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[T-Billy]

35 minutes ago, thediscochef said:

Today the last two weeks of the year improved. My buddy and I went on a guided trip of Ray Roberts that was postponed from a couple weeks ago. It was 29 degrees at the boat ramp this morning and all the fish came early. I caught a new PB, 7lbs 10oz. She was a little skinny and pretty beat up, but to me that's still as pretty a bass as I've caught. Thing fought like a tree branch lol I wasn't convinced it was a fish until a large bass head came up out of the water for a shake and everyone on the boat shouted ? I was using a megabass vision 110 in bone on 12lb siege mono. Bait has a slight rise to its pause. Light tac40 rod/lews tournament xp reel. 

 

Absolutely worth the last month of pain. I'm particularly relieved considering we have a high of ... 20 degrees ... on Friday. I will hopefully be on South Padre Island by then ? and when I get back we should be in full blown jerkbait season. 

Congrats on the new PB!!!

[GaryH]

50 minutes ago, thediscochef said:

Today the last two weeks of the year improved. My buddy and I went on a guided trip of Ray Roberts that was postponed from a couple weeks ago. It was 29 degrees at the boat ramp this morning and all the fish came early. I caught a new PB, 7lbs 10oz. She was a little skinny and pretty beat up, but to me that's still as pretty a bass as I've caught. Thing fought like a tree branch lol I wasn't convinced it was a fish until a large bass head came up out of the water for a shake and everyone on the boat shouted ? I was using a megabass vision 110 in bone on 12lb siege mono. Bait has a slight rise to its pause. Light tac40 rod/lews tournament xp reel. 

 

Absolutely worth the last month of pain. I'm particularly relieved considering we have a high of ... 20 degrees ... on Friday. I will hopefully be on South Padre Island by then ? and when I get back we should be in full blown jerkbait season. 

Great catch. Congrats on your PB

[Woody B]

I thought last Sunday was it for me until Jan 1 but plans changed.  My Wife has a get together each year before Christmas with her brother and all her sisters.   It was today but the location changed to her Sisters house that's on Lake Wylie so I got one more 2022 trip.   I've had my boat for a year now.  I bought it on Dec 18 2021.  I caught my PB Spotted bass that day.  (4 lbs, 4 ounces).    I broke that record today with a 4 pound 15 ounce Spot.   It was 20 1/4 inches long.   I also caught 3 more.  A 3 pound 5 ounce spot, a 2 pound 5 ounce spot, and a 3 pound 10 ounce Largemouth.   The biggest spot got tangled up in a fallen down dock.  I was about to panic, and try to horse it out, and I thought about something (I think) WRB said.  He said don't force a bass out of cover, lead it out.   I felt like it was hooked really good.  I got a good solid hookset on a Siebert Jig.   I moved the boat the direction the bass was trying to go, and let up some on the pressure.  She swam out.   I caught the LM on a jig, and the other 2 spots on a DT8.  According to the temperature display in my truck it was 28 degrees when I launched my boat.   The water temp was 52 degrees.  

[GreenPig]

1 hour ago, thediscochef said:

Today the last two weeks of the year improved. My buddy and I went on a guided trip of Ray Roberts that was postponed from a couple weeks ago. It was 29 degrees at the boat ramp this morning and all the fish came early. I caught a new PB, 7lbs 10oz. She was a little skinny and pretty beat up, but to me that's still as pretty a bass as I've caught. Thing fought like a tree branch lol I wasn't convinced it was a fish until a large bass head came up out of the water for a shake and everyone on the boat shouted ? I was using a megabass vision 110 in bone on 12lb siege mono. Bait has a slight rise to its pause. Light tac40 rod/lews tournament xp reel. 

 

Absolutely worth the last month of pain. I'm particularly relieved considering we have a high of ... 20 degrees ... on Friday. I will hopefully be on South Padre Island by then ? and when I get back we should be in full blown jerkbait season. 

