Well almost.. 4 and a half pound  20" donkey kong jr.. he needs food ..badly.. at this time of year he should be heading over 5

The weathers getting cold and I broke out my bigger baits for this season.

Donkey Kong (its bigger brother) nailed my 8" swimbait previously and based on the pressure on my swimbait rod it was bigger than this one but the bigger brother was able to use the weight of my swimbait to toss the lure.. kudos to that guy but I wouldve liked very much to land him.

However, minutes later felt a light thump and fish on.. as you can see fellow Joisee fishermen, our bass will inhale bigger swimbaits as well as this near 8" bait is barely peeking out of its mouth having inhaled all of it..

 

Nice fish!

Jr jumped too but I was able to keep him from throwin the big bait.. thats the problem with big baits .. they can get thrown.. had that happen more than a couple of times..gotta keep the tight lines and cross yer fingers when they jump and shake

Nice Bass

 

Congrats

 

A-Jay

I hope he didnt spit up that cigarette butt in the last pic

Good fish, man!

Nice catch!

I hope he didnt spit up that cigarette butt in the last pic

Nah I ripped it outta his mouth and put it out.. said that stuff aint good for ya!

Bonus pic.. this bluegill this morning obviously has an inflated self-image.. dunno what he wat thinkin'

Oh forgot.. fish DONT THINK

Always nice to see a big bass from the garden state. Awesome fish^5

Trow me one O' dem slobs ova dis way.   

Weather is gonna be sucking this week, maybe going out this weekend.

Weather is gonna be sucking this week, maybe going out this weekend.

67 on saturday seem like a day to circle and fish all day if u can

good time of the year to begin upsizing lures abit

points ledges near coves with quick access to deepwater

I betcha theres big ones in your lakes too

Oh, I know the hawgz are there. They just need to bite my yummy lures.

Have any of your spots turned yet?

nice fish man, looks like he could have been a super hawg if he was eating

Have any of your spots turned yet?

havent checked temps at depths I only check surface temps and recently Ive even cut that to just feeling the water with my hands

few weeks ago the surface temps were downright chill and I fished deep

but theyve come up in the past week or so

Nice fish.