Paddled around a ways this morning from the dock, leaves are starting to get pretty . Made it out to main channel and tossed a light carolina rig and caught 5 or 6 small ones, gamakatsu nano alpha 1/0 and black zoom finesse worm 

It’s just nice to get out on the water for a few hours with air temperatures in the mid 80’s and water in the 65° to 67° range there’s nothing like Fall fishing weather. I was able to punch a 3lber out of a recently sprayed and dying mat. And for some reason I threw my Ned rod in the boat (truth- @Team9nineand @Bluebasser86 recent posts of success with it) which some pound and a half bass really seemed to want to eat.

Got out on the big lake for a couple hours this morning.  First cast jinx, but probably my pb smallie.  Good enough.

 

scott

 

 

 

@softwateronly: 

 

   

1 hour ago, softwateronly said:

Got out on the big lake for a couple hours this morning.  First cast jinx, but probably my pb smallie.  Good enough.

 

scott

 

 

 

 

Stud!

Dang - it's been a lil bit hasn't it?  😉😉😉😉

 

Been busy getting sizable bass to eat hollow frogs and flukes and glide baits and such 🫢🎣😂😎👍🏻

 

 

Lil red on the throat is the deal for a lil while???

 

 

There's a frog that got completely swallowed for those who doubt that it happens.  Literally swung the instant she bit in pitch black and she was digesting it by the time I got her in.  A giant!  Long 6 lber and my first fish in the Spro Popping 60 in redear!

 

 

Jake caught his first fish on a glide bait and then we went back for more action and he caught his 2nd fish on a glide bait this morning and it was much bigger!

 

 

I saw some big swirls WAAAAY out beyond kingdom come and I threw my Spro popping frog probably 200 feet and started reeling slack out of my line and the frog burned for a couple seconds while my line straightened out - and then she hit.

 

It was the kind of bite we live for.  I set the hook and she launched her mass into the air and she took my breath away - my heart skipped a beat - time stood still.  Jake scaled a ravine and landed her while I fought her and brought her to the bank a good 6 feet below where we stood.

 

It was an incredible experience and a GREAT October frog fishing moment.  7 lbs 8 oz of MEAT.

 

23 hours ago, softwateronly said:

Here's too many pics

Too many pics? Ha! No such thing, my friend! Post ‘em if you got ‘em!

 

Congrats on such a day!

Got out for a couple hours before dark. Fished the upper 3rd of the lake nearest to home. Fishing into a moderate wind. 
They weren’t having anything but the yum dingers. Ended up with 7. 

Pat and Jake are hog wrasslers!

1 hour ago, Fishlegs said:

No such thing

 

No rock bass, please. 

8 hours ago, gimruis said:

 

No rock bass, please. 

 

If I could, I wouldn't just catch and post rock bass: I'd catch and post dinky rock bass.

1 hour ago, Swamp Girl said:

I'd catch and post dinky rock bass.

 

They're all dinky lol

 

Fun few hours on the water this afternoon. Surface temps 65 degrees, and the cloudy skies broke and gave way to some sunshine pushing high temps up to 65 degrees. Very light and variable east wind, and the fall colors are probably near peak. Ned did most of the work today.

 

 

 

 

I'm so sick of losing my better fish I could scream. I took a few days off from the lake. Went back this morning and evening. Caught about 12 of these little super dinks throughout the day. Right about sunset I get hit with another brick wall of a fish. I get it within about 10 feet of me and she jumps and spits me. Looked like a solid 5-6. What a drag. At the very least I'm catching numbers with the dinks, and it's not like I'm not getting bit by big fish. It is without a doubt my worst year of missed big fish, but the last time I had a streak of luck like that I ended it with a PB. The idea that it may happen again is the salvation of my sanity, and what's left of my hair 

1 hour ago, thediscochef said:

I'm so sick of losing my better fish I could scream. I took a few days off from the lake. Went back this morning and evening. Caught about 12 of these little super dinks throughout the day. Right about sunset I get hit with another brick wall of a fish. I get it within about 10 feet of me and she jumps and spits me. Looked like a solid 5-6. What a drag. At the very least I'm catching numbers with the dinks, and it's not like I'm not getting bit by big fish. It is without a doubt my worst year of missed big fish, but the last time I had a streak of luck like that I ended it with a PB. The idea that it may happen again is the salvation of my sanity, and what's left of my hair 

 

I've been there, it's unbelievably frustrating. I ended up tinkering with my setups to figure out if it was bad luck or if there was something causing it, but hopefully it ends for you soon bud.

