VGT Posted January 5, 2021 Posted January 5, 2021 On 1/2/2021 at 1:04 PM, ryanerb said: Very healthy fish! What water temps are you fishing? Lots of lakes down here are around 48-51. Ironic, I live local to those ponds and thought for awhile they were off limits? Maybe a good time to fish over holiday break! Glad you got a few, sounds like there were several skunks mixed in! Thanks for the report! They typically just tell students to leave, I've never been caught, never heard of anyone getting a ticket. I was a little weary not being a student any more but had no issues. You need to hop a Horse gate for one of the ponds and walk through an unlocked get for another. I heard there are some good ponds behind the men’s colony legal as well but may be a hike or bike in. Quote
Super User jbsoonerfan Posted January 9, 2021 Super User Posted January 9, 2021 It didn't take long to break the 7 lb mark in 2021. Only my second outing of the year and I caught this one. Alarm was set for 6:45 this morning and when I woke up it was 23 degrees. I decided to stay home for a little bit and finally headed out about 9:00. I decided I was going to fish a lake that I haven't fished since last Spring. Got to the lake about 9:45 and I was the only vehicle in the parking lot, I figured that was a bad sign. Got launched and the water was 43 with an air temp of 30. Made a run to a place I thought they might be and threw an Alabama rig and a jerkbait with no luck. Made a move to a different spot and tried the same thing with the same results. Grabbed a Spro Wameku lipless in delta craw and started throwing in over some rocks. Got hung up once and decided to get a little bit deeper. Threw it in about 8 fow and thought I was hung up again, then the line started moving but it wasn't pulling hard at all. I thought I had a turtle or something. She finally came to the top and rolled on her side and my mouth dropped. She made a dive and then she basically gave up. I grabbed the net and scooped her up. I thought she might have been heavier than she was, but she was only 22" long and weighed in at 7 lb 1 oz. Only fish I caught today, but I will take it. 29 Quote
Super User NorcalBassin Posted January 10, 2021 Super User Posted January 10, 2021 Surface temps 54* and the spots were all about finesse again... A rare double hookup for us recently Best fish of the day has been eating really well 18 Quote
Super User BrianMDTX Posted January 10, 2021 Super User Posted January 10, 2021 13 hours ago, Way north bass guy said: Quite the belly on that one! Looks like me after the holidays! Quote
Super User roadwarrior Posted January 10, 2021 Super User Posted January 10, 2021 My granddaughter asked, "G-Pa, when are you going to have your baby?" 1 Quote
Big Hands Posted January 10, 2021 Posted January 10, 2021 18 hours ago, NorcalBassin said: Surface temps 54* and the spots were all about finesse again... A rare double hookup for us recently Best fish of the day has been eating really well Nice spots! 2 Quote
Global Moderator TnRiver46 Posted January 11, 2021 Global Moderator Posted January 11, 2021 Only got one fish today , tough sledding 10 Quote
Global Moderator Bluebasser86 Posted January 11, 2021 Global Moderator Posted January 11, 2021 Fished the first tournament I've fished in a long time Saturday. Happened to catch one of the fattest, most oddly shaped bass I've ever seen for our 3rd keeper of the day (18" and 5.58 pounds with a massive shad in it's throat). Going to do a separate post for a tournament breakdown. 12 Quote
The Bassman Posted January 11, 2021 Posted January 11, 2021 4 hours ago, Bluebasser86 said: Fished the first tournament I've fished in a long time Saturday. Happened to catch one of the fattest, most oddly shaped bass I've ever seen for our 3rd keeper of the day (18" and 5.58 pounds with a massive shad in it's throat). Going to do a separate post for a tournament breakdown. Reminds me of a girl I dated once. 3 Quote
ryanerb Posted January 11, 2021 Posted January 11, 2021 On 1/9/2021 at 8:46 PM, NorcalBassin said: Surface temps 54* and the spots were all about finesse again... A rare double hookup for us recently Best fish of the day has been eating really well Wow, those spots are plenty healthy! Nice work! 1 Quote
bigjean663 Posted January 12, 2021 Posted January 12, 2021 Caught on a 1/8oz Texas Rigged BPS River bug in watermelon with red flake. No scale and when I tried to take a pic with him laid down next to my rod and reel he about flopped onto some thick brush. My guess was between 3-4lbs though, quite possibly my PR if I had my scale. 16 Quote
