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I wanted to get started early this morning so I got to the smaller pond at 7am as the sun was starting to rise. Didn't get to stay long as it started pouring down and I wasn't really dressed for the occasion. It was a tad chilly out. Got back to the house about 7:45am so I could put my wet clothes in the dryer. Finally the rain let up enough for me to get back out there. Rain was still in the forecast so I dressed for it this time. Glad I did because it rained a bit more. It was ok though it finally cooled down some and stayed that way. Got back to the pond around 10am had my green pumpkin 3/8oz Dirty Jobs Tackle swim jig tied on with a green pumpkin 3.75" Tube as a trailer on my baitcaster and a green pumpkin 3.75" Tube with an 1/8oz shaky head hook stuffed inside it with the line tie eye pushed out the side at the head of the Tube(got the idea in an article on Tubes on this site) tied on my spinning rod. Both were productive today caught 2 on each before I got my swim jig snagged and broke off(gotta replace it soon). Ended up tying on my 3/8oz black and blue Arkie jig with another green pumpkin 3.75" Tube trailer. Caught one on that too, it was by accident though. It had a little mud on it so I dipped into the pond to rinse it. As soon as it hit the water it was engulfed. One handed I pulled it out, did my thing and released it. They were all dinks today, but I had fun anyways. The most fish I've caught in a single outing so far. Still trying to get that big un that I almost had yesterday. It's gonna happen, just hope it's sooner than later.

Hadn't been fishing in a while, until tonight. It's been hot and fish have been in the summer mood. Though the air is still in the high eighties, the shorter days are causing the water to cool slightly. I went out bank fishing on a pair of golf course ponds tonight and caught a dozen 2-4 pounders and a 5 pounder in an hour, most of them from under a wooden foot bridge. It was phenomenal. All of them smashed a green pumpkin chatterbait with a matching trailer. The fish were strong pullers tonight and I think they are becoming activated by the cooling water. We are expecting finally a cold front this week and after that the bass should be actively chasing schooled baitfish and go nuts chasing my collection of jerkbaits.

Another few hours on the lake. Y'all ever have one of those days where you just feel like you'll get bit every cast? Thats how I felt. Ended up with 16 , but I lost more fish than normal . This was mostly because the fish were so active they would almost immediately hit the worm and swim off in any direction faster than normal. Caught probably 10 or more in blown down trees and limbs from Irma. Only had a couple lucky strike worms left , and I quickly used them up. Ended up using old manns ribbon tail worms in purple flake from the 80's and they loved them. Ended up with a 6 inch manns black screw tail worm on for the pictured fish. Fall bite is ON !!?

Caught in a public pond at about 10am on black n blue booyah frog. I retrieved so slowly so I was just barely causing him to make commotion next to the two downed trees. Not sure the picture does the justice since I was alone but I estimated 3 something probably. ( feel free to voice ur opinion on size) someone else said over 4 but I don't know This is the spot he blew up on it. Just to the left of the left branch...

Weather not the greatest here in the Omaha area, but I was able to get out for a few hours and catch four (4) bass. Here was the biggest at 4.16 pounds and just short of 19". Caught on a weedless 1/0 wacky hook using a weightless 5" flat dawg worm. This is the biggest I caught this year and it sure felt good.

This fish deserved its own post, I would rank it as top 5 in my craziest fish catches ever. I was on the Ohio River near Weirton, WV, on the WV side. I was walking beside a set of train tracks to go to a spot where my friends and I fish for walleye, hybrid striper, and white bass. It is a pretty good hike so we have to carry in a lot of gear, all of which is packed away. My friend lives in the area and had never caught a bass from the area we walked through, and he is an EXCELLENT fisherman. As usual, my eyes were picking apart the shoreline while we walked, and I spotted a pretty nice largemouth as it cruised up to a weed edge. I didn't have anything rigged up, and the only suitable rod I had with me was a 7' medium action baitcaster with 12lb fluoro. I scrambled as fast as I could to open my bag, get a finesse jig out, and tie it up. Shockingly, the bass stayed put. I was standing on the side of the train tracks at this point, a solid 10' above the water level, and flipped my jig way out in the river. I swam the jig back in to where the fish was, and let it settle on the bottom before I shook it. I instantly felt two sharp taps and set the hook. The fish went nuts, and my buddy somehow slid down the extremely steep bank feet first, and scooped the fish in the net as soon as his feet hit the water! The fish was absolutely gorgeous and weighed 5lbs, 7oz, my biggest WV bass so far, and I am pretty sure that is a large fish for the Ohio River. She didn't look like she had ever been caught before either!

