Didn't catch any significant size, but did catch a few. These were all males, aggressive nest guarders. There were three fat females around the 5lb + sitting on nests next to each other waiting for their hot date. One of them even grabbed a turtle passing thru the nest, and escorted it out. Tried to catch one of them by chunking a jig and craw and reeling it into the nest, then let it sit there and wait for one of them to move it out of the nest. Three times one of them did, and three times I set the hook with her opening her yap and spitting the bait out. They eventually they got wise of me, and just ignored everything.... Frustrating, oh well at least I didn't get skunked.

First outing of the season: today I stopped at a little river bayou on my way home from work to toss a few baits from shore for about 20min. Was not really expecting to catch anything, but ended up with this chunky 4lb-er as my first fish of the year. It took a little 4" pumpkinseed power worm on a finesse head.

Not the most most recent as I got this one a couple of trips ago but definitely the most memorable of the year for me so far.

 

My PB at 3.19lbs on a Siebert B2B 1/4 oz Arky w/ a Havoc 3" Pit Boss trailer in Watermelon Orange Fleck.

 

 

A Top Water Frog fish...

 

A dink...

best of the year for me so far. Going out this morning and hope to top it.

Another of hte same fish. Didnt weigh it.

 

Here's one from my most recent trip to Bass land:

Caught my first chatterbait fish! It was a tough morning. All the fish have moved offshore at this small lake and the water is very muddy. Caught this one and another on a lipless crankbait...

 

 

My brother caught the biggest of the day 

^^ Nice catch will!   That`s a HAWG!

Quick stop after work.

 

 

Quick stop after work.

 

Nice fish, what baits did you use?

Thanks!  I have a bag of random old plastics I use to dropshot.  I think it was a darter type bait like this.  

 

Did another quick trip straight from work.  Boated around 30ish smallies with the biggest at around 4.  I had eight fish on eight consecutive casts.  I didn't get pics of all of them but this is what I got.  

 

 

 

^^ Those are some nice smallies! Love catching smallies on a jerkbait!

Went out today on a friends boat and caught a few smallmouth.  I also happen to hook the biggest rudd I've seen yet.  

 

4lbs 11oz first flip of the day!

Sunday morning for two and half hours at my favorite small lake -- 30 min from home, a hair under 50 acres, about 10-12 foot visibility, mostly undeveloped except for a county park and two small houses with docks at one end...and a no motors restriction. On weekdays in the summer I might be the only one there all morning, not counting herons, otters, snapping turtles, geese.

 

Nothing spectacular, but well worth the brief escape -- several fish about 11"-13" with the biggest coming at 16", about 2.5lb on a t-rigged PowerBait Chigger Craw about 10 feet down near a small point (picture not great; bad perspective, but you get the idea).

 

 

 

 

 

 

2 of the better fish from the weekend.

 

Rapala Skitterwalk

 

 

Senko

Some of my latest bass, mostly on topwater.

 

 

I'll have to do them in two parts .

This one was my bro's first senko bass:

 

 

Since  love pictures so much, I will join in the fun as well. This was my best over the weekend (Fished 2 hours)

 

19"