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[throttleplate]

i find frog fishing very relaxing, at times i will find a rock or stump to sit on while my frog is sitting on a lilly pad and then i give him a little pull and he is in the water waitin calmy just as i am.

[CrankFate]

Dinked out last night with my PB smallest largemouth bass for this lake after 30 years of fishing there. Stayed later than I should have, until my wife called...

 

 

[Jmurphy87]

My tiny fish of the day, wait my only fish of the day lol. I will take it happily though first time at this lake and first cast. We did have some pretty good thunderstorms last night today also.

[PhishLI]

9 hours ago, Jmurphy87 said:

My tiny fish of the day, wait my only fish of the day lol

Another guy who fishes on the equator??

[CrankFate]

Dink days of summer. I saw several 5-7lb fish hanging out in the sun. Not feeding. Maybe recovering from the spawn after feeding?

 

[Holetail]

Got out early this AM for some more pond action. Pretty slow at first stop so I moved and got a dink and a huge sunfish on the willow vibe. Brought the wacky rig with me and landed these two on 4 casts. 3.95 and 2.67 lbs. Actually checked my scale to make sure it will weigh over 4 since I cannot seem to break through that weight lately.

 Had to quit early since I left my senko box on my workbench so couldn’t reload after losing the only one I had. I hated leaving them biting but a good morning anyway

[NorcalBassin]

Been ridiculously hot out here, so we did a quick 530AM-900AM trip. Fortunately the fish were in a biting mood, which made the quick trip well worth our while.

 

This fella was kind enough to share what he'd been eating.

 

LM on a drop shot

 

One of my better ones

 

Called it a day after this one

[Will Wetline]

Maybe it's because I hadn't been out in good conditions for topwater, but this fish on June 18th was my first of the season! It has a Duo Realis Popper 64 in its mouth.  

 

 

This smallie took a Z-Man TicklerZ on a 1/16 oz. mushroom jig cast from Do-its Midwest Finesse mold.

 

 

There was enough wind mid morning to rock the boat and I thought that might be enough to push a few smallmouth over a large flat to see what they could find to eat. I anchored over 12' - 15' depths for a couple of hours and fed them Duo Realis' Spinbait 80 and a Mudbug Finesse TRD on a 3/32 oz. mushroom jighead.

 

 

 

 

[Crankin4Bass]

On 6/7/2021 at 5:31 PM, Team9nine said:

Finally made it back to a large pond I hadn’t fish yet for bass this year. Bluegill are still bedding heavily, but all the bass appear done. I went wacky again as this is my favorite post-spawn technique in clear water. I started with the same worm I used and reported on back on May 30 (two pages back). That day, I used it to catch 16 bass. I simply retied since the outfit hadn’t been used since that trip; same exact worm. I was able to catch another 27 bass on it before I had to retire it because it was so torn up. That makes 43 bass on a single wacky worm...so I just chuckle and shake my head at the Senko rigging threads - lol. Ended up with 40 total in under 2 hours. Here’s what that worm looks like after 43 bass, along with the best fish of the trip.

 

 

Wow. That’s impressive!  How did you catch so many fish on one senko?

[BrianMDTX]

Man, the bite has really been off lately. Had two bites and caught both. Neither of any size. The pond exploded with duckweed and algae after all the rain followed by a week of sun. The breeze normally blows it to the west end of the pond by mid-morning but yesterday it covered the whole surface. A frog was the only topwater that would work but it was ignored. I caught one early on a Fat IKA and another later on a #901 watermelon/cream Senko. 
 

Good take-aways are that the Senko was rigged on a new braid-to-leader for me (Seguar Smackdown in flash green with a 6 lb mono leader) and the Fat IKA was still rigged on my new Daiwa Tatula and Dobyns Fury FR705CB. Having only used Sufix 832 before, I can notice a big difference in visibility (a no-brainer due to the color) but also in the smoothness of the line. But I am really surprised by that rod. I bought it as a crankbait rod but tried it last week with that Fat IKA and easily caught a bass with it. Same thing happened yesterday. I was twitching the bait in, skittering it across the bottom like a crayfish, when the bass hit it. I started to set the hook when it took off, and it basically set the hook itself, which IMO is pretty darned good for a 3/0 EWG. I know it’s not the application that rod was designed for as MF action, but I am pleased with the results!

