2 hours ago, TnRiver46 said:

 

2 hours ago, ol'crickety said:

^Beautiful photo!^

It’s the hat! ?

7 minutes ago, AlabamaSpothunter said:

I wish I was a fish biologist, but obviously am not so I'm always just throwing out my theories based on anecdotal evidence and data points.    The actual fish biologist I know isn't all that impressive on Bass, and in general very very few are.    One could make the argument that professional or savant level Bass anglers are the true experts of Bass biology.    

 

I might be mildly autistic though, so my point connecting skills might be extra sharp ?

I think I’m technically a wildlife biologist, I graduated with many game wardens and they don’t speak highly of any of their coworker biologists haha

 

sometimes it’s just best to admire nature instead of attempting BS explanations 

Hadn't been out in 4-5 weeks and was finally able to put a few hours in.  A couple pike, a few decent jerkbait bass, and this one picture worthy gal.  No scale or tape measure with me on my FIL's pontoon, but real glad I brought my net.

 

scott 

 

 

37 minutes ago, softwateronly said:

Hadn't been out in 4-5 weeks and was finally able to put a few hours in.  A couple pike, a few decent jerkbait bass, and this one picture worthy gal.  No scale or tape measure with me on my FIL's pontoon, but real glad I brought my net.

 

scott 

 

 

Nice! Yeah something would have broken boat flipping that into a pontoon. I guess you can’t exactly kneel down and lip them in there either 

3 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said:

Nice! Yeah something would have broken boat flipping that into a pontoon. I guess you can’t exactly kneel down and lip them in there either 

Yeah I've definitely lost a few chunks at the boat on their lake without a net.  Lipping is doable, but challenging, if they're pinned really well I lift the line first and hold my breath.  This one was ornery, and made a handful of runs.  The cooler water has 'em fighting.

 

scott

Just now, softwateronly said:

Yeah I've definitely lost a few chunks at the boat on their lake without a net.  Lipping is doable, but challenging, if they're pinned really well I lift the line first and hold my breath.  This one was ornery, and made a handful of runs.  The cooler water has 'em fighting.

 

scott

Cool jig too

Softwateronly, that looks like one of Gimruis's blimps. 

1 hour ago, TnRiver46 said:

I think I’m technically a wildlife biologist, I graduated with many game wardens and they don’t speak highly of any of their coworker biologists haha

 

sometimes it’s just best to admire nature instead of attempting BS explanations 

Intelligent humans have a strong desire to figure out why things work.   Some more BS biology for you

6 hours ago, AlabamaSpothunter said:

Intelligent humans

Contradictory terms IMO.

6 hours ago, AlabamaSpothunter said:

Intelligent humans have a strong desire to figure out why things work.   Some more BS biology for you

Some things can be explained , others cant 

5 hours ago, TnRiver46 said:

Some things can be explained , others cant 

I have a completely different take on life: I think some things can't be explained; others can.

 

^FYI, I'm be goofy here.^

 

 

I got out for a couple short trips Saturday and all day Sunday. Morning trip Saturday was kind of a dud. Lots of dinks, maybe 1 over 15". One looked like it had barely survived an encounter with an osprey or heron. 

Saturday evening I took the boys to a pond for a few hours with a tub of crawlers. Barely made a cast myself. Every time a bobber would touch down it was zipping away. Pond has some huge hybrid bluegills, but only my youngest found one of those. I did get a couple cast in right at the end and caught one of the big hybrids on a tiny Duo popper. 

Sunday I took the yak to a lake I use to fish all the time but haven't due to a huge increase in fishing pressure and recreational boating. The water was way down and I had to work to get to a few of my spots but it was worth it. Caught a skinny  17 incher right off the ramp before I even launched.

Lots of small fish followed on jigs, bladed jigs, and a spinnerbait before a good one inhaled my spinnerbait.

No more big ones in that area so I headed up lake and wasn't doing much. Probably went almost an hour between bites when I ran my spinnerbait down a log and it got clobbered again.

This lake normally has a good flipping bite, but I went all day without a flipping bite until the last 10 minutes. I caught a 15 incher out of a tree, and then this one out of the next tree.

