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[LrgmouthShad]

Couple river smallies today. Larger one photo’d came on a spinnerbait. Somebody tell TnRiver that spinnerbaits work for smallmouth, I’m not sure if he knows ?. 
 

 

[AlabamaSpothunter]

34 minutes ago, LrgmouthShad said:

Couple river smallies today. Larger one photo’d came on a spinnerbait. Somebody tell TnRiver that spinnerbaits work for smallmouth, I’m not sure if he knows ?. 
 

 

Nice one!   What always amazes me about smallmouths is the wide variance in their coloring and patterns.   That one has little bronzing, and you could be fooled at first if you didn't look for the lateral line.  I've been watching the MLF tourney on the St. Lawrence River today, and the ones they are pulling up are super bronze and have pronounced tiger striping.       I used to think it was largely based on temp, but now I really have no idea what causes smallmouths to look so differently from place to place.   

 

LGMs have some of this as well...some have pronounced lateral lines, some are much greener, some have whiter bellies, etc.     Alabama Bass and Spots seem to look much more uniform from location to location.   

 

I've always found river Bass to be much more exciting, and hard fighting fish. 

 

ETA:  Peak irony a spinnerbait man is wearing a zoom shirt, and a non spinnerbait man was wearing a zorro shirt 

[LrgmouthShad]

10 minutes ago, AlabamaSpothunter said:

Nice one!   What always amazes me about smallmouths is the wide variance in their coloring and patterns.   That one has little bronzing, and you could be fooled at first if you didn't look for the lateral line.  I've been watching the MLF tourney on the St. Lawrence River today, and the ones they are pulling up are super bronze and have pronounced tiger striping.       I used to think it was largely based on temp, but now I really have no idea what causes smallmouths to look so differently from place to place.   

 

LGMs have some of this as well...some have pronounced lateral lines, some are much greener, some have whiter bellies, etc.     Alabama Bass and Spots seem to look much more uniform from location to location.   

 

I've always found river Bass to be much more exciting, and hard fighting fish.   

Thanks man. That smallie has typical coloring of the smallies I’ve caught around here. So I guess in my neck of the woods, this is what they look like. I agree, it’s fascinating how much the coloration can differ and seeing photos of smallies that people catch around the country on here makes it easy to see the differences. 
 

I am still a newbie to both smallmouth and river fishing, but definitely seems like the fight of these fish is incredible compared to a lake/pond largie.

[Woody B]

7 largemouth and 5 spots today.   I think I caught this one twice.   I didn't take a picture the first time.  Both were 16 1/2 inches and colored exactly like this one.   1st one on a crankbait.  Released it, took a leak, then caught this one on a Devils Horse.   That's 2 weeks that I think I've caught the same fish back to back.  (the one last week was a dink)

 

[AlabamaSpothunter]

3 minutes ago, Woody B said:

7 largemouth and 5 spots today.   I think I caught this one twice.   I didn't take a picture the first time.  Both were 16 1/2 inches and colored exactly like this one.   1st one on a crankbait.  Released it, took a leak, then caught this one on a Devils Horse.   That's 2 weeks that I think I've caught the same fish back to back.  (the one last week was a dink)

 

Their beauty is only matched by their aggressiveness.    That's an especially beautiful Spot.    Spots love that riprap in the background 

[LrgmouthShad]

1 hour ago, AlabamaSpothunter said:

ETA:  Peak irony a spinnerbait man is wearing a zoom shirt, and a non spinnerbait man was wearing a zorro shirt 

HA! ? I just saw this. Think you added it? 
 

I thought the same thing when I posted it. @TnRiver46 loves zoom worms and I am a fan of them too. 
 

Zorro spinnerbait has my biggest bass this year @6.21, NY
 

 

[BrianMDTX]

It rained! Sweet Mother of God, it actually rained yesterday! Heavy downpours (rained again this afternoon, too!). Which meant I had to check out the pond this morning. It is still lower than normal, but yesterday’s gullywasher filled up 3/4 of what it was down (filled up now lol), and that’s a good thing. 
 

Caught 6. I dropped one as I was grabbing the phone and he fell in and swam off. First one on a black/silver floating Rapala, three on a Zoom Trick and two on a black Senko. All caught as baits were worked through or near submerged vegetation. None were big but they were scrappers!

 

 

[IcatchDinks]

Was able to get out today. Been pretty absent. Haven't had a lot of time for fishing. Caught a 13 inch and a 14 inch smallie. (I'm guessing on size. Didn't bother to measure them.) Plus a handful of dinks.

 

Unless you count the pike and carp, they're aren't a lot of giant fish near me. But smallies fight like fish twice their size. 

 

 

 

Plus a couple weeks ago I caught this largie in a little pond. For the size pond, this guy is a beast. He was only 15 inches but weight a full 2lbs : 

 

[TnRiver46]

3 hours ago, LrgmouthShad said:

Couple river smallies today. Larger one photo’d came on a spinnerbait. Somebody tell TnRiver that spinnerbaits work for smallmouth, I’m not sure if he knows ?. 
 

