But not this year!

 

For the previous 4 years, during the last week of March or first week of April I have managed to catch at least 1 giant bass. I thought that streak was for sure going to end this year. Newborn. Working 100+ hours per week. Mom in the ICU. And frankly, just tired.

 

Well I got out today to a newish to me lake, I had fished for the first time last fall and had a lot of fun with wipers and a few decent bass. It has a ton of vegetation and rather clear so I suspected it held good fish. Plus, I’d never heard of it until last fall, which makes me think it’s not pressured too terribly. 
 

I made my way there this morning and knew it was supposed to be a little cool but then warm up quickly. The forecast had said 33 degrees at 7A the previous day. When I got to the ramp the thermometer on my truck said 23!

 

Given the clarity of the water, I wanted to throw big swimbaits, in part to dial in my Humminbird Mega Live. About an hour and a half passed and I’d seen a few fish turn toward the swimbait on the Mega Live but nothing seemingly too interested. I ended up on this big grass flat in about 10-12’ of water and really I was just cruising it looking for the edge when I saw what I thought was a school of crappie or Shad on the Live about 100’ from the boat. I tossed my glide bait out toward it just to see if I could pick it out of the crowd. As I swam it by one of the markings followed along. I was intrigued as I didn’t think a crappie and certainly not a Shad would follow the glide. I tossed it out a again and watched some big markings come up from the grass, heart beginning to speed up I was just waiting for the weight, the glide made it back to the boat untouched but I watched fish follow it on the live all the way back. I tossed it out again let it sink down to the level of the fish and on the first half turn of the reel I felt the tick and weight to reel in a big mamahachi. I was able to reproduce this over and over again. WHAT A DAY!

 

My new PB 5 fish bag of 33.27 lbs with an 8.35 lb kicker!

 

But I caught way more than just 5 fish. Had at least 3-4 additional 20 lb bags.

What an epic day. Congrats man. 

Out-Standing ~ !

Some real brutes.

Bet you remember this one for a while.

And I'm also willing to bet you'll be able to match or surpass these efforts in the near future.

Congrats

A-Jay

Congrats man sounds like you needed some stress relief...working 100+ hours a week? No thanks dude...that's gross

Well done.  Those are some dandies.

3 hours ago, Dirtyeggroll said:

But not this year!

 

For the previous 4 years, during the last week of March or first week of April I have managed to catch at least 1 giant bass. I thought that streak was for sure going to end this year. Newborn. Working 100+ hours per week. Mom in the ICU. And frankly, just tired.

 

Well I got out today to a newish to me lake, I had fished for the first time last fall and had a lot of fun with wipers and a few decent bass. It has a ton of vegetation and rather clear so I suspected it held good fish. Plus, I’d never heard of it until last fall, which makes me think it’s not pressured too terribly. 
 

I made my way there this morning and knew it was supposed to be a little cool but then warm up quickly. The forecast had said 33 degrees at 7A the previous day. When I got to the ramp the thermometer on my truck said 23!

 

Given the clarity of the water, I wanted to throw big swimbaits, in part to dial in my Humminbird Mega Live. About an hour and a half passed and I’d seen a few fish turn toward the swimbait on the Mega Live but nothing seemingly too interested. I ended up on this big grass flat in about 10-12’ of water and really I was just cruising it looking for the edge when I saw what I thought was a school of crappie or Shad on the Live about 100’ from the boat. I tossed my glide bait out toward it just to see if I could pick it out of the crowd. As I swam it by one of the markings followed along. I was intrigued as I didn’t think a crappie and certainly not a Shad would follow the glide. I tossed it out a again and watched some big markings come up from the grass, heart beginning to speed up I was just waiting for the weight, the glide made it back to the boat untouched but I watched fish follow it on the live all the way back. I tossed it out again let it sink down to the level of the fish and on the first half turn of the reel I felt the tick and weight to reel in a big mamahachi. I was able to reproduce this over and over again. WHAT A DAY!

 

My new PB 5 fish bag of 33.27 lbs with an 8.35 lb kicker!

 

But I caught way more than just 5 fish. Had at least 3-4 additional 20 lb bags.

What a day!

You put yourself in the right place, time and lure presentation.

Congratulations, it’s not easy to focus on fishing with all your distractions. Life time day of memories, thank you for sharing.

Tom

Freaking Awesome!!!!!! That's great, so happy for you!!!!

 

BTW, this guy will help you out anyway he can. Solid dude here!

Hell yeah man!!

 

Enjoy the memories you made...you DESERVE it!

 

Awesome job!!!

Outstanding! 

Congrats on a great day on the water

Congrats!!

Pretty awesome!!!! Congrats on a memorable day!

Congrats. Whatta day! That’s MAJOR stress relief right there! 

That is outstanding and it came at a good time, moments of joy!  So happy for you, and may God bring some relief to your troubles.  God bless!

How am I supposed to tell where you were with pictures of the sky?? ?

 

Congrats on the monster day man.

Congrats on a day to remember. Best to keep that lake to yourself.

Awesome day of smashing them!!

So study for all those hours, all those years just to work 100 hours a week?

Is this what the clock looks like to you?

 

 

Hope your Mom is on the road towards recovery too

 

WOW!!!

I know I'm late, but what an awesome day.  Congrats!!!

 

scott