Super User N Florida Mike Posted December 28, 2024 Super User Posted December 28, 2024 Fished with a friend this afternoon. Windy conditions out of the south, which is the hardest wind to fish in my lake. Caught 9 total , mostly on speed worms. Joe got a 3.90 20 inch fish, ( not a good pic of his fish) and my big fish was 2 poundish. Both were caught in one of the only places we could escape the wind. Caught most of the fish in the first hour and a half. It was the slowest day Ive had there in a long time… 18 Quote
Super User T-Billy Posted December 29, 2024 Super User Posted December 29, 2024 10 minutes ago, Swamp Girl said: Muskies can be tough, no doubt...even for the Great Furred Musky Hunter @T-Billy. It's been brutal. I've caught a total of TWO muskie this month, and lost two others. Ten skunkings in eleven trips. Those slimy rascals know how to hurt a persons feelings. 😂🤦♂️ 3 2 Quote
Super User gim Posted December 29, 2024 Super User Posted December 29, 2024 31 minutes ago, T-Billy said: It's been brutal. I've caught a total of TWO muskie this month, and lost two others. Ten skunkings in eleven trips. All of the sudden I don't feel so bad. For a while there I thought you were immune to failing in that realm. Quote
Super User T-Billy Posted December 29, 2024 Super User Posted December 29, 2024 12 minutes ago, gim said: All of the sudden I don't feel so bad. For a while there I thought you were immune to failing in that realm. Nobody is immune to skunk streaks when it comes to muskie. I haven't been suffering alone. Everybody around here has struggled mightily this month. I'm hoping this warm front puts them in a better mood for the next few days, but I'm not really expecting it to. We'll see......🤞 3 Quote
Global Moderator TnRiver46 Posted December 29, 2024 Global Moderator Posted December 29, 2024 Well, weatherman was 0-2 this weekend. Supposed to rain most of Saturday and all of Sunday, it did neither except some overnight. I went fishing near the house today and forgot to check wind, it was 20+ with gusts over 40…… 😂 I found and island to hide behind out of the wind and caught a nice fish with a crankbait. It hit once and I missed it, second time hooked up and the bait was completely engulfed. Seviin reel st croix rd and seaguar 33 lb braid . I went up a little further and the water just kept getting muddier. Went back to where I caught the first one and got another nice LM with a worm that a fellow member gave me . The water just kept getting even dirtier as time went on so I left my protected island and headed back for the truck. My oh my what a ride, I could only go 7-8 mph and I think I lost a few teeth Saturday I paddled some and hung out with my buddy and his dogs on the dock. Caught 3 little ones and found a pair of goggles in the water 😂 17 Quote
Peacedivision Posted December 31, 2024 Posted December 31, 2024 Thought 2024 was a wrap but I guess 2 last dinks needed catching 8 Quote
Super User BrianMDTX Posted December 31, 2024 Super User Posted December 31, 2024 NYE. Last day of 2024. Yesterday was gorgeous with a high of 80°. But it was our 36th wedding anniversary. And truth be told, I was not tempted to go fishing lol. Today is bluebird skies but much cooler and breezier. About 54° when I launched the boat. Not getting a bite on anything. Swim jig, topwater, chatterbait, Texas rigged Zoom Trick. Not even a Senko TR. Then I put a green pumpkin Rage Bug on a 3/0 EWG as a weightless TR and finally, two bass decided they would eat it. Not big, but 7 other anglers were fishing and these were the only two fish caught, so I’ll take that with a smile. Not a bad 2024 and a good way to close it out! 18 Quote
Global Moderator Bluebasser86 Posted December 31, 2024 Global Moderator Posted December 31, 2024 Took my last trip of the 2024 season last Saturday. Weather was nice, fishing was pretty decent, but I've been drug down by crud that my kids brought home from school right at the start of winter break. Done a good job avoiding it, but it finally got me and I've been feeling it for about a week now and after 4 hours on the water, I was wiped out and cold despite the unseasonably warm weather. Still managed to boat over 30 of them, including one fairly nice one to wrap up the season. Ned rig caught all but 3 or 4 of them. 19 Quote
Fried Lemons Posted December 31, 2024 Posted December 31, 2024 Pair of smalls on the last day of 2024. Caught on the shade line of a bluff. Bite died once the sun got too high in the sky. 20 Quote
Super User N Florida Mike Posted December 31, 2024 Super User Posted December 31, 2024 I got out the last hr and a half of the day, so stayed close to home. Temps in the mid 70s . Enough breeze for a nice ripple on the water. Caught 6. Most were relating to eel grass edges. Caught fish on speed worms, dingers, and flukes. Biggest fish was a little tank. He crushed the june bug dinger a few feet from the grass bed. The bed runs probably 400 feet continuously- the pic shows part of it at the end. It was a good way to end the year. Got a warm feeling approaching my house. Any of y’all are welcome to come fish if you’re in the area! HAPPY NEW YEAR!!’ 18 Quote
