HOIST-N-HAWGS Posted March 23, 2009 Posted March 23, 2009 Quote Crappy pic but first bass of the year, about 3lbs, on a white and blue spinnerbait. Not trying to knock you fisher but, I thought we talked about this same thing last year about trying to take better care of the fish? :-? Quote
MaineBassMan Posted March 23, 2009 Posted March 23, 2009 Still waiting for open water!! WTRDOG is that boat of yours a Bass Tracker 190 TX? If so I have the same boat. I love mine how about you? Quote
CRFisher Posted March 23, 2009 Posted March 23, 2009 I don't believe we ever talked to be honest. Fish was fine, had to put it down on the bank for a second to grab some pliers to get my trailer hook out of it's gills. Typically, I don't set them down on the bank, but only It was out of the water all of 2 minutes and swam away fine. Quote
Super User Crestliner2008 Posted March 23, 2009 Super User Posted March 23, 2009 Along with some of you, I'm still waiting for open water here in Western MA! It starts to thaw, then turn freezing again! 18 this morning at my place. Tomorrow am temps (wind chill factored in) suppose to be near zero! Grrrrrrr!!! Quote
HOIST-N-HAWGS Posted March 23, 2009 Posted March 23, 2009 Quote Along with some of you, I'm still waiting for open water here in Western MA! It starts to thaw, then turn freezing again! 18 this morning at my place. Tomorrow am temps (wind chill factored in) suppose to be near zero! Grrrrrrr!!! I hear ya man, crazy first week of spring! I keep hearing the weather men talk about the possiblity of an April snow storm! :'( > Quote
Izzy3374 Posted March 23, 2009 Author Posted March 23, 2009 Quote Quote Crappy pic but first bass of the year, about 3lbs, on a white and blue spinnerbait. Not trying to knock you fisher but, I thought we talked about this same thing last year about trying to take better care of the fish? :-? Sometimes you gotta do what ya gotta do. Quote
HOIST-N-HAWGS Posted March 23, 2009 Posted March 23, 2009 Quote Quote Quote Crappy pic but first bass of the year, about 3lbs, on a white and blue spinnerbait. Not trying to knock you fisher but, I thought we talked about this same thing last year about trying to take better care of the fish? :-? Sometimes you gotta do what ya gotta do. Seems a bit wrecklees. If that's what has to be done in order to show off your catch, and everyone did it, there wouldn't be any fish left to catch! Rather than go off on a rant, I'll refer to this BR article: http://www.bassresource.com/fishing/fish1.html Handling Fish Compiled with the assistance of Texas Parks & Wildlife biologists David Campbell and Steve Magnelia Permission to print and distribute this information is freely given by BassResource.com Bass are sensitive creatures that can be injured more easily than you might think. Tips for handling fish before you put them in your livewell include the following common sense items: 1. Keep the fish in water as much as possible. Bass can only hold their breathe as long as you can. Wind and other elements can damage their skin, too. Wet your hands before touching the fish so that you don't remove the slime coat that protects the fish from infections and fungus. Don't handle the fish any longer than you have to, and be gentle, don't drop the fish if you can keep from it. Bouncing off the carpet also destroys their protective slime. So I'm guessing rolling it in dirt probably isn't a good thing. Educate yourselves so that future generations can also enjoy the same sport. Quote
bdiggy Posted March 23, 2009 Posted March 23, 2009 Great looking fish guys. That Pickerel on the first page is huge! Tomorrow will be the first day out for me and my buddy. Hopefully i'll come home with some pictures to share! Quote
Izzy3374 Posted March 29, 2009 Author Posted March 29, 2009 Quote Quote Quote Quote Crappy pic but first bass of the year, about 3lbs, on a white and blue spinnerbait. Not trying to knock you fisher but, I thought we talked about this same thing last year about trying to take better care of the fish? :-? Sometimes you gotta do what ya gotta do. Seems a bit wrecklees. If that's what has to be done in order to show off your catch, and everyone did it, there wouldn't be any fish left to catch! Rather than go off on a rant, I'll refer to this BR article: http://www.bassresource.com/fishing/fish1.html Handling Fish Compiled with the assistance of Texas Parks & Wildlife biologists David Campbell and Steve Magnelia Permission to print and distribute this information is freely given by BassResource.com Bass are sensitive creatures that can be injured more easily than