Global Moderator TnRiver46 Posted October 6 Global Moderator Share Posted October 6 5 hours ago, Team9nine said: I’d say smallmouth, but couldn’t completely rule out a hybrid, either. Lots of smallie characteristics in that fish I thought meanmouth when I caught it , then when I posted the pic I could see some lateral line 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnFromLisbon Posted October 7 Share Posted October 7 Just a few creek bass from yesterday morning. I only took one rod and one 3500 box and it worked out just fine. Good thing I took a spool of 10lb fluorocarbon line because I backlashed on my third cast after getting bit twice in a row. After catching a couple of 1.5, 2 lb fish on these little Keitech jigs with straight fluoro... This setup is definitely going back to braid to a leader. I'll just adapt my cadence and action with jerkbaits, it's fine. 15 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CastingClinic Posted October 7 Share Posted October 7 Caught five out last Thursday at a usual spot of mine. These next two came from a trip to Virginia this weekend. I met up with a buddy of mine from N. Carolina and spent all day Saturday on the water. Rough time fishing but the weather made up for it. All came on some denomination of spinnerbait except for the last, he came on a dropshot. 16 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User Swamp Girl Posted October 7 Super User Share Posted October 7 @JohnFromLisbon: I love that you bass fish and post from Portugal! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bp_fowler Posted October 7 Share Posted October 7 Strip pond No. 4 today. Today was a quantity day. 27 to be exact. Was hoping for a few bigger ones but they were MIA. All except three were caught on the double willow War Eagle which I cast into laydowns on the opposite bank, or when I casted along the bank I was on in my direction of travel to “clear” it before I could spook them. The other two fish I caught with a Rapala Husky Jerk out in open water once the pond got too wide for me to hit the opposite bank. The last fish I caught on a white SK heavy cover swim jig with a rage tail. Best five below… 14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User A-Jay Posted October 8 Super User Share Posted October 8 Swing heads at sunset today ~ A-Jay 17 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User Swamp Girl Posted October 8 Super User Share Posted October 8 @bp_fowler: So impressive for a bank fisherman in heavily-fished Ohio. @A-Jay: Beautifully marked bass! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Global Moderator TnRiver46 Posted October 8 Global Moderator Share Posted October 8 53 minutes ago, A-Jay said: Swing heads at sunset today ~ A-Jay It’s always a good time when A jay is slinging the swing head. Rage bug ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User A-Jay Posted October 8 Super User Share Posted October 8 10 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said: It’s always a good time when A jay is slinging the swing head. Rage bug ? Thanks - You called it. I'm writing up a short report post now that includes a very brief video of this particular catch. A-Jay 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Global Moderator TnRiver46 Posted October 9 Global Moderator Share Posted October 9 Got a tip from a friend there were some fish schooling, my goodness were they ever. They were so violent, I was even able to feed one a spinnerbait. Got surrounded and even splashed by fish crashing thru shad. I took some video of far away fish schooling after I had already gotten several, should have ran some video when I was sitting in the middle of the blitz but I couldn’t stop casting long enough 16 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CastingClinic Posted October 9 Share Posted October 9 Little guy and a three pounder both on spinnerbaits. Buddy of mine pulled up a largemouth a bit bigger than mine and a handful of perch on a beautiful fall day. 14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishlegs Posted October 9 Share Posted October 9 13 hours ago, TnRiver46 said: Got a tip from a friend there were some fish schooling, my goodness were they ever. I haven't seen any of that on our end of the river yet, but if you are that means it's getting close. 13 hours ago, TnRiver46 said: I was even able to feed one a spinnerbait Wait...what? 🤣 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User Swamp Girl Posted October 9 Super User Share Posted October 9 Perfect gif, @Fishlegs! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Global Moderator TnRiver46 Posted October 9 Global Moderator Share Posted October 9 @Fishlegs, I can catch white bass on spinnerbait fairly regular, black bass only hit them bi annually 😂 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User Team9nine Posted October 10 Super User Share Posted October 10 Slow day with cold front moving in, blue skies, cloud arrival delayed, and light winds. Just stuck a few long skinny guys along with 8-10 crappie. Wind blows today, but hoping for a change of scenery on Friday. 