Is It Slow In Your Area Right Now

[BASSHUNTER1961]

My son and I are fishing every day now and the bites been fairly consistant. I hear a lot of people in my neck of the woods complaining that it's slow, just curious how it's going in other places. we fish a really nice little pond that's just full of Bass so this may be why we are doing so well... We live just off Cape Cod, MA and the weather has been great. I'm really enjoying my new PQ reel/Berkely shock Rod, and my Pflueger President/Abu Garcia Vendetta that my son gave me for Fathers Day. Here are a couple of fish I cought so far this weekend. Lets see what you have been reeling in !!!

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[BASSHUNTER1961]

Here is one I caught a few years back out in my canoe when I was about 125 lbs heavier..... I weighed in at 325 lbs just to get an idea as too how big this bass was. It weighed in at 8.75lbs my PB....... I sure wish we had a better camera at the time but we were using a 35mm disposable.

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[*Hootie]

Congrats on the catch, the weight loss, and a great son!

But to answer your question, the fishing in my area has been good. At least where I fish.

Hootie

[BASSHUNTER1961]

Congrats on the catch, the weight loss, and a great son!

But to answer your question, the fishing in my area has been good. At least where I fish.

Hootie

Thanks....... I feel so much better without all the extra weight. It took almost two years to get it off but it was really worth it.

What area are you in?

Here is my son with a couple of his.

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[dale.m]

It's either super slow in NC right now or I suck at fishing

[MCS]

Nice catches! Looks like you have a great spot.

It has slowed in a couple spots but one is still fishing good. And when I say slowed I can usually get 1 or 2 instead of 4 or 5 in an hour.

[mikey5string]

Depends on where you are fishing. I've had great days and lousy days in the last few weeks. My best days have come from a local private lake. It is shallow, stained and littered with patches of lily pads. The bass DESTROY topwater lures around dusk every night. I think its partly due to the lack of fishing pressure and a great bass habitat. Also the lake is not very large so there are more fish per acre and easier to find.

I recently went to a clear, deep lake with virtually no cover on the shore. All the good fish must have been holding up on underwater structure/contours. Without electronics they are tough to find. I had to work to catch a handful of dinks. All came on a drop shot with a 4" roboworm.

[*Hootie]

Thanks....... I feel so much better without all the extra weight. It took almost two years to get it off but it was really worth it.

What area are you in?

I am in Cincinnati. Hotter than, {fill in the blank}. Nice looking water. Keep your son fishing. Best partner you will ever have. I heard someone say once, if you want a good fishing partner, build your own. That's what I did. I started taking my son fishing when he was 6 yrs. old. We still fish together most every weekend. By the way, he just turned 48 yrs. old.

Hootie

[Bluebasser86]

Despite the triple digit temps we've been experiencing every day for the past two weeks the fishing has been surprisingly good.

[Clint C.]

Getting out today for the first time in a while. The heat wave is gone. To answer your question though it's been mixed reports around here. Pretty much 50/50 good/horrible.

[BASSHUNTER1961]

I am in Cincinnati. Hotter than, {fill in the blank}. Nice looking water. Keep your son fishing. Best partner you will ever have. I heard someone say once, if you want a good fishing partner, build your own. That's what I did. I started taking my son fishing when he was 6 yrs. old. We still fish together most every weekend. By the way, he just turned 48 yrs. old.

Hootie

I started him fishing early, and he's been at it ever since. Here he is in his younger years, and now look at him above.. how the years fly by.

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[Bassfishing375]

The main lake i fish at is really slow, but today i went to a different lake and me and my dad caught 15 bass in just 2 hours.

[AK-Jax86]

I am not catching a thing in my backyard pond when I was pulling big ones out consistently. Idk what's going on but it's frustrating

[madperry]

not to sound rude, but you'll hear fishing is "slow" from the guys that don't know how to evolve with the seasons or know where to find them. you aren't having that problem because you have it figured out.

[11justin22]

not to sound rude, but you'll hear fishing is "slow" from the guys that don't know how to evolve with the seasons or know where to find them. you aren't having that problem because you have it figured out.

