Super User LrgmouthShad Posted February 1, 2023 Super User Posted February 1, 2023 3 minutes ago, Dwight Hottle said: Best one so far for this year. Oh heck yeah 1 Quote
Global Moderator TnRiver46 Posted February 1, 2023 Global Moderator Posted February 1, 2023 13 minutes ago, ol'crickety said: Does anyone know why there are so few fish caught? They are smart , someone always catches a limit of nice ones too 1 Quote
Super User LrgmouthShad Posted February 1, 2023 Super User Posted February 1, 2023 32 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said: You should try some of our 30,000 acre reservoirs that most refer to as the Dead Sea or fort lousy, your worst days would be banner days writing home to momma just watch bassmaster classic this year, there will be elite series pros that zero each day Me on Shearon Harris.... I just ain't real good. Someone caught them I'm sure while I was out there. Just not me. The enormous cold front didn't help 1 Quote
Global Moderator TnRiver46 Posted February 1, 2023 Global Moderator Posted February 1, 2023 4 minutes ago, LrgmouthShad said: Me on Shearon Harris.... I just ain't real good. Someone caught them I'm sure while I was out there. Just not me. The enormous cold front didn't help Large reservoirs ain’t easy , but the fish are still there. Too many people catching and releasing haha 1 2 Quote
Super User LrgmouthShad Posted February 1, 2023 Super User Posted February 1, 2023 6 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said: Large reservoirs ain’t easy , but the fish are still there. Too many people catching and releasing haha Harris is relatively small at just above 4,000 acres. I did not realize how workable it is in a kayak until I got the Jon Boat out there. Fishes a lot smaller than I thought. # of kayakers and # of boaters were almost equal some days. Still an awesome lake. Wish I could've caught em 2 Quote
Global Moderator TnRiver46 Posted February 1, 2023 Global Moderator Posted February 1, 2023 5 minutes ago, LrgmouthShad said: Harris is relatively small at just above 4,000 acres. I did not realize how workable it is in a kayak until I got the Jon Boat out there. Fishes a lot smaller than I thought. # of kayakers and # of boaters were almost equal some days. Still an awesome lake. Wish I could've caught em Good time of year, you’ll be posting a monster fish on here soon. Even if it’s from MO haha 3 Quote
Super User LrgmouthShad Posted February 1, 2023 Super User Posted February 1, 2023 9 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said: Good time of year, you’ll be posting a monster fish on here soon. Even if it’s from MO haha Meh. I don't have much experience on any bodies of water here and am currently still bank-ridden. Am considering taking the rest of Feb off from fishing and doing as much as possible to continue taking care of my shoulder so I can look at lightly kayaking in March. Or purchasing a pedal drive kayak. Or a jon boat for myself. But in TX, yeah, I hope to get some nice fish regardless of whether it's from the bank or kayak. If I can find the time. Life will start to get really real. For now I'm chillin on BR at 8:30 on a Wednesday thanks for the encouragement man 1 Quote
Blue Raider Bob Posted February 1, 2023 Posted February 1, 2023 1 hour ago, ol'crickety said: Does anyone know why there are so few fish caught? Deep, clear, and highly pressured. 3 Quote
Super User Jigfishn10 Posted February 1, 2023 Super User Posted February 1, 2023 54 minutes ago, Dwight Hottle said: Best one so far for this year. Beauty right there Dwight. Congrtats. 4 Quote
Super User Swamp Girl Posted February 1, 2023 Super User Posted February 1, 2023 25 minutes ago, LrgmouthShad said: purchasing a pedal drive kayak ^THIS!^ I have so much respect for you bank fishermen. I started fishing from the bank because kids can't afford boats. When I could fish from boats, I caught so much more. I think bank fishermen should be allowed to add two inches to each of their fish to compensate for the bank handicap. 59 minutes ago, Dwight Hottle said: Best one so far for this year. Hey, tell that fish to quit eating my bass! 5 minutes ago, Blue Raider Bob said: Deep, clear, and highly pressured. I just checked Tennessee's population, Bob. You've nearly 7,000,000 people. Maine has 1,372,000 people and half of us are too old to fish as we're the oldest state. So, your fish are seeing a lot more lures. 2 Quote