Super User Team9nine Posted December 31, 2024 Super User Posted December 31, 2024 Highs hit the mid 60s here today, but the price to pay for that was the SW winds gusting 25-35 mph. Still had to go though - might be a while before we see any temps close to that again. Changed to a murky water lake with 46-47 deg water and caught 4 small keeper bass and a handful of crappie. That’s a wrap for 2024 fishing. 20 Quote
Blue Raider Bob Posted January 2 Posted January 2 On 12/31/2024 at 4:03 PM, Fried Lemons said: Pair of smalls on the last day of 2024. Caught on the shade line of a bluff. Bite died once the sun got too high in the sky. Those are not small! This is small! 5 Quote
softwateronly Posted January 2 Posted January 2 @Blue Raider Bob I'm out of reactions today, but I definitely chuckled. ^^^ Took the canoe out on the 30th and ended the year with a slow morning and a good afternoon bite. The water was discolored from the rain the 2 days prior, but it warmed up to 40 in some spots. I found the dozen or so bass on the remaining green milfoil in 15 ish fow and caught them on the bottom with a jighead minnow and weirdly blanked on a jig and blade bait. Only a few that got pics... scott 19 Quote
Super User LrgmouthShad Posted January 2 Super User Posted January 2 On the public lakes I think I am up to about 40 hours with no fish 3 6 Quote
Super User T-Billy Posted January 2 Super User Posted January 2 17 minutes ago, LrgmouthShad said: On the public lakes I think I am up to about 40 hours with no fish Git'n yourself a little taste of muskie fishing. 😂 3 2 3 Quote
Super User LrgmouthShad Posted January 2 Super User Posted January 2 4 minutes ago, T-Billy said: Git'n yourself a little taste of muskie fishing. 😂 Building character one skunk at a time lol 4 2 Quote
Super User T-Billy Posted January 2 Super User Posted January 2 Just now, LrgmouthShad said: Building character one skunk at a time lol Atta boy!!! Keep grindin. They gotta eat sooner or later. 5 Quote
Super User AlabamaSpothunter Posted January 2 Super User Posted January 2 1 hour ago, LrgmouthShad said: On the public lakes I think I am up to about 40 hours with no fish That's pretty crazy brother, but there's something very commendable about your patience, and ability to not give up. Mark my words, in the near future you're going to have some electric days. It always works like that, just when you're about to give up and find a new hobby, the dam busts. 6 Quote
Pat Brown Posted January 2 Posted January 2 2 hours ago, T-Billy said: Git'n yourself a little taste of muskie fishing. 😂 NC Winter Bass Fishing ain't for the faint of heart. 😎😎😎🎣🎣🎣 But I reckon we gonna find one this weekend. Snowy front hitting Sat-Sun. 1 1 Quote
Global Moderator TnRiver46 Posted January 3 Global Moderator Posted January 3 2 hours ago, LrgmouthShad said: On the public lakes I think I am up to about 40 hours with no fish You sir are dedicated 2 Quote
Super User Swamp Girl Posted January 3 Super User Posted January 3 38 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said: You sir are dedicated Yeah, he is. He's the John Wick of Bass Resource. 1 Quote
Super User Team9nine Posted January 3 Super User Posted January 3 On the board in 2025 😎 Beat the Arctic blast by hitting a local stained reservoir with 46-48 deg water. Pulled out a jig and actually fished the bank, focusing on treefalls and docks. Paid off with 3 keepers, and also snuck in a few crappie - I couldn’t help myself - lol. 22 Quote
Super User Team9nine Posted January 4 Super User Posted January 4 Thought about not going out today, but we’re getting close to having a 2 week period of no fishing with the multiple Arctic fronts supposed to come through - so I went. It was 50 degrees when I launched, but that fell to 45 when I came in 3 hours later. The winds were why I almost didn’t go - west at 15-20, gusting 30-40 mph. Made a lot of the lake unfishable, but I was just hoping for one bite…and I got four. Lost one, but landed 3 on a combination of jigs and blade baits. Water was 46 deg., well stained, and 2 ft low. 19 Quote
Super User gim Posted January 4 Super User Posted January 4 On 1/2/2025 at 3:55 PM, LrgmouthShad said: Building character one skunk at a time lol I once went 16 YEARS without a muskie. Talk to me in 2040. 5 Quote
Super User AlabamaSpothunter Posted January 5 Super User Posted January 5 Had an incredible yesterday and caught a 9lb 12oz absolute beauty of a fish. Also had close to a 26lb bag with another beautiful 5.5 fish. I was so in a hurry to let her go; I didn't bother with a cellphone pic because I had the Go Pro rolling. Get home and my computer corrupted the MicroSD card....... my best friend does IT for a living and tried some things last night to recover it but no luck yet. I'm praying and willing to pay or do whatever to get back those files. If anybody knows someone who can recover my data, I'll make it worth your while. Absolutely heart broken and gutted is an understatement, but hopefully I can recover the data 😰😱 5 12 Quote
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