You guys know I'm mostly a green bass angler in large part because the green bass grow bigger in Maine than the brown bass. Hank Parker fishes Maine a lot and I've watched many of his videos. He catches the same size smallies as me, I.e. 15 to 17 inches on the skinny side. Well, last night, I caught a thick 18-incher. Here:

 

 

And I did it again this morning. I know this morning's bass looks smaller, but it wasn't:

 

 

Catching a couple solid brownies gets this ol' gal excited about smallie fishing again.

 

I caught 24 bass this morning, bumping my 2025 total to 555. 

 

You know how some guys create an account to post a photo of a big bass they caught and then ask us to guess how much it weighed? Well, @Glenn once wrote that he doesn't guess a bass's weight from a photo because there are too many variables. His point is proven by my bass pics from this morning. For example, looking at the photos, if I didn't know otherwise, I would guess that this bass was my biggest:

 

 

It was a solid bass, but only 18 inches.

 

This skinny one was also 18 inches:

 

 

This was my biggest at 19.75 inches:

 

 

 

Counting the smallie, I caught a 19.75-incher, three 18-inchers, and some 17-inchers like this one:

 

 

If I'd been in a kayak tournament, my total would have been 90.75". 

 

It was in the fifties and raining most of the morning. A pretty morning:

 

 

I caught my bass with a green ribbon-tail worm, a blue lizard, a black Whopper Plopper, and a purple Cut R worm. I was expecting to catch more, but I'm happy with the quality. I left my canoe at my pal's pond and will fish it again tomorrow morning. I'll try some different spots and would love to catch another thick smallie!

 

 

Nice mixed bag and nice report! 
 

I love fishing in lakes where you don’t know if the bass will be green or brown when you hook it.
 

I don’t fish in lakes that have smallmouth as often because they are normally larger, more crowded, and less suited for my little boat. Occasionally I’ll venture into the bigger lakes to go after them but not often. I usually get my smallmouth when I float small rivers, but they don’t have any real size to them. Just a blast on light tackle. 

8 minutes ago, Jar11591 said:

 

I love fishing in lakes where you don’t know if the bass will be green or brown when you hook it.

 

They fool me sometimes. I'll cast to rocks and hook a bass and assume it's brown, but then it's green. Or a bass will rocket out of the water and I'll assume it's brown again, but it'll be green again. 

Thank you again for making my day.  Maybe  next week I'll get back on the water.

Awesome day! Some of those fish are so healthy and some are so skinny. Maybe based on having spawned earlier or later.

 

That was a really nice bag overall!