First trip out for the year was yesterday. We had ice on the water earlier in the week, and the water was 41* yesterday after a few warm days. Only caught one fish, but it was a good one. 

 

Healthy fish!

a friend got a "new" boat, so we went out for a few hours yesterday. I only hooked into one, but it was nice to be out on the water again, and the weather was beautiful.

 

 

 

 

this one is from Saturday, I got in a little bank fishing at a local farm pond between chores.

Nice fish and photos fishballer06 and mllrtm79! Wish I could be out on the water, but it's currently raining here in "sunny" Northern California. Some lakes are closed to boat traffic due to high water and now flash flood advisories are being broadcast on the tv.  Be safe and continued good fishing, JB

seen that bad weather out there,  be safe my friend.

My first of the year

 

 

The one time I didn't have my fishing license 

Hey boostr, congratulations on your first fish of the year and a belated Happy Birthday! Sorry to see you got cited. California recently tied fishing licenses electronically to our driver licenses and I was wondering if that was the case in New Jersey. And I had to crack up at the eyes box, "2", not brn, blu, hzl, etc. Hope you're able to work this out and have better luck fishing the rest of the year, JB 

We fished Smith yesterday and it was really slow. I tried the Damiki rig and it worked. Dangling a little fish in front of a bigger fish works. Incredible...

10 hours ago, boostr said:

My first of the year

 

 

The one time I didn't have my fishing license 

 

Sorry about you ticket but a good expensive lesson learnt. So far I got check twices by my community patrol. 

maybe some one should start a donut shop on the water.LOL or invent game warden repellant. hate you got a ticket man, have a better year.

On 2/21/2017 at 11:12 AM, J._Bricker said:

 

Hey boostr, congratulations on your first fish of the year and a belated Happy Birthday! Sorry to see you got cited. California recently tied fishing licenses electronically to our driver licenses and I was wondering if that was the case in New Jersey. And I had to crack up at the eyes box, "2", not brn, blu, hzl, etc. Hope you're able to work this out and have better luck fishing the rest of the year, JB 

 

LOL, I didn't even see that. Guy tried to be funny for 75 dollars.

17 hours ago, JustJames said:

 

Sorry about you ticket but a good expensive lesson learnt. So far I got check twices by my community patrol. 

That's a $75 bass by the way.

16 hours ago, lonnie g said:

maybe some one should start a donut shop on the water.LOL or invent game warden repellant. hate you got a ticket man, have a better year.

The next day they busted 5 more people. Seems to be a hot spot. To tell you the truth,  I see plenty of non licensed anglers or what I think are non licensed anglers. Even folks keeping their catch even when the sign say C&R only. 

Had a first for me this morning. Caught 2 on topwater in February in Kansas not at a power plant lake. There was 28 others to go with them too.

Caught several small ones today including two beautifully colored ones on the super fluke.  I caught 13 on the fluke and 1 on the jig in a little over an hour.

I just got the 7'6" ML/XF Legend Xtreme drop shotter in and wanted to try it out. We hit a local pond and I had five fish on, but they all came off. I was thinking is was the rod being softer than my UMBX's and it wasn't getting the hook in (a buddy landed a 7lb toad with the same rod in my boat last year), I was thinking it was the mono leader because I forgot my fluoro in my boat and I NEVER use mono. I almost, almost, almost blamed my equipment. Then I broke my weight off and I realized I didn't run my tag end back through the hook and it was dancing with the hook sideways and every time I really got into the fish the worm popped out without any hook catching. 

 

This whole time my six year old put five fish on the bank on a ned rig. He skunked me and I am totally fine with that! He even caught this deformed looking thing: 

 

 

I don't tolerate skunk, so I used my lunch break accordingly. I caught the first one on the new Legend Xtreme. If you're a drop shot disciple like I am it's definitely a rod to consider. I fished the rest of the pond and nothing, threw on a Ned and hit it again and landed three more. These are the best looking fish I have seen out of this little quarry pond. Oh that Ned!

 

 

 

 

My biology lecture today got cancelled so I took it as a message from the universe telling me to fish. I headed to the magic lake with my friend to kayak fish for the afternoon. It was slow when we got there, but eventually I stumbled upon a decent jerkbait bite, and once I figured out the cadence they wanted it was GAME ON! I landed 29 bass, most on the jerkbait, a couple on a popper, and one on a jig. I anchored my kayak in one area and landed 15 bass on the jerkbait without moving!

Most of the fish had the front hook in their mouth, they were big fans of the fancy bait from Japan

 

 

 

Enjoyed the 74 degree Ohio weather yesterday, caught a few bass, but this bluegill almost ripped the rod outta my hands!

 

 

Having fun with a Gan Craft jointed claw 178 SS. 

 

 

13 minutes ago, Dwight Hottle said:

 

 

Having fun with a Gan Craft jointed claw 178 SS. 

 

 

Nice fish buddy, glad to see you getting your lines wet!!!

On February 25, 2017 at 0:12 AM, everythingthatswims said:

a message from the universe telling me to fish. 

 

 

i get those all the time too. it's a gift. ;- )

On 2/22/2017 at 2:47 PM, Bluebasser86 said:

Had a first for me this morning. Caught 2 on topwater in February in Kansas not at a power plant lake. There was 28 others to go with them too.

does 29 mean that  you caught your age?LOL

Just now, lonnie g said:

does 29 mean that  you caught your age?LOL  WAY TO GO!!!  

 

On 2/23/2017 at 5:12 PM, Mosster47 said:

I just got the 7'6" ML/XF Legend Xtreme drop shotter in and wanted to try it out. We hit a local pond and I had five fish on, but they all came off. I was thinking is was the rod being softer than my UMBX's and it wasn't getting the hook in (a buddy landed a 7lb toad with the same rod in my boat last year), I was thinking it was the mono leader because I forgot my fluoro in my boat and I NEVER use mono. I almost, almost, almost blamed my equipment. Then I broke my weight off and I realized I didn't run my tag end back through the hook and it was dancing with the hook sideways and every time I really got into the fish the worm popped out without any hook catching. 

 

This whole time my six year old put five fish on the bank on a ned rig. He skunked me and I am totally fine with that! He even caught this deformed looking thing: 

 

 

sign him up for the tour , he's ready!!

Spring is in full effect in my area, hit the local pond to flip the creek and got a nicer one. 

 

I've heard at the perris and DVL the bites are getting good too, have you gone there yet?

I haven't, been meaning to hit DVL or Skinner just hasn't happened yet. They should be up shallow if not this week then next week for sure.