How's Your Summer Going?

[Bass_Akwards]

A few questions...

1.  What State do you live in?

2.  Compared to your past few summers, how's the 2010 bass fishing summer been for you so far?  Have you been catching less weight and/or numbers?  More weight and/or numbers?  About the same as usual?

3.  If, for you, 2010 is much slower OR way better than usual, what do you attribute that to?

[Lund Explorer]

West Central Michigan (45 minutes north of Grand Rapids).

Lot less dinks, many more keepers.  No real hawgs yet, but a lot of solid 16"-18" fish, both SM and LM.

Reasons - Many.  In order to me at least...

1 - Weather.  This year has been warmer with no real severe cold fronts so far.  Water temps right now in the low 80's where last year it was lucky to get into the mid 70's for only a short time.

2 - Attitude.  Our youngest son is single again, and has become an almost fulltime fishing partner.  I find it's easier to stay on the water longer with him than it was the last few years fishing solo or with the wife, and in cold windy weather.

3 - Location.  Plain and simple, I've made a real concerted effort to stay deeper.  The docks have been safe almost all year.

4 - Baits.  Nothing new.  Topwaters in the morning followed by slower baits after the sun comes up.  T-Rig Worms, Jig n Pig, and Dropshotting.

[Fat-G]

1. Virginia

2. This Summer has been good. I haven't been catching the numbers, but my average fish is like 3 lbs. The big girls have been evading me so far, but I'll eventually get a hold of Nadene.

3. Reasons

-I over-fish my ponds.

-I fish too fast

-I've been more focused on that all-too-familiar little monkey we all know and love

-Been guiding a lot on the local river focusing on the big kitty-cats, not a lot of time for bass

-I fish too fast

-I can't fish slow enough

-I fish too fast

[bassbum85]

Mid TN

Its going well. More and Bigger fish

mainly cuz this year I am fishing 3 to 5 days a week and in some waters that hold better fish

[nern]

Central VA.

I just started fishing here, so I can't compare it to previous VA summers... but... Compared to my Midwest fishing, I am catching larger quantities of smaller fish.

I attribute the size decrease to not knowing the area yet, and I attribute the number increase to learning about stick baits

[Pikesnogle]

1. Northern Virginia, Loudoun County.

2. Slower, not as many and not as big. Seems like there is a lot more algae (making it difficult for a bank fisherman such as myself to access the fish) which might coinside with my answer to number 3.

3. EXTREME HEAT. d**n it's been hot here. I am a carpenter, it's brutal. The last thing I want to do after working outside all day is fish for 3-4 hours out in it some more. So I guess I am not fishing as much, and I am having a tougher time finding them because they are MOST LIKELY out deeper which is hard for me to get to without a boat.

[triglet]

1. north mississippi

2.  less dinks alot of 2-4 lb bass all year long.  I would say number of bass havent changed that much... however they seem to be alot healthier than normal.

3.  2010 has been a great year up intil the last month..  The heat has been very hard on the fishing.  The higher the temp, the fewer the numbers of bass we catch. 

[Wayne P.]

Central Virginia

No difference in size or numbers

[Catt]

I live in Louisiana but fish Texas as well

The weights there  & so are the numbers but the problem is I aint there!

I'm teaching a class that is very experienced so I'm having to do lots of practice off the water. Two of those students are my grandsons ages 3 & 4 and a granddaughter age 6 so there's some perch jerking going on. I'm also working with a son in his early 30s and his son age 9 and we are working on boat handling, structure reading in both salt and fresh water.

That's 3 grandsons, 1 son, & 1 granddaughter making me one happy camper

[BassThumb]

Minnesota

It's a bit of a down year so far. Fishing has been hit and miss more than the last couple of years. I'd say the sizes are about the same, but the numbers vary from trip to trip more than usual, likely due to inconsistent weather patterns.

I think this is due to the very, very warm spring we had in MN. The fish spawned weeks before the Labor Day bass opener, and most were well on their way to their summer haunts be the time we were able to wet a line. There were also unusually large amounts of warm rain that we received early in the season than raised and stained the lakes. For over a month there, it seemed to rain every three days. Now the lakes are dropping.

Central MN is farm county peppered with small natural lakes, and just by looking at the fields on the way to the lake, you could see how different the weather had been from previous years. They say the corn should be "Knee high by the Fourth of July", but this year it was over my head by that time.

