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[lonnie g]

11 hours ago, N Florida Mike said:

Got out for a little while before dark so I stayed close to home ( The North end of my lake ) Caught 8 fish , all on Zoom super flukes ,  in watermelon slice. Had several violent blowups as it hit the water, or as I pulled the fluke through grass or brush.

The biggest was 3.6. ( First pic.)

nice ! my favorite kind of bite, I love it when they blow up at it. you might miss a few but nothing more exciting.been in bama this past week working on another flip house. going to chicamauga tn. next Thursday,cant wait getting excited. keep slaying them my friend ,altho your making me jealous 

[ResoKP]

This was last year but fishing in this fog was surreal !

 

 

 

[WDE]

I have now caught the same fish 3 times in a year. Turns out she’s pregnant. I’m astonished by her resilience. She hits like a 3lb every time. 

 

 

[deep]

Been a while.

 

Love me some bluebird skies. Cold, and windy too.

 

 

Fish were biting though.

Too windy to take the kayak out, I walked the banks for ~3 hours and caught maybe 15, not counting quick releases.

One rod, one reel, and two jerkbaits. This one was the largest.

 

 

[WVU-SCPA]

First tournament of 2019 was humbling.  Believe I had the winning bites but didn't have the winning execution.

 

Water temp started at 46 and raised to 49 by the end of the day.  The lake was stained and had less then 6" of visibility.  The wind went from dead calm to 20+ gust by the end.  This all lead to only 2 of the 37 boats bringing in a full bag.

 

Didn't have confidence is many spots other then a 20 yard section so the game plan was to spend the majority of the morning cycling different baits there.  Swimming a trd 2-3 ft and killing it for 10 seconds brought most of the strikes in practice and that didn't change in the first pass of the morning.  The first 10 cast produced the lunker of the tournament, a 14" short, and snapping off on a hookset (Mistake 1# should have retied and may have been a little aggressive on the hookset).  Was unprepared and had some livewell issues which allowed the boat to float over the small section (Mistake #2 as I believe there were more active fish but the noise shut them down).  Mistake #3 came a hour later after hooking a solid 3lber and having the net tangled up with a crankbait,  tried to flip it and the hook popped right out.

 

There were many more mistakes throughout the day but you get the jive,  being prepared goes a long way. 

 

This beautiful lady went 5lbs 10oz.  I'll be ready for better execution this Saturday.

 

 

 

[TnRiver46]

[bc106111]

Update from my last post about figuring out a pattern. I revisited the same spot that produced my last few fish on Friday evening but this was after a rain and on an overcast day. I had 1 maybe 2 bites lost one and missed the other. 

 

Revisited today for maybe 30 minutes. We had a huge cold front move through the past day and some cold rain/snow. Water was up a couple feet but the sun was shining bright plus I wanted to test my new setup. So I tied on a Red Craw Lunker Hunt lipless crank and made a few casts and almost immediately hooked into this nice bass. Lost another huge fish which I’m pretty sure I’m snagging carp when that happens, could be big bass but whatever I am hooking is nearly pulling the rod from my hands. 

 

Anyway caught another slightly smaller bass that I didn’t picture but the key seems to be the lipless just over the grass on a sunny relatively calm day. 

 

The fish are still a little cold and don’t look to be quite into pre spawn yet so the best fishing is yet to come!!

 

This will be my first real season going hard after the bass so I am pumped!

 

 

 

[GatorDr]

Two of my bigger catches this past weekend. If you guys had to guesstimate, how much do you think they weigh?

 

[rtwvumtneer6]

 

 

7# 4.0oz ... 6oz shy of my PB.  

 

Zman chatterbait with a Boss skirt in Heartland Craw, and a zoom zcraw jr in green pumpkin.

 

 

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[Dirtyeggroll]

First time getting out this year. First fish of the year. Found a fat mamma jamma!

 

 

[deep]

Cold, but at least it was not windy. So I did some more bank banging with a pocketful of jerkbaits.

 

 

Caught about a dozen small bass...

 

 

and some dinner.

 

 

 

[PAbasser927]

This is one of my more interesting catches, and certainly one of the more ambitious bass that I caught.  Still hungry enough to CRUSH my jerkbait.

[rtwvumtneer6]

20 hours ago, Dirtyeggroll said:

First time getting out this year. First fish of the year. Found a fat mamma jamma!

 

 

That's a hammer!

[JLindsey]

Hit a new-to-me pond today that’s more than a little out of my way, but I found decent incentive to go back real soon.

[hawgenvy]

Went out to bank fish tonight again with my buddy Mike. I nailed some big females, including a hefty 6-1/2, with a Booyah Flex 2 squarebill wiggled over the eelgrass with #17 AbrazX. Man, that little crank is a good bait! Pretty good hooks, too. Mike caught a bunch as well, on a jig.

 

[NorcalBassin]

Finally got out again after a couple months of life and weather getting in the way. Caught my PB smallmouth (4 pounds, don't laugh) and a few other solid fish. Great being back out there again.

 

 

 

[keagbassr]

Got out today for about 3.5 hrs. In some brutal wind. Managed 1 on a bladed jig and 3 on a jig with this one weighing in at 3-13. All were up shallow on little sticks and branches.

[jbsoonerfan]

Got out after work today for a couple hours. Hooked up with this 5.5. My buddy caught a 6.4

 

 

[ohboyitsrobby]

1st night derby of the year on lake Catherine. Been there 4 times now 1st time we ever weighed. Took 7lbs with 3 fish to win. Had 6 with these 2 and lost a 13 inch spot at the boat ?? oh well had a good time. 

[PhishLI]

The weather's been nuts here. Woke up to 26° the other day. 33° on another. I could really feel the temperature drop in the water when wading. NW winds helped to really chill it compared to last week. There was a 67 degree day mixed in. We'll see high 50s this weekend. It's been up and down.

 

I hit my spot at lunch time today only to be pelted by ice pellets. Not quite hail or sleet. Then it started raining. No hits. No misses. Slid back there for a quick one before dinner and got to work. It was still raining. The jerk bait bite has fallen off for some reason. I threw them anyway, fruitlessly.  BUT! The Dark Sleeper to the rescue! This bait has been ? lately. I'm not sure what they think it is. A baby carp? Who knows? All I know is they like it alot.

 

I can't get bit on anything Keitech in this place no matter how I fish it, so go figure. The Sleeper is like a short, bulky Swing Impact. Maybe it's the Sleeper's profile?  Anyhow, with these results lately, I now have an excuse to buy every shade and size of Dark Sleeper known to god, man, and vegetable. Weeeeeee!

 

Only a 16"er, but she was a scrapper I tell ya.

 

 

[Team9nine]

First time bass fishing this local reservoir in over 3.5 years. Spent the afternoon checking out some old holes and was happy to see fish still using them. Here’s a couple of them. Good structure stays good, year after year ?

 

 

[A-Jay]

2 hours ago, Team9nine said:

First time bass fishing this local reservoir in over 3.5 years. Spent the afternoon checking out some old holes and was happy to see fish still using them. Here’s a couple of them. Good structure stays good, year after year ?

 

 

Nicely done ~ 

Your conditions looked pretty Primo too . . 

Congrats

A-Jay

[928JLH]

Did some bank beating after work. First frog fish of 2019.

[lo n slo]

caught 36 spotted bass this morning and zero largemouth. but spots like these put up one heck of a fight!

[deep]

One dink in five hours on Thursday, from the yak. Brutal.

~Eight more in about an hour and a half yesterday, from the bank.