Last_Cast Posted September 10, 2015 Posted September 10, 2015 It was great in the early summer, started to die down for me now, getting decent fish, had a bunch of 2-3lbers. guess they're picky this year.. Quote
Super User bigbill Posted September 11, 2015 Super User Posted September 11, 2015 Been out a few times but the water levels are low looks like we're in a drought in some places in ct. Quote
Last_Cast Posted September 11, 2015 Posted September 11, 2015 Been out a few times but the water levels are low looks like we're in a drought in some places in ct. yeah water levels are low for me as well..hasn't rained at all. got a very good amount of rain yesterday so hopefully it helps. Quote
Mainebass1984 Posted September 11, 2015 Posted September 11, 2015 Water levels in VT and ME are incredibly low as well. Perfect conditions for finding new off shore isolated cover / structure. Big fish have been biting lately. Got a 7-4 last weekend. 1 Quote
Lendiesel22 Posted September 11, 2015 Posted September 11, 2015 Decent year so far in MD and DE. Club stats are 21 fish for 45lbs with 3 tournaments left, and my practice fishing has been great. Lots of practice days with 20 plus bass. This is the 2nd season the swim jig has been real hot for me, and I have developed several other techniques that have been day savers. All in all a good solid season so far. Biggest fish was in April 6.6lbs 1 Quote
Weld's Largemouth Posted September 12, 2015 Posted September 12, 2015 yeah water levels are low for me as well..hasn't rained at all. got a very good amount of rain yesterday so hopefully it helps. where you been fishing? Quote
Super User ww2farmer Posted September 14, 2015 Super User Posted September 14, 2015 Same as it ever was. Better than the last two summers, not as good as the best summers in recent memory (2011 + 2012 were fantastic) My tournament results are about the same as they have been the last few years. Out of 12 tournaments so far (10 on Silver, 2 on Conesus): 1 Win 3 2nd places (two on Conesus, 1 on Silver) 4 3rd places 1 4th Lunker once One or two places out of the money in 2 more and only one stinker. Quote
Smokinal Posted September 15, 2015 Posted September 15, 2015 Same as it ever was. Better than the last two summers, not as good as the best summers in recent memory (2011 + 2012 were fantastic) My tournament results are about the same as they have been the last few years. Out of 12 tournaments so far (10 on Silver, 2 on Conesus): 1 Win 3 2nd places (two on Conesus, 1 on Silver) 4 3rd places 1 4th Lunker once One or two places out of the money in 2 more and only one stinker. Dang! That's AOY stuff right there. Quote
Super User bigbill Posted September 16, 2015 Super User Posted September 16, 2015 Fishing from shore when the waters levels are low take advantage of the situation to checkout the bottom structure while it's exposed. One of my spots has a 4'x4' square cement block sitting in the open water. Great snag spot to avoid. Quote
Mainebass1984 Posted September 17, 2015 Posted September 17, 2015 Going on vacation for the next 11 days. I am going to be starting out with back to back 12-13 hour days on the water. I plan on fishing everyday if possible. Hopefully I can catch a couple bass. Would love to see one over 8 but that may be pushing it. Going to bring a bunch of friends and family fishing. Some good times ahead this week. Bass beware. 1 Quote
Smokinal Posted September 18, 2015 Posted September 18, 2015 ^^^Hey Maine, I'm on vaca the week of Oct 12th and I think my buddy and I are headed over your way for a 2 day stint. I'll keep ya posted as I know more. Good luck on your vaca. Quote
Last_Cast Posted September 18, 2015 Posted September 18, 2015 Had zero luck last weekend. attemoted to go yesterday and the traffic was so bad i went home...cant win for the past 2 weeks Quote
Hurricane Posted September 18, 2015 Posted September 18, 2015 Went to a couple ponds around here in orchard park and used a black and blue booyah jig with a green pumpkin super chunk and caught a bunch.. love jig fishing.. Quote