 

Fat IKA

 

Senko

[ike8120]

So far this is my PB 

[BrianMDTX]

8 minutes ago, ike8120 said:

So far this is my PB 

Pretty bass! 

[Team9nine]

10 hours ago, Crankin4Bass said:

Wow. That’s impressive!  How did you catch so many fish on one senko?

 

By not using a Senko in the first place - lol - that’s a “losing” game. Most days I fish “flick shake” or “jig head wacky” with Zman plastics and average about 25 bass per worm.

[Bankbeater]

Yesterday went out and hit some ponds. This bass nailed a pop-r, but the topwater bite was all done by 8 AM when the sunlight came over the trees and hit the water. Bass was 4-06 lb.

[gunsinger]

Well, it’s Father’s Day and momma said, “Why aren’t you fishing?”  So, off I went. Got a late start and the bite was slow for the first 45 minutes. Then it picked up and I snagged 13 in the next hour and 15 minutes, most of them on the same Fire n Ice TR culprit worm. This guy, at just over 2 lbs was the best of the bunch. 
 

[RenzokukenFisher]

Went out about 2 days ago on the yak and caught a nice 4lb 12oz largie! This lake doesn't get much pressure so when hooked the fish fight like freight trains. Swam right under my yak and into a submerged tree, luckily my outfit was more than enough to winch er' out. 1/2 oz Green pumpkin jig with a matching rage craw trailer.

[Biglittle8]

17 hours ago, ike8120 said:

So far this is my PB 

Congratulations on your P.B.

[hokiehunter373]

Got out on Father's Day for about an hour and a half mid-day during the 90 degree temps.  Wasn't expecting to catch much but the new 10" Berkley Power Worms slayed them.  I'll be ordering more ASAP.  Started off the day with a couple quick 2 pounders.  Then added a couple 1s before catching a 3-3.5er that took the hook deeper than I would have preferred.  Was counting down the minutes before we needed to get home to get my kids down for nap time and saw my line take off.  Set the hook into a brick wall and knew I had a new PB on the line.  She ran at me and I kept up and then worked her parallel to the bank to a spot where I could get down to her a little easier.  My wife took some great action shots lol.  Scale weighed this football of a fish in at 4lb 6oz with some help from her most recent meal and I was so pumped the family was there for it.  My 4 year old just kept saying it was the biggest fish he'd ever seen in his life like he's been around for ages ?.  Broken my PB 3 times this year and hit the 4 pound mark I wanted to so now I just need to keep raising that bar.  Won't be able to fish as much the next month or so but I'll get after um when I can.  Tight lines everyone!

 

 

 

 

 

 

[gunsinger]

 

4 minutes ago, hokiehunter373 said:

Got out on Father's Day for about an hour and a half mid-day during the 90 degree temps.  Wasn't expecting to catch much but the new 10" Berkley Power Worms slayed them. 

What a nice way to spend Father's Day....

 

Congrats on you new PB.

[roadwarrior]

 

[ABrugs]

I caught my new PB on vacation in northern Michigan last week, a 4.54 lb / 20 inch largemouth bass! I got it on a 6th Sense Clout 5.4 in 'Watermelon Candy' rigged weightless. My previous PB LMB was 2.69 lbs / 17 inches from 2020. One of my bass fishing goals for 2021 was to beat that by ideally catching one at least over 3 lbs. Needless to say, I was beyond excited to get this one!

 

[BigSkyBasser]

A small lake that doesn't allow boats was absolutely on fire this weekend!

Never put the topwater down and it was the best bite I've had all year for Largemouth

[roadwarrior]

[gunsinger]

Congrats on the new PB.

[HaydenS]

Nice work guys!  Bunch of new pb's!

 

Hopefully I'm next!