Super User Swamp Girl Posted May 1, 2023 Super User Share Posted May 1, 2023 I love your fishing reports, Mr. 86. You are a versatile fisherman and you land so many beautiful fish. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
928JLH Posted May 1, 2023 Share Posted May 1, 2023 A few from Havasu yesterday. Post spawn funk. A few on senkos shallow. 1 deeper off a secondary point on a chatterbait. Saturday I fished a new area at Topock Marsh about 45 minutes away. Will definitely be back. 20+ bass day on an owner jig rig and keitech swimbait. All were dinks though. Nothing over 2lbs. 20 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mbirdsley Posted May 2, 2023 Share Posted May 2, 2023 This is not bass fishing related but, here is a couple of cool photos I took on the Detroit river showing a salt water vessel anchored in the river and the Detroit skyline. We pounded out 7 keepers. Not a good fishing day by Detroit river standards but, we had fun. I make jigs for this guide we used who also, happens to be one of my brothers friends 20 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Siebert Outdoors Posted May 2, 2023 Share Posted May 2, 2023 Nice walleye. I need to make a trip up there. Those freighters are massive. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mbirdsley Posted May 2, 2023 Share Posted May 2, 2023 40 minutes ago, Siebert Outdoors said: Nice walleye. I need to make a trip up there. Those freighters are massive. Thanks. It’s definitely a trip worth taking. I need to get back down there with my boat and do some bass fishing either on the river or on lake St.Clair. that’s just a medium sized one. We picked a bad day as far as ship watching as nothing was passing through. I know it gets real interesting when there are thousands of people fishing and they think they have the right away over a 700-1000 ft lower laker. My grand father was a charter captain for a while, and always instilled in me “ tonnage has the right away” 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishlegs Posted May 2, 2023 Share Posted May 2, 2023 On 5/1/2023 at 10:03 AM, Bluebasser86 said: This guy had 2 hooks in his throat, I didn't even have him hooked. 2 trips and I removed 3 hooks from fish left by other anglers. Nice fish, and nice report as always. Those light colored smallies are beautiful. Quite different from what we see around here. I'm curious how you removed the hooks. Did you use the "through the gill" method shown on BR, or do you have another method? I think it's interesting (and comforting) to know that those fish are alive, and eating with the hooks in there. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishlegs Posted May 2, 2023 Share Posted May 2, 2023 I have been so busy lately I haven't had much time to fish, but I managed to sneak in a couple of short trips. I had 15 minutes before picking up my kid when I got the dink, and the other came on my lunch break yesterday. The wind was blowing incredibly hard so bank fishing was tough, but I'll take catching one fish on my lunch break over eating a turkey sandwich at my desk any day. Hopefully someday I'll learn how to take a good picture of a fish. lol 24 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thediscochef Posted May 2, 2023 Share Posted May 2, 2023 I swear, sometimes all I have to do is get on this website and gripe loudly enough and magically bass start to appear. Darndest thing. I like to think y'alls supportive nature plays a part in catching again lol Wipers, Sandies, and spots, three of each around 8-9am. Felt good to get the line tight again but would like to find some LM. That tiny Spot had some pretty crazy belly proportions going on...it was up in some boulders going nuts on threadfin. No problem finding shads either, and the roughed up thumb is always a favorite tactile sensation. 22 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User Swamp Girl Posted May 2, 2023 Super User Share Posted May 2, 2023 Atta boy, @thediscochef! #persistencecan'tbedenied 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Raider Bob Posted May 2, 2023 Share Posted May 2, 2023 On 5/1/2023 at 7:44 AM, N Florida Mike said: Come catch my otter and you will get lifetime fishing in my lake whenever you want ! That goes for me too! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User Swamp Girl Posted May 2, 2023 Super User Share Posted May 2, 2023 45 minutes ago, Blue Raider Bob said: That goes for me too! Noooo, Bob! Don't let anyone fish for your pets! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User LrgmouthShad Posted May 2, 2023 Super User Share Posted May 2, 2023 Can never look at otters the same after I found remains of one of the ol muddy pond giants on the bank sometime after a family of otters showed up 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User Swamp Girl Posted May 2, 2023 Super User Share Posted May 2, 2023 4 minutes ago, LrgmouthShad said: Can never look at otters the same after I found remains of one of the ol muddy pond giants on the bank sometime after a family of otters showed up I once saw a nature show where the narrator said that otters have the energy to play because they're faster, smarter, and more nimble than their prey. Unlike most predators, who miss a kill a lot more than they make one, otters can eat whenever they want, thus they spend a lot of their lives just goofing. