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Chartreuse spinnerbait did it again!

Keeping it simple and basic... Respooled the old green Curado last weekend with some fluorocarbon and then hit the water with deep cranks tied on. Worked like a charm ?

I've found that throwing a topwater does get a bit more challenging in the winter when the lake freezes over ?

Snakes have arrived! Cool looking baits....

Got to Caney Lakes upper side around 5:30pm this evening. Started off a little slow but caught a nonscorable bass, a 1lb bass and a 2lb catfish on a 1/4oz weighted Texas rigged sapphire blue Z Craw. Then a little while later caught a 1lb bass on a dark green pumpkin Project Z chatterbait with the deal colored Z Man Razor Shad. Hooked into another one but it came unhooked before I could land it. It was getting close to time to go because my girlfriend got back to pick me up around 8:30pm. We smoked a cigarette before leaving. I had changed out my Project Z to my junebug @Siebert Outdoors fogy with the sapphire blue Z Craw trailer while we smoked. I bombed it out there and a 3lb 7oz hawg hammered it. After getting her unhooked and pics taken, next cast out to the same spot another hawg of at least the same size hammered it also. Lost her at the boat dock though. Bummer! A few casts later, same fogy, another 1lber smashed it and when I got it up out of the water it shook off my bait and skittered across the dock back into the water. Another bummer! It's ok though, I had a great evening/night of fishing. Hooked into 8, landed 5 of them. I'm gonna have to stock up on those sapphire blue Z Craws. Them things seem to be what the bass want right now, along with a junebug Sieberts fogy! ?

Hi all, My wife and I were out today fishing a lake we have a long history with. It used to be our favorite lake and an excellent bass fishery. However some years ago there was a water quality issue and the fishing pretty much died. We have fished it every so often for years just to see if there were any signs of life, and this fall we have actually been catching some healthy smaller LM. Today started out as usual with a couple of healthy looking dinks being caught. I told my wife this was a good sign and she said " there has got to be some big fish in here to make all these little fish, doesn't there?" I said "if there was any big fish left in here they would be few and far between." We then started to fish a large weedy bottom flat about 5 ft. deep. I set the TM to slowly cruise along this area and started fan casting a spinner bait. I had done this exact same thing last week and caught several one pounders out of this area, so was hoping for a repeat. However, I got a nice surprise when I hooked a nice 2.6 LM, and surprised again when I hooked a nice 1.15 LM. Both times my wife said " I told you there had to be big fish in here!" Then something amazing happened. Today was overcast and the water looked black, but I could see the shine from my spinnerbait blades, and as I was watching it come to the boat a shadow came out of the weeds, took the spinnerbait and went under the boat. My rod was doubled over, the line was heading toward the TM and I'm doing every thing I can to take control of this situation. It finally comes out, turns sideways and I had a holy c**p moment. It took two tries to get it in the net, and when I managed to boat it my wife gave me a smug look and said " I told you there was some big fish in here" It certainly isn't a record holder, nor the biggest bass we've ever caught, but from Maine, and from THIS lake, I'm going to say it's pretty darn good. Here's a few pics, should be easy to tell which one got me going. O and by the way, on the way home I told my wife to keep repeating " we're going to win the lottery"

Been pitching jigs in wood on rivers and creeks all summer. Without a doubt, I catch more fish doing this than pitching to the same stuff on the main lake. If there is visible current, it's even better it seems.

Fishingintheweeds, You have to commit to throwing the spinnerbait! Short accurate casts to pocket targets, long casts over the top of the weeds. Make the thing dance! Work you rod and make that skirt flare out like Marilyn Monroe over the grate. Bounce it off of every piece of wood you can! Deflections rule, after the deflect let it sink/kill it/die for a one or two second count then start those blades a turning. Burn it back till the blades blurble the surface! Use either a Chartreuse, White or Chartreuse and white in 3/8 or 1/2 oz double bladed willow leaf. I like silver blades and white for clear water, chartreuse and gold blades for dirty or stained water Then after you done that a few trips come back and tell me/us the results. Good luck! Fishingmickey

I was hoping for a new betamax or laserdisc player to complete my man cave.

Maybe Glenn will also throw in a cassette tape or two. Ask for "The Best of ABBA". It has just one song on it, Fernando but they play it over and over.

Not half as nice as some others and not a 1K combo but this is my nicest combo. Everything else I have is also St. Croix/Shimano and a couple Loomis/Shimano setups.

