3 minutes ago, ol'crickety said:

 

^These^ fish remind me of teenagers. They're not as bulky and strong as they'll be in their twenties, but lawdy, are they scrappers.

 

You would have been impressed by the aerial acrobatics the bass put on display today  

 

3 minutes ago, ol'crickety said:

Are you bouncing a Ned rig off a weedy bottom? I haven't used a Ned rig once this year fearing I'd be weed fishing. 

Yes, partially. There is some deeper open water outside the weedline, but more/most bites come at it, so its inevitable you “catch” them…but it’s mostly Chara, so you can snatch it through the tops of it pretty well, and half the time they eat it while still attached to the weed stem ?

My streak continues, pouring now and suppose to for the rest of the night, but got out there right before the storm happened. Broke off a HUGE snakehead, at least 10lbs if not more. Stupid thing ran under the drain pipe and scrapped my line, had him on the shore and boom, line snaps. 

 

Got these 2 of a Rat-L-Trap. 

 

I was running down the channel, which is an opportunity to cool off a bit when it’s 95 and there’s no wind to speak of. Anyway, I went by a mat about 40 yards long that probably doesn’t get fished because everyone just goes by it like I was doing and paying no attention to it. So I said to myself, “Self, you outta’ fish that mat because you probably won’t later. After all, you’re here”.  Good thing I stopped. Pulled 8 bass out of that mat out of 10 bites including my biggest of the day, this 3.64 crawdad eating Delta bass. 

I’ve posted this many times here before but I’ll do it again……

 

we ❤️ Michigan!!!!!!!

 

the bigger fish got wrapped up in a logjam as we zoomed by Mach 3 in the canoe. I clicked it to backreel and said honey please paddle backwards as hard as you can. I could see the fish hung up still when we got back to it. I jumped in to free it, iPhone still in my pocket (still works great). I thought it was gone and my line wouldn’t come loose, then a few toobers and kayakers came by and asked what I was doing. I told them I lost it, then I saw it again!!!! Grabbed the tag end and landed it , totally blew their mind! Thanks wife for paddling and photos and thanks to seaguar 6 lb floro for not breaking in a log jam in swift current attached to a bass 

Man, GREAT story!

 

 

 

                             

                                 

23 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said:

I’ve posted this many times here before but I’ll do it again……

 

we ❤️ Michigan!!!!!!!

 

the bigger fish got wrapped up in a logjam as we zoomed by Mach 3 in the canoe. I clicked it to backreel and said honey please paddle backwards as hard as you can. I could see the fish hung up still when we got back to it. I jumped in to free it, iPhone still in my pocket (still works great). I thought it was gone and my line wouldn’t come loose, then a few toobers and kayakers came by and asked what I was doing. I told them I lost it, then I saw it again!!!! Grabbed the tag end and landed it , totally blew their mind! Thanks wife for paddling and photos and thanks to seaguar 6 lb floro for not breaking in a log jam in swift current attached to a bass 

Great stuff! Great story ?

@TnRiver46: This is in the BR bylaws: "Any fisher who goes in the water to retrieve a bass gets to double the weight of the bass."

49 minutes ago, ol'crickety said:

@TnRiver46: This is in the BR bylaws: "Any fisher who goes in the water to retrieve a bass gets to double the weight of the bass."

Oh, so that's how I can finally break 5 pounds?!? *noted*

36 minutes ago, hokiehunter373 said:

Oh, so that's how I can finally break 5 pounds?!? *noted*

 

It's in the bylaws, which makes it the law. 

 

#hookathreepounderandleapintothewater

I forgot my wife sent me some videos of yesterdays debacle ? 
 

 

 

 

Found another good bite at sunrise, fished to about 9am. Two of the five tiny spotted bass and the only LM are pictured, the black bass only wanted the tiny pop-r today. A massive school of white bass showed up and I picked off 7 juveniles with a red eye shad. They were moving fast and puking shad all over me. It's been a good morning. 

12 minutes ago, thediscochef said:

They were moving fast and puking shad all over me. It's been a good morning. 

 

I read this and am proud of my clan. 

@TnRiver46

21 hours ago, TnRiver46 said:

I’ve posted this many times here before but I’ll do it again……

 

we ❤️ Michigan!!!!!!!