kayaking_kev Posted January 13, 2021 Posted January 13, 2021 This isn't a big fish, but it's significant to me because it completed my 2020 goal of catching a Bass in every month of 2020, which isn't an easy thing to do in Ohio, when the water freezes over the majority of 3 months. It was also fish #431 for the season and the last one I caught. It was also the first fish I caught on a rod that I built myself, a Custom Phenix X-10 Composite Crankbait rod. The rod is very similar to my Dobyns 704 Glass rod, but it only weighs 3.9 oz. 13 Quote
galyonj Posted January 15, 2021 Posted January 15, 2021 This afternoon I decided, since it was so pretty out, that I'd be a little bit selfish, and I went to the river. Then I got my first and second jerkbait fish of the year. The second one weighed 3lbs 13oz on my cheap Academy scale. 12 Quote
Global Moderator TnRiver46 Posted January 16, 2021 Global Moderator Posted January 16, 2021 3 hours ago, galyonj said: This afternoon I decided, since it was so pretty out, that I'd be a little bit selfish, and I went to the river. Then I got my first and second jerkbait fish of the year. The second one weighed 3lbs 13oz on my cheap Academy scale. Yeah buddy!!!! 1 Quote
Global Moderator TnRiver46 Posted January 16, 2021 Global Moderator Posted January 16, 2021 Took some advice from @WRB and drifted into the spot, anchored up, and fished a structure spoon uphill on a drop from 40 up to 20. Got a nice 21” (I think, wouldn’t close its mouth ) fish. On behalf of everybody, thanks Tom! 21 1 Quote
galyonj Posted January 16, 2021 Posted January 16, 2021 13 hours ago, TnRiver46 said: Yeah buddy!!!! Dude, you might've picked up on it when we were texting, but I was so stoked. That beat my largest fish from last year by about a pound, pound and a half. 1 Quote
Global Moderator TnRiver46 Posted January 16, 2021 Global Moderator Posted January 16, 2021 6 minutes ago, galyonj said: Dude, you might've picked up on it when we were texting, but I was so stoked. That beat my largest fish from last year by about a pound, pound and a half. That’s also not an easy spot to catch a LM Quote
galyonj Posted January 16, 2021 Posted January 16, 2021 1 hour ago, TnRiver46 said: That’s also not an easy spot to catch a LM I mean...for me, there's really no easy spot to catch a largemouth. ? 2 Quote
Global Moderator 12poundbass Posted January 16, 2021 Global Moderator Posted January 16, 2021 3 hours ago, galyonj said: I mean...for me, there's really no easy spot to catch a largemouth. ? Thank god I’m not the only one! 1 Quote
Super User NorcalBassin Posted January 17, 2021 Super User Posted January 17, 2021 As much as we need some snow and rain I have to say fishing in January with temps in the high 60's wasn't so bad. Pops with a nice one They were liking the dark sleeper 15 Quote
ryanerb Posted January 17, 2021 Posted January 17, 2021 9 hours ago, NorcalBassin said: As much as we need some snow and rain I have to say fishing in January with temps in the high 60's wasn't so bad. They were liking the dark sleeper What a great day for you guys, once again! Gotta love those spotted bass, they seem to do so much better in the winter than the blacks! I always wondered how successful guys are with the dark sleeper out here in CA. Do you get lots of fish with it? I've wanted to buy one due to the weedless nature of it, but I keep hearing they are successful in the upper midwest due to the large goby populations. Are there a lot of gobies in the lake you fish, or do you just assume it mimics a little baitfish, etc? They are a sweet bait, maybe they just haven't caught on out west... Quote
Super User NorcalBassin Posted January 17, 2021 Super User Posted January 17, 2021 4 hours ago, ryanerb said: I always wondered how successful guys are with the dark sleeper out here in CA. Do you get lots of fish with it? I've wanted to buy one due to the weedless nature of it, but I keep hearing they are successful in the upper midwest due to the large goby populations. Are there a lot of gobies in the lake you fish, or do you just assume it mimics a little baitfish, etc? They are a sweet bait, maybe they just haven't caught on out west... Dark sleeper does pretty well out here and they seem to like it dragged/hopped on the bottom or on a slow steady swim right off the bottom. No gobies in my primary lake but it looks plenty edible to them... be worth adding a couple of them to your arsenal. 1 Quote
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