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[AlabamaSpothunter]

2 hours ago, BrianMDTX said:

Yesterday morning was good. Caught 12 bass and missed one. First bass was on a Whopper Plopper 90. About 1.5 lbs. Caught it on my 3rd cast. About 10 mins later I watched it get slurped down just as I started reeling it back. Something looked off and the so did the fight. It wasn’t a bass. It was a 3 lb. channel cat. Caught one on a squarebill last year but this was my first topwater catfish. 
 

Chatterbait struck out. Caught the rest on Texas rigs with a blue/black laminate Senko, a Zoom Z-Craw in California 420 and a General’s Watermelon Neko Macho, as well as a black Senko WR. 
 

Speaking of the wacky rig, I was getting ready to pack it in for the day and lost my Senko at the boat reeling in a bass. I had that Neko Macho (torn up at this point) handy so I rigged it wacky-style on the 1/0 circle octopus hook and soon caught another bass (#9), but that destroyed the bait. I didn’t want to go through my Plano box for another O-ring and get another black Senko out of the bag for just a few last casts, and when I put my hand in my pocket I felt a bait- a 4” Rage Menace in Green Pumpkin. I must have removed it as a spinner/chatterbait trailer and forgot about it. I figured “what the heck” and hooked it through the nose on the circle octopus hook and casted it near partially-submerged brush. Boom! A 2 lb. bass took it immediately. So did the next bass two casts later, and the 3rd bass three casts after that. It’s a light bait and sinks slow, but it had great action on a slow retrieve being nose-hooked. I’m going to try that again!

 

Nice ones, that cat would have made me quite upset lol.    Crazy it hit a topwater.  

[thediscochef]

10 hours ago, Jmontgomery87 said:

It took about 10 minutes to land my new PB today. Caught it on a spook and it buried itself in some vegetation about 25 yards from shore on a ridge with deep drop offs on both sides. I had to go in after it with my jeans on in over a foot of mud and water to my waist. At first I thought about breaking off and figured the fish was gone but then it started fighting again. It was really tangled up and I had to pull it out by hand. Not a monster, but I fought for every 5lb 3oz of it.

Nice PB! Sounds like a heck of a fight, and a real commitment to go get it 25 yards is a swim! A lot of people don't get that much story to go with their PB, I don't know anyone who went out into the water to go get theirs. That's metal

2 hours ago, ol'crickety said:

 

^ This ^ and v this v belong together. 

 

 

honestly though, I don't think I have what it takes to do that one

[ol'crickety]

I dream of the bass equivalent of this:

 

 

[BrianMDTX]

46 minutes ago, AlabamaSpothunter said:

Nice ones, that cat would have made me quite upset lol.    Crazy it hit a topwater.  

When the lure got sucked down, I saw part of the fish. I thought it didn’t look bassy. The fight proved it lol. Yeah, I know they will bite a topwater from hearing about it from others, but that was my first. Thankfully it lipped it and I got the hooks out fast. 

[ol'crickety]

1 hour ago, BrianMDTX said:

When the lure got sucked down, I saw part of the fish. I thought it didn’t look bassy. The fight proved it lol. Yeah, I know they will bite a topwater from hearing about it from others, but that was my first. Thankfully it lipped it and I got the hooks out fast. 

 

Bullhead on a Whopper Plopper:

 

[T-Billy]

5 hours ago, ol'crickety said:

I dream of the bass equivalent of this:

 

 

Not quite that swift of water, but I've gone on some similar rides in pursuit of river smallies in my younger years. I wouldn't dream of it now. 

[ol'crickety]

2 minutes ago, T-Billy said:

Not quite that swift of water, but I've gone on some similar rides in pursuit of river smallies in my younger years. I wouldn't dream of it now. 

 

Whoa!

 

And this is why you, Tim, and ONLY YOU, get to wear the Grizzly Adams hat. 

[T-Billy]

35 minutes ago, ol'crickety said:

 

Whoa!

 

And this is why you, Tim, and ONLY YOU, get to wear the Grizzly Adams hat. 

LOL!!! Growing up and through my 30's, my friends and I would wade/swim long stretches of the Tuscarawas River in pursuit of smallmouth and saugeye. Thought I might drown a couple times, but had a ton of fun doing that over the years. Lots of great memories fishing the Tusc. 

