I had a great morning. I caught 32 bass and 14 were largemouth. I'd paddle from LMB spot to LMB spot and troll a brass Mepps spinner on the way and had so much fun landing 18 powerful, leaping SMB, which I didn't photograph as they were all the same size, about 15.5". I had even more fun with the 14 LMB, as they were larger than normal. I caught 10 that were 17" or bigger and half of the 10 were 18" or bigger. I caught the big girl that starts the bass below on my first cast. I know I promised to use new lures, but they were really wanting my 130 loon-colored Whopper Plopper. I did try some new lures, but kept going back to what they were hitting. 

 

Thank you, @Pat Brown. I went back to the very same spot where I hooked that freight train. Nothing, but I know where she lives.

 

 

1 hour ago, gimruis said:

10 hours is a long time to fish.

That's about average these days. Used to be more like 12. 

13 minutes ago, T-Billy said:

That's about average these days. Used to be more like 12. 

Slacker 

1 hour ago, T-Billy said:

That's about average these days. Used to be more like 12. 

10-12 is hardcore

 

Usually around 9, I cut it off. That’s on a weekend fish

7 minutes ago, LrgmouthShad said:

10-12 is hardcore

 

Usually around 9, I cut it off. That’s on a weekend fish

I don't remember the last time I fished for 8 hours straight.  I went a couple times this spring for 6.5 hours.  Most of my outings are about 3-4 hours in length.

I wish I could fish ten straight hours, but I'm too old. Sigh. 

I think I may have done a 12 hour fish at some point this year, used to do it all the time but now I’m married haha 

5 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said:

I think I may have done a 12 hour fish at some point this year, used to do it all the time but now I’m married haha 

So am I, plus a dog, a house, a full time job, and I require sleep at some point too.  And I'd get hungry.  Even if I could fish for 12 hours I don't think I'd have the energy for it.

2 minutes ago, gimruis said:

So am I, plus a dog, a house, a full time job, and I require sleep at some point too.  And I'd get hungry.  Even if I could fish for 12 hours I don't think I'd have the energy for it.

It’s a wonderful day when the stars align and I can be floating all day sunrise to sunset . Usually only have time in winter, when all the stupid vegetation finally stops growing . Can’t wait til winter !!

2 minutes ago, gimruis said:

So am I, plus a dog, a house, a full time job, and I require sleep at some point too.  And I'd get hungry.  Even if I could fish for 12 hours I don't think I'd have the energy for it.

 

What if you were in northwestern Ontario for a week and your dog, house, wife, and full time job were miles and miles away and all you had to do was fish, eat fish, swim, and nap? I think you could do it for seven days straight. 

4 minutes ago, ol'crickety said:

I think you could do it for seven days straight. 

Lol I don't think I could eat fish for 7 days straight.  Two maybe.  I'm not a real big fish eater to begin with.

Just now, gimruis said:

Lol I don't think I could eat fish for 7 days straight.  Two maybe.  I'm not a real big fish eater to begin with.

 

Where I used to fish, you had to eat fish for seven days straight, unless you wanted to lug NOT fish through the woods. The longest I spent in Ontario was five weeks. By the third week, I was skipping some meals rather than eat fish again. I ended that trip as lean as a whippet. 

1 minute ago, ol'crickety said:

 

Where I used to fish, you had to eat fish for seven days straight, unless you wanted to lug NOT fish through the woods. The longest I spent in Ontario was five weeks. By the third week, I was skipping some meals rather than eat fish again. I ended that trip as lean as a whippet. 

Dang!!! 5 weeks of fish? I like fish, but I'd have had to poach me a critter or two.

My friends say my blood would tell you the temperature like mercury because I eat so many fish 

6 minutes ago, T-Billy said:

Dang!!! 5 weeks of fish? I like fish, but I'd have had to poach me a critter or two.

 

If you poached a moose, in a few weeks, you'd be begging me to fry you some fish again, for it takes a man many months to eat a moose. 

3 minutes ago, ol'crickety said:

 

If you poached a moose, in a few weeks, you'd be begging me to fry you some fish again, for it takes a man many months to eat a moose. 

Moose is delicious, but without refrigeration, I'd stick to small critters.

13 minutes ago, T-Billy said:

but I'd have had to poach me a critter or two

Sounds like another fur hat in making.

4 minutes ago, gimruis said:

Sounds like another fur hat in making.

 

I miss that fur hat. Every time I see Tim without it, I think, "Nah. That's not Tim. Looks a little like him, but not him. No fur, no way."