Great fish. Congrats. 

11 minutes ago, Woody B said:

I thought last Sunday was it for me until Jan 1 but plans changed.  My Wife has a get together each year before Christmas with her brother and all her sisters.   It was today but the location changed to her Sisters house that's on Lake Wylie so I got one more 2022 trip.   I've had my boat for a year now.  I bought it on Dec 18 2021.  I caught my PB Spotted bass that day.  (4 lbs, 4 ounces).    I broke that record today with a 4 pound 15 ounce Spot.   It was 20 1/4 inches long.   I also caught 3 more.  A 3 pound 5 ounce spot, a 2 pound 5 ounce spot, and a 3 pound 10 ounce Largemouth.   The biggest spot got tangled up in a fallen down dock.  I was about to panic, and try to horse it out, and I thought about something (I think) WRB said.  He said don't force a bass out of cover, lead it out.   I felt like it was hooked really good.  I got a good solid hookset on a Siebert Jig.   I moved the boat the direction the bass was trying to go, and let up some on the pressure.  She swam out.   I caught the LM on a jig, and the other 2 spots on a DT8.  According to the temperature display in my truck it was 28 degrees when I launched my boat.   The water temp was 52 degrees.  

4 lb 15 ounce Spot! Excellent! 

[AlabamaSpothunter]

5 minutes ago, Woody B said:

I thought last Sunday was it for me until Jan 1 but plans changed.  My Wife has a get together each year before Christmas with her brother and all her sisters.   It was today but the location changed to her Sisters house that's on Lake Wylie so I got one more 2022 trip.   I've had my boat for a year now.  I bought it on Dec 18 2021.  I caught my PB Spotted bass that day.  (4 lbs, 4 ounces).    I broke that record today with a 4 pound 15 ounce Spot.   It was 20 1/4 inches long.   I also caught 3 more.  A 3 pound 5 ounce spot, a 2 pound 5 ounce spot, and a 3 pound 10 ounce Largemouth.   The biggest spot got tangled up in a fallen down dock.  I was about to panic, and try to horse it out, and I thought about something (I think) WRB said.  He said don't force a bass out of cover, lead it out.   I felt like it was hooked really good.  I got a good solid hookset on a Siebert Jig.   I moved the boat the direction the bass was trying to go, and let up some on the pressure.  She swam out.   I caught the LM on a jig, and the other 2 spots on a DT8.  According to the temperature display in my truck it was 28 degrees when I launched my boat.   The water temp was 52 degrees.  

Must be the PB day that someone forget to send the memo to me about, congrats brother, what a fantastic specimen! 

 

I've found that if I catch one big Spot, the chances of catching others in that same area are quite high.

 

Based on my observations, Spots aren't like big LGMs in regard to being solitary by in large, I think they pack hunt many times, with some outliers that are like LGMs.    Best fishing day of my life involved packs of 4-6lb Spotted Bass and Lay Lake.    A big Spotted Bass is exceptional in every way, you never catch one that big and not know immediately you are hooked into a big Spot.  

5 minutes ago, GreenPig said:

Great fish. Congrats. 

4 lb 15 ounce Spot! Excellent! 

The most impressive thing is that he didn't round it up......I mean that's a 5lb Spot to 90% of us at least, he just spit up a Shad while reeling him in ?

[GreenPig]

18 minutes ago, AlabamaSpothunter said:

Must be the PB day that someone forget to send the memo to me about, congrats brother, what a fantastic specimen! 

 

I've found that if I catch one big Spot, the chances of catching others in that same area are quite high.

 

Based on my observations, Spots aren't like big LGMs in regard to being solitary by in large, I think they pack hunt many times, with some outliers that are like LGMs.    Best fishing day of my life involved packs of 4-6lb Spotted Bass and Lay Lake.    A big Spotted Bass is exceptional in every way, you never catch one that big and not know immediately you are hooked into a big Spot.  

