Caught me a new PB tonight, wish I had brought a scale, but he absolutely goes 3# for sure, got him on a squarebill too, which I've never had any luck with ever before, so that was pretty awesome, bluegill color in a silent KVD 1.5, think they may see some more play this fall for variety. 

 

Nice Fish! Well done they are a bit of a tussle when they get 3# or better

Nice Brown Bass ~

Congrats

A-Jay

This was about the best end to a rough day I could have asked for, had a truck breakdown resulting in about 6 hours of lost work, but when I got it put back together I get a blowout win from the Mariners, the Longhorns, and this guy, complete with an impressive acrobatic display and probably the hardest fight from a bass I've ever felt, these guys make largies look tame by comparison.

Pattern held overnight, hooked up with 6 more this morning, making 9 hookups in the last 12 or 13 hours here, all on the squarebill, had a proper river monster bend out the front hook on my KVD 1.5 Silent, gave me quite the show and spit it maybe 5 or 6 feet out, what a rush. Pretty sure I have an extra treble somewhere in the truck, if not I'll cannibalize one from another bait, because shad colors flat aren't getting bit, dumbest thing ever since to the best of my knowledge this river has 0 bluegill and 939292884929292939488493 shad in it, but if they want cake, let them eat cake, currently the bite has died out, fish still busting about 200 yards out, ducks and geese are singing up a storm for me, and the coffee is tasting especially good this morning, a man doesn't get too many days like this in his life, think I'll light up a pipe and make the most of it, it'd be perfect if it weren't for the smoke from the fires...as it is I'm telling myself it's fog lol

Congrats! Smallies always put up a fight. I caught a smallie this summer that was < 3lbs (forget the exact weight) on a jig on a MH/XF rod with the drag set to 4.5lbs and that fish put up quite the fight! I was quite surprised it wasn't at least a 4+ pounder.

Grabbed another good fish tonight, but I'll be damned if he didn't munch the squarebill on the first cast and the old curse held up, still, no skunk on this 45 minute excursion.