How's your season been so far?

[junebugmn]

Hello all!! I have done decent so far my biggest a 21.5 incher on a tiki junebug lizard ;D I saw the v-wake and cast and she hammered it, I also found out Wave lure company only is selling thier product's online now for the time being So I bought a bunch of em' online! Also i'm looking for a Bass tracker in dash flasher, mine went kaput! If anyone know's of a good one let me know, thank's and TIGHT LINE'S ;D jUNEBUGMAN

[guitarkid]

It was going alright, until I pulled a 24" 8lb bass on my first cast that day.

                   -gk

[WVBassHunter]

The weather has been horid here in northern WV.  I have only caught one LM...a couple crappie and one cat.  Water temp is all over the meter ever time i go and every hot spot that was productive last year is dead.

Oh well....I enjoy just getting out!

[Osprey39]

Better than last year for sure.  Last year was the first time I had fished in almost 17 years.  Lakes I used to know had changed dramatically and I fished several for the first time.  I didn't do very well, only catching a few fish.

This year I've been catching fish almost every time out and I'm starting to get a feel for what the heck I'm doing again plus learning some of the new baits that are out since I last fished.  I've caught a few smallies, several largemouth, 3 real nice crappie (in a bass tourney, lol) and a few catfish.  Only thing I wish is that I could get out more.  110 miles to the nearest lake that isn't no-wake makes day trips a chore.

[IDbasser]

The weather has been horrible here too.  30-40 mph winds for over 2 weeks, snowed the other day.  was down to 21 degrees the other night.  I did have one good day to fish, a friend and I went and caught 4 smallies a piece.  They ranged from 2.5 lbs to a 5 lber. it was a fun day.

[Red]

Mine is going pretty good so far.  This is my first time fishing spring/spawn with my boat.  I managed to beat my PB three times with the current one landing at around 8-9lbs (no scale).  The quality of bass for me has improved alot, not as many dinks and many more good keeper sized fish.  One goal I haven't met yet is a limit in one outing, I have yet to catch five keeper size bass in one outing.  I also am going to concentrate more on cranks.  So far it is great!

Cliff

[rat-l-trapper]

So far my year has been very slow. I caught my first bass in March, it was a 5 pound largemouth. Unfortunately I haven't gotten another largemouth since. I'm starting to catch smallies pretty consistently, though. I went out today and got 5, which was better than a lot of guys fishing a tournament there. The waters in the mid 50's and the weather has been unseasonably cold. I just wish I could get some largemouths to bite, I don't know what happened to them :-?

[fishfordollars]

Not bad, won three club events and largest bass is 8.11. Placed third in a "T" on Conroe and 2nd in another on Palestine. Bombed in a few too, but that's fishing.

[Catt]

Excellent, have 3 grandsons into fishing now, 1 son, 1 daughter, & 1 son-in-law renewed there love for the sport; I also have 5 new students through my local church.

The sad part is all the classroom time has cut my on the water time down by 3/4 :'(

[VABassin'14]

So far I am having an ok season. Most importantly I have gained confidence in a few new lures and have gotten four new people hooked on the sport. Haven't caught many big fish yet, but hopefully that will come.

[Wayne P.]

I'm doing pretty well. I have 201 more bass than I did last year on this date and a few more larger ones.

[Grey Wolf]

S-L-O-W.

[K_Mac]

For health reasons I haven't been out in three weeks, and I am about to lose my mind. Up until this, I have had a very good year so far. The quality of fish is much better on average, and numbers have been good also. Part of that is due to a little better equipment, including better electronics.

[stealthcaster]

I've caught 51 bass this season thus far (the first being in late february, and the last being yesterday), fishing in various ponds nearby (this is my only option unless I wish to drive 3-4 hours) about 3-6 days a week.  The biggest fish so far this season was just over 4 pounds.  Almost all of the bass where between 1 and 2 (there are only 2 ponds that hold big bass where I live, and they are not easy to get to, so I only go when I'm feeling ambitious).  I've been fishing mainly soft plastics, and lately I've been getting strikes on crankbaits and poppers.

This was my first season using a low profile baitcasting reel.  I recently purchased an abu garcia revo S and am thoroughly enjoying the ability to cast a weightless worm nearly 30 yards without ever having to worry about line twist (sometimes I simply can't stand spinning reels when fishing ultra-light tackle)

This was also my first season rigging worms wacky.  I'm in love with it already.  I've had good luck using Senkos, Dingers, and Gulp sinking minnows wacky rigged.  Mainly dark colors as most of the ponds I fish are either stained or murky.

[.dsaavedra.]

crappy as always.

[SirSnookalot]

I don't keep a tally but I think numbers are down.  I have caught some sensational fish considering  the bait hasn't arrived as yet and dealing with a west wind wind most days.  My best has been a 30 pounder on med spinning tackle, many in the 10# range.

[stealthcaster]

what did you catch that was 30lbs? 

[brushhoggin]

crappy as always.

i think he's talking about bass

[Bass_Akwards]

Frankly I'm killing it. I really am. My April was almost comical. I caught a TON of 3 pounders give or take a couple ounces. I've caught countless 1-2.5 pounders and a couple 4-5+ pouunders. In a state where the state record is 11-6, I really can't complain. Been working really hard on my game and it's paying off.

I've been in Mexico for 7 days getting married and just got home on Sunday. Went fishing Monday night and caught 7 bass all bigger than 15 inches. One was almost 18 inches and full of eggs. It was 3.7 pounds.  It got cold so i cant fish today.  Boooooo! 

I'm leaving on my honeymoon on Friday for a week and will be trying to catch some Marlin or Rooster fish in Cabo.  Never been fishing in the ocean before so it should be a kick in the pants. No bass fishing for another week though so I'll be jonesing when i get home big time.  I plan on absolutely killing it this summer and deep spring with a few bass over 7 pounds!

[evrgladesbasser]

Fishings been on fire down here since late March. Catching 30+ in a day has been the norm since then. Most are between 1-2lbs, biggest I brought in was just under 4lbs. Haven't heard of any monsters being caught in the everglades lately though so I don't feel bad.

[gotarheelz14]

Caught two fish so far in two days of bank fishing in small ponds. The one was around what I think was 4-5lbs. The other maybe 1lb-1.5lbs.

I have only really fished seriously for this past couple of weeks. So pretty much, everytime I have gone out, they have all been PBs.

Right now my goals are to get to a point where I can consistently get out there and catch multiple amounts of fish.

Overall though, I'm lovin the fishin' right now  :D

[timothy_spain]

a few fish here and there.. better fishing days for me were on cold, windy, overcast days.  skunked out on the better days .. ha!

[Tin]

Awful

Good numbers and I'm on track to break 1,000 for the year but no size. And I mean no size, I'm averaging about 1.4 this year, it is usually around 2. Only a handful over 5.

Put it this way, I have won or got money for a couple of 5 fish bags under 8 pounds. lol

If Senko77 replies to this thread I will be ticked. ;D

[SGT Rico]

I've had a great year so far. I caught my biggest Bass as of date 6lbs. Last year I was catching quantity, this year I am catching quality, I've caught several 2-3 pounders and countless 1-2 pounders, so far my fishing is going great!!!

[HydroSqueegee]

ive only had a few hours to fish this year.  the wind in mid west ohio has been horrible this spring.  i can tell you exactly how many fish ive caught:  4 bass, 1 bluegill. 

The bass were ~12" at best.  But the bluegill... oh my the bluegill.  He was the nicest one ive ever pulled in.  He was a greedy little plumper, rivaling the bass ive hooked in length.  The Beetle Spin barely fit into his mouth and took some work to get out.