3 hours ago, Dominat0r said:

Figure the last fish would be a peacock....but streak is done....Goal reached!!!!! I am sooooo ready to give my back a break, but glad I made it through this long. Got this guy off a Ned rig, actually, this is the first fish I got on a Ned rig ever. I am going to go back out after the sun goes down, now I am hoping it rains to block out the flaming ball in the sky. 

 

 

After what you've achieved, InDomitable might be a better screen name for you. Tens of thousands of Florida fishers catch bass from kayakers. None have been bitten. Buy a kayak!

Went on a long wading expedition this evening. I caught five fish total. I'll put a dedicated thread to my evening in "Fishing Reports" after I type this up. Here's the prettiest Smallmouth I caught:

Didn't get to stay as late as I hoped but that's OK. Did enough to keep the smell of skunk away for another day 

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As they say, it has to get worse before... it continues to get worse lol

 

Killed my distance casting combo today, the mag brake inside my reel seems to have let go. Immediately engages. I hit a skunk on the way to the lake. Snapped off two 3/4oz red eye shad. I just blew through my record for most expensive week like the dang kool aid man. I really should have stayed in bed.

 

Oh and I hooked one heavy fish. But my drag was loose and it got away. Felt like a 7+. PB gizzard shad for consolation prize. I'm straight up having a bad time lol 

37 minutes ago, thediscochef said:

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As they say, it has to get worse before... it continues to get worse lol

 

Killed my distance casting combo today, the mag brake inside my reel seems to have let go. Immediately engages. I hit a skunk on the way to the lake. Snapped off two 3/4oz red eye shad. I just blew through my record for most expensive week like the dang kool aid man. I really should have stayed in bed.

 

Oh and I hooked one heavy fish. But my drag was loose and it got away. Felt like a 7+. PB gizzard shad for consolation prize. I'm straight up having a bad time lol 

Upon further inspection, this is why I think reels with the least amount of plastic will retain their value the longest

is it usable like this? I was afraid of taking it apart at the lake so I haven't tried. But I get the feeling the imbalance may cause a problem

 

I had a grand plan this morning:

 

Rise at 2:50.

 

Launch at 4:15.

 

Paddle a couple miles to a river mouth I'd never fished.

 

Catch big bass.

 

Sadly, at 4:15, as I was about to step into my canoe, I saw I'd forgotten my paddles.

 

It took 1.5 sad and mad hours to fetch my paddles.

 

By the time I returned to my canoe, I'd lost the dark and my focus. I did catch 19 fish. Two were pickerel and the rest were bass. Mostly mid-sized bass. I lost one big one that made my drag squeal. Soft plastics worked best.

 

The bass were skittish today. My soft plastic would hit the water and a nearby bass would bolt. When they did attack, I'd see them coming, which is always exciting.

 

I like the river mouth and plan to fish it again.

 

5 minutes ago, ol'crickety said:

I had a grand plant this morning:

 

Rise at 2:50.

 

Launch at 4:15.

 

Paddle a couple miles to a river mouth I'd never fished.

 

Catch big bass.

 

Sadly, at 4:15, as I was about to step into my canoe, I saw I'd forgotten my paddles.

 

It took 1.5 sad and mad hours to fetch my paddles.

 

By the time I returned to my canoe, I'd lost the dark and my focus. I did catch 19 fish. Two were pickerel and the rest were bass. Mostly mid-sized bass. I lost one big one that made my drag squeal. Soft plastics worked best.

 

The bass were skittish today. My soft plastic would hit the water and a nearby bass would bolt. When they did attack, I'd see them coming, which is always exciting.

 

I like the river mouth and plan to fish it again.

 

Sounds like we're all having a Monday. Nice bass! 

Officially hit 90 here today with a dewpoint in the mid 70s and almost no wind - but we do have good cloud cover, so made a quick pass on the closest spot with a drop-shot and caught 3. Pretty bad when you drip with sweat from just standing in one spot shaking a worm - lol. Up to 99 by Thu., so trips will be few and short this week.
 

@Woody B was skunked. I feared that @Team9nine would also be skunked. Nostradamus foretold that if Woody B, named "Man of Oak" by Nostradamus, and Team9nine, named "Lover of Multiples of Three" by Nostradamus, were both skunked, then the world would be swallowed by a flaming tortoise. 

19 minutes ago, Team9nine said:

Pretty bad when you drip with sweat from just standing in one spot shaking a worm - lol.

 

I've been lazy about posting fish pics for a while. Decided to go out with less than ideal conditions this afternoon (heat, no wind). Actually did better than I expected with two this size and a half dozen smaller. They came on a Rapala Skitter Walk and a bladed jig. 90's+ the rest of the week.

I wanted to show off a big smallmouth, but I didn't catch any of those today. So here are a couple tiny ones instead:

@MIbassyaker: Mepps Black Fury! I so rarely know the lures you guys use that I'm thrilled when I recognize one.

