Super User LrgmouthShad Posted July 6 Super User Share Posted July 6 Little expedition to ol muddy with a rage tail lobster after fishing with the BR crew in the AM oh ok 22 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User LrgmouthShad Posted July 7 Super User Share Posted July 7 Good shot of where I’m fishing. Little slice of bass fishing heaven 23 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User gimruis Posted July 7 Super User Share Posted July 7 Nice shades! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User LrgmouthShad Posted July 7 Super User Share Posted July 7 2 minutes ago, gimruis said: Nice shades! Thank ya. There’s a bit of a story behind them but I went into the store looking for the most obnoxious pair of shades I could find. Think I did a good job 👍🏻 1 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Global Moderator TnRiver46 Posted July 7 Global Moderator Share Posted July 7 @LrgmouthShad, pigs! We need to know the output of the reading you are reading……. In the photo 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User gimruis Posted July 7 Super User Share Posted July 7 11 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said: We need to know the output of the reading you are reading I think it's a mirror. He just wants to look at those obnoxious shades. 😂 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User LrgmouthShad Posted July 7 Super User Share Posted July 7 23 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said: @LrgmouthShad, pigs! We need to know the output of the reading you are reading……. In the photo 5.57 17 minutes ago, gimruis said: I think it's a mirror. He just wants to look at those obnoxious shades. 😂 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Global Moderator TnRiver46 Posted July 7 Global Moderator Share Posted July 7 12 minutes ago, LrgmouthShad said: 5.57 I only weigh catfish in these units 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thediscochef Posted July 7 Share Posted July 7 inching closer to being a regular in this thread again 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User DitchPanda Posted July 7 Super User Share Posted July 7 1 hour ago, LrgmouthShad said: Little expedition to ol muddy with a rage tail lobster after fishing with the BR crew in the AM oh ok Yup ...shades are rad bud 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Global Moderator TnRiver46 Posted July 7 Global Moderator Share Posted July 7 Caught two LM around the neighbors docks while my wife floated around on an inner tube, not a bad evening 17 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User LrgmouthShad Posted July 7 Super User Share Posted July 7 Okay @Pat Brown asked me to take over the report because he’s been very busy since our outing. He has been really gracious to @IcatchDinks, @FishTax, and myself. He’s held no secrets back on where he fishes and how he fishes. Pat is a master of the frog and many other lures! Great guys to hang out with. I had a good time and I hope everyone else has, as well. Unfortunately @FishTax was too busy and could not hang out with us at the time. We fished a small pond together. It’s the same one that you have seen other reports coming from. Really interesting pond. Took me a bit to figure out. But we smashed em! Please correct me if Im wrong. I believe Pat caught 4, I caught 3, @IcatchDinks caught 2, and Pat’s son caught 3. If I’m missing any photos, feel free to add y’all and my mistake. They may take a bit to add into here. Pat also lost a GIANT on a frog that everyone saw him wrenching in. It just somehow got enough wiggle room to get off. I give him a lot of credit for tricking that fish into biting a frog. Thank you @Pat Brown for sharing a little bit of your bass fishing haven and for sending us home with some gifts! He’s a gentleman. 19 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User ol'crickety Posted July 7 Super User Share Posted July 7 Three cheers for Pat: Hip-hip-.... And what a good trip report, @LrgmouthShad! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Brown Posted July 7 Share Posted July 7 Allow me to add to the story of this weekends adventures...... Day before yesterday we took @IcatchDinks to our favorite summer lake this year (been great to us this year for some reason) and had a really fun and sweaty 2 hour boat session. We started out hitting some spots that have produced giants but not many bites - and got not many bites 😂 and then moved on to places where we tend to get bit more consistently but the quality is inconsistent. Stuck two on near back to back casts out of the same pocket off of what looked like a bedding area - hard to say if it was the bream or the bass that were on bed - but it was going down back there. Two NICE bass: Sadly it was at the very last second for our guest and we had to take him home right after