15 minutes ago, Crow Horse said:

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.

 

It sounds 99.9% perfect! 

12 hours ago, Swamp Girl said:

 

It sounds 99.9% perfect! 

Allow me to respectfully correct you. It's 100% perfect.....😁

Interesting day ! Fished my way up the river and wasn’t having anything but dink nibbles . After a couple

hours I finally got a solid hit and it was and 18.5 + inch SMB on a black jig! Ambassaduer 4600c and 50 lb seguar tactx braid . Great fight lots of fun. For some reason I went way on upstream and tried some different stuff until I drifted back down to where I caught the first one. I tried one of @Bluebasser86’s bladed jigs with no trailer in sparse millfoil and a 4.82 lb large grabbed it! Using the st croix mojo rod seviin reel and seaguar jdm braid.  Only two fish but they were two nice ones for here 

Full clouds, light rain. Slight breeze. Thought it was going to be a great morning. But one missed (dink) bite and one catch. That was it. 
 

But the catch was unique. I saw a bass busting baitfish against the bank and cast a TR Senko to the spot. It took it right off the bat then it felt like it was gone. Then it started fighting again but it felt completely different. As I got it near the boat I saw it hooked in the belly. But I saw my Senko up near its  mouth. After netting it, I saw it was an old, almost rusted through hook stuck in its belly and my line was threaded through the gap in the eye. As I lifted the bass out of the net, both hooks fell out. So I caught one bass and helped it get rid of an old hook. 
 

@TnRiver46   Certified TN River monster LM there 💪

42 minutes ago, AlabamaSpothunter said:

@TnRiver46   Certified TN River monster LM there 💪

 

Heck, yeah, it is!

Been in Fort Myers for the last ~9 days for work. Had one day off to fish a large pond next to the hotel, according to past satellite imagery it's been there for a bit over 30 years, super fishy looking and the weather was calling for high winds and overcast skies so I was pretty hyped. Didn't have much room for rods, so I took a gamble that the chatterbait bite would be the ticket. Here's what I caught:

 

Lost the gamble, sadly. Fished my way around a good portion of the pond a couple of times, never got so much as a follow. Very little activity in general, just saw some baitfish and plecos, with only one blowup that I believe was a bass.

 

This makes my first skunk since December of 2021, hate to see that streak end but it was bound to happen sometime.

 

On the plus side, a new Academy opened in Fort Myers and I snagged some good deals while I was down there.

 

17 minutes ago, Aaron_H said:

 

This makes my first skunk

 

I already knew you're a fine stick, but now I also know that you're an honest man. We all have our skunky moments:

 

12 minutes ago, Swamp Girl said:

 

I already knew you're a fine stick, but now I also know that you're an honest man. We all have our skunky moments:

 

 

That's kind of you to say, Katie. I will be honest that I am a little salty that I broke that streak, but I just checked and I cannot be mad at 181 trips in a row without skunking as I know that is very fortunate.

City fishin! Only had an hour of daylight left after work so I never even got on plane 

1 hour ago, Aaron_H said:

I just checked and I cannot be mad at 181 trips in a row without skunking as I know that is very fortunate.

 

Then you're way ahead of me. I skunked twice last spring! Yeah, multiple skunks:

 

 

To cut myself a little slack, one skunk was me standing on snow and casting, but the other was in my canoe, so no slack cuttin' there, just me slackin'.

 

Love city bassin', Russ!

Special post time:

 

Had an incredible weekend all culminating with an ABSOLUTE monster fish.

 

 

Started the weekend out with a couple nice frog fish - made plans to hit it with @FishTax and we did and we caught them great!

 

 

Did most of our damage with buzzbait/jig one two punch!  Caught em just about everywhere on the lake that we went but couldn't connect with anything bigger than ~3 lbs.  Fun fun.

Me and Jake waxed the crappie and small bass when the cold cloudy front hit on Sunday.  Caught all our fish on spinnerbaits.

 

Jake caught 10 bass and 3 crappie on a Johnson beetle spin!

 

 

We woke up this morning - Jake had the day off and we decided to go to the lake for a boat trip around noon.  We caught 3 decent sized bass - I missed a big one in the lily pads on the buzzbait.  Missed one in the back of a wind protected shady pocket on the frog that looked big. 

 

Lake wants everyone off the water by 4:30 this time of year so me and Jake went to one of our bank fishing spots with the waning daylight and it had a bunch of fellas crappie fishing and cooking the fish they caught in real time on the bank!

 

Got my stomach grumbling.  Saw some GIANT wakes on my frog that wouldn't commit.

 

A man fishing a point for crappie packs up and moves down river and I move up to his point and grab my glide bait rod.  Remembering a giant I saw shoot out and grab my big soft swimbait earlier this month - I throw my glide bait parallel to the same channel swing.

 

The wake this girl produced freight training my BPS swerve was comical to say the least - impressive and magnificent and powerful to put it more bluntly.

 

She looked like a motorized beaver going 30 MPH 20 feet to slam the glide.

 

I felt the THUD and set the hook and felt her on.  GIANT I shout to Jake.

 

He's pretty far away and she comes up and she's WAY bigger than I expected...

 

I scale the sandy bluff wall of the point while keeping my pole tip candy caned while she thrashes around in some brush right where the water meets the bank and I lip her triumphantly.

 

8 lb 9 oz NC monster on the BPS Swerve 

 

 

Second biggest of 2024 and my biggest ever on a glide bait and such a special memory for me and Jacob!  If she wasn't spawned out as heck she'd easily go 10+!!!

 

Wow!!!

