Super User Jar11591 Posted June 24, 2018 Super User Posted June 24, 2018 All about the Top Water today! Some good fish. MegaBass Pop-X did most of the damage. A few came on spinnerbaits as well. 24 Quote
Phil B Posted June 24, 2018 Posted June 24, 2018 I caught this one at one of our conservation area lakes. It hammered a green Freddy b. This lake is covered in Lilly pads, and has all sorts of aquatic vegetation. For me it's one of the best places in the world for frog fishing. 27 Quote
Mbirdsley Posted June 25, 2018 Posted June 25, 2018 I was able to get back out fishing the Saginaw river last Friday the 22nd. Mainly I am in search for bass but, the mixed bag that the river provides is nice. Some where on the river system must have received a lot of rain. Because, the water was almost over the docks at lee st. I have only been fishing the river for the last 9 months and I have never seen the river that high. The day was overcast and a little windy while, the river was a seemed normal maybe a little murkier than normal. I didn't do all that well on the bass but, I was able to get 2 sheep head, 2 bass ( only one pic), a nice pike, and I lost what would have been a personal best walleye on a KVD Crank ( picture). I am guessing the walleye would have went 22 inches and if I had landed it would have kept it. He got behind the boat and I tried horsing him around the out board and I pulled the hook out. One sheep head, one bass, and the northern came on the KVD crank. The bigger sheap head I caught while pitching a yum black/blue/silver flake Christie critter to the underside of a bush. When I set the hook I thought I had a huge small mouth on. However, as he broke the surface I found out that was not the case. I also caught the 14 inch small mouth on the same color Christie Critter I want to get better bass fishing on lakes but, it is nice to have the Saginaw river only 30 minutes from my drive way. 8 Quote
saltybluegrass Posted June 25, 2018 Posted June 25, 2018 Gotta show off the little grandson reeling in an Oscar at over 1 pound 16 Quote
Dirtyeggroll Posted June 25, 2018 Posted June 25, 2018 Finally got one on a Magnum Squarebill (or as I like to call it “the Mondo”). 23 Quote
kens Posted June 26, 2018 Posted June 26, 2018 Used Sexxy shad 5XD to catch these Bass. All with in 1 week.. 19 Quote
sully420 Posted June 26, 2018 Posted June 26, 2018 Caught these last Saturday in Minnesota flippin pads and swimming jigs. Had a 22lb bag between the 2 of us 20 Quote
ShaneWheeler Posted June 27, 2018 Posted June 27, 2018 An Australian Bass and its close cousin the Estuary Perch from a hot bite the other night. 22 Quote
Super User NYWayfarer Posted June 27, 2018 Super User Posted June 27, 2018 On 6/25/2018 at 1:41 AM, saltybluegrass said: Gotta show off the little grandson reeling in an Oscar at over 1 pound That is a Mayan Cichlid, not an Oscar. Still an awesome catch, especially one over a pound! Nice job little man! Quote
WDE Posted June 27, 2018 Posted June 27, 2018 With the temps rising, the midday bite has fallen way off. So I’m hitting it in the morning with success. 7 this morning on the black/blue and junebug Dingers. Largest went 3.2. I was catching them in twos, on almost back to back casts. And this one(top middle of the collage), was just mean. He smashed the bait, and fought like Ali. Then I discovered a potential reason why—obviously some eye trauma(not caused by me). 17 Quote
Super User deep Posted June 28, 2018 Super User Posted June 28, 2018 Caught a long and super skinny one today.. dinks were out in full force too. 14 1 Quote
Super User everythingthatswims Posted June 28, 2018 Super User Posted June 28, 2018 3 hours ago, deep said: Caught a long and super skinny one today.. dinks were out in full force too. I caught an 18.5", an 18.75", and a 19" out there last time I went, all pretty lean, not sure why. There were also lots of 12" schoolers that I played with for a while out in the middle of the lake. 1 Quote
Super User Gundog Posted June 28, 2018 Super User Posted June 28, 2018 13 hours ago, Jim Osborn said: That is one fat hawg. 1 Quote
Super User NHBull Posted June 28, 2018 Super User Posted June 28, 2018 My buddy demonstrates when you "long arm" a 2 pounder 12 3 Quote
Mbirdsley Posted June 29, 2018 Posted June 29, 2018 I know this is a bass forum but, struck out on bass today. Caught this guy on the Saginaw river today. I think it is a flat head. If it is a flat head it is my first one. I was throwing my chatter bait with boot fluke white trailer to some wood and bushes. Before it floated to the bottom he grabbed. I’ve fought a lot of salmon while trolling and this guy will give 18 lbs king a run for its money. I have never felt anything like this while casting. I was using 10lbs big game line. After I netted him the chatter bait fell out of his mouth. He bent the kvd snap all up. He gave my Black maxx rod and reel everything he had and the rod and reel came through with flying colors. 16 Quote
Global Moderator Bluebasser86 Posted June 29, 2018 Global Moderator Posted June 29, 2018 That is without a doubt, a flathead catfish, congrats on your first one. They are one of the hardest pulling fish in freshwater in the US for sure, especially if you get ahold of a really large one. 3 Quote
