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[Pat Brown]

Early morning session was super fun - conditions were not good - zero wind and it warmed back up a lot.  Saw osprey and big snappers everywhere.  Not quite what we saw two days ago during a summer cold front 🙂

 

Didn't stop us from getting some good bites and even catching a couple nice fish!

 

@IcatchDinks almost nailed two on a live target mouse - but the hooks on that bait are turned very far inward stock and neither fish was able to get a hook in spite of Josh doing everything right - bummer.  

 

Seeing this action made me ditch my fluke plan and go get my frog.

 

Caught my first one of the day on the second or third cast with it.

 

 

@FishTax arrived and started tossing his swim jig - Jake went and got his frog.

 

Jake got this nice one frogging:

 

 

I start working my way down the East Bank and stick a really good one - 3 lb 11 oz

 

 

@FishTax nailed a good one on the swim jig 

 

 

Things slowed down considerably at this point.

 

I got my drop shot out and broke off on the hookset near the rip rap using a big ribbon tail worm.  Probably a big snapping turtle.  Maybe not though.

 

Made my way back to the car and got my frog back out and nailed a 2 lber that ate the Frog more subtly than I've ever had it eaten and it hopped 3 feet into the air and came off 🥲

 

Jake managed one more on the fluke:

 

 

Sadly no new PBs or giants - but a nice bit of action to start the day and a good time had by all!  🙂🙂🙂🎣🎣🎣

 

 

[T-Billy]

2 hours ago, ol'crickety said:

A red canoe on a northern lake is the stuff of 1930s Field and Stream covers.

Makes me think of watching Jerry McKinnis when I was a young'n.

[Swamp Girl]

18 minutes ago, T-Billy said:

Makes me think of watching Jerry McKinnis when I was a young'n.

 

I love those Field and Stream covers. I have quite a few framed and hanging on my walls. I spoke with a Field and Stream editor years ago and we both missed the articles Field and Stream used to publish, which were as much about how it felt to be on the water with friends and family. That editor hated that they now only publish "how to" articles.

 

Here's Jerry in a canoe. It's not a red canoe, but it's a northern lake. I love that his guide is a woman:

 

 

[N Florida Mike]

Got 13 this morning on yum dingers, uv speed worms , and super flukes. Done by 10:30 as it was boiling hot already. 

Had a 3-4 pounder up to the boat on a frog, but he got his head out of the water and shook it out.

Got the biggest one on the watermelon red super fluke…she was 18 1/2 inch.

[Swamp Girl]

Good ones, Mike!

[N Florida Mike]

1 minute ago, ol'crickety said:

Good ones, Mike!

Thank you Katy. The bite was pretty good considering the heat … 

[Swamp Girl]

1 hour ago, N Florida Mike said:

Thank you Katy. The bite was pretty good considering the heat … 

 

Being a Yankee gal, I'm guessing I might have lasted an hour. You're tempered by heat, Mike. 

[PhishLI]

Missed first light, which was the plan, but I got some anyway.

[Woody B]

I considered just resting today with my rare holiday off work but went early.  (I have to work 2 holidays a year.  This year I worked New Years, and I'm working Labor Day)   Not up to Bass Resource hammer standards, but I had a really good day for me.   I caught 17 between 5:30 and 9:30.  All what I call "cookie cutters", between 14 and 16 inches, with the exception of one 12 inch Spot.   It was a good mix of Spots and Largemouth.   It took me 1/2 hours to find them, but when I did it was on.   Last weekend they were off shore, no where near the bank on humps and long points.  (not super deep, just off shore)  Today they were up on flats gorging on Shad.   I caught one on a Devils Horse, the rest were on a DT6.   All but a couple were when I was absolutely burning it.   For the most part they were barely hooked in the edge of the mouth on the rear hook.  I tried slowing down but they wouldn't bite.   Some had the rear hook in the edge of their lip and were skin hooked by the front hook.  I suppose swiping at the bait.  I also caught a couple smallish Channel Cats.  I shook them off at boatside instead of sliming my boat.    First and last Bass are pictured.   

 

[Pat Brown]

We were gonna not fish but then we did.

 

Glad we did.

 

Got a 6.5 on the frog to start the day:

 

 

Ole Scummy came through for us on the 4th!

 

As you can see she wasn't shy at all about the shad color Launch Frog (full size) - this exact frog has now caught over 30 fish with quite a few large fish under its belt and is still as good as new: scum frogs rule - walked gently in place under a shady tree line during the hottest sunniest part of the day with the wind blowing.  Horrible conditions for a frog 😎😎😎🐸🐸🐸

 

Or maybe not:

 

 

Maybe a frog is a pretty solid bait for catching a bass - in any conditions.

