33 minutes ago, LrgmouthShad said:

I really don’t like crocs but they are indisputably the best footwear to wear in a pedal kayak. There is seriously just no contest. I tried to find a way that they aren’t appropriate but can’t. 

I can’t wear them in the summer anymore. My feet stink like a rotting dead animal.

16 minutes ago, gimruis said:

I can’t wear them in the summer anymore. My feet stink like a rotting dead animal.

Don’t even talk to me about summer, lol. You don’t know what summer is. It is was only 98 degrees today and I praised Jesus for it. It, no kidding, felt cool by comparison

3 hours ago, Aaron_H said:

 

That thumb! You know you're getting size when you get bass thumb all the way down on your palm. My best numbers day was 43 and my thumb was nowhere near that shredded, that's a KILLER day.

 

 

Meanwhile, I picked up a few H2OX lipless cranks today at Academy, they look like a cross between a RES and a Booyah, 2.5" long but 5/8oz. They looked pretty good so I picked up a couple in gold/black, chrome/blue, and chrome shad to see how they fare, only $4 a pop so worth a try. Says it comes with two #4 VMC 8650 hooks, but the back hook is definitely a #6. Swapped out the hooks for #4 Mustad short shank EWGs and upgraded the split rings, then threw it out back to see how it runs.

 

Four casts, three fish. Nothing big but it definitely passed my initial test, looking forward to throwing it on some of my better spots. It looks great in the water.

 

Those H2O baits, man. I'm still stuck on the red eye shad but I have a few of the H2O lipless too. It's only second to the RES, the 6th sense and googan cranks I have are flatly an expensive disappointment by comparison. Nice work! 

Post frontal today as a high pressure system moves in, which was accompanied by NW winds gusting to 25 mph. Brought a couple “weighted” baits to throw under those circumstances and ended up with 15 bass, all mostly cookie/cutter in size. Nine came on finesse jig; four on a swimbait; and two on Ned. A little less wind so I could throw more Ned would be nice tomorrow. I even respooled the spinning reel with fresh braid since I was to the point of reaching my backing knot on a long cast.

 

Streak goes on, almost there.....my boy starts school next week. It was raining and mosquitoes were out in full force, but I got my fish and got the hell indoors. Mosquitoes were the size of dragonflies! Just got him about 15mins ago. 

 

Got him off a shaky head....with a zoom trick worm. 

 

12 hours ago, IcatchDinks said:

 Also, I love the Crocs.

I have some people really get in their feelings about me wearing those bright crocs. It makes me laugh so I keep wearing them. I had a little girl, probably 3 or 4 compliment me on my pretty shoes a while back and it was probably the best compliment I've had in a long time ?

2 hours ago, Bluebasser86 said:

I have some people really get in their feelings about me wearing those bright crocs. It makes me laugh so I keep wearing them. I had a little girl, probably 3 or 4 compliment me on my pretty shoes a while back and it was probably the best compliment I've had in a long time ?

My neighbor lady saw me in my crocs with socks and told me that officially makes me an old man. LOL.

8 hours ago, thediscochef said:

Those H2O baits, man. I'm still stuck on the red eye shad but I have a few of the H2O lipless too. It's only second to the RES, the 6th sense and googan cranks I have are flatly an expensive disappointment by comparison. Nice work! 

 

Lipless cranks are my #1 weakness. I saw a smaller model they have, then a larger profile one that's also 5/8oz, but this is the one that appealed to me. I figured that H2OX jerkbait has done really well by me so far, for $4 this was worth a try.

@NorcalBassin Love the smile on your dad's face when he is holding a fish for a picture.

I made eye contact with a bass today so we're getting closer to catching one I think 

13 hours ago, Dominat0r said:

Streak goes on, almost there.....my boy starts school next week. It was raining and mosquitoes were out in full force, but I got my fish and got the hell indoors. Mosquitoes were the size of dragonflies! Just got him about 15mins ago. 

 

Got him off a shaky head....with a zoom trick worm. 

 

catching on a shakey trick worm is a goal of mine. how do you fish yours?

6 hours ago, Aaron_H said:

 

Lipless cranks are my #1 weakness. I saw a smaller model they have, then a larger profile one that's also 5/8oz, but this is the one that appealed to me. I figured that H2OX jerkbait has done really well by me so far, for $4 this was worth a try.

At some point soon here, I’m probably going to drop too much cash on LV500s 

Postfrontal morning, 6:30am-11:30am, partly sunny, a little wind from the SW. 

 

Lake of choice today is a mostly featureless, but well-vegetated bowl.  It has fished well for me with good sizes in pre-spawn and fall. But agricultural runoff and a curly-leaf pondweed infestation can make weedgrowth hard to negotiate in the height of the summer. It also leaves me skunked with some frequency -- if I can get to the bass I can catch a few, but I can't always get at them easily, so I haven't spent much time here outside of April/may and Sept/Oct. 

