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[gim]

1 hour ago, The Baron said:

The scenery was fantastic and dare I say, it was a bit too warm in the blazing sun.

It was downright hot out there for me yesterday too. Felt more like mid August. Combined with no wind, it was toasty out there. It should be about 60 and cloudy now, not 85 and sunny.

[Swamp Girl]

It's always good to see Murph posting and flashing some new facial fur!

[MIbassyaker]

1 hour ago, Jmurphy87 said:

 

 

That tube has "goby" written all over it -- are the gobies getting up into to your stretch of the river?? 

[thediscochef]

2 hours ago, AlabamaSpothunter said:

That's crazy, the one that broke on me was gold as well.    Guess the materials are more prone to pitting from the surface rust.    

From my time working in guitar repair this is honestly 100% unsurprising. Gold-colored guitar hardware corrodes and degrades faster than any other color. Very rare that it holds up and the metals underneath tend to be very prone to rust. I don't know the chemical reason this happens but it happens. As much as I love the chartreuse chatterbaits i do worry about this with the gold blades 

[bp_fowler]

Well, been on a bit of a slump since late August,  1-2 dinks here and there and got skunked a lot more than I was used to.  

Went out for a few hours yesterday hoping my luck would finally turn.  Caught 3 adjacent to the boat ramp which was a minor miracle considering the amount of traffic that was out there.

 

Have a procedure scheduled this week and might be laid up for a little while. So if this may have been my last trip  of the year at least I got to end it it on somewhat of a high note.

[Jmurphy87]

22 minutes ago, MIbassyaker said:

 

That tube has "goby" written all over it -- are the gobies getting up into to your stretch of the river?? 

They very well might be, I have not been able to confirm it. But the bass today seemed to love it. Sorry that I can’t give you a definitive answer. They were actively feeding today while I was there today, you could watch them chase bait into the shallows to corner them. They were also jumping out of the water pretty good. One of the smallies attacked my square bill just sitting there floating after touchdown on the cast. It was a good time of day to be there, I am extremely grateful that my mom took me to go fishing today. It hasn’t been easy being away from my family for 3 weeks while I was getting the engine replaced in my car, but I should be back on the road by the end of this week and back to my family again. That will be great for sure.

[MIbassyaker]

21 minutes ago, Jmurphy87 said:

They very well might be, I have not been able to confirm it. But the bass today seemed to love it. Sorry that I can’t give you a definitive answer. They were actively feeding today while I was there today, you could watch them chase bait into the shallows to corner them. They were also jumping out of the water pretty good. One of the smallies attacked my square bill just sitting there floating after touchdown on the cast. It was a good time of day to be there, I am extremely grateful that my mom took me to go fishing today. It hasn’t been easy being away from my family for 3 weeks while I was getting the engine replaced in my car, but I should be back on the road by the end of this week and back to my family again. That will be great for sure.

 

Yeah, i was wondering because Allegan Dam "should" be a barrier on the Kalamazoo River, but you know...

 

Sounds like they were really active so maybe no other explanation is needed!

[Jmurphy87]

29 minutes ago, MIbassyaker said:

 

Yeah, i was wondering because Allegan Dam "should" be a barrier on the Kalamazoo River, but you know...

 

Sounds like they were really active so maybe no other explanation is needed!

That’s my guess is that they were just fired up really good today, although it gets pretty good this time of year around here. 

[Swamp Girl]

21 hours ago, thediscochef said:

been giving the body a rest while nature plays out Fake Fall/Second Summer. I am not a young 31-year-old.

 

Me too, Chef. I"m fishing this afternoon and might fish again on Friday, weather permitting, but then I'm done for the year. For those of you who remember that I quit last fall and then started again and if you're thinking I'll do the same this year, I won't. I fished much more in 2023 than 2022 and I've caught many more, so I'm full and happy, plus the water temp keeps creeping down and the peril keeps creeping up. The advantage of my canoe is its light weight. The disadvantage of that light weight is that it's tippy. So, I'll put the canoe on sawhorses at the end of the week and fish again in 2024. And I'll switch from player on the aquatic field of glory to cheerleader for those of you fishing on. 

 

The pond I fished yesterday morning was a pond I lost access to in June when the pond association posted "No Trespassing" signs at the launch. However, there's a farm on the pond, so I rang them and introduced myself. Long story short, I visited the farm three times in the last two days, baked cookies for them, gave them a couple books, and now I'm allowed to drive past their two big signs declaring "Absolutely no pond access!"