1 hour ago, ol'crickety said:

@Woody B was skunked. I feared that @Team9nine would also be skunked. Nostradamus foretold that if Woody B, named "Man of Oak" by Nostradamus, and Team9nine, named "Lover of Multiples of Three" by Nostradamus, were both skunked, then the world would be swallowed by a flaming tortoise. 

Well... That would certainly be something to see. I'm kinda hoping they both get skunked next time out now!!!

I'll be willing to bet a fresh crisp one dollar bill that @Team9nine doesn't get skunked.  He's a bass machine.  

1 minute ago, Woody B said:

I'll be willing to bet a fresh crisp one dollar bill that @Team9nine doesn't get skunked.  He's a bass machine.  

 

You both are, @Woody B. 

58 minutes ago, T-Billy said:

Well... That would certainly be something to see. I'm kinda hoping they both get skunked next time out now!!!

1 hour ago, ol'crickety said:

@MIbassyaker: Mepps Black Fury! I so rarely know the lures you guys use that I'm thrilled when I recognize one.

 

I'm sure I've had that spinner for 25 years or more. It has caught bigger fish.

2 hours ago, T-Billy said:

Well... That would certainly be something to see. I'm kinda hoping they both get skunked next time out now!!!

 

Don't tempt the tortoise! 

25 minutes ago, MIbassyaker said:

 

I'm sure I've had that spinner for 25 years or more. It has caught bigger fish.

 

I love the Mepps spinners. 

My uncle fishes on Lake St Clair and uses Mepps spinners exclusively and catches Pike, Musky, Drum, Smallies, Largies, Walleye, Perch, Gar and Carp!

 

Absolutely incredible baits!

13 hours ago, Pat Brown said:

My uncle fishes on Lake St Clair and uses Mepps spinners exclusively and catches Pike, Musky, Drum, Smallies, Largies, Walleye, Perch, Gar and Carp!

 

Absolutely incredible baits!

     Yep!  Works for me when all else fails. Sometimes it seems to me we tend to get away from the lures that once worked for us in favor of the latest trend, (which I'm not knocking because I'm guilty as well), but the lures we used as kids, and the lures our dad's used were used for a reason.....they worked!  In an earlier thread I described how I tried to convince my high school fishing buddy, who was visiting, to use my modern, up to date, fishing lures and techniques while he was content to use the Mister Twister curly tails we used when we were kids. I was much too "sophisticated" to use something so dated in the 21st century, so I nursed my Neds along while he unhooked Bass after Bass! Just a reminder to myself to not take our passion so seriously and remember why we do what we do. For me it's the sheer joy of being on the water.

16 hours ago, MIbassyaker said:

I wanted to show off a big smallmouth, but I didn't catch any of those today. So here are a couple tiny ones instead

 

This is me nearly every time I post. Sunday I had a feeling I was gonna get a really good one. But they were all little. 

16 hours ago, ol'crickety said:

@MIbassyaker: Mepps Black Fury! I so rarely know the lures you guys use that I'm thrilled when I recognize one.

 

Fish catching beasts. Unfortunately, I've also killed a couple fish by gill hooking them with these. Now I only tie them on if nothing else is working.

43 minutes ago, Blue Raider Bob said:

     Yep!  Works for me when all else fails. Sometimes it seems to me we tend to get away from the lures that once worked for us in favor of the latest trend, (which I'm not knocking because I'm guilty as well), but the lures we used as kids, and the lures our dad's used were used for a reason.....they worked!  In an earlier thread I described how I tried to convince my high school fishing buddy, who was visiting, to use my modern, up to date, fishing lures and techniques while he was content to use the Mister Twister curly tails we used when we were kids. I was much too "sophisticated" to use something so dated in the 21st century, so I nursed my Neds along while he unhooked Bass after Bass! Just a reminder to myself to not take our passion so seriously and remember why we do what we do. For me it's the sheer joy of being on the water.

 

Great post.

Had to go home to Pittsburgh because my mother in law is in the hopspital but took the chance to go with my dad for a morning.  He’s been killing them at a lake local to my in-laws (almost 200 bass the past 6 weeks fishing once a week, most fish 15-20”) so we went there.

 

he was launched and ready to go when I pulled in so we started about a half hour before daylight. He was ‘guiding’ me for the first hour or so and just running the trolling motor while I threw a buzz bait.  I managed 5 or 6 to start and he started fishing. We swapped to chatterbaits on a flat/ledge setup and made a few passes. After a couple passes there I swapped to a Texas rigged rage claw while he stayed with the chatter bait. We ended up with 23 for the morning and we’re off the water about noon. No 5 lb fish, but lots of 15-19” fish and a 19” fish was nearly 4lb here on the scale (super chunky fish, about a half pound heavier for the length than my heavy Nj fish).  Only one under 12”.  It was a pretty good day..

 

 

41 minutes ago, casts_by_fly said:

 It was a pretty good day..

 

Heck, yeah, it was! Those 18" - 19" bass can kickstart a stopped heart. When you hook one, be sure to yell, "CLEAR!"