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Global Moderator TnRiver46 Posted October 10 Global Moderator Share Posted October 10 It’s funny @Team9nine, we get all the weather you describe yesterday. “Have your people call my people” 😂 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thediscochef Posted October 10 Share Posted October 10 Another tough morning yesterday of missed strikes, I blew it on all of the nicer fish. I still caught 8 and provided a mild show for the other anglers around, but I had barbs in a few really solid feeling fish. Thankfully I never saw them. Sooner or later I will get them stuck stuck. The common denominator with the lost fish is the vmc trebles I'm using, I got some of those finesse trebles with the slick coating. While they are very sticky, they slip out way too easily. I want to like them but for distance hooking they're just too slick. Back to the gamakatsu short shank ewg trebles I love so much. Off to the panhandle tomorrow to play a show and fish lake Meredith for smallmouths 17 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User A-Jay Posted October 11 Super User Share Posted October 11 Flat Calm, Blue Bird Skies, super clear water and just about zero wind. But I still poked a few. A-Jay 26 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raydomz Posted October 11 Share Posted October 11 My boys were off school yesterday so we took a trip out to one of our favorite lakes. It’s not known for being an amazing bass lake, but with patience we do well. My youngest pulled in the largest two (his pic and the last one - 3lb!) on a goby imitator and 8lb test. Little finesse monster in the making. Caught mine on finesse shadz and 4lb. 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User Swamp Girl Posted October 11 Super User Share Posted October 11 @raydomz: You are rightfully a proud papa. Please rethink PFDs for your kids. I am a lifelong fellow paddler and I've seen too many fellow paddlers drown. Some of them were young and strong swimmers. Although I have paddled thousands of miles, I flipped my canoe last year. It was so sudden that I have no memory of flipping. I was in the canoe one millisecond and underwater the next. "Oh, this is how people drown," I thought. It was May and the water was cool, as it is now. And then, remembering that I was wearing my life jacket, I also thought, "Not me." 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raydomz Posted October 11 Share Posted October 11 23 minutes ago, Swamp Girl said: @raydomz: You are rightfully a proud papa. Please rethink PFDs for your kids. I am a lifelong fellow paddler and I've seen too many fellow paddlers drown. Some of them were young and strong swimmers. Although I have paddled thousands of miles, I flipped my canoe last year. It was so sudden that I have no memory of flipping. I was in the canoe one millisecond and underwater the next. "Oh, this is how people drown," I thought. It was May and the water was cool, as it is now. And then, remembering that I was wearing my life jacket, I also thought, "Not me." I appreciate you sharing your concern and I am certainly guilty of lax rule enforcement. We’ve got several “rules of the boat”, life jackets at all times in one of them. I’ve spent a lot of time in canoes growing up and know those exact scenarios like you experienced. I can see now a need to focus deeper on keeping things safe at all times 🙂. Again, appreciate the call out! 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User Swamp Girl Posted October 11 Super User Share Posted October 11 @raydomz: You're a great dad. Please keep posting your kids' fish pics and yours too! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thediscochef Posted October 11 Share Posted October 11 Stuck a nice one this morning before I had to pack it up and go get stuff done. Interesting progression of fish. The bigger one ticked in right at 4lbs, absolutely crushed a walking bait while I was on the phone scheming with @LrgmouthShad. Off to the panhandle, maybe I'll post a smallmouth later 22 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User J._Bricker Posted October 11 Super User Share Posted October 11 16 hours ago, A-Jay said: Flat Calm, Blue Bird Skies, super clear water and just about zero wind. But I still poked a few. A-Jay @A-Jay, sure looks like those Menderchuk big girls like dancing to the beat of your new Vision 110! Stay on ‘em and thanks for sharing the pictures of those beautiful brown bass! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bp_fowler Posted October 11 Share Posted October 11 Went out today for the last 90 minutes before the sun started setting. I wanted to test out my new Tatula Elite Casting Rod and was hoping to break it in on some strip pit fish. As you can see by the photo today I was throwing a jig. I’ve caught fish on swim jigs and football jigs, but never on a casting/flipping jig. Today was my lucky day as I caught my first ever jig fish, and a decent one at that. I caught it off the end of a laydown. It made a last minute run as it got close enough to shore to see me but I was able to land it. I caught my 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th jig fish shortly after that but only one was picture worthy I felt. I’m pretty stoked that jig fishing has finally clicked for me. I’m confident that given the bodies of water that I fish it will be a very useful technique for me going forward. I think the biggest difference for me today versus all the other times I’ve tried the jig, is casting accuracy and being able to thumb the spool to minimize splash. 18 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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