Tokyo Tony

Went out to my favorite local pond with fishizzle yesterday, and we were both expecting it to be an impossible day. It was the day after a big rainstorm, cold front, bluebird skies, muddy water that ended up being in the mid to high 50s. We were laughing about even going fishing on a day like that, admitting that there wasn't much chance of success. Well, it actually turned out to be a great day. We caught a bunch of fish, mostly around a 2 foot drop in the middle of the pond, either dropshotting (fishizzle) or slow-rolling a black/blue chatterbait (me). It was about my 3rd to 5th cast of the day when I landed this nice 5 lb 3 oz girl who decided my chatterbait looked like a tasty meal It was the biggest fish I've caught since mid-summer, and needless to say, it made my day. We probably caught around 25 fish or more between the two of us, 5lb 3oz the biggest, followed by about a 3 lber for each of us, another 2, and many smaller. It's not often that a day surpasses your expectations by that much, but it's nice when it happens

Karma shmarma. No such thing. I would have just kicked her in the throat 8-)

grubchucker read the whole thread before you click the "reply" button It was weighed, and I agree - fishizzle exaggerated the size. It was NOT 2-15. It was 2-14 on the digi 8-)

Any other reasons you love your girlfriend? ;D

This was a little smallmouth I caught yesterday. Had him in one hand, cell phone in the other, got lucky with the timing

Yesterday in New Hampshire

Nice! I had no idea you took those pictures Mike This pic was the same day in the morning - eerie mist...

I have driven a few times in lets say, adult situations, that can not be openly discussed here, THAT WAS UNSAFE IN SOOO MANY WAYS Muddy, that gave me an idea for my new pickup line: "Hi there. Would you like to join me in an adult situation?" ;D

I have to give it to you RW. When gas prices were at their highest you started this thread, and there were many doubters. Although I had my doubts, I believed you and really hoped you were right. Based on the info in this thread, I bet my friend $20 that gas prices would be below $3.00 by the end of this year, and it looks pretty good for me now 8-) Do you think that OPEC will be able to counter this drop at all? Apparently they're about to hold an emergency meeting...

To explain why people, or at least I, hate him: He's an arrogant elitist who thinks the system doesn't apply to him. At the same time, he's a low-life gangster. He literally got away with murder, after which he walked around with a permanent smirk on his face because he knew that everyone else knew that he did it. What kind of person in his position would write a book, "If I Did It, This Is How I Would Have Done It," or something like that. If you get away with something like that, you go crawl into a hole and count your blessings. You don't rub it in people's, including the victims' families', faces. Good riddens. I hope he gets it where the sun don't shine.

Muddy that's hilarious ;D Personally, I'm a huge stamp collector. There's nothing more exciting than really finding that stamp you've been looking for, and just collecting the crap out of it. Just think - it was made to go on an envelope, but it didn't. And now you've collected it and put it with the rest of your stamps! Life-altering

He's a real tool. He does make me laugh sometimes, but it's laughing at him for being such a ******. People think he's so good at poker, but if you ever watch High Stakes Poker on GSN, if you're lucky enough to see Phil Hellmuth come on, all the good players are just gunning for him - he gets dominated every time when he plays against the best. Granted, against crappy players his stupid little antics work, e.g. betting $1K on the river into a $250K pot. All that aside, he is a good businessman.

Nice pics 4bizz 8-) It's funny when I think of all the giant bass you've posted, caught on huge swimbaits, and then I see tiny (albeit beautiful) brookies on size 22 flies, sitting in the palm of your hand ;D

What were you eight or nine years old when you got married? 8-) Congrats on the 20 and some nice fish

It's weird - she wasn't scared at all...until I let out my other dog, Rigs, and he ran at her barking his head off ;D She quickly pranced off into the woods.

Nice fish Crestliner You have any advice for patterns/baits? I might be going this weekend... I was thinking of locating dropoffs and points, and dropshotting them. Pretty standard. Also wanted to catch some deep crankbait fish.

Hey guys, thought you'd enjoy these pics. A couple weeks ago as I was getting ready for work, I looked outside and there was a doe in my yard, with my dog, Buddy, wagging his tail and just staring at her ;D

Thanks nef...anyone else?

No way that bag is over 5 lbs. It's 2.87 lbs. I can't believe some of those guesses!

Thank God for the rally today - that was depressing yesterday. I think the bailout is the last thing we need - it's a temporary solution, not a long-term solution. Sure, the economy would immediately recover if the government bailed out Wall Street, but down the road it wouldn't be in our best interests. It would mean increased government control and a serious burden on all of us taxpayers, which in turn would be a burden on the economy. I was actually proud when I heard that the bill was rejected. It would have been a serious blow to democracy if the legislators passed the bill in direct opposition to their constituents. This is a temporary problem caused by scumbag brokers, overly optimistic and unrealistic people allowing themselves to be duped by said brokers, and the government (starting with Clinton's 70% homeowner plan, not Bush - I know saying that is political, but it's true) allowing freddie, fannie, and any other companies, to run wild. Several politicians, I won't name any names, warned congress of this problem several years ago when it could have been prevented, but their warnings were ignored. It's a sad situation, but this is America. F'in A, we'll come through, no doubt about it. We don't need the government bailing us out. Now, or in the near future, is a great time to invest. I just wish I had some money

First of all, I almost feel like snapper g starting all these threads, but... This post is directed to you New England anglers who have some experience with the Mattlures perch. In what situations do you use this bait? I haven't thrown it much, but when I have, it's been mostly in open water situations where I know there are bass, and in lakes where perch are part of the main forage. I've been using a slow, steady retrieve, near the surface and down near the bottom, without much luck. What can you experts suggest? :-?

Well I was up to my old tricks again (catching tiny perch on jerkbaits), and since I had my Mattlures perch tied on, I decided to take a picture of the two together 8-)

ghost, that is a tremendous idea. I will try it out tomorrow. That combines two of my favorite baits. Usually I fish the Hula Grub on a 1/16 to 1/4 oz weedless ball jighead, and I absolutely love it

x2 A good LMB fight is more of a solid weight with headshakes. I absolutely love that type of fight when they get up to 4 lb +. The ones you can't waterski in (without huge tackle). A good smallmouth fight is definitely more intense and exciting though. It's not so much of a solid weight, but a lot of direcional changes, and ridiculous acrobatics. I love when they see the boat and just beeline downwards. I agree though, totally different sensations fighing LMB and smallies. Also, I think LMB that are caught 10 ft + down fight much better than their friends who hang out in the shallows.

I'm really sorry to hear that Zell. The pain goes away after a while, but you have to put in your time, unfortunately. Deadeye32, great story. "Never pass up the opportunity for a joyride."