 

the bigger fish got wrapped up in a logjam as we zoomed by Mach 3 in the canoe. I clicked it to backreel and said honey please paddle backwards as hard as you can. I could see the fish hung up still when we got back to it. I jumped in to free it, iPhone still in my pocket (still works great). I thought it was gone and my line wouldn’t come loose, then a few toobers and kayakers came by and asked what I was doing. I told them I lost it, then I saw it again!!!! Grabbed the tag end and landed it , totally blew their mind! Thanks wife for paddling and photos and thanks to seaguar 6 lb floro for not breaking in a log jam in swift current attached to a bass 

 

River floats are so much fun, I wish I could do them more often.  Might get my chance Sunday down here, a couple hours south of you, on a stretch that hopefully won't have too much weekend traffic.  

@MIbassyaker, bringing our own canoe has more than paid for itself, those rentals add up. Did get about halfway to losing it on i75 in Lima Ohio tho…… 

23 hours ago, TnRiver46 said:

 

we ❤️ Michigan!!!!!!!

 

It truly is a wonderful state. I'm proud to call it home. 

 

Awesome story! River smallies are so much fun. 

Streak continues!!! Wasn't able to go out long, but took a tiny trap out (my oldest bait, old school Bill Lewis hard case with the little card inside). Got this little guy. 

 

However, I ended up losing the lure to a BIG peakcock. He broke my 15lbs braid when he ducked under some rocks. Bummer, but I have caught TONS off that and I already ordered another tiny trap. I had to pick a different color his time around, something that has been working here in my pond. 

 

@J._Bricker  Good decision!  Certainly possible guys just zipped by and never fished that patch.  But I read somewhere about boat traffic actually adding oxygen, so I wonder if that might be a factor in why a mat right by the boat channel fished so good. ?

Very good possibility @The Baron regarding boat traffic, I’ve gone by it a few times before I decided to stop and fish it. At the time, the tide had swung so there was some current and other boats were going by so it may have helped contribute to an ideal situation ?.

4 hours ago, IcatchDinks said:

 

It truly is a wonderful state. I'm proud to call it home. 

 

Awesome story! River smallies are so much fun. 

#little bit jelly………. Wonderful state no doubt. I like mine but I like yours second……….

I grew up fishing Lake St Clair and Lake Huron and Lake Michigan up North during the summer for smallmouth.  Fished some of my home lakes with my dad growing up but mostly catfish and stripers, nothing like we used to do in the summer up North, which was way more of a foreshadowing towards what was to come years later for me.

 

Wading in crystal clear knee deep water and sticking gorgeous untouched aggressive 2-3 lb bass on every cast til the sunset on crankbaits and floating minnows.  Trolling around in the bay where you could see 20 feet down and watch smallmouth in the boulders.  It was probably the stuff that led me to this world 'full circle' as an adult bass fisherman in NC.  Largemouth Bass fishing is a little more of a stealth, strategy and raw power kinda deal, and it's got my heart now, but I will get back up there to those beautiful brown fish one day soon.

 

Michigan is like ground zero for bass fishing for me.  I'll always love it.

Another good fish at the church pond with the faintest hint of the sun coming up. Zoom horny toad did the trick!

1 hour ago, Pat Brown said:

Wading in crystal clear knee deep water and sticking gorgeous untouched aggressive 2-3 lb bass on every cast til the sunset on crankbaits and floating minnows. 

 

Ah, you lived in Heaven.

 

Whoa, @N Florida Mike!

 

 

I went to a local smallish lake this morning(Moss lake Shelby NC) to see if my healing finger could stand fishing.  I don't usually catch many there.    I caught 2 bass, a catfish and a bluegill.  The bluegill and the 2nd bass were a double.  My finger is fine.  I'm going back to Lake Wylie tonight, probably around 10.   There was a mayfly hatch back in June, but a friend of mine said they're hatching again.  Hopefully that will translate into some nighttime top water action.   First bass and cat were on a bladed jig.  The bass/bluegill double was on a DT6.  (the same DT6 that lost a hook into my finger last week)

 

@Woody B are you far from Badin? Just wanna know how that lake is doing. I heard a report from somebody recently though and they said they did really well for numbers, catching a bunch of 2-3lbers