Super User PhishLI Posted April 14, 2019 Super User Posted April 14, 2019 My number one bass catching lure from way back when I was just a kid was the Arbogast Hawaiian Wiggler. I've thrown it over the past 2 years with no luck except for one mutant bluegill. Even with the lack of success I've had using it, nostalgia has me chucking it once in a while anyway. The Dark Sleeper got bitten most yesterday, but when spinnerbait conditions arose I tied on the Wiggler in perch pattern. The bassin' gods finally came through for me. That fish hadn't yet swallowed the fish it had when it smashed the Wiggler. 9 in total for me and a bud. Good times. Here's a few: 18 Quote
928JLH Posted April 14, 2019 Posted April 14, 2019 Great catches! A few from a local 5hr kayak tourney today for the best 3. Culled the 16.5 with 11 minutes to left securing 2nd place. 19 Quote
rt dak Posted April 15, 2019 Posted April 15, 2019 Biggest of the year so far. Swing Impact Fat on a Revenge underspin 16 Quote
Fairtax4me Posted April 15, 2019 Posted April 15, 2019 Hit a mountain lake yesterday. Wacky rigged 4” senko was all I could get them to eat. They were sitting 5-15 feet deep on trees, literally sitting on the tree. Stomachs touching the trunk. 54° Super clear water. Found a school of trout swimming around just below the surface that were all Giants, but none of them had any interest in the lures I had tied on at the time. Caught a few dink bass then the bluebird calm sunny turned to cloudy windy, then a thunderstorm rolled in so I called it and went home. Kinda rainy cloudy back home, but figured what the heck I’ll go down to the pond for a few hours. Grabbed a rod and a bag of 5” Yum dingers. Bass and bluegill everywhere! Landed 5 and missed several others, but one was a Hawg! 5.9lbs, and she just touched 22”! citation baby! 19 Quote
Super User N Florida Mike Posted April 15, 2019 Super User Posted April 15, 2019 Went for a few hours this afternoon in the home lake. I though conditions were good with a front coming in and all. Overcast skies , temps in the high 80s. Tried to start at the north end and it was just too windy. Still got a fish or two on the strike king shimmy stick. Got down to the central part of the lake, and got some sheltered water on the east side of the island, and began pickin em off with the small zoom fluke. Finished the island and decided to fish a deep eel grass line . Something told me to fish the zoom speed worm. First cast , rod loaded up . Big fish.The fish was slightly angling in a way that caused it to get just a little slack and came off. Next cast , a nice fish, 2 1/2 or so . Next cast, a 4.12 ( 2nd fish pictured ). I fished on around the point going into the s.e part of the lake. Wind 20+ at my back. I proceeded to just wear em out for app. 1 1/2 hours . I had caught high 20s in numbers , most of the fish coming on the windward end of the lake. I caught about half the fish deadsticking, and the other half reeling it on or near the surface, all on the speed worm.Had to anchor at each spot it was so windy , move about a cast away, then re-anchor. On the way home, I got some more on the june bug trick worm. Ended up with 30 something total. 21 Quote
Global Moderator TnRiver46 Posted April 15, 2019 Global Moderator Posted April 15, 2019 @Gundog, at long last! Nice smallmouth 1 Quote
Super User Gundog Posted April 15, 2019 Super User Posted April 15, 2019 2 hours ago, TnRiver46 said: @Gundog, at long last! Nice smallmouth Its been too long. After 5 times out fishing and catching nothing I was starting to think it wasn't going to happen. 1 Quote
Logan S Posted April 15, 2019 Posted April 15, 2019 Had a good trip to Lake Gaston this past weekend. Took 3rd in 2-day tournament with 10 fish for 23-15. Lot's of 3lb+ fish but no true big ones to put me over the top. Weighed in a few spotted bass too, Gaston is the only lake I fish that has them so it's still cool to catch them for me. Practice... Day 1...Culled a small LM with this Spot for the smallest fish in the limit. Day 2...Couple nice LM's a spot that was eating very well, had 2 shad tails visible in it's gullet. Everything I weighed in came on one of these, most were on the bladed jig. 16 Quote
Super User A-Jay Posted April 15, 2019 Super User Posted April 15, 2019 8 minutes ago, Logan S said: Had a good trip to Lake Gaston this past weekend. Took 3rd in 2-day tournament with 10 fish for 23-15. Lot's of 3lb+ fish but no true big ones to put me over the top. Weighed in a few spotted bass too, Gaston is the only lake I fish that has them so it's still cool to catch them for me. Practice... Day 1...Culled a small LM with this Spot for the smallest fish in the limit. Day 2...Couple nice LM's a spot that was eating very well, had 2 shad tails visible in it's gullet. Everything I weighed in came on one of these, most were on the bladed jig. Really nice. Thanks for sharing. Btw..love the black tail on that trailer. Totally stealing that. A-Jay 1 1 1 Quote
Super User fishballer06 Posted April 16, 2019 Super User Posted April 16, 2019 My biggest from this weekend. Caught on a 3" Megabass Hazedong Shad with an 1/8oz jighead. 15 Quote
Super User J Francho Posted April 16, 2019 Super User Posted April 16, 2019 Not sure what you did there, but I fixed it for you. Nice feesh! Quote
