Well I don't have my own fish pic to post, and my buddy (not the PK buddy) doesn't really want his face on the web - but I put him on his first topwater bite with a walking bait today. He got 10 bites and converted half. I got sunk to the knees into some mud that was hungry for my boots but all came out intact. Would have been stuck 100% if I didn't have a buddy with me, but that's why I don't go to the public hunting lands alone - you never know what can happen and it happens fast. I'm just happy my buddy caught some, he's been blanked the last couple times we went. I've been wearing em out plenty the last few days though, I'm happy 

There we go

Dropped my buddy off, ate lunch. He lives on the other side of roberts from me so I had to stop on the way back. One nice spotted bass to keep the skunk at bay. She puked the tail and backbone of a smaller fish out on me. Gross. I left because I'm tired and the rain picked up pretty hard. No regrets

Just two ✌Tough sledding today.  

Got on some good quality today. Bluebird skies, flat calm, lake turning over. I found the fish in chunk rock in 4-8ft feeding heavily on craws. Got one on a swing head and three on a football jig. 4-13, 5-0, 3-0, 5-5.

On 10/23/2023 at 3:02 PM, A-Jay said:

Looks like I'm ending it right here ~ Last Brown Bass of 2023.

A-Jay

 

 

 

On 10/23/2023 at 4:15 PM, A-Jay said:

Thanks ~

No icebergs yet, just completely miserable fishing weather.

I must be getting old & weak.

A-Jay

 

This coming from Mr. Olympia over here.... 😂

Got the seviin reel a workout this evening, caught several smallies including a double on the RAD crankbait and some on a fluke 

@TnRiver46 lives a heckuva fine life, living on the water and fishing several times each week. 

 

@Fried Lemons, you had a GREAT day. Two fives and a near five is WHOA! Catching them from shore makes them even more impressive.

 

Speaking of great days, am I the only one who wants to hear about lousy days too? Whatever he catches or doesn't catch, @thediscochef shares. I had three or four one-fish days in the spring and I shared too. The days we don't catch bass make the days we do catch bass even better, just like the little ones make the big ones better. As someone said, a fishing report is a full report, i.e. the good and the bad. 

Walking Bait Wednesdays are great when they follow Topwater Tuesdays. Hoping for 3DB Thursday tomorrow lol.

 

6 on a walking bait this morning before the wind shut me down. Biggest was just shy of 4#. Also got a superdink. Missed a few but my percentage is getting better. Fun fun. 

Another rough day today.  Even though the temps are in the 70s again the fish haven’t recovered from the overnight lows in the 30s and low 40s earlier this week.  
 

One Dinkasaurus Rex to keep the skunk at bay.  
 

Beautiful fall day today. Colors are about at their peak.

This warm weather is buggering up the bite though. It needs to go away, I'm ready for some cold water mayhem. Couldn't get a muskie to cooperate today, so I spent a couple hours pitching laydowns before I headed home. I managed 7 LM with this 3.49# being the best of the bunch.

I also managed to find a floater for @gimruis. It was still alive, but just barely.

The below pic makes me happy. This shad school was about 8-10 acres in size. I saw another mid lake that was much larger. Things are setting up nicely for Muskiepalooza 23!!! Just need to get past this warm front and get that water cooling again. 

 

 

Fished this morning 8:30-2 ,boated 7 bass, 4 on a spinnerbait with 1 weighing 4-5,and 3 on a double wide beaver with 1 that weighed 3-14.

20 minutes ago, T-Billy said:

The below pic makes me happy. This shad school was about 8-10 acres in size. I saw another mid lake that was much larger.

 

That pic astounds me. I had no idea shad schools could be so big. I too am excited for MuskiePalooza 2023. Go, Tim, go!

 

More beasts by keagbasser! He sure can fish.

22 minutes ago, ol'crickety said:

 

That pic astounds me. I had no idea shad schools could be so big. I too am excited for MuskiePalooza 2023. Go, Tim, go!

 

 

They're just getting started Katie. As the water falls into the 40's, shad schools dozens of acres in size will form. Sometimes they're so dense my sonar will think the top of the school is the lake bottom. 

That’s 365 days a year around here. I’ve thrown a cast net before and just about couldn’t pick it up 

Got out for maybe 2 hours total over the past week, I got a pike that was sickly looking. I sort of felt bad for catching him. A real dink on a jerk bait and a smaller dink on a a mini max.

Threw the new chatterbait evo around for a few hours this evening along a 2 mile stretch of canal. Very strong wind out of the east wasn't too fun to contend with, but managed 8 total. 5 on the chatterbait and 3 on a senko. Nothing over 2lb, but nice to get bit on something new. Last fish of the evening had a crawdad sticking out of its gullet.

I thought last week was my last trip with the weather turning cold but then it’s been great and I don’t have a buck tag to fill anymore so I took a couple hours after a doctors appointment which just happened to be 20 minutes from my favorite lake. Last week was a spinnerbait bite for 4 bass and 6 pickerel. No pickerel tonight but picked 5 bass. A pair on a spinnerbait and three on the rage bug. That rage bug might be my best lure of the year this year. Three were 14-6”. The other two were 11-12”.
 

 

I always smile when Murph posts.

 

Those are chunky fish, casts_by_fly!

What a morning. Less strikes than I've been getting but the quality took a step up. Lake rose about a foot with an overnight rain event and they were up shallow. Walking bait keeps crushing it - today's fish were 4-6, 4-3, and 3-14 along with a dink and the super-est dink. Dink not pictured, super dink obligatory. The 4-3 nicked a gill, I was as fast as possible with her and standing out in the water to get a pic. The dual 4lb fish were caught on consecutive casts. There's about a 20ft by 20ft spot they just roll up and crush it. All three bigger fish struck in that small square. Walking baits are fun, y'all. Best topwater day yet by weight

I have never met the disco chef and I likely never will, but I'm still as happy for him as if he were my son. Those are good looking bass! Great shapes. 

8 minutes ago, ol'crickety said:

I have never met the disco chef and I likely never will, but I'm still as happy for him as if he were my son. Those are good looking bass! Great shapes. 

Thank you! I was reminded of those fat Maine bass as I was pulling these out lol

22 hours ago, thediscochef said:

Thank you! I was reminded of those fat Maine bass as I was pulling these out lol

 

I did catch 19-inchers (four pounders) on back to back casts this fall, one of my biggest thrills of the year. So, we are synced! If we ever go dancing together, we'll do it like this:

 

1 minute ago, ol'crickety said:

 

I did catch 19-inchers (four pounders) on back to back casts this fall, one of my biggest thrills of the year. So, are synced! If we ever go dancing together, we'll do it like this:

 

Probably some of the most exciting 5 minutes of bass fishing I've ever had, first time since my last striper trip that my hand cramped from lipping fish. Getting them both on that walking bait was an extra thrill. My heart is tired lol

I have two left feet but I'll do my best 🤣

I fished a quality pond this morning, but caught neither quality nor quantity. I did see two Trumpeter swans overhead. I also saw a Great blue heron and two beavers.

 

My lipless crankbait, tiny child, and Whopper Plopper caught nothing. I caught six on a popper, which was weird for a sunny morning, and four on a wacky worm. All were small. It sure was pretty for a brown deep fall day.

 

 

49 minutes ago, ol'crickety said:

I fished a quality pond this morning, but caught neither quality nor quantity.

 

50 minutes ago, ol'crickety said:

I caught six on a popper, which was weird for a sunny morning, and four on a wacky worm.

That's all? Pffff 🤣 Around here the townsfolk would be throwing you a parade right now, complete with floats.