The Baron Posted August 8 Share Posted August 8 lol - Not so fast @ol'crickety… I started with a fluke Tuesday evening. Caught one pike while Wes had 3-4 blowups and landed one/lost the monster bass, so I switched.😊 That said, from a canoe it’s probably easier to get a hook in with a fluke. But yeah @TnRiver46 I was throwing (have thrown before) a fluke on a 1/8oz. belly weighted swimbait hook and also sometimes weightless. It comes over pads surprisingly well and sometime when you let it sink into a hole… 💥 😎 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Global Moderator TnRiver46 Posted August 8 Global Moderator Share Posted August 8 The fluke does only have one hook so I’ve definitely missed a lot but they sure love the side to side action, it triggers something. The gamakatsu nano alpha 4/0 and 5/0 have been helping me hook more by poking thru the fish but I also think it pokes thru the fluke better 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 It'll just be fun to catch a bass on something other than a wakebait, worm, underspin, or spinnerbait. I wish I could use a Mepps, but there's no way I can retrieve one of those through August's weeds. I'm yanking off weeds from the majority of my casts already with my single, point-protected hooks. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Brown Posted August 8 Share Posted August 8 @ol'crickety you'll be a frog master in no time. Scum Frogs have the best hook up ratio and durability of any I've used so far. Send me your info in DM and I'll ship you a couple. 🤙🏼🤙🏼🤙🏼 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User Swamp Girl Posted August 8 Super User Share Posted August 8 Thanks, @Pat Brown. I am cucumber cool when it comes to fishing poppers and Ploppers. The bass will hit and I'll wait until I feel their weight. I never react too soon. With frogs, however, I lose my cool. I think it's because frog fishing is your face. I can cast a Plopper half of forever, so when a bass hits, as they almost do at the end of my cast, they're yonder. With frogging, I'm sitting in the weeds and I can't cast as far and they're as likely to hit inches from my canoe as they are at the end of a cast. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User gimruis Posted August 8 Super User Share Posted August 8 1 hour ago, ol'crickety said: With frogs, however, I lose my cool. It definitely takes some getting used to. Its difficult to get a good hookset with them and quite often the strike is violent and explosive, even right next to the boat or canoe. Its sent my blood pressure up more than once when I wasn't paying attention. Just keep in mind that many of us are froggin' from a far more stable platform than a canoe. And we're often standing up too. And we're using heavy or MH baitcasting outfits with heavy braided line. 50% is pretty good on strike to hook up ratios here. Compare that to your canoe, sitting down, and a spinning setup...well its really just not a good comparison or recipe for success so don't be too upset if its not working out very well. If you get to 50% in a canoe consider that a grand success. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User Swamp Girl Posted August 8 Super User Share Posted August 8 Thanks, @gimruis. The biggest problem I have with my canoe is the bass pull me into trouble. Last time at my pond, I hooked a big bass at least ten feet from wood and it pulled me into the tree in about three seconds. How can a bass between three and four pounds pull an 85-pound canoe with me in it? No wonder we love them. Whenever I have someone in the bow and they hook a fish, I pick up my paddle and move them to open water. I know tomorrow morning I won't even have a 10' buffer. I'll start in the thicket. Like this: Anyway, I'm hoping for a 50% landing percentage, but I'll more likely achieve 25% and feel lucky to attain that. Overall, I am quite pleased with my weed-fishing. I have come far in three years, landing fish today that would have freed themselves a couple years ago. Plus, I enjoy the challenge. It's like solving a Rubic's Cube at night in the back of a pickup driving flat-out and pell-mell across a just-plowed field. 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User PhishLI Posted August 8 Super User Share Posted August 8 1 hour ago, Pat Brown said: Scum Frogs have the best hook up ratio and durability of any I've used so far. ^^X2^^ They're the softest frogs out there which can really help when use spinning gear. Still need to set the hook, but they're more likely to at least get them as they collapse so much easier than typical frogs. Launch Frog (americanbaitworks.com) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BluegillsTightlines Posted August 8 Share Posted August 8 GREAT morning today. A 16", 20.5" and 21 inch bass on a Mike iaconelli Gilly swimbait. analog scale for some reason said every one of them were 1 lb 20 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User Swamp Girl Posted August 8 Super User Share Posted August 8 @BluegillsTightlines: GREAT morning for sure! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Backroad Angler Posted August 8 Share Posted August 8 Got home from work, a rough day. Hit the pond real quick for a little bit. 23 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User Swamp Girl Posted August 9 Super User Share Posted August 9 @Backroad Angler: Why is this your screen name? What back roads do you use? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thediscochef Posted August 9 Share Posted August 9 I fooled this bass 20 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User LrgmouthShad Posted August 9 Super User Share Posted August 9 @thediscochef yessir! 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Backroad Angler Posted August 9 Share Posted August 9 9 hours ago, ol'crickety said: @Backroad Angler: Why is this your screen name? What back roads do you use? Thought it was a catchy name to use for the forums. No significant reason why I chose it lol. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Raider Bob Posted August 9 Share Posted August 9 On 8/8/2024 at 9:09 AM, ol'crickety said: It'll just be fun to catch a bass on something other than a wakebait, worm, underspin, or spinnerbait. I wish I could use a Mepps, but there's no way I can retrieve one of those through August's weeds. I'm yanking off weeds from the majority of my casts already with my single, point-protected hooks. What about "Snagless Sally"? Bait puppy made me buy two so if you need one, let me know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User Swamp Girl Posted August 9 Super User Share Posted August 9 6 minutes ago, Blue Raider Bob said: What about "Snagless Sally"? Bait puppy made me buy two so if you need one, let me know. I need to use Sally more. My preliminary tests suggested that a spinnerbait outfishes her, but I will try her again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User MIbassyaker Posted August 9 Super User Share Posted August 9 13 hours ago, ol'crickety said: @Backroad Angler: Why is this your screen name? What back roads do you use? 3 hours ago, Backroad Angler said: Thought it was a catchy name to use for the forums. No significant reason why I chose it lol. A true backroader never reveals his trails! 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User Swamp Girl Posted August 9 Super User Share Posted August 9 6 minutes ago, MIbassyaker said: A true backroader never reveals his trails! Ha! So true. I was just wondering if he adventured down Canada's logging roads. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susky River Rat Posted August 10 Share Posted August 10 Rivers blown out had to do some lake fishing 20 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User Swamp Girl Posted August 10 Super User Share Posted August 10 Pretty photo, @Susky River Rat. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peacedivision Posted August 10 Share Posted August 10 Slightly better one from my favorite rat hole today 21 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fried Lemons Posted August 11 Share Posted August 11 A couple fish from my old stomping grounds. I found them on a flat in 12’ and on the ledge dropping into the old river channel. 27 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User BrianMDTX Posted August 11 Super User Share Posted August 11 I got about 3 hours of sleep total last night. Just could not stay asleep. So I decided to stay as close to home as possible. So…another 45 second drive to the pond lol. Haven't had much success here lately and as far a quantity is concerned, only 4 in 4 hours. But, I did catch my new topwater PB this morning. Not huge (just under 4 lbs.) but yeah, it’s my biggest topwater bass. Decided to start out on a PopMax and it was a good choice. About 10-12 casts in, as soon as I made the first twitch, it was gone. No big blow-up. Just gone like sucked down the drain. She put up a great fight. Nothing on a jig this time. One on a Zoom Z Craw worm in California 420 on a Texas rig and two on a WR black Senko. All fought hard. The topwater bass started pulling drag! 28 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User Swamp Girl Posted August 11 Super User Share Posted August 11 I've had big ones suck a surface lure. One moment, all is well. The next moment, there's weight on my line and all is even better. Much better. Congrats, @BrianMDTX! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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