Super Fluke & Bull Shad produced 19 today. It was a great overcast and windy day. 

I headed up to Clear Lake to fish with Zach of Live Fast Movement Outdoors Guide Service and sample some late winter/early spring bass fishing. After a pre-dawn ride with air temperatures in the high 30’s we landed on our first spot. It didn’t take but a couple of casts to boat my first my first chunky pre spawn male of the morning. The morning’s bite window was consistent for solid fish as they put on the feed bag for the upcoming spawn. It was an enjoyable trip and I am definitely looking forward to the next one…

12 minutes ago, J._Bricker said:

 

"Woah son!"

       -Roland Martin

              -Aaron_H

I think Jerkbaits are good

Fishing is going to be pretty limited, another cold front coming through and it's super stormy. Lots of lightning all week, but all this rain does have the culverts in the canal out back flowing pretty good. Picked up a few little guys earlier on a watermelon/red Rage Bug. As long as you pitch it right up into the outflow, they smash it as soon as it hits the water.

1 hour ago, Aaron_H said:

Fishing is going to be pretty limited, another cold front coming through and it's super stormy. Lots of lightning all week, but all this rain does have the culverts in the canal out back flowing pretty good. Picked up a few little guys earlier on a watermelon/red Rage Bug. As long as you pitch it right up into the outflow, they smash it as soon as it hits the water.

I'll trade your stormy for our 4-8 inches of snow they're calling for ?

1 hour ago, Bluebasser86 said:

I'll trade your stormy for our 4-8 inches of snow they're calling for ?

 

Best one from yesterday. Fishing up at Headwaters near Fellsmere FL. We caught them on jerkbaits, whopper ploppers, frogs, worms, traps, bladded jigs, swim baits & this one came on a mag fluke.

 

 

                                                   

2 hours ago, Dwight Hottle said:

Best one from yesterday. Fishing up at Headwaters near Fellsmere FL. We caught them on jerkbaits, whopper ploppers, frogs, worms, traps, bladded jigs, swim baits & this one came on a mag fluke.

 

 

Judging by her battle scars, it looks like that big ole sow has posed for a few photos over the years. Beautiful fish @Dwight Hottle 

1 hour ago, J._Bricker said:

Judging by her battle scars, it looks like that big ole sow has posed for a few photos over the years. Beautiful fish @Dwight Hottle 

Yes she had a torn lip from being hooked previously. I was using a single screw lock light weighted hook that stuck just above where the jaw was torn so I knew it wasn't from me. 

I think jerkbaits are good

 

The water here is really cold right now compared to yearly average; upper-mid 40s in most places. The jerkbait continues to produce despite the cold water temps. Another snow event tomorrow morning but after that it looks like we warm up pretty good for a while. I'm ready.

Couldn't find any bass today, but this fat 36" absolutely smoked my A rig and got the skunk outta the new boat. Poor rig looked like it had gone ten rounds with Tyson by the time that musky was done with it. Surface temps were 38-45 with next weeks forcast looking good starting Monday. Should be some bass moving up from deep water soon.

Went striper fishing after work, struck out even with cut herring we had just caught. Tried a little backwash for bass with a zoom worm, viola 

 

I'm pretty sure zoom should sponsor you...you'd be a great ambassador for their products as you only throw zoom worms.

35 minutes ago, DitchPanda said:

I'm pretty sure zoom should sponsor you...you'd be a great ambassador for their products as you only throw zoom worms.

Haha! They make some good worms! I actually threw Alabama rig , jerkbait, and underspin today. (And big fish head). But of course they don’t work like worms do 

Made it out for a couple hours today. I was looking for northerns but none were obliging so I fished the other side of the lake back to the ramp.  There is one spot where the deepest creek channel swings up against a 5’ rock covered flat (about the only rocks in the lake). I fished it every trip last year and caught all of 2 perch. I gave up on smallies being in this lake despite the rumors. But I wanted to see how my trapcaster rod paired with braid (it’s just okay with mono) for later in the season so put on a Red eye shad and started casting. 30lb 832 Braid transforms the rod, but that’s another thread. A half a dozen casts later and I felt a mushy tick so set the hook. First I thought i was snagged, then when she rolled I thought it was a drum as black as it was. It was only when she slid into the net that I realized it was a smallmouth.  Taped out at a pinch over 20” and 4.1 lb. The picture sucks because i just take a quick snap but the numbers don’t lie. 
 

nice start to ice out.

35 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said:

Went striper fishing after work, struck out even with cut herring we had just caught. Tried a little backwash for bass with a zoom worm, viola 

 

 

>goes striper fishing

>catches fatty black bass instead

 

That's my kind of striper fishing right there, friend.

4 minutes ago, Aaron_H said:

 

>goes striper fishing

>catches fatty black bass instead

 

That's my kind of striper fishing right there, friend.

I may not even be striper fishing, but I lost something that felt huge in the area a week ago. So I’m imagining it was a striper and trying to feed it a skipjack herring, it works about once every 5 years haha

Was a time not too many years ago when I only threw jerkbaits in clear water.  Thanks in part to @quanjig, I don't hesitate to use them in murky stuff.

  Pre spawn, pre storm...jerk bite was good yesterday. 

I think jerkbaits are good

 

Got 3 on a jerkbait today before a backlash sent my bait into the lake. Best, pictured, was 2.25lbs. I did not see others catching LMB, many boats coming in with blue cats and white bass.

Almost white little pond bass out of East TN. Caught him on a Keitech and underspin. It’s about time to get back on the lake. 

Got out Sunday and enjoyed the first warmer day after being stuck back in winter the last few days. Caught them on a little bit of everything (except any kind of lipped crankbait for whatever reason), but Ned ruled the day. Jerkbait, lipless, spinnerbait, shakyhead, and a Tokyo rig all caught fish. Caught one pretty decent one on the Tokyo rig with a Spro Pintail worm.

Of the 20-25 fish I put in the boat, 75% of them were on a Ned though, including the big one of the day at 4.20lbs.

Another weekend with another wicked front blowing through. Water temps down 5-6 degrees since last time out. Figured they would have moved back to deeper water. Had a plan to work a back pocket at far end of the lake where the water should be warmer. I actually Wasn’t expecting much action until I picked up a small one on my third cast. Decided to stick to my plan and picked up a decent 2 pounder on a tube. Struggled a bit after that but wanted to try out some new setups so I accomplished that at least. Went back to spot I caught the first one and this girl crushed the mojo rig. Really like the new 1 power Dobyns for the mojo rig. Little lighter action worked just like I hoped. Rod loaded into backbone nicely with plenty of power to handle this 2.75 pounder. 

Got a 7.4 lb prespawner on a jerkbait. They were hitting it on a 3-4 second pause. She knocked the slack in my line. Virginia is turning out GIANTS this year.