Brandon O'tinger Posted June 15, 2019 Posted June 15, 2019 16 incher caught in the middle of some bluegill. Also caught were a 2 lb catfish and a 4lb catfish. 10 Quote
Super User N Florida Mike Posted June 17, 2019 Super User Posted June 17, 2019 Caught 32 this weekend in app. 8 hours of fishing time.Took a friend fri. Night and he caught a couple small fish too. The biggest was 5.1 ( first fish pic ) Got several 3-3.5 pounders also. Biting really good for the summer. Caught most of the fish on the June bug zoom speed worm . Got 1 on a frog. 15 Quote
Global Moderator TnRiver46 Posted June 17, 2019 Global Moderator Posted June 17, 2019 Solid fish @N Florida Mike. And big kicker to boot! 1 Quote
Super User N Florida Mike Posted June 17, 2019 Super User Posted June 17, 2019 You know it’s been good when it looks like this. 9 Quote
The Bassman Posted June 17, 2019 Posted June 17, 2019 Roughed up hand vs. just thumb = big bass. 1 Quote
Bassin' Brad Posted June 17, 2019 Posted June 17, 2019 Me and a buddy fished a known big bass lake Fri night hoping to hook a hawg. It was very windy and only slowed some at about 3 am. I almost struck out but managed this spotted bass on my night time spinnerbait. Operating my 10' bass raider at night with 18 mph winds takes some considerable concentration. We did find wind breaks in the back of coves and that helped. My buddy did boat a 4 1/2 and I was pumped for him. 13 Quote
8pt172 Posted June 18, 2019 Posted June 18, 2019 Caught my PB last week while fishing the Bays of Grand Traverse. Ran into KVD, who had Johnny Morris from BPS and Truex Jr from NASCAR in his boat. 29 Quote
Super User NHBull Posted June 18, 2019 Super User Posted June 18, 2019 Everything was on fire today. Fat Ika did most of the heavy lifting with a Ned getting top honors 16 Quote
rtwvumtneer6 Posted June 19, 2019 Posted June 19, 2019 (edited) Caught a few dinks burning a chatterbait back to me, so I stayed with that pattern and stuck this girl. 6/16/2019. Edited June 19, 2019 by rtwvumtneer6 Added date 18 Quote
Global Moderator TnRiver46 Posted June 19, 2019 Global Moderator Posted June 19, 2019 Got completely soaked in the rain but finally caught one after it stopped. @Bluebasser86's bladed jig again! 15 Quote
Super User NHBull Posted June 19, 2019 Super User Posted June 19, 2019 The Ima Stick ruled the day with Fat Ika running a close second. 11 Quote
Super User A-Jay Posted June 19, 2019 Super User Posted June 19, 2019 On 6/18/2019 at 9:15 AM, 8pt172 said: Caught my PB last week while fishing the Bays of Grand Traverse. Ran into KVD, who had Johnny Morris from BPS and Truex Jr from NASCAR in his boat. Great Smallie ! Congrats on the PB and the chance meeting with a Legend. A-Jay Quote
teethmarks Posted June 20, 2019 Posted June 20, 2019 story time went out on a local rezzie with my brother in law. it was my first outing with a new fish finder, chirp 54cv. the old one (which i kept on the boat) is a humminbird 100sx; it is quite the jump. i cannot believe the resolution of the new one it is kind of crazy to me. so we started marking fish at a point that drops quickly to 40' and im pulling up smallies with drop shot at a decent clip and my brother is throwing squarebills and shaky craws to shore. we are seeing them in the 10' to 15' depth range. my drop shot rod is a fenwick elite tech with a 13 fishing prototype x 2.0 spinning reel. it is strung up with power pro 15lb main line and i use seaguar finesse fluorocarbon as a leader via double uni knot. i have been using the 8.4 lb finesse line in this application without a problem for a good while now but recently wanted to try the 6.2 lb. it was apparent when tying this smaller line on as a leader that the fidelity and strength of the line between the two was very different. in a moment i had a fish on that was easily the biggest fish i have ever felt on the end of my line in a fresh water scenario. in that same moment i did not recall the switch to lighter line. it went something like, feel bite, set hook, got two or three cranks and the fish took off like a bluefish. took some line, then some more, then broke off. tears may have been shed and i told my brother that this incident would cause night terrors. in retrospect im