Super User fishballer06 Posted April 16, 2019 Super User Posted April 16, 2019 12 minutes ago, J Francho said: Not sure what you did there, but I fixed it for you. Nice feesh! Thanks. Imgur was giving me fits, and it's a blocked site here at work, so I wasn't sure what was actually being posted. Quote
Super User J Francho Posted April 16, 2019 Super User Posted April 16, 2019 Try: https://postimages.org/ Quote
redmexican5081 Posted April 18, 2019 Posted April 18, 2019 Not a giant but it is my first bass of the year. Caught it with an Arkie sexy tail shad with an ultralight while crappie fishing on my way home from work. 13 Quote
Super User NorcalBassin Posted April 18, 2019 Super User Posted April 18, 2019 Fortunate to get a couple quick trips in over the weekend, Saturday with Pops and Sunday with my oldest. Good times and it's getting so close to busting loose... 22 Quote
hawgenvy Posted April 18, 2019 Posted April 18, 2019 Bank fishing local ponds with my friend Mike has become a Wednesday night ritual. We caught a bunch tonight. Mike was swimming a jig and I was tossing a black 13 inch ribbon tail worm. The highlight was a double header: a four pounder and a five pounder landed simultaneously! I also tried out a new (for me) bait, the beautiful (and expensive) Greenfish Beer Belly Prop bait. A lot of fish ate it but I only landed half of them, probably my error. I might have kept them pinned better with a less stiff rod. 21 Quote
Super User PhishLI Posted April 19, 2019 Super User Posted April 19, 2019 I've been following the same routine since Sunday: Work, come home, eat dinner, listen to a few of my wife's stories, walk the dog, then go wading. Rinse, repeat. Last night was chilly. The water was colder than usual. I got skunked for the first time in days. Defeated, I left the lake well in to darkness truly exhausted to my core. I told myself that I really needed a break, but I woke up quite early this morning refreshed somehow. I can't explain it. While walking my pooch and noticing the dark clouds and near dusk conditions it occurred to me that this really looks like great bassin' weather. Plus, we're on the edge of a full moon. "I can slip in a quick one before work" I told myself, so I did just that. Second cast throwing the Rat 30 in morning dawn I hooked a nice 2 pounder. Last night's defeat was instantly turned into victory! "Go out on a good note" I told myself, but just one more cast... I picked up the rig with a Dark Sleeper tied on and started working angles. Sixth cast and I'm hooked up. The bass takes a run at a stump in the water and starts to wrap around it. Instead of panicking and losing the fish, as I've done once before in this very spot, I gave it slack and it ran out of the trouble zone and I landed her. A nice 19"er. "OK, I'm really done now" I told myself, but just one more cast... I start chucking the sleeper again. Fast wind, then let it die, repeat. I lift the rod, then Bang! This one is heavy. I'm winding but the spool is slipping wildly. With so many spots to get snagged on I crank down the drag and pull her in. 22 inches and fat. "Go out on a good note" I told myself, and so I did. But I went back right after work and instantly got another cutie on the Rat 30. It was good day of phishin. 19 Quote
Super User Popular Post NorcalBassin Posted April 19, 2019 Super User Popular Post Posted April 19, 2019 Seems like full moons have always been a curse to our fishing, but the temps and season were lining up too perfectly not to take a chance today. Thank goodness we gave it a shot. Caught over 30, including my PB largemouth. I had been throwing swimbaits most of the morning and skipped to a stick bait after no luck on some prime looking areas. First cast with the stick bait and boom goes the dynamite out to deep water stripping line like a catfish followed by a couple circles around the boat like a shark. I about had a heart attack the first time she came up to jump and I saw it was a bass and a beast of one at that. We thought she was a 10 pounder for sure, but she was a 25" fatty that weighed in at 9.1 on my scale. Busted my 110 Special rod in half about an hour later but had such a rush I didn't even care. Good times. One last pic after getting her back in the water for a breather 33 Quote
hawgenvy Posted April 19, 2019 Posted April 19, 2019 That's an awesome beast, Norcal! Congratulations. Don't forget to change your PB designation on your profile! 1 Quote
Super User PhishLI Posted April 19, 2019 Super User Posted April 19, 2019 39 minutes ago, NorcalBassin said: 25" fatty that weighed in at 9.1 on my scale Congrats, NorCal! That's a whopper! 1 Quote
Dwbassin Posted April 19, 2019 Posted April 19, 2019 Is anyone else having problems uploading a pic? Caught my biggest of the year last night and it keeps telling me on all threads my media file is to big Quote
SWVABass Posted April 19, 2019 Posted April 19, 2019 @Dwbassin you will need to resize your image Quote
Super User J Francho Posted April 19, 2019 Super User Posted April 19, 2019 57 minutes ago, Dwbassin said: Is anyone else having problems uploading a pic? Caught my biggest of the year last night and it keeps telling me on all threads my media file is to big https://postimages.org/ Copy and paste the direct link here. Quote
928JLH Posted April 19, 2019 Posted April 19, 2019 NorCal WOW what an amazing catch congrats!! Biggest last night skipping and pitchin Keitech 3.8s around the docks. 14 Quote
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