Graham

Fished a local public reservoir for the first time today and got on a pretty nice frog bite late afternoon after the clouds rolled in. They started MUNCHING through a Coontail mat I’d spotted earlier in the day. Needless to say I’m glad I made the decision to try a new spot. It was a grind, but I was rewarded with this 4lb 8oz beauty! Runner up was 3lb 7oz. Man I love frog fishing.

Been a while since I’ve posted on here. Good one I caught the other day, went for 4.8.

Stuck a nice one this evening on a 10 inch curly tail worm. First time night fishing for bass and I don’t know why I never thought it would work well. Anyways...

Straight up gets em.

Not a color combo you see fished very often, nice fish!

Yeah I see it having a positive correlation on average size of bass in a pond as well. I’m surprised that killing them has become their standard practice, but most of these folks aren’t as well versed in ecology as some of us. Definitely not advocating for killing fish, just sharing my experience on the topic.

I don’t enjoy it...but that is how the owners of the fishing club manage their fishery. To them it is an invasive species. Is this misguided, I think so, but that’s not my call to make.

Haha ditch donkey fosho, nice one!

The rain came in today and got me a day off work. It also made for some killer fishing conditions. Went down to a local pond that I heard was just recently stocked and absolutely whacked them silly. Over 15 fish and the best 5 went for around 16lbs. Here’s the best of the day.

I’m noticing a clear girth difference, although both of those pics are photoshopped...

Maybe not. Like I said I’ve never had any issues with it until recently. What may have happened is the loop could have flipped while I was tying, and when I thought I was feeding the tag back the way I started it was the opposite. We’ll see if I can’t tie it right next time.

@ww2farmer I’ve been tying it for a year so I’m pretty familiar with how the knot works.

I do 5 up and 5 back. I’ll try a few more next time.

Yeah you do hear the “bad spool” excuse getting thrown around a lot, and it’s hard to say how often a bad spool actually makes it onto a shelf. As far as brand goes I only mentioned that as to imply that I haven’t changed anything, but my knots are slipping now.

@Mick D it’s been slipping, but I always prep my braid by scratching the waxy coating off... Pretty much brand loyal, but it is a fresh spool of my favorite leader material.