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5 minutes ago, thediscochef said:

I feel sorry for you guys in Kansas and the midwest...absolutely BONKERS heat indices of 130+ in some areas. It was 102 here today with a max dew point of 70 so index never got above 108. Chilly by comparison to the true center of the heat dome. Stay safe y'all 

Thankfully it doesn't last for 3 months up here.  Usually 1-2 days max

[Swamp Girl]

@Dominat0r: That's a lotta fishing outfits and lures! It's cool that you know how to work all those lures.

 

@thediscochef: When I was a kid, the two Twilight episodes that scared me the most were the one with Billy Mumy as the all-powerful child and the one where the world grew hotter and hotter and the young woman in her apartment just wanted to survive a few more days. 

[TnRiver46]

Slow bite turned into a wonderful evening, I was trying out the new st croix mojo bass and caught a LM, then a 21” SM! I had just found an old rusty jig head and wire brushed it and stuffed it inside a tube. The SM bent the hook but didn’t come off! Water temp 69 degrees, that helped cool the 92 degree air 

 

 

 

 

[thediscochef]

40 minutes ago, gimruis said:

Thankfully it doesn't last for 3 months up here.  Usually 1-2 days max

We've had an above-average number of 105+ days this year, though 2011 and 1980 had longer streaks above 100. I'm hoping we peaked for the year last week with the 112 degree day ??

Lawrence, KS recorded heat index readings to of 133 Sunday, 134 yesterday, 123 today. 

5 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said:

Slow bite turned into a wonderful evening, I was trying out the new st croix mojo bass and caught a LM, then a 21” SM! I had just found an old rusty jig head and wire brushed it and stuffed it inside a tube. The SM bent the hook but didn’t come off! 

 

That's beautiful ?

[Dominat0r]

1 hour ago, ol'crickety said:

@Dominat0r: That's a lotta fishing outfits and lures! It's cool that you know how to work all those lures.

 

That's another thing I wanted to achieve with my goal, try new things out of my comfort zone. I learned a lot, but still have a lot more that I want to know. I want to get into the finesse presentations more, get a med-light spinning setup. I want to go the exact opposite as well and go to big glide baits. So much more to learn, can't wait to see what those big glide/swimbaits brings me at Headwaters this weekend. Heading out there Saturday morning and hoping to beat Roland to the Spillway haha. I do have a good friend that fishes tournaments that I fish with. So he teaches me a lot of new things. Same person I have been going with this summer, which is why I come home from that trip with a plan for a new setup haha. 

[Pat Brown]

Some highlights from a fun afternoon trip yesterday.  It was blazing hot but a steady breeze positioned a school right off of a main lake point and when we realized the arches on my Garmin were interested in playing with jigs, we got rich in a hurry.  Last cast big fish is always fun too!

 

 

Jake also caught a nice one on the big bites B2 worm which has been one of the best worms for us this summer!

 

Also caught my second spinnerbait bass in two trips out, so they seem to be easing into their fall patterns.... jigs, spinnerbaits, buzzbaits dominating.

[Swamp Girl]

12 hours ago, TnRiver46 said:

a 21” SM

 

Whoa! I also love the water photos and that release. The way she turned so suddenly was wicked cool.

 

@Pat Brown: You're one of the BR fishermen that I'd love to sit beside for a few hours to just watch you fish. I know I'd leave your boat a better fisher.

[Bluebasser86]

We're under a "Heat Dome", right now, have been since late last week and it's supposed to continue until the end of this week. I went out early Sunday for a few hours to try to avoid the worst of it. It was already in the low 80's when I got to the water with crazy humidity, by the end of the day, the heat index hit 136*, that is not a typo. The weatherman said there's only 2 places in the world where conditions are right for it to get like this, here and in the Middle East. 

 

The bite was a little slow, but the ones I was getting were pretty decent quality. Got to test run one of the new Mojo spinning rods also, felt really nice. The big one of the morning absolutely smashed a Berkley Cane Walker. 

 

[Pat Brown]

That shallow flipping bite after the cane walker fish is the stuff I live for @Bluebasser86!  Nice video!

[Bluebasser86]

25 minutes ago, Pat Brown said:

That shallow flipping bite after the cane walker fish is the stuff I live for @Bluebasser86!  Nice video!

I love flipping grass but we don't have very much of it here.

[Pat Brown]

11 minutes ago, Bluebasser86 said:

I love flipping grass but we don't have very much of it here.

