Micaiah Lindquist

The whole fam headed north from Orlando and ended up in Tennessee. After a quick run to bass pro for some gear and licenses, my brother and I hit the little pigeon river this morning to try to catch some smallmouth. A species and style of fishing entirely foreign to us Alabama boys. Neither of us had ever caught a smallmouth over about 6" long, and those were caught on live worms bream fishing on Lake Wheeler. We seemed to figure it out though, catching 6 smallmouth, 2 rock bass, and a small sucker in just a couple of hours, all on a ned rig. Biggest smallie was 14.5”. Can’t wait to head back out and catch some more in the morning!

GIANTS!!!!

I don't usually get that excited over a 4 pounder, but we'd been fishing for 3 days without catching a single bass that would break 2lbs, so we were pretty ecstatic about finally getting a decent one lol

After three days of hard fishing we finally found some better fish down here in Orlando fishing canals. The first one we tried was real shallow and covered in fish, but they were all small. The second was deep and had much better quality. My brother caught a 19" and I got a 21" and another between 18-19". I think my scale is broken (It's a cheap H20 one) because according to it the big fish only weighed 4-7. I could see a 21" bass weighing that if really skinny, but this one was just average. According to the length/girth calculator on here it was 5.8. I've caught a 21.5" that was 6-12 (that was a fatty), so I'm fairly certain my scale is messed up and my fish was probably low 5's.

Those are some studs!

Oh yeah. Anything over 3 is a good fish for me. It's impressive how well the jackhammer produces better quality fish.

I've had 200+ fish days with a couple people fishing before, but that's been on private ponds or lake that get next to pressure. 100 fish on any "real" body of water is pretty dang good. My goal for this year is to catch one bass over 8lbs or 24".

I'm down in Orlando at the moment. My brother and I have fishing in the resort lake and some of the surrounding canals and ponds the past couple of days. Been catching a fair number of small to medium fish, but just can't seem to land any bigger ones. I've lost a couple that were probably 18-20". Lost of 12-16" fish. My brother got one 17.5", but we're blanking on the big ones. I'm open to any suggestions. I manage to catch my first tilapia today though. 18". I think that's a pretty big one but I really have no idea.

Dannngggg. Those are some hogs. I'm still trying to get my first smallmouth over 6. (6 as in 6", not pounds....)

Wow. That's a lot of variety. Looks like fun

Decided to try seriously throwing a big swimbait for the first time yesterday. I picked up this guy on a 6.25" fishlab biominnow. I have a lot of questions about swimbait fishing, so I'll start another thread with a full report and video when I get a little time this afternoon.

Can't get much better than that!!!

I'm making plans for next spring!

I didn't realize being on the front or back deck was that big of deal. I've done most my fishing out of canoes, kayaks, and jon boats. I've fished 3-4 people in a 14' plenty of times and don't have any issues with people tangling and I think it usually comes down to skill more than who's positioned where. When you're on a kayak or canoe in the wind, you learn a lot about how to successfully fish with far less than optional positioning. I guess that's the reason it hasn't been much of an issue for me the few times I have fished out of a bass boat.

I think there a lot of things you could do socially outside of work. Get involved in a local fishing club or tournament trail or something in whatever other hobbies you might have.

Man, this thread makes me so jealous!!! I wanna come down there bad now!

I think it all depends on the fish, but there's a good possibility of her still being there and possibly catchable. Better than anywhere else on the lake.

I can think of a few times. One being one of biggest bass from the kayak. I was working a strike king bullworm rigged weightless really quickly across the surface and she came up from behind in and chased it, waking, with her mouth open a couple feet before she finally got in in. I thought I had a giant when I saw her head, but she ended up being a really skinny fish with a huge head. She was only in the mid-6's, but I've seen many fish that broke 10lbs with a smaller mouth than hers. The best part was I was on speakerphone with my best friend when she hit and he got to hear everything go down. He was some kind of jealous. ???

That's what I noticed. Who knew we had a world record runner here bass resource???

How awful. They call those things drowning machines for a reason. Thoughts and prayers out to the family.

Truth! I think we over complicate it most the time. I haven't fished many bass tournaments, but I've done fairly well in the few I have fished, even in lakes I had never seen before, doing the things that I know well instead of going crazy running a million different places and changing lures every 5 minutes trying to figure out the fish. I think a little more patience would go a long way for people (myslef included)

52 bass in a day with a couple big ones sounds like an awesome day to me!

Big girl! Congrats!!!

I need line now, but besides that I would be good for at least 5 years

Nice thread resurrection ? And no, I don't consider it cheating but I just don't enjoy it as much.