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[Swamp Girl]

1 hour ago, IcatchDinks said:

When I grow up, I wanna be like @Pat Brown

 

Take a number!

[Swamp Girl]

This morning was strange. I rose at 3:00 a.m. and launched too early. I caught a couple bass in the dark. Then, when it was light enough to see the weeds, they largely weren't there because we had three inches of rain two days ago. Yep, the bog had risen over the weeds. I caught 20 bass before 7:30 and then two bass in the next 1.5 hours. It was a good morning for birds, with owls, eagles, and herons. The pics start with the bog and end with the main lure I used, which had a feathered tail at the start of the morning. Hey, I also caught a couple bass on a frog! I also used a T-rigged six-inch Senko and a T-rigged Rage Tail and had hits on both, but caught nothing because I set the hook so soon so that I don't gut hook them. Here are the pics:

 

 

[herder]

Well after not being able to get out for a little while, a friend invited me and my son to a private lake up in North Jersey.
 Not sure about the rest of the country but here many of the lakes are private communities.
Anyway, we launched our kayaks at 9:00am, and it took a couple of hrs to find some willing participants.
 I forgot my depthfinder so I was a little lost for a while as I’m always checking for drop offs etc, this lake though has a max depth of around 14 ft, water visibility was around 2 ft.
Finally was able to find em on the shady sides of docks and pontoon boats.
Wound up with 6 Largemouths, 6 Smallmouths and one Sunfish.
All throwing a wacky worm and 3” Keitech Swing Impact on a 1/8 jighead.
Sizes went from 6” to 18”

 

 

[Fishlegs]

I think it's so interesting how diverse bass fishing can be. This thought comes from @Dominat0r's picture of a 4 lber standing on a sidewalk next to what looks like professionally manicured grass, versus @ol'crickety's pictures from a bog that she drags her canoe through what looks like untouched wilderness to get to. Very cool that bass can be caught in both places.

[Mbirdsley]

15 hours ago, IcatchDinks said:

@Mbirdsley that looks like a pretty awesome day on the river. I've never fished the Titabawasee, which is ridiculous because I only live about half an hour away from it. I'm gonna have get out that way sometime. 

it’s worth the half hour drive.  im fishing the titabawassee  in saginaw.  i don’t know if you have boat or kayak.  right now with the water levels being up i can get my 16.5 ft 90 hp boat probably,  up stream 5-6 miles to immerman park.  if you have a kayak starting at the titabawassee road bridge and south there are parks or over passes every 2-3 miles to take out from.

 

once the majority of  walleye leave and go back out to the saginaw bay (some walleye always stay ). the fishing pressure drops way off.  ran into one other boat yesterday.  the closer you get to the confluence 2 miles east of center street launch  ( titabawassee and shiawassee form the saginaw river ) you will see guys fishing for channel and flat head catfish. 

 

i’ve pulled 15-20 lbs channel cats out of the titt.  i’ve got a 20 lbs flat head out of the saginaw before. 

 

i believe it’s actually better smallie fishing north from the dow dam in midland to sanford where the dam used to be.

 

i know they pulled a couple huge muskie out of the river around sandford so you never know where one could pop up now that sanford lake is no longer there. 

14 hours ago, MIbassyaker said:

 

 

100% -- Seasonally, smallies are firing up in the rivers just as largemouth in the lakes are slowing down.  The rivers here can be spectacular on a hot day, and a lot of them have stretches that are really underfished.

i only saw one other boat up stream from the launch.  there were a couple more at the launch but, they went down stream looking for the big channel and flat heads. 

[Swamp Girl]

35 minutes ago, Fishlegs said:

I think it's so interesting how diverse bass fishing can be. This thought comes from @Dominat0r's picture of a 4 lber standing on a sidewalk next to what looks like professionally manicured grass, versus @ol'crickety's pictures from a bog that she drags her canoe through what looks like untouched wilderness to get to. Very cool that bass can be caught in both places.

 

Good point. Then there are Mexico and California reservoirs with their brown banks and the Everglades maze and the mighty St. Lawrence and the great Great Lakes and muddy streams and mountain rivers and farm ponds and on and on. Bass adapt. 

[IcatchDinks]

30 minutes ago, Mbirdsley said:

i don’t know if you have boat or kayak. 

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i believe it’s actually better smallie fishing north from the dow dam in midland to sanford where the dam used to be.

