Only fish all morning. Windy and cooler today.

Went out for a few hours. Best fish boated was this 3.3lber that liked a Phenix bladed jig ?

Got out on the home lake this evening . The bite has finally picked up. It was very windy where I wanted to fish , so I anchored and fished a deep eel grass edge with the watermelon red super fluke and it produced a few fish. Switched to a june bug UV speed worm and decided to fish the south and southeast shoreline and got 6 more including a 4 3/4 pound fish as the sun went down. She hit the speed worm as I was reeling in, and put up a good fight, peeling drag several times. Felt good to finally get on some fish. It was the slowest winter Ive had in years.

Snuck out at lunch.

 

We've...had some weather lately. Today was clear and pretty, but the wind was gusting and the water clarity was hilariously bad. Even for here on Fort Loudoun, where the water clarity is usually crappy at best.

 

This little guy walloped a swim jig, though. And that was cool!

 

Then my vape fell off the rock I was sitting on, into the drink. And that was not cool at all.

7 hours ago, galyonj said:

Then my vape fell off the rock I was sitting on, into the drink. And that was not cool at all.

It's the universe trying to tell you to quit ?

7 hours ago, Bluebasser86 said:

It's the universe trying to tell you to quit ?

 

I fixed it though!

Three fish before the front moved in. Biggest on a Red Eye Shad in Delta Craw.

Finally set the crappie sticks down and hit a local reservoir for bass for the first time this year. We had 2" of rain a couple days back that has turned most of the reservoirs into chocolate milk, with high water conditions. This one is a smaller community reservoir that doesn't flood like the bigger flood control reservoirs. Stayed down near the dam where the water was just a good stain and caught half a dozen keepers in about 3.5 hours. Lost one that felt like a big girl, but caught a couple other decent fish to make up for it. Might go back in a couple days again if the winds stay down. Everything on jigs today.

 

 

 

 

That first one is chubby

I’ve caught a few since this but it’s my most recent. Caught on headbanger rocker head with a yoto-worm. 

Caught 2 today, one on a copper willow blade spinner and one on a Z-Man Chatterbait tipped with a Baby Brush Hog.

After all the rain and cold temps the last few days, it was a tough go this weekend. Finally found some up way shallower than I expected and they were flat trying to swallow my spinnerbait. Wish I'd found them sometime sooner than the last hour before I had to leave.

Today's bounty! Both on Z-Man Chatterbait with Baby Brush Hog in pumpkin. Was cool and very windy this am, but got hot late morning.

First day out for 2021 pond hopping. 23" toad caught on a 3" Berkley Pit Boss.

 

First fish of 2021. Slow rolling a spinnerbait in a some cold, dirty water. 

 

FINALLY got on some open water today. 43 degree water. I wasn't really expecting much...was just happy to be out there.

 

Only had a few hours to fish. Got a little guy on the very first cast! Was yo-yoing a blade bait in 20' of water. Managed 4 more over the next 1.5 hours. The 5 fish came on Damiki blade bait, Vision 110 and 13 Fishing lipless. Nothing big, but still a blast. 

 

 

 

 

 

9 hours ago, fishballer06 said:

First fish of 2021. Slow rolling a spinnerbait in a some cold, dirty water. 

 

And a nice first fish it is!

Nothing special besides being my first fish of 2021. Jerkbait fish.

 

A little too windy for the aluminum rig yesterday, but we stuck it out in the coves and creek arms and managed a few on jig. Things settled down a little by the time I headed in, and was treated to a nice setting sun.

 

 

3 hours ago, kayaking_kev said:

Nothing special besides being my first fish of 2021. Jerkbait fish.

 

 

First fish of the year is definitely special. 

Went out to try the new Trolling motor on the bass hunter. Had to fish a little.

One bite in an hour, but it was a 3.64 pounder. Caught it on a rage tail cut-r .

The T.M and B. hunter worked great together as well.