The most impressive thing is that he didn't round it up......I mean that's a 5lb Spot to 90% of us at least, he just spit up a Shad while reeling him in ?

True. That's why all my big fish hit the scale. No misremembering weights.?

[ScottW]

1 hour ago, thediscochef said:

Today the last two weeks of the year improved. My buddy and I went on a guided trip of Ray Roberts that was postponed from a couple weeks ago. It was 29 degrees at the boat ramp this morning and all the fish came early. I caught a new PB, 7lbs 10oz. She was a little skinny and pretty beat up, but to me that's still as pretty a bass as I've caught. Thing fought like a tree branch lol I wasn't convinced it was a fish until a large bass head came up out of the water for a shake and everyone on the boat shouted ? I was using a megabass vision 110 in bone on 12lb siege mono. Bait has a slight rise to its pause. Light tac40 rod/lews tournament xp reel. 

 

Absolutely worth the last month of pain. I'm particularly relieved considering we have a high of ... 20 degrees ... on Friday. I will hopefully be on South Padre Island by then ? and when I get back we should be in full blown jerkbait season. 

Awesome fish man! Y’all are killing it! We just got back home from a 7 day camping trip with no fishing involved. ? I see the doc in the morning about my hands and hope he can do both before the end of the year. The trigger finger has gotten so bad now both hands feel like they have 3rd degree burns. If I could train my feet to cast I’d be good! ?

[Woody B]

The NC state record spot is 6 lbs, 5 ounces.   I believe a new record swims in Lake Wylie.  ( I caught the 4-15 in SC though)   I've caught a bunch of 3 pounders this year.   I don't know if a DD Largemouth swims in Wylie though.   I caught on that was 7 lbs 13 ounces back in March.  I haven't heard of or talked to anyone who's caught one bigger this year.   A guy I see at the landing occasionally did catch two 6 pound LM's a couple months ago.   

I'm just bass fishing, not doing anything specific to chase a state record spot, but I would get a kick out of catching a record.   SC state record spot is 8 lbs 5 oz.  It was caught in Lake Jocassee.  I suspect it got fat eating Trout, like the California bass do.  

 

 

My only DD Largemouth was over 30 years ago.  

[thediscochef]

1 hour ago, Woody B said:

I thought last Sunday was it for me until Jan 1 but plans changed.  My Wife has a get together each year before Christmas with her brother and all her sisters.   It was today but the location changed to her Sisters house that's on Lake Wylie so I got one more 2022 trip.   I've had my boat for a year now.  I bought it on Dec 18 2021.  I caught my PB Spotted bass that day.  (4 lbs, 4 ounces).    I broke that record today with a 4 pound 15 ounce Spot.   It was 20 1/4 inches long.   I also caught 3 more.  A 3 pound 5 ounce spot, a 2 pound 5 ounce spot, and a 3 pound 10 ounce Largemouth.   The biggest spot got tangled up in a fallen down dock.  I was about to panic, and try to horse it out, and I thought about something (I think) WRB said.  He said don't force a bass out of cover, lead it out.   I felt like it was hooked really good.  I got a good solid hookset on a Siebert Jig.   I moved the boat the direction the bass was trying to go, and let up some on the pressure.  She swam out.   I caught the LM on a jig, and the other 2 spots on a DT8.  According to the temperature display in my truck it was 28 degrees when I launched my boat.   The water temp was 52 degrees.  

A 4lb 15oz spot would be a lake record where I was at today, and is about double my PB - great catch!!

[thediscochef]

On 12/17/2022 at 3:57 PM, AlabamaSpothunter said:

Good for you brother, if I see a Ned rig I know the fishing is terrible......I've started going home if the Ned rigs comes out lol.