we found em! Bummer! Then it absolutely dumped rain on all my tackle 😂👍🏼 It needed washing it's fine. WELL - yesterday was quite a epic day to be sure! The Plan : @IcatchDinks + @LrgmouthShad + @Pat Brown + Jake @ sneaky lil spot @ 0500 hours. We arrived and it was still dark - no breeze. Tough conditions but I knew because of the cool rain the previous night - we'd be getting some action. I tied on my black scum frog and went to work. Jake tied on a weightless plastic and went the other direction. He catches one almost instantly and a nice one! First few casts I nail this squeaker who informs me promptly to keep the frog tied on! I obliged and was treated to number 2 very shortly after: The sun starts to come up a bit more so I tie on a little popping trophy scum frog to see what kinda action it gets at this spot. End up with the biggest of the trip with a nice one just shy of 4 lbs. Healthy girl - great fighter. @LrgmouthShad makes his entry and I point him to some areas that have yielded bigger fish and offer him a few strategic points that have helped me at this particular spot and away we go! We are both fishing a grassy point with a big tree hanging over it from opposite sides of the tree on the bank - he's tossing a swim jig and I'm throwing the scum frog popper and he got to see me water ski a nice 2 lber! Always fun when I get an audience - even more fun when it's part of the BR fam! At this point @IcatchDinks sees a flurry of action on a crankbait and catches a nicer one! Jake then manages #2 for the day along the same shade line! At this point we are all sort of on top of each other in the shade as it is getting VERY hot VERY quickly with zero breeze. I bomb my frog parallel to a long PVC pipe that acts as insulation for the feed line for the fountain at the center of the pond. I walk ol scummy pop a couple times and all of us see her take it. I actually got a really nice hookset on her and had her on for a second but she was a jumpe and launched her near 6 lb frame about 3 feet out of the water and returned my bait to me before going on a diet til we leave 😂👍🏼 It was a heartbreaker to be sure. I don't miss a lot of fish at all when they are hooked on the frog but when I do it's humbling and it reminds me to be super thankful for the fish I get to hold and release. The action slowed considerably at this point. @LrgmouthShad kept us in the game with a healthy fish on a megabass pop max (gonna need a couple of those!!!!) @IcatchDinks stuck a nice sunfish and a bass on the crankbait! Jake got one more I think I couldn't find a picture of and I lost a 2 lber in private. 4/6 on the frog is not bad for me and I feel like letting them get that bait established in their mouths is pretty darn good stuff. I missed a lot swinging too soon earlier this spring and I'll be ready next year / this fall 👍🏼😎 The coolest part of meeting these guys and fishing with them is that they're all great people I'd feel comfortable leaving my kid with. They are the salt of the earth and kind and good natured as people can be and we all had such a fun time given the AWFUL conditions for bass fishing! AND we caught the snot out of em!?!?! That's a win. Looking forward to our next adventure - and the next time we get visits from faraway bass friends. 22 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User LrgmouthShad Posted July 7 Super User Share Posted July 7 Well okay there’s Pat’s version 🤣 1 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User ol'crickety Posted July 7 Super User Share Posted July 7 10 minutes ago, Pat Brown said: @LrgmouthShad makes his entry at this point and I point him to some areas that have yielded bigger fish and offer him a few strategic points that have helped me at this particular spot and away we go! Generous Pat. 4 minutes ago, LrgmouthShad said: Well okay there’s Pat’s version 🤣 Here's my version: I didn't get to fish with the BR gang and that makes me sad. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peacedivision Posted July 7 Share Posted July 7 After a week of 110 degrees days some night fishing was the deal. Didn't take a ton of pics but all fish were on a 1/2oz football jig and basically clones of this guy, 2 pounders. 19 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User A-Jay Posted July 7 Super User Share Posted July 7 46 minutes ago, Peacedivision said: After a week of 110 degrees days some night fishing was the deal. Didn't take a ton of pics but all fish were on a 1/2oz football jig and basically clones of this guy, 2 pounders. Nice night time bass ! Interesting that your life jacket didn't show up in the picture. 🙃 A'Jay 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peacedivision Posted July 7 Share Posted July 7 21 minutes ago, A-Jay said: Nice night time bass ! Interesting that your life jacket didn't show up in the picture. 