I second the “Go Blue!” Cheer for @Bluebasser86. We are rooting all the way for you. Do stuff that makes sense, bring home the trophy.

Still catching mixed bags. Got a decent largemouth today and three more crappie over 2 lbs. Think they’re probably about spawning here now. Going to pull out a trick worm and cover some shallow water before long. Big crappie bite seems to be winding down quick. 
 

 

 

On 3/12/2024 at 7:50 AM, Bluebasser86 said:

This was the last trip before I head to Oklahoma this weekend to prefish for the Kayak Bassmaster Classic. The tournament is Wednesday and Thursday, the nerves are starting to set in 😬

Good luck! You got this! We all believe that can hold your own with anyone!

4 hours ago, ol'crickety said:

@Bazoo, that bass looks too deep to be just 3.14 lbs. Do check your scale.

 

Nice one, @bp_fowler!

 

Well, I fished for the first time this year. Lawdy, that water was c-c-cold! I hooked three and landed one. I didn't get any hits on a shaky head, a small jerkbait, or a Mepps spinner. All three hits came on a black & silver Keitech on an Owner underspin. I retrieved very slowly, bouncing on the bottom. Two of the hits were soft: the lure just grew a little heavier. The third one was a couple ticks, not much different than bouncing off rocks. I usually love to handle bass, but this one felt like a Bomb Pop!

 

I saw two loons, an osprey, and some ducks. It was good to be on the water, but it sure tuckered me. 

Thanks. My scale reads in pounds and ounces. So it's 3 pounds 14 ounces. So... nearly 4 pounds if accurate.

18 hours ago, TnRiver46 said:

Pale bass are pretty too……. 

 

 

FWIW, I don't catch a bass that is dark green in color *most years* til after the spawn and I've caught the same fish in February pale as all get out and then in July dark dark green and spawned out.

 

It's not a sign of poor health or poor quality for the fishery, it's merely an adaptation that allows them to blend into the water/bottom seasonally to evade avian threats.

 

This year I fished a blue green ultra clear grass pond near a local college a lot and caught lots of dark green 'defined' looking bass and I believe in water like this they never go pale.

 

Texas share lunkers come out white as snow plenty of times in 5 feet of water.

 

The clay bottom ponds I fish definitely have the palest bass and they're the palest during the winter.

 

I'm learning to appreciate the glowing mass of a stained water gargantuan bass.  😎😎😎

9 hours ago, Bazoo said:

Thanks. My scale reads in pounds and ounces. So it's 3 pounds 14 ounces. So... nearly 4 pounds if accurate.

 

Now I trust your scale.

 

I looked at your bass and thought, "That's a four-pound bass."

 

 

5 hours ago, Pat Brown said:

 

I'm learning to appreciate the glowing mass of a stained water gargantuan bass.

 

If I caught a gargantuan bass that was orange with purple polka dots, I'd appreciate it too.  

Those orange smallmouth are kinda like that!

I think of orange smallmouth with black stripes as freshwater tigers. They fight like tigers too!

Few from today's excursion.  It was a very slow bite with full Sun and no wind. 

 

A dink on the red eye shad and Jake got a real nice one that was blind in one eye from the same exact spot I caught my small one but on a small underspin with a fluke jr on the back!

 

Gonna definitely be trying more fluke + underspin!

 

I bet we see a few giants this weekend.  The bigs are stacked on points and staging areas.  It's go time!

Beauty, Jake, beauty! 

 

@Pat Brown, I smile every time Jake catches bass. 

 

I've never thought of putting a Fluke Jr. on an underspin. Clever!

@Pat Brown I’m a fan of flukes.
 

I’m also a fan of underspins.  

 

Therefore I’m gonna have to try fluke + underspin this weekend. 

37 minutes ago, bp_fowler said:

@Pat Brown I’m a fan of flukes.
 

I’m also a fan of underspins.  

 

Therefore I’m gonna have to try fluke + underspin this weekend. 

 

Heck, yeah! The new dog, Jake, is teaching the old dogs a new trick.

19 minutes ago, ol'crickety said:

 

Heck, yeah! The new dog, Jake, is teaching the old dogs a new trick.

 Older age wise perhaps.  Experience wise maybe not so much.  😂

On 3/13/2024 at 5:11 PM, ol'crickety said:

that bass looks too deep to be just 3.14 lbs. Do check your scale.

 

Look closer. That 14 OUNCES (2 ounces shy of 4 lb) , not 14 one hundredths of a pound. Looks like a 4 pounder to me. 

35 minutes ago, Big Rick said:

 

Look closer. That 14 OUNCES (2 ounces shy of 4 lb) , not 14 one hundredths of a pound. Looks like a 4 pounder to me. 

 

Agreed. I also thought it was a four-pounder, but just didn't understand the numbers. 

Ain't much of one, but it's one. Lol. First bass of the year. Ended up catching three. First was the smallest, but the biggest was only about 1.5#. Muskie are still being contrary, so I took the flippin stick along today. After months of muskie fishing, a 7'6" XH flippin stick feels like a fairy wand. 

I did manage to get a mid 30's muskie to eat a Llungen 4" lipless today, but it came unbuttoned. It's a step in the right direction I reckon. I hadn't had a bite the previous four trips.

 

Great to see Tim and his magical trapper hat posting a Bass, I'm afraid one of these days we're going to lose him to the dark side.....the Muskie side 😁

Another evening catching some small ones. But it was fun…

 

I caught about 8, all about this size. Nice evening on the lake.

Took the boys out to drown some worms and spend some time since I won't see them all week. We had a good hour at the pond and burned through a bunch of worms.

 

6 hours ago, AlabamaSpothunter said:

Great to see Tim and his magical trapper hat posting a Bass, I'm afraid one of these days we're going to lose him to the dark side.....the Muskie side 😁

😂 Oh, I'm gone, no doubt about it. Lol. I'll still be bass fishing some, but only part time.  I'm looking forward to the post spawn night bite, and pitching grass, but I'm tore up with the muskie fishing . They're so much more challenging and exciting than bass. Their tendency to come out of nowhere and smash baits at boat side is awesome. Add in their size, power, speed, teeth... just tons of slimy fun.

Got this one in one of my church ponds on a june bug magnum speed worm.

6 hours ago, T-Billy said:

They're so much more challenging and exciting than bass. Their tendency to come out of nowhere and smash baits at boat side is awesome.

 

Agreed. I'd still be fishing them if:

 

1. The lures didn't hurt to cast.

 

2. I could catch ten a day everyday. I do like a busy boat. 

 

Pics of kids with fish are the best photos posted at Bass Resource. 

Another busy work week behind, but I’m catching up on my vicarious living.

 

Good luck at the tournament @Bluebasser86!  Bring us back lots of big bass photos - it’s all I got right now! 🙃