@Swamp Girl lol. Six? You’re set!

 

I can’t believe I’ve lost two nets and both in the same pond. The first one I saw go over the side and couldn’t grab it in time. This one I had no clue until I was getting the boat out of the water and was like “Where’s my net?” I used it on the first two bass (not the 8” dink) so it had to be after the second one. Truth be told, this will be better anyway as the handle on the sunken one was rather short. A longer handle will reach farther and keep me from possibly high-sticking a rod. 

Cold, high water; cloudy and windy. For some reason known only to them, the bass wanted the Hybrid Hunter Jr today. Three nice fish! Then hands on coffee...

I don't get it - it drops 20 degrees and heavy 15 mph North winds blow across the 50° surface and all I can get them to eat is a topwater!  😂😂😂

 

 

Got a couple snags on the lipless and finally nailed my first colder water lipless bass day before yesterday:

 

 

All the big ones that have hit have been basically silent/zero fan fare/zero blow up and that is TOUGH to detect on a windy day!

 

We gonna get one though.  Just a matter of time.

Got out to one of my favorite little cold water lakes this past weekend. There was a bad algae bloom an the water was still just a little too warm, but I caught quite a few healthy fish still and had a good time. The Besotted jerkbait was on a pretty good tear in the morning and I finally caught one on one of the ABS Bull Shads.

 

Very nice but slow afternoon on a local reservoir until I got lucky and pulled up on the right spot at the right time with about 40 minutes to go and limited out in 20. Blade bait in 58 deg. water.

 

 

 

 

15 minutes ago, Team9nine said:

Very nice but slow afternoon on a local reservoir until I got lucky and pulled up on the right spot at the right time with about 40 minutes to go and limited out in 20.

 

Nice Job.

Hope you ate them all with a nice bottle of Chianti.

btw- who's the little bald guy ?

A-Jay

 

 

I think it’s time to retire the jeans. That hole is outrageous lol. No wonder your wife refuses to wash it.
 

 

38 minutes ago, A-Jay said:

Nice Job.

Hope you ate them all with a nice bottle of Chianti.

btw- who's the little bald guy ?

A-Jay

 

Very sensitive with the Chianti talk. I’m sure @12poundbass and @TnRiver46 will have a GIF on it  

 

Sorry, different thread  

Couple bass from the striper trip yesterday. Definitely wasn't expecting a LM on a glide so that was a nice surprise. Bucca trick shad hits on its first day out.

Well the cold finally landed, got the boats out Tuesday to avoid the snow and sleet.  Here's my last gasp at feeling my fingers while fishing.

 

Couple city bass from shore, dragging a little tube yet again;

 

And here's the last days of having the bigger boat out, the bite was a little more open, shaking a minnow, mid column walking the dog with a BayRuff, and aggressively working a tailspin in the bottom third of the water column with my first fish caught in over 30' fow.

 

scott

Pretty strong front set in today. Highs barely broke 50, and winds were steady out of the north 8-12 with the occasional stronger gust. It was a bad setup for where I wanted to fish, but was still able to scrounge out 4 bass in just under 3 hours. I've fished in worse, for less, so no complaints   Now we wait for the eventual warmup.

 

 

On 10/14/2024 at 10:47 PM, TnRiver46 said:

It was my best bud’s 40th birthday today so we fished the same ole spot I’ve been going that’s not flooded to chocolate milk. The fish keep dissipating but we didn’t get skunked, even got a catfish double 
 

Look at that flat brimmer 🤣😂🤣

Went out this morning and got two crappie, came home for breakfast mid morning and my wife made a French ham and cheese croissant. Went back out fishing around 2 and fished offshore, only one nibble. Then I Hit the banks with a green pumpkin finesse worm and got 7 smb and 1 lmb from 4-5:30. Largest was around 17”, one was super skinny and another fought way harder than it should have for its size. Fun day 
 

 

Went out Saturday in what was supposed to be light winds and some flurries. The wind was way stronger than expected and those "flurries", sure accumulated quickly when they were coming down so fast I couldn't see across the lake. The fish didn't mind, biting from start to finish. Over 30 largemouth, several trout, a couple white bass, 2 walleye, a couple drum, even a little flathead in the 48* water. One of the bass was my heaviest of the year at 6.02lbs, a full .01lbs heavier than my previous heaviest of the year. 

 

@Bluebasser86: Clayton, I don't hire guides because they're above my pay grade, but if I lived in Kansas, I'd scrape and save the money to hire you. I wouldn't even be focused on catching fish. I'd be focused on learning. That six-pounder has a mountain of a back!

 

However, I wouldn't want to fish in the snow. I can do that in Maine.

@Bluebasser86  Is a real one no doubt........covered in snow in a kayak, yeah you gotta be in for the love of the game at that point 😎

 

Beautiful fish!    

I think @T-Billy should loan Clayton his fur hat for the next two or three months. 

6 hours ago, Swamp Girl said:

I think @T-Billy should loan Clayton his fur hat for the next two or three months. 

Not a chance. I've been out in high teens to low thirties the last couple days muskie fishing. 17hrs over the past two days with zero fish to show for it. 

 I thought this cold front would get 'em fired up, instead they've been unbelievably lazy. I had one HUGE fish bite a live crappie, but drop it before I could get to the rod, and two others of unknown size do the same with dead shad. Tons of lazy follows on artificials, but no bites on them. 

3 hours ago, T-Billy said:

Not a chance. I've been out in high teens to low thirties the last couple days muskie fishing. 17hrs over the past two days with zero fish to show for it. 

 I thought this cold front would get 'em fired up, instead they've been unbelievably lazy. I had one HUGE fish bite a live crappie, but drop it before I could get to the rod, and two others of unknown size do the same with dead shad. Tons of lazy follows on artificials, but no bites on them. 

 

Dang, you're still out there too??? How big do you think the crappie-eater was?

6 hours ago, Swamp Girl said:

How big do you think the crappie-eater was?

High 40's at least. Top five I've ever seen on down scan. It sat there right under my transducer looking at the crappie for a few minutes after it dropped it, but decided not to bite again. 

12 minutes ago, T-Billy said:

but decided not to bite again

 

I could see why a fish would choose not to bite into a mouthful of sharp treble hooks again after it had just done so.  I certainly wouldn't lol

1 hour ago, gimruis said:

 

I could see why a fish would choose not to bite into a mouthful of sharp treble hooks again after it had just done so.  I certainly wouldn't lol

I don't know man... For a free crappie dinner? I'd at least have to consider it. 😂

Dropped down to 20 overnight, but we clawed our way back to 50 by late afternoon, so I hooked up and ran to the lake for about 3 hours. Sunny skies with SW winds of 10-15, gusting 20-25 were a challenge, but I managed to get half a dozen bites on a mix of jerkbaits and blade baits, including one that hit the 6 lb. mark, making it worth being out there.

 

4 minutes ago, Team9nine said:

so I hooked up and ran to the lake for about 3 hours.

 

Fashion police approves of the new pants.  Guessing Mrs Team9 had something to do with that.

Nice fish @Team9nine!   

 

She's got the mark of Dottie.....amazing to me that so many big LMB share that genetic marker across so many different states, and perhaps even abroad.