hatrix Posted September 21, 2015 Posted September 21, 2015 I live in Ohio & I fish both public lakes & privately owned farm ponds. All my shore fishing is done on farm ponds. what I do is try to be the first one on the pond by fishing as soon as I get off work. that way I can catch the most aggressive bass with reaction type baits (spinnerbaits, crankbaits, rattlebaits) then when others show up I fish slow with soft plastics & jigs. I've been doing this for 20 years & have no problem catching bass during the summer months. if I had to compare this summer to previous summers I would say it's the same. this summer we had a lot more rain than usual and it kept the water temp. lower than usual so the weeds didn't grow to the surface like it did in the past. so I didn't get to use frog/rat lures instead I used chuggers, poppers, & walking style top water lures. Summer bass fishing is great but it isn't even close to spring & fall. Spring is always the best (numbers & size). there are days during prespawn when I would catch over 100 bass in 4 hours after work. during the fall I catch 10-12 bass an hour, & during the summer I catch around 5 an hour. the fishing on these ponds are so great I don't even want to fish public lakes anymore. Other people show up at these private farm ponds and fish or is it a public place? Any farm pond I fish is only ever me there as its private and you need permission. I am also from Ohio and fishing has been ok for me. I haven't caught as many 5 and 6# fish as I would like but I didn't fish much this year. It's hard to compare this year vs a other since I have maybe fished 1/10th of what I nornally would have. Quote
JOBU1967 Posted September 21, 2015 Posted September 21, 2015 Other people show up at these private farm ponds and fish or is it a public place? Any farm pond I fish is only ever me there as its private and you need permission. I am also from Ohio and fishing has been ok for me. I haven't caught as many 5 and 6# fish as I would like but I didn't fish much this year. It's hard to compare this year vs a other since I have maybe fished 1/10th of what I nornally would have. It's a private 35 acre farm pond. The owner's family and friends also fish there. Quote
bass_masster Posted September 28, 2015 Posted September 28, 2015 South Shore MA here, it was tough for me early, then I hit my PB 6lb bass in May, then another drought of smaller fish until late Aug/early Sept, started to hit big fish again. Hit another 5.89lb bass Sept 4, but last few times I went after that were small or nothing. Hoping to turn that around soon here though. Also water levels this summer and late summer were noticeably lower than years past, and had to change up my fishing style for the common lakes I fished in some cases. Quote
Mainebass1984 Posted September 30, 2015 Posted September 30, 2015 Some of the biggest bass are biting right now. Get out there and fish guys ! 1 Quote
Retired@176 Posted September 30, 2015 Posted September 30, 2015 JP High class of 71, been an awesome summer. lots of dinks, 2 pounders and more than a few at 3+ many thanks to BR for all the info Quote
Cyacnba Posted October 2, 2015 Posted October 2, 2015 I started bass fishing this year, and the only thing I use is the t-rig Rage Craw. I've caught bunch of 3lb+, but my PB was 7.8lb at the Brookline Reservoir last month. I've never caught more than 5 bass in a day, so hopefully I learn a few more things to improve this. 1 Quote
WPCfishing Posted October 2, 2015 Posted October 2, 2015 I've had the best season in my life. I'm 58... That's how good it was. Hope it continues until it's to cold to swing my rods. 1 Quote
WPCfishing Posted October 3, 2015 Posted October 3, 2015 Found my bite starting much later, likely because of the late winter. I agree... Quote
JazzPipes Posted October 4, 2015 Author Posted October 4, 2015 I started bass fishing this year, and the only thing I use is the t-rig Rage Craw. I've caught bunch of 3lb+, but my PB was 7.8lb at the Brookline Reservoir last month. I've never caught more than 5 bass in a day, so hopefully I learn a few more things to improve this. Yeah baby!!!when are we going to hit that pond again? 1 Quote
Cyacnba Posted October 5, 2015 Posted October 5, 2015 I just came back from Jamaica Pond in Boston. I saw a few big bass close to the shore, but they wouldn't bite anything. I caught a couple of small ones on the Thomas Buoyant spoon though. I used my new Rage tail Menace like a swimbait and caught 2 trouts. I think they were brown trouts, and I missed 4 more bites. Quote
Scorchx1245 Posted October 5, 2015 Posted October 5, 2015 Been a cool wet summer. Got good in august, then September died off for me..... Quote
thomas15 Posted December 14, 2015 Posted December 14, 2015 2016 is going to be much better. Can't be worse than this year! Quote
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