Blue Raider Bob Posted February 1, 2023 Posted February 1, 2023 17 hours ago, ol'crickety said: I did Google Goggins. What a man! Goggins reminds me of this, which I'll pay to have tattooed on Alex's arm: "Life's journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting 'Holy mackerel…what a ride!" Read his book "Can't Hurt Me", if you get a chance. Only person to ever become a Navy SEAL, graduate Ranger School, and Earn Navy/Marine Parachutist Badge. Set record 4,030 pullups in seventeen hours and competed in over 70 Ultra-Marathons. All because his brain-clicked one day and he realized that humans are capable of so much more than mediocrity. 5 Quote
Super User LrgmouthShad Posted February 1, 2023 Super User Posted February 1, 2023 13 minutes ago, Blue Raider Bob said: Read his book "Can't Hurt Me", if you get a chance. Only person to ever become a Navy SEAL, graduate Ranger School, and Earn Navy/Marine Parachutist Badge. Set record 4,030 pullups in seventeen hours and competed in over 70 Ultra-Marathons. All because his brain-clicked one day and he realized that humans are capable of so much more than mediocrity. Yup definitely deserves respect. 13 minutes ago, Blue Raider Bob said: All because his brain-clicked one day and he realized that humans are capable of so much more than mediocrity. You think if I just say to myself, "you're so much better than you are now", I'll actually start catching bass? 2 1 Quote
Super User Swamp Girl Posted February 1, 2023 Super User Posted February 1, 2023 22 minutes ago, LrgmouthShad said: You think if I just say to myself, "you're so much better than you are now", I'll actually start catching bass? I think if you buy that kayak, you'll start fishing bass. Just follow Robert Frost's advice and launch at the lake less fished. That will make all the difference. @Dwight Hottle, do you have any numbers on that bass? Weight or length? 1 Quote
Super User LrgmouthShad Posted February 1, 2023 Super User Posted February 1, 2023 1 minute ago, ol'crickety said: I think if you buy that kayak, you'll start fishing bass. Just follow Robert Frost's advice and launch at the lake less fished. That will make all the difference. Lake less fished is the approach I took in NY. It was an awful lot of fun. 20 fish days were not unusual. There were so many ponds that simply didn't get fished up North. I've since moved to fishing larger more pressured bodies of water. I like the challenge and feel like I learn more. If I catch a large bass from one of these lakes, I feel tremendously more rewarded than if I catch one from an unpressured pond. Not a diss on you or anyone. I love seeing all the wonderful bass you catch in Maine, and it still takes great skill and preparation to catch large bass of any size. I've just always been one to speak my mind on this forum. 2 Quote
Super User Swamp Girl Posted February 1, 2023 Super User Posted February 1, 2023 No diss at all. The water I fish is unpressured, but it's still challenging. It's just a different challenge than big, open, pressured water. I often fish in thickets of wild rice, with more weeds on the surface and just below the surface. When a bass hits, she has weeds everywhere to break free. To even reach these places, I have to carry my canoe through the woods, over fallen trees, and down banks in the dark. The photos of fish only come if I pay my dues. Launching in the foggy dark is also a challenge, as I've watched horror movies and I've an active imagination. Plus, in the foggy dark, there's a lot of life on the water, as critters feel secure in such conditions and approach me, so I have to remind myself that Mother Nature sends them and not Stephen King. Sometimes I have to drive down old, muddy logging roads to reach a pond, which requires a different set of skills. I sometimes paddle up to a wall of wild rice. I'll paddle along it looking for a narrow break. Then I enter a maze. I'm amazed I don't get lost in those mazes, but I'm always able to find my way home. I was only uncertain a couple times and I had a rush of panic, but then I settled myself and got busy solving the maze. I should take more pictures of these places, as I only take pictures of the pretty, open water, but that's not where I'm catching most of the bass. Kayaks and canoes are made for such places. It would be a shame to waste your kayak's potential. 3 Quote
