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[N Florida Mike]

We did our Georges lake trip today, even though a front had come through. Low Temps in the high 40s . When we launched it was bluebird skies and in the 50s. Wind 10-15. Later went up to 15-20.

So we launched, get to our first spot, and the TM won’t work. Dead batteries. So back we go to the ramp. Jeff goes to the closet town to get new batteries. Finally get back on the water and try to fish our normal way, which is the northside to the westside of the lake.

But the wind has really picked up. So out of necessity we went to the only fishable water, which is the SE corner of the lake. 
This is the part we rarely fish. We’ve been going there now for 40 years, and Ive fished that corner maybe 3 times.Scattered docks, pads, and sparse grass patches. We ended up catching 15 , but nothing big.  I got the dink of the day honors and most fish caught. Jeff caught most of his fish on the red shad culprit. I caught all of mine on the uv speed worm. 
Not too bad considering the weather. 

[N Florida Mike]

Hit another work route pond today. It was raining and the fish were fired up. I caught 10 and lost nearly as many , all about the same size. I caught 7-8 of them on a uv speed worm. The same one. It was so torn up I could just barely hook it.  I finally cut it about 1/4 inch and caught another one.Caught the rest on a yum dinger that was already torn up!

And no, I’m not on the clock!

[TnRiver46]

@N Florida Mike, you gotta get yourself onto that clock while fishing! We only get one life 😂 

[thediscochef]

First ever fish on a skirted jig. Slammed it up under the pier in about 10-15fow. Had to pack up and go after that but it was nice to add to the list of lures I feel capable with 

[PaulVE64]

Cold up in Canada. Water temps are high 40s

Hockey season is here and the rare base is biting.

[PhishLI]

We finally dipped down to 32* the other morning. 44* with 15mph winds last night. Brrrrr. My fingertips were burning. I'm ordering electric underwear.

 

Trout just got stocked. The best part of the night was finding a school of 9 inchers up close to the shore with a massive pickerel hovering motionless right in the middle of them. My headlamp froze them all in place and I was able to wade right into the thick of the scene. Had to gently poke the pickerel with my rod to get it to move. It was either completely stuffed or just a totally locked in assassin.

 

Got a few bites then I split. Big Bite Baits jerk minnow in alewife.

[Swamp Girl]

5 minutes ago, PhishLI said:

The best part of the night was finding a school of 9 inchers up close to the shore with a massive pickerel hovering motionless right in the middle of them. My headlamp froze them all in place and I was able to wade right into the middle of the scene. Had to gently poke the pickerel with my rod to get it to move. It was either completely stuffed or just a totally locked in assassin.

 

Cool story!

[Woody B]

We've had our first cold nights here.  The low a couple nights ago was 26.   It was 32 when I launched my boat this morning.  Water temp is down 5 degrees to 63.   The lake isn't showing signs of turning over yet.   It's low, we've had very little rain for quite some time.   Fishing was slow, but I guess steady.  The Bass weren't schooled up.  That's strange, since spots are usually schooled up year round.   I caught 8, all spots.  A few were what I call "micro bass".   Little super aggressive 10 inchers.   The first and last (both pictured) were the biggest at ~16 inches.   First was at 8:32, last was a 10:42.   I saw a couple people duck hunting.....so I'm guessing duck season is in now.  I also saw a deer swim across a really wide channel.   A co worker is deer hunting today so I sent him a video of the deer in the middle of the lake.   While I was watching the deer a really fast bass boat came by, heading right toward the deer to stay away from me.  I was just idling.  I blew my horn and pointed toward the deer.   He swerved to miss it, then turned around, came back toward me and yelled "thanks".   We have plenty of deer/automobile crashes here.  I suspect a deer/boat crash would be bad.  Bass were scattered and hugging the bottom, mostly around 10 to 15 feet deep near channel swings.   I caught 5 on a Shakey head, 2 on a bladed jig, and 1 on a lipless crank.   I also caught a smallish Yellow Perch on a lipless.   

 

[BassSteve]

Hey,

 

Caught this decent peacock this morning held up near a structure, just thought to share. Be well everyone 

[TnRiver46]

Got a bass while crappie fishing, bout 13” under a dock that was loaded with crappie 

[BassSteve]

Good morning happy Sunday 😎

 

Caught yet again another nice peacock bass this morning, almost landed a baby one but it jumped off. Have a nice day everyone 

[Swamp Girl]

@BassSteve: Those peacocks' faces look human. Do they ever look that way to you too?

[BassSteve]

2 minutes ago, ol'crickety said:

@BassSteve: Those peacocks' faces look human. Do they ever look that way to you too?

Lol yes they do seem to have more human characteristics in the face 😆

[BassSteve]

40 minutes ago, ol'crickety said:

@BassSteve: Those peacocks' faces look human. Do they ever look that way to you too?

And they are just as aggressive as humans to boot!! Lol

[Swamp Girl]

33 minutes ago, BassSteve said:

And they are just as aggressive as humans to boot!! Lol

 

Don't be surprised if you catch one and it says, "Dang it! You fooled me again!"

[thediscochef]

Found a small jerkbait bite today...some superdinks and this one decent fish. Went to Lake Athens last night and fished a spook, had four blowup just the one small hookset though. 