 

Happy veterans day to all who serve or have served!  Thank you! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

 

 

Wow, Pat. First-rate storytelling about a first-rate bass. Thanks so much for taking the time to put us there with you.

48 minutes ago, Pat Brown said:

Special post time:

 

Had an incredible weekend all culminating with an ABSOLUTE monster fish.

 

 

Started the weekend out with a couple nice frog fish - made plans to hit it with @FishTax and we did and we caught them great!

 

 

Did most of our damage with buzzbait/jig one two punch!  Caught em just about everywhere on the lake that we went but couldn't connect with anything bigger than ~3 lbs.  Fun fun.

Me and Jake waxed the crappie and small bass when the cold cloudy front hit on Sunday.  Caught all our fish on spinnerbaits.

 

Jake caught 10 bass and 3 crappie on a Johnson beetle spin!

 

 

We woke up this morning - Jake had the day off and we decided to go to the lake for a boat trip around noon.  We caught 3 decent sized bass - I missed a big one in the lily pads on the buzzbait.  Missed one in the back of a wind protected shady pocket on the frog that looked big. 

 

Lake wants everyone off the water by 4:30 this time of year so me and Jake went to one of our bank fishing spots with the waning daylight and it had a bunch of fellas crappie fishing and cooking the fish they caught in real time on the bank!

 

Got my stomach grumbling.  Saw some GIANT wakes on my frog that wouldn't commit.

 

A man fishing a point for crappie packs up and moves down river and I move up to his point and grab my glide bait rod.  Remembering a giant I saw shoot out and grab my big soft swimbait earlier this month - I throw my glide bait parallel to the same channel swing.

 

The wake this girl produced freight training my BPS swerve was comical to say the least - impressive and magnificent and powerful to put it more bluntly.

 

She looked like a motorized beaver going 30 MPH 20 feet to slam the glide.

 

I felt the THUD and set the hook and felt her on.  GIANT I shout to Jake.

 

He's pretty far away and she comes up and she's WAY bigger than I expected...

 

I scale the sandy bluff wall of the point while keeping my pole tip candy caned while she thrashes around in some brush right where the water meets the bank and I lip her triumphantly.

 

8 lb 9 oz NC monster on the BPS Swerve 

 

 

Second biggest of 2024 and my biggest ever on a glide bait and such a special memory for me and Jacob!  If she wasn't spawned out as heck she'd easily go 10+!!!

 

Wow!!!

 

Happy veterans day to all who serve or have served!  Thank you! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

 

 

 

JUMBO

 

Congrats on a beast of a fish. So big it gave your scale the blue screen of death 😅

Great glidebait fish, Pat.

Congrats Big Fish Pat!!!!!    

 

I feel stupid paying $150+ for glides now 🤣

Caught several on the trick worm as the sun was going down…

Because of all the veterans who have served our country over the years, people like me have the freedom to fish. So, thank you to all veterans. You have my sincere gratitude.

 

We started out the day fishing bluff walls. My friend quickly caught the first fish. It was a pretty smallmouth on a lure I wasn't familiar with called a "snagless sally". It's a single hook, inline spinner with a weed guard. The bait monkey has been reminding me all day that I do not have one.

 

 

I caught the second smallmouth a few minutes later so we thought we were going to be in for a big day, but it turned into a fishless grind for the next few hours. We tried spots other than bluffs, but had no bites so we went back to the bluffs. I got a quick hit, but missed the fish so we made another pass. I caught a smallmouth on the second pass so we decided to try it one more time. This time I hooked a good one. I fought it to the boat. I told my friend to get the net. By this time the wind and current had pushed us right up against the bluff. With nowhere to go the fish swam under the boat to the other side. We could hear it thudding heavily under the boat. Before I could get my line around to the other side the fish broke my line. I checked my drag afterward, but it was fine so I guess it cut the line on the boat. I lost a nice fish, and learned not to let the boat get so close to the wall while fighting a fish.

 

By this time the wind, and the wake from all the other boats was wearing me out. We left to look for calmer waters. We decided that the lock must be closed because barges were parked everywhere so we decided to try the barge canal. The number of shad in the canal was insane. We caught a couple more small largemouth, and then I hooked the best fish (that was landed) of the day. Strike King Rage Menace for the win. We caught 3 smallmouth, and 5 largemouth on the day. It was a grind, but a great day.

 

Only got a couple hours in tonight after fighting a failing alternator in the truck all weekend, but it was enough time to catch a limit of greenies on crankbait. Felt good being back out on the water.

 

 

 

 

 

Another 1 hour trip after work yielded a good fish 

You've got a streak going, Russ. That's solid bass in three, straight trips, right?

Sounds about right! It should be good fishin for black bass around here from now until spring time when the bass start spawning and the fishermen come back 

1 hour ago, TnRiver46 said:

It should be good fishin for black bass around here until spring time when the bass start spawning and the fishermen come back 

 

Stupid fishermen. Tennessee is for thee, not they. 

44 minutes ago, Swamp Girl said:

 

Stupid fishermen. Tennessee is for thee, not they. 

😂. Luckily most think fishing is only a warm weather activity around here. There are some places that get fished hard in the winter but not too many. 

1 hour ago, TnRiver46 said:

😂. Luckily most think fishing is only a warm weather activity around here. There are some places that get fished hard in the winter but not too many. 

Went to NickaJack last three Sundays. Twice one boat at ramp and once two boats at Shellmound. This is the place where in the summer its a traffic jamb at the ramp. Love fishing in the fall! Just me, geese, Coots, Cormorants, and weeds.