I had a friend I grew up with come visit.  We hadn't fished for bass together in 40 years.  I found a guide that would take us fishing on my favorite lake.  We fished hard for two full days and caught a total of 8 bass.  The biggest one was 1.5 pounds.  The last report I had for the lake was a couple weeks ago, and the fishing had been epic.  It just goes to show even in Mexico, bass fishing is bass fishing.  Neither of us got skunked either day, so it could have been worse.

 

The good thing was fishing is not all about catching fish.  We told and retold so many old stories that both of us had sore throats and scratchy voices, from non stop talking, and sore sides from laughing.

 

My friends PB is 5 pounds, caught in the spring of 1977.  I still remember him walking up to the bank and casting a #3 Mepps spinner across the creek hooking the bass and me reaching down an grabbing it.  We both thought it was the biggest bass in the world.  I sure wish he could have caught  a new PB while he was here, but maybe he will get a chance to come fish again.   

 

 

     

never thought I’d live to see the day
 

Well it’s a miracle, I caught 3 bass on a spinnerbait and two of them were pretty good ones. Much like last time I caught fish with spinnerbait (couple years ago), I saw the bass chasing shad before I caught them. One was 2.98 lbs and maybe 18-19” (couldn’t find the tape quickly ) and the other was 16-17” . The third was a littler fella. I had the lure tied to my catfish rig from last week when the wind was blowing , 50 lb segaur tactx braid. Not exactly a traditional spinnerbait setup but it worked, pitching the bait up into a creek mouth under some limbs. Water temp 66 with 3-4 ft visibility, no wind 

 

 

1 hour ago, TnRiver46 said:

I caught 3 bass on a spinnerbait

 

The end times are upon us. Run!

 

On my way home from work yesterday I realized that it would most likely be the last time I could fish after work because the days are getting shorter, and daylight savings time is about to end. When I got to my spot I only had about 30 min of fishing time, but it was time well spent.

 

I caught two fish. The first was a 4 lb 1 oz largemouth. Apparently, it’s spinnerbait time on the TN river. It mangled my lure. I managed to straighten it out, and catch a second fish three casts later. A short, but very chunky largemouth around 2 lbs (no pic). I’ve caught quite a few fish on this spinnerbait, but I don’t think it has much life left in it. I will definitely get a replacement.

 

 

7 hours ago, TnRiver46 said:

I caught 3 bass on a spinnerbait...

 

 

@Fishlegs, I was on the Holston because the TN river is still destroyed up this way but it’s looking better everyday. Not quite as chocolate as it has been all month but still wads of stuff coming down 

@TnRiver46 I thought we'd see some effect from the water y'all had, but we really haven't seen very much. At least, not that I've noticed. I guess it has a lot of room to spread out in Chickamauga, and Guntersville before it gets here.

@Fishlegs, you guessed it ! Didn’t really do much from guntersville downstream. If it did make it all the way to Pickwick, it would be standard operating procedure as y’all seem to get 15 floods per year haha. “Just dump all that water in Savannah, TN, they are used to it “

10 hours ago, TnRiver46 said:

never thought I’d live to see the day
 

So I saw this today.......

Got my first glide bait bass of the fall on the BPS swerve!  Super fun catch and a nice fish and my first big bait fish on my iRod Quercus Swimbait Jr.

 

Super epic fun

 

Slayin with the flukes for the others!

 

Missed a couple frog giants but it's about all the really big ones will hit right now so I keep tossing and hoping to hook up!

 

New moon coming - feeling hopeful. 😎🌑 🎣