beating myself up over not having the presence of mind to loosen the drag. i did check the drag before the very first cast and it felt fine. this reel however has a very unique brake system. i understand that im typing this out to cope and shift responsibility and accountability. BUT there really is something different about the drag on this reel than i am used to, coming from low end pfluegers and clearance combos. it engages on a scale, like it has more resistance as more line is taken. amateur but frustrating. and it hurts. i can see, feel and taste the awe of boating whatever that was. the excitement is all there but instead of reality it exists in an imaginary place and time that is hollow and empty. i never want to make a mistake like this again! a moment after this ordeal (maybe a minute) my brother pulled this 4 and a half pound chain pickerel to the boat. i joked to check it for jewelry but i knew in my heart that was not the fish that was on my line. somewhat slightly redeeming to get a really nice fish so soon after a heartbreaking loss. my nicest bass from the day, the smallies i got on the boat were just that, small and a nice 3 lb fish from the other day 12 Quote
Global Moderator TnRiver46 Posted June 20, 2019 Global Moderator Posted June 20, 2019 @teethmarks, try backreel sometime when you have a nice fish on. Cool write up minus the heartbreak 1 Quote
keagbassr Posted June 20, 2019 Posted June 20, 2019 Been a tough few weeks that culminated tues. When I dropped two 4+lb. Fish before I could boat them. Undeterred I headed out this morning knowing i had 2 hrs. Before heavy rain/t-storm threat moved through. Got 1 on a buzzbait and 5 on a spinnerbait with the best at 4-12. Headed back out after the storm went thru at another spot for 3 more hrs. Got 5 with the best at 5-5 on an old school moss mouse. 17 Quote
Super User A-Jay Posted June 20, 2019 Super User Posted June 20, 2019 Great Fish ! Congrats A-Jay 2 1 Quote
Super User Team9nine Posted June 21, 2019 Super User Posted June 21, 2019 Been a couple weeks since I was last out. Vacation. Crappy weather. Work. Park rangers. Finally stretched the string a bit this evening though. 19 Quote
Super User scaleface Posted June 21, 2019 Super User Posted June 21, 2019 Caught on a Stanley Ribbit in the grass today.Largest bass i caught in about three years ,6.5 lbs . . I was lucky to land her . My drag wasnt set correctly and she was buried. Had another big one but I pulled the trigger on her a little to early . 21 Quote
Global Moderator TnRiver46 Posted June 21, 2019 Global Moderator Posted June 21, 2019 Congrats @scaleface 1 Quote
Super User NHBull Posted June 21, 2019 Super User Posted June 21, 2019 A fine morning playing with SM on Squam....All on a fat ika 11 Quote
Will Wetline Posted June 21, 2019 Posted June 21, 2019 Pop . . . pop . . . pop . . . This smallmouth, a tad under 4 lbs., has got a Duo Realis Popper 64 hanging from its lip. 17 1 Quote
Super User deep Posted June 22, 2019 Super User Posted June 22, 2019 #lastcast #noskunks Fished all around the tiny pond I was fishing for an hour or so without any luck, while a fly fisherman was camping out at the one corner- with all sorts of current, temperature and O2 breaks- that I really wanted to fish. I decided to wait until he was done, and then I waited, and then I waited some more. Finally got tired of waiting, so I went up and asked if he'd mind if I made a few casts. He didn't, so I made my five or six casts, caught and released this bass, thanked him, and left. 15 Quote
superkamikazee Posted June 22, 2019 Posted June 22, 2019 Caught my PB yesterday, 4.5 lbs Also caught these two 3 lb'rs, and a handfu of 1-2 lb'rs. 23 Quote
Way north bass guy Posted June 22, 2019 Posted June 22, 2019 Finally able to add to this thread, as today was our opener. Started a bit late, didn’t get on the water till almost 9:00 and were off by 1:00 but we still managed about 30 bass. Mostly smaller ones, but I did get one decent one about 3lbs or so. Almost every fish came on a frog, and they were choking it today! All in all, a decent start to the season for my son and I. This was a brand new frog at the start of the day ?. 20 Quote
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