[Woody B]

I decided after yesterday I needed to go earlier.  I still didn't go early enough.  I caught 8 including the 4 pound LM pictured between 5:20 and 6:15 AM.   I caught 3 between 6 and 10.   I'm going to try to go next weekend around midnight.   I've never been much of one to believe the fish just "turned off", but I might be changing my mind on that.   I was watching them on live sonar basically swarm on my lures until the Sun came up. (sunrise was 6:15ish) After that most would just follow then turn back around.   They were still there, just not biting.   I caught a couple on cranks, , most on a bladed jig.  The 4 pounder was my only topwater (Devils Horse) fish.   I threw my tackle box at them after sunrise.  2 of the after sunrise bass came on a bladed jig, then other on a T-rig.   The Shad spawn in happening now.  I suppose they're gorging on Shad, then going to "sleep" when the Sun comes up.   The Mayfly hatch isn't happening yet.  Bluegill Spawn should kick on with the full moon in a couple weeks.  

[Jmurphy87]

A few from me, I got out for 2 hours and caught some. Heck I even caught a turtle on a craw also, was probably my favorite catch of the day. I saw suspended carp and cast out past them and let it sink and felt the tap and set the hook. I thought that I finally caught one of the carp when I felt the weight of it. I enjoyed the fight and had to use some rod pumps here and there to keep it off the bottom or from getting wrapped in trees. Got it to the bank and let some slack into the line and it worked the hook out of its mouth on its own. A win win if you ask me, they wanted it moving and not too stationary today. I even caught one that I didn’t see on a football Ned head and a turbo craw z. Made a pitch past a dink and was working it back seen him nose down and then my line started running so I set the hook and caught a slightly bigger dink lol. It was a good day even though the quality wasn’t there.

[keagbassr]

Got out after work today about 3-730, boated 5 bass, 1each on a frog and bladed jig and 3 on a buzzbait with the biggest a 4-3 on the buzzbait.

[king fisher]

     I was able to go bass fishing again this weekend.  Not the epic trip I had last weekend, but I did manage to get a couple nice bass.

     My first bass Friday was 25.5 inches, and the scale settled at 10 pounds even.  I finished the day with 33 pounds for my best five.  The big one was caught on a Storm Arashi Cover Pop, and the others were on a spinnerbait.  The pattern had completely changed from last week even though the water temp. 75 degrees, water level, and weather were exactly the same and the same as every day the past couple months.  Instead of being on the points and shelfs, they were back in the bays on wood.

      My big bass Saturday was 24.5 inches, and 8.2 pounds.  I caught it on a Pop R.  I lost my Storm  popper on a giant that rapped me on a tree a few minuets before.  I only had one of the lucky poppers, forcing me to switch to a Pop R.  Nothing against the Pop R, but the bass wanted the popper walked.  The Pop R is much more difficult to walk but was good enough for one eight, and a couple five pound bass.  Saturday I couldn't buy a bite on anything other than a popper.  I tried everything, but a popper was what they wanted.

    I was able to fish for half a day Sunday.  Not a single bite on the popper, but landed a few around 5 pounds on a T rig, as well as lost a giant in a tree again.  When I fish this lake, the difference from being a good day, and a once in a lifetime day can be one cast, and a tree limb.  I had seen a big bass two days in a row, next to a lay down in a bay.  I couldn't get her to bite both days, so I pulled the kayak on to the shore and climbed the bank, hoping to catch her from shore.  I didn't see her, but threw a Mag, trick worm out past where I had spotted her the days before in 22 feet of water. She bit on the second cast, I set the hook, and now I was hooked to a 10 pound plus bass standing 30 feet up a steep bank, wondering what to do next.  She jumped, then wrapped me on a tree that was in-between the bank, and the bass.  I put the reel in free spool, and let her take line until I was almost out.  I finally had to try and bring her back in.  It only felt like one wrap on one limb, but I couldn't get to the Kayak, and I almost went swimming trying to get to the shore line.  I was debating setting my rod on the ground with a big rock holding it, and getting my kayak, when the line snapped.  I lost the bass and half a spool of line.  I will think my plan through before I try a stunt like that again.  

    All in all it was a great weekend.  The picture of the 8 pound bass is blurred because I accidently splashed water on my phone while trying to take a picture.

 

  

 

  

[AlabamaSpothunter]

50 minutes ago, king fisher said:

     I was able to go bass fishing again this weekend.  Not the epic trip I had last weekend, but I did manage to get a couple nice bass.