About time! I was successful at catching and keeping a few rainbows after what seems like weeks of throwing my whole tackle box at them! "not literally but hopefully you get the point" I used a size 10 Owner Mosquito Hook "Used these before, Awesome hooks.", Four pound fluorocarbon and a Berkley trout worm in bubble gum. I used a spit shot rig with a single spit shot about 12 inches from the hook and that was all it took. The other three rainbows were a bit wiser and wanted nothing to do with my pink worms/powerbait. I pulled out a crank bait and spinners and it was enough for the other three to want to bite. Now i would of liked to put the others on here and show them off but stupid me forgot to take a picture of them first and was more worried about getting the next one/etc. However, Perhaps next time though. Finally got my fall rainbow feels good <3

Had my personal best today on St Clair, 3 fish over 5 pounds and 2 around 4. 23 pound bag and all on Ned rigs.

@Smokinal @The Bassman @wdp Just checking . . . A-Jay

Those smiles are priceless! ?

Thought I'd make an evening trip out for some walleye today, instead I ended up catching a few smallies just after sunset on a yellow perch patterned Rapala shadow rap. The location was a rock flat with a sand transition and a weedbed along each side. Biggest smallmouth shown below, guesstimate on the weight was about 4 1/2 lbs. The others were in the 1-2lbs range. Water temp 9ft down was 61F. And don't be alarmed...that's me in the picture...lol

Here's another picture from yesterday. Only if all fishing days were that good but it's what keeps us going right?!

Well it wasnt a monster, but Dad finally caught a bass in my boat. It took three trips, but he finally did it. Havent seen him smile like that very often, really cool experience.

I went to Erie, PA with a couple friends this weekend to experience the steelhead run. We fished Elk Creek, a tributary to Lake Erie that is known for steelhead fishing. Water was extremely low, fish were very skittish, and there were LOTS of anglers. We knew that was how it would be before we went though. My first day, we fished sunup to sundown. I got my first bite at 11am and landed it, I ended up figuring it out a little more, and landed 4 more before sundown. Over half of the fish I saw hooked would break off or pull the hooks, I'm not sure why but everyone would put a ton of pressure on the fish. I'm sure that part of it was good fortune, but I landed every fish I hooked this weekend, and that was on a light action rod with 6lb fluoro. Day two was much better, we found some fish off the beaten path and got on them early, surprisingly we were the only anglers around! I caught 3, and we landed 6 total, with a couple others pulling the hooks. I definitely plan to return when water levels are better, pools were almost stagnant and there was no drift, I saw thousands of steelhead this weekend but 90% of them wouldn't even think about eating! This fish was kept if anyone was wondering about the vertical hold/gilling.

Well .... I did it. I used a lil Ned rig in a club tourney this last weekend and it helped me a ton. Put two keepers in the boat to give me a limit. One of the fish even culled another I had caught with a jig. Haven't tried this rig since spring as I had lost a toad of a smallie on it and was very disappointed. Tried two of the darker colors of the TRD's and no luck...went to a shad color and it was smiles. Maybe there's potential here for this bait. I realize one is going to loose fish...but figured there was a lot of ways to catch fish with out resorting to this bait. Oh....well...there's my confession. Tight Lines all

We only live once guys. It's an awesome hobby, spend as much as you can comfortably afford!

With fishing, it seems as though the spread between top of the line money spent, and basic money spent, is absolutely huge, but they both have the potential to still produce the same. Angler skill plays such a huge role in fish caught. I can find 10 guys that say they like fishing because it's relaxing and it's not much money. And I can find another 10 guys say they like it because it's relaxing , but that have 50 thousand or more invested in fishing. Hopefully they are both happy. Like the story goes between the famous photographer, and the famous writer: In an encounter between famous novelist Ernest Hemingway and famous photographer Ansel Adams, Hemingway is purported to have praised Adams’ photographs, saying, "You take the most amazing pictures. What kind of camera do you use?" Adams frowned and then replied, "You write the most amazing stories. What kind of typewriter do you use?"

Good afternoon on Glenn Flint yesterday. Picked up 9 keepers deep cranking along with a couple shorts, and even got to catch a couple dozen crappie for fun before the wind got to be too much. Water temp mid 60s and lots of shad schools on the move. Fall is here.

I love the coloration of the one in your left hand.

Yesterdays best.

F=mA Where F = # of fish caught m = Money invested A = Angler Ability Just a little Newtown's Second Law pun there for those that are not physics savvy.