I usually bank fish, but I have ready access to a canoe whenever I need it. Which of course I would utilize on the Titabawasee.

 

That's great news, because I'm closer to Midland than I am Saginaw. (I live in Mount Pleasant. 

[MN Fisher]

Been on the water since 6am...almost 1pm now and this my best so far. 1.3lbs on an offset 3/16 Ned with a Zoom Trick Worm in Green Pumpkin Magic

 

Still got a couple hours so who knows..

 

[TnRiver46]

13 hours ago, MIbassyaker said:

 

 

100% -- Seasonally, smallies are firing up in the rivers just as largemouth in the lakes are slowing down.  The rivers here can be spectacular on a hot day, and a lot of them have stretches that are really underfished.

I just cast to the left of all the inner tubers…..

[Dominat0r]

6 hours ago, IcatchDinks said:

When I grow up, I wanna be like @Pat Brown

 

Nice catch, man! 

 

@Dominat0r I think following your streak is the most invested I've been in a sporting event since 2012 when the Tigers made it to the World Series! Keep it up! 

Appreciate that man. You seem to be on a streak yourself. Good stuff. Love having a goal set and working hard towards it. Rain or shine. Heat or mosquitoes. Even though it’s not terribly difficult, it still feels good to accomplish something you set you mind to. 
 

I love this group of people. We are from all walks of life and here we are with a common interest that brings us all together. You guys are amazing and appreciate all the words of encouragement. Good fishing to you all. 

[thediscochef]

4 hours ago, ol'crickety said:

This morning was strange. I rose at 3:00 a.m. and launched too early. I caught a couple bass in the dark. Then, when it was light enough to see the weeds, they largely weren't there because we had three inches of rain two days ago. Yep, the bog had risen over the weeds. I caught 18 bass before 7:30 and then two bass in the next 1.5 hours. It was a good morning for birds, with owls, eagles, and herons. The pics start with the bog and end with the main lure I used, which had a feathered tail at the start of the morning. Hey, I also caught a couple bass on a frog! I also used a T-rigged six-inch Senko and a T-rigged Rage Tail and had hits on both, but caught nothing because I set the hook so soon so that I don't gut hook them. Here are the pics:

 

 

I haven't had a good topwater day in a while, those are so much fun. and I feel you with the gut hooking thing, I'd rather blank than have to deal with that on a decent fish

[Swamp Girl]

14 minutes ago, thediscochef said:

good topwater day

 

I love them so much that I'm fishing topwater 80% of the time. I will happily catch fewer fish to catch them up top. I was catching them topwater when the water was still cold. And I catch them topwater some mornings when the Sun is blazing. This morning, the Sun killed the topwater bite, but it often doesn't. 

 

#Ithrilltokaspoosh!

 

40 minutes ago, Dominat0r said:

 

I love this group of people. We are from all walks of life and here we are with a common interest that brings us all together.

 

Heck, yeah!

[Team9nine]

Stuck in low pressure la-la land today, the day after a storm system came through and dumped a bunch of rain on us. Some sun and some clouds, a WNW wind at 10 mph, and a little high and stained water. Caught my first bass on the second cast, and then a second one a few minutes later. Once I got past the threat of the potential “ @ol'crickety curse,” I was able to settle in and just fish without worry ?

 

Ended the afternoon with 21 bass, all on finesse jig and trailer. Most were out a little deeper and off the bank, and while bites were aggressive at times, the fish showed very little sign they were in any mood to chase. Best fish of the day had a pretty sizable mouth, but not the body to match. Might have been an old fish past his prime, kinda’ like me ?

 

Last pic is just one of those random shots the phone decides to take on its own every now and then, usually when getting taken out, or put back into my pocket 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Swamp Girl]

18 minutes ago, Team9nine said:

Stuck in low pressure la-la land today, the day after a storm system came through and dumped a bunch of rain on us. Some sun and some clouds, a WNW wind at 10 mph, and a little high and stained water. Caught my first bass on the second cast, and then a second one a few minutes later. Once I got past the threat of the potential “ @ol'crickety curse,” I was able to settle in and just fish without worry ?

 

Ended the afternoon with 21 bass, all on finesse jig and trailer. Most were out a little deeper and off the bank, and while bites were aggressive at times, the fish showed very little sign they were in any mood to chase. Best fish of the day had a pretty sizable mouth, but not the body to match. Might have been an old fish past his prime, kinda’ like me ?

