Super User NorcalBassin Posted July 27, 2017 Super User Posted July 27, 2017 This young lady made my morning... 17 Quote
Super User everythingthatswims Posted July 27, 2017 Super User Posted July 27, 2017 I spotted bass 2 Quote
Super User everythingthatswims Posted July 27, 2017 Super User Posted July 27, 2017 Day two on South Holston was TUFF! I caught 5 bass from 5:30-2:30. It was extremely frustrating, we found tons of schooling smallmouth but they were really spread out and would only be on the surface for 3-5 seconds before they vanished, and it would be individual fish. We could see them suspended on the graph at about 20-30 feet, and they would look at a drop shot, but not bite it. It was like that all over the lake! 11 Quote
MTPanda Posted July 27, 2017 Posted July 27, 2017 First time using a hollow body frog and was rewarded with my first bass! Sorry for the camera noises. I was using a Yi Action Camera and noticed the sound wasn't too great. Caught my 2nd off the Live Target frog. Was advised to use the smallest Live Target hollow body frog from a very wise local. Caught two off the Yamamoto D Shad but just got a pic of one em. Switched to a Sexy Dawg Jr and used it to find an active feeding school of bass My friend and I started throwing these "spook" type lures and got the active school to bite. I think we caught around 7 or 8 off between us off this school. Fun times! 16 Quote
Super User everythingthatswims Posted July 27, 2017 Super User Posted July 27, 2017 Had a fun morning drop shotting some brush piles. 11 bass, two pickerel, and one pretty nice one! Fish was 19" and scales said 1.53... Time to get a new set of scales. 11 Quote
Super User A-Jay Posted July 27, 2017 Super User Posted July 27, 2017 2 hours ago, MTPanda said: First time using a hollow body frog and was rewarded with my first bass! Sorry for the camera noises. I was using a Yi Action Camera and noticed the sound wasn't too great. Caught my 2nd off the Live Target frog. Was advised to use the smallest Live Target hollow body frog from a very wise local. Caught two off the Yamamoto D Shad but just got a pic of one em. Switched to a Sexy Dawg Jr and used it to find an active feeding school of bass My friend and I started throwing these "spook" type lures and got the active school to bite. I think we caught around 7 or 8 off between us off this school. Fun times! Nicely Done ~ btw - wtg on the responsible & UV blocking attire. Believe me when I say, years from now, you'll be very glad you did. Congrats A-Jay 6 Quote
Super User NYWayfarer Posted July 27, 2017 Super User Posted July 27, 2017 The guy at the front of the boat needs to hear that. 2 Quote
Steveo-1969 Posted July 27, 2017 Posted July 27, 2017 47 minutes ago, everythingthatswims said: Had a fun morning drop shotting some brush piles. 11 bass, two pickerel, and one pretty nice one! Fish was 19" and scales said 1.53... Time to get a new set of scales. Looks like that fish might be 1.53 kilograms. Wrong setting on the scale maybe? I've done that before. 2 Quote
Super User everythingthatswims Posted July 28, 2017 Super User Posted July 28, 2017 I bet that's what it was, I have the little Rapala one that loves to do that from time to time. Thanks for catching that! Now I know it was 3.4lbs. I guessed 3.2 before I put it on the scales 1 Quote
Angealy Posted July 28, 2017 Posted July 28, 2017 I've been on this lake before and have caught a few nice bass on frogs/worms out here but it seems our old spot has been skunked or something couldn't catch anything. However, It did allow me to see others fishing from what looked like a bank across the lake "Huge lake" We of course went to their spot one day early in the morning and late at night and caught these bass. My sister and I had the same setup, I was teaching her how to rig a weighted T-Rig lizard and have it dragging on the bottom to feel for things and i had many bites on mine with this setup while talking to her and was catching them like crazy but sadly when the sun was going down the bites ended and i wasn't quite sure what to use for dark/night fishing so i went home. It's moments like this i wish i could afford a small boat just so i could go anywhere on the lake and not be limited. 8 Quote
Attila Posted July 29, 2017 Posted July 29, 2017 Jerkbait kind of day...Rapala Shadow Rap Shad in yellow perch produced on outside weed edges. 9 Quote
