I finally made it to the cabin for the first fishing trip of the year with my dad. We were worried about rain but everything turned out well. The water temperatures were perfect going from mid 50s on thursday to low 60s on Sunday. We fished a few different lakes and caught crappies, a few walleye, and a few pike. This was one of the best trips we've had for smallmouth. We both got a few, but mine were generally a bit larger.

 

Our favorite lake for had a few bass, but the big ones were found in our local 1000 acre trophy lake where the smallies are a beautiful bronze color to match the water and rocks. Water clarity can be up to 10 feet, but was only about 6 or 7 this spring.

 

 

My best baits were a keitech easy shiner (perch), 5" grub, and my new PB was caught on a brown wiggle wart. 20" with a 16.5" girth. Formulas put it at 5 to 5.5 lbs which I think is very reasonable (dont own a scale). My wiggle wart fouled and skipped across the surface for a few feet before diving. I hooked the fish and was having no problem moving it, and said I didn't think it was that big. That is until she started to fight and then it was on. Hooks came out in the net.

 

Next time Im there it will probably time for night time walleyes or musky fishing, but Im glad I finally got on some good bass for the first time in a while.

 

18" with the best bronze coloring I've ever seen

 

20" with 16.5" girth

Way to go smiley!

Beautiful fish, but the angler gives me the willies! 

On 5/25/2020 at 7:09 PM, BrianMDTX said:

Beautiful fish, but the angler gives me the willies! 

You should see the dude with the big square white face in the "Any guesses on the weight of this largemouth bass?" thread! Whoa!!! Rocky Dennis over here!

 

Edit to add:

Then again - look at my avatar photo. Yikes!

Nice Bass 

Congrats.

btw, how long have you been wanted.

A-Jay

I've seen locations blurred, I've seen baits blurred, but this is my first time seeing a face blurred to keep other anglers from using an angler to catch fish.

11 hours ago, Hook2Jaw said:

I've seen locations blurred, I've seen baits blurred, but this is my first time seeing a face blurred to keep other anglers from using an angler to catch fish.

Dont want to hurt anyones feelings by making them jealous of both my fish and my good looks!

24 minutes ago, Vilas15 said:

Dont want to hurt anyones feelings by making them jealous of both my fish and my good looks!

This is bassresource, my friend.  We're all 6'9" 290 with 10% bodyfat and smoking hot.

2 minutes ago, Hook2Jaw said:

This is bassresource, my friend.  We're all 6'9" 290 with 10% bodyfat and smoking hot.

 I didnt know you knew my stats.  Lol 

Those are some beautiful smallies.  Congratulations on the PB!

1 hour ago, Hook2Jaw said:

This is bassresource, my friend.  We're all 6'9" 290 with 10% bodyfat and smoking hot.

Speak for yourself, I look like a white Shrek! 

 

Nice bronzebacks.

 

Pretty sure I seen you on Lake Kissimmee, that St Croix hat is a dead giveaway  ?

 

Roger

Congratulations on your new personal best smallmouth bass.

Some nice brownies. Pretty sure I hooked up with your sister