Well, for streak purposes, I got my fish for today, streak is on fire.....same as me, its H O T! 

 

98F and feels like 108 with the UV index of 9. No clouds today, blue bird skies. 

 

He has no way of fitting the lure in his mouth, but he bit it away. Going back once the crematoria is done and the land is scorched. I will edit this with a bass.....just COULD NOT stand that heat.

 

 

 

@LrgmouthShad  I'd guess I'm a couple hours from Badin.  I've never been there.  I like in Grover, which is Interstate 85 right at the NC/SC state line.   I fish Lake Wylie, and other Catawba River lakes mostly.   

Been hammered by two good storm systems in 24 hours. Lots of rain which I thought would help our bite, but that hasn’t been the case. A dozen bass from two different locations is it, and nothing big. This morning’s storms did add some extra cover to one of the lakes which was sorely lacking ?? …but the bass haven’t started using it yet - lol

 

 

 

Is that last photo a merry-go-round underwater @Team9nine?

Now it's a merry-go-under ?

 

Upside down trampoline. Hoping the bass aren’t all trapped under the safety cage ?

 

11 minutes ago, gimruis said:

Is that last photo a merry-go-round underwater @Team9nine?

 

8 minutes ago, MIbassyaker said:

Now it's a merry-go-under ?

 

 

Bass added. Have a function tonight, but was able to get out there. Got this guy on a whacky rig. 

 

Ate my senko, YUMMY!

 

I went out this evening, but the bass hammered me. Yep, I was the nail. This nail:

 

 

The wind has blown out of the south for a week, but later this afternoon, it swung out of the north, dropping the temp about 15 degrees. I knew that could clamp their mouths, but it's also full moonish, so I thought I could still catch a few.

 

Well, a few bitsy bass is all I caught, i.e. four of them. And then the north wind blew me off the bog. I didn't even have to paddle. It pushed me all the way back to the car. So, I loaded the canoe as the sky darkened and scooted before it became Stephen Kingy, with the trees groaning and the high grass rustling. 

@ol'crickety, wind plus canoe equals use a kayak, preferably a sit-in 

 

easy for me to say, we don’t get wind often. But I’ve got a little 20 dollar yard sale kayak that is great in wind , paddles crazy fast and easy 

The mom n pop fabrication shop I work for sponsored a little in-house fishing tournament for biggest bass (any species) and biggest pike this weekend.  It was catch and release. Seven employees showed up, but two of them (a husband and wife team) had boat troubles and had to pull out last minute. The fishing was rough for everyone. We got hammered last night by a major thunderstorm, that dropped the temps by about ten/fifteen degrees.

 

I paired up with a buddy from work, and we had a blast on the water, regardless of the slow fishing. The lakes we were fishing are all connected together by rivers, backwaters, and channels, and the scenery and wild life were stunning. I'm probably gonna come back soon.

 

I caught several small LMB, but nothing much over 13 inches. I also hooked and landed a nineteen inch pike, but we didn't count him because he wasn't over the legal harvest limit, and thus didn't qualify for the tournament according to our made up on the spur of the moment rules. We also caught a bunch of bluegill for my buddy to have a fish fry. 

 

All in all, it was a wonderful morning. I'd have gladly spent all day out there. 

Fortunately for my neck, I didn't. After my haircut, I forgot that the back of my neck is now an exposed skin surface to the sun and got burned pretty bad. All other skin was covered pretty well with long clothing. 

 

An absolute blast. 

 

10/10 recommend. 

 

 

 

 

 

Oh, and the winner brought in an 18 inch Largemouth, and a 14 inch Largemouth. 

8 hours ago, TnRiver46 said:

@ol'crickety, wind plus canoe equals use a kayak, preferably a sit-in 

 

easy for me to say, we don’t get wind often. But I’ve got a little 20 dollar yard sale kayak that is great in wind , paddles crazy fast and easy 

 

A sit-on-top kayak would have helped, for sure. My canoe is 32 lbs. and 15' 6", which means it floats ATOP the water like a water spider. A boat that nestles into the water won't be wind-bullied as much. 

 

The advantage of fishing from a bullyable canoe is that when do hook a bass, it feels seven times bigger than it actually is.

I went last night from 11:30 until 3:30.  I was going to go a little earlier but had to wait out a thunderstorm.   I caught 8 Bass and 1 small Blue Cat.   Bass were all spots, between 14 and 18 inches.   I lost 3, but I think they may have been Gar.  It was cloudy/no moon so it was really dark.  All 3 that I lost jumped really high (like longnose Gar do).  2 came loose on the jump, the 3rd was still hooked, when it landed but line went limp.  It looked like it had been cut with a knife.  Not frayed at all, no curly area like knot failure either.  I didn't have much pressure on it.  I had checked my line a couple cast before and it had no nicks.  7 of the Bass and the fish that were lost were on a bladed jig.  The Cat and 1 Bass were on a DT6.  I would have stayed longer but Mrs B is out of town.  Our Yorkie get's an insulin shot at 5:30 and I had to be home to administer it.   Dolly (yorkie) went with me yesterday morning.  I didn't think a night trip with her would be a good idea.  