Super User N Florida Mike Posted June 30, 2018 Super User Posted June 30, 2018 Got my first decent fish in awhile and a few of her friends this evening. They were all over the small June bug yum dingers. 21 Quote
Fairtax4me Posted June 30, 2018 Posted June 30, 2018 Nice to see the Dinger catches decent fish! I picked up a couple packs last week to try. Can't beat the price and they seem to hold up better than senkos. Haven't caught any hogs with them yet but seems like the dinks love them! Quote
Cranks4fun Posted June 30, 2018 Posted June 30, 2018 A buddy and I had a 70-fish Day combined (all LM Bass) recently fishing in kayaks. We both caught fish in excess of 21 inches (5 - 6 1/2 Lb. range) and lots of 3 pounders etc. We were fishing coontail and slop and so there was a lot of hard cranking and lifting. We used everything: frogs, toads (Ribbits), Yum Dingers, Power worms, whopper Ploppers, buzzbaits, and even a few crankbaits and spinnerbaits on the edges. When the day was over we both had sore wrists and elbows and scratched up fingers and thumbs. It took about 48 hours to fully recover from the soreness but it still felt gooood. 23 Quote
WolfyBrandon Posted June 30, 2018 Posted June 30, 2018 On 6/8/2018 at 10:52 PM, WolfyBrandon said: [June 08, 2018] ^ Previous [June 20, 2018] Today was an example of the power of "PMA". It was a Wednesday, Jeremy and I got off work and met up at his place for an after work fishing trip. We launched the boat at 2:30pm, and headed to our first spot. It was shallow, water temp ~70F, we could see bass all over. We both were catching little ones left and right, and having a great time. Then there was a moment where I turned to look behind us and out of nowhere there was a guy in a bass boat on his trolling motor that came right up to us, like less than 30ft away... At first it was all cool, and he asked if we had caught anything. So we told him yeah been catching little ones... Then he proceeds to go right around the back of us, and cut right in-front of where we were headed. Once he gets like 50ft away, he starts up his big motor and just has it idling as he stands on the trolling motor and drives down the next 1/2 mile of shoreline that we planned to fish not even making a single cast... Jeremy and I both look at each-other and are like... "Well, that was rude..." What happened next was - we both continued fishing the shoreline that the dude just cruised through - like nothing had ever happened... (I just checked the time stamp on my images) Less than 5 minutes after that guy cut in-front of us Jeremy makes a cast and hooks into his "fish of the day"... We both continue catching them just like before, Jeremy even breaks his one day total record today catching 30+ bass. Two hours after his catch, I make a cast with a lizard to the outside edge of a log parallel to the shoreline and nothing, I then make a second cast over the log to the inside edge between the log and the shoreline and hook into my "fish of the day"... While I was in the process of landing my "fish of the day", Jeremy doubled up with a nice 3lb 05oz Largemouth. Fishing was so good we didn't arrive back at the ramp till 8:00pm. (We have to be up at ~3:30am for our work schedule.) We both made it work, so good times... Looking back on this day, we could of easily got frustrated and moved to another location and missed out on all of this. Instead we kept positive and continued on with our original plan we had from the start and it payed off. There has been countless times over the past 3 years from when I first learned Positive Mental Attitude from Gerald Swindle that it has saved my fishing day. Whether you choose to believe it or not, PMA is indeed a powerful tool in the tackle box. WolfyBrandon 19 Quote
Global Moderator Bluebasser86 Posted June 30, 2018 Global Moderator Posted June 30, 2018 There's people like that everywhere you go anymore. Key is to not let them get to you and just do what you do despite them. I try to focus even more and catch fish behind guys when they cut me off, making sure they splash around on the side of the boat so they can see them a little more than usual too Good job keeping your heads in the game and catching some good ones. 5 Quote
Super User N Florida Mike Posted June 30, 2018 Super User Posted June 30, 2018 8 hours ago, Fairtax4me said: Nice to see the Dinger catches decent fish! I picked up a couple packs last week to try. Can't beat the price and they seem to hold up better than senkos. Haven't caught any hogs with them yet but seems like the dinks love them! I was at Academy sports yesterday and they have a good selection , but don't carry the smaller senkos. They do have the dingers, which are cheaper , and last usually for at least 2 fish. In catching fish, I rate the real senkos as excellent and the dingers as good. I've caught fish over 5 pounds with the senko, but not many over 3 with the dinger. 2 Quote
Black Hawk Basser Posted June 30, 2018 Posted June 30, 2018 Got this big girl on a jig, between a dock and a pontoon on a hoist. What a crazy fight, considering I had about 8 inches to work with between boat hoist and dock. It pays to spend the dough on Sufix 832! Close to my PB, it went 22". I put her back, of course. 21 Quote
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