 

We share very similar fishing weather.   The huge rain and awful cold front have just stunned the fish in my lake, along with my confidence.   Water went up several feet, and this was the first rain since I've been back on the lake that changed the water clarity in a profound way.   All it took was three 2-3hr sessions of this 45-55degree weather with 10-15 constant winds to make me question what the heck I'm going to do over the next two months at a min.     Each day including today I caught a single really small Bass.    Today I caught a Crappie as well, and yesterday I actually had a cool thing happen when I caught an 8" Golden shiner on a 110Jr......I had no idea the lake had them.    Thrilled to see another huge baitfish that only the big fish can eat.    Adds just another little bit more confidence I'm gaining with the big Swimbaits.   

 

To say I don't know how to winter fish is an understatement.   I'm out there throwing these stupid metal baits literally laughing at myself like a raving lunatic.  I try not to take it personal, but my word is Bass fishing frustrating and humbling.   #Firstworldproblems ?

It's been a real struggle this year down south with the early winter, 100%. They're shallow here from about 7:30am to about 8:30am, and the rest of the day right now they're all in 20-30 feet of water trying to have a little stability in their lives. We did best with jerkbaits just above deeply submerged timbers and riprap. Couldn't find em anywhere else. Loooong pauses on the 110. I spent most of this month wondering how I'm gonna make it work till late March, too lol

it'd better be a darn good jerkbait winter or ... else

On 12/14/2022 at 6:56 PM, ol'crickety said:

@thediscochef

 

Dear Santa, 

 

I'm not asking for anything nice for myself. I've earned all of my 66 lumps of coal. However, I am asking for one thing for thediscochef. It's this (See below.). I know your eyes are old, so I had a friend hold it up high and close so you can see. Please, for the love of Christmas, don't bring him a freshwater drum and if you can't deliver a big bass, he will accept an Official Red Ryder carbine action two-hundred shot range model air rifle, but a big bass is the ultimate gift, you know:

 

It worked! Thanks!! ? my eyes remain safe from my own projectiles for yet another Christmas 

[Swamp Girl]

@Woody B and @thediscochef

 

[AlabamaSpothunter]

1 hour ago, ScottW said:

Awesome fish man! Y’all are killing it! We just got back home from a 7 day camping trip with no fishing involved. ? I see the doc in the morning about my hands and hope he can do both before the end of the year. The trigger finger has gotten so bad now both hands feel like they have 3rd degree burns. If I could train my feet to cast I’d be good! ?

Here's to good news about the hands Scott, we can't afford to lose a member of the starting line up in this thread ?

[Swamp Girl]

2 hours ago, thediscochef said:

It's been a real struggle this year down south with the early winter, 100%. They're shallow here from about 7:30am to about 8:30am, and the rest of the day right now they're all in 20-30 feet of water trying to have a little stability in their lives. We did best with jerkbaits just above deeply submerged timbers and riprap. Couldn't find em anywhere else. Loooong pauses on the 110. I spent most of this month wondering how I'm gonna make it work till late March, too lol

it'd better be a darn good jerkbait winter or ... else

It worked! Thanks!! ? my eyes remain safe from my own projectiles for yet another Christmas 

 

 

FYI, I am now for hire. If anyone else wants me to write a letter to St. Nick on their behalf, I work for surface lures.

 

#I'vegotSt.Nick'sear

[AlabamaSpothunter]

Bawahhahaaaha....."I work for surface lures"  

 

That should be your sig line Katie ?

[Woody B]

7 hours ago, ol'crickety said:

 

 

FYI, I am now for hire. If anyone else wants me to write a letter to St. Nick on their behalf, I work for surface lures.

 

#I'vegotSt.Nick'sear

 

I'm not usually serious, but tell St Nick I just want everyone to be healthy and happy.  

[Swamp Girl]

@Woody B You got it, Woody, and that's a freebie. 

 

#sendnosurfacelures,woodyb

[Blue Raider Bob]

4 hours ago, Woody B said:

 

I'm not usually serious, but tell St Nick I just want everyone to be healthy and happy.  