 

Jake got into a real nice one on a GYS on his spinning rod.

 

 

 

Caught a few more decent ones and missed an absolute giant on a point on the buzzbait coming in during a big storm that hit.  I mean this bass came up and surfaced ready to eat and we all saw her - she saw us - I slowed the bait down - she swerved hard.

 

The big girls were out to play.  Jake missed a giant under a shady tree on his mouse - swung too early - probably a bit keyed up from all the frog action I was getting!  😂🐸

 

We had a great 4th - time for dinner and fireworks!

 

🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🎆🎆🎆🎣🎣🎣

[Swamp Girl]

Batman and Robin. Martin and Lewis. Lennon and McCartney. Han Solo and Chewbacca. Pat and Jake. 

 

I observe that Phish is streaking.

 

And Woody is too, but that's nothing new for Woody.

[Pat Brown]

Aw crick your the best!!!  🙂🙂🙂

 

Happy 4th!!!

[keagbassr]

Got out yesterday morning( tues.) For about 6 hours. Caught 7, I each on a spinnerbait and a frog and 5 on a buzzbit with 2 decent buzzbait fish weighing 3-3 and 3-13.

[IcatchDinks]

I spent the better part of the afternoon solo fishing a small pond in NC that @FishTaxand @Pat Brownintroduced me to. I caught three nice bass, the largest at 18.5" and the smallest at 17. Two on a single Colorado bladed spinner. The third fish absolutely CHOKED on the crankbait. 

 

 

 

 

 

I finished out the afternoon fishing with Pat Brown and his family. It was a great time, but I didn't catch anything. Right as we got back to the dock the heavens opened up, and I spent a soggy drive back to where I'm staying. 😆

[LrgmouthShad]

👏👏

I’m coming to join the party! Sorry it took me a while! 

[Swamp Girl]

ICD, well done! Give Pat a fist bump from Ol' Crick. 

 

 

[bp_fowler]

Got out early this morning for a few hours before I have to man the till at my wife’s yard sale.  
 

Went to the gun club for the first time in long time.  I had been avoiding it as it usually gets beat to death once the weather gets nice.  
 

Managed 4 with mayor.

 

1st fish caught near the floating dock.

Next two were along this bank.

Last and biggest fish was caught by an isolated clump of weeds kinda hard to see in the picture but it’s about where the trees’  reflections are in the water.

[Woody B]

A couple days makes a big difference.  I caught 17 Bass Thursday.  Today I managed one 13 1/2 inch Spotted Bass a couple small Catfish and a Yellow Perch.   

 

 

[TnRiver46]

Got some smallies this morning on a sassy shad . Also lost the white whale, a gar we’ve been chasing for years that is very pale and approaching 50” . It hit a dead bluegill on top. Got some video but it makes me sad hahaha. Also lost a nice LM that ate the dead bluegill and just spit it out 
 

 

 

[LrgmouthShad]

While I wait for Pat Brown to post a report, l would like to put it on record that Pat does not mess around when he has a frog fish on the line. Imagine a 6+lb fish being practically water skiied across the surface like it is a 2lber and you have an idea of what I witnessed 😳

[IcatchDinks]

2 minutes ago, LrgmouthShad said:

While I wait for Pat Brown to post a report, l would like to put it on record that Pat does not mess around when he has a frog fish on the line. Imagine a 6+lb fish being practically water skiied across the surface like it is a 2lber and you have an idea of what I witnessed 😳

Can confirm! 😂

[TnRiver46]

[FishTank]

Not sure what this guy is. Any ideas? I caught it in a local creek.  Looks like a darter fish but I've never caught one or seen one out of the water. Whatever it is, I'm pretty sure I was not supposed to catch it.

 

[TnRiver46]

9 minutes ago, FishTank said:

Not sure what this guy is. Any ideas? I caught it in a local creek.  Looks like a darter fish but I've never caught one or seen one out of the water. Whatever it is, I'm pretty sure I was not supposed to catch it.

 

Logperch , which is a species of “darter” I believe 

 

excellent SMB bait (excluding Minnesota and California of course) 

[MN Fisher]

10 minutes ago, FishTank said:

Not sure what this guy is. Any ideas? I caught it in a local creek.  Looks like a darter fish but I've never caught one or seen one out of the water. Whatever it is, I'm pretty sure I was not supposed to catch it.

It's a common logperch - part of the darter group.

https://nas.er.usgs.gov/queries/FactSheet.aspx?SpeciesID=821