Super User Swamp Girl Posted August 5 Super User Share Posted August 5 @The Baron: So happy for you! Happy for @NorcalBassin and his clan too! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Global Moderator TnRiver46 Posted August 5 Global Moderator Share Posted August 5 Had to run down to the lakehouse and cut the grass yesterday, as well as pick my boat up from my moms house (I left it there Saturday because my truck was overheating when I was driving thru her city) after I got done with the grass , it was blistering hot. Perfect gar fishing conditions. So I chased several gar and missed the one we call the white whale, it appears to be 50 inches. Then I missed the white whales green cousin who was nearly as big, looked like shark snapping repeatedly at my jerkbait. It was about time to go home and I don’t like getting skunked so I fished a plastic worm on the way back to my dock and caught two bass. I recall @A-Jay saying 81 was the warmest water he had caught SMB so I snapped a pic of one with the depth finder temp showing 88 at the console. Then got another tiny LM casting to the neighbors swim ladder (for some reason there are always fish on the ladders at docks). then after getting home and looking at photos, I think the smallmouth I caught was actually a meanmouth 21 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron_H Posted August 6 Share Posted August 6 Been a while since I've posted any catches. Got out for a few hours during the tropical storm this evening. Bite was less enthusiastic than I thought it would be, but I managed a handful of small ones. The last time I was out during a hurricane the big girls were chewing pretty good, but couldn't find them this time. First bass on the SLX XT that just showed up today, and first bass on the Jackhammer. And it wouldn't be a trip to this spot without culling some tilapia. Only 2 little ones this time, one of which on topwater, but too small to put up any fight. 15 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Global Moderator TnRiver46 Posted August 6 Global Moderator Share Posted August 6 My buddy took me for a ride in his new to him boat yesterday after work. Pretty sweet little rig, a river hawk with a 9.9 4 stroke. We floated downstream and picked our way back up river, hitting plenty of rocks to break it in proper. I told him I was coming straight from work in boots so I couldn’t help drag back up thru the rapids so he had to treat me like cleopatra 😂 he got the biggest of the journey, a SMB that hit a deceiver on an 8 wt fly rod i caught lots of little SMB, a rock bass, and a redbreast sunfish 21 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Raider Bob Posted August 6 Share Posted August 6 On 8/4/2024 at 8:15 PM, NorcalBassin said: Apparently even bluegill like underpins. Does that look like some kind of Hybrid to you? Looks like somebody got into that Bluegill bed that was not all Bluegill. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Global Moderator TnRiver46 Posted August 6 Global Moderator Share Posted August 6 1 hour ago, Blue Raider Bob said: Does that look like some kind of Hybrid to you? Looks like somebody got into that Bluegill bed that was not all Bluegill. Looks like green sunfish might have been the interloper 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Raider Bob Posted August 6 Share Posted August 6 50 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said: Looks like green sunfish might have been the interloper That was my thinking. I have a Hybrid in my pond I see daily. It appears to be BG and Redear. Wish I could post a picture but water clarity is not good. It has the vertical bands of a BG but it is green with a large gill flap with a white boundary. The boundary has no red spot at all but it has the Shellcracker look. He certainly has an appetite. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Raider Bob Posted August 6 Share Posted August 6 On 8/4/2024 at 8:15 PM, NorcalBassin said: You know I'm just messing with you! And speaking of... We were able to sneak in one last evening trip before she headed back to college. Of course she broke the first rule again and caught the first fish. I could almost hear this fella say "toss it back on the bank." 😆 "Biggest" bass of the evening Apparently even bluegill like underpins. Double hookup and I was relieved when she boat flipped hers. 😆 Beautiful sunset to top off a great evening. Ya' know Norcal....when she is aged and slow like I am, she will still have these powerful memories to relive again and again. These special moments are momentous for you , but it is she that will use them the longest. So proud to get to watch and live through your journeys! Only when my eyes close forever will I finally say goodbye to my dad, though he's been gone since '93. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User PhishLI Posted August 6 Super User Share Posted August 6 I gave up fishing at any of my local spots following last Monday's attempt. After a month and a half of relentless heat and lack of any meaningful rain they're nearly unfishable. A better way to say is that it's just too tedious to deal with, and I generally like fishing very heavy cover. But it's different this year. Topped out with weeds is one thing, but when they're covered in shore to shore cheese it's another thing altogether. Sounds like good frogging conditions but it actually isn't. The water is just stagnant under the cheese and withering milfoil, and deeper water is out of reach. Thankfully, yesterday I got a last minute invite out to a deep water eastern LI lake for a later afternoon sesh. Time was short so it was run n gun mostly, and we found some good zones but the bites were super subtle. My fishing partner didn't check the hook on his new-out-of-the-box Dark Sleeper. He should have, because we lost count of how many fish he had shake off including a really nice mama just 1" from the net. Mine bit on a BBB Trick Stick in Prime Rib rigged on a VMC Rugby Head, a Launch Frog, and Fish Arrow Heavy Poop. Just at dusk, it was my turn in the barrel. Had a freakin mondo shake off right at the net after it went airborne one last time. I knew beforehand I should've swapped out the stock hooks on my Bullshad, but it is what it is. The bite was good compared to my home waters, so even with the near misses it was a fine day. 20 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User Swamp Girl Posted August 6 Super User Share Posted August 6 2 hours ago, Blue Raider Bob said: Ya' know Norcal....when she is aged and slow like I am, she will still have these powerful memories to relive again and again. These special moments are momentous for you , but it is she that will use them the longest. So proud to get to watch and live through your journeys! Only when my eyes close forever will I finally say goodbye to my dad, though he's been gone since '93. ^This^ brought tears to my eyes. And @PhishLI's fish put a big smile on my face. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User Swamp Girl Posted August 6 Super User Share Posted August 6 My fishing numbers went off a cliff a couple weeks ago, from 35-60-bass mornings to a fourth of that. So, instead of fishing primetime morning, I launched this afternoon after a cold front and surprisingly caught 25. I usually determine which lure works best and stick with that, but today the watermelon Zoom Trick Worm, junebug Zoom Mag Monster, Bronco Bug-tipped spinnerbait, and Mayor on an underspin all worked equally well. I did have a titanic hit on my Junebug T-rigged Mag Monster and set the hook into what felt like a boulder, but she was in a horrible location with rocks, trees, bushes, weeds, and current and I couldn't keep her pinned for more than a couple seconds. For those couple seconds though, the amount of water she moved was awesome. I didn't catch anything big, but a lot of bass from 2.5 to 3.3 pounds. Here are four of them: P. S. - At one point today, I had a hooked smallmouth that leapt as an eagle flew over it while a float plane flew over the eagle. It doesn't get any more northwoodsy than that. 19 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CastingClinic Posted August 7 Share Posted August 7 A very hot river day but the fish were biting. Add another seven pike and a perch to these guys. All came on a chatterbait. 18 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User N Florida Mike Posted August 7 Super User Share Posted August 7 Got this skinny fish on a super fluke. 18 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User MIbassyaker Posted August 7 Super User Share Posted August 7 18" on a t-rigged power worm. Best of nine this morning on "Lake 3". Except for an eagle, I had the place all to myself. 21 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndrewJ Posted August 7 Share Posted August 7 Set my PB for best 5 on Monday. Total 11.34 lbs. Here are the best three: 2.46 Lbs 2.84 Lbs 2.46 Lbs 16 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Baron Posted August 8 Share Posted August 8 Wes is super keen on fishing right now, so we went out after work Tuesday. We went right back to an area of shallow pads where we were catching some on Sunday evening. Wes started out with a frog and I was throwing a white fluke. I caught one pike to Wes’ 3-4 blow ups and one landed bass, so I followed his lead and got to froggin’. Shortly before I switched, Wes cast up past a patch of floating grass in the pads, about 5ft. off shore and in 2ft. of water. As soon as he passed the grass he got whacked, and bowed his 7’4” heavy rod over on what looked like a good hookset. They all seem big when you’re winching them out of the pads, and he got her out of there OK to the 4ft. deep open water. I picked up the net, and watched his line swimming fast toward the back of the boat under tension, then the beast jumped and we both gasped at the size of it as his frog got thrown.😱😩 I’m guessing it was well over 4#, maybe 5 or better which would have been a new PB for Wes. I was proud of him that, although disappointed, he didn’t dwell on the heartbreak and went right back to catching them. As usual, our hookup percentage was dismal (mine was zero 😒) but we had multiple blow ups and a ton of fun. We were mostly just happy we found fish - a triumph in itself this year. And the sunset on the shoreline was beautiful. Oh, and we added some Bass Pro velcro rod straps to our little dream boat. Very happy with them and it’s way better than our rods being a jumbled up trip hazard. 👍🏻 15 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Global Moderator TnRiver46 Posted August 8 Global Moderator Share Posted August 8 @The Baron, what kind of line you got tied to the frogs ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User Swamp Girl Posted August 8 Super User Share Posted August 8 @The Baron: Frogs are so much fun and so hard to fish. By popular demand, I'm going froggin' tomorrow morning. I too expect lots of blowups and few fish, partly because of the lure itself and partly because of where I'll be casting it, i.e. the parts of the pond that are more weeds than water. May the @Pat Brown be with me! Here's Pat wishing me the best: 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Global Moderator TnRiver46 Posted August 8 Global Moderator Share Posted August 8 I somehow have decent luck with frog fish nowadays but I use 50 lb seaguar braid and put the steel to ‘em with ill intent 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User Swamp Girl Posted August 8 Super User Share Posted August 8 I'd be a better frogger if I looked more like this gal: 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Baron Posted August 8 Share Posted August 8 1 hour ago, TnRiver46 said: @The Baron, what kind of line you got tied to the frogs ? 40# braid on a 7’4” heavy/fast rod. For me, I know it’s my timing - I react too fast, can’t seem to give them that second or two that “they” say it needs. My hooksets are sometimes too lazy. Wes is much more violent - sometimes he hooks up, sometimes we duck frogs. 😆 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Global Moderator TnRiver46 Posted August 8 Global Moderator Share Posted August 8 The wait helps often but if the frog disappears, only one thing could have taken it under. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Baron Posted August 8 Share Posted August 8 4 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said: The wait helps often but if the frog disappears, only one thing could have taken it under. We have had days where they seem to eat it much better, and even I get decent hookups. Last evening even Wes thought they were just angry swatting at it, not sucking it right in. Don’t know what that means - change color? Or frog size? 🤷🏼♂️ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Global Moderator TnRiver46 Posted August 8 Global Moderator Share Posted August 8 Or toss a fluke ! Because it’s magical 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User Swamp Girl Posted August 8 Super User Share Posted August 8 5 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said: Or toss a fluke ! Because it’s magical Okay, change of plan. Tomorrow morning will be froggin' and flukin'. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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