How Have You Done This Year Thus Far?

[BassfisherMass]

i love the useing the plastics worms and so far this year i am doing well

[Crestliner2008]

This season actually started for us in February, as this winter has been very mild and temps have pretty much stayed above normal through April. Got the bass moving earlier than normal, that's for sure. Haven't been out in the boat yet; mainly fishing from shore. We have several small ponds and oxbows around this neck of the woods and most provide some decent bass fishing. Here's some of what I've been able to CPR so far:

And this is a couple of shots of my single largest so far this season:

They've all been caught on large plastics; creatures, 7" Senkos and 10" worms. Water temps here are still in the mid 50's, but after this week, the temps should start to get up there. This is the first year I haven't had an opportunity to target smallies - yet!

[NCbassmaster4Life]

Nice fish Crest.

[TourPT]

Like others have mentioned, that early spring was some good fishing then it just died off. Since then everything has been backwards. What I mean is, usually early in the season the ponds being the first to warm, the bass fishing is usually the best this time of year at the ponds, however I have not been able to get anything going on the ponds. The lakes on the other hand have been producing pretty well. No monsters, but at least getting some action on the bigger waters. Water temps as of this past weekend are around 55-60 here in Northern IL.

Another kind of weird thing is the bass usually are hitting jigs, traps or cranks this time of year but its been all frogs, buzzbaits and other topwaters around here. Kind of like a fall bite rather then a early spring bite. Not complaining at all for I love throwing those, but just kind of wierd this early in the season.

[Bankbeater]

I have caught numbers, but so far I haven't gotten anything over 2 lbs.

[thehooligan]

The frog bite has been exceptional for me, nothing very big though. Biggest bass for me so far this year was a 3.5 on a shadrap. April was horrible with the wind, did alot of shore fishing, way to windy for the boat or kayak. Hoping things calm down and its a solid summer.

[B@ssCrzy]

I have by far had the best year of my life. I don't necessarily attribute that to the weather or conditions though. I actually attribute it to this site. This is the first spring that I feel like I am fishing with purpose and not just out there slinging baits in random places. With some of the stuff I have learned by reading over the past year I have been able to see my catch rates go way up. Last year I caught zero fish on a crankbait...this year I landed my pb largemouth (about 4-5lbs) and have caught numbers on lipless cranks. This is a big deal to me since last year I couldn't catch a cold on a crank. Thanks everybody!! Tight lines!!

[NCbassmaster4Life]

That's awsume B@ssCrzy!

[riskkid 2]

It's been good for me. Have caught fish consistently except maybe the roadtrip where the conditions were less than favorable. New baits I've tried have been a Jika Rig which worked well and new for me is a swim jig which has been good. Best fish so far is about four pounds. Got to fish a new lake in a club tournament last weekend (Nickajack, lake just above Guntersville on the TN River), beautiful scenery and caught a 9.5 lb limit, only good enough for 3rd place (missed second place by an ounce) but always nice to get a limit....headed to Old Hickory next for old familiar surroundings. Kentucky Lake in the early fall.......looking forward to a fun year!!

[xxjoker122]

Best fishing for me in the past 10 years, caught over 200 fish, at least twenty 5+ pounders and over eight 6+lbs, i have been using 5 inch senkos, wacky rigged, and 2.5 crankbaits, and #4 bluefox spinner

[Bluebasser86]

1097 on the year so far with the biggest being a 6.1 pound largemouth last Monday. Going to be padding those numbers at Table Rock Sunday-Tuesday though