Global Moderator TnRiver46 Posted September 18 Global Moderator Share Posted September 18 Anytime, it’s a trip we try to do yearly, right up your alley we ate bass too but I keep those pics to myself so PETA doesn’t come after me haha 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User LrgmouthShad Posted September 18 Super User Share Posted September 18 6 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said: we ate bass too but I keep those pics to myself so PETA doesn’t come after me haha I saw them. I saw them all 👀 Do largemouth or smallmouth taste better? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Global Moderator TnRiver46 Posted September 18 Global Moderator Share Posted September 18 18 minutes ago, LrgmouthShad said: I saw them. I saw them all 👀 Do largemouth or smallmouth taste better? Samesies 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king fisher Posted September 18 Share Posted September 18 Bass caught on spinnerbaits taste best. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Global Moderator TnRiver46 Posted September 18 Global Moderator Share Posted September 18 ^starvation 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User GreenPig Posted September 18 Super User Share Posted September 18 3.88 on my new Scorpion/SLX and Chad Shad. The 7.9 gear is perfect to me for chopping a glide. 20 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishlegs Posted September 18 Share Posted September 18 I got to fish for the first time in almost a month on Friday. We were pretty pumped because this time of year has given us some pretty fantastic days. We hit the lake excited about topwater blowups, and catching fish cast after cast. We spent the first three hours of the day going to all of our favorite fall spots without seeing a single shad feeding frenzy, a single school of fish, or getting a single bite. My buddy turned around and asked, "What do we do now?" I thought for a minute, and told him that we should explore new water since our favorite spots were not producing. That's what we did. We only saw one shad feeding frenzy all day, which turned out to be white bass...sigh. But then a stroke of luck turned the day around. My friend was quickly reeling in at the end of a cast, and a fish hit his lure. Then on his next cast he tried cranking the reel as fast as he could turn the handle, and caught another one. It was on then! Turns out that we were fishing too slow. In spots neither of us had ever fished before we ended up catching 10. Eight of the ten were caught on a lipless crank burned as fast as we could move them. I caught one spotted bass, and the rest were cookie cutter largemouth. Nothing big, but the adjustments turned a frustrating morning into a decent afternoon. The picture below shows a cove we found where the path of a storm passed through back in the spring. Obviously that's not an easy spot for a lipless so we switched to soft plastics. We had no luck until I remembered that everything we were catching them on earlier in the day was using very fast moving bait. I decided to try the heaviest worm weight I had in my bag and boom! I picked up a couple more in the laydowns due to the faster fall rate. I had never heard of fall rate, and the difference it can make until I joined BassResource so thanks to y'all for that tip! 21 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thediscochef Posted September 18 Share Posted September 18 5 hours ago, LrgmouthShad said: I lost no fewer than 5 jigs fishing with him. Can’t make this stuff up. The rocks there are crazy the reason I've never caught a jig fish is because I don't keep the jigs long enough 😄 5 hours ago, ol'crickety said: I have, however, removed about an aggregate two tons of weeds from lures. my favorite spot to fish gets choked up with invasive milfoil on top of the rocks, I wish so dearly that it could be hydrilla. the milfoil clings to everything and makes punching a real task. As long as it's not filamentous algae I'm good with it though. It was a beautiful morning 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User ol'crickety Posted September 18 Super User Share Posted September 18 9 minutes ago, thediscochef said: It was a beautiful morning Gosh, I love your attitude. I once fished with a pretty famous female fisher. We took a drift boat down one river and the boys took a drift boat down another. We caught 10" smallies and the boys caught 20" smallies. They kept texting us photos of their beasts and I pined to be in their boat, as I hooked another 10-incher. Then this woman said, "They're all good." And she was right. I'll never forget that day, for it was my first time rowing a drift boat, and listening to her stories, and rounding a corner to see five bald eagles atop rocks in the river, our fellow fishers. It was a beautiful day. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FishTax Posted September 19 Share Posted September 19 I can't figure out how to shrink photos enough to put more than one, so enjoy this one 😁 Great day for me today. Beautiful weather, fall like for NC. Found the bass roaming shallow coves and flats. Caught them on shaky head, jigs, but mostly on a large paddle tail worm from z man on a jig head which was new to me. They'd only hit it if I burned as fast as possible. I had several get off, realized I need a larger hook than what I was using but am excited to try again with some tweaks soon. Finally the bait monkey paid off, I bought these from Seibert on a sale along with some jigs I'm quickly burning through. If losing jigs in timber were a sport I'd get a gold medal. So far fake fall in NC is treating me way better than the entire summer did. Fits my fishing strengths way better! Thanks again for all the great info on here, I learn so much reading everyone's comments and have definitely improved from participating on this forum! 20 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Global Moderator TnRiver46 Posted September 20 Global Moderator Share Posted September 20 Triple crown of black bass and a nice sunset. I watched the smallie eat my fluke, he inhaled it!!! 22 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJBasstard Posted September 20 Share Posted September 20 Fished a new area further up the canal than I've ever fished before. Got 9 bass between 15"-17" and 2 snakehead with the biggest at 26". All caught on a jig. 22 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Raider Bob Posted September 20 Share Posted September 20 15 hours ago, NJBasstard said: Fished a new area further up the canal than I've ever fished before. Got 9 bass between 15"-17" and 2 snakehead with the biggest at 26". All caught on a jig. Are the Snakeheads edible? Looks like some really good fillets could be obtained. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Global Moderator Bluebasser86 Posted September 20 Global Moderator Share Posted September 20 Cooler weather has let me get out before work again. Got some Zman Tiny Goatz the other day and have been having a good time fishing them on the UL. Catching a little bit of everything including a pretty warmouth and a monster bass. 19 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJBasstard Posted September 20 Share Posted September 20 5 hours ago, Blue Raider Bob said: Are the Snakeheads edible? Looks like some really good fillets could be obtained. I personally haven't eaten from here but I'm told they're edible. The one pictured went home with my buddy who took the pic. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Brown Posted September 21 Share Posted September 21 Really fun quick pre morning session. Trying out 'finesse' fishing with 8 lb big game/weightless fluke he and did alright with a 2.5 and a 5 lber. Missed a couple and then needed to retie but it was too dark for that light line and my clumsy fingers and I couldn't get a bite on my alternatives. Definitely gonna be putting more time in with the old soft jerk technique. 19 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User ol'crickety Posted September 21 Super User Share Posted September 21 Are you guys fishing less because of the transition? Shorter days? Hunting? There are not as many pics and stories are being posted and I miss them. I'm going fishing for two hours this evening and five hours tomorrow morning, fishing the little stream that leads to the bog this evening and then tomorrow morning, the pond I fished last Monday morning. So, in two sessions, I'll be fishing a stream, bog, and pond and I'm excited about that. My Zoom Trick worms arrived and I'll be fishing them for the first time in my life. I've rigged some black ones and I just hope it's not too late in the year for them to work well. I'll also be casting my 6th Sense squarebills that Alex (@AlabamaSpothunter) suggested way back when and zooming them. I'll also be working a bone-colored River2Sea popper with extra split rings and upgraded hooks, tricks I learned at BR. Anyone else here decide what they'll be using before they reach the water? It saves me time on the water to have all my outfits rigged and ready. A MH spinning rod to replace the last of my whippy rods also arrived, so now all my rods are wonderfully stout and I've been loving my two new reels too, which replaced one with missing gear teeth and another with a handle that stuck on every rotation. The handles of the new ones turn like the gears are buttered! 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User LrgmouthShad Posted September 21 Super User Share Posted September 21 @ol'crickety nice, good luck Just not much happening here. I poked around on some ledges last night looking around and caught a couple dinks out really deep but didn’t care to share. One was in 30ft though so that was cool. Think that’s my deepest bass ever 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
galyonj Posted September 21 Share Posted September 21 13 minutes ago, ol'crickety said: Are you guys fishing less because of the transition? Shorter days? Hunting? There are not as many pics and stories are being posted and I miss them. I'm fishing less because all I do right now is work. Also black goes with everything. They'll work. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User ol'crickety Posted September 21 Super User Share Posted September 21 @Pat Brown: Nice ones! Pat, I love how you're always working new lures and being successful with them. I work new lures, but don't have much success. One of the BR guys opined that one doesn't need to use all the lures in their tacklebox, only three well, i.e. a surface lure, a shallow-running lure, and adeep-diving bait. I'd rather master a couple dozen lures, but so far, I've failed. Seeing you score on different lures keeps me trying though! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Brown Posted September 21 Share Posted September 21 Katie I'm fairly certain if I only brought the same 3 lures every day of the year, I'd catch fish...but not these ones at this pond today 😉 Ironically, when I hit a big lake, I'm more prone to approach it with three baits I have a lot of confidence in. These pressured ponds are more like a chess match that unfolds day to day year to year between me and these big spooky bass. It always surprises me what new technique I try that they go bananas for a second over and then never bite again! 😂😂😂 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basstermind Posted September 21 Share Posted September 21 On 9/19/2023 at 9:59 PM, NJBasstard said: Fished a new area further up the canal than I've ever fished before. Got 9 bass between 15"-17" and 2 snakehead with the biggest at 26". All caught on a jig. Killer haul my man. With that said, I (somehow) have never heard of a "snakehead" and figured it was another name for a bowfin. I looked it up and while they have a very similar body structure, they aren't that closely related and the snakeheads appear to be an invasive species. So do you keep the snakeheads to reduce their population, or what is the policy where you are? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king fisher Posted September 21 Share Posted September 21 I'm not bass fishing because of a four letter word starting with w and ending with k. I am getting the boat I captain ready for a two week trip in late October early Nov. to Magdalena Bay on the Baja Peninsula. This will could be the fishing trip of a lifetime, if all goes as planned, or a total disaster, if I am not prepared. I am in the middle of a complete electronics upgrade, 5,000 hour engine service, and fixing all the other systems, that decide to break during the hot summers in PV. After the Mag Bay trip, I hope to have some time and money to chase bass. I haven't caught a bass since early June, and have been looking at all the big bass pictures posted here, makes me want to quit work and move to Maine. 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basstermind Posted September 21 Share Posted September 21 Bagged this yesterday in shallow water with a pumpkin worm with a chartreuse tail. It popped off just as I got'em on shore, so it saved me the trouble of removing the hook and its a heck of lot better than it getting loose a foot from shore (which happened to me 3 different times last week 😪) Also, I got the small one which had a yellowish tinge to its fins, which I have not seen before. Anyone recall what the cause might be? Maybe specific to their preferred diet? 17 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thediscochef Posted September 21 Share Posted September 21 1 hour ago, Basstermind said: Bagged this yesterday in shallow water with a pumpkin worm with a chartreuse tail. It popped off just as I got'em on shore, so it saved me the trouble of removing the hook and its a heck of lot better than it getting loose a foot from shore (which happened to me 3 different times last week 😪) Also, I got the small one which had a yellowish tinge to its fins, which I have not seen before. Anyone recall what the cause might be? Maybe specific to their preferred diet? from what I remember fin coloration is usually attributed to diet, typically high in crawfish or other non-shad forage. Can also be influenced by the local water chemistry 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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