Woody that's about the nicest present I could possible receive!

Thanks!

[Bluebasser86]

Got the kayak out in the cold yesterday with another local guy. 18* at the ramp with a high in the upper 30's for the day. The wind never got too bad thankfully. As I got to my usual rock wall bank, I caught 4 dinks in short order off the point on a Ned. Not wanting to waste my time with them, I continued down the bank in search of bigger fish. 3 hours later with only 2 missed bites, also on the Ned, those dinks were sounding like a lot of fun. When we got back to them, there was fish everywhere. They were all small, I doubt we caught one over 2lbs, but we caught over 2 dozen of them off that point. I got my fill of the dinks and kicked across to find bigger fish. Found one stout one a little over 15" at the hot water outlet. Then off a shallow point, I finally found a real fish. Not quite 20" but 4.79lbs and a great fight in the shallow water. Stony managed to tail hook a carp on his Ned, thought he had a monster bass for a minute. 

 

[Team9nine]

20 minutes ago, Bluebasser86 said:

Got the kayak out in the cold yesterday with another local guy. 18* at the ramp with a high in the upper 30's for the day. The wind never got too bad thankfully. As I got to my usual rock wall bank, I caught 4 dinks in short order off the point on a Ned. Not wanting to waste my time with them, I continued down the bank in search of bigger fish. 3 hours later with only 2 missed bites, also on the Ned, those dinks were sounding like a lot of fun. When we got back to them, there was fish everywhere. They were all small, I doubt we caught one over 2lbs, but we caught over 2 dozen of them off that point. I got my fill of the dinks and kicked across to find bigger fish. Found one stout one a little over 15" at the hot water outlet. Then off a shallow point, I finally found a real fish. Not quite 20" but 4.79lbs and a great fight in the shallow water. Stony managed to tail hook a carp on his Ned, thought he had a monster bass for a minute. 

That poor thing almost has no tail fin left. I’ve caught a couple like that over the years. It’s like some type of fin erosion that slowly makes them lose part at a time. I say you split the difference and call it 18.5” ? ?

[ScottW]

16 hours ago, AlabamaSpothunter said:

Here's to good news about the hands Scott, we can't afford to lose a member of the starting line up in this thread ?

Surgery scheduled for Wednesday on both hands. Should be healed up and ready to fish again by the end of the year. ?

14 hours ago, ol'crickety said:

 

 

FYI, I am now for hire. If anyone else wants me to write a letter to St. Nick on their behalf, I work for surface lures.

 

#I'vegotSt.Nick'sear

I can rent some out for a couple weeks ?

[AlabamaSpothunter]

1 minute ago, ScottW said:

Surgery scheduled for Wednesday on both hands. Should be healed up and ready to fish again by the end of the year. ?

I can rent some out for a couple weeks ?

Excellent news, and here's to a quick and successful surgery!

 

Picked a good time to do it, apparently all the fish are having hand surgeries in our area too ?

[ScottW]

For real! Don’t feel so bad about not fishing last week now ?

[Bluebasser86]

2 hours ago, Team9nine said:

That poor thing almost has no tail fin left. I’ve caught a couple like that over the years. It’s like some type of fin erosion that slowly makes them lose part at a time. I say you split the difference and call it 18.5” ? ?

She wasn't having any trouble eating, that's for sure. 

 

I think they just get so shallow in all the nasty laydowns and rocks in this lake that they tear their tails up in the process. I see a lot of ragged tails from this lake. 

[Bluebasser86]

Forgot one action shot, working a long, shallow point. I was a couple long cast off the bank and sitting in maybe 3' of water. Big rocks, several laydowns, a few stumps, a great hidden spot that is skipped by so many people. 

[Swamp Girl]

2 hours ago, ScottW said:

I can rent some out for a couple weeks

 

That might not be a good deal on your end, as I will return them bruised and battered by bass.