@N Florida Mike with ice on the lakes for the foreseeable future - your consistent catches are mana for the soul!

So happy that you get to fish with your boy again. It’s truly the best.

2 hours ago, Pat Brown said:

So happy that you get to fish with your boy again. It’s truly the best.

You would know.

He is a very good saltwater fisherman, to the point of almost being a captain /guide before his boat broke down beyond repair…We will be posting some saltwater fishing pics soon.- that’s his favorite .

He’s going to Rodman this weekend though, to catch whatever he can.

On 1/25/2026 at 6:52 PM, Swamp Girl said:

@NorcalBassin: You've really been getting out there. If I can build a high speed train from coast to coast by Wednesday, I'd like to join you later this week.

Lakeshore Limited then California Zephyr. But it will be next Wednesday.

Fished 7am - 1pm today. Air was 28 degrees, water was 47 and I caught 1 non keeper mussel.

@GreenPig: The colors in that sky are jaw-dropping.

Temps and wind finally cooperated enough for me to decide to get out yesterday. Of course the wind blew harder than expected and it never felt even close to the 40* they forecasted, in fact, I was as cold as I’ve been on the water in a long time. With all the snow and extreme cold temps last week, the water temps were down about 10* from my previous trip, there was even some ice on parts of the lake, a pretty rare occurrence on the power plant lake. The fish really seemed to be biting soft and not getting the bait at first. I had several taps that just dropped it immediately or came off shortly after the hookset. I think I only ended up catching 7 fish, but 2 of them were bookends, a 19.25 4.50lb fish, and a 19” 4.75lb fish, both ate a Big TRD on a 1/16oz weedless Ned head.

2 on the dropshot yesterday

conquer your fears of losing your jig in the ripraps, and your winter dreams can come true. 4lbs on the dot

@thediscochef: WHO'S THAT SKINNY GUY???????? Whoever he is, he caught a fine bass.

Nice catch

I m sorry for changing the subject but what and and where did you get the plier holster

6 hours ago, GRiver said:

Nice catch

I m sorry for changing the subject but what and and where did you get the plier holster

Good question.....that's pretty awesome!

8 hours ago, thediscochef said:

conquer your fears of losing your jig in the ripraps, and your winter dreams can come true. 4lbs on the dot

What a catch! You rock Chef!

On 2/4/2026 at 9:09 AM, GRiver said:

Nice catch

I m sorry for changing the subject but what and and where did you get the plier holster

Pliers holster came from A popular shopping brand website/streaming service/internet outage creator

Weather got up to almost 80* with water temps 54-56*. Bite hasn't broken open with the spring-like weather (for me at least), so hopefully after a series of colder storms come through the next couple weeks they'll be in the early prespawn and a lot more active.

Underspin won the day again.

17 minutes ago, NorcalBassin said:

Underspin won the day again.

Underspins are my main lure. There was a guy at Bass Resource who tried to convince me that underspins are inferior, but I keep using them.

31 minutes ago, Swamp Girl said:

Underspins are my main lure. There was a guy at Bass Resource who tried to convince me that underspins are inferior, but I keep using them.

Another spinnerbait catch. Playing at dusk was rewarding.

Tough fishing this weekend. I got up really early to do some catfishing before the sun came up. Had some nice, big gizzard shad that I caught and froze on an earlier trip this winter. Scanned through a depression at the end of a feeding flat, big marks all over side scan. Fancast my 3 rods out and watched the sun come up from the yak. Them things never twitched, bobbled, wiggled, nothing. Oh well, I was right by my favorite long, underwater point, so I reeled them in and started fishing. I might have had one bite there but I think more likely I pulled my bait into a carp and it just ran with my line over it's back for a brief moment. Cut across to the rock banks where I caught most of my fish last week. Got a quick bite on a Ned, line broke on the hookset. Same exact place the same thing happened last week, must be something sharp in the water on that spot. Fished all down that bank and most of the next one before I finally caught a fish. On the water at 6, didn't put one in the boat until 9:45, not ideal. Fished to the end of that bank and turned around. All the way back down that bank and back to the first rock wall. Picked up a flatside, maybe I could force feed them. First cast, caught a dink, thought I cracked the code, only bite I got on it. They kept running up to a jerkbait on scope but then turning away, changing baits didn't change the results. Got down to the end of that bank where it changes to sand, all the sudden they were there again. They weren't giants, but I finally got about a dozen of them the last hour I had to fish, salvaged what was a pretty miserable day of fishing, minus the great weather. I was sweating by the end of the day, even dressing a lot lighter than normal.

This poor guy had a twisted jaw. I couldn't make it look shut no matter what I did.

Super Bowl Sunday bass. Launched my big boat and it was too cold to start . Fished on trolling motor a while til sun came out but I wasn’t patient enough and kept trying to start the motor , eventually draining the battery after the 4,000th attempt. Wouldn’t start with fully charged trolling battery either. Trolled back to the ramp and went home to fetch the canoe, it always fires up first crank 😂. Got the one bass

Today it was warm and my motor started easily first try. Jigged a while after work and finally got a LM

After 3 weeks, a crippling ice storm, 7” of snow and the coldest temps in years, I was able to launch and fish open water. Surface temps 41-44 deg., but managed to swing on a couple 😁 Minnow jiggling for both.

@Team9nine: Gosh, that's impressive in such cold water.

I was actually thinking this morning it’s about time for Brian to be fishing…….

Ask and ye shall receive

bonk

Caught a 5lb 10oz Largemouth in the picture, slow retrieving a white original bladed jig in about. These are my favorite bladed jigs, which are effective year-round if you know where to fish them. I fished a white one because I knew there were shad present, and white is just a good clearwater color anyway.

Thought it would be tough, and it was. Post frontal, NW wind gusting to 20, and 43 deg water temps…but I avoided the skunk with this one on an A-rig.