I launched at my pal's pond this morning, unsure if I'd target big bass or many bass.

 

Busy boat or big bass? 

 

Busy boat or big bass?

 

Busy boat or big bass?

 

 

I started working the deep water for big bass, but couldn't convince one to bite, so I went shallow for smaller bass. I still managed to catch some chunky bass, but no 19-inchers. They were caught on a T-Rigged blue lizard, a black Senko wacky-rigged with a chartreuse tip, an underspin, and a Whopper Plopper. The chunks:

 

 

Lots of average bass:

 

 

And I know some of you like to see our pretty, little Maine smallmouth:

 

 

Here's the Whopper Plopper that caught a lot of bass at the end of my trip:

 

 

I'm fishing again tomorrow morning at my pal's pond and am taking another pal fishing at my pond this evening. I'll guide more than fish this evening.  

 

FWIW, I've now caught 202 bass in 2025, putting me about 400 behind @Bluebasser86. Clayton doesn't just win tournaments. He also laps this old bassnut.

409 right now.

 

@Swamp Girl

Gee Katie you must have large hands to wrap a smallie top to bottom like that. I have never been able to do that with the smallies I have caught. 

27 minutes ago, Dwight Hottle said:

@Swamp Girl

Gee Katie you must have large hands to wrap a smallie top to bottom like that. I have never been able to do that with the smallies I have caught. 

Dwight, I couldn't wrap my whole neighborhood around your smallies!

1 hour ago, Bluebasser86 said:

409 right now.

 

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

 

1 hour ago, Dwight Hottle said:

I have never been able to do that with the smallies I have caught. 

 

Ha! I told ya they're small and I've seen your XXXL smallies.

4 hours ago, Dwight Hottle said:

@Swamp Girl

 

Gee Katie you must have large hands to wrap a smallie top to bottom like that. I have never been able to do that with the smallies I have caught. 

 

Y'all are cracking me up.

 

@Dwight Hottle's smallies have their own zip code, and @Bluebasser86's measurements will automatically convert from inches to miles at some point. He's just a hair under .13 miles of bass now. 🤣

@Swamp Girl says to herself should I catch big fish or a lot of fish and then always says to herself, "why not both"

 

Those fish are just so pretty and healthy. Awesome that you are getting some on topwater already. I have not thrown a topwater yet (nor seen any fish pushing bait to the surface). It is probably time to start tying one on each trip.

22 minutes ago, pdxfisher said:

 

Those fish are just so pretty and healthy.

 

@AlabamaSpothunter has always said the same thing about the bass I catch. 

 

22 minutes ago, pdxfisher said:

It is probably time to start tying one on each trip.

 

Heck, yeah!

 

23 minutes ago, pdxfisher said:

@Swamp Girl says to herself should I catch big fish or a lot of fish and then always says to herself, "why not both"

 

Yeah, I'm a P-I-G. 😉