🙃 A'Jay Water pump on the big motor broke we were never above idle speed. Thankfully amador is a small lake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User LrgmouthShad Posted July 7 Super User Share Posted July 7 5 hours ago, Pat Brown said: @LrgmouthShad kept us in the game with a healthy fish on a megabass pop Quick correction. That fish was on an ol monster t-rigged. I did catch one on the popmax but that was early morning. The last was on a spinnerbait. The spinnerbait fish and popmax fish are shown in my report but not in Pat’s, for anyone looking for them. I know, it’s a lot of photos to keep track of! It’s a pain when we are catching them good! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woody B Posted July 7 Share Posted July 7 I struggled again today. I got 4 Bass in the boat, all spots. One "micro bass" and 3 cookie cutters. I also got a Blue Cat that would have been around 10 pounds. I took my pliers and shook it off next to the boat. I didn't want slime all over my boat. All , including the cat were on a shaky head. 20 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User ol'crickety Posted July 8 Super User Share Posted July 8 @Woody B: Woody, I know why you didn't land your usual haul: You were sleep-fishing. Look at your pics. You're asleep in all of them! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Baron Posted July 8 Share Posted July 8 I’m still battling a bit of a slump, not smart enough to take a break from it. I’ve been wanting to figure out a fairly large local lake, a very popular fishing destination but all new to me. After looking at contour maps I went out one afternoon and graphed over a very long rocky flat/point that falls fairly sharply on 2 sides from 4-5ft. to 15-25ft. with weeds then to much deeper water (eventually to over 90ft). The wind was blowing onto the point so I figured current, weeds, and a drop off it’s got to be good. Plan was to throw my new love Carolina rig and feel it out. I caught a 2.5lb. lmb on my first cast and thought “oh man, I’m learning!”. We all know how that story ends… 🙄 I couldn’t buy another bite so switched gears and just casted along the shore. I found lots of logs in the water so a good area to work. I did catch a couple along there, including a 3#. I tried the lake another day and caught a couple smallmouth on the rocky flat, and saw others cruising. I then tried for largemouth and although I saw some in the very clear water (visibly about 15ft. thanks to the zebra mussels), they wouldn’t bite anything I tried. I was frustrated by those two outings, so went to a different lake another afternoon. I don’t know the lake much better and caught zero for 3 hours in the afternoon heat. I was downright dejected after that. But I dragged myself out of bed at 3:30am to fish a lake I know much better yesterday morning. Only one swipe at my popper so I switched from topwater to a flashy swimmer and caught a decent smallmouth. Then I just picked up a dropshot and eventually caught 1/2 dozen, a couple pike, and another smallmouth and a snakehead on a white spinnerbait. I also fished a frog in some scattered slop with zero bites, so went back to the dropshot for a couple more. So my luck is on the upswing but I’m struggling to catch more than one fish at a time and long breaks between. Hopefully the upswing will continue. I’m wanting to get a friends two young sons out this week, but the fishing has been so slow I’m hesitant to risk it. 23 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Global Moderator TnRiver46 Posted July 8 Global Moderator Share Posted July 8 Looks like a lot of fish for a tough weekend @The Baron, way to stick it out! Also, a snakehead in Canada ? Maybe bowfin ? We don’t have either in East TN but I have caught some bowfin and they fight like the devil 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User ol'crickety Posted July 8 Super User Share Posted July 8 @The Baron, I don't know if you're looking for input, but as a primitive, no-electronics, no-motor angler, I pick my fishing times carefully. I look for as much cloud cover as possible, love fishing rainy days, fish at low-light times (morning and evening), focus on shaded shorelines, and cast as far as I possibly can. I also keep scooting until I find them and keep changing lures until I find what they want. With your zebra mussel, gin-clear water, these tactics/advantages should help you too. Sincerely, The Old Primitive 2 hours ago, The Baron said: I then tried for largemouth and although I saw some in the very clear water (visibly about 15ft. thanks to the zebra mussels), they wouldn’t bite anything I tried. I was frustrated by those two outings, so went to a different lake another afternoon. You saw them, so they saw you, thus the longest possible casts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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