Not always true....I fished a tournament Friday night with my club that has some very VERY good fisherman. 11lbs won. Sometimes when it gets hot the fish just slow down. We have been catching 20lbs every tournament. Has nothing to do with evolving.

[logan9209]

not to sound rude, but you'll hear fishing is "slow" from the guys that don't know how to evolve with the seasons or know where to find them. you aren't having that problem because you have it figured out.

While I will happily admit I've only been bass fishing for 8 months and fishing in general for about a year, I know I've got a long ways to go to be a good fisherman. However, my lake has a no boat or wading restriction and most of the water that is castable is only 4-6 feet deep. The deeper non reachable parts go as deep as 18 feet deep. I'm still keeping up with the numbers of the last couple of months, but the fish are smaller. Way smaller. Like less than half pound fish. Except that one 6 pounder I caught last week.

Point is, I am doing everything I can to adapt. I don't think it's a fair assessment to say that some one sucks or to say that they aren't adapting just because they are have slower days. These triple digit days are having their toll and I've even heard some pros say the same thing.

On a good note...We're supposed to start having upper 80's temps starting Tuesday here in Northwest Georgia, so I'm hoping those hawgs will get their butts into gear.

[Catch N Release]

Ive been finding some of the best fishin of the year in these hot temps.It's been condensing the bass in deeper water where the water temp is cooler.

[Jig Meister]

Where I fish is slow, but I can still catch enough to make me happy. Not have a boat/kayak really sets me back fishing wise, but that will change soon, and so will the numbers of caught fish

[DBSULLY]

Nice fish that you and your boy caught there.

I find with all this heat, its been slowing the fish down a lot. Ive swapped over to finesse fishing rubber worms with a lot better success rate than say, with a crankbait, or spinnerbait. Its real hot, and these bass want to expend the least amount of energy possible to get a meal.

Brandon

[Grizzn N Bassin]

its a great time for fishing up here in ny im catching tons of fish every day ive been just hitting alot of covered spots and theyve been crushing my baits

[roadwarrior]

In the Mid South, this is the BEST year in history!

Right now is still RED HOT!

http://www.bassresource.com/bass-fishing-forums/topic/104531-we-just-want-to-be-like-big-o/#entry1144063

[tomustang]

If I replied earlier today when I went out I would've said yes, but just coming back from the second time it's a definite no

[logan9209]

Right now based on observation and a post someone else made earlier this week, I think it all has to do with access and oxygen levels. Hear me out. First, no two lakes or big farm ponds are alike which means the access I have may be more or less than what someone else who fishes from the bank has. For example, the best that I can surmise my lake is about 15-18 feet deep, but it's a small area in the center of the lake that I can't get to. Remember, no boats or wading allowed on my lake.

Which also leads to the second point, oxygen. With the recent addition of massive amounts of sludge, the oxygen levels may be lower than usual. As we all know bass will move to where there's more oxygen. The deeper the bass go the further out they are (in my lake) the less likely I will be able to cast to them.

I'm not saying that it can't be done, heck I just pulled my second PB just last week. But for the most part, the smaller fish seem to be half-baked and don't care about O2 levels. I've kept up with my numbers, but they've all been less than half a pound and most of them has been just a tad longer than my hand.

That's not to say that skill and applicable knowledge is thrown out the window. I've only been bass fishing for 7-8 months now. I'm sure that if I had roadwarrior's, Big-O's, or Glenn's (off the top of my head) knowledge and skills I would be hauling in more bass and maybe even bigger bass.

One other factor that may or may not affect anything, storms. We've been under isolated or scattered storms for almost 2 weeks even though we've only see rain maybe 3 days of that. So the barometeric pressure may messing with the fish.

[AK-Jax86]

slow is an understatement man it is rough out here in Jacksonville

[Bankbeater]

With the 100+ weather we had over the past couple of weeks the big bass have buried themselves down deep in the weeds, and they don't want to come out. I have heard that alot of people are doing very well cat fishing around mid day though.