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[Jar11591]

Been fishing a new section of river each week. It’s paid off with a lot of productive water and smallmouth bass.
 

Still have yet to get on that hot fall bite as temps are still in the mid 80s during the day, and mid 60s at night. Unseasonably warm. 
 

But got into some decent smallies that had their fall bellies today. They all looked stuffed to the gills. Pop-X and a Ned rig did the damage. 
 

 

The river has been eating so many of my Ned heads this year, so I made the switch the Z-Man Ned football heads. Glad I did as I went an entire day on the river without snagging my Ned rig. 

[AlabamaSpothunter]

3 minutes ago, Jar11591 said:

Been fishing a new section of river each week. It’s paid off with a lot of productive water and smallmouth bass.
 

Still have yet to get on that hot fall bite as temps are still in the mid 80s during the day, and mid 60s at night. Unseasonably warm. 
 

But got into some decent smallies that had their fall bellies today. They all looked stuffed to the gills. Pop-X and a Ned rig did the damage. 
 

 

The river has been eating some many of my Ned heads this year, so I made the switch the Z-Man Ned football heads. Glad I did as I went an entire day on the river without snagging my Ned rig. 

Now that's a Brown Bass!   It drives me mad knowing just an hour north of me these magnificent fish can be found.     

[TnRiver46]

10 minutes ago, Jar11591 said:

Been fishing a new section of river each week. It’s paid off with a lot of productive water and smallmouth bass.
 

Still have yet to get on that hot fall bite as temps are still in the mid 80s during the day, and mid 60s at night. Unseasonably warm. 
 

But got into some decent smallies that had their fall bellies today. They all looked stuffed to the gills. Pop-X and a Ned rig did the damage. 
 

 

The river has been eating some many of my Ned heads this year, so I made the switch the Z-Man Ned football heads. Glad I did as I went an entire day on the river without snagging my Ned rig. 

Rivers feast upon ned heads haha

[Jar11591]

6 minutes ago, AlabamaSpothunter said:

Now that's a Brown Bass!   It drives me mad knowing just an hour north of me these magnificent fish can be found.     

It’s worth the trip. The aggressiveness, the tail walking they do when hooked. They hit topwater baits like missiles. This is the first year in several that I’ve targeted smallmouth more than largemouth. It’s been so much fun.

[TnRiver46]

Just now, Jar11591 said:

It’s worth the trip. The aggressiveness, the tail walking they do when hooked. They hit topwater baits like missiles. This is the first year in several that I’ve targeted smallmouth more than largemouth. It’s been so much fun.

Yeah buddy! I don’t necessarily target smallmouth but they are what I usually catch . We have all 3 species overlapping everywhere 

 

Heck I’ve been throwing an 8” swimbait and I’ve had smallies and spots follow and bite, no largemouth yet 

 

 

[ScottW]

17 minutes ago, AlabamaSpothunter said:

Now that's a Brown Bass!   It drives me mad knowing just an hour north of me these magnificent fish can be found.     

A few good lakes between you and me that would be good. Supposed to be ‘decent’ weather this week too! ?

[Jar11591]

4 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said:

We have all 3 species overlapping everywhere

That’s gotta be great 

[TnRiver46]

15 minutes ago, Jar11591 said:

That’s gotta be great 

It’s fun! We don’t have big ones like they do down river but still fun and tasty 

[The Bassman]

Today was what I call a "drainfest". Copious rainfall since last night had storm inlets flowing strong. Can make for some epic action. Everything came on a ned rig and this one was my best. Fished for about three hours before the main front went through with monsoon like rain. Really not sure how many I caught but have an extra fuzzy thumb to show for it. Can't get any pity from the wife, though.

[Team9nine]

1 hour ago, The Bassman said:

Today was what I call a "drainfest". Copious rainfall since last night had storm inlets flowing strong. Can make for some epic action. Everything came on a ned rig and this one was my best. Fished for about three hours before the main front went through with monsoon like rain. Really not sure how many I caught but have an extra fuzzy thumb to show for it. Can't get any pity from the wife, though.

Nice - no signs of running water here today, and the fish weren’t cooperating at all…but it was a good bite yesterday pre-storms 

[The Bassman]

9 minutes ago, Team9nine said:

Nice - no signs of running water here today, and the fish weren’t cooperating at all…but it was a good bite yesterday pre-storms 

I was in Hamilton Co. They had big time rain last night.

[DitchPanda]

10 minutes ago, Team9nine said:

Nice - no signs of running water here today, and the fish weren’t cooperating at all…but it was a good bite yesterday pre-storms 

 

1 minute ago, The Bassman said:

I was in Hamilton Co. They had big time rain last night.

You guys are making me jealous. Over here in Iowa ive had 2 skunks and a 1 fish outing in my last 3 bass endeavors. I've switched over to catfish just to feel some pull.

[TnRiver46]

31 minutes ago, DitchPanda said:

 

You guys are making me jealous. Over here in Iowa ive had 2 skunks and a 1 fish outing in my last 3 bass endeavors. I've switched over to catfish just to feel some pull.

Look on the bright side, corns up 

[DitchPanda]

36 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said:

Look on the bright side, corns up 

 Not really here. We have guys cutting full fields for silage that have never been used for that since I've lived here. We have had terrible drought conditions for a long time. Alot of the fields around here in a good year can average over 200 bushels an acre...heard lots of talk of fields at 30-50 bushels an acre this year. Even some guys around here with only stalks...no ears on them.

