@Jar11591 between you posting, the darkness of the photo, the clouds overhead, and what you are wearing, I didn't even have to guess what you caught the fish on. Lol. Nice fish man. Hope you're able to get some good trips in before winter takes hold

42 minutes ago, Jar11591 said:

Wind was tougher.

 

I'm actually pleased when you guys mention fighting the wind. I don't feel all alone then. Nice bass!

Have tried to get out more, but its been rough at home for me. I did go out a few times in the past few days and got some fish, missed a headwaters trip this weekend. I hope to get out there next week or the week after. Hoping things get better soon and I can get some more time on the water. 

 

They loving the Rat-L-Traps. Also, the small swimbaits. I have been having good luck with both. 

 

Nothing big today but I got on some bass with a walking bait. Always a good time. Probably had five or six fish miss the bait but had just as many get it. This was as big as they got though. It was 46 degrees when I got to the lake. I'm not as bundled up as it looks lol

4 hours ago, thediscochef said:

Nothing big today but I got on some bass with a walking bait. Always a good time. Probably had five or six fish miss the bait but had just as many get it. This was as big as they got though. It was 46 degrees when I got to the lake. I'm not as bundled up as it looks lol

 

46??? It's 48 here, halfway to the North Pole, at 4:58 a.m.! 

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And, yeah, I'm going fishing. I'm hooked deeper than any bass. 

 

Nice catch, @Dominat0r!

 

 

Regarding waiting on a topwater hit until you feel the fish.  I know, I just can't make myself do it.  

 

I was busy yesterday so I'm posting yesterdays (Sundays) report this morning.  Temperatures dropped over night.  It was 41 when I left my house, 43 when I got to the landing.  Water temperature dropped a couple degrees too.  (76 to 74).   I attempted to target Largemouth Saturday but I figured the temperature drop would slow things down.   To keep decent numbers I stayed on the main lake for Spots.   I ended up catching 7.    I launched by boat at 7.  I usually post pictures of my first and last.  First was a dink spot at 7:15.  I wasn't going to post it, but decided to stay consistent.  My second was my only Largemouth of the day at 7:17.   The last was a snake pattered Spot at 9:48.   2 of the 7 were dinks, the rest were 14" to 16".   Largemouth was on a T-rig.  All the spots were on cranks.   

 

On 10/8/2023 at 9:39 AM, ol'crickety said:

 

Agreed! I always enjoy @TnRiver46's accounts and photos. It's clear that he loves fishing and being on the water. 

 

Thanks. In the words of Chris knight, “I’m one of the river’s own”

I have a busy day today so I only threw topwater from about 7-8am. Had a few nice hits on a walking bait and then my first ever crawler fishes on back to back casts. Neat

"My name is Katie and I'm a bass addict."

 

I'm imagining you guys saying, "Hi, Katie."

 

Yeah, I'm addicted. I said I was done for 2023, but then it rained 5.25" yesterday and that much rain can rile bass, so I fished again this morning and I'm so glad I did. For the first half hour, I was wondering if I was going to get skunked, as I caught nothing but the sunset below.

 

Then I started catching some Maine Butterballs in a river that flowed into the pond. There's a photo of the river followed by six Butterballs.

 

Then a photo of a shoreline so you can see how Maine is browning.

 

Then I caught a bigger one.

 

I'd caught 18 bass at that point, using a bone-colored popper, a chrome Whopper Plopper, and a bluegill-colored squarebill with a fast retrieve/pause action. I tried a spinnerbait too, but nada.

 

I was headed home and could see where I launched. The water was roaring out of the pond. I'd never caught bass there, but I guessed that today might be different with so much current. Boy, was I right!

 

The next two pics are where I was fishing, an area 25' across with two strainers/laydowns. Using a wacky rig with a 7" Senko and my reel/pause squarebill, I caught another 13 bass, including some thick ones and there are photos of the biggest. I loved pulling those fine bass out of that tight spot. You can't see the current from the photos, but beyond the two laydowns, it was all whitewater. My final tally was 31 bass, a pretty good count for a browning and blue fall day.

 

 

 

  

Had arguably the best outing of the season on largemouth today, at least for quality fish.  My friend and I caught 22 largies and 4 pike in about 5 hours.  Almost all the fish were caught on a slow-moving chatter bait in shallow water.  We had to reel it as slow as possible because the water has dropped to 57 degrees here now.  5 of the largemouth were 18 inches or bigger, including a 19.5 incher that weighed over 5 pounds that he caught.  It was his biggest largemouth this season.  It was 40 degrees air temp when we started but by 10am it was quite comfortable out there in the bright fall sunshine.  Never saw another soul out there the whole time, and the leaves are about 50% peak colors here now.

57 minutes ago, gimruis said:

5 of the largemouth were 18 inches or bigger, including a 19.5 incher that weighed over 5 pounds that he caught.

 

Big bass, @gimruis!