 

I bake cookies for four landowners now. A buddy cynically said that I bribe, but I said, "You've got it all wrong. They're kind to me. I'm kind to them. Kindness greases the world's gears." 

 

@PondProwler9000: Big bass! Nice to have you post. Keep posting, big and small, for we like to see them all. 

 

I'm thinking a good thought for you, @bp_fowler.

 

@The Baron: Your Ontario bass are built like cinder blocks.

 

@The Bassman: BEAUTIES!

 

@softwateronly: Whoa! 

[Fishlegs]

3 hours ago, ol'crickety said:

Kindness greases the world's gears.

[Blue Raider Bob]

5 hours ago, ol'crickety said:

 

Me too, Chef. I"m fishing this afternoon and might fish again on Friday, weather permitting, but then I'm done for the year. For those of you who remember that I quit last fall and then started again and if you're thinking I'll do the same this year, I won't. I fished much more in 2023 than 2022 and I've caught many more, so I'm full and happy, plus the water temp keeps creeping down and the peril keeps creeping up. The advantage of my canoe is its light weight. The disadvantage of that light weight is that it's tippy. So, I'll put the canoe on sawhorses at the end of the week and fish again in 2024. And I'll switch from player on the aquatic field of glory to cheerleader for those of you fishing on. 

 

The pond I fished yesterday morning was a pond I lost access to in June when the pond association posted "No Trespassing" signs at the launch. However, there's a farm on the pond, so I rang them and introduced myself. Long story short, I visited the farm three times in the last two days, baked cookies for them, gave them a couple books, and now I'm allowed to drive past their two big signs declaring "Absolutely no pond access!"

 

I bake cookies for four landowners now. A buddy cynically said that I bribe, but I said, "You've got it all wrong. They're kind to me. I'm kind to them. Kindness greases the world's gears." 

 

@PondProwler9000: Big bass! Nice to have you post. Keep posting, big and small, for we like to see them all. 

 

I'm thinking a good thought for you, @bp_fowler.

 

@The Baron: Your Ontario bass are built like cinder blocks.

 

@The Bassman: BEAUTIES!

 

@softwateronly: Whoa! 

Say it ain't so! No way I can go through the fall and winter without seeing your fat Maine Bass! It may surprise you, but the bass are not nearly as interesting to me as the places you catch them. I cannot go months without seeing lily pads and Pickerel Rush! Please keep fishing......PLEEEase!

[Bluebasser86]

Last weekend was our championship tournament. Don't have time to do the whole write up now, but it went well, as did the rest of the season.

 

[LrgmouthShad]

23 minutes ago, Bluebasser86 said:

Last weekend was our championship tournament. Don't have time to do the whole write up now, but it went well, as did the rest of the season.

 

"I'm a 3 to 6 most days"

 

? congrats man

[Fishlegs]

45 minutes ago, Bluebasser86 said:

Last weekend was our championship tournament. Don't have time to do the whole write up now, but it went well, as did the rest of the season.

 

Congratulations! I always enjoy your reports, and watching your videos. I also like how the awards are shaped like the state. That's cool.

[gim]

My partner and I won our annual contest today. It was tough fishing out there. We enjoyed free beer and lunch at Applebees afterwards though. The beer always goes down smoother when it’s free.

 

A bluegill colored swim jig with a rage trailer produced enough sizable bass to win today.

 

[Bluebasser86]

1 hour ago, Fishlegs said:

Congratulations! I always enjoy your reports, and watching your videos. I also like how the awards are shaped like the state. That's cool.

The plaques are really cool. Kind of hard to tell in the picture but they have stars in the county where the tournaments were at too, really nicely done. 

 

1 hour ago, LrgmouthShad said:

"I'm a 3 to 6 most days"

 

? congrats man

The tournament pressure pushes me to be more towards the 6 on those days.

[Swamp Girl]

4 hours ago, Bluebasser86 said:

Last weekend was our championship tournament. Don't have time to do the whole write up now, but it went well, as did the rest of the season.

 

 

Those are cool plaques. So proud of you!

 

@Blue Raider Bob: I'm pretty tuckered, Bob. Plus, just like last year, my catch totals are steadily dropping as the water temps drop. I don't know if you remember, but last year, I went out in the middle of the night for my last trip and the wind was howling. When the Sun rose, I could see how brown and bleak Maine had become and understood I'd lingered too long. I'm not making that mistake this year.

