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[Pat Brown]

Jerkin and fluking and frogging my way to September success!  Been a fun past couple days and I'm hoping this warm spell has em chewing on the big little lakes this weekend!

 

 

Found a new lil retention pond next to my son's soccer field and found out the bigger girls in the lil 1 acre mud puddle definitely like frogs 😃😃😃🐸🐸🐸

 

 

[BluegillsTightlines]

I decided to ignore doctor's orders and went fishing this morning. Caught a 5 lb bass and 15 minutes later a 7 lb bass. Needless to say I was STOKED. Beat my PB twice in a matter of minutes.

 

I was able to bump the hook out of the 7 lber's mouth with my palm.

[thediscochef]

Got out to Sam Rayburn for the first time today. What a day. Not much in the way of bass, I caught 5 or 6 little super dinks like this. That said, I caught one at every park I went to. I went to every part of the lake except the deep middle where the rivers meet. There are bass all over this lake. I lost some better fish but that's OK. Some days are like that, those are just the test runs for when one finally sticks. At one of my stops in the morning, I met an older gentleman named High Fin. I ran into him again at a different park like eight hours later. Apparently he lives super close so he went and got his boat and we did a little night fishing. We didn't stick any but we got bit and I made a new friend and got to see a glimpse of Rayburn's might. Sometimes it ain't all about the fishin. 

 

I'll say this. If I lived as close to rayburn as I do to roberts, I wouldn't fish anywhere else and I would be hard pressed to drive away from it. There are points and timbers and creeks and structures ALL OVER. The entire lake looks fishy. And it's HUGE. 111,000 acres of surface area as of today. That's about 5.25x the surface area I normally fish at Roberts. I had a burger made of brisket and bacon. Not WITH, but OF bacon and brisket. What an incredible place. I have to come back very soon.

[Swamp Girl]

@thediscochef: night fishing, a new pal, and a burger made of brisket and bacon? No wonder you're pumped!

 

10 hours ago, BluegillsTightlines said:

Caught a 5 lb bass and 15 minutes later a 7 lb bass.

 

How? What was the fight like? Where did they hit? They say pictures tell a thousand words, but I'd trade some of your photos for a few more words. 

 

 

[The Baron]

I’ve been awol so long, I thought I was gonna run out of “likes”.  And who the heck is @Swamp Girl 🤷🏼‍♂️😆

 

@Peacedivision Nice job on the new PB.  Impressive to keep pushing that long, but funny how often it happens like that, or on a first cast or last cast when you least expect a record to get broken.

 

I just haven’t been feeling it recently, but I think Wes and I are gonna dust off the boat this afternoon.

[MN Fisher]

33 minutes ago, The Baron said:

And who the heck is @Swamp Girl 🤷🏼‍♂️😆

She's the gal formerly known as Ol' Crickety....IE Katie.

[Swamp Girl]

This is why I'm now and forever known as Swamp Girl:

 

[thediscochef]

3 hours ago, MN Fisher said:

She's the gal formerly known as Ol' Crickety....IE Katie.

I had my suspicions lol

[Fried Lemons]

Two trips here.
 

First was a short bank beater session. They were ignoring the usual 10” so figuring I had nothing to lose I put on a 13” and it got picked up before hitting bottom by this 4lb 4oz fish. Last worm fish of the year for me. That bite is pretty much done. Caught a lot of 4s on them this year but nothing I would consider big.
 

 

Second trip I found two different groups of fish. First group I caught in tree tops dropping a jig through the branches. 

 

 

Second group was hunting gizzards on a flat adjacent to a ledge. I was fishing a heavy saltwater jig with a 7” fluke trailer, giving it 6’ rips off the bottom. Got 4 cookie cutter fish in about 10 minutes doing this before I had a guide ring fall out which made it difficult to land any fish. I dumped 3 more then they moved off. 

 

[Swamp Girl]

I fished my pond for an hour this evening and caught four. I was surface lure stubborn, casting a popper for half an hour when it wasn't what they wanted, but in the other half hour, I managed the quartet with two at 17.5 inches, catching three on a pink Senko wacky-hooked and one on a spinnerbait. I lead with a healthy 16.5-incher and close with the best bass, the thicker 17.5-incher.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[TnRiver46]

Got lots of fish with a spoon and another striper on topwater 

[Swamp Girl]

@TnRiver46: Man, you know how to live. It's clear from your posts how much fun you have with your friends and all the many places you fish and the cool fish you catch. If someone were struggling to squeeze all due joy from life, rather than therapy, I'd suggest you. Hanging with you.

[BluegillsTightlines]

On 9/21/2024 at 5:52 AM, Swamp Girl said:

@thediscochef: night fishing, a new pal, and a burger made of brisket and bacon? No wonder you're pumped!

 

 

How? What was the fight like? Where did they hit? They say pictures tell a thousand words, but I'd trade some of your photos for a few more words. 

 

 

Both fights were pretty epic. The 5 lber hit a little closer in so I didn't have to work as long, but it still made 3 aerial jumps before I got it in.

