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[RipzLipz]

@Blue Raider Bob @Pat Brown I’d say it’s got either some redbreast or longear going on with it as well due to the longer "ear". Might also have muted colors for early season or muddy/stained water.

[Blue Raider Bob]

3 hours ago, Pat Brown said:

I reckon that's a green sunfish but fairly pale on account of winter time. It could be a green sunfish bluegill hybrid or a green sunfish red ear hybrid.  Definitely got green sunfish in it.  It has the tropical facial stuff going on.

I'm thinking hybrid Pat. Our Greenies have a distinct yellow/orange edge on all fins. That long earlobe makes me think Redbreast, but that mouth is more like wolfhound. No telling but it ate the bait!

[TnRiver46]

Redbreast 

[GreenPig]

Only caught two today. But I did hook, fought, and lost my first truly magnum Spot. That thing had to be six pounds. Looked like a football with a head and tail.

[Swamp Girl]

19 minutes ago, GreenPig said:

But I did hook, fought, and lost my first truly magnum Spot. That thing had to be six pounds. Looked like a football with a head and tail.

 

Arrrgh! I don't wail for you, brother. I wail with you, as I've lost footballs with fins too. 

[Pat Brown]

2 hours ago, TnRiver46 said:

Redbreast 

 

That looks right!

[AlabamaSpothunter]

@GreenPig  Hate hearing that but the silver lining is you know where they live now.  You'll have another shot no doubt buddy!  

 

@Pat Brown  It's comical and equally impressive at this point where you can catch Bass, to the point I wish you had a GoPro.      

[Swamp Girl]

24 minutes ago, AlabamaSpothunter said:

@Pat Brown  It's comical and equally impressive at this point where you can catch Bass, to the point I wish you had a GoPro.   

 

As @Blue Raider Bob said so well, Pat could catch bass in a dew drop. 

[TnRiver46]

1 hour ago, Pat Brown said:

 

That looks right!

I forgot it was a pond, I guess it could be anything in there. I think stocked sunfish can be all manner of hybrid 

[FishTax]

I've got my new buzzbait tied on and have dedicated a rod to it, and am determined not to take it off until I start catching them on it. @Pat Brown has inspired me. No time is the wrong time for a buzz bait.. apparently  

So awesome to see you hauling them in nonstop. And motivating to pay more attention to the ponds around the area for quick stops!

[Pat Brown]

I just got a GoPro and I might try to videotape some buzz bait catches tonight because I'm going to that pond that was on fire a couple days ago that's next to my son's basketball practice tonight. It will help to be able to show people my retrieve because I think it's a big part of getting bit.

 

It's about the most fun way to catch a bass there is I do believe and for some reason it works on fish that have been caught a lot and during all seasons where water is wet.

 

The crazy part is, in my opinion, the perfect water temperature for a buzz bait is basically about to hit for the next 2 months and I predict that when we get to that 55 to 60° range it's going to be nuts.

 

They're already starting to hit it like crazy.

 

This morning I got a couple dinks before work on the lipless and that was only a 45 minutes session and I missed two bites. So I'm thinking that all the little guys are moving up. Looking to make beds in the next couple week with the full moon approaching.

 

Thankfully Jake got a toad on the lipless after work yesterday!

 

 

[Swamp Girl]

I love when Jake and Pops out in California catch bass. 

[bp_fowler]

First time out in a while.  Didn’t think the weather would cooperate at first as it was raining and the wind was brutal.  
 

Once I got to the spot the rain let up but the wind really made me regret not bringing my spinning rod.  You can see it a bit in this first picture but it really doesn’t do it justice.  

Fished for about an hour and only got one bite that happened so close to the bank that it took me by surprise and I couldn’t get the hook in em.

 

Disappointed I started heading back to where I parked my car and made a few more casts on my way.  Since I got bite shallow I targeted those areas with my parting casts and wouldn’t you know it, now I’m on the board in 2024.

[Creek Pirate]

Creek was up a foot when I arrived at daylight.It was tough paddling upstream.They only wanted a crankbait today.Managed 8.Biggest was 3.6 lbs

 

 

[Pat Brown]

 

Red Eye Shad got it done at the pond today.  Lost a really big one on the way in and a 2-3 lber on the way in but happy to have caught these ones.  Managed 4 little guys at the pond on the buzzbait at sunset.  Bite totally shut down once the sun got too low.

 

 

[Dwight Hottle]

Best one from yesterday trying to figure out the bite on Lake Okeechobee. 
 

[Swamp Girl]

Behold the maw on ^this beast.^

[GreenPig]

Four more Spots today. Two on a micro jig and two on the Ned. 

[AlabamaSpothunter]

@Dwight Hottle  Awesome fish!   You live a charmed Bass fishing live.

[T-Billy]

2 hours ago, AlabamaSpothunter said:

You live a charmed Bass fishing live.

Said the pot to the kettle. 😂😉

[Pat Brown]

Cold front hit hard and had the north wind stirring everything this morning but managed to persuade a couple little guys.  

 

 

Both on the red eye shad.  Gonna get out there after Jake's basketball game and see if I can't find ole Nadine.  I am pretty positive she's gonna be eating around that time.  😎😎😎🎣🎣🎣

[Choporoz]

They are moving up.  Surface temps 46.  Last week they were all 12-15.  This morning everything eating was 4-10 FOW.  Blade bait and finesse jig got smaller ones.  Biggest were on slow hopping Rage Bug.

[RipzLipz]

@Choporoz That bug sure gets bit. My favorite jig trailer. Claws need to be beefed up a bit where they join the body though. I have too many bluegill/redear bite them off.

 

2 hours ago, Pat Brown said:

Cold front hit hard and had the north wind stirring everything this morning

You think it hit you hard - we got 4-5 inches of snow in ~6-7hrs. Will be gone by Monday or Tuesday though. ~25°F today, ~40° tomorrow & ~50° Monday. Should be fishing Tuesday or Wednesday here. 😂

[Creek Pirate]

Went back to the creek.Caught my biggest so far of 2024.Not a big one compared to the bucketmouths posted here but I was happy even though I don't look it lol.

4.62 lbs

 

 

[Swamp Girl]

@Creek Pirate: That's a beauty anywhere.

 

@Choporoz: Wow!

 

20 hours ago, T-Billy said:

Said the pot to the kettle. 😂😉

 

You tell him, Tim! However, I don't think of Dwight and Alex as charred pots. They shine like buffed stainless steel. 

 

1 hour ago, RipzLipz said:

You think it hit you hard - we got 4-5 inches of snow in ~6-7hrs.

 

It's snowing here right now and will drop to 13 degrees tonight, but I can feel winter's grip slipping. I saw an area of open water a couple days ago on a local pond. Yeah, water that was wet!