 

You need a zorro shirt! Nice one 

[LrgmouthShad]

18 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said:

You need a zorro shirt! Nice one 

I actually am in need of some new shirts. I’ll place an order with some Bango blade spinnerbaits included  within next couple days probably. 
 

Id wear that for sure!

[IcatchDinks]

1 hour ago, BrianMDTX said:

It rained! Sweet Mother of God, it actually rained yesterday! Heavy downpours (rained again this afternoon, too!). Which meant I had to check out the pond this morning. It is still lower than normal, but yesterday’s gullywasher filled up 3/4 of what it was down (filled up now lol), and that’s a good thing. 

 

 

It seems it's been a dry summer across the country. All my regular spots are pretty low too. Everytime it rains, I get really excited. Glad to hear you got some water. 

 

Also, nice catches! 

[NorcalBassin]

Never want to see smoke in the sky around here this time of year...

 

Dink of dinks but it always amazes me how aggressive small SM and spots can be.

 

First cover scat fish on a free rig. I was pleasantly surprised how many bites this drew. 

 

[Swamp Girl]

I went fishing last night and this morning. Caught 19 bass last night and 8 bass this morning, plus a bullhead on a Whopper Plopper. Thanks to all the guys who coached me on fishing frogs. I fished some serious salad. I also caught some nice fish. I like the third one best. Right before it hit my frog, I'm pretty sure it said, Puny frog. Bass smash!" I also caught a bullhead on a Whopper Plopper!  

 

 

 

P.S. - I catch short fish too, but even they're fat. Here's one:

 

[roadwarrior]

 

 

                                   

[AlabamaSpothunter]

25 minutes ago, ol'crickety said:

I went fishing last night and this morning. Caught 19 bass last night and 8 bass this morning, plus a bullhead on a Whopper Plopper. Thanks to all the guys who coached me on fishing frogs. I fished some serious salad. I also caught some nice fish. I like the third one best. Right before it hit my frog, I'm pretty sure it said, Puny frog. Bass smash!" I also caught a bullhead on a Whopper Plopper!  

 

 

 

P.S. - I catch short fish too, but even they're fat. Here's one:

 

Dang man, great job!   Looks like you caught a number of pigs 

[Swamp Girl]

Thanks, Mr. Warrior and Mr. Spothunter! One small correction:

 

 

[Texas Flood]

Fishing at the spillway today. This guy put up quite the fight. Also got a small catfish and two monster carps(gross)

 

 

[AlabamaSpothunter]

Just now, ol'crickety said:

Thanks, Mr. Warrior and Mr. Spothunter! One small correction:

 

 

Wow, a woman who is such a diehard fisherman she's night bassin......we'll clone you in time

4 minutes ago, Texas Flood said:

Fishing at the spillway today. This guy put up quite the fight. Also got a small catfish and two monster carps(gross)

 

 

Nice one!   Spillways are easily one of my favorite places to fish.   Caught lots of nice fish around them.  

[JWall14]

13 hours ago, NorcalBassin said:

Never want to see smoke in the sky around here this time of year...

 

Dink of dinks but it always amazes me how aggressive small SM and spots can be.

 

First cover scat fish on a free rig. I was pleasantly surprised how many bites this drew. 

 

How you like free rigging?? It would replace tubes for me but not sure if it’s worth going down that rabbit hole

[PhishLI]

18 hours ago, LrgmouthShad said:

I actually am in need of some new shirts.

Your back is working again?

[LrgmouthShad]

1 minute ago, PhishLI said:

Your back is working again?

It is better, not all the way healed. I stopped fishing after catching the fish photo'd because I felt a pinching sensation in my back that concerned me. Feels much better this A.M but I want to take next couple days off regardless and then try again for short spurts bank fishing. 

 

I said "back" but really my trouble is something surrounding my shoulder blade. The pain is centered on my back though, underneath my scapula and sometimes radiating in other directions. Seen doctors and started PT; I'll be fine. Thanks for asking man

[Swamp Girl]

You made me laugh, SpotHunter! I wasn't quite night fishin'. Just very early mornin' fishin'! There was a little light. Thanks for the encouragement. It's greatly appreciated.

[Team9nine]

Dropshot from the bank isn't a fluke. Another good afternoon on the water, but going to tweak my setup just a bit as I had another good fish that I really couldn't do anything with before he got a chance to wrap me on something and finally pull off. Kinda' comes with the territory when bank fishing though, especially with 6 lb. test - lol.

[Basser2021]

6 hours ago, ol'crickety said:

I went fishing last night and this morning. Caught 19 bass last night and 8 bass this morning, plus a bullhead on a Whopper Plopper. Thanks to all the guys who coached me on fishing frogs. I fished some serious salad. I also caught some nice fish. I like the third one best. Right before it hit my frog, I'm pretty sure it said, Puny frog. Bass smash!" I also caught a bullhead on a Whopper Plopper!  

 

 

 

P.S. - I catch short fish too, but even they're fat. Here's one:

 

I've never heard of somone catching a catfish off of topwater. Cool stuff!

[TnRiver46]

1 hour ago, Basser2021 said:

I've never heard of somone catching a catfish off of topwater. Cool stuff!

@Bluebasser86has a video of one slamming a popper, one of the most violent strikes I’ve seen