Global Moderator TnRiver46 Posted April 3 Global Moderator Share Posted April 3 If’n I wuz a goin fishin, I’d throw a straight tail worm weightless And a fluke Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevinmyfsu Posted April 4 Author Share Posted April 4 I've had COVID for the past week, so I only managed to get out for about an hour on Sunday, but I managed to catch a handful on a dropshot and a little 3/16 oz swimbait head. Works just as well as a keitech on a ballhead, but using 6th Sense Divine Swimmers with their swimbait head, with the screwlock, means *WAY* more fish per bait. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
txchaser Posted April 5 Share Posted April 5 Can't stop catching on the owner flashy swimmer, even though I keep trying to find something else they will eat regularly. Even a swimjig with a blade on it isn't producing when the flashy swimmer is. /shrug Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevinmyfsu Posted April 5 Author Share Posted April 5 9 hours ago, txchaser said: Can't stop catching on the owner flashy swimmer, even though I keep trying to find something else they will eat regularly. Even a swimjig with a blade on it isn't producing when the flashy swimmer is. /shrug What's fascinating to me is that I can't get a fish to even look at an underspin right now, lol. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Global Moderator TnRiver46 Posted April 5 Global Moderator Share Posted April 5 1 hour ago, kevinmyfsu said: What's fascinating to me is that I can't get a fish to even look at an underspin right now, lol. I’m 0 for a lifetime with underspin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevinmyfsu Posted April 5 Author Share Posted April 5 9 hours ago, TnRiver46 said: I’m 0 for a lifetime with underspin I'm glad I'm not alone, lol. While I'm not 0, I'm d**n near - maybe 5 total. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User scaleface Posted April 6 Super User Share Posted April 6 Spinnerbait in a pond . Thats all the fishing I've done so far . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Zurawski Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 River fish here have been chasing pretty good and jerkbaits been best. A regular fluke on a jighead drifted close to bottom is also working for less active biters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevinmyfsu Posted April 10 Author Share Posted April 10 On 4/6/2023 at 5:02 PM, scaleface said: Spinnerbait in a pond . Thats all the fishing I've done so far . Literally yesterday, nice 3.2 on a 1/2oz Berkley Power Blade, 5" Googan Dart trailer in natural. Conditions were overcast, mid-50s with about 13-15mph wind, crystal clear water, drainage pond with max depth of 4-5 feet. Not sure how it acquired the wound. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User scaleface Posted April 11 Super User Share Posted April 11 Went yesterday for the first time . Caught thirteen , two keepers with spinnerbaits in wood. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Raider Bob Posted April 13 Share Posted April 13 The Zman TicklerZ in Smelt is my go to this time or most any other times of year. Caught gobs of little ones on it Sunday. Don't catch a lot of big ones but it always produces. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pdxfisher Posted April 17 Share Posted April 17 I have been doing great here in OR (Columbia river) for the past 2 weeks with a 1/2oz jackhammer stealthblade with a paddletail trailer in a shad color. Water temp has been 45-48F and the fish have been in 6-8' of water. Got my PB smallmouth this past weekend on this. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User ol'crickety Posted April 17 Super User Share Posted April 17 A Rage Swimmer with a weighted shaft hook and a Golden Shiner lipless crankbait have been my best lures, BUT DO NOT FOLLOW my lead as I've only caught 12 bass in three trips. I've encountered ice at two of the three ponds I've fished and the bass I caught are literally chilled. I was chilled the last time too! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bassman Posted April 17 Share Posted April 17 We're transitioning here in central IN towards spawn. Moving baits are giving way to topwaters and sight fishing finesse plastics. Buck bass are replacing the big females for the time being. (Maybe I'll get lucky and catch one that's a buck and a half). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User scaleface Posted April 19 Super User Share Posted April 19 Took the big boat out for the first time yesterday . Caught 10 bass . The first five were over 15 inches with three over three. The next five were under . All on spinnerbait. Water temp 59 to 65. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
galyonj Posted April 19 Share Posted April 19 On 4/17/2023 at 6:01 PM, ol'crickety said: A Rage Swimmer with a weighted shaft hook and a Golden Shiner lipless crankbait have been my best lures, BUT DO NOT FOLLOW my lead as I've only caught 12 bass in three trips. I've encountered ice at two of the three ponds I've fished and the bass I caught are literally chilled. I was chilled the last time too! If I caught 12 bass in three trips I'd be taking out full page ads to tell people about it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Global Moderator TnRiver46 Posted April 19 Global Moderator Share Posted April 19 1 hour ago, galyonj said: If I caught 12 bass in three trips I'd be taking out full page ads to tell people about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevinmyfsu Posted April 27 Author Share Posted April 27 Drop. Shot. No wind, crystal clear water, slightly overcast and 68 degrees. Fish skinny from spawn, one assumes. 4.3 lbs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crypt Posted April 27 Share Posted April 27 plastic worm/craws...............great conditions...spawn is pretty much done so the bigger ones are moving offshore and nailing my offerings........when I get to go..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User scaleface Posted April 27 Super User Share Posted April 27 Bass are moving shallow. Water temp in the mid to high 50's. Water 12 to 15 inches visibility. Spinnerbaits up the creeks on wood is killing it . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thediscochef Posted May 2 Share Posted May 2 I have no idea what's going on at ray bob right now but it's completely shut off for me again since bass spawn. we're in early shad spawn I think, but I haven't been able to get a bass to take a lure since the middle of last week. very frustrating to be chased by a school of shad but not have any bass be interested. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Global Moderator TnRiver46 Posted May 2 Global Moderator Share Posted May 2 6 minutes ago, thediscochef said: I have no idea what's going on at ray bob right now but it's completely shut off for me again since bass spawn. we're in early shad spawn I think, but I haven't been able to get a bass to take a lure since the middle of last week. very frustrating to be chased by a school of shad but not have any bass be interested. This too shall pass! I feel your pain 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User scaleface Posted May 4 Super User Share Posted May 4 I went yesterday following a hugely successful trip a week ago . Had it all planned out . Well, the crappie bite is on and every single spot, 100% had multiple boats sitting on them . I gave the crappie anglers the same courtesy I like to receive and managed only three bass, with a three lber on spinnerbait . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Global Moderator TnRiver46 Posted May 4 Global Moderator Share Posted May 4 7 minutes ago, scaleface said: I went yesterday following a hugely successful trip a week ago . Had it all planned out . Well, the crappie bite is on and every single spot, 100% had multiple boats sitting on them . I gave the crappie anglers the same courtesy I like to receive and managed only three bass, with a three lber on spinnerbait . That’s better than I’ve done with a spinnerbait in 30 years 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FishTax Posted May 5 Share Posted May 5 Black Shaky head and jig on points and flats in about 5-8' depth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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