Gosh I could write a 400 page novel about all the Fishing spots within 2-3 hrs of knoxville, TN. Don’t know where to start except right near the house lake #1/raging river (ft loudoun, about 14,000 acres) lots of tournaments (bassmaster Classic 2019). French broad and holston rivers come together to form the Tennessee river just upstream of knoxville. Top end of the lake (where I live) is fast and usually never much above 75 degrees in summer. The Bottom end is usually above 80 sometimes close to 90 in summer and slower but does have much more shallow flats and creeks. There’s grass on the upper end but hardly any on the lower end. This lake is also connected to tellico via a canal, and tellico is also 14,000 acres but vastly different. There is less current and much cleaner water in tellico, more pleasure boats and stumps than anything but can be great Fishing especially for walleye and crappie. Lake 2: Norris. 30,000 acres (clinch and Powell rivers) Highland flood storage reservoir. Deeeeeeeep and ultra clear, finesse fisherman’s dream. Winter smallmouth heaven, Water moves extremely slow here and there is minimal vegetation lake 3: Chilhowee. About 500 acres (Little Tennessee river) Tiny mountain reservoir that’s not as deep as it looks. Fast current and gin clear water, lots of big largemouth and smallmouth. Also healthy populations of trout walleye and perch, another excellent winter fishery lake 4: chickamauga. 36,000 acres. Probably the most popular lake in the US right now, no kidding. It Produced a 15 Lb largemouth a couple years ago , lots of matted vegetation and current. Florida strain stocking program has been going for a decade or more, and it works. It’s Also a very popular crappie lake . Whats really crazy is that that I left about a dozen great fishing spots off this list that are very close to home. Other lakes like Douglas, cherokee, Watauga, south holston and watts bar are also great Fishing. AND I didn’t even get into the shallow water river fishing

New combo. NRX 852c Steeze SV TWS

It is forbidden. Move along.

got 8 tonight the biggest around 2.Got 6 last night with this 4 plus girl. last night dragging a worm across the moss and watching them blow up and get it . tonight a [pop r] out in front of the moss, and they were blasting it! I love top water!!!!

When your student throws his chatterbait before you even deploy your TM 4.7 LM 4.0 SM

Made the long5 hour Drive to the Maine house. Unloaded grabbed a bite and headed to the river. Got 7 smallies the best weighing 3-14 on a bps bargain bin popper

Lucky Craft Pointer Rod (BTW) Does anyone know anything about this rod? I can't find anything, even on the Lucky Craft site. I paid $ 65. The reel is an old Shimano chronarch, new to me for $ 40. The older Chronarch's still throw great.

I've seen so much talk about Ned Rig lately, so I set my goal to catch one since I have not use this rig in year. As usual my setup Daiwa Alpha SV105 pair with Majorcraft Go Emotion 652L. I did prepare Zoom Super Fluke Jr. as my backup since I don't have confidence in Ned Rig as much and I'll be fishing on top of weed. End up for hour and a half i managed to catch 4, and typical of Ned Rid two were super tiny, one decent size and one a good 2.5lbers. Not bad for a rookie like myself, lol.

These two guys were fishing Lake Shasta on 9/17 when they noticed a commotion in the water near the bank. They motored over for a closer look and found a fish thrashing around with a 13" catfish in it's mouth. It was obvious to them that the bigger fish was struggling to get the catfish out of it's mouth. They jumped in the water and managed to get the catfish out of it's mouth. They called the local Fish and Wildlife office and talked to the fisheries biologist on what to do next. They were told to tie a rope to the fish and tow it around to help it breathe and recover. They towed it for awhile with the electric motor and it started to recover. They untied the fish and it swam away. This made the local tv news and Fish and Wildlife are calling them heroes for saving this historic fish. Here's a picture they took. The sturgeon was 8'2" long

That’s easy! Megabass monoblock racing viola with matching Megabass Arms purple sunburst rod. Only 26 of each retrieve were produced and the rods are extremely rare too. Looking about $3,000 for a mint viola and add another $1,500+ for the rod.

The final word ~ Just heard back from the local animal shelter director where Rylee had been surrendered to before we started our foster care. Rylee's consignment training was completed yesterday. West Michigan K-9 was sufficiently impressed with her energy, eagerness to learn, Fearlessness & willingness to try anything & everything new, that the decision has been made to place Rylee into their training program; ie police work, military work, detection or protection work. This is a big deal. Just another example of how there are shelters all across this country full of Rock Star dogs just waiting for some one to give them a chance. A-Jay

I've caught many,many bass on spinnerbaits. This year up in Maine I've found if you have a submerged weedy bottom and an overcast day the spinnerbait bite is on. I just use a steady retrieve, fast enough to keep it over the weeds, and don't use a trailer. Here's a couple of my spinnerbait bass.

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Since you're primarily using it for the Ned rig with weightless sticks being the secondary purpose, I would go with a 2500, but that's strictly because when I'm throwing the Ned I'm trying to cover a good bit of water with sparse cover at best. The 2500 size is going to cast farther, which you already knew. That's just my two cents.

Overtons.com - flash sale today - 25% off your order - no electronics or trolling motors, and maybe some restricted brands. Use code: DEEPWATER

DT are *one* choice. There are many other brands that work as well, or better. Almost all my cranks are MS American Shad, regardless of diving depth. The main thing to keep in mind with cranks, if you're hauling water, you're doing it wrong. Cranking is all about making contact with something. Whether that's the bottom, cover like weeds or laydowns, or dock pilings, etc. depends on the location.

I've been quite; trying not to jinx myself but I'm sitting in first hoping that my anglers pull thru and win my first fantasy season in anything. ??

That looks like the same sofa I have. Funny thing is if it is, that combo cost more than the sofa it's sitting on!

