Randall Posted September 18, 2007 Posted September 18, 2007 The past few days at Varner have been great. Earlier in the week fishing was great with trickworms and jigs bringing in best five limits over twenty pounds two days in a row but by Wednesday water temps got back up around 84-86 degrees pulling the fish out of the shallows where we could see fish suspended over deep water near flats where we were catching them the days before. We were still catching fish but most were smaller fish that were chasing bait. Wednesday I went out with Lightninrod and a buddy he had that drove up from Jacksonville. Fishing was pretty tough for larger fish but we did get one five pound fish and around ten smaller ones. Thursday we fished most of the morning with nothing but smaller one and two pound fish but what remained of the tropical storm got the big fish going in the afternoon and we started catching big fish on swimbaits and trickworms. Some of the fish we caught are in the first two photos but we caught four or five more four and five pounders that we didn't photo. I also shattered a rod on a big fish that hit near the boat on a swimbait and missed a few more on the hookset. The rod shattered and the fish was still on but it straighted out the one hook that was holding it on the treble it was attached to and came off at the side of the boat. It looked around seven or eight pounds. Friday we threw a swimbait all day and caught around ten five and six pound fish but lost two big ones that hit. Saturday morning was a quick morning trip we fished until the clouds cleared looking for big fish with swimbaits. We got a seven pounder in the boat and lost one that looked around ten pounds. Had quite a few follow the bait to the boat also but we just couldn't get them to take the baits. Looks like this nice Fall weather is going to stay for a while so the swimbait bite should be good in the coming weeks and more fish should be moving shallow in big schools following bait. Best baits this past week have been trickwoms, rattletraps, senkos, jigs and swimbaits fished in five to fifteen feet of water. Water temps are in the low eighties and should be falling a little more in the next few days with the cool night temps. I also posted a couple of photos of a snake that tried to eat a catfish. The snake bit the catfish in the water and tossed it up on the riprap. It then alternated between biting the catfish in the midsection and trying to swallow it. This kept up for a while with the snake never being able to get past the spines on the pectoral fins to swallow it. It was still trying when we left it. Quote
Randall Posted September 18, 2007 Author Posted September 18, 2007 Here are just some of the fish we caught last Thursday. Quote
Randall Posted September 18, 2007 Author Posted September 18, 2007 Here are a few more big bass caught Friday and Saturday, my broken rod, and the snake. Quote
Randall Posted September 18, 2007 Author Posted September 18, 2007 Here is the snake trying its best to swallow the catfish. Quote
Super User Bassn Blvd Posted September 18, 2007 Super User Posted September 18, 2007 Very nice fish and cool picture of the snake. I bet he never got that cat down. Don't take this wrong but you look fatter in your avatar. Quote
electrikal Posted September 18, 2007 Posted September 18, 2007 Congrats on a good trip out!! Cool pics of the snake!! I've seen smaller ones attempting to eat goldfish from the wife's backyard pond. The fish would be 6" and the snake barely 3/4" in diameter. Quote
Randall Posted September 18, 2007 Author Posted September 18, 2007 Very nice fish and cool picture of the snake. I bet he never got that cat down. Don't take this wrong but you look fatter in your avatar. The snake was still trying when we left it. I was a little fatter (10-15 lbs) but I also had three or four layers of clothes and a rainsuit on. It was a very windy(40mph), cold rainy day for April. Quote
Clayton Posted September 18, 2007 Posted September 18, 2007 Very nice fish and cool picture of the snake. I bet he never got that cat down. Don't take this wrong but you look fatter in your avatar. Interesting quote man. I couldnt help but laugh. I tend to keep my extra layer on year round! ;D Quote
Mattlures Posted September 18, 2007 Posted September 18, 2007 good catchin Randal. that sure is an ugly bass though. you should have stuffed a burger down its throat before you put her back Quote
Low_Budget_Hooker Posted September 18, 2007 Posted September 18, 2007 How can you NOT click on a thread with a title like that,lol. Way to go captain! Quote