Got some work coming up this week so my time around water will be limited finally. I'm not complaining

[BassSteve]

Hey

 

Caught yet another nice sized peacock this afternoon on a 3" white paddle tail swimbait. This one had more vibrant color

[ElGuapo928]

Pulled in this bruiser today. Dang near smoked the drag🤣

[TnRiver46]

My wife said she wanted to go on a boat adventure and drove us all the way up to the dam, long ride but a nice day for it with pretty leaves everywhere. Water was gushing fast from the generators and 59 degrees. Got a smallie with the st croix mojo bass and saw some big trout swipe at baits, fun boat adventure 

[Woody B]

I lost count of dinks today.   I went up the creeks chasing bait, but all the bass were 10 inch spots.   I went back out onto the main lake and caught 8 "real" bass between 14" and 18".   The "real" bass were on points, humps and at the ends of deep docks in 15 to 25 feet of water.   I caught my 1st Alabama rig bass of the season today.  It was a 14" spot on a 20 foot deep hump.   Most were on a shakey head and and Bizz Baits Dizzy Diamond cut down to ~4".

 

I had some entertainment.   I was fishing some docks that had over 20 feet of water at the ends.  2 boats come up to a state "planted" fake Christmas tree across a small channel from where I was(maybe 50 yards away).  They start cussing each other yelling "I was here first" along with all kinds of "F" bombs and taking the Lords name in vain.   I caught the 17" Largemouth.   I held it up where they could see and yelled "Y'all need to quit all that cussing and either fight or fish".    They both stormed off without making a single cast.   I started to go over there and fish but I've never caught anything at the fake trees.  They're marked by the state, so everyone knows where they're at.  They're not like the cane piles or other brushpiles you have to actually find yourself.   

 

Pictured are a 17" Largemouth, a 17" Spot and an 18" spot. 

 

 

[Pat Brown]

 

Been a dink fest and missed some big fish this week but finally connected with this stud on the buzzbait in some lily pads today.  Been plenty of dinks but this is the first 4+ in a while and it felt oh so good.

[Swamp Girl]

Big. Bass. Pat. 

 

That's a thick fish. Did she jump? Plunge into weeds?

[Pat Brown]

I say this a lot but it's the one that didn't make it to the boat that I'm more inclined to describe: day BEFORE yesterday I hit these pads on a very short afternoon outting on a whim and on my first cast i was treated to white misty explosion maybe 4 feet wide and two feet high very near the very back of the lily pad field.  I mean the biggest blow up I've ever seen ever.  The sound was like dynamite.  The lily pads that had been sitting barely moving all lay adrift in the pulsing current from her mass.

 

She did have it.  I did feel her pulling.  Didn't get a hook in her.  I wasn't ready and didn't hesitate  at all and when I felt her on there, I pulled back and I felt something but came back with a shish kabob of pad leaves and stems.

 

Not three minutes later after Meagan and Jake and I exchange whispered excitement and are getting ready to make another cast when....she breeches.  Now I say she...like she was the only fish in there.  Well I think she was.  It is a very small patch of pads and nothing else sniffed our bait day before yesterday.  But anyways...this fish was the same size class as my 11.5 and she was DARK green.  The pads come to a thick point as they jut out into the main lake and that is where she breeched.  She breeched vertically and all but the bottom of her tail came up for a split second.  She was close to a foot wide from pectoral fin to pectoral fin.  Her belly was NOT fat at all yet in fact she appeared to have spawned late a second time judging by how concave she appeared.  She was the darkest fish I've ever seen that was a bass.  I'm just thankful I got a bite out of her.  We slowed way down and threw the quiet  and sneaky kitchen sink at the pads. Before we knew it, it was time to go.

 

Yesterday we had more free time and made a bee line for the pads two hours before the lake closed to give us ample time to harass the fish in the small lily pad patch before closing time.  I caught a fish on my first cast to a laydown outside the pads.  3 lber.  1/2 oz jig n chunk.

 

I cast the jig JUST to the edge of the pads and catch a 2 lber.

 

I decide, might as well go for it and pick up the buzzbait.  First cast I SEE what looks like a 6+ grab and spit it faster than lightning in a pad opening 10 feet from the boat on a long cast and this gets my heart pumping.  Next cast I stick the 4.5 lber.

 

So 3 fish now in 5 minutes out of the pads for a total of 9-10 lbs and I missed a 6.

 

The 4.5 hit with a nice low midrange heavy wet toilet bowl slurp and immediately dove to the left and felt like she practically hooked herself.

 

I had to use muscle and 40 lb braid to winch her out of the pads but these pads truly are optimal in that they are sparse and have lots of space between each stem.  Any thicker and I would have had to go in for her.

 

All I know is I'm gonna be fishing pads in cold water with a buzzbait for the rest of my life 🥹😁😝🐟🎣

[Swamp Girl]

It sounds like Pat witnessed the eruption of Bassatoa, the fishy sister of Krakatoa. Luckily, I had a drone in the air and got video of the hit:

 

 

It is amazing how much water a big bass can move.

 

Thanks for the telling, Pat!

[Pat Brown]

@ol'crickety I reckon I'm gonna more deliberately and methodically and exclusively finesse the whole pad field and see where that gets me.  I just got antsy and excited 😝