I accidentally cast through a treee, and as soon as the lure hit the water a Bass hit it. After I took the picture I then lowered it back into the water, and my fishing buddy was able to snag my line and reel it in. The bass was released and seemed to be OK ! (the camera is zoomed all the way in, so it appears closer than it actually was)

Recently I posted about trying to help my soon to be 12 year old son get his PB and how he can be a bit stubborn at times. The post was all in fone, but the quest to help him get his PB is real. What started off poorly for him yesterday ended up being a great day. My son had a half day of school yesterday and to celebrate that time off he wanted to go to the ballpark and work on some pitching for a while and then go fishing. But as we're about to leave he tells me, "Daddy, I think I left my pole at the lagoon last week." Dad is not happy. I just bought him a new reel a few weeks ago. We fished with friends last week and in between fishing and the kids goofing off he forgot his gear. So after his bullpen session we head back to the lagoon and sure enough his rod and reel are gone. Lucky for him he does chores for a number of our elder neighbors and he has the money to buy his own replacement. In the meantime, I give him my Pflueger President /Ugly Stick combo to fish with and this time he immediately puts on the spinner bait I told him to fish with the other week. On his fourth cast of the day he gets a strike and he can tell it's not like any fish he's hooked before. "Whoa! Whoa! Whoa!" "I've got one! I've got one! A BIG one!" At this point the fish is really fighting and he's having a hard time reeling it in. Now a little panic starts to set in. "I don't want to lose it! Daddy, Can you help?" He's got to learn to land his own big fish so I tell him to take his time and keep tension on the line. I know there's 50 pound braid on the reel because I had been using that rod for frogging. He gets it close enough to shore where he can get a fleeting glimpse of the fish in the stained water. His eyes get real big as the fish tries to run parallel to the shoreline and then tries to dart back to the deep but he keeps the tension on and the fish has nowhere to go. Unfortunately for us, our net broke earlier in the summer and I have not replaced it yet so now Matt has to land this fish on the bank without a net. He gets the fish near the bank and steps forward to try and grab it - the line slacks. For a fleeting moment that fish must have thought it found freedom and it picked up speed and breached the surface almost coming eye level with my son at the shoreline. "She's a HAWWWWWGGGG!!!" he yelled. Thankfully he had set the hook deep and he landed his personal best. The look on his face (and probably mine, too) was priceless. It weighed in at 5.8 pounds and as he pointed out right away that was 0.05 pounds better than my biggest catch this summer. He once again declared himself the "Fishing Champion". That's OK, I'm happy to turn over my title to him. For me, this is what fishing is all about.

I know we have covered this topic before and thought updating a few new spoons may help those fall and early winter bass anglers fishing Shad schools. You need a boat to fish deep structure spoons because it's a vertical presentation requiring sonar to locate deep Shad schools. You can use diving birds like grebes to help you find Shad schools. My preference is 3/4 oz spoons in baitfish colors or chrome and gold. I also add white or white with charteuse feather to size 2 treble hooks, for 3/4 oz and size 4 for 1/2 oz spoons. This about flutter spoons although the horizontal casting presentations is the same, different heavier tackle. P-Line has reintroduced the Megabait jigging spoon, a favorite of mine. Kastmaster now has baitfish series spoons that should be good. Old stand bye's are Bomber Slab spoon and Jensen Crippled Herring spoons. Smaller 1/2 oz the Kastmaster and Little Cleo are good choices. I use a medium crankbait rod ( Loomis PR845C popping rod) with 10 to 12 lb mono or FC line on bait casting reels. You can add a small premium Spro swivel to the split ring. There are 2 basic presentations, vertical drop and horizontal cast with pendulum fall. The vertical drop using a sonar unit to the depth you see baitfish and/bass, let the spoon fall through the fish and set the hook and reel if stops falling. If no strike occurs you use the rod to lift and control slack line fall jigging up and down about 3' to 5'. The horizontal cast and pendulum fall is the same as vertical except count down the depth, then start you rods lift and fall taking up line to keep the spoon at the depth you want until it's vertical, then jig the spoon a few time. When you find the bass casting, move nearer and fish more vertical. Easy, fast and very productive on bass feeding on deep Shad.Hook sets; lift the rod sharply to set the hook and keep reeling to control the bass, they usually lightly hooked so be ready when they come up. Remember if the bass are deeper than 35' be ready to release them quickly or fizz them. Good luck, Tom

I was on the delta bass finishing and decided to punch some grass edges and this is what I caught!

Took my buddy Bill fishing yesterday. First time fishing in 28 years, first time ever bass fishing. He had liver failure and got a transplant earlier this year and is doing well. This was his first bass ever (the little one) and the bigger one he said was the biggest fish he had ever caught in his life. Anyway, by the time we got to mid afternoon he was asking how much money I had in the boat, trailer and motor and was thinking out loud about getting one in the spring. I think he had a good time. It was the best day fishing I have ever had.

We can rant all we want or complain about the cost of fishing. But it really pays off for us in the bottom line. Think about it we don’t waste money. We get to use everything we purchase. I can’t think of a better hobby to spent my time and money on. It can be addicting at times. i don’t drink or use drugs, I Hardley drive now. All my mad money goes on fishing stuff every so often. When ever I find a new bait to me that works I do purchased one for everyone in the family who fishes. This keeps my family interested in fishing too.

