Today was pretty miserable weather wise, windy and rainy with air temps in the low 40s, but my little brother and I decided to take the boat out to see how our new fishfinder would do. We went 3 hours without a bite, and he finally landed one on a blade bait. From there we pieced the puzzle together and managed to land 9 largemouth, and a bonus walleye! I also discovered that largemouth will still hit the Alabama rig even in 40 degree water, which is encouraging. Had to call it a day when our fingers weren't functional enough to change the trolling motor battery . Wet, cold fingers and wind are a bad combo!

 

Nice job.  I got a colder water bass today tho!

10 minutes ago, bassh8er said:

Nice job.  I got a colder water bass today tho!

That you did! I think I may end up doing some of that stuff when I go back to school here pretty soon.

@everythingthatswims you get it done son. I'm proud of ya and dont even know ya. Week after week. You stay catchin em. A true fisherman for sure. 

Great job 

You have some nice fish right there, good going!

Might that first bass be a spot? Just curious. Gorgeous walleye. They are beautiful fish. Thanks for posting.

On ‎1‎/‎2‎/‎2017 at 10:08 PM, Yeajray231 said:

@everythingthatswims you get it done son. I'm proud of ya and dont even know ya. Week after week. You stay catchin em. A true fisherman for sure. 

nice job guys!!! good to see young men committed.

Everythingthatswims , you impress the hell out of me .

 

I still rate that one sonar  screen shot you posted as the best I've seen .

In Richmond VA we had a warm day 2 days ago. After all our ponds and lakes thawed out from a week's freeze, it slowly started to warm, but we had one particularly warm day, 60 degrees with 30mph winds which was just perfect for fishing. Murky water and strong currents in a large pond I hit but I still snagged a 3.2 pounder and 2 smaller bass in 2 hours. I was slow retrieving a bagley balsa wood squarebill shallow, with a bright color pattern and it couldn't have been a better selection. 

On ‎1‎/‎14‎/‎2017 at 8:39 AM, Paul Roberts said:

Might that first bass be a spot? Just curious. Gorgeous walleye. They are beautiful fish. Thanks for posting.

Nope all largemouth there. The only bodies of water in VA that I know have spots in them are the James River, Claytor Lake, Gaston, New River, and South Holston. I have never caught a spot in VA, my first was when I went to Kentucky Lake. Now I have caught plenty here in WV.

@everythingthatswims awesome job!