Final "who Wants In?" Of 2013

[NEjitterbugger]

Here are the other 2

You have got to join our competitions next year!

[MARsSPEED]

Don't know what this competition is all about but here is my 22 inch smallie I caught nov.6 at the Susquehanna river. It's also my personal best. Hit a few other hogs that day.

Nate, this is a friendly comp in which we take a picture of measured fish and keep the five largest fish of the month. The comp originated in the Southeast thread. Jitterbug stepped up and started one here for the Northeast. It's been a blast and some great catches have come out of it. Check last month for MaineBass' amazing 5 fish for a total of just over 113"!

Hope to see you join in if not this month but when it starts again next year. Congrats on the PB! Is that over 7lbs? I hope to fish the Susquehanna next year. I"ll be happy with a smallie half that size.

[nastynate]

I wish I knew the exact weight my scale batteries were dead witch sucks. But at least I threw him on the rule. It's amazing how wide and tall the smallies get. Pictures never put things into real life perspective. I'll keel this competition in mind for my future catches.

[wnybassman]

17 3/4"

 

 

 

 

 

 

19 3/4 + 19 1/4" + 19" + 17 3/4" = 75 3/4"

[ww2farmer]

17 3/4"

 

 

 

 

 

 

19 3/4 + 19 1/4" + 19" + 17 3/4" = 75 3/4"

 I am disgusted that you put my pets on the carpet like that to have the slime coat damaged.........................ROTFLMAO

[Mainebass1984]

Its has been feeling like winter lately out my way. Daytime high temps below freezing and snow the past 4 mornings... not done for the year yet though. I think I will be able to get out fishing at least a couple more times before everything freezes up. How many guys are still out fishing ?

[nhbassin]

Its has been feeling like winter lately out my way. Daytime high temps below freezing and snow the past 4 mornings... not done for the year yet though. I think I will be able to get out fishing at least a couple more times before everything freezes up. How many guys are still out fishing ?

I got out for an hour and a half last week and threw crankabits, jigs, spinnerbaits and some weighted soft plastics in 10-20 feet of water. Only bite I had was a 2 pound 2 ounce largemouth up against shore in 8 inches of water when I was getting out of the canoe. They had me stumped, but I plan to give it atleast 1 more try before the lakes are iced over.

[deaknh03]

Heading out Friday, then probably next week when Shane VanDam gets back from fantasy week.

[Mainebass1984]

 How did you guys do last week ?

[J Francho]

From Saturday....

 

[deaknh03]

Freezing my a$$ off

[NEjitterbugger]

From Saturday....

 

 

Don't know what this competition is all about but here is my 22 inch smallie I caught nov.6 at the Susquehanna river. It's also my personal best. Hit a few other hogs that day.

 

You guys should join our competition next year... Here is an example from the month of Sept. where the rules are described... http://www.bassresource.com/bass-fishing-forums/topic/124375-who-wants-in-september/

 

It's a lot of fun, a prize isn't necessarily given to the winner each month, but people can volunteer to provide a prize if they'd like... Shane J provided a prize one month and I provided the one for last month...

[NEjitterbugger]

Freezing my **** off

 

Nice fish deak

[Mainebass1984]

Going to be cold this tomorrow morning. Might have to break some ice to get to open water. I am going for it though. I am alos making a road trip to Maine on Sunday. Hopefully I will be able to run into one or two fish. Any one else braving the elements to get out this weekend ?

[webertime]

Mainebass and I broke ~200 feet of ice and a trolling motor pin but we got out there!

[deaknh03]

Mainebass and I broke ~200 feet of ice and a trolling motor pin but we got out there!

200', wow thats thick!

[webertime]

I kept joking that we're a freaking Russian ice breaker on national geographic!

[Smokinal]

200', wow thats thick!

I see what you did there

[Mainebass1984]

Well yesterday was an interesting day to say the least. Everything that could go wrong did go wrong. When we arrived at the launch there was a lot of ice built up where we had to access the lake. I could stand just off shore on the ice and not break through. After breaking enough ice to get the boat in we then had to break through ice that was over an inch thick for about 200 feet until we got to open water. We broke a trolling motor pin in the process. I was able to come up with another one after a quick trip back to my place. After much delay we motored across the lake to the spot we wanted to fish. The water temp on the northern end of the main lake was 44 degrees. The fishing was slow but I managed to fish on a jig. We decided to  move up into the upper pond. That ended up being a bad decision. That section of the lake was 38 degrees and a large section of it was frozen. Yet another time consuming mistake. So after that we motored back to where the water temp was warmer. We had little time left to fish. Then the prop to the trolling motor came off... It was time to paddle. We paddled up to where a road came close to lake. We had to go across private property to get the road  to load the boat. Getting the boat through the thicket really sucked and someone went down really really hard face first in the mud (webertime). It was such a failure of a day. I have never had so much go wrong in one day. Lot of ice, trolling motor pin busted, lost props, and I only caught two fish...

 

Here is the path we made through the ice.

 

Not to be defeated I decided to go back out fishing the next day after I found another prop. Unfortunately webertime could not go. The weather was great 50 degrees sunny with no wind. I didn't have to worry about breaking ice today, we did that yesterday. I motored up the lake to the same spot I caught two fish yesterday. I focused my time on that area for most of the day. I caught 3 fish pretty quickly on a jig. I had a badd follow my jig all the way to the boat. I stopped reeling and let it free fall to bottom. The follower slammed it before it hit bottom. It was my largest bass of the day. A largemouth at 19.75 inches. It was very very skinny and weighed in at 3 lbs 6 oz.

 

19.75 inches 3 lbs 6 oz

 

 The jig bite slowed  as the day went on. I started fishing a weightless worm. I was fishing 15-30 feet so patience was important. If there was any wind doing this would have been near impossible weightless. I ended up catching 7 more bass on the weightless worm. The biggest  were 2 lbs 10 oz, 2 lbs 9 oz, and 2 lbs 8oz.  I called it a day about 2:30-3:00. The sun was setting behind the mountain and the wind was picking up. For a mid November day when a good portion of the lake covered in ice it was a good day of fishing. I caught 10 largemouth and 1 pickerel on the day. It was my last day of the year fishing Vermont. The season ends at the end of the month. I will be getting out a couple more times in Maine. I am making a day trip there tomorrow.

 

The 19.75 incher culls out my smallest bass a 18.35 incher. I think my biggest 5 for the month are 23.5, 22.5, 20,19.75 and 18.5 for a total of 104 inches.

[Mainebass1984]

Correction. A total of 104.25 inches.

[webertime]

Sniper got me good, jaw still hurts.

[Mainebass1984]

The post I made here was deleted due to the website being down. I wrote up a detailed report of my last day out fishing in the fishing reports section. My friend and I had a great day fishing. I was able to cull out my smallest fish a18.5 incher  with a 20.5 incher that weighed in at exactly 5 lbs. That brings the total for the month to 106.25 inches

 

 

[Shane J]

And there you have it, my friends. And what were you catching the fish on there, buddy?

[Mainebass1984]

I was catching those fish on a jig with a pretty amazing trailer. Seemed like the trailer made all the difference. Shane you every heard of rage trail ? I was using a rage craw as a trailer.

[Shane J]

Haha. Yeah, buddy! My one and only trailer! I promise, you will see your fish getting bigger! No joke!