and we had a blast throwing rocks and catching a couple wipers and a white bass.

Wednesday the whole family loaded into the truck and we made the first trip of the year to one of the smallmouth lakes. It's my wife's favorite lake and boy did it treat her well, minus her big one of the day jumping off next to the boat. I took a pretty solid "L" from my backseater, but I didn't mind. My only saving grace was catching the big fish of the day on a Ned rigged 10,000 Fish Sukoshi Bug.

 

I'd barely started the motor on Wednesday, and I owed the fish, so I went back to the same lake Thursday. There had been a massive cold front overnight and the fish had moved a little. I struggled to find quality for a good portion of the day until I kind of went off a hunch that payed off big time. I was keeping track of my biggest 5 for the day. At 1:30, I was sitting at a measly 12lbs and a lot of that thanks to a 3.79lb fish. By the time I left at 2:30, I had nearly 19lbs and my small fish was 3.56lbs. Probably my biggest limit of brown fish ever in Kansas. All the big ones were on a Duel Hardcore Flat SP jerkbait in the Matte Pearl/chartreuse except the biggest one that ate a white/gold double hammered willowleaf War Eagle with a pearl chartreuse YUM split tail trailer. 3.56, 3.60, 3.71, 3.79, and 4.14 for 18.80 pounds.

@Bluebasser86it's really nice that your whole family enjoys fishing together. Makes for a real good way to divert attention from the current situation. I like to tell people that I'm obeying our governor's directive by going fishing as much as I can. I call it my "mandatory fishing furlough".

Caught this one on a piece of bream while catfishing. 

On 4/7/2020 at 7:43 PM, jbsoonerfan said:

Bite was TOUGH today and it was WINDY!!! I can't wait to get the power poles in and put on. I did manage to get this big girl to take a spinnerbait. I didn't measure her but she was short and fat. Weighed 4-15, should have put a couple weights in her LOL

What a fatty. Nice fish!

Did some social distance paddling for a buddy’s birthday. Even got a few fish dragging baits behind the boat 

Managed to get out on the boat on Friday. Water tempts were 45-47. Caught a handful of bass (nothing big) and a decent pike. Most on a Vision 110 and 110+. 

 

Yesterday went to a local rock quarry to do some shore fishing. The bite was tough but managed a few. Biggest was just shy of 5 lb, caught on 110+1. And the other was caught on swim jig in the shallows later in the day when the sun came out. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Caught some rainbow trout this morning and had it for lunch. First time eating them and they were pretty good, Crappie is still my favorite, but I haven't tried Walleye yet. Was using a 1/64th oz trout magnet and St.Croix Panfish rod 6'9 UL. It was freezing out, literally, my guides had ice on them.

 

That's a funny looking bass.  ?

 

Must have been pretty fun on that ultralight setup!

 

Here's the multi-species thread:

 

Big cold front moved in but managed this female on a pearl Magnum fluke.....water temp 58*.

31 minutes ago, J Francho said:

That's a funny looking bass.  ?

 

Must have been pretty fun on that ultralight setup!

 

Here's the multi-species thread:

 

Sorry, I wasn't even thinking about it. I didn't sleep at all last night waiting for the trout stocking today.

Well, you done good!

Not bad for four hours of fishing!

@Dirtyeggroll, you are on a roll! Ironic with your screen name and all.....

1 hour ago, TnRiver46 said:

@Dirtyeggroll, you are on a roll! Ironic with your screen name and all.....

Hahaha

 

Yea I’m up to 5 fish over 6 pounds this year - in fact, I think I’ve caught more 6 lbers than 5 lbers this year ?

Caught a couple today.  The 2nd one is the biggest for the year so far.