Went out to the lake for a couple of hours after my midterm exam, and I'm glad I made the trip. Started off pretty dead as there was no action for the first hour and a half, but about a half hour before it got dark the bass suddenly turned on. My friend got a nice 15 incher on a salmon fry pattern while I nailed three on a spinner. Also got two blow-ups on a hollow-body frog but I guess they aren't keen on amphibians up here yet as instead of crushing it they missed. The bass we landed seemed quite healthy and rather plump. 

 

No trophy fish today but it's a start...and a much better start than I had last year. Oh! And I finally figured out how to do the "walk the dog" technique. Looks like I'll get to put the Zara Spook to use this year.

 

 

 

I can't believe you have fish hitting topwater in BC right now! Must be that Pacific Northwest weather. Good job

Good for you

 

And I'm Officially Jealous

 

 

A-Jay

Nice job man! I went out today and caught a nice little chunk as well. 

Went out again tonight and got totally drenched in the rain. Got a couple of dinks on a spinner, and finally hooked up my first fish ever on a crankbait! Was using a Mann's Baby Minus One and it got slammed in about 3 feet of water by a chunky little 2lber. Unfortunately no photos as it came off just before I got him up on the dock. Definitely have much more confidence in the cranks now though and will be using them much more this year.

Went out again tonight and got totally drenched in the rain. Got a couple of dinks on a spinner, and finally hooked up my first fish ever on a crankbait! Was using a Mann's Baby Minus One and it got slammed in about 3 feet of water by a chunky little 2lber. Unfortunately no photos as it came off just before I got him up on the dock. Definitely have much more confidence in the cranks now though and will be using them much more this year.

Just make sure not to get the "elite series" baby 1 minus cranks, they have heavier paint so they don't wake well. The normal ones work very well though. You should try a redeye shad, I have a feeling it would be killer in your area right now.

great start to the year bud.  that sly grin says "i'm on a bunch of fish and i'm fixin' to wreck 'em."   hope ya get a bunch more.

Great times right there! Yup, on topwater crankbait strikes, happens at times. Congrats on a great start to your season!

Congrats on a good start to your fishing season.

Great start to a successful new season.

Nice job! Many more to come!

Thanks guys! Today I finally managed the first landed fish on a frog for this year. Not the biggest fish, but that top water strike always gets the heart pumping. Got it on a new rod to boot!

 

 

On the down side, I somehow managed to lose two frogs today. First (...and second) time I've ever lost a hollow-body to a snag