Sorry got lots of pictures . Went camping this weekend to an awesome spot in the mountains. Good fish, food, and friends. I figured here was as good a place for the pictures as any. 

The elusive mountain manatee........

 

Rachel trying for some trout 

Beautiful scenery every direction 

and a big largemouth cruising the boat ramp that wouldn’t have anything to do with us. Probably a solid 4 lber 

steak photo for @bulldog1935..... our friends backpacked to the Campsite, boy were they happy to see a boat full of supplies and some fresh fried fish and grilled steaks 

TnRiver46, that is some beautiful country! Looks like a great time!

Great fishing this morning, Carolina Craw colored jig tipped with a Paca craw was the hot lure today. Caught a few on Carolina Craw chatterbait also. One nice one on a wacky rig (first picture) first cast with my new spinning rig... Dobyns rod with a Shimano reel! The turtle attacked a 4"Lucky Craft SP 100 ?

Some of my most recent catches. One with red fin I believe had recently been on a bed. Bass with the red fin was 21 inches long and the bottom Bass was 19 inches. It had on the other side of it very fresh and angry looking gashes as if it had got nicked by a trolling motor. But it was still out there doing typical Bass things and utterly destroyed a bluegill(legal bait in Alabama) so that one gets extra 'spect put on it from me.

 

I did lose what probably would have been a 5lber when it got wrapped around a dock post, but I feel like these as a group made up for it.

Also believe I caught my PB in terms of tiniest Bass as well.

 

Gotta share the runts with the good'uns right? ?

@TingTingEightSix Nice fish!!!

What did you catch that little guy on?

3 minutes ago, HaydenS said:

@TingTingEightSix Nice fish!!!

What did you catch that little guy on?

The Lil one I got on a red wiggler fishing for bait fish.

53 minutes ago, TingTingEightSix said:

The Lil one I got on a red wiggler fishing for bait fish.

I saw someone catch one smaller just the other day.  I have absolutely no idea how he did it lol.  I need to find the pic 

18 minutes ago, hokiehunter373 said:

I saw someone catch one smaller just the other day.

That's nothing! I have caught largemouth about a inch long fishing for bluegill using worms lol

One sign of a good day of bass fishing: thumb all  gritted up from the teeth. "Bass thumb" as it is often called.

31 minutes ago, Bluegillslayer said:

That's nothing! I have caught largemouth about a inch long fishing for bluegill using worms lol

Wow lol. How on earth did it even get the hook in its mouth?

4 hours ago, TingTingEightSix said:

Wow lol. How on earth did it even get the hook in its mouth?

I used a super small cricket hook and somehow I was able to hook him. Definitely one of the smallest fish I have ever caught lol  

Edited April 21, 20215 yr by Bluegillslayer

Went for a hour or so. Caught two on a spinnerbait and craw, and missed two on a Neko Macho weightless TR. Nothing of any size but my first spinnerbait catches this year. 
 

 

Not sure what spinnerbait it was. I don’t know how you guys keep track of all your lures lol. I think the craw was a 4” Strike King Rage Craw. 

Pretty interesting situation developing here, saw my first bed bass today but got spooked the minute he saw me approaching, cranked the shoreline with a kvd 1.5 shallow in chart black back and missed a small fish then immediately switched to a Texas rig craw and casted in the same spot and THUMP...for a 1.7lber he fought pretty hard. All my recent fish have had fat guts and I don't know if they're eggs or food hahaha. 

 

I'd give it a week and the fish are on beds. 

6 hours ago, Bluegillslayer said:

That's nothing! I have caught largemouth about a inch long fishing for bluegill using worms lol

I catch lots of tiny bass fishing for flathead bait.

 

But I catch plenty of them fishing for bass too.

And probably my finest catch, on a Deps SS 175 on Beaver Lake, AR.

Tuesdays catch! Both on Carolina Craw Zman Chatterbait tipped with Zoom pumpkin vibe craw.

7 hours ago, Bluebasser86 said:

I catch lots of tiny bass fishing for flathead bait.

 

But I catch plenty of them fishing for bass too.

And probably my finest catch, on a Deps SS 175 on Beaver Lake, AR.

What was that bottom fish thinking??

Just now, Biglittle8 said:

What was that crappie thinking??

None of the fish I posted are crappie. The top is a largemouth, middle and bottom are both smallmouth. 

5 minutes ago, Bluebasser86 said:

None of the fish I posted are crappie. The top is a largemouth, middle and bottom are both smallmouth. 

I looked closer and saw that.. ? red eyes. Opps.

8 hours ago, Bluebasser86 said:

I catch lots of tiny bass fishing for flathead bait.

 

But I catch plenty of them fishing for bass too.

And probably my finest catch, on a Deps SS 175 on Beaver Lake, AR.

Yup, that’s more the size I saw lol. That last one had quite the appetite!

13 hours ago, TnRiver46 said:

I see @A-Jay sent a fish down to you to post about? ?

 

J/K man, that's a beauty for sure! One of these days I'm gonna get out. Until then, I'm jealous. 

14 minutes ago, Jigfishn10 said:

I see @A-Jay sent a fish down to you to post about? ?

 

J/K man, that's a beauty for sure! One of these days I'm gonna get out. Until then, I'm jealous. 

That’s a little baby compared to what my buddies are catching while I’m at work haha. Luckily I have bassresource.com to get me through the day.  They’ve been getting some 4-5 lb class ones. The little feller did pull hard though, might have to put down my medium rod and grab the bait casters, they are kicking my butt (although it’s fun ) 

Gave another lake a shot over the weekend with the plan of finding a lot of quiet water... turned out this little lake was hosting two tourneys and I watched what seemed like an endless amount of boats blast off for a few minutes starting right at 600. By the time I was in the water all the best holes had multiple boats in them, so I just stayed on the TM and putzed around exploring new water. Good news was there was quite a bit of action with LM, SM, and spots mixed in... bad news is best of 'em was probably 2.5 pounds.  

 

 

 

Cool markings on this fella.

 

After a lackluster day of fishing the Cape Fear River yesterday, today's fishing was hot. I stopped counting at 12 fish. All mostly in the 2 to 2.5lb range. Couple of good fish. Most of the fish hit a purple Senko rigged wacky style. My finesse gear got a workout today

Wilson Lake high school tournament from two weekends ago, not sure why I never got around to posting anything.

Water temps were low, from cold temps and cold rain the day before.  It was also super windy and the lake was white capping.  Water levels were about three feet low as well.   A bunch of teams in the field of 47 didn't catch anything. 

My partner caught one fish on a strike king jig, off a brush pile under a dock.  It weighed in at 3 pounds 49 ounces.  He also broke one off. 

Our trolling motor stopped working so our boat captain ran the big motor while we fished.   Without the trolling motor we couldn't fish slow or most of the spots we wanted to fish. 

It was a tough tournament but we managed 25/47.  We learned a lot and are more than likely going to get a Garmin Force for the new trolling motor!

My buddy caught the fish so he is holdin' it.

1 hour ago, Biglittle8 said:

After a lackluster day of fishing the Cape Fear River yesterday, today's fishing was hot. I stopped counting at 12 fish. All mostly in the 2 to 2.5lb range. Couple of good fish. Most of the fish hit a purple Senko rigged wacky style. My finesse gear got a workout today

I like how you stay after those fish . Relentless! Nice catches