CJ Posted September 18, 2007 Posted September 18, 2007 Nice pics and great catches,Randall.Looks like that "big momma" escaped a bird in her early days. Quote
Lightninrod Posted September 18, 2007 Posted September 18, 2007 I feel so jinxed! :-[ I have got to figure what I'm doing wrong :-/. Pond Bass, Varner Bass; nothing much over 2 lbs in weeks >. WTG Randall! Y'all did a great job of catchin'!!!! Dan Quote
Super User roadwarrior Posted September 18, 2007 Super User Posted September 18, 2007 Another great day on Varner. 8-) Quote
Randall Posted September 18, 2007 Author Posted September 18, 2007 I feel so jinxed! :-[ I have got to figure what I'm doing wrong :-/. Pond Bass, Varner Bass; nothing much over 2 lbs in weeks >. WTG Randall! Y'all did a great job of catchin'!!!! Dan Dan, Its all just timing. Had you been there the next day at the right time it would have been like fishing a different lake. All those fish on Thursday came from the same spot the five pounder came from when I fished with you on Wednesday. The other big fish came from the spot the seven pounder came from the trip before with you. Monday , I fished with Doghouse after the front had passed and we couldn't get anything over four pounds and we didn't get anything off the big fish spots. Just keep on fishing and you will get the timing right and get a big one or two. Quote
Super User Chris at Tech Posted September 19, 2007 Super User Posted September 19, 2007 I feel so jinxed! :-[ I have got to figure what I'm doing wrong :-/. Pond Bass, Varner Bass; nothing much over 2 lbs in weeks >. WTG Randall! Y'all did a great job of catchin'!!!! Dan Dan, Its all just timing. Had you been there the next day at the right time it would have been like fishing a different lake. All those fish on Thursday came from the same spot the five pounder came from when I fished with you on Wednesday. The other big fish came from the spot the seven pounder came from the trip before with you. Monday , I fished with Doghouse after the front had passed and we couldn't get anything over four pounds and we didn't get anything off the big fish spots. Just keep on fishing and you will get the timing right and get a big one or two. Looks like Lightninrod has the same luck as I do when I fish with Randall... Quote
Randall Posted September 20, 2007 Author Posted September 20, 2007 Looks like Lightninrod has the same luck as I do when I fish with Randall... Quote
senko_77 Posted September 20, 2007 Posted September 20, 2007 Looks like Lightninrod has the same luck as I do when I fish with Randall... Man some people are hard to please. Whats wrong with a nine pounder that I called the exact location on (Thanks to my buddy Senko77 ;D) Guess you wanted a ten and for me to tell you which cast you would get it on. : Need I remind you that you got your PB twice while fishing with me. : You did have a few trips on tough days though. The one at Sweetwater was one of the worst ever. Lightninrod hasn't seen any days with me anywhere close to that yet. Quote
eastkybass Posted September 20, 2007 Posted September 20, 2007 Great looking pics. If the snake ever got the catfish down it wouldn't have had to eat for a month ;D Quote
Super User Chris at Tech Posted September 20, 2007 Super User Posted September 20, 2007 Looks like Lightninrod has the same luck as I do when I fish with Randall... Man some people are hard to please. Whats wrong with a nine pounder that I called the exact location on (Thanks to my buddy Senko77 ;D) Guess you wanted a ten and for me to tell you which cast you would get it on. : Need I remind you that you got your PB twice while fishing with me. : You did have a few trips on tough days though. The one at Sweetwater was one of the worst ever. Lightninrod hasn't seen any days with me anywhere close to that yet. That's one good-lookin dude in that picture... Hehe... don't get me wrong, I've definitely had some luck. We've definitely had some good days, but my timing never seems to be right for those killer trips you have I was especially thinking of that last trip on Varner where we fished that one spot where you said 'I hate to say this, but you should have been here yesterday'. Remember? When you caught the slew of 5 lbers and the 10+ in that one spot? Sweetwater? Oh yeah, that nearly dried up puddle no one can get a boat into now Quote
Mrs. Matstone Posted September 21, 2007 Posted September 21, 2007 Nice fish and great pics. Love the snake. Quote
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