Toad on the Berkley stunna at sunset off the rip rap!!!!

 

With some luck hopefully winter fishing season is here, she ate a Damiki Axe Blade in about 25ft of water chasing around bait balls.      

Gorgeous fish @AlabamaSpothunter

 

I think we made it.  This girl ate it over 10 feet of water way off the bank.  Saw some shad busting as the sun was setting and walked towards it before I started casting.

Thanks Pat, and right back at ya! 

 

I agree, I think within two weeks the fish will be firing on all cylinders, and it'll finally be green tuna and big girl season....FOMO has the wheel at that point 😎

 

 

  

@TnRiver46 never gonna get past the bladed bait nemesis if you don’t throw it 🤣

 

@Pat Brown & @AlabamaSpothunter both fat bottomed beauties - weights on either by chance?

Nah she was bleeding and nowhere near a PB so a quick photo and away she went.

 

I'd say a fat 3.5 if I had to guess.  She was gutted but didn't have the widest shoulders I've ever seen.  Heck of a fight though!

My buddy suggested we try upstream toward his house for the evening , it worked out well! Got one somewhere around 20” with a swimbait and a few more dinks. My buddy caught some with a white grub, water temp around 55ish

 

 

Thanks @RipzLipz, that fish weighed 4.9 which surprised me a bit as I try not to weigh them if I think they're under 5lbs.    

 

Last couple of weeks have been brutal, she looked like a teener 🤣

Well done, @Pat Brown and @AlabamaSpothunter. You guys are going to get me through the winter. 

 

@TnRiver46, your boat has become Big Smallie City. 

@Pat Brown yeah the bulge was quite obvious. The bulge of her belly, to be perfectly clear & concise & avoid any potential jokes. "That’s what she said" is my area. 🤣

I’m seeing a similar trend @AlabamaSpothunter, all of a sudden they have started hitting again after a lull. As long as it’s not under 25 or so degrees , it should be fun from here on out 

@AlabamaSpothunter I can empathize - my summer was long & quite fruitless as far as quality. I’m usually not fishing with electronics but in the process of converting ours used in the bass boat for a portable option. Long story but my dad is the most impatient angler & refuses to open his mind & use tech to his advantage when able. I’m going to get this stuff hooked up & find these fish during our less productive periods or at least that is my hope. Add another piece to the puzzle so to speak. He can sit at home or go play his precious golf - I’m putting in the time.

Solid one on a suspending tiny klash. Air temp 35 water felt low 40s. Fish were surprisingly shallow on rocky banks and bluff walls. The key was suspending baits fished with long pauses. 

Where does @Fried Lemons live exactly? I want to head south, buy a Tiny Klash alone the way, throw my canoe on his car, hide in the back seat with some Snickers bars, and wait.*

 

 

*Here's hoping he doesn't notice the canoe. 

😐

Guess it's bass

14 hours ago, ol'crickety said:

Where does @Fried Lemons live exactly? I want to head south, buy a Tiny Klash alone the way, throw my canoe on his car, hide in the back seat with some Snickers bars, and wait.*

 

 

*Here's hoping he doesn't notice the canoe. 

Might be an expensive trip. You’ll have ~$200 wrapped up in 1 lure & a set of digital scales! 🤣

 

@RipzLipz: Yeah, but...bass...big bass...biiiigggg basssssss!

@ol'crickety I know, I know. A trip to MX might be cheaper in the long run. 🤣

 

Tried a new pond today for 45 minutes or so.Got a couple on the june bug dinger. Also Tried the magnum speed worm awhile to no avail…

Crystal clear water, so the color of the fish were different than most I catch around here…

😒😒 I'm tryna birthday fish, I wish nature would chill for like 5 hours 

@thediscochef: Happy birthday, buddy!

@thediscochef Happy birthday! Sorry the weather isn’t cooperating.

 

I think your winds are blowing up this way. We have gust advisory today followed by ~60° & rain tomorrow & then decent temp drop Sunday. 🤬  I probably won’t be able to get out until Tuesday but forecast looks much calmer just not warm. I feel sorry for the one getting my first hookset.

Gave work a break today because of a favorable forecast. Wasn't disappointed. No braggers but steady action on the ned. The bait in the pic has caught several dozen bass along with a few crappie and 'gills the past couple of weeks. I keep sharpening and reshaping the hook and remounting and gluing the bait. Still got some life in it. The lake shot illustrates what the perfect conditions are to me, a decent breeze, not too cold (45-55) and no one around. Doesn't get any better than that.

I made a short post Covid fishing trip today.  I slept in.  I thought it was supposed to be clear today, with rain tomorrow.   I caught 3 in a couple hours.  It started raining so I came back home.  I normally love fishing in the rain but it's only be a few days since I had a fever and felt like I'd been hit by a bus.  I figured getting back indoors would be best.   I couldn't get a good pattern figured out.  (I kinda hate the word pattern).  I saw activity on ledges near channel swings.  My first was a 13 inch spot.  I lost a smaller on a couple casts later so I abandoned that approach to look for bigger fish.   I went to a hump, off of a point.  I saw some activity on sonar.  I caught a fat 13 inch Largemouth on an A-rig.   Action stopped there for a while until I broke off a big Flathead cat.   I pretty much never break off fish.  I use 50 pound braid for A-rigs instead of my normal 12 to 14 pound mono.  I decided to lean on it and it broke.  The knot was several months old.  I suppose I need to maintain braid like I do my mono.   I went across the channel to another hump and caught a 16 inch Spot on a shaky head.  It was starting to rain so I decided to come back to the house.   The last forecast I looked at was for rain really late today, and all day tomorrow.  Maybe with the rain getting here earlier today it will leave earlier tomorrow.   I may decided to go during the rain.   I wish the Sun would have been out for the last fish picture.  It was a classic snake skin Spot, but it literally glowed.   The picture doesn't do it justice.