3 minutes ago, ol'crickety said:

Big bass

I watched him pile into that tanker too.  It came out from under a big dock system still in the lake (about half the docks have been pulled from the lake now).  When he set the hook, I saw his rod bend over and I knew it was a good one.  I don't normally weigh many of my fish, but when we catch a bigger fatter one it goes on the digital scale.  It was 5.02 pounds and measured 19.5 inches.

14 minutes ago, gimruis said:

I watched him pile into that tanker too.  It came out from under a big dock system still in the lake (about half the docks have been pulled from the lake now).  When he set the hook, I saw his rod bend over and I knew it was a good one.  I don't normally weigh many of my fish, but when we catch a bigger fatter one it goes on the digital scale.  It was 5.02 pounds and measured 19.5 inches.

 

Thanks for sharing the details of the catch.

 

I caught my biggest bass this morning bumping a big Senko on the bottom in the current at the pond's outflow. When she hit, I didn't feel it, but saw the line head up current. I waited one second, set the hook, and saw her turn down current. If she ducked under the liedown, I would likely have lost her, so I used the strength of my MH rod and 20 lb. braid to turn her. When she saw the net, she ran again.

 

She was just hooked in the upper lip. She's the one on the bump board. See the hump of her midsection? I love when they do that, when they're not flat bass, but a hill of muscle. 

Fishing memes x latest catch pics CROSSOVER EVENT

 

Had yesterday off, so I went fishing. It was a good day, because I caught a fish.

 

 

Didn't plan on being bullied on my day off, but I saw this on my timeline after I got home.

 

Went to Ocala National forest on Sunday. This was right after our first decent cold front of the season. Think it scattered the fish a bit, but the weather was beautiful. The fish were beautiful, too. Caught a few dinks like this one:

 

Watched the bass boat across the creek channel boat two really nice ones in deeper water, always hurts but I've worn that shoe on the other foot before and I will again sometime probably soon. 

Again nothing to write home about today but I'm gaining some confidence with the crawler. Two on that today including one I had to do a little work for. There's a bass up in that milfoil. Fishing has improved but that water is still pretty warm. Need more rain and cool weather.

Well, I guess there’s a first for everything. I’m not 100% sure but I think my buddy pulled a tagged fish into my boat with a fly rod. There wasn’t anything on the tag to read, looked like weedeater string. So we just let the fish go. 
 

we caught several smallies and redbreast sunfish, floated some shoals in the shallow boat 

 

 

 

2 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said:

Well, I guess there’s a first for everything. I’m not 100% sure but I think my buddy pulled a tagged fish into my boat with a fly rod. There wasn’t anything on the tag to read, looked like weedeater string. So we just let the fish go. 
 

we caught several smallies and redbreast sunfish, floated some shoals in the shallow boat 

 

 

 

 

I think your buddy's bass has a transmitter in it. 

39 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said:

Well, I guess there’s a first for everything. I’m not 100% sure but I think my buddy pulled a tagged fish into my boat with a fly rod. There wasn’t anything on the tag to read, looked like weedeater string. So we just let the fish go. 
 

we caught several smallies and redbreast sunfish, floated some shoals in the shallow boat 

 

 

 

I love how firstly you have so many friends, and you share the love so much by always taking them, but secondly how every single one of your friends looks like they were in ZZ Top or Lynyrd Skynyrd 🤣

 

I've caught three fish over the last year with tags exactly like that.....no number to call, nothing, just yellow algae covered tags.

 

When I was a kid, I ask for a tagging kit for Xmas, and IIrc it was the same thing as these.   I think people just do it for fun hoping to catch a fish they tagged.   I wish people wouldn't tag fish that weren't being studied though.

46 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said:

but I think my buddy pulled a tagged fish into my boat with a fly rod

Tell your friend he needs a haircut. It will increase his catch rate by 33%. And he will go through a lot less shampoo.

I'm starting to think @gimruis was repeatedly locked in a room as a child and forced to watch the musical Hair...

 

 

I think when @gimruis was a kid, there was a barber clown who lived in the sewers, terrorized him and his buddies, and threatened to return if he was ever needed again. So, Gimruis works overtime to make sure the clown is never needed again.

1 hour ago, ol'crickety said:

I think when @gimruis was a kid, there was a barber clown who lived in the sewers, terrorized him and his buddies, and threatened to return if he was ever needed again. So, Gimruis works overtime to make sure the clown is never needed again.

 

"He who battles monsters, should take care that he does not himself become a monster. And when you gaze long into the abyss, the abyss gazes also into you.”

--Friedrich Nietzsche

Didn't really think I'd be able to top the tremendous outing I had on Monday for largemouth.  But I think I did today chasing brown bass.  A friend and I caught 12 smallmouth, 3 pike, and a walleye today.  Four of the smallmouth were quite sizable too, 20+ inches, with a bunch of others in the 17-19 inch range.  And just by a stroke of pure luck, the walleye happened to be in the 20-23 inch keeper slot.  At one point, I caught a smallmouth, walleye, and pike on 3 consecutive casts.  A perch colored jerk bait was the most effective presentation.  I've been smallmouth fishing 3 times this season and it was easily my best season targeting them in years.