What bfs setup for 1/10 with a baitcaster?

 

also:

I went out for 3 hours. One nice 3lb fish on the dropshot on the edge of a weed line. Water was dirty and water temp about 70. 

 

Here is a nice snook I got last night using a big mullet head

My LOZ trip was cold , rainy and windy . Did not catch a bass worthy of a photograph but took one the final day   to show the front end of my boat . I have a 22 foot LOWE Deck boat . Wife wanted a pontoon I wanted a bass boat so we compromised . I call it the Mullet . Business in front , party in back .

 

Went out yesterday, after almost 3 months I think. Caught several small bass, one pretty big green sunfish, one large crappie, and a 13" citation yellow perch. Plastics and jerkbaits.

 

Pretty Fall colors, and a beautiful sunset too.

 

 

 

 

Gorgeous perch! They are bony, but they are good eatin'!

Please put your posts and pictures in the appropriate section:  Other Fish Species

 

-Kent

9 hours ago, scaleface said:

 I have a 22 foot LOWE Deck boat . Wife wanted a pontoon I wanted a bass boat so we compromised . I call it the Mullet . Business in front , party in back .

BAHAHAHA I love it. Perfect compromise. I compromised with my wife as well, she wanted a wakeboard boat, I wanted a fishing boat, so we got a ski and fish. It's served me well for fishing and time out with the kids and wife. 2008 Glastron GT205SF. 

My last three fishing sessions at the river have produced at least one quality Smallmouth catch. I caught this 16” Smallmouth today. With its fat belly I am surprised it didn’t weigh more.

 

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Went striper fishing today, ended up catching one of these. First time seeing a flounder in person. 

Caught a few today using my ultralight setup with 4 lb test.

 

Headed out for what turned out to be a quick trip. Bait everywhere but tougher than expected to get them to commit to our baits. Should start busting loose soon. Hopefully.

 

Pops with the fish of the day

 

Another 15-16" spot

 

Deer were all over the shoreline but it was all does and fawns. Bucks sure know it's time to hide this time of year.

Fished my second ever bass tournament, a fund raiser where you could have 3 team members if one was a youngster. I caught our only fish with @Bluebasser86 homemade bladed jig hot off the press. Weighed in at 1.86 lbs, my first ever tournament keeper haha.  9.88 was the winning weight, big fish 4 lb smallmouth. I don’t think we came in last! !!!!! Pretty fall colors starting to show up, water temp 68 and tough fishing for most. Pretty heavy rain at daylight but turned out nice

Softball season ended last week and I was blessed with at least one good day to fish before the Arctic front moves in. Went straight to the back of the creek and started there. I was able to put quiet a few in the boat but only managed these two over 3lbs. A 3lb 4oz and a 3lb 2 oz. Bass Forecast said a POOR day with a 2.3 rating, good thing I don't go or not depending on what that thing says. 

A buddy had the day off Friday and decided to spend a (not so) beautiful day on the water with me. Rained pretty good in the morning with air temps in the high 30's and 15-20mph north winds, my body is not adjusted for that yet. He was sure the cold front would make it tough, I was sure the cold front would have them chewing, thankfully I was right. I did a lot of quick releasing big fish unfortunately, and Van wasn't catching the numbers I was, but he was throwing haymakers from the back seat. Our biggest 5 went just over 21 pounds.

 

On 10/23/2020 at 6:01 AM, scaleface said:

My LOZ trip was cold , rainy and windy . Did not catch a bass worthy of a photograph but took one the final day   to show the front end of my boat . I have a 22 foot LOWE Deck boat . Wife wanted a pontoon I wanted a bass boat so we compromised . I call it the Mullet . Business in front , party in back .

 

Thats awesome!

Got out this afternoon for a couple chilly hours. Water is still 50 deg but the high air temp was only about 38 or so and cloudy. Bite was tough, and I had lots of hits but they were just mouthing the bait. Finally managed to get a few on a Berkley Maxscent Creature Hawg on a football head, dragged slowly around weed clumps and rock. Depending on what the weather does in the next week or so, this might’ve been the last trip of the year. If so, I’ll take it. At least I didn’t pull the boat smelling of skunk ?. 

Took a very rare after work trip on a Sunday morning this morning. Another cold, cloudy start. Ran into a guy that watches my videos that I talked to for half an hour at the ramp, that's always interesting. About my second cast of the morning I got my first good bite on a spinnerbait.

Got me thinking I was really going to do good. 45 minutes later, I'd caught 2 more tiny bass. It's the time of year on this lake when the hybrids go to one little spot and I can usually make them bite for whatever reason. I actually remembered my baits for them too. First cast got slammed.

A couple cast later, an even bigger one.

Then another.

And then they stopped, because that's what they do. I tried for them for another half hour and did pick up a really cool looking bonus fish.

I kind of halfheartedly went back to bass fishing but then caught another decent one pretty quick to get my head back in the game. I made a move down the lake and lost another nice one of the spinnerbait, first bite I'd had on it since catching the first one with it. Decided to keep slinging the blades a little more and man did I get rewarded. Funny thing is, I'd mentioned something to the guy at the ramp how I'd never caught one over 5 from this lake, well I have now, 5.53 to be exact.

Caught another solid fish off a laydown and a few more smaller ones out of the weeds on the spinnerbait before I had to call it a day. Ended up catching my new lake PB and my biggest 5 fish bag ever for that lake.

 

Long-arming a 2 and 1/4 lb largemouth, the only fish we caught on Saturday. Bit a drop shot Super Fluke Jr. on a small no. 4 Gamakatsu hook that pinned him perfectly just behind the top row of teeth. 

 

 

Couple pics from recent trips. 1st is a 3-8 I caught today the best of 8 on a spinnerbait, 2nd pic a 3-1 from last thurs. Also on a spinnerbait. 

Seems like nearly every bass in the lake is offshore stalking bait between 25-60 ft, so we finally decided to grab some spoons and go chase them. Not one of my favorite ways to fish but it was enjoyable doing some "video game" style fishing with the electronics.

 

 

Got out today on my home lake from 12 to 5 pm.

Air temp 42-44, water 54.

Boated 9 bass, with 8 caught on a 1/2 oz blade bait.

The one other on 4.5”  Big Bite Baits squirrel worm-DS. A few pics.

 

Best lmb 4lbs 8 oz

 

Best smb 3 lb 12 oz

 

a couple more.