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[Swamp Girl]

8 hours ago, A-Jay said:

 

I'll be out doing the same.

But expect to be fishing difference baits and about 1000 miles west.

Good Luck ~

😎

A-Jay

 

 

I'll be thinking a good thought for you on the water, Andy. Leaving now!

[Swamp Girl]

I was fishing this morning, I thought about Andy and hoped he was landing a BIG one. I didn't catch a BIG one, but I did catch 20 in three hours. I fished the pond where I caught my PB, the bass in my avatar. The fish I did catch reminded me of why I caught my all-time bass there. You can see it in the big belly of this little one:

 

 

And you can see it in the build of this 18.25-incher, which has the shoulders and head of a bigger bass:

 

 

You can see it in the tail of this 17-incher:

 

 

Yeah, this pond has the genetics and forage base to grow big bass. It also has this if the bass aren't biting:

 

 

I caught three bass on a wacky worm, two on a spinnerbait, and 15 on a Shimano pink Flash Boost Popper, worked both in a pop and pause retreat and as a walking lure.  I tried so hard this summer to catch another 7.5-poundish bass like my PB, but just couldn't and then I remind myself that at my latitude, a 7.5-poundish bass is equivalent to an 11.55-pounder in the South according in In-Fisherman. In short, a rare fish.

[A-Jay]

@ol'crickety nice bass.

My report, pics and video are coming later today.  Spoiler alert 5 pound brown and 4 ft musky. 

In-Sane.

🤓

A-Jay

[Swamp Girl]

48 inches??? Wow!!!

[thediscochef]

Got out early but the fish missed the alarm clock. Didn't really start getting bit until later in the morning, had a gift of surprise low clouds and that always changes the equation.

 

5 bass around the same size as each other plus a bonus gar. The bass mostly ate a megabass walking bait, the gars wanted the tiny pop-r. Slowly easing out of summer. 

[A-Jay]

5.24 lbs on the full moon today ~ 

A-Jay

[Swamp Girl]

Giant trout, musky, and bass??? I wish I'd kept pace, but you left me choking on your dust. Proud of you, Andy.  

[Pat Brown]

Been a little while since I updated the folks here - but it's been real fun this month!  Been eating frogs and buzzbaits/buzzing plastics and lipless crankbaits and Jerkbaits (soft and hard) and swimming jigs.  😎😎😎 Already lost two big fish on jerk and lipless and seen some huge ones bail on my spinnerbait right at the bank which is a good sign 😂 - big fish are showing you interest in fast moving reaction baits again! 😎🤙🏼

 

 

 

 

[Swamp Girl]

Pat, did I read in another thread that you fish 365 days a year? If so, this curtsy is for you:

 

 

If it's only 360 days a year. the curtsy's still for you. 

[CastingClinic]

Quick trip yesterday morning started with a nice fog and overcast.  Tried to make topwater work but no success until I started throwing a spinnerbait. Caught these two and a few pickerel.

 

[Pat Brown]

1 hour ago, ol'crickety said:

Pat, did I read in another thread that you fish 365 days a year? If so, this curtsy is for you:

 

 

If it's only 360 days a year. the curtsy's still for you. 

 

 

I came very very close this year!  I'd say I've probably missed 2-3 days on the calendar this year.

[Swamp Girl]

30 minutes ago, Pat Brown said:

 

 

I came very very close this year!  I'd say I've probably missed 2-3 days on the calendar this year.

 

Then you're earned the curtsy and many more, my Lord.

[Pat Brown]

6 minutes ago, ol'crickety said:

 

Then you're earned the curtsy and many more, my Lord.

 

Very blessed and grateful to be in a location that I can get to multiple bodies of water that have big bass in 5-10 minutes.   Makes popping over for a cast or two much easier - that and the excellent climate and year round good bass fishing conditions (for the most part).

[Swamp Girl]

16 minutes ago, Pat Brown said:

 

Very blessed and grateful to be in a location that I can get to multiple bodies of water that have big bass in 5-10 minutes.   Makes popping over for a cast or two much easier - that and the excellent climate and year round good bass fishing conditions (for the most part).