     My first bass Friday was 25.5 inches, and the scale settled at 10 pounds even.  I finished the day with 33 pounds for my best five.  The big one was caught on a Storm Arashi Cover Pop, and the others were on a spinnerbait.  The pattern had completely changed from last week even though the water temp. 75 degrees, water level, and weather were exactly the same and the same as every day the past couple months.  Instead of being on the points and shelfs, they were back in the bays on wood.

      My big bass Saturday was 24.5 inches, and 8.2 pounds.  I caught it on a Pop R.  I lost my Storm  popper on a giant that rapped me on a tree a few minuets before.  I only had one of the lucky poppers, forcing me to switch to a Pop R.  Nothing against the Pop R, but the bass wanted the popper walked.  The Pop R is much more difficult to walk but was good enough for one eight, and a couple five pound bass.  Saturday I couldn't buy a bite on anything other than a popper.  I tried everything, but a popper was what they wanted.

    I was able to fish for half a day Sunday.  Not a single bite on the popper, but landed a few around 5 pounds on a T rig, as well as lost a giant in a tree again.  When I fish this lake, the difference from being a good day, and a once in a lifetime day can be one cast, and a tree limb.  I had seen a big bass two days in a row, next to a lay down in a bay.  I couldn't get her to bite both days, so I pulled the kayak on to the shore and climbed the bank, hoping to catch her from shore.  I didn't see her, but threw a Mag, trick worm out past where I had spotted her the days before in 22 feet of water. She bit on the second cast, I set the hook, and now I was hooked to a 10 pound plus bass standing 30 feet up a steep bank, wondering what to do next.  She jumped, then wrapped me on a tree that was in-between the bank, and the bass.  I put the reel in free spool, and let her take line until I was almost out.  I finally had to try and bring her back in.  It only felt like one wrap on one limb, but I couldn't get to the Kayak, and I almost went swimming trying to get to the shore line.  I was debating setting my rod on the ground with a big rock holding it, and getting my kayak, when the line snapped.  I lost the bass and half a spool of line.  I will think my plan through before I try a stunt like that again.  

    All in all it was a great weekend.  The picture of the 8 pound bass is blurred because I accidently splashed water on my phone while trying to take a picture.

 

  

 

  

This Bass fishing thing looks super fun, think I'm gonna try it out ?

 

Not sure what I've been doing, but it's not Bass fishing lol. 

[ATA]

six bass

a dink .5lb

a 2lber

a 2.5lbier

two 3lbier

one 4lbier(on jig)

[ol'crickety]

As Jim Carrey said, you guys are "smokin'!"

 

 

@king fisher, I suggest a trade. Your water is amazing, chock full of manatee-sized bass. However, your shorelines are sad. So sad, brown, and barren. Here's my sweet deal: Bring some of your Big Berthas up north to drop in my local bogs and you may return with one tree for each bass you deliver over five pounds. I have thousands of trees on my property and you have a seemingly endless supply of walruses with fins. Let's do this deal! 

[king fisher]

2 hours ago, ol'crickety said:

As Jim Carrey said, you guys are "smokin'!"

 

 

@king fisher, I suggest a trade. Your water is amazing, chock full of manatee-sized bass. However, your shorelines are sad. So sad, brown, and barren. Here's my sweet deal: Bring some of your Big Berthas up north to drop in my local bogs and you may return with one tree for each bass you deliver over five pounds. I have thousands of trees on my property and you have a seemingly endless supply of walruses with fins. Let's do this deal! 

It is the dry season here.  The rain will start in a couple weeks.  By July the lake will be full, and the shore line will be a tropical jungle.  I am afraid if I dropped a big Mexico bass in a Maine lake, it would get deported.  Thanks, how about a trade for Mexico bass fishing and Maine ice fishing.

[Pat Brown]

 

Fun weekend fishing mostly offshore.

 

Caught a toad on the Stunna during a shad spawn that happened at 3 pm on a main lake point.  One of the best LMB fights of my life.  Something about playing those fish with lighter line and thin hooks is just hair raising in the best way!

 

Went out on the big lake and caught a bunch of smaller bass on the Jerkbait and ribbon tail worm and then on the way back in towards the end of the day, I tossed my spinnerbait beside a textbook submerged laydown and slowly worked it back and down the laydown and felt a big *THUMP*

 

I set the hook and felt my drag slip and the water began to boil with a very large fish thrashing and I was convinced I'd hooked a giant bass.  Turns out it was a super gnarly one eyed channel catfish, my largest catfish on artificials to date!

 

That poor Siebert Spinnerbait has been through the ringer this week but still going strong ???

