Global Moderator Bluebasser86 Posted January 18, 2021 Global Moderator Posted January 18, 2021 Water temps dropped a lot of me this week. Most of what I saw was 38-42 with a few warm spots to 44. It was a grind. Only managed 5 bass, but they added up to just .09lbs less than my winning 5 fish bag the previous week so I had that going for me. I did that while also taking time out to walk some bank looking for baits and going and fishing the hot water to see if I could catch any of those "other", fish. I marked off a buffalo, common carp, drum, channel cat, and 2 flathead on the jigging spoon. Biggest bass was just shy of 5.5lbs on the Flicker Shad Shallow. 20 Quote
Super User BrianMDTX Posted January 18, 2021 Super User Posted January 18, 2021 Today was a soft bite day, and a &$%#^*! losing baits to snags day as well. I lost two Neko rigs and a Ned rig...all on the same snag. Shame on me. I missed a few bass on those soft bites. Two on the Neko and one on a weightless Zoom Trick worm. Only caught one all day. But it weren’t no dink so all is good! That bass hit a Zoom Trick worm hard and ran hard. It was worn out when I landed it and only fought it for maybe 45 seconds. 20 Quote
Global Moderator TnRiver46 Posted January 19, 2021 Global Moderator Posted January 19, 2021 2 hours ago, BrianMDTX said: Today was a soft bite day, and a &$%#^*! losing baits to snags day as well. I lost two Neko rigs and a Ned rig...all on the same snag. Shame on me. I missed a few bass on those soft bites. Two on the Neko and one on a weightless Zoom Trick worm. Only caught one all day. But it weren’t no dink so all is good! That bass hit a Zoom Trick worm hard and ran hard. It was worn out when I landed it and only fought it for maybe 45 seconds. Nice! Quote
Super User NorcalBassin Posted January 19, 2021 Super User Posted January 19, 2021 Took my girls out for a quick afternoon trip... fishing was a B- but the time together on the water was an A+. Gotta love the teamwork Fish of the day 19 Quote
GReb Posted January 19, 2021 Posted January 19, 2021 Started the year off with a PB spot. We don’t grow them like TN and AL lol. Caught on a 3/4 oz single colorado spinner bait. Weighed 3.57lb 18 Quote
Backroad Angler Posted January 21, 2021 Posted January 21, 2021 First largies of the year, went back to my roots of fishing and hit the creek! 14 Quote
Super User Dwight Hottle Posted January 23, 2021 Super User Posted January 23, 2021 On 1/21/2021 at 3:48 PM, JoshFromBolo said: First largies of the year, went back to my roots of fishing and hit the creek! That first picture makes that bass look like he is having an elimination problem. LOL 2 3 Quote
The Bassman Posted January 23, 2021 Posted January 23, 2021 5 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said: Makes me miss creek wading. Used to catch a lot of smallies that size. Lots of fun. Quote
Global Moderator TnRiver46 Posted January 23, 2021 Global Moderator Posted January 23, 2021 31 minutes ago, The Bassman said: Makes me miss creek wading. Used to catch a lot of smallies that size. Lots of fun. I was actually boating, but I know whatcha mean . Could have easily waded if I had waders Quote
Super User BrianMDTX Posted January 24, 2021 Super User Posted January 24, 2021 Yesterday I was fishing with Pepe Le Pew. Not even a nibble. Same pond. One day later. Big difference! Started casting a variety of lures but all they wanted were weightless Zoom Trick worms. Color wasn’t important. Caught them on Pumpkin and Green Pumpkin Magic. Hooked 9 and boated 7. No big gals but still a blast. My normal methods (slow drag or hopping it across the bottom) didn’t get one bass. I got the first one (smallest one that I didn’t take a pic of) when the wind picked up and my boat started drifting. I had the worm out and it dragged along and that’s when it got hit. So I started sweeping the rod slowly and that’s what they liked. None were deep. All were no more than 2’-4’ from the bank. FYI- the one with the little blood was fine and was released with no issues. Tried out my new Daiwa Fuego CT on the Fenwick HMX HF rod. I tried that Fishlab Bio-Gill swimbait. It casted that perfectly. Also tried a Mann’s Jelly Worm TR with a 1/4 oz weight. Casted that fine as well. 11 Quote
Super User jbsoonerfan Posted January 24, 2021 Super User Posted January 24, 2021 One picture worthy fish today. Caught on a BFE in Hematoma off an old submerged pond dam with a tree on the dam. 4-10. Wife says I should pick a different hoodie, I just told her it must be lucky. 16 Quote
Super User N Florida Mike Posted January 26, 2021 Super User Posted January 26, 2021 Caught several on a houdini super fluke in one of my work route ponds... 12 Quote