 

7 lber was about 30 feet out and I had to really work for that one. It took drag and I had to let it tire itself a bit. Reeled up and down like fighting a carp. It did two very big runs and 2 jumps right before I got it into the net.  Bit a Mike Iaconelli 90mm gilly blue gill swimbait.

[Swamp Girl]

Thanks, @BluegillsTightlines! Such exciting catches. 

[TnRiver46]

4 hours ago, Swamp Girl said:

@TnRiver46: Man, you know how to live. It's clear from your posts how much fun you have with your friends and all the many places you fish and the cool fish you catch. If someone were struggling to squeeze all due joy from life, rather than therapy, I'd suggest you. Hanging with you.

You are too kind ! I appreciate that. Having fun is better than not having fun 

[MIbassyaker]

One nice one on Lake 13 this morning out of 6.

 

 

Shooting for 3 more kayak trips over the next month before I hang it up for the season.  Realistically, any more than that would be a bonus.

 

[DaubsNU1]

Yesterday's weather was 90's with 5-10 MPH wind from the South. Caught 7 bass, 7 bluegill, and 6 crappie. Water temps were 72-75 degrees. Not a bad day. 

 

Woke this morning to north wind 15-20 MPH, air temp 55 degrees, a cold front had moved through over night and dumped a little rain. Was debating...then checked my fishing logs...I got in to fish last year around this time with similar weather and water temps. So I ventured forth...

 

Glad I did. Worked the spinner-bait in the shallow trees just off the creek channel. Very nice 20" LMB hammered the gold / bluegill colored SB...weight in at 4 lbs. 1 oz. 

 

Five more on the sheet ranging from 12-15". 

 

A good day!

 

[TnRiver46]

Some pics from Friday evening and Sunday morning I forgot to drop in here

 

think that last one is a meanmouth

 

also saw sturgeon continuously sucking on the side of a dam Saturday evening 

 

[Woody B]

2 day report.  I struggled yesterday to get 5.  All spots, all between 14 and 16 inches.   Things started really good today.  I caught 3 in the first 20 minutes, but couldn't shake the sharp pain in my right side, so I headed back home.   The pain started last night, but I was able to get comfortable and sleep good.  I thought I could fish through it today.   It feels like a kidney stone, but with no other kidney stone symptoms.  I think it's trapped gas.   When I pass gas the pain goes away for a few minutes.   Biggest from each day pictured.  

 

 

[Swamp Girl]

I'm thinking a good thought for you, Woody.

 

Some good looking brown bass, @TnRiver46.

 

Nice one, @DaubsNU1!

[thediscochef]

Stuck a fun sized fish casting around purtis creek for a bit. Good old red eye shad. Cold front tonight means topwater cove in the morning 💯

[T-Billy]

8 hours ago, Woody B said:

I think it's trapped gas.   When I pass gas the pain goes away for a few minutes

Hope you feel better soon buddy. 

[Pumpkin Lizard]

Easily my best weekend since getting back into bass fishing this August.

 

-Friday Night, No pics. Bright and sunny at first. Caught 6 right next to the ramp; fish were going nuts on the shad. Burned through a brand new package Green Pumpkin Rage Bugs pitching around some lily pads and brush piles, but alternated with some Crush City Ned BLTs which mostly caught smaller bass but still worked.

 

-Saturday. Back to the tackle shop for more Green Pumpkin Rage Bugs. I need to just order a case of these things in the three colors I use.  Tackle jokes with me that I have become their best Bass customer LOL. After my son's soccer game I head over to the neighborhood pond before some college football. Fishing is amazing, I even catch a pig of a crappie. I catch some good ones and then get caught in a lightning storm. But the fishing is so good I hunker down in the woods for 30 minutes. After that the fishing is even better. Still alternating between Rage Bugs and a Ned. But I lose what looked like a 5lbr on the Ned.

 

-Sunday. It pours all night. The shop gave me a solid tip. So I follow through on plans to get to a seclude and inconvenient bank. I get soaked navigating through super tall grass and woods. WORTH IT. I arrive on the bank and the scene was just.... epic. There are large bass jumping clear out of the water on shad. I even see some enormous wipers feasting way out. There's also seagulls, some sort of diving bird (maybe cormorants?) who are not pleased to see me and two bald eagles just feasting on small fish.  Immediately I start landing fish on black and blue Rage Bugs. Nice three lb bass at first. Then I lose my jig rig and decide to throw a spinnerbait for *** and giggles. And boom the biggest fish of the day. A weighed 4 lb bass with a 5lb body. After that I pick up a few more good ones. The birds then gave up and the bite kind of quit.

 

 

[N Florida Mike]

Got out for around 3 hours with a friend. Ended up with 10 or so on various baits. He brought his drone and got some cool footage.

[NorcalBassin]

Been a crazy summer and 2 months since I last fished and 3 months since I last fished with my dad. He has a new hip on the horizon in November but felt well enough to get back in the boat.

 

On cue, Pops caught a "Papa fish" as the girls call it. 😆

 

The itty bitty LM's were loving the free rig with an OSP.

 

Nice Spot saved the day.