Big Bass

oldtimer54 said:

Just went out on saturday......here in NC I live in an area with several large lakes and nice rivers I love fishing for Largemouth. The wife and I have a small trailer on Kerr Lake which stradles the border of Vir. and NC actually headed there thurs for a nice long weekend of fishing !

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Been their many times. But dont know my way around on the water.I know Norman better. Catch my drift.

This thread makes me smile and daydream every time! I can't wait to get out on the lake and fish and camp. I'll be camping almost non stop this summer soaking everything in as it will be my last one before the 'real world' hits

Damn, I can hear the lake calling my name lol, as soon as it gets warmer I'll be heading out. A little better today! Maybe the weather will be nice enough in a couple weeks and I'll be out on the boat with a smoke, some music, and a bass on the line!

That's the beauty of bass fishing.....you can be lazy,sitting on you're ass,while drinking or smoking and plop a worm or minnow in the water...or you can stand on the bow and site cast to pre-spawn bass and watch'em make a wake from 30ft away and kill your jerkin shad....wait for the pull or line to go slack and BAM!...set the hook!...I'm getting excited about fishing guys!

Anybody like flippin'/pitchin

doniawon said:

Anybody like flippin'/pitchin

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Man, give me a few tokes of some old school NL and I will absolutely pick a shoreline apart with a tube jig, senko or a jig/craw combo. Hours upon hours. I use a shimano calcutta 50 w/65lb power pro on an 7' "East Texas Grass Rake", I can pull a stump out the ground with that setup . Started using a swimmin' jig a bit more this year. But when I really get into heavy cover, I stick with a tube jig for the smaller profile.

Peace

Asmallvoice

doniawon said:

Anybody like flippin'/pitchin

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My Fav..7' G loomis rod and a Calcutta reel.Black and blue Stanley jig with a Gene Larew Crawdad the bid ones,I cut about all the round part off.There like 5" the Crawdads.I even flipp the big Craws here on Fork,Well damn near everywhere i fish!!20-30lb mono line.The 12lb i caught almost straightend out a 5 ot hook.

ASMALLVOICE said:

Man, give me a few tokes of some old school NL and I will absolutely pick a soreline apart with a tube jig, senko or a jig/craw combo. Hours upon hours. I use a shimano calcutta 50 w/65lb power pro on an 7' "East Texas Grass Rake", I can pull a stump out the ground with that setup . Started using a swimmin' jig a bit more this year. But when I really get into heavy cover, I stick with a tube jig for the smaller profile.

Peace

Asmallvoice

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I flipped my damn boat at Rayburn,was under the 147 bridge and the wind was coming from the damn.Barely got under the bridge then flipped it about 5mls in the run to the weigh in at the ramp RT near the damn.Lucky I didnt kill my damn self,was in a 175 skeeter,with a 150hp Mercury.
Got a 20ft Champion with a 225hp dual console and tandem trailer now.
A few yrs back was Carolina riggin a old road bed and caught a 32lb drum on a pumpkin seed french fry,Thought i had the state record,hellova fight was so pissed,It barely fit in the net.
Beech

These in a 6" are deadly,and have won a few trnys at night with em.
Along with a Colorado blade black spinnerbait,Cant remember there name but there expensive have a gold head.
Alot of vibration,think there a number 5 Colorado blade.In the summer they have Full moon trnys on Fork.
Beech

Salty craw lol

ASMALLVOICE said:

I can relate, I have been fishing Toledo Bend and Sam Rayburn for the last 25 years solid and have a place on Toledo Bend as well.
The "Bed Fishing" for bass is heating up, but the crappie fishing has been un-freakin real here for the last 2 weeks. My mother-n-law is 74 and she caught an 19.5" crappie that hit almost 2.5lbs. I have cleaned over 300 in the last 2 weeks. Will be headed back tomorrow evening after work, going to be a nice weekend for sure.

Peace and Tight Lines for All !

Asmallvoice

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I only bed fish if in a trny.
Sad to pull up on a bed and see a jig or some other lure hanging from her mouth.Its fun tho and is a art to knowing if shes really locked on the bed.Damn thts some nice Crappie.
Beech

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Beech

Tied the record ^^^^^

Striped Bass up north is what I do, they fight so hard! Ill catch maybe a 20 lber a year if im lucky, they go way higher.

doniawon said:

Tied the record ^^^^^

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Yeppers 22.497
Beech

Biggest bass was an 8.9lb I caught at Loxahatchee,Fl...it got tangled in weeds so there was no fight,just the initial strike.......my biggest fish ever i was fishing for snook and caught an estimated 100+lb tarpon off the Dania beach pier,I fought that beast for 30min,reeling him up to the rocks 3 times.Ive got hundreds of pics but neither of those Why can we never get pics of our biggest?WTF,is up with that?!?!?...lol....is it just me?

I'm a river rat myself,funny thing is I'm 5min from 4 boat landings(lakes) that are trophy bucket mouth lakes...seldom fish large mouth? But I love chasing smallmouth late summer with top water baits!! I love walleye too but my newest addiction is Flat heads!! ( 55 lb is my biggest) fish at night listen to a baseball game cooler o beer good company and some tasty smoke=Happy,Happy!!!
Bullshit part is I'm gonna be ice fishing tomorrow after work,still awhile to go til warm nights for me...argh!!

dux said:

I'm a river rat myself,funny thing is I'm 5min from 4 boat landings(lakes) that are trophy bucket mouth lakes...seldom fish large mouth? But I love chasing smallmouth late summer with top water baits!! I love walleye too but my newest addiction is Flat heads!! ( 55 lb is my biggest) fish at night listen to a baseball game cooler o beer good company and some tasty smoke=Happy,Happy!!!
Bullshit part is I'm gonna be ice fishing tomorrow after work,still awhile to go til warm nights for me...argh!!

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Ice fishing nope
Beech

You guys ever fish for anything bigger than Bass ?

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SOMEBEECH said:

Ice fishing nope
Beech

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Still driving trucks out too!! You should try it!

I've been sea fishing, but it was a horrible flop. Went fishing for flounder, and all I caught was a couple of crabs. LOL, there's a joke there, but seriously.

Love the sound of a Buzzbait...... Early in the morning as it dissappears.
Or the ole frog across the pads.Makes me think of them damn Nutrias the rat looking things.My Boston terrier jumped on a mat of hydrilla trying to get to it,Well you know what happened.Had to get her with the Net! Guess she tht it was grass.still lol at tht dog she loves going in the boat,still.
Beech