[hokiehunter373]

Went out Friday for another hour sesh.  Should have been fantastic but it was not.  1 dink on the most boring buzzbait hit I've ever had.  No explosion, the bait just went under water.  1 hit on the drop shot but no connection.  Nothing on the spinner.  Nothing on a dark sleeper.  Nothing, nothing, nothing.  You get it.

 

However, you folks enjoyed the pup pics last time and he certainly approved of being able to see another fish, no matter the size. 

 

 

Sometimes I think he actually wishes he could be the one casting.

 

 

Good luck this week, folks.  Heading to Western MD this weekend to hopefully do some pre-dawn and early AM fishing before the kiddos rise.  Hopefully a better fate awaits.

[ol'crickety]

It's heresy to say this at BR, but I like pup pics even more than bass pics. I hope you guys can forgive me and don't burn me as a witch. 

[ScottW]

I’m guessing that our pond bass got tired of worms and decided poppers were their new ‘go-to’ bait as they’ve been hammering them here lately. Not huge fish but decent sized so far. Thinking the bigger ones are hiding out at the bottom post-spawn for a while.

 

Was watching that YT channel that @AlabamaSpothunter likes so much (TB) and saw them tossing poppers so figured I’d give it a try. You know, broaden my horizons and all that. ? These guys were tearing it up! Managed a few yesterday and the day before close to sunset. They were exploding on them after I managed to get it to ‘pop’ the water just right. I swapped over to a whopper plopper and they ignored it. Went with a buzzbait…dead. Back to the popper and they went back to destroying it. Hey! Who am I to deny a bass what it wants? ? Gonna head back down later this evening and see if they’ll still jump it.

 

 

 

[AlabamaSpothunter]

48 minutes ago, ol'crickety said:

It's heresy to say this at BR, but I like pup pics even more than bass pics. I hope you guys can forgive me and don't burn me as a witch. 

I'm a member on the biggest gun forum in the world, and I go there mainly to look at the caturday thread these days ?

 

If I got a dog I'd want one like HokieHunter's, there is a "hunting dog" that looks very much like his but with brown and white, and not those gorgeous blue eyes where I fish.  He always follows me around until I motor past his property.   Super friendly dog, and it's the size and the lack of barking I like the most.   I like those medium sized puppers, the good boys that don't bark ?

1 minute ago, ScottW said:

I’m guessing that our pond bass got tired of worms and decided poppers were their new ‘go-to’ bait as they’ve been hammering them here lately. Not huge fish but decent sized so far. Thinking the bigger ones are hiding out at the bottom post-spawn for a while.

 

Was watching that YT channel that @AlabamaSpothunter likes so much (TB) and saw them tossing poppers so figured I’d give it a try. You know, broaden my horizons and all that. ? These guys were tearing it up! Managed a few yesterday and the day before close to sunset. They were exploding on them after I managed to get it to ‘pop’ the water just right. I swapped over to a whopper plopper and they ignored it. Went with a buzzbait…dead. Back to the popper and they went back to destroying it. Hey! Who am I to deny a bass what it wants? ? Gonna head back down later this evening and see if they’ll still jump it.

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Awesome stuff Scott!     Tactical Bassin has been instrumental in me getting back into this awesome sport.   

 

Funny how it's a Buzzbait for me, it's a Whopper Plopper for Katie, and it's a Pop-R for you.    I've tried all those, and can't get much love, tie on the ole' Buzzer, and wham.   In a perfect world I wish I could catch them on the Plopper, it's just such an easy and fun bait to fish.   Buzzbaiting is a combat sport lol, you're going 90mph at all time trying to keep the speed up.

 

Your pics aren't showing up, but if you edit it and simply put a space in between those pic links, I believe they will all show up. 

[ScottW]

17 minutes ago, AlabamaSpothunter said:

Your pics aren't showing up, but if you edit it and simply put a space in between those pic links, I believe they will all show up

Fixed ‘em!

[AlabamaSpothunter]

3 minutes ago, ScottW said:

Fixed ‘em!

Good stuff, that popper looks excellent, love that chartreuse mouth 

[ScottW]

Should have mentioned it’s a Yo-Zuri in gold/black with a ‘prism’ bottom. 3” +/-.

[ol'crickety]

Alex, I like those popping lures too and used them a LOT as a kid. I've used buzzbaits mostly for muskies. Muskies make a V when they're chasing a buzzbait. One of the great fishing moments of my life was when I had TWO V's, one of each side, chasing my buzzbait.