Saw water temps all the way down to 60 already and with lows in the low 20's in the forecast this week, that's going to drop even more by next weekend. Fall fishing is here finally.

 

4 minutes ago, Bluebasser86 said:

I got out for a couple short trips Saturday and all day Sunday. Morning trip Saturday was kind of a dud. Lots of dinks, maybe 1 over 15". One looked like it had barely survived an encounter with an osprey or heron. 

Saturday evening I took the boys to a pond for a few hours with a tub of crawlers. Barely made a cast myself. Every time a bobber would touch down it was zipping away. Pond has some huge hybrid bluegills, but only my youngest found one of those. I did get a couple cast in right at the end and caught one of the big hybrids on a tiny Duo popper. 

Sunday I took the yak to a lake I use to fish all the time but haven't due to a huge increase in fishing pressure and recreational boating. The water was way down and I had to work to get to a few of my spots but it was worth it. Caught a skinny  17 incher right off the ramp before I even launched.

Lots of small fish followed on jigs, bladed jigs, and a spinnerbait before a good one inhaled my spinnerbait.

No more big ones in that area so I headed up lake and wasn't doing much. Probably went almost an hour between bites when I ran my spinnerbait down a log and it got clobbered again.

This lake normally has a good flipping bite, but I went all day without a flipping bite until the last 10 minutes. I caught a 15 incher out of a tree, and then this one out of the next tree.

Saw water temps all the way down to 60 already and with lows in the low 20's in the forecast this week, that's going to drop even more by next weekend. Fall fishing is here finally.

 

Beautiful fish, and handsome sons.....way to go Dad!   

Looks like a real good trip there @Bluebasser86

Fished this morning from 6a - 1130a. Wind was right and cloud cover was perfect for me, not the fish. Managed two. One on the Showerblows and one on a Nikko Leech on a wobble head. Water temp 72.

Another small one out of me, but at least I caught something on Sunday. Caught on a drop shot with a 3/16 weight and a 4” flat worm 

I was on the bank slaying dinks on a lipless when a nice man graciously offered me the back seat on his boat. It's the second time he's offered so I figured I'd take him up. Guy knows his fishing and has been at it a long time. It was a very cool experience. It was real windy out today so we didn't venture too far out. Lake was choppy. I caught probably 10-12 with this fat 4lb fish being the heavy on the day. Chatterbait Minimax with a yamamoto shad shape worm. I'm very thankful he invited me on his boat, we exchanged info so I assume I'll be back out with him. It's been a good day.

3 hours ago, Bluebasser86 said:

I got out for a couple short trips Saturday and all day Sunday. Morning trip Saturday was kind of a dud. Lots of dinks, maybe 1 over 15". One looked like it had barely survived an encounter with an osprey or heron. 

Saturday evening I took the boys to a pond for a few hours with a tub of crawlers. Barely made a cast myself. Every time a bobber would touch down it was zipping away. Pond has some huge hybrid bluegills, but only my youngest found one of those. I did get a couple cast in right at the end and caught one of the big hybrids on a tiny Duo popper. 

Sunday I took the yak to a lake I use to fish all the time but haven't due to a huge increase in fishing pressure and recreational boating. The water was way down and I had to work to get to a few of my spots but it was worth it. Caught a skinny  17 incher right off the ramp before I even launched.

Lots of small fish followed on jigs, bladed jigs, and a spinnerbait before a good one inhaled my spinnerbait.

No more big ones in that area so I headed up lake and wasn't doing much. Probably went almost an hour between bites when I ran my spinnerbait down a log and it got clobbered again.

This lake normally has a good flipping bite, but I went all day without a flipping bite until the last 10 minutes. I caught a 15 incher out of a tree, and then this one out of the next tree.

Saw water temps all the way down to 60 already and with lows in the low 20's in the forecast this week, that's going to drop even more by next weekend. Fall fishing is here finally.

 

Great job. Best of times with the boys..?

1 hour ago, GreenPig said:

Fished this morning from 6a - 1130a. Wind was right and cloud cover was perfect for me, not the fish. Managed two. One on the Showerblows and one on a Nikko Leech on a wobble head. Water temp 72.

