I haven't posted in a couple of weeks due to the fact my wife had to have two surgeries on kidney stones and I have been at home taking care of her and my children. She is better now and I am have been back on the water over the past three days. I was glad to find the fish active and biting when I got back on the water on Friday since I had heard that fishing had been tough. Right now fishing is about as good as it gets for offshore structure fishing. The fish are bunched up on offshore structure and feeding heavily. Friday I had over fifty fish fishing alone with mixed largemouth, hybrids and catfish. Saturday I fished the SJA tournament with Doghouse and we got second place. We had no problem finding the big fish getting a six pounder and a fished that weighed 8.29 pounds that won big fish but we caught over twenty twelve to thirteen inch fish that didn't weigh much and had a hard time culling up to some bigger fish for more weight. Sunday I fished in the morning with a couple of clients and kept on fishing in the afternoon alone since the big ones were biting. At the end of the day counting both the morning and afternoon there were over thirty fish caught with five over six pounds and a bunch of fish in the one to five pound range. Biggest fish was a nine pounder. Also had a seven pounder and three six pounders. Also lost another fish that was over seven pounds near the boat. The best baits have been changing from day to day but plastics and jigs have been out fishing faster moving baits. We have also caught some fish on crankbaits and a prototype Mattlures Mattshad that I have been trying out on schooling fish and fish suspended in open water. Here are a few photos of the bigger fish from the weekend. The photo with two fish are two big fish from the tournament on Saturday and the other two fish were the biggest from Sunday.

Here is the nine pounder from Sunday.

Here is the seven pounder from Sunday.

Outstanding.

Excellent report.  Even on a big bass lake with a guide like you who has the bigguns dialed in, there is still alot more "keepers" than lunkers.

So that's why you cancelled my trips?  To keep the big fish to yourself!  

Glad the wife is feeling better.

Congrats!!

Well done!

GJ Rand

Will they evers top coming? lol

Outstanding catchin' Randall!!!

Glad to hear your DW is doing better  I'm sure she knows you're a 'keeper' too!

Dan

WTG!