 

9 hours ago, IcatchDinks said:

The lakes we were fishing are all connected together by rivers, backwaters, and channels, and the scenery and wild life were stunning.

This sounds fantastic.  I'm ready to drive there right now.  Sounds like an excellent day.

@Woody B that's the darndest thing!

 

I went out yesterday on the boat and got three little guys and on bites that felt like they should have been giant by the way they hit and loaded the rod and the areas I got the bites, I snapped clean off on the hookset.

 

I don't play around with fishing line.  15-20 lb fluorocarbon is about all I ever use.  I seldom if ever break off period, often dredging up logs and sticks instead.  I know my knot was solid.

 

I wonder if it was gar for me as well?!?!?

 

I mean my line looked like someone took scissors to it next to a laydown.  As clean of a cut as I've ever seen.

 

Funny thing is I retied moved 20 ft down the bank and on the next cast same thing happened.  Both times my worm got a healthy and assertive thump and the line started moving.

 

I got nothing but gar seems plausible.

 

Gar are southern pike. 

Just me, but as long as the pike are big, I used to love catching pike. They are scrappy as heck. Sure beat up my spinners though

9 minutes ago, LrgmouthShad said:

Just me, but as long as the pike are big, I used to love catching pike. They are scrappy as heck. Sure beat up my spinners though

 

Big pike are a blast. For my safety and theirs, I'd release them in the water, but one day in northwestern Ontario, we used a leaky, abandoned boat and a big net to boat and photograph one. It was caught on a F13 Rapala with 6 lb. test and no steel leader. 

I LOVE Pike and Muskie.  I actually really want to target them up North with my Uncle next time I get up there.  They're like pretty intensely cool and beautiful and terrifying and all the good stuff.  Love love love em.  Walleye too.  And trout.  And salmon.  Dad gum it, I just love fishing!

 

Now about them gar....I put 20 lb big game on my flipping stick.  I aim to go back to that laydown with my battle-axe and my war paint and see if I can't figure out what done snapped me off.  ??

Went out for a few hours this morning, post frontal conditions made for a tough bite. Spinnerbait was the ticket.

 

 

I've never got a Longnose Gar in the boat.  It's my belief that their boney beak/mouths are impossible to sink a bass hook into.   A friend of mine fishes for them.  He described a piece of felt(?) attached to the hook for their needle teeth to get stuck in.  I landed an 18 inch spot a few minutes after whatever snapped/bit my line off on the same line.  For people who don't catch Spotted Bass,  an 18 inch spot is like a jet powered submarine.   

2 hours ago, 12poundbass said:

Went out for a few hours this morning, post frontal conditions made for a tough bite. Spinnerbait was the ticket.

 

 

Beautiful silhouette!

2 hours ago, LrgmouthShad said:

Just me, but as long as the pike are big, I used to love catching pike. They are scrappy as heck. Sure beat up my spinners though

 

For me pike are just as fun as bass. Never caught a muskie, but one day....

Got out on Lake Okeechobee fishing the rim canal this morning from 6:30 to 11:00 am. Four guys fishing from two  boats having a mini tournament. Biggest fish won with the losing boat buying lunch. So all I fished was a 6” Bucca shad hoping to get the winner. Caught three nice ones on it. Other fish came on a top water spook & frog. Brett & I ate good. 
 

1 hour ago, IcatchDinks said:

Beautiful silhouette!

Yeah we didn’t think about the sun until after it swam away and I looked at the picture.

2 hours ago, IcatchDinks said:

Beautiful silhouette!

 

For me pike are just as fun as bass. Never caught a muskie, but one day....

 

the jumping ability of a smallmouth + a pike + the gumption of Audie Murphy makes a musky

 

@Dwight Hottle; Way to go, Dwight!

 

Beauty, @12poundbass.

 

So, I shared that a cold front hit yesterday and the bass weren't feeding. The wind will swing from out of the north to out of the west overnight. It'll be 58 degrees tomorrow morning, rising to a high of 76. They have to return to eating, so I'm going to fish in the early morning and hope for the best. Do you think they'll be feeding again tomorrow morning? 

Blazing hot day, thought it would be fitting to use a blazin worm to keep the streak alive! 2nd cast in......got my dink, I mean fish, for the day 7/30.

 

Sun is suppose to be out till like 745pm tonight, so I may go back out if the temp goes down.