Super User A-Jay Posted September 18, 2009 Super User Posted September 18, 2009 On a morning much like yesterday except with a cooler NE breeze we set out in search of some Brown Bass. We put a hurtin' on them yesterday so today we checked out some "new" spots. This, as it turned out, was a very good move. At least for my wife anyway. On the days she takes her chemo, I always try to take her out with me if she's feeling up to it. And today she took me to school (again). This time with really light tackle and a 3.5 inch tube. She had one of those days we'll talk about for a long time. She was hooking, fighting and landing fish at just about every place we stopped - and I was a helpless net man for most of the trip - nothing to do but just shake my head and smile. I finally did manage to keep the skunk out of the boat with 1 respectable SMB right at the end of the day - it was touch and go there for a while. The fish pictured are two of the fattest and prettiest SMB she's landed ever. A-Jay Quote
bass mercenary Posted September 18, 2009 Posted September 18, 2009 wow! nice fish your misses caught. great job. Quote
Lipped M Posted September 19, 2009 Posted September 19, 2009 "-nothing to do but just shake my head and smile." Sure is a great feeling though!Nice fishing you guys 8-). Quote
Bryce C Posted September 19, 2009 Posted September 19, 2009 Great photos and beautiful fish! I always enjoy watching others catch them just as much as when I do. Quote
Super User Crestliner2008 Posted September 19, 2009 Super User Posted September 19, 2009 Some fine photos indeed! Smallies are truly beautiful! How deep were you fishing? What was the water temperature? Around my neck of the woods, the smallies are moving shallower now - 20' - 25' at most. Our water temps are in the upper 60's & low 70's. Quote
Super User A-Jay Posted September 19, 2009 Author Super User Posted September 19, 2009 Some fine photos indeed! Smallies are truly beautiful! How deep were you fishing? What was the water temperature? Around my neck of the woods, the smallies are moving shallower now - 20' - 25' at most. Our water temps are in the upper 60's & low 70's. They are gorgeous ! We were fishing is 15-20 feet and the water temps are @ 65-67. The water in these local lakes is GIN CLEAR - like drinking water clear. We have this thing we do - mentally we subtract 10 feet from whatever the actual depth is, and that's how we fish it. So if it's 15 feet deep, we fish it like it's only 5 feet - it makes us fish quiet and carefully. These fish get a little beat up all summer but after Labor Day the "resident fisherman" either bail south or break out the hunting gear and leave the fish to us. Also a majority of fisherman troll for walleyes so that helps as well. An example is yesterday we had an elderly gentleman like 80 stop us at the ramp and ask how the fishing was. (He and his son were pulling their boat for the summer - bye-bye). He had seen us out a few times and was wondering how we did. He told us he's been here 60 years and by all accounts "This is a LOUSY fishing lake" We had to break out the camera and call up the photos from the last two days - I still don't think he believed us - can you imagine two days of SMB fishing where we caught and released several fish between 18-20 inches and three over 21 and he lives there and thinks it's LOUSY - thank you Sir, may I have another . . . . . A-Jay Quote
Super User Grey Wolf Posted September 19, 2009 Super User Posted September 19, 2009 Great looking smallies !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Quote
Super User retiredbosn Posted September 19, 2009 Super User Posted September 19, 2009 Great fish, can't wait for the fall sseeason here Quote
Super User Dwight Hottle Posted September 19, 2009 Super User Posted September 19, 2009 Congradulations to both your wife & yourself. She is a real trouper. Beautiful pictures. Quote
ks cranker Posted September 20, 2009 Posted September 20, 2009 WOW! Great fish... those would be close to state records for us in Kansas! Quote
CWeb Canada Posted September 21, 2009 Posted September 21, 2009 Nice fish. The markings are beautiful. Quote
Super User roadwarrior Posted September 21, 2009 Super User Posted September 21, 2009 Nice fish, great pics! 8-) Quote
simplejoe Posted September 21, 2009 Posted September 21, 2009 Those are some nice Smallies. Good job!! joe Quote
Super User Lund Explorer Posted September 21, 2009 Super User Posted September 21, 2009 Great Fish A-Jay! Congrats to your wife, but I'm getting off of here before mine looks over my shoulder and sees those pics. Quote
MSU Fish Posted September 22, 2009 Posted September 22, 2009 Sounds like a great trip and some nice fish to go with it!! Quote
stratosjoe Posted September 28, 2009 Posted September 28, 2009 I am toooooo envious. Your wife did a great job Quote
A-Rob Posted January 3, 2010 Posted January 3, 2010 Nice bass! Looks like you got them all figured out! Quote
Super User A-Jay Posted January 8, 2010 Author Super User Posted January 8, 2010 Nice bass! Looks like you got them all figured out! Thanks- I Wish I could say I had them all figured out ~ A-Jay Quote
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