11 hours ago, NYWayfarer said:

That’s the reflection of the kayaks color on the Bass scales.

Yes I know, I thought it looked kind of cool so I made a joke about it lol ? .

I threw a lipless at a single, 2in steel pipe sticking out of 3ft of water.  I caught a small, 2lb bass.  I threw at the same pipe again and got nothing.  Third cast was a 17in walleye.  Fourth cast was a striper.  At first I thought this was funny, unique, and entertaining.  After further thought...I started to feel like it was creepy.  Where they having a multi-species fish meeting?  Where they talking about us?  I'm a little concerned...

 

 

 

 

 

Got out in the kayak Friday to fight the wind. I wasn't supposed to have to fight the wind, but like usual, the weatherman was wrong. At a lake I haven't fished much but has a good population of big fish, so that's what I was hoping to find. I found them, but man, my execution on putting them in the boat was terrible. Both the bigger ones I caught were hooked in the bottom lip. Caught them off the same spot, on the same bait, on almost back to back cast. A homemade black and blue bladed jig caught a majority of the fish for me including my bigger ones. The bigger one is my newest kayak PB at 4.98lbs.

 

 

Trip to the Pamunkey River yesterday. A few chunky fish were caught, plus ol' humpback made an appearance and destroyed a hook during his arrival into the boat...

Apparently humpback's photo size is too large...

 

working on it.

Thanks to @WRB, for the Nichols spinnerbait.   This thing moves a LOT of water.  Pulled this gal out from behind a stump this weekend.

First day of Thanksgiving break and it might be the only day where the weather would cooperate enough for me to go so I took full advantage of it. Started out cold, 36 degrees with a light wind. By about 10 it was blowing about 10-20 at times and made the fishing tough. I did manage to get a couple good ones though so all was not lost. Not bad for a couple late November fish. First one was 3-9 and the second was 3-14. Sure thought it was 4, but needed a couple more shad. LOL

only caught 5 this afternoon ahead of the cold front that’s coming through tonight. this 18” spot hit a drop shot in 20 fow. 

Chunky spot!

Got 5 hours on my home lake today boating 8 bass total.

Coming from 15 - 25 fow with the temp at 47*

Half oz blade bait doing the damage.

 

Here is a couple pictures of my biggest bass of the Thanksgiving holiday at lake Chapala.  

I was lucky there was a commercial fisherman close by to take my picture when I caught this 7.2 pound fatty.  So far lots of fish but few big ones.  One more day to try and get one bigger.

In the typically “day after” thanksgiving tradition, we go fishing in the morning and shooting in the afternoon 

Been a while. First hybrid bass ever! Caught it on a spook in late November. Hit a few times before connecting right at the boat! Doesn’t get better then that! 24.5” length and 18” girth. 

Caught a fish that looked kind of skinny, when I got home and looked at the pictures I noticed a hook sticking out of it.

 

Another trip to the pamunkey

It's not big (only 1.87lbs) but after 12 hours of throwing swim baits over two trips I was glad to have it this afternoon.

 

Wasn't planning on getting out this week but Friday wasn't as cold as I thought it would be so I took the boys out while the wife was shopping. This was mainly a lure hunting trip, but I was making cast with a jerkbait as we were scouring the shorelines and trees for lures. Water was gross looking, very cloudy like it had just turned over but I think it was from all the dying vegetation. Still we caught a few dinks.

and we found a couple baits.

3 hours ago, Bluebasser86 said:

Wasn't planning on getting out this week but Friday wasn't as cold as I thought it would be so I took the boys out while the wife was shopping. This was mainly a lure hunting trip, but I was making cast with a jerkbait as we were scouring the shorelines and trees for lures. Water was gross looking, very cloudy like it had just turned over but I think it was from all the dying vegetation. Still we caught a few dinks.

and we found a couple baits.

You guys found all of those in one day?!! Thats impressive! I bet if i could put the rod and reel down for two seconds, I could find lures like that at my river. No need for a tackle warehouse sale, just go the lake and get them for free!?

15 hours ago, JWall14 said:

Been a while. First hybrid bass ever! Caught it on a spook in late November. Hit a few times before connecting right at the boat! Doesn’t get better then that! 24.5” length and 18” girth. 

That thing is a STUD.....

My last 'big' fish of the season. Caught last month on a jig in 49 degree water. Was holding tight to some laydowns in about 1.5 feet of water. 5.3 lbs, 21".

 

Got  out for another five hours today on my lake.

Boating 10 bass in all.  9 caught on blade bait in roughly 20 fow. One coming on a spinnerbait in 5 fow.

Water temp 46*. Here’s a few of them.

 

 

My girls were interested in heading out for a quick trip on their last day of vacation, and there's no way I'm saying no to that. Within the first few casts I caught a little fella on a jerkbait.

 

 

After that the bites came to a screeching halt. Not another bite for 2 hours so we called it a day. Then the contents of the snack bag they packed immediately clued me into why we didn't get any more action...