Fishlegs Posted July 17, 2023 Posted July 17, 2023 Congratulations! @Pat Brown Awesome fish, man! 1 1 Quote
Global Moderator Bluebasser86 Posted July 17, 2023 Global Moderator Posted July 17, 2023 We've got a roadrunner tournament this next weekend. Any public body of water is open to fish in the 3 counties south of the one I live in. Not super excited about it, there really isn't a lot of good options except a couple so even though there is a lot of options, we'll probably all be on the same small lakes anyways. I'm hoping I may have a little wildcard lake but I just don't think it has enough top-end sized fish to get it done. I went out and fished it Saturday and would have put together a pretty decent bag. Thought I had a kicker, but of course it had whiskers. 24 Quote
Super User Swamp Girl Posted July 17, 2023 Super User Posted July 17, 2023 @Bluebasser86: With three 19" fish, I like your chances, plus and 18 and a 17. 2 Quote
Global Moderator Bluebasser86 Posted July 17, 2023 Global Moderator Posted July 17, 2023 1 hour ago, ol'crickety said: @Bluebasser86: With three 19" fish, I like your chances, plus and 18 and a 17. It took 98" to win last year... Quote
Super User Swamp Girl Posted July 17, 2023 Super User Posted July 17, 2023 26 minutes ago, Bluebasser86 said: It took 98" to win last year... You can do it. 1 Quote
FishTax Posted July 18, 2023 Posted July 18, 2023 @Pat Brown incredible fish! Great to see a monster come from local waters, especially this time of year, that's nuts! Motivated me to keep getting after them even mid day. What an awesome story and fish! 2 1 Quote
Super User Team9nine Posted July 18, 2023 Super User Posted July 18, 2023 Caught 16 yesterday and another 14 today, two different locations. Found all these crawdad holes (crayfish condos) within the Chara, so switched to a soft plastic crayfish imitation and it paid off. Had 6 fish in 6 casts at one point today…the first 6 casts of the day. 17 Quote
IcatchDinks Posted July 18, 2023 Posted July 18, 2023 Went out for a couple hours tonight. The only thing they would bite today was the Mepps inline spinner. Which I hate fishing with because it has a tendancy to gill hook the fish. Sure enough, that's exactly what happened. Tried to save him. Instead I took him home and ate him. I don't usually eat fish, because I don't really like fish. But I fried him with garlic, salt, and butter, squeezed some lemon on it, and it wasn't too bad. I've had a bad streak the last couple days: I'll hook massive bass (massive for my ponds.) And then lose them half way through the fight. I hooked two more good ones tonight, and just couldn't land them. Oh well. I know where they live. I'll be back. Dink #1 Dink #2 Dink #3 Eh. He's not so bad: No picture of the one I ate. Bloody fish don't photograph well. 13 Quote
Dominat0r Posted July 18, 2023 Posted July 18, 2023 Streak never stops.....along with the rain. Tropical storm brewing too....fish for 7/18. Got 1 on a shaky head and zoom trick and one on a carolina rig with a zoom lizard, both Junebug color. 11 Quote
Super User MIbassyaker Posted July 18, 2023 Super User Posted July 18, 2023 Finally, after a month of obligations and other distractions, I was able to get back out this morning, and was greeted within three casts by this 4.59lb, who could not resist a Duo Pencil 100: Unfortunately, most of its friends had no trouble resisting anything I threw for the next 4 1/2 hours, aside from four others in the 12"-13" range. At one point a juvenile loon showed up and hung around my area for awhile. Eventually a parent (I assume) swooped in, warbling, and promptly escorted it away: 13 Quote
Super User MIbassyaker Posted July 18, 2023 Super User Posted July 18, 2023 On 7/16/2023 at 7:46 PM, Pat Brown said: Well I'm speechless. I got a fishing story to tell but I'm sunburned and smitten with how happy I am. Double digit achieved. Middle of summer. 1:30 pm. On brush on a point. Motor oil power worm. Pictures and more to come later when I've processed what just happened y'all ?????? Wowza! The power worm strikes again -- congrats! 1 1 Quote
Blue Raider Bob Posted July 18, 2023 Posted July 18, 2023 20 hours ago, Bluebasser86 said: It took 98" to win last year... That leaves me out! 15 hours ago, IcatchDinks said: Went out for a couple hours tonight. The only thing they would bite today was the Mepps inline spinner. Which I hate fishing with because it has a tendancy to gill hook the fish. Sure enough, that's exactly what happened. Tried to save him. Instead I took him home and ate him. I don't usually eat fish, because I don't really like fish. But I fried him with garlic, salt, and butter, squeezed some lemon on it, and it wasn't too bad. I've had a bad streak the last couple days: I'll hook massive bass (massive for my ponds.) And then lose them half way through the fight. I hooked two more good ones tonight, and just couldn't land them. Oh well. I know where they live. I'll be back. Dink #1 Dink #2 Dink #3 Eh. He's not so bad: No picture of the one I ate. Bloody fish don't photograph well. I guess they get the Mepps too far down before hook set. I've had the same issue, that, and it hooks every limb, rock, and Drum swimming. With that said, it gets bites when my standby TicklerZ doesn't. 4 Quote
