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[Pat Brown]

34 minutes ago, AlabamaSpothunter said:

@Pat Brown  Way to go brother, and simply getting an invite is a huge accomplishment......kind of like a mini NC Classic 😎

 

You mentioned a Shad spawn which really surprised me reading it, what are your water temps?   Heck you went from dead of winter to post spawn in a blink of an eye unless your Shad spawn at much lower water temps than mine do down here.    They start spawning once it hits about 70d here.  

 

I'm jealous of that particular lake you fished the derby on, you alone have proven how many monsters live in it.   

 

 

The big gizzard shad seem content to start at about 58-59° 🙂

 

Thanks for the kind words - I actually submitted bass 4 times last year and won my entry in December with the 7.35 lber I caught day before Christmas Eve.  I submitted 8.4, 8.0 and 6.5 lbers during March, April and June respectively and then had a hard time coming up with something that beat any of the big fish during the other months of the year.  

 

It felt wild being beaten in March by .2 lbs.  Felt surreal after catching a fish that big!

 

There's definitely some giant bass down here and the multiple shad kills this winter and last winter (and the last two summers) have certainly resulted in some absolute freaks!

 

I don't think it's absurd to assume some of the bigger bass with better genetics and crazy appetites are growing 3.5 lbs a year in some of the spots I fish.  🥴

[Bluebasser86]

14 hours ago, Swamp Girl said:

@N Florida Mike: Losing bass? Been there. Done that. Again and again. Even Pat Brown, Alex, and Clayton lose bass. That bass in your photo is a football.

Oh, wait until I have time to break down my tournament day, I'll tell you all about me losing bass 😬

[Swamp Girl]

1 hour ago, Bluebasser86 said:

Oh, wait until I have time to break down my tournament day, I'll tell you all about me losing bass 😬

 

I remember a morning last May or June when I landed about 30 and lost about 40. The pond's conditions had shifted on me and I just didn't adapt. I had been successfully catching bass in a zombie reed field. Lots of 3.5 to 4-pounders.

 

Then the new reeds started to rise. Those reeds were like bumpers on a bumper pool table. To land a bass, I'd have to survive the bass bouncing off half a dozen of these reed bumpers. More than half the time, I'd lose the fish. I think the bass ricocheted off the new reeds on purpose until they jolted the lure loose. 

 

Finally, I abandoned the reed field and started hooking some nice ones abutting it. However, IF I had a boat where I could stand, I think I would have landed more. Standing gives you more power and leverage. 

[thediscochef]

I love topwater season

[Bird]

Today they quit hitting spinnerbaits but inhaled Chatterbaits, go figure.

Water temp 53*

[Sp33dSnake]

Boat ramp fishin'.   Went with a t-rigged Senko worm.  Probably about 1.5 pounds or so.  Sometimes you just gotta get back to basics to reel 'em in.

[thediscochef]

I caught this fish

[Pumpkin Lizard]

The Pumpkin Zoom Lizard is the king of spring.