Caught yo-yoing a RES on a shallow point. My biggest of the year to this point and also a new personal best for the particular lake. 

Also had my first double of the year and it was my first ever smallmouth/white bass double, same bait and retrieve on a different spot.

Nice one.

Gotta love it when they exceed bump stick length.

A-Jay

Sweet, Blue.

 

Need a Hawg Trough bump board now  

1 hour ago, Darren. said:

Sweet, Blue.

 

Need a Hawg Trough bump board now  

 

X2

That's a mean pair of fish to be on one bait

What kind of hooks you got on that RES? They did their job on that double

20 minutes ago, riverbasser said:

What kind of hooks you got on that RES? They did their job on that double

Eagle Claw Fletcher Shryock EWG short shank trebles.

man I have about 2+months before ice is out and I can get after it. but looking at that those fish makes me itch to get out there

She's a nice chunk!

Your other photo brings new meaning to the word 'tandem'

3 hours ago, kroberts9 said:

man I have about 2+months before ice is out and I can get after it. but looking at that those fish makes me itch to get out there

Power plant lakes are a lifesaver for those of us living above the ice belt. 

Congrats on some nice catches.

Love those doubles 

Very nice. Very pretty fish.

 

I'm guessing the SM tried to take the bait from the white, instead of the other way around.

3 hours ago, Paul Roberts said:

Very nice. Very pretty fish.

 

I'm guessing the SM tried to take the bait from the white, instead of the other way around.

They were in very shallow water and both visible almost immediately after the hookset. It really looked like they both hit the bait instantaneously but if one did try to take it from the other, I'd assume the same scenario you did. 

8 hours ago, Bluebasser86 said:

They were in very shallow water and both visible almost immediately after the hookset. It really looked like they both hit the bait instantaneously but if one did try to take it from the other, I'd assume the same scenario you did. 

Neat that you could see them. Then the two were probably focused on the same "critter". Those Whites have got to be competitive buggers, and quick. And bass are agonistic shoaling/aggregating opportunists. It's always interesting to see things and get a better bead on "just who is who" out there -through how different fishes interact. Most certainly telling that the two were nearly identical in size. 

 

OK, I'm a nerd. Carry on, folks. 

 

WTG!

Nice multi-species double! Most folks don't get to experience that... Very cool!

On 2/6/2017 at 7:12 AM, Paul Roberts said:

...It's always interesting to see things and get a better bead on "just who is who" out there -through how different fishes interact. Most certainly telling that the two were nearly identical in size. 

 

 

That was what I was thinking.  I know different species often school together because of size, but I wonder if they realize they are different than the other fish.  They are kind of like Buddy the Elf or the proverbial boy raised by wolves, completely out of their pack but clueless about it.

Just now, OCdockskipper said:

 

That was what I was thinking.  I know different species often school together because of size, but I wonder if they realize they are different than the other fish.  They are kind of like Buddy the Elf or the proverbial boy raised by wolves, completely out of their pack but clueless about it.

I'm guessing they do know who's who. But things probably get messy down there when a bite is on or competition is high. I'm guessing that if they were much different in size the smaller might have acquiesced. Size, and capabilities, generally rule in the fish world. Fish aren't "stupid" when it comes to feeding, which is what optimal foraging theory is about. And if you get outcompeted enough, you are gonna wind up on the dustheap. I just wonder who "owns" the critter in such a scenario. The whites speed and eye-sight vs the bass's belligerence and maneuverability.

 

More nerd stuff.

 

Did I mention what a truly gorgeous bass BB86 had there. Truly, that is one healthy big bass.

NICE FISH! cool double. they say that you cant hit a home run unless you swing the bat . keep swinging!

Guess I have to update this now

6.65 on a homemade 1/2oz football jig in my namesake color (from the Siebert's Storm Series).

 

Down the hatch picture of the jig. Probably would have lost her if it'd been later in the year and she was pulling harder. The hook was only through the soft skin in the roof of her mouth. 

That is some heavy wind. Tough detection. Were you stroking that jig? 

39 minutes ago, Paul Roberts said:

That is some heavy wind. Tough detection. Were you stroking that jig? 

For the most part I was dragging it slowly along the bottom because the water was only 43 degrees. Pretty standard wind around here, so you just get used to feeling them in it. Usually just swing on anything that feels any different and hope for the best. 

Well can't upload my photo due to size limit but today I landed a 3" bass...  just starting to have some open water on the Mississippi (Minnesota) and no luck with my heavy gear... so I pulled out the ice gear and that's how I landed the fish stick