Super User LrgmouthShad Posted February 1, 2023 Super User Posted February 1, 2023 12 minutes ago, ol'crickety said: No diss at all. The water I fish is unpressured, but it's still challenging. It's just a different challenge than big, open, pressured water. I often fish in thickets of wild rice, with more weeds on the surface and just below the surface. When a bass hits, she has weeds everywhere to break free. To even reach these places, I have to carry my canoe through the woods, over fallen trees, and down banks in the dark. The photos of fish only come if I pay my dues. Launching in the foggy dark is also a challenge, as I've watched horror movies and I've an active imagination. Plus, in the foggy dark, there's a lot of life on the water, as critters feel secure in such conditions and approach me, so I have to remind myself that Mother Nature sends them and not Stephen King. Sometimes I have to drive down old, muddy logging roads to reach a pond, which requires a different set of skills. I sometimes paddle up to a wall of wild rice. I'll paddle along it looking for a narrow break. Then I enter a maze. I'm amazed I don't get lost in those mazes, but I'm always able to find my way home. I was only uncertain a couple times and I had a rush of panic, but then I settled myself and got busy solving the maze. I should take more pictures of these places, as I only take pictures of the pretty, open water, but that's not where I'm catching most of the bass. Kayaks and canoes are made for such places. It would be a shame to waste your kayak's potential. Yup. Love your method. You keep doing you and I'll keep doing me 1 Quote
Super User Swamp Girl Posted February 1, 2023 Super User Posted February 1, 2023 22 minutes ago, LrgmouthShad said: Yup. Love your method. You keep doing you and I'll keep doing me Quote
Super User AlabamaSpothunter Posted February 1, 2023 Super User Posted February 1, 2023 3 hours ago, TnRiver46 said: You should try some of our 30,000 acre reservoirs that most refer to as the Dead Sea or fort lousy, your worst days would be banner days writing home to momma just watch bassmaster classic this year, there will be elite series pros that zero each day Yeah I've been torn over whether the Classic should be held on notoriously tough lakes/rivers or if they should go to a lake like OH Ivie and make people's heads explode. I grew up in the era of notoriously tough lakes, I mean in 92 and 93 IIrc they were at Lake Logan Martin here in AL. That and Lake Martin are dink factories. I'm pumped to watch the Classic this year, haven't watched one since I started fishing again. 2 hours ago, Dwight Hottle said: Best one so far for this year. Holy smokes Dwight, what a magnificent fat fish! How about some details man, weight, what you caught her on? Your fans want to know! ? 2 Quote
Global Moderator TnRiver46 Posted February 1, 2023 Global Moderator Posted February 1, 2023 6 minutes ago, AlabamaSpothunter said: Yeah I've been torn over whether the Classic should be held on notoriously tough lakes/rivers or if they should go to a lake like OH Ivie and make people's heads explode. I grew up in the era of notoriously tough lakes, I mean in 92 and 93 IIrc they were at Lake Logan Martin here in AL. That and Lake Martin are dink factories. I'm pumped to watch the Classic this year, haven't watched one since I started fishing again. Holy smokes Dwight, what a magnificent fat fish! How about some details man, weight, what you caught her on? Your fans want to know! ? There are a whole lot of folks getting skunked at ivie too, those are now the smartest fish in America 1 Quote
Super User LrgmouthShad Posted February 1, 2023 Super User Posted February 1, 2023 Just now, TnRiver46 said: smartest fish in America Oh boy. Wait till @Deleted account sees this 3 Quote
Global Moderator TnRiver46 Posted February 1, 2023 Global Moderator Posted February 1, 2023 1 minute ago, LrgmouthShad said: Oh boy. Wait till @Deleted account sees this Bet he won’t go to Ivie and try it tho 2 Quote
Super User LrgmouthShad Posted February 1, 2023 Super User Posted February 1, 2023 Just now, TnRiver46 said: Bet he won’t go to Ivie and try it tho HA. ?? Call 'im out! 1 Quote
Super User AlabamaSpothunter Posted February 1, 2023 Super User Posted February 1, 2023 3 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said: There are a whole lot of folks getting skunked at ivie too, those are now the smartest fish in America Somebody will always figure them out if they are there, not me....but somebody ? 1 Quote
Global Moderator TnRiver46 Posted February 1, 2023 Global Moderator Posted February 1, 2023 18 minutes ago, AlabamaSpothunter said: Somebody will always figure them out if they are there, not me....but somebody ? The skunk trips don’t really blow up on social media haha. But I’ve heard some interviews and it’s happening. That’s why josh jones started throwing the little jig, they wouldn’t hit his umbrella anymore, surely because all of America showed up there throwing a rigs the last two years 2 Quote
Super User Deleted account Posted February 1, 2023 Super User Posted February 1, 2023 39 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said: Bet he won’t go to Ivie and try it tho I'm a degenerate gambler (who spends a lot of other folks money) What did you have in mind?... Quote
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