 

5 minutes ago, T-Billy said:

Moose is delicious, but without refrigeration, I'd stick to small critters.

 

Tim, I once paddled up a winding river in northwestern Ontario and found a cabin with the drying racks still standing. I loved seeing that. Another time, I found a cabin with the trapper's socks still hanging up to dry. There were rusted cans of beans too. I've never stopped wondering what happened to him. And worrying. Silly, yes, but when you sit in a man's cabin and see his sad socks, you can't help but care. No lie.

1 hour ago, gimruis said:

I don't remember the last time I fished for 8 hours straight.  I went a couple times this spring for 6.5 hours.  Most of my outings are about 3-4 hours in length.

 

My only long days are going offshore in saltwater, overwhelming majority of my bass trips are just 3-4 hours after work in the evenings.

Had to get out of work early to pay rent for the last time for where I live currently. I don’t know where we are going to go, although it will be someplace new. That’s a good thing.

 

I caught 3 fish in a hour in a half. I was throwing 3 soft plastics. The first fish was not very long but was very chunky and surprised me with the size. Biggest one that I have caught out of the pond this year. She went 3.50lbs, caught on a crème black and blue laminate 5” stick bait weightless. She was close to the bank in the shady spot right near the cover. The next one came on a Yamamoto speed worm green pumpkin blue. I threw to a submerged stump and had a strike and it stole half the tail and didn’t get the hook. Threw back again and got it, smaller but still fiesty, went for 2.32lbs. I caught a tiny pike on a Berkley max scent general in green pumpkin party color. I figured that it was a pike when it hit so I reeled in a tiny bit and swept the rod, I kept the hook out of its mouth this way. 
 

I am going to be moving out of the Kalamazoo area really soon, I am going to list the places that I have fished and the knowledge of locations. I probably won’t be fishing the area as much lol. I will definitely help people out. Like I say plenty of people fish where I do, I don’t see them catch the same quality of fish though. Location is one part knowing how and what to throw along with how to work it is the next part. I have no secrets and welcome someone kicking my butt size wise and that’s what I live for the challenge of the sport, lifestyle we love.

That's an excellent trip report, Murph. I like how you show the bass, the baits, and the water. I'm thinking a good thought for you and your family as you negotiate your moving. Moving is tough I'm glad you got to land some fine fish to take a break from moving's stress. 

Last month when I was on vacation I'd fish 2 or 3 hours, go back to the camper, take a nap, then fish 2 or 3 hours......go back to the camper take a nap.....repeat.    

 

Last Spring I fished 10 hours one day with my Grandsons.  I was tired.  We caught a BUNCH of bass.  They're distracted by baseball, and teenage girls so they don't go fishing with me much.  When they do I'll fish until they're ready to quit.   

19 minutes ago, ol'crickety said:

That's an excellent trip report, Murph. I like how you show the bass, the baits, and the water. I'm thinking a good thought for you and your family as you negotiate your moving. Moving is tough I'm glad you got to land some fine fish to take a break from moving's stress. 

Thank you for the good thoughts. Me and my family appreciate it dearly. Yeah no clue where we are moving to, although we have some great friends who said that we could stay with them for a bit. That’s a good thing, but if you have ever lived with a friend or family member it’s very difficult at times. I could live outside and fish all of my free time outside of work hours. My family can’t and I respect that, fishing is a very big rabbit hole. I am happy that they have other interests. I think that I am naming the pond tick tack, because if you don’t get at least one tick something is off. 
 

I like giving details of my reports so that people can get ideas of structure, cover and how the fish relate to it in the current water conditions. It will help someone out at a body of water that they fish. I like being able to help others also, I just don’t want to be successful I want all of us to succeed. My current life plan is to keep going to my job and figure it all out, along with fishing as much as I get permission to.

Streak goes on........Got some fishing in today, got a nice snake head, but sick of taking pics of those....however, got a couple Peacocks (off Rat-L-Trap) and a largemouth off a whacky rig. I got to break in the new trunk rod too. Fish for 7/13. 

 

 

 

25 minutes ago, Dominat0r said:

Streak goes on........Got some fishing in today, got a nice snake head, but sick of taking pics of those....however, got a couple Peacocks (off Rat-L-Trap) and a largemouth off a whacky rig. I got to break in the new trunk rod too. Fish for 7/13. 

 

 

 

Those peacocks are so cool, nice pics......good comparison b/t the two. 

 

If they get big down there like in S. America I'd just fish for them, are they as complex as Largemouths?.....I'm sure they're easier to catch, a FLGM is one of the harder fish to catch.