Super User ol'crickety Posted August 14 Super User Share Posted August 14 Watching kids catch bass is better than actually catching bass. 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Raider Bob Posted August 14 Share Posted August 14 23 minutes ago, ol'crickety said: Watching kids catch bass is better than actually catching bass. Katie, I fished thirty years before I ever caught a bass as big as Jake's. I want to go fishing with Katie McKy, Pat Brown, AND JAKE! 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thediscochef Posted August 14 Share Posted August 14 On 8/13/2024 at 10:42 AM, Pat Brown said: I figured @LrgmouthShadlent you some Dior to slather your beard and lures in. No he just gave me his super secret fishing sunglasses On 8/13/2024 at 12:52 PM, ol'crickety said: Woo-hoo, @FishTank! The discochef doesn't have to perfume his beard. Rather, all the world's great perfumes come from the chef's beard. The extraction process is proprietary. I, uh, plead the fifth? 😂😂 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Global Moderator TnRiver46 Posted August 14 Global Moderator Share Posted August 14 9 hours ago, CastingClinic said: Can never have enough spinnerbaits. One is more than enough for me 10 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User ol'crickety Posted August 15 Super User Share Posted August 15 1 hour ago, thediscochef said: No he just gave me his super secret fishing sunglasses I, uh, plead the fifth? 😂😂 A fifth of whiskey? Smart. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User BrianMDTX Posted August 15 Super User Share Posted August 15 11 hours ago, Buzzbaiter said: I went out in the afternoon yesterday and got a nice smallmouth out of the Gunpowder. I was going for snakeheads, but I’ll take a brown fish. Big or Little Gunpowder? 2 hours ago, TnRiver46 said: One is more than enough for me I wish I could disagree with you. But I can’t. It’s not in my Top 100 lol. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buzzbaiter Posted August 15 Share Posted August 15 13 minutes ago, BrianMDTX said: Big or Little Gunpowder? Big Gunpowder. I’ve heard that there are snakehead in the nontidal portion of the river, but it doesn’t strike me as archetypical snakehead habitat (granted, I’ve never caught one). All of the known hotspots on the western shore are ultra-pressured, and I’m stuck on the bank. I’m not feeling too confident that I’ll get my first snake before the summer’s end. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User gimruis Posted August 15 Super User Share Posted August 15 @Bluebasser86 is there no minimum to enter fish in the yak derby? I thought there was a 12 inch minimum. Looks like big fish was a 16.25 incher. Musta been a difficult bite. Your kayak posts usually have much bigger fish than that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Global Moderator Bluebasser86 Posted August 15 Global Moderator Share Posted August 15 18 minutes ago, gimruis said: @Bluebasser86 is there no minimum to enter fish in the yak derby? I thought there was a 12 inch minimum. Looks like big fish was a 16.25 incher. Musta been a difficult bite. Your kayak posts usually have much bigger fish than that. Minimum in these tournaments is 8”. These ones are at local lakes and only for 3 hours in the afternoons, so they usually have a much smaller big fish than the bigger tournaments. I’ve actually only caught 3 fish bigger than 16.25” in the Tuesday night tournaments all year and they were all in the same you tournament 😂 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CastingClinic Posted August 15 Share Posted August 15 @TnRiver46 @BrianMDTX 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BluegillsTightlines Posted August 15 Share Posted August 15 2 nice bass caught between 8:45 and 10:10 this morning. 20.5 inches and 21 inches. Fought like the absolute dickens. Weren't getting away though cuz both were hooked solid right through the tough grizzly part of the corner of their mouths. 21 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dominat0r Posted August 16 Share Posted August 16 Been a while guys....things are going well, had to move, which was crazy. I did get to move to a house on a lake though. I am fishing almost everyday, minus a few days here and there for vacations. I hope everyone is doing well. Hopefully going to hit Headwaters soon. This is the last one I caught, using a drop shot. I actually got a drop shot rod not too long ago. 17 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thediscochef Posted August 16 Share Posted August 16 On 8/14/2024 at 7:21 PM, ol'crickety said: A fifth of whiskey? Smart. I have a whole bottle of fifth amendment about this. It's a bicentennially aged variety 😂 On 8/13/2024 at 10:42 AM, Pat Brown said: I figured @LrgmouthShadlent you some Dior to slather your beard and lures in. I should mention that my scent of choice is Prada Ocean 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User LrgmouthShad Posted August 16 Super User Share Posted August 16 4 hours ago, thediscochef said: I have a whole bottle of fifth amendment about this. It's a bicentennially aged variety 😂 I should mention that my scent of choice is Prada Ocean Yeah I like that stuff 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Brown Posted August 16 Share Posted August 16 It's Friday - may fish be fat and bite well friends. Happy ending of week and tight lines to all. 😎🐦🎣 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User ol'crickety Posted August 16 Super User Share Posted August 16 @Dominat0r: Dom, you're back! I've wondered (and worried) about you. Say, if I send you a coupon for a Filet-O-Fish sandwich, will you use it to feed that bass you caught? @thediscochef: Given your Viking warrior looks, I would have guessed that your preferred scent would be Eau de Pillage. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CastingClinic Posted August 16 Share Posted August 16 Very quick river trip yesterday evening. Lost a bigger largemouth when my spinnerbait arm finally gave out leaving just a single piece of wire and two lonely blades dangling. Well, at least my knot was good. 14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Baron Posted August 16 Share Posted August 16 I’m late to the party - looks like I missed some good fishing. @Bluebasser86 Congratulations to Lake, on the board on what looked like a tough bite. And to you for the win, of course. 👍🏻 @Dominat0r Sounds like you moved to a good spot, when you can fish every day.😎 I can’t remember where I left off here… oh yeah, was out last Saturday and Wes absolutely annihilated me at frog fishing. Not sure I posted about that yet, it might have been too traumatic. lol We went out to a new lake yesterday afternoon-evening. It was too hot at the start and the first bay we chose was dead, but cooled a bit and the bite got decent after about 6pm catching 5-6 each. I caught my first and biggest on a spinner bait, then was fishing a Spro Flappin’ Frog. It’s a pretty neat bait, like a more subtle buzzbait in open water or fish it right in the pads like any other frog. I caught a few on it, the first was about a 5# bowfin that gave me a great fight. No pics though, he spit my frog in the net and the hooks got very tangled up. I thought about picking him up for a quick photo, but he didn’t like that and I didn’t want to mess with him when there was hooks in the net so I just reversed the net in the water and let him go. 👋🏻 14 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Global Moderator TnRiver46 Posted August 16 Global Moderator Share Posted August 16 @The Baron, never seen that frog but I must have it 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Baron Posted August 16 Share Posted August 16 @TnRiver46 There are so many frogs with bells and whistles now, it’s almost too much. But I was talking with the owner of the very excellent local fishing store I frequent about frog fishing and he was talking about the Spro paddletail legged frog as a great search bait. He wasn’t trying to sell me one, but I said you talked me into it I’ll try one. It’s got very sturdy hooks, casts very well due to its weight and even though I thought that bowfin destroyed it everything went back together like new. I’m not sure if I have any other Spro frogs, but I’m impressed with the quality. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Global Moderator TnRiver46 Posted August 16 Global Moderator Share Posted August 16 29 minutes ago, The Baron said: @TnRiver46 There are so many frogs with bells and whistles now, it’s almost too much. But I was talking with the owner of the very excellent local fishing store I frequent about frog fishing and he was talking about the Spro paddletail legged frog as a great search bait. He wasn’t trying to sell me one, but I said you talked me into it I’ll try one. It’s got very sturdy hooks, casts very well due to its weight and even though I thought that bowfin destroyed it everything went back together like new. I’m not sure if I have any other Spro frogs, but I’m impressed with the quality. The teckel sprinker and Booyah toadrunner? have gotten big LM to bite for me, way larger than I ever get with anything else 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User ol'crickety Posted August 16 Super User Share Posted August 16 4 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said: The teckel sprinker and Booyah toadrunner? have gotten big LM to bite for me, way larger than I ever get with anything else What's your cut of the Monkey's income? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User T-Billy Posted August 16 Super User Share Posted August 16 I got out in the wee hours wed morning and did a bit of bass fishing. I figgerd I better catch a few to keep my BR membership in good standing. It's been awhile. I've been completely focused on muskie. As I suspected, the bass have largely abandoned the shallow weeds for rock structure. It happens every August around here. I think it's because the gills are done spawning, and have vacated the area, so they move to rock and fill up on craws. I caught about a dozen of these cookie cutter LM. The first one I caught off of rock spit up a good size craw onto the floor of my boat. The craw was alive and well. Best bass of the morning came about 05:00 on a 5" tuff shad after I'd started cranking for muskie. That's one ambitious 3 pounder. I also picked up a nice eye. It's one of the rare lucky ones that got released. Most of them get released to the grease. I knew I was gonna be on a long grind for muskie, and wouldn't feel like knocking the sides off of it when I got home. Took a skunking on the skis. 21 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Baron Posted August 16 Share Posted August 16 48 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said: The teckel sprinker and Booyah toadrunner? have gotten big LM to bite for me, way larger than I ever get with anything else Oh, great - my local shop sells them too. d**n it. 😂 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Global Moderator TnRiver46 Posted August 16 Global Moderator Share Posted August 16 18 hours ago, ol'crickety said: What's your cut of the Monkey's income? I got the toad runners for $5! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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