I enjoy videoing my fishing. And I definitely appreciate the opportunity to post / share them here on Bass Resource. I'll always keep the edits very simple, I do not care to add music or 'effects'. What you see is more or less what happened. (or Didn't) A-Jay

I went this past saturday. Very windy,61degrees. I threw my regulars an nothing. I picked up my ned rod, with 10pd powerpro ss line. I caught a 4.10,4.36, and allot of smaller one. I had to fish it extremly slow, but the pbj color was the deal with a 1/16oz jig.

Friend and I caught over 250 crappie on a trip late last week - had a great time. Water temps are starting to cool, trees are near their peak colors, and even saw a few bald eagles ? Love fall fishing!

I agree with that rule, only because there are too many who don't know how to place a piercing clip properly. If done correctly, they are fine, if done incorrectly, it tears the heck out of a bass' mouth.

in a tournament, you don't come in early......EVER!! You gut it out. Many a tourney has been won in the last 1/2 hour.

KISS.......for me, braid with leader or straight braid. Used to use the moss greens, moving to high vis ( old eyes). Uni knot works in most cases. The longer I do this, the simpler I go

@sonofapitch This whole idea of using the lightest weight possible is not completely correct! Rate of fall: how fast you lure falls through the water column Some days they want it slow like weightless & some days the want it fast like a 3/8 oz. My bullet weights are 1/64, 1/16, 1/8, 3/16, 1/4, 3/8, 1/2 oz. & larger for flipping-n-pitching. My suggestion is since ya can't fell what's going add weight.

That's funny dude. I finally got a couple of dinks on the same lure a little bit ago. The first is pictured. Also, I hooked into my PB on this lure today as well. Only right at the shore when I was going to grab her, she shook off. She was barely hooked. Tried to be as calm as possible but the odds were slim. I d**n near cried.

I am used to the new SVS shimano system but I still don't have a good reason why they changed in the first place. The old style centrifugal system was perfect and you didn't have to fiddle with it as much.

@A-Jay @Gundog Like that? edit: I'm dangerous now... I guess you can teach an old dog

@Smokinal once you type the at symbol select the name from the drop box. You may have to type in a few letters of the name.

I fished Honeoye on Saturday and followed the advice of @clayton86. I'm glad I did. I caught over 10 largemouth. Most of them were in the 2-3 lb. range, so nothing big, but fun nonetheless. @J Francho, I even caught a pickerel. Thanks for the tips guys. I'm thinking about trying Canadice this week. I'm not very familiar with Canadice so I'll probably start by trying to fish the first weed line I can find. I've been reading up on the Ned rig and am considering getting some Ned rig tackle. Have any of you guys tried the Ned rig? If so, any success?

@Smokinal I don't think it sends the person a notification if you just put the user name without the @ symbol. This way, you know the person will see it or at least get a notification next time they log on.

Conversely fishing doesn't HAVE to be expensive. For $100 I can take you to Walmart get a spinning combo, baitcasting combo, and enough hooks and bait to get you started. Literally the only thing you won't be able to do is punch heavy vegetation with that equipment. Just my 2¢

My dad had problems drinking, gambling and had nothing in return. I tried to help him but he was happy so I left him alone. I don’t drink, smoke or gamble. My money is in my tackleboxes. that first night bass fishing with a front approaching(rain in two hours away yet) we put on mepps #3 in-line spinners and we caught doubles for a while. I just purchased the mepps basser kit. Just opened up the package. That was priceless. A moment sealed in time with my son. We went from using livebait to using only lures from that night on. Too bad you didn’t collect the M Jackson stuff? Lol

can't put a price on something you love doing. sometimes I wonder what I would do with all the money I have spent over the last 45 years. spent countless hours with my son and now my grandson. teaching them not only how to fish, but to respect and enjoy everything nature has to offer. how can you put a price tag on that?

Nice!?? This was just one of those things you could never duplicate if i tried. When it hit my bait I thought it was just a big bass then it just took off! I didn’t realize what it was tell it came flying out of the water like a rocket.

25% off Megabass Orochi XX rods at tackle supply depot, must put in cart to see discount. Considering MBs strict pricing rules for retailers, we don't see many sales on these rods. If you've been wanting one, then now is the time to pull the trigger

You did have a really good day. That's what keeps us in the game.

No sub surface moving baits? Spinnerbaits work well for me in that type of shoreline cover. Cast somewhat parallel to the bank at targets like laydowns, and you'll probably have some luck. Ponds seem to be very time dependent, so try different times.

Well, I got out on the lake before work today and I was able to successfully "eliminate more water".

Glenn, you are so helpful and informative. You should start an informational bass fishing website.

If you are not already... develop a two-handed cast. Fishing should be relaxation, slow down and enjoy the experience. Like most endeavors let your brain become a more important participant, think a little more about where and how you want to place your next cast and become more deliberate in doing so. oe