Got done eating supper and went out back to cast a little. On about the 5th cast or so I got this 6.3 , 23 inch tank on a spinnerbait. She was full of eggs.

Shout out to @Fishing_FF for giving me that bait when he was up here in feb.

Went to dink city and caught three dinks in about as many hours. Not sure why I keep going back there. I think the one pictured was the least smallest.

 

Also met a fairly aggressive Canadian goose.

 

 

 

 

 

 

9 hours ago, deep said:

Went to dink city and caught three dinks in about as many hours. Not sure why I keep going back there. I think the one pictured was the least smallest.

 

Also met a fairly aggressive Canadian goose.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Because wherever it is probably has a few tanks and you know it

9 hours ago, deep said:

Went to dink city and caught three dinks in about as many hours. Not sure why I keep going back there. I think the one pictured was the least smallest.

 

Also met a fairly aggressive Canadian goose.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Because Legend has it there's a 38"er in there. It's what I heard!!

I was hung up and then suddenly my lure started coming back to me. (Thanks fish for saving my crankbait. I did end up losing 3 due to the landscape matting they put under the gravel/rocks that is starting to come up. I will probably have to stop fishing trebles in this lake. I have lost a total of 5 crankbaits this year due to the matting crap.)

 

Much better than the last couple trips. Half a dozen dinks, couple 16", and one right at 18".

 

On 4/11/2018 at 2:57 PM, Dirtyeggroll said:

I was hung up and then suddenly my lure started coming back to me. (Thanks fish for saving my crankbait. I did end up losing 3 due to the landscape matting they put under the gravel/rocks that is starting to come up. I will probably have to stop fishing trebles in this lake. I have lost a total of 5 crankbaits this year due to the matting crap.)

 

Need to get a lure knocker! I dunno how many crankbaits were lost until my fishing buddy found this one: https://www.tacklewarehouse.com/catpage-PTLR.html?from=basres

 

worth every penny

Ill throw a crankbait or lipless into anything now. Brush, trees, rocks, anything. And yes it has rescued a few from that mystery tarp cloth they use under rip-rap and around bridge pilings.

I spent an hour with a lure knocker trying to get one of them back out of the matting. I felt the lure knocker get hold of the hooks and thought I was gonna get it back but I’m pretty sure it just bent out the hooks that were on the lure knocker and not the matting. Then on the next one I managed to hit the rope of the lure knocker with my trolling motor and get it wrapped up and snap off the line with the bait on it.

Get one of these instead of a knocker,

http://img.tacklewarehouse.com/watermark/rs.php?path=FRLR-1.jpg

 

If I can reach it, I can get it back 99.9% of the time. I've got them back from every place imaginable with mine. 

4 hours ago, Bluebasser86 said:

Get one of these instead of a knocker,

 

If I can reach it, I can get it back 99.9% of the time. I've got them back from every place imaginable with mine. 

Something like this did cross my mind after about a half hour of trying to free one bait that was in 4 feet of water. Although, I am not really confident it would help much with the matting. But, I do have access to all of th equipment and supplies to make one for next to nothing. Other than having one more thing in my 10-ft boat, what can it hurt (still not going to be throwing $9 crankbaits in places I know that matting exists).

13 minutes ago, Dirtyeggroll said:

Something like this did cross my mind after about a half hour of trying to free one bait that was in 4 feet of water. Although, I am not really confident it would help much with the matting. But, I do have access to all of th equipment and supplies to make one for next to nothing. Other than having one more thing in my 10-ft boat, what can it hurt (still not going to be throwing $9 crankbaits in places I know that matting exists).

I've lifted entire logs and cedar trees off the bottom with mine, they're surprisingly durable. Mine telescopes down to only 5', so they don't take up much room. 

13 minutes ago, Bluebasser86 said:

 Mine telescopes down to only 5', so they don't take up much room. 

Sold

On 4/10/2018 at 8:29 PM, N Florida Mike said:

Got done eating supper and went out back to cast a little. On about the 5th cast or so I got this 6.3 , 23 inch tank on a spinnerbait. She was full of eggs.

Shout out to @Fishing_FF for giving me that bait when he was up here in feb.

Hmmmmm....over by the lawn chair or under that manicured bush???

3 hours ago, Oregon Native said:

Hmmmmm....over by the lawn chair or under that manicured bush???

Next to the pool noodle, behind the giant inflatable swan. 

35 minutes ago, Gundog said:

Next to the pool noodle, behind the giant inflatable swan. 

They spawn in the kiddie pool!

10 minutes ago, frosty said:

They spawn in the kiddie pool!

Shallow end.

@Dirtyeggroll, what's the matting like?  Plastic, I'd assume...like landscape fabric?  At any rate, I'm sure someone thought it was a good idea....geezz....probably with visions of weed control....gotta wonder about planners/engineers who'd lace a lake with plastic...or any other type of matting

Its more like a cloth/fabric. A tough, hook loving, unforgiving and overspreading cloth-like material from hell.

Yep....probably landscape fabric to limit weeds; no telling how many bad, unintended consequences....I can imagine a few...its probably made with some plastic or other petroleum product in the weave; it will PREVENT WEEDS, which is not necessarily a good thing; I have to believe it interrupts natural cycle of decaying matter on the bottom, as well as crayfish habitats

Caught a few before the small storm passed through this week. All spotted bass, biggest being 2lb 2oz. The bite is getting better

1 hour ago, Choporoz said:

Yep....probably landscape fabric to limit weeds; no telling how many bad, unintended consequences....I can imagine a few...its probably made with some plastic or other petroleum product in the weave; it will PREVENT WEEDS, which is not necessarily a good thing; I have to believe it interrupts natural cycle of decaying matter on the bottom, as well as crayfish habitats

It's a non toxic, PVC matting screening meant to prevent weed growth in swimming/docking areas.  It's also a hook magnet.  They're used extensively up here around docks.  Its a way better solution than spraying chemicals to kill weeds.

13 hours ago, Bluebasser86 said:

Get one of these instead of a knocker,

 

If I can reach it, I can get it back 99.9% of the time. I've got them back from every place imaginable with mine. 

^ Would have been my next suggestion. The poles aren't always the best, and take up a fair amount of room, but they will pull up just about anything. Slide it down the line until it hits the lure and spin it around 4-5 times so the hooks are stuck in the screw part and just lift away. 

12 hours ago, Oregon Native said:

Hmmmmm....over by the lawn chair or under that manicured bush???

Actually right down behind the Bush. I was to the right of the chairs when I made the cast lol. 

On 4/10/2018 at 8:29 PM, N Florida Mike said:

Got done eating supper and went out back to cast a little. On about the 5th cast or so I got this 6.3 , 23 inch tank on a spinnerbait. She was full of eggs.

Sweet.....yeah, those spinnerbaits are small and don’t look like much, but they outperform the Stanley’s, Revenge’s, and River-2-Sea’s spinners I have. 

PB at 5.1lbs! I don’t know how she stayed hooked/snagged. Hardest I’ve ever fought a bass. 

 

 

 

Time to go update my PB in my profile.