 The lead grain buyer at my plant has worked there since it opened almost 19 years ago..said he's never seen it like this. He's having to pull from much farther away so we are paying out the a#$ just to have corn for our Ethanol process. Real bright side is I've been catching plenty of catfish to eat!

 

[TnRiver46]

33 minutes ago, DitchPanda said:

 Not really here. We have guys cutting full fields for silage that have never been used for that since I've lived here. We have had terrible drought conditions for a long time. Alot of the fields around here in a good year can average over 200 bushels an acre...heard lots of talk of fields at 30-50 bushels an acre this year. Even some guys around here with only stalks...no ears on them.

 The lead grain buyer at my plant has worked there since it opened almost 19 years ago..said he's never seen it like this. He's having to pull from much farther away so we are paying out the a#$ just to have corn for our Ethanol process. Real bright side is I've been catching plenty of catfish to eat!

 

Catfish is good eats!

 

 

wasnt it your buddy that said “Corns up” ??

[A-Jay]

Introduced a few of the local residents to the SK Sexy Dawg Hard Knock ~

I think they were impressed. 

Fish Hard

A-Jay

 

[TnRiver46]

2 minutes ago, A-Jay said:

Introduced a few of the local residents to the SK Sexy Dawg Hard Knock ~

I think they were impressed. 

Fish Hard

A-Jay

 

Sheesh. Pushing 5? 

[AlabamaSpothunter]

5 minutes ago, A-Jay said:

Introduced a few of the local residents to the SK Sexy Dawg Hard Knock ~

I think they were impressed. 

 

Fish Hard

A-Jay

 

Beautiful, and I'm impressed

[Swamp Girl]

I fished the bog right down the road this evening. I caught 22 fish. 19 were largemouth and 3 were chain pickerel. One chain pickerel was thick enough to fight like a hefty largemouth. I did use the fluke and got half a dozen fish that I hooked for a second or two. I know I'm setting the hook too soon. I also caught a couple bass on the fluke. Again, the Whopper Plopper was the most successful lure for me. I caught a 18.75 inch bass and a 19.25 inch bass. I'm kind of stuck on two big bass each morning or evening. I did have a third big fish hooked, but lost it to reeds. Here are the two big gals. Tomorrow morning I'm fishing a gully. It's a river that runs deep through a gully and then widens with some weeds on the edges. I'm excited and a little intimidated. It's just so different than any water I've fished this summer. I figure I'll troll my Whopper Plopper through the gully with the deep water and then frog and fluke fish the wide, shallower, weedier part. 

 

 

20 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said:

Sheesh. Pushing 5? 

Gosh, you catch beautiful fish!

[AlabamaSpothunter]

7 minutes ago, ol'crickety said:

I fished the bog right down the road this evening. I caught 22 fish. 19 were largemouth and 3 were chain pickerel. One chain pickerel was thick enough to fight like a hefty largemouth. I did use the fluke and got half a dozen fish that I hooked for a second or two. I know I'm setting the hook too soon. I also caught a couple bass on the fluke. Again, the Whopper Plopper was the most successful lure for me. I caught a 18.75 inch bass and a 19.25 inch bass. I'm kind of stuck on two big bass each morning or evening. I did have a third big fish hooked, but lost it to reeds. Here are the two big gals. Tomorrow morning I'm fishing a gully. It's a river that runs deep through a gully and then widens with some weeds on the edges. I'm excited and a little intimidated. It's just so different than any water I've fished this summer. I figure I'll troll my Whopper Plopper through the gully with the deep water and then frog and fluke fish the wide, shallower, weedier part. 

 

 

Gosh, you catch beautiful fish!

Wow, both numbers and hawgs.....call me jelly!    I'd love to know what the bottom one weighed, that's a big looking fish!

[Drawdown]

Did some creek fishing with panfish jigs in N Georgia. Got this lovely blue-hued dink. Plenty of longear sunfish, too. Also my first warmouth.

[Swamp Girl]

23 minutes ago, AlabamaSpothunter said:

Wow, both numbers and hawgs.....call me jelly!    I'd love to know what the bottom one weighed, that's a big looking fish!

The top one was bigger. I could feel it in her jaw and when I lifted her. She was half an inch longer too. I'm guessing they're both four-pound fish, more or less. Maine bass are thicker than some of the bass I see posted on this board, so I don't know how much I should trust length to weight charts. I just might buy a scale someday. 

 

I won't call you Jelly. I like Alex better. 

[Drawdown]

11 minutes ago, Drawdown said:

Did some creek fishing with panfish jigs in N Georgia. Got this lovely blue-hued dink. Plenty of longear sunfish, too. Also my first warmouth.

The more I look at this pic, and think about where I caught it…I think I caught a Coosa Bass!

[Team9nine]

3 hours ago, The Bassman said:

I was in Hamilton Co. They had big time rain last night.

Hamilton and NE of there got hammered. I’m SW of there and we missed most all of those storm cells. Kind of glad in a way - lol - though I didn’t read any of them becoming severe. Missed most of the rain again today, too.

[TnRiver46]

17 minutes ago, Drawdown said:

Did some creek fishing with panfish jigs in N Georgia. Got this lovely blue-hued dink. Plenty of longear sunfish, too. Also my first warmouth.

Looks like a blue to me! (That’s what some folks call a coosa bass )