TriStateBassin106

I tried that and brought in a mountain of it. I'll pass bro lol.

To say I had a good weekend of fishing is an understatement.. I had an EXCELLENT weekend of fishing. 11 bass total over the span of 2 days all from the bank and 7 fish being 2lbs+ including a giant 3-1/2lber I landed at 10:17PM after pitching a black n blue flipping jig into darkness near a parked speedboat. Say what you want about the number of fish being "low" but please remember i'm a bank angler who fishes pressured waters. I don't have the luxury of catching 50 fish per outing using fancy electronics lol. For me this weekend was the best fishing trip of the year and a huge confidence boost for me.

I have a buddy who doesn't smoke cigarettes but does that vaping stuff and it's so annoying lol. It's worst if he starts to get bored and isn't catching fish.

Senko weightless so far has been my skunk breaker this year, favorite colors are 297 green pumpkin and normal black

I fished from the bank this past weekend at a local lake we have property on, this specific spot is apart of a cove that has a bunch of dead algae on the bottom, for some odd reason this spot holds fish that usually suspend or hang out under our watercraft. All weekend long I was catching fish of this size by fishing flukes. Just as the bite got good there it quickly died at the turn of weather, just goes to show how dominating the skies can have on the fish. The fish were there, and they're still probably there, but as mentioned above the skies will always dictate them.

The jackhammer is the only lure I would go in to get. Not even a whopper plopper would get that treatment, went into snapping turtle infested pond water up to my ankle last week to get one unhooked from a bottom carpet like mat.

All the walmarts around here are wiped. Pretty depressing to see honestly, it's been like this for months.

What would you throw in these conditions?

I haven't been able to really purchase any powerbait products that I need anywhere in the past two months or so. It seems many products that I use are on backorder from most websites and even the stores I go to around here including mom and pop stores just don't really have anything to offer from Berkley as of lately. As of now Tackle Warehouse for example are on a continued backorder for many items such as the Pitboss brand and power worms. I also noticed that it's impossible to find chigger craws aswell... What's going on at Berkley? Did COVID-19 halt production of everything? They even restocked senkos which were on a long backorder...

Yes. It's a private lake where they treat it with stuff. Water also has a very darkish stain to it but there's a very large population of fish in there.

Hey BR, I'm gonna be fishing at one of my favorite lakes for 3 days this weekend. As you can see in the picture below of a bass I caught there two weeks ago it came in with some dark slimy weeds, this lake is filled with that, I don't know what to call it but it's mostly found on the bottom and suspends a bit in some spots, it seems like the only thing I can throw is weightless flukes and everything else will come in with this stuff, anyone know what it's called and what other baits I could throw with that slime in the water?

What colors would you recommend for cranks in that type of water?

Can you send a link to the hookup tackle one? Lol that's probably the most weirdest name for a stick bait i've ever seen, but the bluegill imitation is spot on.

What website was that on?

I've been looking everywhere for it and I can't find it, I know other stick bait companies have the design but I can't find any from GYB. Any help?

I can testify to that I've had yellow perch attack big swim jigs and chatterbaits before, even 4inch worms.

Thanks!

How do I reach out to him?

Please speak of these "tips" to another angler in need of learning lol

I currently have a Enigma Ippon 6:6:1 baitcasting reel I need to send in for repairs, more specifically the reel won't engage anymore after casting due to dirt I just simply can't reach it and tried my hardest to keep it maintained, does DVT still repair reels for forum members? If not do you guys know anyone else I can send this in for repairs so my reel will engage again?

IMO there's better alternatives on the market instead. No hate to the Googan Squad but their entire lineup is dedicated to their teenager audience who are just getting into the sport, I'm young myself (early 20s) and I don't even use their baits unlike my fellow age peers who seem to be obsessed with their products. One style I do like though from the googan line up is the Trench Hog, it gives that long worm style body and some added action. Pretty cool design IMO. Missile baits D bomb >>>>> What ever Googan baits has to offer.

I'm surprised the fish there have pigment with the water clarity, that bass you caught looks like it could be caught from a clear lake. My bass are gray or light green in the pond pictured above.

Have a look at some more pics of the pond, most people fish in the openings as pictured and on the dock in the second pic, myself included. Usually do pretty well near those trees in the first pic on the right side. Also most of the casual anglers that fish here go after bluegill with bobbers and worms, many people do throw spinnerbaits and wacky rigged worms.

What type of texas rig baits would you recommend for pea soup water? Everyone here throws the wacky rig and usually has some luck but most of the time when the water clears a bit more up.