Super User Swamp Girl Posted September 15 Super User Share Posted September 15 23 minutes ago, JayMac89 said: Been a rough end of summer for me. End of summer is tough. Nice bass! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peacedivision Posted September 15 Share Posted September 15 37 minutes ago, ol'crickety said: End of summer is tough. Fished for 16 hours straight Friday-Saturday, had 5 bites, that was a rough one for sure. 9 hours into the trip after throwing everything and the kitchen sink at em... first fish. 2nd bite was a wakeup, new PB @ 5lb 14oz. also ate the firecraw cb. picked up 3 on the pop-x at change of light including this drag pulling (bfs) monster 18 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User Swamp Girl Posted September 15 Super User Share Posted September 15 13 minutes ago, Peacedivision said: Fished for 16 hours straight Friday-Saturday Whoa. 14 minutes ago, Peacedivision said: 2nd bite was a wakeup, new PB @ 5lb 14oz. also ate the firecraw cb. There ya go! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User J._Bricker Posted September 15 Super User Share Posted September 15 Congrats @Peacedivision on your new PB, all that work on the river paid off! 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User A-Jay Posted September 15 Super User Share Posted September 15 @Peacedivision Nice Bass PBs are Always a Blast ! Congrats A-Jay 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User MIbassyaker Posted September 15 Super User Share Posted September 15 Got to sneak out for another trip to "Lake 19" this morning, 7 to 11:30. A good one nailed nailed my Cavitron buzzbait on the first cast....and popped off a couple arms lengths away from me. I reminded myself I don't believe in omens, and carried on, throwing mostly the Cavitron until the sun was over the trees, then moving in on the surface veg, pitching a Zoom lizard. I ended up catching 8 LMB + a ~2-footer pike. Couple of buzzbait munchers, 16" and 17", helped ease the sting of that first lost fish: Another 17" ate the lizard, and a 19", 3.81lb slurped the buzzbait. I was about ready to go home, when this 19.5", 4.18lb grabbed the lizard: And that, I declared, would be the last cast. 17 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User gimruis Posted September 15 Super User Share Posted September 15 4 hours ago, Peacedivision said: 4 hours ago, Peacedivision said: 9 hours into the trip after throwing everything and the kitchen sink at em... first fish. Fished for 16 hours straight That's serious dedication. 16 hours nonstop is a heck of a long time. No way I would have kept fishing for 9 hours without a fish. That's about 8 hours longer than I would have lasted for the first fish. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woody B Posted September 15 Share Posted September 15 2 day report. Water has cooled into the upper 70's and the Bass are active. Saturday I fished the lower end of the Lake. I caught 13 Bass, all Spots and a couple Blue Cats. All of the Spots were between 14 and 18 inches. I fished the upper end of the lake today. I caught 17 Bass. 10 Largemouth, and 7 Spots. Smallest was 13 inches. The rest were all over 14". Biggest was 20 1/8" long and weighed 4.57 pounds. Biggest Bass from each day is pictured. 20 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peacedivision Posted September 15 Share Posted September 15 4 minutes ago, gimruis said: That's serious dedication. 16 hours nonstop is a heck of a long time. No way I would have kept fishing for 9 hours without a fish. That's about 8 hours longer than I would have lasted for the first fish. I was ready to give up and sleep till dawn, just one of those lucky "lets go back and check a spot once more" situations. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User Swamp Girl Posted September 15 Super User Share Posted September 15 Woody scores two nineteens and a twenty. Way to go, buddy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User Swamp Girl Posted September 15 Super User Share Posted September 15 I fished from 5:45 to 6:45 and caught four, two smallies and two largies. I don't have enough time in an hour to paddle to where the biggest bass are, but I did manage to paddle halfway and scored an 18-incher: I caught a 17-incher too: I also caught two fat smallies: All caught on a wacky worm, but I also hooked and lost two, one lmb and one smb, on a popper. The big news is my neighbor, the guy who greatly improved my boardwalk, spread ten yards of gravel on my path and has extended my boardwalk all the way to the pond. And he did it out of gratitude for letting him fish and hunt from my lot. Whadda guy! He's grateful to me and I'm grateful to him. 19 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Global Moderator TnRiver46 Posted September 16 Global Moderator Share Posted September 16 My wife wanted to take some stuff down to the lakehouse and also wanted me to chop some firewood. Got a decent amount of wood stacked and figured I’d try to catch a gar in the kayak. Right before dropping the boat in, my wife pointed out a bald eagle fishing nearby, always a good sign. I only had one spinning rod with 6 lb line and a small selection of lures so I tied on a fluke. First throw a gar destroyed it on the surface and took me for a long ride then finally bit thru the line. Got rigged back up with my last fluke and casted to several more gar, lost another solid hookup. I got bored waiting on more to surface so I blind casted up on a shallow flat and something ate the fluke under the surface a little. It took off and loaded the rod and started towing my kayak, figured I had a big gar. Well then I saw it, a big smallmouth. Against my better judgment I got my phone up and running a video and leaned it against my stomach 😂 got some good video of a jump, the rest was quite janky but still glad I got it. The fish finally tired out and I got it into the kayak. I didn’t have a measuring tape or scale but I measured it laying next to my rod and I think it was between 20” and 20.5” , sure seemed larger but still a nice fish and not as skinny as they usually are, I’d almost put it at 4 lbs or better. I’ll post a separate report with the whole video , kind of long but some might enjoy it. 19 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User Swamp Girl Posted September 16 Super User Share Posted September 16 @TnRiver46: This should be your new tagline: "Oh...my...goodness...gracious!" I've followed in your footsteps, squeezing in fishing here and there, but I don't catch 20"+ smallies! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Global Moderator TnRiver46 Posted September 16 Global Moderator Share Posted September 16 Well I don’t catch many 20” largemouth so we are even 😂 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User Swamp Girl Posted September 16 Super User Share Posted September 16 8 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said: Well I don’t catch many 20” largemouth so we are even 😂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Global Moderator TnRiver46 Posted September 16 Global Moderator Share Posted September 16 And by even I mean im usually a couple Dozen fish behind….. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User Swamp Girl Posted September 16 Super User Share Posted September 16 6 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said: And by even I mean im usually a couple Dozen fish behind….. Ah, I'm good at catching those big largies in late May and June and that's pretty much it. I'll pick up one here and there the rest of the soft water season, but mostly, I'm a 1.5-month-trick-pony. Heck, I don't even catch 18" smallmouth, at least not in Maine. Hank Parker fishes for smallies in Maine. That's his focus. And I don't see him catching 18s, 19s, and 20s. I do catch some thick ones, like the one just up thread, but I catch some thin ones too, depending upon the pond. Here's one of my rare, bigger, late-summer girls. I didn't measure her, but she was over 20" and five pounds. 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Budget Angler Posted September 16 Share Posted September 16 September is a notoriously tough time of year, but I start having fishing withdrawals if I don't get out there. I'm lucky enough to have about a 5 acre pond right behind my school, a 2 acre pond in front of it, and a 3.5 acre pond across the street. Friday is the day when I don't have one of my classes and it gives me a couple of hours before chemistry. I chose the big pond and tied on a chatterbait. Nothing. Maybe one bite. I made all the way to the far end of the pond and it started pouring so I had to turn in early. I dried off in the truck and pulled some nasty shirt out of the back to wear into my chemistry class. 1 boring lecture later, I was back outside and figured "why not?". I grabbed my rod again, tied on a senko, headed out to the small pond, and immediately had an 8 inch bass nibble it when I first dropped it in. A few minutes later: this fish. Just under a pound and really skinny. I fished my way around the rest of the pond and then drove to the big pond again and caught two more fish and lost a third. The fish were really feisty, and even though they were small they fought pretty well. But, the leaves are just starting to turn and the hurricanes are starting to blow through, so fall is on it's way. 16 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User Swamp Girl Posted September 16 Super User Share Posted September 16 @The Budget Angler: When I was in college, I'd ride my bike to the Olentangy River (Go Bucks!) and fish for smallies below a dam. We're separated by half a century, but connected by a love of bass. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User Dwight Hottle Posted September 16 Super User Share Posted September 16 @Peacedivision Congrats on the new PB. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BluegillsTightlines Posted September 16 Share Posted September 16 Another trip, another skunk this morning and probably d9ne for the year because I've been breaking out in hives and they can't figure out why. Fishing has been absolute garbage this month and looks like I'm ending the year on a lousy note. 6 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Global Moderator TnRiver46 Posted September 16 Global Moderator Share Posted September 16 That sucks @BluegillsTightlines, I get hives too. Mine are from bee stings and jumping into icy cold water. Usually some natural adrenaline and/or Benadryl will cause them to subside, never had to use my epipen 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User Swamp Girl Posted September 17 Super User Share Posted September 17 I'm big bass hunting tomorrow morning, launching at the little pond where I caught my PB. I'd love to catch a 5/6/7 pounder or a 20-lb. bag. I usually fish big powerbaits/reaction baits at this pond, but I rigged two wacky worms this evening and downsized my surface presentations to a tiny, translucent popper and a chrome Tiny Torpedo. I also have a small hard jerkbait rigged. Fingers crossed I've made a good guess or two about fishing slower and smaller. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User A-Jay Posted September 17 Super User Share Posted September 17 28 minutes ago, ol'crickety said: I'm big bass hunting tomorrow morning, launching at the little pond where I caught my PB. I'd love to catch a 5/6/7 pounder or a 20-lb. bag. I usually fish big powerbaits/reaction baits at this pond, but I rigged two wacky worms this evening and downsized my surface presentations to a tiny, translucent popper and a chrome Tiny Torpedo. I also have a small hard jerkbait rigged. Fingers crossed I've made a good guess or two about fishing slower and smaller. I'll be out doing the same. But expect to be fishing difference baits and about 1000 miles west. Good Luck ~ 😎 A-Jay 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User Team9nine Posted September 17 Super User Share Posted September 17 This report courtesy of Mendurchuck Bait & Tackle - the place for all your Ned rig needs 😎 Tried to beat the rain from Tropical Depression 8 that hit the Carolina coast this morning. To do that though, I had to endure 30 mph gusts. Selected a lake with a protected ramp and decent shoreline windbreaks hoping for the best. Thought conditions might favor power presentations, so started with that, but only got two small bass, one of which was a keeper. After an hour or more of fighting the wind, I switched tactics and headed for more sheltered water. Switched to a Ned rig and was able to get a couple more fish, but quality improved. Lost one heavy fish, but landed another to make up for it. Finished the last hour or so catching a limit of crappies off scattered brushpiles in the area. Lake now about a foot low, and surface temps have dropped into the mid 70s. Probably a rain out tomorrow and possibly Wed, but looking to get out again this week another time or two. 16 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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