Well for the past few weeks I have not been doing much fishing and when I have gone fishing it has been for carp. Today I was bored with nothing to do and decided to go fishing... However I did not feel like sitting there and waiting for a bite which is what you do when you fish for carp. I decided to target bass since I have not done so in quite a while.... You cant fish for carp with a lure like you can with bass can you now....

I did manage to land four bass. Three of the bass were keeper size(when I say keeper I do not mean I kept the fish I just mean they were decent size)however the biggest of them was only 2 LBS 11 OZ. The size of the bass I caught today are about the size of the bass I catch whenever I target bass which is why I fish for carp often. My average bass only averages about two pounds while my average carp is around 8 pounds...

Now here is paradox I am facing... I much prefer the process of bass fishing to carp fishing. It is much more fun to work a lure then sit and wait for a bite. However I love catching BIG fish and to catch big fish I have to target carp and catfish . This requires sitting there waiting for a bite. I am realy confused as to what species I prefer fishing for at this point....lol....

Here is the biggest from today weighing a whopping 2 LBS 11 OZ

Wow that fish looks a LOT bigger than 2-11  

I'll 2 lbers all day!! I guess in Florida dem are dinks:P

Have you ever tried setting out a few carp or catfish lines and bass fishing at the same time? Just toss out your dough balls and let them sit, and bass fish at the same time in the same general area. You get the best of both worlds.

Wow that fish looks a LOT bigger than 2-11  

He was only 2 LB 11OZ...

Thing is if you look at the photo I am holding him WAY out... Notice my arm is at full length in the picture making my bass look a bit bigger than he is. You can kind of tell the REAL size of the bass by looking at my hand in his mouth.. Notice my hand would not fit in there.

On another note I am pleased with the look of the four bass that I caught. Non of the bass were skinny and unhealthy...they were all quite fat and were feeding well. The bass in the picture was the fattest of the four that I caught. He might not have been the longest but the fish had huge girth. He was a little football...

Have you ever tried setting out a few carp or catfish lines and bass fishing at the same time? Just toss out your dough balls and let them sit, and bass fish at the same time in the same general area. You get the best of both worlds.  

I have actually though of doing that yet I am worried about hooking into a bass and have a carp take my bait at the same time...

I'll 2 lbers all day!! I guess in Florida dem are dinks:P

I actually live in southern California... The fish in the picture is about a pound above the average size for bass I catch. I know there are some 7-8LB toads in my local lakes and I have caught a few of them long ago.... I have not caught a bass that big in a while though...

Have you ever tried setting out a few carp or catfish lines and bass fishing at the same time? Just toss out your dough balls and let them sit, and bass fish at the same time in the same general area. You get the best of both worlds.

I have actually though of doing that yet I am worried about hooking into a bass and have a carp take my bait at the same time...

That would be interseting to say the least.  

Nice fish.  

What were you using?

What were you using?

For the largemouth bass I caught yesterday I used a high end $8 rattle trap type bait for three of the bass. The fourth bass was caught on a 6 inch finess worm.