Throwing the swim jig lately, trying to get confidence in it. Seems to work good to me, finally tried to match trailer size, color and jig all in something more natural. I like to throw crazy color combinations here and there. This was a  dirty jigs 3/8 oz swim jig in Alabama craw with a 3.8 keitech in sungill. This is my sunfish, blue gill colors that I shoot for normally. Missed one caught a small one, the small guy adjusted my trailer a tiny bit and gave it some great action afterwards lol. Looked great in the water then I caught this other small one, 3.44lb not huge but ok. Definitely was a good day, not bad for 45 minutes. Have a good weekend everyone.

3 minutes ago, Jmurphy87 said:

Have a good weekend everyone

Thank you for the well wishes! And you as well! I hope to make it out fishing/exploring for a short while today

7 minutes ago, LrgmouthShad said:

Thank you for the well wishes! And you as well! I hope to make it out fishing/exploring for a short while today

Thank you, good luck on your adventure today. Finally got my new bantam mgl a that had been setting in my closet on my glx 894 spooled up with some 16lb daiwa j fluorocarbon hidden concept and just had to go test it out lol.

4 hours ago, AlabamaSpothunter said:

Great fish, great diversity, really nice cat.

 

You shoulda seen him baby that cat in with 6lb line and a finesse worm. We drifted 300 yards by the time he got it aboard.

 

Then he caught an adult human by throwing a finesse jig.

Won a 3 fish Limit club tournament today. 

My boy brought one in to weigh. He was bummed but there were adults that skunked. 
 

Sweet on the water picture

 

 

 

On 8/25/2022 at 7:27 AM, TnRiver46 said:

Got one on the fish lab crawdad, one in the tail with a rattle trap, and a micro SMB haha

That monster on the bottom rivals the beast that mauled my A-rig last spring!!!

1 hour ago, galyonj said:

 

You shoulda seen him baby that cat in with 6lb line and a finesse worm. We drifted 300 yards by the time he got it aboard.

 

Then he caught an adult human by throwing a finesse jig.

I was gonna ask to go on the next trip with you guys until the whole thing about catching humans on jigs

9 minutes ago, AlabamaSpothunter said:

I was gonna ask to go on the next trip with you guys until the whole thing about catching humans on jigs

Hahahah. He lobbed it to me to check out. I approved, and threw it back to him. Somehow the hook just stuck in his leg and the jig was just dangling there. @Siebert Outdoorsputs good hooks in his jigs!!!

49 minutes ago, AlabamaSpothunter said:

I was gonna ask to go on the next trip with you guys until the whole thing about catching humans on jigs

It was amazing. Nothing but net. 

Big bass was 6.29 btw. 

Today was a good day. We went camping this weekend up near Tippy Dam in Michigan. I tried all around the dam and caught nothing. Then we went to the beach on Lake Michigan today and I tried fishing off the pier but also caught nothing. 

 

Then just before heading home I tried little manmade pond (literally named Man Made Lake) just inland from the shore of Lake Michigan. 

 

Finally got lucky. First fish was a little pike on a Mepps inline spinner. He shredded the tail feathers right off it. 

After that I caught a little pumpkin seed on a swimbait the same size as the fish. 

 

Then I caught my PB smallie on a square bill crank bait. He hammered it the second it hit the water. 

Finally, just before heading back to camp, the largest rock bass I've ever seen hammered the whopper plopper. 

Tons of fun today. 

25 minutes ago, IcatchDinks said:

Then I caught my PB smallie

Congrats on the PB!!

1 minute ago, LrgmouthShad said:

Congrats on the PB!!

Thanks! I'm super stoked about it. Today's been really fun. 

7 hours ago, IcatchDinks said:

Today was a good day. We went camping this weekend up near Tippy Dam in Michigan. I tried all around the dam and caught nothing. Then we went to the beach on Lake Michigan today and I tried fishing off the pier but also caught nothing. 

 

Then just before heading home I tried little manmade pond (literally named Man Made Lake) just inland from the shore of Lake Michigan. 

 

Finally got lucky. First fish was a little pike on a Mepps inline spinner. He shredded the tail feathers right off it. 

After that I caught a little pumpkin seed on a swimbait the same size as the fish. 

 

Then I caught my PB smallie on a square bill crank bait. He hammered it the second it hit the water. 

Finally, just before heading back to camp, the largest rock bass I've ever seen hammered the whopper plopper. 

Tons of fun today. 

I love mixed bag fishing!

14 hours ago, IcatchDinks said:

Today was a good day. We went camping this weekend up near Tippy Dam in Michigan. I tried all around the dam and caught nothing. Then we went to the beach on Lake Michigan today and I tried fishing off the pier but also caught nothing. 

 

Then just before heading home I tried little manmade pond (literally named Man Made Lake) just inland from the shore of Lake Michigan. 

 

Finally got lucky. First fish was a little pike on a Mepps inline spinner. He shredded the tail feathers right off it. 

After that I caught a little pumpkin seed on a swimbait the same size as the fish. 

 

Then I caught my PB smallie on a square bill crank bait. He hammered it the second it hit the water. 

Finally, just before heading back to camp, the largest rock bass I've ever seen hammered the whopper plopper. 

Tons of fun today. 

Congrats on you PB… ??

Wasn't able to make it out yesterday. Went out this A.M with the intention of trying to stay out, but my back had other ideas. Just experienced some discomfort so I don't think I'll be fishing again for a while. Got a few bass in an hour though, nothing crazy. Just biding my time at this point! Was happy to make it out fishing though!

A Spunky Spinnerbait Bass this morning ~

A-Jay

6 minutes ago, A-Jay said:

A Spunky Spinnerbait Bass this morning ~

A-Jay

Killing it my man!   Really appreciate how you handle the fish.  Like that rubber tray you use.   The older I get, the more important this aspect of catching Bass is.  The trophy sized fish are quite vulnerable after a good fight.     I'd love to bend the barbs down at some point, but I don't I'll ever get to that level of sportsman

17 minutes ago, A-Jay said:

A Spunky Spinnerbait Bass this morning ~

A-Jay

There we go. I get to see A-Jay catch one of his nice brown bass this year on a spinnerbait. 
 

I can rest easy now @A-Jay. Thank you!

1 hour ago, AlabamaSpothunter said:

Killing it my man!   Really appreciate how you handle the fish.  Like that rubber tray you use.   The older I get, the more important this aspect of catching Bass is.  The trophy sized fish are quite vulnerable after a good fight.     I'd love to bend the barbs down at some point, but I don't I'll ever get to that level of sportsman

 

1 hour ago, LrgmouthShad said:

There we go. I get to see A-Jay catch one of his nice brown bass this year on a spinnerbait. 
 

I can rest easy now @A-Jay. Thank you!

Thanks guys ~

Keep an eye out in the 'Reports' Forum.

I'm loading a sort of different deal here in a few minutes . . . 

hint - involves a New PB . . . .

A-Jay

 

1 hour ago, LrgmouthShad said:

I can rest easy now

Nah. Not until you see @TnRiver46 catch a big one on a spinnerbait!!! ?

4 minutes ago, T-Billy said:

Nah. Not until you see @TnRiver46 catch a big one on a spinnerbait!!! ?

5 minutes ago, T-Billy said:

Nah. Not until you see @TnRiver46 catch a big one on a spinnerbait!!! ?

Actually, now that you mention it, you're quite right. 

I caught 16 average size bass today(biggest one 18 inches) and one great big grumpy old man.