 

Last pic is just one of those random shots the phone decides to take on its own every now and then, usually when getting taken out, or put back into my pocket 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

You caught the Hunchback of Notre Dame! Note the Cro-Magnon brow ridge too. 

 

Is my curse catching just one bass? If so, I agree. 

 

#fourorfivetimesin2023Icouldn'tcatchmorethanonebass

[Team9nine]

2 hours ago, ol'crickety said:

 

Is my curse catching just one bass? If so, I agree. 

Yeah, when you asked if I only ever catch just one bass, or blank, and I replied both happen, but very rarely. That’s a sure setup for either or both to happen to me soon ?

[IcatchDinks]

I have two updates. Tuesday, I went fishing with a friend from church. I caught a boatload of rock bass, several smallmouth, and way more chub than I wanted to deal with. (stupid, grunting, slimy, useless little creatures.) I only got picture of two because we were wading in the river and it's hard to manage fish, pole, and phone at the same time without dropping one or all of them in the river: 

My buddy couldn't land a single fish. 

 

Then today I had an hour to fish, so I went pond hopping. First pond I couldn't catch any fish, but I didn't get skunked: 

 

 

Note the indignant look on his face as if it's my fault he can't tell a white plastic lure from real food. I flew him like a kite until he gave up and let me catch him. He'd hooked himself pretty good, and wouldn't open his beak to let me help him, but I finally managed to get the hooks out of his mouth with minimal blood

 

Then I went to the other pond. I thought I was gonna get skunked, but right before I had to go, I hooked a nice 15 inch bass. SOME people here, don't believe me when I take pictures with the measurements, so you just get to guess if I'm telling the truth by looking at the picture: 

 

 

And then on my last cast of the day, I hooked an actual whale. It was a horrible, exhausting fight (think Old Man And The Sea meets Biblical Jonah) but I finally landed her. Just look at that beast: 

 

[treble hook]

Caught a few this evening. Here’s a couple of the better ones…

[Dominat0r]

Streak day 66. Was raining, a lot, but got out for a few to get my fish of the day, got on a blazin worm. Man even with the rain, the temp was 85F. 

 

 

 

 

[thediscochef]

Well I blanked a few times since the last big girl I posted here. Got on some today. 

Started the day looking at the east side of the lake but it was chop city. Went west which was a much more pleasant place to cast, but lacked in the fish. Went back east and found a big school of sandies off the pier. Lost a nice spotted bass at the bank. Oof. The sandies went off deep and so I started scouting a bite on the other side of the pier. Made a very similar cast that caught the 7-5 earlier this week, and hooked into a PB flathead. 13lb 5oz. Inhaled the exact same lipless as the big bass. I gave the catfish to a very nice family that was out fishing for a fry and kept fishing. Caught the tiny spotted bass. Then snapped the lure off on a rock. RIP PB machine. You will be replaced immediately. Then I forgot to dig out the snag in my spool and snapped off my other 3/4oz red eye shad on its first ever cast. What a roller coaster. I'm gonna take a shot, wait an hour, and then go to bass pro. Lol

[Swamp Girl]

That catfish looks like Satan's oldest, nastiest sock. I'm sure it'll taste better than it looks!

 

Sorry you lost your PB machine, @thediscochef!

[gim]

5 minutes ago, ol'crickety said:

That catfish looks like Satan's oldest, nastiest sock.

Ya it does.  Honestly does not even look like a catfish to me.

[thediscochef]

9 minutes ago, ol'crickety said:

That catfish looks like Satan's oldest, nastiest sock. I'm sure it'll taste better than it looks!

 

Sorry you lost your PB machine, @thediscochef!

I believe it may have smelled similar LOL 

 

I'll get another one but with the zowire hooks those things are like 10 bucks 

[Blue Raider Bob]

26 minutes ago, thediscochef said:

I'm gonna take a shot, wait an hour

Shot of what?

Don't take a shot of anything stronger that iced tea and go to BPS with a credit card! Not a good mixture! You might leave there with a new boat!

[thediscochef]

Just now, Blue Raider Bob said:

Shot of what?

Don't take a shot of anything stronger that iced tea and go to BPS with a credit card! Not a good mixture!

Bourbon, and that's a cash-only trip for me, sir ??

[bp_fowler]

 

Took my nephew fishing yesterday,  we’d been getting pounded with rain the previous night and early that morning.  But I figured it’d be fun to get him outside.

 

Of course we didn’t do great, only a few dinks but we fun.