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User GaryH Posted May 2, 2023 Super User Share Posted May 2, 2023 They are excellent hunters. And no where near as friendly as they look. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User LrgmouthShad Posted May 2, 2023 Super User Share Posted May 2, 2023 24 minutes ago, GaryH said: And no where near as friendly as they look No, not friendly at all. I got too close to them one day fishing… things could have gone South for me. I didn’t know much about Otters. Now I do 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thediscochef Posted May 2, 2023 Share Posted May 2, 2023 1 hour ago, LrgmouthShad said: No, not friendly at all. I got too close to them one day fishing… things could have gone South for me. I didn’t know much about Otters. Now I do that sounds a lot like how I learned about the abundant beaver population at Ray Bob 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Global Moderator TnRiver46 Posted May 3, 2023 Global Moderator Share Posted May 3, 2023 4 hours ago, GaryH said: They are excellent hunters. And no where near as friendly as they look. Bite ya soon as look at ya……. You’ll have that on them otter jobs…….. 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Global Moderator Bluebasser86 Posted May 3, 2023 Global Moderator Share Posted May 3, 2023 12 hours ago, Fishlegs said: Nice fish, and nice report as always. Those light colored smallies are beautiful. Quite different from what we see around here. I'm curious how you removed the hooks. Did you use the "through the gill" method shown on BR, or do you have another method? I think it's interesting (and comforting) to know that those fish are alive, and eating with the hooks in there. I always use the gill method. It's very easy and effective with a little practice. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Raider Bob Posted May 3, 2023 Share Posted May 3, 2023 15 hours ago, ol'crickety said: spend a lot of their lives just goofing. Sounds just like me! They are also dock squatters. In more ways than one! 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishlegs Posted May 3, 2023 Share Posted May 3, 2023 18 minutes ago, Blue Raider Bob said: Sounds just like me! They are also dock squatters. In more ways than one! I bet @ol'crickety could write a poem about the Squattin' Otter down by the water, doing things @Blue Raider Bob thinks he ought notta. ? 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Raider Bob Posted May 3, 2023 Share Posted May 3, 2023 12 minutes ago, Fishlegs said: I bet @ol'crickety could write a poem about the Squattin' Otter down by the water, doing things @Blue Raider Bob thinks he ought notta. ? Actually Fishlegs, she could write a whole book! I've seen several of her publishings and she could take this sophomoric thread and expand it indefinitely. Also her illustrator is superb as well. Can't wait for the release! 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User PhishLI Posted May 3, 2023 Super User Share Posted May 3, 2023 Snuck in an early morning in-between-rain-storms sesh with my brother. Got a few bites before we were blasted out of there. 15 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User AlabamaSpothunter Posted May 3, 2023 Super User Share Posted May 3, 2023 1 minute ago, PhishLI said: Snuck in an early morning in-between-rain-storms sesh with my brother. Got a few bites before we were blasted out of there. Nice ones, and that's great you and the bro got to get on some fish. Great looking bait as well! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User BrianMDTX Posted May 3, 2023 Super User Share Posted May 3, 2023 Not a great day. Only boated five (one dink) in 4 hours, and lost a decent one that not only shook my jerkbait loose, it flew back and stuck in the heavy denier nylon cover of my inflatable. No damage but I broke one of the hooks off a treble getting it out. No topwater catches but I did have two hits. I was using a Whopper Plopper 130 that I found last time out. I think I prefer the 90. Caught two on the jerkbait, two off a weightless Zoom Trick and one off a Siebert chatterbait. Which, unlike my first chatterbait catch a few weeks ago that was smashed on the cast, this one was a legit “bit on the retrieve” catch. It can be frustrating pulling algae off every 2nd or 3rd cast, but that’s a fun lure to fish! 18 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User Swamp Girl Posted May 3, 2023 Super User Share Posted May 3, 2023 Brian, I'm just happy to see bass. Thanks for posting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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