Beautiful sunrise..

1 hour ago, thediscochef said:

I was on the bank slaying dinks on a lipless when a nice man graciously offered me the back seat on his boat. It's the second time he's offered so I figured I'd take him up. Guy knows his fishing and has been at it a long time. It was a very cool experience. It was real windy out today so we didn't venture too far out. Lake was choppy. I caught probably 10-12 with this fat 4lb fish being the heavy on the day. Chatterbait Minimax with a yamamoto shad shape worm. I'm very thankful he invited me on his boat, we exchanged info so I assume I'll be back out with him. It's been a good day.

I like that guy, Mr. Chef. I'm always grateful for kind people; It doesn't matter if they were kind to me or not. The world needs more mensches!*

 

 

*In case you don't know, a mensch is a Yiddish word for a solid person. 

 

 

7 hours ago, Bluebasser86 said:

Probably went almost an hour between bites when I ran my spinnerbait down a log and it got clobbered again.

It’s easy to tell how chunky that fish is compared to the others just by the way it’s laying on the board.

10 hours ago, Bluebasser86 said:

I got out for a couple short trips Saturday and all day Sunday. Morning trip Saturday was kind of a dud. Lots of dinks, maybe 1 over 15". One looked like it had barely survived an encounter with an osprey or heron. 

Saturday evening I took the boys to a pond for a few hours with a tub of crawlers. Barely made a cast myself. Every time a bobber would touch down it was zipping away. Pond has some huge hybrid bluegills, but only my youngest found one of those. I did get a couple cast in right at the end and caught one of the big hybrids on a tiny Duo popper. 

Sunday I took the yak to a lake I use to fish all the time but haven't due to a huge increase in fishing pressure and recreational boating. The water was way down and I had to work to get to a few of my spots but it was worth it. Caught a skinny  17 incher right off the ramp before I even launched.

Lots of small fish followed on jigs, bladed jigs, and a spinnerbait before a good one inhaled my spinnerbait.

No more big ones in that area so I headed up lake and wasn't doing much. Probably went almost an hour between bites when I ran my spinnerbait down a log and it got clobbered again.

This lake normally has a good flipping bite, but I went all day without a flipping bite until the last 10 minutes. I caught a 15 incher out of a tree, and then this one out of the next tree.

Saw water temps all the way down to 60 already and with lows in the low 20's in the forecast this week, that's going to drop even more by next weekend. Fall fishing is here finally.

Your just far enough south of me to make me look like a dumba#$ when it comes to colder water bass. Of course your not totally wrong.

3 hours ago, gimruis said:

 

 

It’s easy to tell how chunky that fish is compared to the others just by the way it’s laying on the board.

Heck, yeah. That bass looks like it just ate a school of shad. 

Having to fish after dark on these shorts days, dreading time change. Water temp still 69 but we had frost this morning 

Tried hitting the pond just now and the wind is blowing/gusting so much I threw in the towel. Especially after it blew a jig with a dinger over the big rock in the middle of the pond. ? Temperature I can deal with but can’t fight Mother Nature ?

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11 minutes ago, sdw215 said:

Tried hitting the pond just now and the wind is blowing/gusting so much I threw in the towel. Especially after it blew a jig with a dinger over the big rock in the middle of the pond. ? Temperature I can deal with but can’t fight Mother Nature ?

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Ataboy for trying brother.....I'm about to leave right now to go get my 3-4 hours of punishment.   Yesterday was brutal at 11mph winds.

 

My belief is that those who are willing to fish in the worst, most dynamic, or general uncomfortable weather, the greater chances they are the ones who catch the real big fish.   I follow a few of the guys in Texas's ShareLunker program who target trophy LRG for a living.   These guys are catching 10-14lb Bass on empty lakes in frigid cold, miserable weather.....fishing every day for them.   

 

Wish our state had a ShareLunker program 

5 hours ago, TnRiver46 said:

Having to fish after dark on these shorts days, dreading time change. Water temp still 69 but we had frost this morning 

LOL, look at that piece of junk tied on the end of that pole in the background ?

 

Nice pretty fish.    I thought DST is going away.....you just soul crushed me with that comment