[brushhoggin]

Mississippi. Mostly just fishing a 33,000 acre reservoir system here in Jackson. I actually feel that the harsh winter we had (for the south anyway) changed a lot. This time last year, lily pads had filled in purdy heavily. But this year, summers on its slow exit, and the banks are still relatively bare. So for me, I've been doing the best i can fishing deep since the cover isn't there. Even then the fishing isn't all that great. The shad spawned late thiis year, and aren't really big enough yet to excite big schools of bass. So I fish 5:30 to 7:30 or 8, froggin up river with decent size and quantity. Bout average, but once that sun hits the water i'm moving out onto the main lake chasing deep, unmotivated bass with big worms and big craws. And i know I need to do some night fishing but it's still too dang hot, and the mosquitoes are ruthless.  i need more private ponds to fish on.

[Eddie Munster]

Central Georgia

I got a late start this year (FPS online gaming - nuff said) but it seems about the same as last year. I'm fishing more crank baits and trying new things.

Also,  some brushpiles I dropped in my subdivision pond are paying off in spades.

[Red]

Central Texas, Waco to be exact.

Fishing has been better for size and numbers.  I have caught a bunch of decent fish, a few over 5lbs and a 9lber.  Not to mention a TON of dinks.  I attribute this to reading often on BR, slowing down, and trying new stuff.  Plus I have an Insider who fishes Lake Waco regularly and has for years, he has been a great help.

[Missouribassman95]

1. I live in Concordia, MO.

2. This summer I have caught many more fish, and they have been bigger fish. I've caught more 3LBS, and a few over 5LIBS.

3. I have been trying out new lures, and techniques and Found BR. I have finally found my go-to bait, and I have become a better at fishing the texas rig. Oh and I have ben riding my bike to fish farm ponds.

[bassfisherjk]

Central PA.

Summer is going well this year.I am getting out  fishing more this year than the past two years(got some health problems fixed) That alone makes everything better.

[DINK WHISPERER]

Central FL.....................HORRIBLE!! Worse year i can remember thus far! No weight or numbers. I blame the irregular weather we have had this year, who knows.

[pudmunk]

Northern Mass

Water levels are low

Went a few weeks that STUNK

It's starting to pick up a bit

Nothing over 5lbs though between me and partner

Still loving it though

[Lund Explorer]

A few questions...

1. What State do you live in?

2. Compared to your past few summers, how's the 2010 bass fishing summer been for you so far? Have you been catching less weight and/or numbers? More weight and/or numbers? About the same as usual?

3. If, for you, 2010 is much slower OR way better than usual, what do you attribute that to?

And how is your's going?

[moundhill]

1.  OHIO

2.  2010 has by far been my best year..i have caught bigger bass than previous summers. ..also, i have caught more bass.

3.  i think 2010 summer was better because i acquired more knowlegde and got more fishing oportunities.

[cart7t]

1. Missouri

2. 0 bass caught.  Other years = many.

3. 2010 is neither.  I'm putting fishing on the back burner for a couple years and getting back into golf again.  It's a game I've loved but got out of 25 years ago.  It's a different sort of challenge that I actually got pretty good at.  This time I won't put it away when I get back into bass fishing.

[timothy_spain]

Hey guys,

I'm from Southeast MI.

Just started bass fishing in 2009.  Comparing my rookie campaign to this season's, I'm doing far better.  Bigger fish, less skunks -- mostly because I'm targeting the best time of the days to go out and making use of the weather conditions. 

[kms399]

Minnesota,

fishing has been pretty slow not getting numbers or size.

I blame the weather, the lake I usually fish has so much milfoil in it all the good spots are almost unfishable I haven't been able to get a frog bite going and I have never had luck flipping I still try though. My deep fishing has been really hit and miss the lake doesn't have much structure so I have been fishing the 10-15 foot deep weed edge. I gave up on that lake and have been trying some new ones with mixed results. alot of the new lakes I have tried are like pea soup really green with like 2 foot visibility

[JosherBoat28]

Slow and steady. Very slow, especially on my home lake Lake Texoma. For some reason its just hard catching quality bass there in the summer on a consistant basis for me. I usually don't go outside the cove where I launch and because of the strange currents that flow through the resorvoir the cove stays stained to muddy all year long. When I do go to the main lake structure on the outside of the cove, there isn't much to speak of but sandy bottoms. I've been a few times resently gone out and explored new places where the water was clearer and still the only presentation that consistantly works for me is plugging the shallow and medium structure ,early, with some cover on the banks near deep water. Some days I've just tried to fish the docks and a few of these good looking flooded trees with worms and jigs, but no takers. They seem to love the flat rocks near deep water better than nice thick shade under a cozy dock in or near deep water. Advice!

[.dsaavedra.]

southern maryland

this summer's been.....on par. not catching too many, and not catching s#&% for size

i think its because i just can't catch em. i've got pretty burned out on bass fishing this summer...

[ChiCityBasser]

Chicago area

Better: My season has been pretty good so far with more fish and bigger fish with me catching my personal best this year.

Reason:Learning to read the water a little better and actually using some of the other baits and lures I have in my tackle box instead of just crankbaits mostly.