you might think. Tips for handling fish before you put them in your livewell include the following common sense items: 1. Keep the fish in water as much as possible. Bass can only hold their breathe as long as you can. Wind and other elements can damage their skin, too. Wet your hands before touching the fish so that you don't remove the slime coat that protects the fish from infections and fungus. Don't handle the fish any longer than you have to, and be gentle, don't drop the fish if you can keep from it. Bouncing off the carpet also destroys their protective slime. So I'm guessing rolling it in dirt probably isn't a good thing. Educate yourselves so that future generations can also enjoy the same sport. Actually I believe he said he had to put the fish down so he could get some pliers to get the hook out of the gills. When I said you gotta do what you gotta do, was not referring to taking pictures and weighing fish. If putting the fish down to get some pliers keeps a hook out of my fingers, then i'm going to have to do it once in a while. Don't get me wrong, I am all for preserving our fishing resources. And I do my best to handle fish properly. And I encourage others to do the same. Quote
WTRDOG Posted March 29, 2009 Posted March 29, 2009 Went out yesterday with some freinds.Beautiful day and the fish are starting to move shallow water temp was 53,where I was fishing and 49 on the main lake.Ended up with 13 fish between the 3 boats.Lunker of the day went to my buddy Steve 5lb 3 oz largemouth caught on a Rapala glass shad in 4' of water.My cousin Kenny got a nice smallie also..... Quote
jake Posted March 30, 2009 Posted March 30, 2009 This was my fourth outing of the year. We were prefishing for our club tournament. Not a big one, but a good one Quote
basser89 Posted April 1, 2009 Posted April 1, 2009 Nice looking smallie you caught there jake! Here's a pic I posted in the tournament/outing board almost 3 weeks ago. Quote
WTRDOG Posted April 2, 2009 Posted April 2, 2009 Headed down to a local lake yesterday after work with a friend of mine.The wind was out of the south wtr temp was 48.1 deg.Had the best day of the year so far,we ended with 18 largemouth.Also caught a bunch of big crappie.Fish were caught in 2 small areas along a creek channel next to a tappering point in 3 to 4' of water.All fish but the biggest of the afternoon (caught on a jig) were caught on a Smithwick Rogue on a really long pause,too long.It started to rain and was getting dark and we called it a day.All said and done not bad for 3 hrs of fishing. Quote
bdiggy Posted April 10, 2009 Posted April 10, 2009 Went out on Tuesday afternoon at about 32 degrees and windy......man was it cold! Worth the trip though as I was able to grab my first fish of the season. Not a bass, but it's a start. Slow rolling a chartruese T1 along the top of the upcoming weedbed in the back of a local pond. Quote
Super User J Francho Posted April 10, 2009 Super User Posted April 10, 2009 And my buddy Cam's 6-0: Quote
cambridgefisherman Posted April 10, 2009 Posted April 10, 2009 Those are some real nice pickeral there on the first page. Quote
cambridgefisherman Posted April 10, 2009 Posted April 10, 2009 Here are some highlights so far for me this year skinny, 19" 2.5lb 17" 2.5lb Really wish I would have gotten an official weight on this one because I think this might have been pushing past 7lbs considering its length and girth 23" long and 15" girth, 6.5-7lb Another View 18" 3lb 20.5" 5lb All fish have been caught on a variety of lipless cranks such as Bill Lewis Rattletraps, Cotton Cordells, and Yo-Zuri rattlebaits from shore focusing on on lumber and creek mouths entering ponds as well as dropoffs where the bass are staging before they head to their spawning beds. Quote
swilly78 Posted April 10, 2009 Posted April 10, 2009 Nice fish cambridge, give me a shout if you venture up to the greater chicagoland area, Me and Izzy will get you on some good waters. Quote
cambridgefisherman Posted April 10, 2009 Posted April 10, 2009 Quote Nice fish cambridge, give me a shout if you venture up to the greater chicagoland area, Me and Izzy will get you on some good waters. Haha ok, I dont get up there too often, but I did go up once last fall with some friends and had some pretty decent luck catching some smallies and rock bass out of the dupage river and a 15" crappie out of a subdivision pond in Naperville. Quote
Super User J Francho Posted April 14, 2009 Super User Posted April 14, 2009 Another. Full story is in the outings forum. Quote
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