2.5 hours in the wind on a cold, muddy water lake for one bite, but at least it wasn't a dink.

First chatterbait fish. ?

I cant catch a bass on it to save my life...

If it makes you feel any better, you've still caught more fish on a chatterbait than I ever have.

this spottie hit a power worm in 15 fow this afternoon.

You have no idea how long I've waited for this moment....first official bass of 2021, deadsticking a 1/4oz PB&J jig on shallow riprap, I thought I was snagged until my line started to zigzag lol, feels good to be back on the saddle again after 7 months of few fishing sessions and a brutal winter. 2021 will be a good year! 

Atta boy.

Things finally worked out where the weather was nice enough to fish, even if it was only about 2 hours. Only caught one, wish I could have stayed longer. 5-03

20 minutes ago, jbsoonerfan said:

Things finally worked out where the weather was nice enough to fish, even if it was only about 2 hours. Only caught one, wish I could have stayed longer. 5-03

One is enough if it's that one!  Beautiful fish!

2 hours ago, jbsoonerfan said:

USDA Certified biggun!

2 hours ago, TriStateBassin106 said:

You have no idea how long I've waited for this moment....first official bass of 2021, deadsticking a 1/4oz PB&J jig on shallow riprap, I thought I was snagged until my line started to zigzag lol, feels good to be back on the saddle again after 7 months of few fishing sessions and a brutal winter. 2021 will be a good year! 

Jeez took you long enough! Just kidding good work. Told ya to stick with it!

8 hours ago, jbsoonerfan said:

Things finally worked out where the weather was nice enough to fish, even if it was only about 2 hours. Only caught one, wish I could have stayed longer. 5-03

I'll take that "one" everytime! Nice fish!

Got to give the new Victory a workout on a solid jig fish today. Wish I could have found some of her friends instead of all her babies. 

23 hours ago, jbsoonerfan said:

Things finally worked out where the weather was nice enough to fish, even if it was only about 2 hours. Only caught one, wish I could have stayed longer. 5-03

That is a SLAUNCH

3 hours ago, Bluebasser86 said:

Got to give the new Victory a workout on a solid jig fish today. Wish I could have found some of her friends instead of all her babies. 

What model is it? What do you think of it?

7 minutes ago, DitchPanda said:

What model is it? What do you think of it?

The full contact finesse. I'm really liking it so far.

Water temps still unseasonably cold (52-54*) but with warm temps this next week we should finally start seeing some movement up shallow. 

 

Pops broke his 5 trip scoreless streak. Amazing how a small fish can make you almost as happy as a giant when you've been getting skunked.

 

Picked up a much nicer one right after the little fella.

 

 

 

They were liking the underspin swimjig with a 4.3 in 25-30 fow

Better than yesterday. Fished from the bank with my new rig, a Falcon Lowrider MHF and a Daiwa Fuego CT. Took nothing but soft plastics as it is set up as my worm rig. Tried X Zone and Rage craws. Nada. Tried an electric blue Senko TR. Nope. Switched to a Neko Macho TR. Yup. First one threw the hook as like a dummy, I loosened the drag earlier and didn’t reset it, and the drag let out on the hookset. Not a big bass but still lol. Caught 4 on the Neko Macho-all were 1 to 1.5 lbs. 

 

Switched to a Fat IKA. Nuthin’. Went back to a Senko TR, using good ol’ #956. Parallel to the bank under an overhanging tree limb. Starting running as soon as it sank. Not a monster but a better fish for sure. 
 

Had a old Yum Dinger stuck in his craw!

 

Very pleased with the new rig! 

You’re on a trend of finding fish with old lures in them @BrianMDTX.

Never before and now twice in two days. It’s a trend! 

First bass of the year, only 3 this trip.  16", pretty fish.  Hope there's a bunch more.

 

Afternoon walk with wife to retention pond yielded this today.

First jerkbait fish of 2021! Yozuri 3DB in Table Rock Shad! Agressive twitching near baitfish did the trick! 

Scheduling conflicts and the insane weather here this winter prevented the Phish brothers from putting together a boat trip until last Sunday, but god had other plans. After suffering for hours over jig trailers and tying leaders it all blew up. I was literally walking out the door when the phone rang. My brother's co-worker had just called to let him know he'd woken with a migraine and no taste, so that was the end of that. A week later and my bruv is fine.

 

Hit it late last night and found a decent window for my 1st bass this year, then finally broke my never ending pickerel curse with a few more. The second guy took off fine and B-lined it down the shore, but 10 minutes later I found him laid on his side in a few inches of water. Stuck my mitts in, apologized profusely, got some nice water through his gills until he was kicking good, then he took off like a rocket. I peeled off my gloves and quickly got another. I ended with another pickerel, but I wasn't mad at this one.?

 

No bigs, but it was nice to finally get a little bass cologne on my thumb again.

 

 

 

Things are starting to heat up. 3-02, 4-01, 4-08