1 hour ago, Bluebasser86 said:

We're under a "Heat Dome", right now, have been since late last week and it's supposed to continue until the end of this week. I went out early Sunday for a few hours to try to avoid the worst of it. It was already in the low 80's when I got to the water with crazy humidity, by the end of the day, the heat index hit 136*, that is not a typo. The weatherman said there's only 2 places in the world where conditions are right for it to get like this, here and in the Middle East. 

I wore 3 layers going across the lake at first light two days ago. 

It was Not 136.

A-Jay

@Bluebasser86: More of your thick, long fish and under tough conditions. I worry about you guys and your temps. Brutal. Plus, you've had your long-standing drought. 

Lipless Lwednesday doesn't flow quite as well as Topwater Tuesday. But I caught four dinks on my first four casts with a 1/2oz red eye. And then as soon as I could see sun rays hitting water it was over. Missed two nicer bites but that's just fishin

Brief stop at a small dam tailwater. Little bit better one today, but just one:

 

 

Another hooked up on a 3" grub but got off. 

18 hours ago, TnRiver46 said:

then a 21” SM!

Dandy.  No surprise the jig head was rusted.  You're lucky you caught that fish.

 

No haircut or fashion violations either!

59 minutes ago, gimruis said:

Dandy.  No surprise the jig head was rusted.  You're lucky you caught that fish.

 

No haircut or fashion violations either!

Thanks! Yeah it was lousy fishing so I thought I’ll use this rusty jig and won’t mind breaking it off. After I released the big one I got stuck and brought in a tube with no hook 

19 hours ago, TnRiver46 said:

, I was trying out the new st croix mojo bass

 

19 hours ago, TnRiver46 said:

I had just found an old rusty jig head and wire brushed it and stuffed it inside a tube.

So.....uh......hmm..... Nevermind.  Nice smalljaws, congrats!!! ?

Wife and I went to a new dam for us in Whapeton ND, 50 highway miles for us one way. Why in 3 years we never went there puzzles me. If i must confess its probably because its the red river, same river that i live 1 mile from in fargo nd which i only fished the dam here this year one time and caught a handfull of catfish and a bunch of goldeye and drum.

I did enjoy the catfish fight and then another guy fishing at the dam told me about wahpeton and catching walleyes and smallies in the early spring.

I remember the last time i was there was in 1977 during high school to go party and pick up chicks as its known for its college and partying, no i didnt get lucky that night.

Its the headwaters of the red river where the Ottertail river from Minn an the Bois de Sioux River from south dakota meet up to form the red river. So i thought we would go this past monday and scout it out. What a surprise this place is, at the dam we caught small smallies, cats, goldeye, drum, walleye and a surprise from the river depths. Will be going back soon as i am waiting for a cloudy day.

 

3 hours ago, T-Billy said:

 

So.....uh......hmm..... Nevermind.  Nice smalljaws, congrats!!! ?

Went out for a little bit today before dinner, wanted to test out a jig head with a swimbait. I got a nice one using this for the first time. The swimbait is the Kietech blue flash and the head is by VMC. Got a chance to use the new scale too. Didn't get to fish long, about 30mins or so. 

 

 

Went fishing at The Puddles with my dad yesterday. There were several other people there. We were at one side of the pond. They were on the other. It seemed we were the only people catching anything. Biggest fish we caught were two 14" largies. In I'm not convinced it wasn't the same fish twice.  Everything else was pretty small. But that didn't stop the other people from inching closer and closer every time we pulled one out, until they were within a dozen yards on either side of us.

 

 

@IcatchDinks, if you hadn't been wearing that awful t-shirt, I'm guessing you would have landed your first DD. I'm hoping @gimruis will come along shortly and issue you a fashion citation. 

@IcatchDinks, you know what the issue is.  Address it.

@gimruis @ol'crickety would you ask a bird to change his plumage? Would you try to remove the spots from a leopard? Maize and Blue until I die. 

2 hours ago, IcatchDinks said:

@gimruis @ol'crickety would you ask a bird to change his plumage? Would you try to remove the spots from a leopard? Maize and Blue until I die. 

I took a kid fishing this morning. We never established a pattern, but caught 24, one here and one there. All smallish except for one fat smallmouth. The best part of the fishing wasn't the fishing. To stretch our legs, we walked a logging road and found another pond.

 

Got this nice one on the Hybrid Hunter and lost an 8 + lber on the way to the boat on it.  It was the biggest fish I've ever hooked on the bait/a shallow diving crankbait.  The fish came to the surface and jumped a couple times and then turned into a beaver like lump of dead weight on the surface.  I tried to move the boat and reel and she came back to life and dove into something and my line went slack.  Sliced clean off above the knot.

 

Lost a 6 lber at the boat on the jig.  Had two spectacular takes on the buzzbait where I pulled and the bait came whizzing back to me.

 

Just wasn't my day....or it was.....and I blew it ????????

13 hours ago, Pat Brown said:

 

Just wasn't my day.

 

The hardest thing about being a fisher is losing big fish. Not only can I recall every big fish that I lost this year, I could take you to the very spot, describe the weather at that moment, where I cast, and what I cast. Lost big fish don't merely sting. They leave a permanent mark.

 

So, when a FINE fisher like Pat Brown shares that he loses a fish, my losses feel a little more normal and that they don't make me a loser. 

15 hours ago, ol'crickety said:

I took a kid fishing this morning. We never established a pattern, but caught 24, one here and one there. All smallish except for one fat smallmouth. The best part of the fishing wasn't the fishing. To stretch our legs, we walked a logging road and found another pond.

Finding a new pond must have been a thrill. Nothing like the excitement of fishing new waters. Glad you got to take a kid fishing. That is something they will never forget.

5 minutes ago, Blue Raider Bob said:

Finding a new pond must have been a thrill.

 

The boy sure was thrilled. I knew it was nearby from Google Earth, but logging roads are a warren, as they criss-cross each other. I was pleased I guessed correctly at the intersections and the boy was thrilled to cast into new water. He had four hits, but the rough terrain kept him from fishing beyond a small pool. 

1 hour ago, ol'crickety said:

The hardest thing about being a fisher is losing big fish.

 

With apologies to Tennyson…

 

'Tis better to have been bitten and lost

Than never to have been bitten at all.

15 minutes ago, galyonj said:

 

With apologies to Tennyson…

 

'Tis better to have been bitten and lost

Than never to have been bitten at all.

 

 

I'd happily debate Alfred on this one any day ????

Dinks, dinner, and a sunset show 

What brand and model is the reel on your mojo bass?

@TnRiver46

9 minutes ago, Skunkmaster-k said:

What brand and model is the reel on your mojo bass?

@TnRiver46

Shimano something or other, it was a gift from a buddy. Remember I’m not much of a gear guy haha, I just fry the fish