 

I found an area of sunfish surface feeding activity over 6', and noticed it was just off the deeper end of  weedline running along a subtle drop from 4' to 6'.  A buzzbait over this break got a couple good strikes, but no hookups.

 

A spinnerbait was more persuasive, and immediately so:

 

This pumpkinseed was a little too curious for its own good:

(Can you guess why I like gold blades in this lake?)

 

With the sun higher, I moved in on the arrowheads and pads with a senko and a t-rigged zoom lizard, working around the lake:

 

 

In the end, 20 bass with the biggest one (on the board above) going 3.28lb.  Additionally, the pumpkinseed and two 2-footer pike (one a little more, one a little less).

58 minutes ago, MIbassyaker said:

with the biggest one (on the board above) going 3.28lb. 

You know for a second I thought that bass was almost 28 inches long.

4 minutes ago, gimruis said:

You know for a second I thought that bass was almost 28 inches long.

 

Indeed, my legs are very wide. ?

1 hour ago, gimruis said:

You know for a second I thought that bass was almost 28 inches long.

Same.  When I read 3.xx I was SUPER confused

4 hours ago, LrgmouthShad said:

At some point soon here, I’m probably going to drop too much cash on LV500s 

 

This is the one I haven't been able to bring myself to buy. I fish over a fair amount of submerged roots and stumps and the LV500 seems to really excel at jigging off the bottom, which I do sometimes but prefer a yo-yo retrieve a bit higher in the water column.

1 hour ago, Aaron_H said:

 

This is the one I haven't been able to bring myself to buy. I fish over a fair amount of submerged roots and stumps and the LV500 seems to really excel at jigging off the bottom, which I do sometimes but prefer a yo-yo retrieve a bit higher in the water column.

I will let you know how they do for me once I get them. I want them specifically because they seem to be a good option in the 3/4oz range, and I want a heavier lipless to go down deeper. Could be in really deep water, and I’m not going to yo-yo much, if I had to guess

 

I also have it in mind to try a 1oz Magnum Rat-L-Trap

12 minutes ago, LrgmouthShad said:

I will let you know how they do for me once I get them. I want them specifically because they seem to be a good option in the 3/4oz range, and I want a heavier lipless to go down deeper. Could be in really deep water, and I’m not going to yo-yo much, if I had to guess

 

I also have it in mind to try a 1oz Magnum Rat-L-Trap

 

Take a look at the Thunderhawk Sergeant, as well. Also a 3/4 oz lipless that I've been liking a lot.

High pressure system rolled right over my location today bringing sunny blue skies, and mostly calm conditions with the occasional variable breeze at 5-7 mph. The lake has been nuked, so cover is sparse and the water is clearing from all the recent rain. Needless to say, I grabbed the respooled finesse rig and tied on the “skunk buster” (Ned) ?

 

Got 3 little guys pretty quick, moving me beyond any curse, then proceeded to catch 22 total. Bass were in small clusters, so when you caught one, you often could catch several more in the same little area.

 

 

 

 

 

Streak is on! I had to wait till teh rain stopped, which didnt happen till a little while ago. However, got out during the break and it started to pour right before I got this guy. I am glad it had a break to get my fish for the day.

 

Found em on the ultralight tonight, two little LM and a PB for smallest white crappie I've ever caught

1 hour ago, thediscochef said:

Found em on the ultralight tonight, two little LM and a PB for smallest white crappie I've ever caught

Just call me Josh Jones ????

Had a nice relaxing couple hours fishing my local puddles today. Caught two nice fish, one small fellow that had been treated pretty roughly by some previous angler, and lost a really good one on a thrashing jump. 

 

The one I lost was really interesting. I felt a bump, and then saw my line in the water go really slack. I reeled down hard, and realized he was swimming at me about as fast I could reel. I kept cranking, he kept swimming, then, as he got to the bank, he half jumped/half thrashed in the shallow water, and slipped the hook. It was a pretty good sized fish. Probably about 17-18 inches if I had to guess. But I never really fought him the whole way in, and somehow it didn't hurt as bad when I lost him. 

 

Then I found somebody's spinnerbait in a tree. And found just what kind of a monster the previous owner was: there were multiple knots on the lure!? This guy just cuts the lure off and then reties without cleaning the first knot off. I don't even know the man and I hate him with a passion. ?

 

2 hours ago, IcatchDinks said:

17-18 inches

 

That was a nice one!

 

2 hours ago, IcatchDinks said:

But I never really fought him the whole way in, and somehow it didn't hurt as bad when I lost him. 

 

You have the best attitude.