Caught my first bass of the year today! About 2 and a half pounds. Caught on a Strike King KVD Jerkbait. Put up a good fight for right after ice out. Beautiful coloration as well.

great fish, bro!

5 minutes ago, fishinfiend said:

great fish, bro!

Thanks it felt really good to feel the tug of the line again. Even though this year its only been since December!

heck ya

 

looks like a great spot to fish too

Nice first outing of the year.  I got skunked today on my first trip to the strip pits this year, so glad to see some fish in IN are biting.

2Ywah, it's a8 minutes ago, fishinfiend said:

heck ya

 

looks like a great spot to fish too

Yeah, its a park lake, bur not too many people fish it. Nice size for bank fishing. Its a man made reservoir off of a feeder creek to the White River, and it fishes just like a big one on a smaller scale. It's definitely a bass factory.

9 minutes ago, RipzLipz said:

Nice first outing of the year.  I got skunked today on my first trip to the strip pits this year, so glad to see some fish in IN are biting.

This guy hit towards the end of the trip. Glad I could get rid of the skunk for 2016 haha! Also, check out the Indy thread here!

 

http://www.bassresource.com/bass-fishing-forums/topic/166602-unofficial-hoosiers-thread/?page=2

 

Nice going! The first fish of the year is always exciting.

Great job!

There ya go ~

Congrats

A-Jay

Congrats on a good start for the year.

Nic first bass. WTG!

nice catch to get it started!

It's good to feel a tug on the line.  Congrats!

Pretty fish. How were you fishing the jerk? Are you standing on the NW bank?

3 hours ago, Paul Roberts said:

Pretty fish. How were you fishing the jerk? Are you standing on the NW bank?

Thanks! And actually, that is the South East Bank. It is near a quick drop right off the bank, which I figured is always a good bet.

4 hours ago, Paul Roberts said:

Pretty fish. How were you fishing the jerk? Are you standing on the NW bank?

Oh, also, I was fishing a simple twitch-twitch, pause. I would alternate between 1 and 3 twitches. Pausing for up to 15 seconds. Probably not near slow enough.

Ice just came off the St. Joe River in Fort Wayne today. Took the kayak out and fished some jigs, spinnerbait and a rapala x rap............. Nothin. Lol

saw a few surface shallow on a steep bank but no luck for me.

11 hours ago, jignjake said:

Ice just came off the St. Joe River in Fort Wayne today. Took the kayak out and fished some jigs, spinnerbait and a rapala x rap............. Nothin. Lol

saw a few surface shallow on a steep bank but no luck for me.

Yeah, I was surprised to catch one myself.

Nice fish!!!