On ‎5‎/‎16‎/‎2020 at 4:16 PM, The Bassman said:

Anyone who says they never wear the skunk lacks the truth in them.

I bring a medium light spinning setup to catch panfish on zero Bass days. That's just to avoid the skunk

Went fishing this past weekend and caught a couple peacock bass and largemouth bass. It is nice to live in an area that has good bass fishing in very month of the year. If I want to fish light tackle I can do that too but I prefer heavier tackle so I can catch bass and release them quickly.

Updating

 

. The spring spinnerbait bite is done and the summer offshore bite is here 

These are approximate numbers . 

 

total bass caught to date this year 244 

Spinnerbait 117

crankbait 50

Toad 41

worm 36

 

After my days off this week I'm up to 1,094 bass for the year.

15 hours ago, Bluebasser86 said:

After my days off this week I'm up to 1,094 bass for the year.

Jeez.  I fish most days for a few hours or more and am currently at...145 bass and 300 pickerel.  

 

I once hired a marshal to tally the fish my wife & I caught, and to record the date, time & lure.

Sadly, I had to let him go, there just wasn't enough work to keep him busy           

 

Roger

I’ve been keeping track of number of fish, species, location, bait used, weather, and water conditions for about 15 years now. It’s interesting to look at the spreadsheet in the winter when I can’t get out. 

Tracking fish caught seems like too much work. Also, why would I want documented evidence of my lies? ?

1140 after this mornings trip.

As June comes to an end I thought I would update my season so far . Worms are coming on strong as post spawn bass occupy offshore brushpiles .

 

Total bass caught 333

spinnerbait 117

toad            79

worm          78

crankbait     59

 

Yesterday was the last time this month I am going out, so my home lake total for the 1st half of the year is 793 (I didnt count the ones I caught in Georgia).  That is an above average number compared to previous years, but not the best ever.  Three 50 fish trips in May helped bump up the first half numbers.

 

So far , Ned rigs & Sluggos/Flukes are the leading baits.  As summer & fall come, I expect the latter to drop off and the former, along with plastic worms to increase

Indiana update. Checking in with 1362 as of today. Only change has been a recent reservoir jig bite which accounts for about 5% of that total. Otherwise, everything else on just a handful of baits - shallow crank (water dependent), swim bait (ongoing), Ned (lots), jerkbait (spring - done now), and finesse worm (strong the past two months).

This is making me wish I had kept track. I do keep track of fish over 4 pounds and high number days in my head .This year my best numbers day is 35.

I have only caught 3-4 over 4 so far this year.

I estimate that at least 90% of my fish were caught on T rigged plastics. 2nd is probably spinnerbaits, maybe 5%, then the other 5% everything else.

I have probably caught 200 to 300 bass in 2020.Just too lazy to write it down . ?

1228 after this last week. I feel like a Ned rig and jerkbait have accounted for at least half of those fish.

I am up to 166 caught - Averaging 1 bass for every 2 hours fished.  Not good.

3 hours ago, Bluebasser86 said:

1228 after this last week. I feel like a Ned rig and jerkbait have accounted for at least half of those fish.

Very Nice!

 

I pull pics of each fish I catch after I edit a video, I'm at 184, but I have 8 videos yet to edit that have at least double digit bass caught in each video. Last year I numbered the fish in my videos and was at 515 at the end of the year, but didn't get all of them on video. I didn't think that was bad for my 2nd season fishing. Last I checked I was almost about 100 over my pace of last year, because the best fishing around here is just starting.

9 hours ago, kayaking_kev said:

...I'm at 184, but I have 8 videos yet to edit that have at least double digit bass caught in each video...

When I first read that, I thought "wow, less than 200 bass and 8 of them are over 10 lbs". 

 

Then I read it was your second year and thought "Either he is a fast learner or his scale is broken".

 

Then I read it again and saw that you were talking about double digit numbers...

 

I'm still kinda asleep...?

You do know that counting everything is a sign of OCD.

Tom

2 hours ago, WRB said:

You do know that counting everything is a sign of OCD.

Tom

I accept it and live with it .?

7 minutes ago, scaleface said:

I accept it and live with it .?

I know too well!

Tom

Speaking of OCD, when I ring someone's doorbell, I automatically begin counting down from 30.  If no one answers by the time I reach zero, I repeat the process.

2 hours ago, OCdockskipper said:

Speaking of OCD, when I ring someone's doorbell, I automatically begin counting down from 30.  If no one answers by the time I reach zero, I repeat the process.

I do that too. People always want to meet you there but have one heck of a time answering the door 

I keep track of my catches but I'm not too interested in total fish caught by itself, or in finding the "best" lure.  I use my records to keep track of averages and rates over time in each of the 30-something, mostly-small bodies of water I've been fishing for the last 8 or so years on a semi-regular rotation:  average lengths, catches per hour, keepers per hour, rate of various species, PB per species by length and weight, and a few other things.

 

I'm mostly interested in how different places compare to each other, and how my own success changes over time, overall and in each place. Lure information tells me what was successful, but also tells me something about which presentations I have vs. haven't tried much in each place. 

 

At the moment I'm at 137 overall for the year, at 1.95 per hour. Rate is down a little from my last two years, mostly because of a slow start in April and May.

The first 15 years after I moved to GA I fished about 200 days a year mostly in Lake Lanier and caught a minimum of 10 bass per day.  

The Anglr button is 20-30 bucks and is one click to log location, weather, and that you caught something. If you are willing to pick up your phone it is a couple more clicks to add length/weight/lure. I was sure I didn't need it and could remember everything. I was wrong. Now I just need to remember to use it.