@softwateronly: Those are plump bass. So cool that you catch smallies within sight of skyscrapers. 

PB alert!!!! 🚨 (attn: @gimruis)

 

The evening began with a dink smallie

 

Then I got another tap tap tap, assumed it was a dink but felt heavyish. Turns out it was an 11.5” rock bass

5 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said:

Turns out it was an 11.5” rock bass

 

That's a rock bass?  Doesn't remotely resemble the ones I'm used to seeing.  The ones I see look like swimming turds with red eyes covered in scars and wounds.

 

I'm not sure what's more embarassing here.  The rock bass itself or the fact that the rocky is bigger than your smallmouth.  I woulda not posted the smallmouth alltogether lol

5 minutes ago, Swamp Girl said:

@softwateronly: Those are plump bass. So cool that you catch smallies within sight of skyscrapers. 

You can catch em in the middle of the skyscrapers too, the river has cleaned up enough in the last 30 years to catch bass, mostly LM.   These are not my pics, saw them on reddit.

 

 

 

This spot is near my apt and I have a somewhat secret free parking spot nearby; otherwise it's more of a time, money and/or train thing to other areas that I know have fish.  Plus, the smallies get chunky and the deep water and current means they don't ever stray too far away.

 

scott

 

 

5 minutes ago, gimruis said:

 

That's a rock bass?  Doesn't remotely resemble the ones I'm used to seeing.  The ones I see look like swimming turds with red eyes covered in scars and wounds.

 

I'm not sure what's more embarassing here.  The rock bass itself or the fact that the rocky is bigger than your smallmouth.  I woulda not posted the smallmouth alltogether lol

I had to include the SMB so the thread police wouldn’t bust chops about it being in this thread…….

 

but I also included the rock bass in the other species thread for double viewing pleasure 

1 minute ago, TnRiver46 said:

I had to include the SMB so the thread police wouldn’t bust chops about it being in this thread…….

 

Wait. Aren't you the thread police? 

Anyone have a pic of a rock bass caught on a spinnerbait? 

 

scott

3 minutes ago, Swamp Girl said:

 

Wait. Aren't you the thread police? 

You’d think! 

2 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said:

You’d think! 

 

Too many of these guys on patrol:

 

7 minutes ago, Swamp Girl said:

 

Wait. Aren't you the thread police? 

 

I've seen him mark his own post to his own thread as the solution!

27 minutes ago, softwateronly said:

Anyone have a pic of a rock bass caught on a spinnerbait? 

 

scott

 

I just wish I had a pic of a rock bass. We loved catching them as kids. We used to ride our bikes about 15 miles to a little creek which had a deep hole and we were as happy to catch rock bass as all the other fish. They're feisty! 

 

20 minutes ago, gimruis said:

 

I've seen him mark his own post to his own thread as the solution!

 

Well, Johnny Law is the law, so he's allowed to do that. 

He at least posted the rock bass in the other species thread.  

 

You'll notice that I liked it too.

3 hours ago, gimruis said:

He at least posted the rock bass in the other species thread.  

 

You'll notice that I liked it too.

 

You might remember that I recently posted a couple yellow perch in a bass fishing report. I was frankly so happy to catch them and I think others enjoyed seeing them too:

 

 

For whatever reasons, I don't even catch many pickerel nowadays. It's 65% LMB and 31% SMB and 3.94% pickerel and 0.06% yellow perch, which explains why two yellow perch thrill me.

Mrs. Chunkworth in the fog right after breakfast this morning… a hair under 6, good start to the day..

17 hours ago, Swamp Girl said:

 

My Mayors don't last long for me too, but with my VMC Heavy Duty underspins, I squeeze out more than three bass.

 

I grabbed some of these and some VMC Hybrid Swimbait Jigs. I think they will be vastly better than what I have been using.

 

5 hours ago, gimruis said:

 

That's a rock bass?  Doesn't remotely resemble the ones I'm used to seeing.  The ones I see look like swimming turds with red eyes covered in scars and wounds.

 

I'm not sure what's more embarassing here.  The rock bass itself or the fact that the rocky is bigger than your smallmouth.  I woulda not posted the smallmouth alltogether lol

 

You know the world record rock bass is only like 3lbs? I put one Rock Bass in my childhood pond and I’m fairly certain it hit world record territory. It was enormous.

1 hour ago, Pumpkinseed Lizard said:

You know the world record rock bass is only like 3lbs

I didn’t know exactly what it was but I knew it wasn’t impressive by any means.

 

Minnesota’s state record is 2 pounds, and Wisconsin’s state record is 3 pounds. That I knew.

14 minutes ago, gimruis said:

I didn’t know exactly what it was but I knew it wasn’t impressive by any means.

 

Minnesota’s state record is 2 pounds, and Wisconsin’s state record is 3 pounds. That I knew.

They fit the category of “if a pickerel were a bass”.

More after work fun. They have been slamming the shad on this bank all week. The mayor and hybrid swim jig. I need to dig out my scale.

 

 

Big bass, @Pumpkinseed Lizard!

Fun BFS fishing morning. Found a little school chasing a bait ball they had trapped in a grass pocket. The bass would only bite when they decided to flash through the school but it was consistent for almost 4 hours.

45 minutes ago, Peacedivision said:

Fun BFS fishing morning. Found a little school chasing a bait ball they had trapped in a grass pocket. The bass would only bite when they decided to flash through the school but it was consistent for almost 4 hours.

 

Nice! What's your BFS setup?

5 minutes ago, Pumpkinseed Lizard said:

 

Nice! What's your BFS setup?

Dobyns Sierra 701 with an Aldebaran bfs and 6lb tatsu. Today I was throwing a 1/16oz #2 head and a 2.75 swammer.

Last day out for the season. 2 nice bass were the highlights of the day. It was a great way to finish a great season.

 

 

@Crow Horse: Your fishing trip looks like my fishing trips: pretty shoreline, healthy bass, and your boat being pulled around by those healthy bass!  

28 minutes ago, Swamp Girl said:

@Crow Horse: Your fishing trip looks like my fishing trips: pretty shoreline, healthy bass, and your boat being pulled around by those healthy bass!  

It is a very pretty spot and 99.9% of the time I have it to myself  only to share it with the furred & feathered.