 

 

Yeah we don't either.  Submerged thorn bushes and brush piles and trees are sort of the flipping medium here primarily but I do occasionally find some emergent pad/grass and catch a couple and that always feels really good!

[A-Jay]

1 hour ago, Bluebasser86 said:

We're under a "Heat Dome", right now, have been since late last week and it's supposed to continue until the end of this week. I went out early Sunday for a few hours to try to avoid the worst of it. It was already in the low 80's when I got to the water with crazy humidity, by the end of the day, the heat index hit 136*, that is not a typo. The weatherman said there's only 2 places in the world where conditions are right for it to get like this, here and in the Middle East. 

I wore 3 layers going across the lake at first light two days ago. 

It was Not 136.

A-Jay

[Swamp Girl]

@Bluebasser86: More of your thick, long fish and under tough conditions. I worry about you guys and your temps. Brutal. Plus, you've had your long-standing drought. 

[thediscochef]

Lipless Lwednesday doesn't flow quite as well as Topwater Tuesday. But I caught four dinks on my first four casts with a 1/2oz red eye. And then as soon as I could see sun rays hitting water it was over. Missed two nicer bites but that's just fishin

[MIbassyaker]

Brief stop at a small dam tailwater. Little bit better one today, but just one:

 

 

Another hooked up on a 3" grub but got off. 

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18 hours ago, TnRiver46 said:

then a 21” SM!

Dandy.  No surprise the jig head was rusted.  You're lucky you caught that fish.

 

No haircut or fashion violations either!

[TnRiver46]

59 minutes ago, gimruis said:

Dandy.  No surprise the jig head was rusted.  You're lucky you caught that fish.

 

No haircut or fashion violations either!

Thanks! Yeah it was lousy fishing so I thought I’ll use this rusty jig and won’t mind breaking it off. After I released the big one I got stuck and brought in a tube with no hook 

[T-Billy]

19 hours ago, TnRiver46 said:

, I was trying out the new st croix mojo bass

 

19 hours ago, TnRiver46 said:

I had just found an old rusty jig head and wire brushed it and stuffed it inside a tube.

So.....uh......hmm..... Nevermind.  Nice smalljaws, congrats!!! ?

[throttleplate]

Wife and I went to a new dam for us in Whapeton ND, 50 highway miles for us one way. Why in 3 years we never went there puzzles me. If i must confess its probably because its the red river, same river that i live 1 mile from in fargo nd which i only fished the dam here this year one time and caught a handfull of catfish and a bunch of goldeye and drum.

I did enjoy the catfish fight and then another guy fishing at the dam told me about wahpeton and catching walleyes and smallies in the early spring.

I remember the last time i was there was in 1977 during high school to go party and pick up chicks as its known for its college and partying, no i didnt get lucky that night.

Its the headwaters of the red river where the Ottertail river from Minn an the Bois de Sioux River from south dakota meet up to form the red river. So i thought we would go this past monday and scout it out. What a surprise this place is, at the dam we caught small smallies, cats, goldeye, drum, walleye and a surprise from the river depths. Will be going back soon as i am waiting for a cloudy day.

 

[TnRiver46]

3 hours ago, T-Billy said:

 

So.....uh......hmm..... Nevermind.  Nice smalljaws, congrats!!! ?

[Dominat0r]

Went out for a little bit today before dinner, wanted to test out a jig head with a swimbait. I got a nice one using this for the first time. The swimbait is the Kietech blue flash and the head is by VMC. Got a chance to use the new scale too. Didn't get to fish long, about 30mins or so. 

 

 

[IcatchDinks]

Went fishing at The Puddles with my dad yesterday. There were several other people there. We were at one side of the pond. They were on the other. It seemed we were the only people catching anything. Biggest fish we caught were two 14" largies. In I'm not convinced it wasn't the same fish twice.  Everything else was pretty small. But that didn't stop the other people from inching closer and closer every time we pulled one out, until they were within a dozen yards on either side of us.

 

 

[Swamp Girl]

@IcatchDinks, if you hadn't been wearing that awful t-shirt, I'm guessing you would have landed your first DD. I'm hoping @gimruis will come along shortly and issue you a fashion citation. 

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@IcatchDinks, you know what the issue is.  Address it.

[IcatchDinks]

@gimruis @ol'crickety would you ask a bird to change his plumage? Would you try to remove the spots from a leopard? Maize and Blue until I die.