 

I had the best fishing year of my life. I'm past happy. 

 

I'll make a point next year of more scenery shots just for you, my friend!

 

I'm still hoping to fish for two hours Friday evening at one of my two big bass bogs, but only if the wind permits. 

 

2 hours ago, gimruis said:

My partner and I won our annual contest today.

 

Gimruis! BR is the Hall of Champions.

[Swamp Girl]

On perhaps my last fishing trip of the year, I landed 18 on a gorgeous evening. The first two are average fish. Then two 18-inchers and then the same two 18-inchers in the air, where you can really see how thick they were. 

 

I might fish one more time Friday evening, wind permitting. We'll see.

[gim]

1 hour ago, ol'crickety said:

Gimruis! BR is the Hall of Champions

This is the 7th year we’ve had this contest. We usually have 3 teams for it on a smaller, local lake.

 

My partner and I have won 4 out of 7 times. But there was a 3 year gap when we didn’t do so well, and ended up paying for lunch and beers afterwards. We currently have a 2 year win steak going after today.

[Team9nine]

Hit my first Carolina lake by boat late  last week (Fri). Used @A-Jay’s topo link to look it over and mark a few spots of interest. Spent 2.5 hours mostly looking around and figuring out pretty quick this is not a well structured lake. More like a flatlander with some light weeds down to about 6-7 ft, slight tannic but clear water, and very little offshore cover. Looks heavily silted in, and I’m thinking this is going to be a dock lake for the most part, with some fish around the scattered shallow weeds and treefalls. Only got to see about a quarter of the lake in that time, and caught 2 small bass (and no crappies). 
 

Today I went back for trip No. 2. Weather was mostly sunny with a very light and variable breeze, but at least half the day was calm. Moved up the lake a bit looking for a bit more stain, but didn’t find it. Did find an old roadbed along with a small bridge and one or two weird pallet-like assemblages, so focused much of my 3 hr day offshore in that area.
 

The weather conditions looked like it had the fish well pinned to the bottom on the graph, so I just started fishing along the length of the roadbed. Started out trying for crappie based on the clusters of fish I was seeing, and after a few trial and error attempts at bait styles and colors, I finally figured a couple combos out and was able to catch about 15 or so. 
 

I was seeing a lot of scattered fish all along the roadbed, so I picked up a Ned rod and started working a TRD TicklerZ over the hard bottom and was quickly rewarded with a 14” bass. Long story short, there were a lot of bass running this roadbed along with the crappie, as well as a few schools of the occasional baitfish of some sort. I was able to catch about 15 bass, most in the 12”-15” range, but did trick this one that went a bit over 4 lbs. 

 

Starting to piece together the puzzle, and looking forward to trip No. 3 to expand on this bite and to check out another section of this lake.

 

 

[Pat Brown]

 

A couple highlights from the past week.  Nothing super wild but I did catch some bass from the bank at Lake James.  The nicest came early in the morning on a Manns Jelly Worm in grape fire tail.  The water there is so clear it is mesmerizing.

 

Successfully caught bass on the 'poop baits' I got to try out.  Definitely looking forward to throwing these in the winter.  Seem like they'll be incredibly useful for bomb casts to deep fish that normally don't see lures.

 

Caught a nice one on the micro chatterbait with a fluke jr and the buzzbait got the biggest of the day yesterday out of 9 small fish on the boat.

 

Fishing has been awesome but I gotta figure out how to catch a big fish here soon ??

 

I feel like all the swings and misses have been the really big fish and it's getting to my head!

[thediscochef]

Went out to the lake with my girlfriend to eat dinner and watch the sunset...and also fish LOL 

Spent about 25 minutes with line in the water and managed to find a couple bass in the one spot I casted around. Nice night, good way to get back at the water after a few days off. Looking forward to the cooler weather and some bigger fish moving shallow

[Pat Brown]

@thediscochef making it look easy on a date ??

 

That's how we roll.  BR style.

[Swamp Girl]

12 minutes ago, Pat Brown said:

@thediscochef making it look easy on a date ??

 

That's how we roll.  BR style.

 

"BR style"

 

[TnRiver46]

Downtown triple crown, all 3 species in the same spot 

as I was trying to get this photo of my canoe……

I noticed on one attempt when I had the flash on, a bat or tiny UFO whizzed by me…….. more likely a big bug or light reflecting but those aren’t nearly as cool of a story huh