My buddy got a nice one out of the back of the boat on a Texas rig 

1 hour ago, TnRiver46 said:

My buddy got a nice one out of the back of the boat on a Texas rig 

Sometimes the back of the boat is the catbirds seat.

Hey

 

Just wanted to post my small catch today. Mayan and nice bass. Alligator showed up again to spectate

Left work early even though the wind was 25-30mph.  Chose a small, electric-only lake with a lot of timber around it.  The Ultrex is the ONLY reason I tried it.  Glad I did.  Struggled for two hours because the fish weren't where they were last Sunday.  Couldn't find them in the spawn areas either.  Tried fishing the wind and caught a 1-10 (no pic).  Another break with no fish.  Finally found some fat-bottomed girls hunkered down about halfway between last Sunday's points and the spawn area.  A @Siebert Outdoors Grid Iron in Bluegill with a Berkley MaxScent Chunk stuck these three.  A 3-8, 4-4, and a 4-9.  The wind beat me up (and my boat has some brand new scratches) but it was a good afternoon.  

 

 

 

 

The one & Only Brown bass from my first trip out onto Lake Menderchuck.

Water temps in the high 30's and it took all day to get it.

But I was glad to have it.

A-Jay

Just awesome. 

Beautiful fish!

Nothing to write home about today, but I'm going to anyway.

 

This was the only landed fish of decent size, about 1.75-2.25 estimated. Didn't feel like messing with the scale, didn't seem worth it. I took a day trip down to Lake Whitney, as one does, in hopes of a killer Wiper/Striper day but conditions did not cooperate and neither did the fish. I did catch a small striper and a small LMB though. I also had four really cool experiences:

- the fish pictured chased probably four different jerkbaits before following through on the strike finally. The water was clear enough that I watched the fish come up and look at the bait very closely several times. Like at least five times. Eventually in that same spot it finally bit. It was cool to watch the strike happen. You don't get to see that very often from such close range (less than 12ft rodtip-to-lure).

- a pretty sizable Spotted Gar chased my lure a few times but never bit which is fine by me. Those are such pretty fish, it's a treat to see one without having to deal with teeth. Whitney is full of them lakewide.

- a 3ish foot longnose gar made it into my net before spitting my Vision 110 and hopping out of the net, which was woefully inadequate for a gar. I was trying to get its back half with the net and the front half with my lure which is always dangerous with a flopping gar.  I was just happy to get my 110 back and not have to deal with teeth. It was also confidence inspiring as I managed that on 12# copolymer line.

- a man oddly reminiscent of a shorter Roland Martin caught a 10-15lbs carp on shrimp and bacon at one spot I tried. I got to take his picture for him which was a cool moment. I was only at that spot for maybe 20 minutes.

 

It was a good, relaxing day. Whitney never lets me down with cool experiences. Looking forward to going back already but it's Possum Kingdom up next...these Brazos lakes have been very kind

Yesterday's success was Spotty. Did win $6 with a 3 lb Spot. 

The chatterbait is still king! Nothing comes close to this lure! The weedless Z Man with a Kamikaze Big Bite Bait trailer! 

Florida cold front in April last Tuesday.  

 

 

12 minutes ago, Dwight Hottle said:

Florida cold front in April last Tuesday.  

 

 

A sweatshirt!!!!  Oh, the humanity!!!!

Only fished an hour. Caught two dinks and one I though was 2.5 lbs., but the scale switched to ounces, so it was 25.4 oz., or 1.5 lbs. lol. 

 

It was battle-scarred for sure. 
 

Not sure from what. No boats with props. No gators. Maybe a bird of prey? 

Spending a weekend at Hocking Hills, the cabin we got has a pond behind it. This one was with a texas rigged watermelon candy craw. I caught a few smaller ones with a ribbon tail, tequila sunrise and water Mellon seed. All t-rig, the weeds are so thick the worm just pops across the top. 

I caught this pretty big bass on the kayak today! I also caught the other fish while I was wading in a similar spot earlier today. It was windy, but very warm out.

21 hours ago, A-Jay said:

The one & Only Brown bass from my first trip out onto Lake Menderchuck.

Water temps in the high 30's and it took all day to get it.

But I was glad to have it.

A-Jay

every bass caught in sub 40 water is a bonus fish.

 

Got out for my first full day of the year (as opposed to quick afternoons or half mornings) so went to a new lake and a big one (2k acres). I scouted a few areas on navionics ahead of time based on where I thought they would be (stable 52 degree water for the past week should have them on steeper banks that filter up to spawning flats).  Got on the water for a great sunrise before the sun rose a little too high and went behind the clouds.  Three of the 4 areas I marked out produced fish with a 3.7, 3.3, another right at 3 and a 2 lb smallie (didn’t weight those two, just took a length).  I lost a northern that would have gone every bit of 15 lb that ate an OG6 right at the boat and straightened out the snap.  I learned a lot of the lake and it won’t be the last time I go there.  This is one instance where I wish I had a bigger boat as the lake is a couple miles from the ramp to the top.

 

Thanks

rick

 

 

 

We're heading in the right direction . . . . .

A-Jay

Beautiful day out on the boat, but the fishing was super tough save for one buzzer beating skinny fella. After a good nap and a nice bowl of mama's Pasta Fazool I had new found energy for a night wade. Got some payback in the form of a few more squirts, an OK one, and turned my frown upside down.

 

 

 

 

 

Oh, the one that got away! I started off “walkin’ the dog” with a Zara Spook, which I haven’t  fished in a long time. Had one take a swipe at it on the second cast and simply missed it, but the next strike was a true blow-up. It took it down and started running, and hard enough it started to pull line from the drag. It went deep, then came up near the surface. I was prepared for the jump, but it ran again and the line.went.limp. It threw the Spook clear. Don’t know how big, but it was big. Tried to see if I could catch him again and this guy decided he wanted it. 
 

 

Caught four like this (three on a Zoom Trick TR). Disappointed I missed a big gal, but I know she’s there. And this is the first bass I’ve caught on a Spook. I need to try it more often. 

Managed to get a nice hour in before the weather started rolling. As it did, I got the fish I came for, this 3.5lbs lmb. Anything over 3lbs is a good time. I think jerkbaits are good. 

2 hours ago, BrianMDTX said:

Oh, the one that got away! I started off “walkin’ the dog” with a Zara Spook, ...

The spook is absolutely one of the most productive tops water baits you can fish...

2 hours ago, Chris Catignani said:

The spook is absolutely one of the most productive tops water baits you can fish...

I think my skillz have improved, as I do not recall getting that much action the last time I fished it lol. 

9 minutes ago, BrianMDTX said:

I think my skillz have improved, as I do not recall getting that much action the last time I fished it lol. 

Sometimes the top water bite is off...

2 hours ago, Chris Catignani said:

The spook is absolutely one of the most productive tops water baits you can fish...

Please email that memo to the bass at my lake. Thank you.?

4 minutes ago, Chris Catignani said:

Sometimes the top water bite is off...

 By “action”, I mean the action of the lure (caused by me), vs actually catching fish lol. Also likely to using a rod better matched to the bait.