Global Moderator TnRiver46 Posted January 26, 2021 Global Moderator Posted January 26, 2021 8 minutes ago, N Florida Mike said: Caught several on a houdini super fluke in one of my work route ponds... Workin hard! You remind me of me 2 Quote
Boulderman Posted January 27, 2021 Posted January 27, 2021 FINALLY got the 2021 bass skunk out of the 'yak! Had been bass skunked a couple of January outings dealing with pretty cold water (37-39 degs), so I was happy to catch this first guy, even though he was a dink. Caught him on a ned rigged grub slowly moving through a creek channel where I was marking fish pinned at the bottom. Switched it up to a blade bait with short flutter/drops and caught this 17.5 incher who had thick fishing line coming out of his anus that you can see in the second and third pics. Poor guy had been living like that for some time based on the condition of the line. I tugged on the line a little bit and a snelled hook eye appeared. I worked it carefully and was able to extract the rusty hook and get him back in the water. Amazing how the hook and line could pass through all the way to the end. Glad I could get it out for him. He did me a solid with a winter bite, I did him a solid, man and fish living in harmony! Kept using the blade bait but no more bass, only a little perch. Had to call it a day so I loaded up the kayak but wanted to get a few more casts in, and pulled in this additional bass with the ned rig. All in all a pretty good cold winter day for me! Being a pretty new bass angler, and with most of my previous catches coming from moving baits, I think the skunk days have been extremely valuable for actual skill development. I have had to exercise extreme focus on what the bottom-contact lure should normally feel like and what a bite is not. My feel and intuition have definitely improved through the slow times. There have been a few occasions where I knew something was not normal so I set the hook and pulled up a little bit of line that I had snagged and it was causing my lure to move differently. This feel and awareness is something I did not have a year ago. For the bass above, I did not feel any obvious bite (I did with the perch!), I only felt slight weight or unusual tension when moving the bait and my hook set was quick and almost involuntary given the combo of stimuli. So, I'm happy to see progress and catch some winter fish! Still seeking that first jig bite, and hoping for an active spring. 13 Quote
Fishlegs Posted January 27, 2021 Posted January 27, 2021 It was an itty bitty dink, but I'm on the board for 2021! This is my first ever January bass. 11 Quote
Global Moderator TnRiver46 Posted January 27, 2021 Global Moderator Posted January 27, 2021 1 hour ago, Fishlegs said: It was an itty bitty dink, but I'm on the board for 2021! This is my first ever January bass. The first of many 1 Quote
Fishlegs Posted January 28, 2021 Posted January 28, 2021 17 hours ago, TnRiver46 said: The first of many Hope so, but I don't go very often in January. It was 65 degrees and sunny here so I had to. I will be happy if I get to post on this thread half as much as you do this year. Please send a few down the Tennessee River for me. 1 Quote
Global Moderator TnRiver46 Posted January 28, 2021 Global Moderator Posted January 28, 2021 2 minutes ago, Fishlegs said: Hope so, but I don't go very often in January. It was 65 degrees and sunny here so I had to. I will be happy if I get to post on this thread half as much as you do this year. Please send a few down the Tennessee River for me. I like to skip the sunny days and fish the rainy/snowy ones . Not much competition well truthfully I fish them all but the nasty days have better success 1 Quote
Fishlegs Posted January 28, 2021 Posted January 28, 2021 5 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said: I like to skip the sunny days and fish the rainy/snowy ones . Not much competition well truthfully I fish them all but the nasty days have better success Good point. Not much snow down here in the AL portion of the TN river, but we get some uncomfortably cold rain in January. Maybe if I'd get out and catch some I'd change my mind. Quote
Global Moderator TnRiver46 Posted January 28, 2021 Global Moderator Posted January 28, 2021 7 minutes ago, Fishlegs said: Good point. Not much snow down here in the AL portion of the TN river, but we get some uncomfortably cold rain in January. Maybe if I'd get out and catch some I'd change my mind. I’ve fished down that way a time or two, it’s a lot easier here where the river is small and the wind doesn’t make 3 foot waves haha Quote
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