I just ordered a Curado K 8.3. It is replacing the 5 year old Curado on my worm rod that has been acting up. Don't worry about the old curado though. I'm going to bring it to the shop to have it reworked, when I get it back, I'll have no choice but to buy another rod to put it on.

Fishing isn't an accurate measurement, but when I was there this year in march, I was catching 5-10 under 15" for every 1 over 15", and most were under 12". That was on a 1/2oz weight with a beaver, which usually discourages smaller fish!

I think I missed the part “I no longer have a wife”

Yall need a design artist? here is my resume. My design of the NedWop

Or.... just be yourself. Don't try to emulate what others are doing, else you'll be "just another youtuber". Ignore what others are doing, and instead do what feels right to you. How aggravating is it to watch a video of some guy trying to come off as a knowledgeable angler, only to realize he's just regurgitating other videos? Wouldn't it be refreshing to watch a new angler's journeys as he learns new lures and techniques? The exhilaration of catching that first fish on a newly learned technique, or the epiphany of a new way of understanding fish behavior? We've ALL been through it and can relate. That's a huge audience. Just sayin'

Looks like the tournament weights are steadily increasing. Perhaps the sky isn't falling. If you want to help, gloom and doom won't do any good. There are dozens of locks and the fish HAVE to use the locks to get upriver. The locks are the only hope for halting migration . They can't jump over a 100 ft tall dam

I thought I posted this weeks ago, but I guess not; My new PB snakehead at 5.98lbs, which I am just going to call 6lbs from now on. @Junger was nice enough to take me out on his boat again and I got it on a frog cast to up next to a beaver lodge. It was a crazy soft hit, I think Junger noticed it before I did, the frog was just there one moment, gone the next.

just got my first one. tracker super glide v14looking forward to getting familiar with it and taking my son out with me fishing.

The Asian carp (bighead carp and silver carp) were not introduced on purpose. They were brought to US for food purposes in ponds. Floods in the early 90s washed them into the rivers and they boomed

Tiss true what they say about Walmart folk, but I honestly am one of their biggest fans. In my area, they employ the unemployable and give them a reason to get out of bed in the AM. Many retired, disabled, and under employee Vets have opportunities that if left to the mom and pops, would not exist. ........but let's face it, a 300 lb lady in a bikini wearing plastic cowboy boots, is kinda funny

@Further North yep. Especially in 3' or less. A sink tip and unweighted baitfish pattern can be killer. Also, really consider leader lengths with sinking lines. Short 2-6' leaders save you TONS of tackle and keep the flies in the strike zone well.

If you’ve never dragged a whopper plopper across the ice you’re missing out. The guys who kid I just caught doesn’t find it as amusing

I haven't ever used Spooks but I am partial to the Lucky Craft Sammy. My PB was caught with one. After that, I was definitely hooked. Topwaters are my first choice in fall, unless it's really windy.

Just read the thread. Thankyou, I now have a much better understanding.

Topwater best part of fishing watching a fish explode on your lure!!!Oh my?

What everyone else has posted above. Plus I would call him and find out what kind baits he will be using. If you are fishing with plastics, and the boat owner is running and gunning with crankbaits it could make for a long day.

Great advice. Re conditions dictate: think about weighted flies, sinking line and sinking (fluorocarbon) leaders relative to the water you'll be fishing. One of my most painful (and expensive) early experiences was fishing weighted flies on a sinking line in water way too shallow for either.

Let's keep the Kentucky Lake carp disaster in prospective. Tournament results aren't the best way to judge the health of a fishery but the numbers are readily available. Here are the winning weights of all FLW Tour events on Kentucky Lake. *2018 and 2016 were the top weights of all tournaments for those years. 5/17/18 = 101-9 * 6/09/16 = 97-2 * 6/26/14 = 88-10 6/07/12 = 77-3 6/16/11 = 73-3 6/11/09 = 82-10 5/10/06 = 71-5 5/12/04 = 61-14 5/14/03 = 75-13 5/06/98 = 66-5 5/28/97 = 77-9 4/20/96 = 57-9

I spend a good amount of time inshore fishing as well as bass fishing and the Daiwa BG 2500 is a smooth, exceptional spinner that can handle abuse and will last you for years. They can be had for under 100 bucks. The 2500 puts out 13.2# of drag, the 2000 puts out 4#. With a light fluoro leader, I don't see why you couldn't crank the drag down on a 2000 and not worry about it again.

I agree with you we can always use the rain. I remember back in the early ninety's we did have a drought up here in North Florida. Most of Palm Coast burnt to the ground.

Keeping it real fishing on youtube is strait out of new jersey. His struggle seems like exactly what your talking about and i really enjoy his show. The G2 shell cracker is what he caught his pb on, which was a heavy 7. Big baits is how he has dedicated his last few years and he is going big on everything to include jigs and worms. I think most of your questions will be answered by his show and there are plenty of cast to catch video supporting his claims of what is working for him. The HUDD is a classic lure that i dont favor but a lot of people do. Hope this helps you on your big fish quest.