fishingtx Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 First tournament of 2024 ended pretty good. Weighed 5 fish for a total of 12.30lbs on Sam Rayburn this past Saturday putting us in 8th place and giving us a small check. If we would have fished the BFL event we would've placed 30th. 25 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User AlabamaSpothunter Posted January 10 Super User Share Posted January 10 @Bluebasser86 love seeing those fatties! Looked a little too cold for me though 😁 @benburkefishing great job, and great finish! Here's to an even better 2024! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Global Moderator Bluebasser86 Posted January 10 Global Moderator Share Posted January 10 54 minutes ago, AlabamaSpothunter said: @Bluebasser86 love seeing those fatties! Looked a little too cold for me though 😁 @benburkefishing great job, and great finish! Here's to an even better 2024! It was pretty nice, 34-38 during my time on the water. Comparatively, it's barely supposed to make it to double digits this weekend 😒 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User ol'crickety Posted January 10 Super User Share Posted January 10 I love seeing young men catch bass and there are millions like me. Keep it going, @benburkefishing! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thediscochef Posted January 10 Share Posted January 10 I am so sick of this wind I could scream. Tried to go out today and backlashed on my second cast. I might not ever complete a 12-month challenge, January is impossible 1 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Brown Posted January 10 Share Posted January 10 Yeah the rain and wind really messed things up here too @thediscochef Let's hope when things stabilize the fish are hungry! 😎😎😎🎣🎣🎣 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User PhishLI Posted January 10 Super User Share Posted January 10 1 hour ago, thediscochef said: I am so sick of this wind I could scream. Amen, and just as it'll be letting up, we'll go back into the freezer next week. Teens at night. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Global Moderator TnRiver46 Posted January 10 Global Moderator Share Posted January 10 @thediscochef, just keep fishing man. I had no business fishing Sunday but it ended up in a 24 lb striped bass 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thediscochef Posted January 10 Share Posted January 10 1 hour ago, PhishLI said: Amen, and just as it'll be letting up, we'll go back into the freezer next week. Teens at night. I've got a low of 9 in my forecast Monday lmao I'll be working anyway tho 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamesg0418 Posted January 10 Share Posted January 10 The water is still soft in Connecticut… 25 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Raider Bob Posted January 10 Share Posted January 10 1 hour ago, Jamesg0418 said: The water is still soft in Connecticut… Big fat bass! Share what you are catching them on if you would. Looks like some bridge pilings were in the story somewhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamesg0418 Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 2 hours ago, Blue Raider Bob said: Big fat bass! Share what you are catching them on if you would. Looks like some bridge pilings were in the story somewhere. Yeah it’s a place called Wethersfield cove, awesome place for numbers but not normally size. From the cove you can take folly brook out to the CT river. The mouth of the cove/brook is killer during the tide change, and generally that’s when the bigger fish come out. These were caught on 7” Ramsey Core shot Curl tail worms. These photos are not from recently, but you can see the bridge and the brook from the previous photos in the background. Pretty sure Wethersfield cove used to be a pirate hangout at some point in history. 18 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User AlabamaSpothunter Posted January 11 Super User Share Posted January 11 You folks in the New England area that catch green fish amaze me! It's cultural down here, but up there you really have to march to your own beat to target them. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User PhishLI Posted January 11 Super User Share Posted January 11 5 hours ago, Jamesg0418 said: The water is still soft in Connecticut… My buddy was just up at Candlewood. 19 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User gimruis Posted January 11 Super User Share Posted January 11 7 hours ago, thediscochef said: I've got a low of 9 in my forecast Monday lmao I'll be working anyway tho The high here on Monday is 2 below. That’s the HIGH. Lol And yet some lakes are still open water here as of today. They will be frozen solid in a week. The fake winter was fun while it lasted. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User T-Billy Posted January 11 Super User Share Posted January 11 5 hours ago, gimruis said: The fake winter was fun while it lasted. Amen to that brother. First time I've ever been able to fish clear into January. We got a bunch of warm rain two days ago, but the extended forecast is looking like typical January. If it holds the lakes will have a lid on them by late next week. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User gimruis Posted January 11 Super User Share Posted January 11 5 hours ago, T-Billy said: First time I've ever been able to fish clear into January. I don't know how long you've lived there but have you ever seen it like this right into the middle of January? I sure haven't. And I'm quite a ways north of you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Global Moderator TnRiver46 Posted January 11 Global Moderator Share Posted January 11 11 hours ago, ol'crickety said: Gosh, that's a looooooooooong bass, @PhishLI. And his arms aren't extended, so I can see how loooooooooong it is. Wow. Did he get a length? Long as a rake handle. Looks like . 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User T-Billy Posted January 11 Super User Share Posted January 11 31 minutes ago, gimruis said: I don't know how long you've lived there but have you ever seen it like this right into the middle of January? I sure haven't. And I'm quite a ways north of you. All my life. This is the mildest start to winter that I can recall. We've had some others that weren't much colder though. It's been this way all year. With last year's spring being long, and unseasonably cold, everything's been about three weeks late this year. The spawn, weed growth, the fall cool down... That carried right over into winter. Ol Man Winter is on the way though. Snow all weekend, then temps falling into single digit lows, with highs in the teens and twenty's next week. Looking like an "interesting" work week for us truck drivers. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User PhishLI Posted January 11 Super User Share Posted January 11 56 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said: 11 hours ago, ol'crickety said: Gosh, that's a looooooooooong bass, @PhishLI. And his arms aren't extended, so I can see how loooooooooong it is. Wow. Did he get a length? He didn't mention length. He didn't weigh it either after a long fight in deep water. But yes, that sucka is long. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User ol'crickety Posted January 11 Super User Share Posted January 11 It's the longest smallmouth I've seen posted at BR. Stay safe, Tim. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamesg0418 Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 19 hours ago, AlabamaSpothunter said: You folks in the New England area that catch green fish amaze me! It's cultural down here, but up there you really have to march to your own beat to target them. We only have green ones and brown ones lol. This one came out of lillinona a few weeks ago. 19 hours ago, PhishLI said: My buddy was just up at Candlewood. does your buddy have a black kind? He looks familiar, we are in candlewood a lot. I think for New England winter has shifted a month late. Last year was warm also, and looking back at snow records it’s mostly late January and February now. April has been pretty darn cold the last few years also. we ride the Pittsburg ridge runners trails up in New Hampshire, they have been opening later and later every year. 5 hours ago, ol'crickety said: It's the longest smallmouth I've seen posted at BR. Stay safe, Tim. Candlewood is a small mouth factory now that the grass is gone. And theirs some big ones in there. I got a 5.1 earlier this year in about 50’ of water. We are taking the boat down to Florida for the next couple of weeks to fish the kissimee chain and headwaters, hopefully we can find some monsters. I’ve never fished outside of CT before so we are amped. 20 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User ol'crickety Posted January 11 Super User Share Posted January 11 @Jamesg0418, that's another long smallmouth. I'd like to take a Candlewood bass (long) and breed it with a Menderchuck bass (fat). Presto, in ten years or so, a new world record! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamesg0418 Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 3 minutes ago, ol'crickety said: @Jamesg0418, that's another long smallmouth. I'd like to take a Candlewood bass (long) and breed it with a Menderchuck bass (fat). Presto, in ten years or so, a new world record! Sounds good to me…. It’s unfortunate, the state added a ton of grass carp to candlewood which has impacted fishing severely. There’s almost no grass in the place now. I heard someone pulled a 9 lb LM out of it this year, which is a monster for CT. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bassman Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 Weather was pretty pleasant this afternoon with sun and temp in the low 40's. Managed nine, none real big but satisfying considering the forecast. This will doubtless be my last outing for a good while with the promised return of the polar vortex. Single digit temps and wind are going to be a shock after such an easy start to winter. Years ago it seemed we were always iced over until March. Hope that doesn't happen now. Gotta keep the 12 months of bass going. 22 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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