Went out Tuesday evening and managed about 12 from 630pm to 830pm.  Biggest was 19in, 3lb 10oz, which was my PR on this lake (and HUGE for this lake as 98% of the fish caught are 10-12in, 1lb or less).  Tight lines all!!

Just got back from a tournament Sunday on Lake X in Eastern Montana.
 

Won our ABA with a one day weight of 26.72.......I can't wait to go back!

 

Big fish was 6.23

We have a Montana B.A.S.S. Nation State Qualifier there in September

12 minutes ago, BigSkyBasser said:

Just got back from a tournament Sunday on Lake X in Easter Montana.
 

Won our ABA with a one day weight of 26.72.......I can't wait to go back!

 

Big fish was 6.23

We have a Montana B.A.S.S. Nation State Qualifier there in September

Congrats buddy!!! Those are slobs

Only one decent one out of nine this morning...a skinny 17".  Air temps dropped about 30 degrees overnight -- it was a chilly 40 when I launched (you can see the steam fog in the background).  Went old-school with a Mr. Twister Phenom Worm on an 1/8oz jighead:

 

37 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said:

Congrats buddy!!! Those are slobs

 

Let's get you out here and we can go wreck some big bronzies!

4 minutes ago, BigSkyBasser said:

 

Let's get you out here and we can go wreck some big bronzies!

Shoot....... what is it...... 30 minute drive?? Hahaha

2 hours ago, BigSkyBasser said:

Just got back from a tournament Sunday on Lake X in Easter Montana.
 

Won our ABA with a one day weight of 26.72.......I can't wait to go back!

 

Big fish was 6.23

We have a Montana B.A.S.S. Nation State Qualifier there in September

Wow! Nice fish!

On 5/26/2021 at 11:58 AM, Team9nine said:

One of about 8 or 9 I landed yesterday. It was the largest of the trip, and a “keeper,” but it was the method/technique that I used that made these fish special. I was using my “Tenkara” rod, which is actually a slightly heavier “Keiryu” (bait/nymph) rod, the Daiwa Kiyose 36S-F. It’s a collapsable 11’10” rod weighing less than 3 oz. that you fish without a reel, the fixed length line being attached to a small lanyard at the very tip of the pole. Line was 2.5# fluoro “level line” paired with a couple different 1/32 oz jigs. No real casting involved, more like swing pitching/flipping. No reel also means all lure retrieve and action is control by how you manipulate the rod. Takes some getting used to, but it is a blast, especially the ‘no reel’ fighting and landing technique.

 

And I thought I was high tech cane polin' with a telescopic fiberglass pole years ago.

Got on the river at 6:30 am and bite was good except for cottonwood bloom and trolling motor quit. Lol

Caught 90% of fish on Zman SlingbladeZ in blue gill 3/8.

Few on Zinkerz, even Crappie. 

The bloom.

Tried a few hours tonight after spooling my son with heavier line to fish the brush. Managed one slippery dink, which I dropped and tried to grab,but he’s escaped back into the water before I could get a pic. As usual, the fish was closest to the loud music. My son dropped a few, but they were small and not the dinkasaurs (that should be less than a pound and a half but are all pushing about 2lbs). They must be spawning off all that extra weight right now. 

17 hours ago, The Bassman said:

And I thought I was high tech cane polin' with a telescopic fiberglass pole years ago.

 

Yeah, carbon fibre is what all us hip young kids are using these days ?

Got one on a frog at 5:30 am, no bites from then until 8. Then I got a nice one maybe pushing 3 lbs with a weightless worm against a cypress tree 

Another good day in PA. Nothing huge, largest was 2.5 but no real dinks either. Most fell for the swim jig dragged through isolated Lilly pad fields in the middle of the pond. Even the crappie couldn’t resist the chatter even though it barely fit in its mouth. Going to be tough to go back to NC and leave all these fish alone. 

Nobody wanted to fish today in a soaking rain so I decided to hit up a farm pond.  Thought I would share as this is the first time I've personally caught 2 over 5# in the same day. 

 

Apologize for the poor photo quality, but this time of year in PA I try and get them back in the water ASAP.

 

5-12 and 6-6.   Grateful for Gortex!