MTPanda Posted July 29, 2017 Posted July 29, 2017 37 minutes ago, JustJames said: You are tougher than me, man, good for you. stay out 8 hours in hot sun almost 100 degree is brutal. Nowadays I would start very early and by 9:00 I'm done. I might do evening trip one of these day. Haha 8 hrs is my usual average. Those pics I just posted from my first Barrett Lake trip, I was there at 4:30am and left the water at 7ish pm. We did take about a 1.5hr break in the car in the AC during 2-330pm to escape the heat. That was the most tiring day of all. I always bring an ice chest full of ice, water and coconut water and constantly set reminders on my phone to drink water no matter what. I only have one day off a week from work so I maximize my day off by doing what I love to do most, fish for bass!! 3 Quote
Ktho Posted July 29, 2017 Posted July 29, 2017 Caught em at Diamond Valley Lake dragging a 3/8 football jig in deep water 15 Quote
MTPanda Posted July 29, 2017 Posted July 29, 2017 Awesome job. I love DVL. Only been once but it was great. I only wish they were open on Mondays, my only day off. Quote
Super User Team9nine Posted July 29, 2017 Super User Posted July 29, 2017 Kind of in limbo as boatless bank trash at the moment, but banked 15 little chunks in 75 minutes after work the other day despite the post frontal clearing skies, stained water and 15 mph NNE winds. 14 Quote
Ktho Posted July 29, 2017 Posted July 29, 2017 10 hours ago, MTPanda said: Awesome job. I love DVL. Only been once but it was great. I only wish they were open on Mondays, my only day off. I feel ya on that. Thursdays are my best day so lakes like Hodges, Otay, El Cap, Barrett etc are no good, the lake schedules are a major bummer. Quote
IndianaFinesse Posted July 29, 2017 Posted July 29, 2017 7 hours ago, Team9nine said: Kind of in limbo as boatless bank trash at the moment, but banked 15 little chunks in 75 minutes after work the other day despite the post frontal clearing skies, stained water and 15 mph NNE winds. Nice catch, especially from the bank. If you ever want to get off the bank and come back out here and fish from my boat (we could even user our bigger boat that we use for tournaments), you're always welcome to. Don't worry about weird timing, I'm almost always open 2 Quote
MTPanda Posted July 29, 2017 Posted July 29, 2017 4 hours ago, Ktho said: I feel ya on that. Thursdays are my best day so lakes like Hodges, Otay, El Cap, Barrett etc are no good, the lake schedules are a major bummer. Ah man ya most of the SD lakes are closed to fishing on Thurs. So weird with their schedule. I was able to switch my day off to Wednesday last week just so I could visit Barrett for the first time. Quote
Global Moderator Bluebasser86 Posted July 30, 2017 Global Moderator Posted July 30, 2017 11 hours ago, Team9nine said: Kind of in limbo as boatless bank trash at the moment, but banked 15 little chunks in 75 minutes after work the other day despite the post frontal clearing skies, stained water and 15 mph NNE winds. Purple Haze, one of my favorite colors that doesn't seem to get any love, and I'm okay with that 3 Quote
Super User NHBull Posted July 31, 2017 Super User Posted July 31, 2017 Not great size, but the first on an 18 ft CB...... 10 Quote
Super User NYWayfarer Posted July 31, 2017 Super User Posted July 31, 2017 Yesterday I took my new kayak out for it's maiden voyage. I brought a baitcaster rigged with a wacky rigged Yum Dinger and a spinning reel rigged with a Trout Slayer lure. First fish I caught was a 2lb, 11oz Largemouth Bass. He took up the whole front tray of my kayak. He was the best fish of the day. I ended the day with 10 fish total, 1 Largemouth, 1 Smallmouth and 8 Redbreast Sunfish (all sunfish were caught on the Trout Slayer) Overall a great day on the water. I am loving kayak fishing. 10 Quote
WDE Posted July 31, 2017 Posted July 31, 2017 On 7/27/2017 at 11:09 PM, everythingthatswims said: I bet that's what it was, I have the little Rapala one that loves to do that from time to time. Thanks for catching that! Now I know it was 3.4lbs. I guessed 3.2 before I put it on the scales Mine also does that, and I haven't even cared to try to get it back to pounds. I am getting good with the metric system though. Quote
Super User JustJames Posted July 31, 2017 Super User Posted July 31, 2017 2 hours ago, Finesse Wayfarer said: Yesterday I took my new kayak out for it's maiden voyage. I brought a baitcaster rigged with a wacky rigged Yum Dinger and a spinning reel rigged with a Trout Slayer lure. First fish I caught was a 2lb, 11oz Largemouth Bass. He took up the whole front tray of my kayak. He was the best fish of the day. I ended the day with 10 fish total, 1 Largemouth, 1 Smallmouth and 8 Redbreast Sunfish (all sunfish were caught on the Trout Slayer) Overall a great day on the water. I am loving kayak fishing. Good time sir. Which kayak did you get? Gotta show off your new ride. I've been taking my boat out more often lately ever since I fixed everything up. 1 Quote
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