Global Moderator Bluebasser86 Posted July 18, 2023 Global Moderator Posted July 18, 2023 5 minutes ago, Blue Raider Bob said: That leaves me out! I'm not sure I could put that bag together with my biggest 5 this year, let alone a single day. Quote
Super User Swamp Girl Posted July 18, 2023 Super User Posted July 18, 2023 2 minutes ago, Bluebasser86 said: I'm not sure I could put that bag together with my biggest 5 this year, let alone a single day. You underestimate your catches. We've seen what you catch. #bumpboarddon'tlie 1 Quote
Blue Raider Bob Posted July 18, 2023 Posted July 18, 2023 1 hour ago, Bluebasser86 said: I'm not sure I could put that bag together with my biggest 5 this year, let alone a single day. I think you could! 1 1 Quote
Aaron_H Posted July 19, 2023 Posted July 19, 2023 Headed out behind the house for an hour this evening once the lightning let up. Water was flowing well and bass were feeding heavily. No big mommas cruising but lots of little 10-15" bass bunched in together. Got 7 on a watermelon/red senko, then came back in with a 1/10 oz watermelon/red Ned Bug for another 6, which got me the smallest (and biggest) of the hour. Weather Thursday looks promising, if it holds out I'll hopefully be able to hit one of my favorite spots. Fingers crossed the activity is close to this, there are some biiig girls in that spot. 18 Quote
Super User gim Posted July 19, 2023 Super User Posted July 19, 2023 Hey @Aaron_H you are in violation of the haircut policy. Time for a trim. 1 2 Quote
Aaron_H Posted July 19, 2023 Posted July 19, 2023 9 minutes ago, gimruis said: Hey @Aaron_H you are in violation of the haircut policy. Time for a trim. Surprised it's taken you this long to notice, I haven't had a haircut since Feb 2018 ? 1 6 Quote
Super User gim Posted July 19, 2023 Super User Posted July 19, 2023 26 minutes ago, Aaron_H said: Surprised it's taken you this long to notice, I haven't had a haircut since Feb 2018 ? I was only recently designated as the haircut police like a month ago lol 3 3 Quote
keagbassr Posted July 19, 2023 Posted July 19, 2023 Got out this morning about 7-10:30, only boated 3 bass all on a spinnerbait with the best weighing 4-9. Also had one looked 4+ hit and spit at the boat,she was jumping before I even knew she was on. --bonus pic of a 3-5 I caught on a 10" worm last week. (Wednesday? I think). 20 Quote
Super User Team9nine Posted July 19, 2023 Super User Posted July 19, 2023 Another day, another dozen bass. Nothing special size wise except for the hybrid gill/green sunfish - he was 10.75” and bigger than some bass I’ve caught this year ? 20 Quote
Global Moderator 12poundbass Posted July 19, 2023 Global Moderator Posted July 19, 2023 Dang @Team9nine that’s a giant gill! 2 1 Quote
Global Moderator TnRiver46 Posted July 19, 2023 Global Moderator Posted July 19, 2023 Fun evening after work, even got a striper with a hellgrammite 18 Quote
Super User LrgmouthShad Posted July 19, 2023 Super User Posted July 19, 2023 I hadn't been on the water for almost two weeks. Just had stuff going on. So after work today, I spontaneously decided that I was going to go, and I was gonna take the kayak too. Went out to Stillhouse and fished for 2 hours. Finally got the quality bass I'm looking for. I really like 5+lbers. They just make me happy. So today was the first. Got a 5 even and a smaller one too. Bass are so weird, y'all. I threw a worm the most, because that's what they've primarily liked recently. For this trip, I brought 3 bags of worms and one spinnerbait. I should have brought two spinnerbaits. It's what they wanted. I actually broke off a great sized one and I think it was because I missed something in the line. That kinda hurts, but I ain't gonna beat myself up about it. This was just a spontaneous trip to make myself feel better. Still so much I want to say, but I'll try and keep it brief. That 5lber was the absolute spunkiest bass I've caught. It leapt 4 times vertically out of the water. Just directly upwards, y'all. Head pointed to the sky. It thrashed in the boat a ton and left my left thumb bleeding. Okay last thing. That 5lber and the one I broke off were really really shallow, and the water is 90 degrees or just under in some places. I was still structure fishing. 18 Quote
IcatchDinks Posted July 19, 2023 Posted July 19, 2023 Caught nine fish today. All on either the spinner or a gold spoon. Not like I didn't try other baits. They just like flashy stuff right now, I guess. Also, because I shut the tip of my main bass rod in the car door, I was using a five foot ultra light with four pound test. Even the dinks I caught felt like monsters! I love Michigan sunsets. It's views like this that remind me how glorious it is to be alive: 16 1 Quote
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