Super User Swamp Girl Posted September 18, 2023 Super User Share Posted September 18, 2023 I can't say for sure that I caught another 20-pound bag because water killed my Rapala scale (I ordered another.), but I caught five bass that were 19" to 19.75" and Texas Parks and Wildlife says that bass of that length range from 3.95 pounds to 4.49 pounds and as you'll see below, my bass were all beefy and some bulged. I caught 22 in all with my usual battery of lures (Whopper Plopper, popper, wacky Senko, T-Rigged blue worm, and a paddletail with an Owner underspin) and only lost one big gal because I wasn't fishing a bog with a three-foot mat of weeds two feet down. I was fishing a pond with actual open water to play and land bass. I'll start with some pond pics and then show you some of the shorter, but still fat bass, and end with the March of the Brunhildas. FWIW, I was expecting a big morning, so yesterday I replaced the hooks on my Whopper Ploppers with red Gamakatsu trebles and retied all my knots. I'm so glad I did.: 17 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Brown Posted September 18, 2023 Share Posted September 18, 2023 Fall tanks! Nice job Katie! All beauties and I'm sure all heavy for their length! Nice bellies and colors all around. Hope I can get out this evening after work for some action. Very excited because this coming weekend I'll be camp fishing for smallmouth and spotted bass in western NC. I'm nervous about a totally new body of water but I feel we should be able to find a fish willing to bite. Fingers crossed. Always an inspiration Katie! 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User Swamp Girl Posted September 18, 2023 Author Super User Share Posted September 18, 2023 10 minutes ago, Pat Brown said: I'll be camp fishing Hey, I wrote an article for BR about camping to catch bass called "Bunking with Bass." Glenn should post it soon. 10 minutes ago, Pat Brown said: I'm nervous about a totally new body of water but I feel we should be able to find a fish willing to bite. Oh, you will. You're a heckuva fisherman. I can only dream about catching bass as big as your biggest. Say, Pat, as I was bringing 17", 18", and 19" bass into my canoe this morning, I thought about all the YouTube videos proclaiming "This pond is full of GIANT bass!" and then they go and catch one three-pounder. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skunkmaster-k Posted September 18, 2023 Share Posted September 18, 2023 What a pretty sunrise. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User Dwight Hottle Posted September 18, 2023 Super User Share Posted September 18, 2023 @ol'crickety just another 20lb bag.?? 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User Swamp Girl Posted September 18, 2023 Author Super User Share Posted September 18, 2023 39 minutes ago, Skunkmaster-k said: What a pretty sunrise. I wish I'd had a better camera. I've seen a lot of sunrises in 2023, but this morning's was the best. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Functional Posted September 18, 2023 Share Posted September 18, 2023 those are some heiffers !! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User Bankbeater Posted September 18, 2023 Super User Share Posted September 18, 2023 Dang, you found the hawgs! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Raider Bob Posted September 19, 2023 Share Posted September 19, 2023 22 hours ago, ol'crickety said: I wish I'd had a better camera. I've seen a lot of sunrises in 2023, but this morning's was the best. Sounds like a request for Santa! After all, you got a Vanford for your B-day! Bet it happens! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pdxfisher Posted September 19, 2023 Share Posted September 19, 2023 Wow! You are killing it!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Raider Bob Posted September 20, 2023 Share Posted September 20, 2023 On 9/18/2023 at 9:28 AM, ol'crickety said: I can't say for sure that I caught another 20-pound bag because water killed my Rapala scale (I ordered another.), but I caught five bass that were 19" to 19.75" and Texas Parks and Wildlife says that bass of that length range from 3.95 pounds to 4.49 pounds and as you'll see below, my bass were all beefy and some bulged. I caught 22 in all with my usual battery of lures (Whopper Plopper, popper, wacky Senko, T-Rigged blue worm, and a paddletail with an Owner underspin) and only lost one big gal because I wasn't fishing a bog with a three-foot mat of weeds two feet down. I was fishing a pond with actual open water to play and land bass. I'll start with some pond pics and then show you some of the shorter, but still fat bass, and end with the March of the Brunhildas. FWIW, I was expecting a big morning, so yesterday I replaced the hooks on my Whopper Ploppers with red Gamakatsu trebles and retied all my knots. I'm so glad I did.: Which of you usual battery did you have the most success on? Curious to try them Sunday when I have a chance to go. I got a 20 lb bag Sunday before last.......but it took twenty five fish to get there. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User Swamp Girl Posted September 20, 2023 Author Super User Share Posted September 20, 2023 5 minutes ago, Blue Raider Bob said: Which of you usual battery did you have the most success on? Curious to try them Sunday when I have a chance to go. I got a 20 lb bag Sunday before last.......but it took twenty five fish to get there. I went old school, Bob, and had the most success with a Whopper Plopper. Four of the five biggest came on it. However, I didn't use my normal, HUGE 130 Whopper Ploppers, but rather the short, fat one (the 75) because I'd watched a couple videos saying that we should downsize our baits in the fall. To see if the big one would work, I cast it a few times, but had no hits. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Raider Bob Posted September 20, 2023 Share Posted September 20, 2023 3 hours ago, ol'crickety said: I went old school, Bob, and had the most success with a Whopper Plopper. Four of the five biggest came on it. However, I didn't use my normal, HUGE 130 Whopper Ploppers, but rather the short, fat one (the 75) because I'd watched a couple videos saying that we should downsize our baits in the fall. To see if the big one would work, I cast it a few times, but had no hits. Thanks Katie! I tried to go today but just as I got a mile from home my phone rang. My boss needed help on a project shipping Friday so I had to turn around and go back to work. I was a long, slow drive back?. Gonna try again tomorrow! I'll be lake fishing at Percy Priest Res. for the first time in years. Hope its less crowded since it will be during the workweek. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User Swamp Girl Posted September 20, 2023 Author Super User Share Posted September 20, 2023 Dang it, Bob! Oh well, there's always tomorrow. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User Darth-Baiter Posted September 20, 2023 Super User Share Posted September 20, 2023 a 20 lb bag is 5 four pound fish? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Global Moderator TnRiver46 Posted September 20, 2023 Global Moderator Share Posted September 20, 2023 36 minutes ago, Darth-Baiter said: a 20 lb bag is 5 four pound fish? Four pound avg. could be an 8, 5, 3, 3, and a 1 combination, etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Raider Bob Posted September 21, 2023 Share Posted September 21, 2023 18 hours ago, Darth-Baiter said: a 20 lb bag is 5 four pound fish? I've never experienced that. Maybe someday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User GreenPig Posted September 21, 2023 Super User Share Posted September 21, 2023 Excellent. That is indeed a great day of fishing. But I can't for the life of me figure out how you got your scale wet, in a canoe, pulling in fish after fish. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User Swamp Girl Posted September 21, 2023 Author Super User Share Posted September 21, 2023 5 minutes ago, GreenPig said: Excellent. That is indeed a great day of fishing. But I can't for the life of me figure out how you got your scale wet, in a canoe, pulling in fish after fish. It's embarrassing, but I'll tell it: A have a friend with a cabin on a pond. Sometimes I fish out of his canoe. One evening when I docked, because it was dark, I left the scale in his canoe. Well, it rained tons in Maine this year and by the time he had returned to his cabin a couple days later, my scale was floating in water. I opened it and let it dry for a couple days and replaced the batteries, but it was was dead. However, my new scale arrived yesterday, so I'm good to go! Since I'm confessing, I've felt bad about this thread. I don't know if the catch above reached 20 pounds. There were six fine bass, but without a scale, who knows. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Baron Posted September 27, 2023 Share Posted September 27, 2023 On 9/18/2023 at 10:28 AM, ol'crickety said: ...and a paddletail with an Owner underspin)... This has become one of my top confidence baits this year! The 3/0 3/16oz. version with a willowleaf blade, with a 4" XZone Swammer ( a bit less kick) or 3.75" Strike King Rage Swimmer (lots of kick). Both are more durable than Keitechs (one short snap by a pike and a Keitech is ruined, but I caught a dozen small pike and a few bass on the same XZone Sunday). 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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