5 minutes ago, LrgmouthShad said:

There are other advantages to fishing at night though. My favorite is that people won’t come over to fish what I’m fishing. Within like half a cast of my kayak.

I don't have enough time in specifically targeting bass at night time to say if the fishing is better or worse.  I do for walleyes, and I can say that its definitely better targeting ol' marble eyes at night.

 

I do agree though, there are multiple advantages to fishing at night time, even if the fishing isn't always better.  Far less people and lower air temps without the blazing ball of fire in the sky are just a couple of them.  There are usually more bugs at night time though.

I have started night fishing after reading this forum. I have been doing more at night than during the day. The do seem to hit just as well at night, but yea...its either the the sun or the bugs. To me, there are more spots where the fish are active at night. Now this may be a good thing or a bad thing. During the day, if you find the fish in the shade, they are normally ALL there. You can keep casting into the same spot and catch a lot. At night, they are more spread out, so while you may get more fish at night, you need to move around more since there is no shade for them to all hang out in and for you to target. Personally, all my PBs have been caught during the day. Just because I never thought to bass fish at night. When we were younger, we catfished at night. Before this forum, I never caught a bass at night, just never thought about trying. Now, I go out ever night around 12am and fish for an hour or so. I can walk to my pond in 2mins, so I can fish anytime I want. I just wished I got back into fishing sooner, I have lived in this neighborhood for 3 years and never knew there was good fishing in here. 

2 hours ago, Dominat0r said:

Streak, day 51. I finally beat my record in my ponds today. It took over a month to finally beat it, the old record was 3lbs 12oz. This guy came in at 5lbs even. So beat it by over a pound! I know there are lunkers in there. If there is a 5lbs'er, I know there is a 7-8 that ate better than this one did and is the same age. I am on a mission to find it. Got a few more, but only went out for a hour and a half, 97F out right now.....my biscuits were burning. 

 

3 of them were on a Carolina rig with a zoom junebug lizard and one (spinning rod) was on a shaky head. 

 

 

 

 

 

5 pounds is this:

 

 

33 minutes ago, ol'crickety said:

 

5 pounds is this:

 

HAHA, I screamed LETS GO!!!! when I pulled it up. I knew it was big and I knew it wasn't a snakehead (they slither away when they run with the line, can feel the snake like movement). I got so excited, I did a few fist tosses when I lipped it and picked it up, I knew it was going to be the biggest so far (out of my ponds).  

 

Pure Michigan! Top two pics are the same fish, bout 18” in a river full of hundreds of inner tubers, some of which were our family. Most were shocked there were fish in the river, I’ve never encountered a river without them……..

 

also got a 15” bass and a lot of rock bass for dinner, the 18” got a reprieve for the day 
 

 

 

 

Thanks for taking us along on your trip, @TnRiver46. It looks like a great day.

52 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said:

and a lot of rock bass for dinner

The ugly loser cousin of the bass world.

 

That water is crystal clear. Takin’ a reprieve from chopping wood, mowing lawns, and catching critters in the southeastern swamps huh

Got that right @gimruis! I even got a groundhog job back home for next week over the phone this morning. Although it was pretty hot up here and my Native American level neck got even worse despite all my sunscreen haha. Strangely it’s not as humid even though there is water in every direction. 

Bumped into a few green bass early this morning.

Topwater was the deal.

A-Jay

@TnRiver46 ive caught several rock bass in the waters i fish but always have throw them back in, how do they taste?

1 hour ago, MediumMouthBass said:

ive caught several rock bass in the waters i fish but always have throw them back in, how do they taste?

Hopefully much better than they smell. The ones I've caught in Upstate NY were stinky little bastids. Pew.

1 hour ago, MediumMouthBass said:

@TnRiver46 ive caught several rock bass in the waters i fish but always have throw them back in, how do they taste?

I've had them here in Michigan. They don't taste bad. Similar to any other panfish, I guess. I'm not a huge fan of fish as a food, but they're not bad. 

Last night I caught several dinks. I know y'all don't wanna scroll through photos of tiny fish, so I made a nice collage for you: 

 

Tonight I caught two more dinks. (I'll spare you the pain of seeing them. You've seen one, you've seen them all.) 

And then I hooked a really nice bass for my ponds (just under two pounds):

I'm hoping to wake up early tomorrow and go fishing before work. We'll see how I'm feeling at 6AM. I'm not a morning person like some of you madmen and women. 

Streak goes on, fish for 7/26. Just fished for about an hour.....both of blazing worm, black/blue. 

 

 

 

Fished yesterday from 230a - 730a and caught this Spot at 715. I couldn't figure them out. 88 degree water.

@MediumMouthBass, they are good, just need a dozen to amount to anything haha

Same time, same place, NEARLY the same result. I pulled another nice eye off of it, and had a big bass on, but I managed to drag it into a clump of hydrilla on the way in and lost it. Best bass boated was this chunky 2.5#. Decent numbers, dozen and a half or so between 01:00 and 07:00. Blanked after daylight, and called it early to come home and work on the honeydo list.

Fished from 6am to 11am then got hot so dove in and headed to the ramp.

Only caught 5, water temps 84*.

Finally a decent outing, had 7 bites but only landed three. Though, as far as I can tell, I got the biggest one that bit. Two on a texas rig, one on a popper. Lost one on the Texas rig, two on the popper, and one on a lipless. Tough but that comes from not feeling a decent bite in a while, muscle memory is a thing. Still feels good. Big fish was 4-6 which would have taken big bass at the workingmans last night. I think I'm gonna try and get onto a boat for next week's tournament and see how it goes.

Man, that's a good-looking bass, @thediscochef.

 

Yours too, @A-Jay. 

 

I like how @Bird jumped into the water. I've been thinking about doing that too.

1 hour morning session, pouring rain now so I car topped it for the time being 

I see that last fish on the stringer is sporting a mohawk @TnRiver46. It's a punk rock bass. I LIKE IT!!! 

 

28 minutes ago, T-Billy said:

I see that last fish on the stringer is sporting a mohawk @TnRiver46. It's a punk rock bass. I LIKE IT!!! 

 

 

Satisfying afternoon at a local lake given the conditions. A mix of clouds and passing showers, sprinkled with some occasional bursts of sunshine. A high of 88, a heat index into the 90s, and wind gusts of nearly 40 mph. Was still able to garner 27 bites on a jig, though size was again lacking - but the action wasn’t, so its all good

 

7 hours ago, TnRiver46 said:

1 hour morning session, pouring rain now so I car topped it for the time being 

Putting the hurt on some Rockies up north are ya.