Well landed a new pb today 4.71 pounds, caught her on a sexy shad walmart spinnerbait with a white 3 inch mister twister grub as a trailer. It took me 3 years to catch anything on a spinnerbait, and then boom, I have been catching a lot of fish. I also lost a largie that looked like she was pushing 5 but I guess the ones that get away always seem bigger.... lol. Sorry for the bad quality, I don't have a smart phone

 

Peach lake Ogemaw   county 4 pike total, 1 walleye, 1 bass.  The one pike went 28-30.  Had him out of the water to long so didn’t get a picture
 

the pike all came on a spro little John MD chrome Olive crank 

 

walleye came on a zoom green pumpkin 4 inch tube. 
 

bass was swimming under the boat so I wacky rig baby bass general and caught him 

 

those spro little John md cranks have been on fire all spring.  I only have two the chrom olive and the chartreuse blue 

This was best fishing day in a while. Finally got some rain after a long draught and hot spell as well as overcast conditions in the morning. All this seemed to help. Mi madre got two and I got 5. I’ll show my 5. Best ran at 22”. Used both live bluegill and senkos. Senkos have been the best artificial bait for postspawn so far. I don’t know why. If the first three photos show up messed up, hey idk man, I ain’t tech savvy.

1 hour ago, LrgmouthShad said:

This was best fishing day in a while. Finally got some rain after a long draught and hot spell as well as overcast conditions in the morning. All this seemed to help. Mi madre got two and I got 5. I’ll show my 5. Best ran at 22”. Used both live bluegill and senkos. Senkos have been the best artificial bait for postspawn so far. I don’t know why. If the first three photos show up messed up, hey idk man, I ain’t tech savvy.

Nice! I like your canoe, I have a similar one

3 hours ago, TnRiver46 said:

Nice! I like your canoe, I have a similar one

Thanks man! Ain’t mine really. That is a family hand me down from Grandpa. I am using my rigged up kayak otherwise

 

edit: I’ve been told that hand me down isn’t a good expression for stuff you value. Call it what you want. I love the canoe. 

I fished Tepic yesterday.  Fishing was good, but the afternoon winds were worse than normal, with peak gusts around 30 Knots.  I did manage to land 3 big fish, as well as a few smaller ones.

Biggest was 25 inches and weighed in at 8 lbs. The other  two  were 6.2 lbs., 6.7 lbs. and measured  23 and 23.5 inches

     I finally have a system down for landing, measuring, and taking a picture in my kayak while being able to release the bass quickly and un harmed. I have a lip gripper attached to a piece of rope.  As soon as I land the bass I attach the gripper, remove the hook and put the bass back in the water while I get my camera, and scale ready.  When I have everything ready, I pull the fish back out of the water, measure the length of the bass with marks on the top of my kayak, weigh the fish, then take a quick selfie with my phone.  Bass is back in the water quickly and in good condition.  Works great as long as I don't drop my phone in the water. If I lost my phone it would be a long time before the Bait Monkey would make it back to my house.

       The day did have its difficulties.  I lost way more lures, than normal, and broke a rod tip.  The wind made getting lures off snags, a nightmare.  The bait Monkey is already knocking at my door.

1 hour ago, king fisher said:

I fished Tepic yesterday.  Fishing was good, but the afternoon winds were worse than normal, with peak gusts around 30 Knots.  I did manage to land 3 big fish, as well as a few smaller ones.

Biggest was 25 inches and weighed in at 8 lbs. The other  two  were 6.2 lbs., 6.7 lbs. and measured  23 and 23.5 inches

     I finally have a system down for landing, measuring, and taking a picture in my kayak while being able to release the bass quickly and un harmed. I have a lip gripper attached to a piece of rope.  As soon as I land the bass I attach the gripper, remove the hook and put the bass back in the water while I get my camera, and scale ready.  When I have everything ready, I pull the fish back out of the water, measure the length of the bass with marks on the top of my kayak, weigh the fish, then take a quick selfie with my phone.  Bass is back in the water quickly and in good condition.  Works great as long as I don't drop my phone in the water. If I lost my phone it would be a long time before the Bait Monkey would make it back to my house.

       The day did have its difficulties.  I lost way more lures, than normal, and broke a rod tip.  The wind made getting lures off snags, a nightmare.  The bait Monkey is already knocking at my door.

You may have the most impressive posts on this thread largemouth wise! What did you catch em on?

4 hours ago, JWall14 said:

You may have the most impressive posts on this thread largemouth wise! What did you catch em on?

He’s a wizard, Harry. 

Only got 3 in 2 hours yesterday, but two of them were pretty chunky . Booyah Popping Pad Crasher

Caught a few over the last week or so... Chatterbaits and spinnerbaits  have been hot,  runner up... Jigs. It been a tough bite in the boat, they are on the shad hard. Managed to get one decent one that got greedy.

9 hours ago, JWall14 said:

You may have the most impressive posts on this thread largemouth wise! What did you catch em on?

As usual on this lake, I couldn't find a pattern.  I caught the 8 pounder on a black and blue spinnerbait, in 25 feet of water suspended in tree tops.  One of the six pounders on a flat in 5 feet of water on a 6th. Sense mini mag square bill.  The other on a 15 foot deep rock pile with a deep diving crankbait.  7 inch Senko was best for small bass, but small ones were also caught on everything in box.