 

I get it. Having my pond with a waiting canoe five minutes away has me fishing more than ever, although for mostly one to two-hour spurts. I'm actually going fishing there in a few minutes. Because I get to fish more, I experiment more, trying a new lure or two pretty much every time I go. 

[gim]

1 hour ago, Pat Brown said:

I'd say I've probably missed 2-3 days on the calendar this year.

 

The guy even fished after a funeral once, so I don't doubt it.  At least he took a change of clothes with. 😎

[Swamp Girl]

I just fished my pond for one hour and fifteen minutes, from 11:00 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. As I've been doing lately, I only took two lures, this time a 4", bubblegum pink Senko wacky rigged and a brass-bladed Mepps spinner. Both caught three bass, which surprised me, as I was fishing under a high Sun on a pretty cloudless day. Maybe I've gained a little insight into catching bass under a high Sun. I caught one bass on a weed line, one approaching a shade line, three in the deeper water adjacent to a dropoff, and one in the middle of nowhere.  I didn't put the fourth bass on the bump board so you could see the weather conditions. Nothing big, but all chunky except for the fourth, lip-gripped bass.

 

I used two, little lures because of @Glenn, who coaches us to downsize in the fall. I figured my Mepps would imitate a shad and the little Senko would appeal to sluggish bass. 

 

[Bluebasser86]

Haven't fished for bass much the last couple weeks. September is historically the hardest month of the warm water months for bass fishing for me. I also have a couple tournaments coming up the next couple weeks, so I'm kind of trying to get my mind ready for that. Getting out and chasing these guys is my favorite way to sit and think, while still being able to fish. 

It's not lazy, not the way I do it. 1 mile down a creek from the launch, then 1.5 miles against a pretty strong river current in the kayak to get to my area I like to fish. I don't usually sit anywhere too long. A lot of loading and unloading the kayak, checking spots for fish, changing baits, catching bait. I did a lot for this one bite, but it was worth it. 

 

[bp_fowler]

The struggles continue here. I’ve pretty much been camping out at the crappie hole since I can’t catch numbers anywhere I figure I might as well go for the big ones.  Unfortunately the big ones did not cooperate today.  After two big hits on the Mayor, but nothing to show for it, I switched to the Ned hoping to avoid the skunk.  It worked but I all I caught were dinks with the below fish being the largest.

[Team9nine]

They weren’t the biggest bass, but I hit the first good group of fall schoolers this afternoon. Managed 27 ‘cookie cutter’ bass in a short amount of time and had to leave them biting. Hoping to get back out there again in the next day or two. Fingers crossed they don’t go too far from where I found them today.

 

 

[Team9nine]

Had to go back and check the schooling area again since I’d have a bit more time to fish them. Fortunately, they stayed put and I was able to catch 55 more in just over 3 hours. Was a nice chance to chase numbers and take a break from quality. Back to the grind chasing the 10 percenters now that I’ve had some fun.

 

 

 

 

[Swamp Girl]

@Team9nine: Hey, you're fishing like me!

[Team9nine]

9 minutes ago, Swamp Girl said:

@Team9nine: Hey, you're fishing like me!

It was a “busy boat” couple of trips  

[TnRiver46]

Did some full moon fishing yesterday evening after work, Josh was putting it on us with a popper. No long arming detected……

[MIbassyaker]

Don't get to do this often, but made an unplanned stop at the river on the way home this afternoon. We haven't had much rain in quite a while, so it's running low and slow.

 

This isn't really a high-productivity stretch, but there's always something in there.  Today it was a few largemouths - two keeper-ish sized, and three pretty ittle guys. Broke off something larger that managed to wrap me up on a rock.

 

Venom Lures Super Do and a little #2 Black Fury.  The Super Do is not a bait I ever hear anyone mention but they're a pretty good finesse option, especially in rivers where the tentacles can catch the current -- I put them on a slider head, and scoot them along the bottom. 

[J._Bricker]

I got out on the water the other day as a low front was moving through with a forecast of unstable weather. Lots of schoolie stripers were in the system working shad with the bass feeding underneath.  I must have caught 30-35 fish on a Provoke 106DD with this 3.17lber being my best bass of the day.