Thought I had a huge Smallie and then wuh wahhhh it was a Sheephead. Thing fought hard for a while then pooped out vintage Sheephead style. A fun battle in a peddle ...more boat. These are way bigger than the WI River Sheepies I’m used to LOL!
7 lb. FreshwaterDrum / Gaspergou with a Gary Yamamoto Original Senko Worms
I’d love to say, “My first fish on Lake Michigan” but my first fish was a 11” Smallie minutes earlier. My first time out on Lake MI and it was on a peddle boat LOL! ...more I went for a ride to say the least. I’m staying at a resort with my wife for a few days and was politely asked not to bring the boat. Doh! Well I snuck out early morning and got this Classic Great Lakes tank!
20 in. Smallmouth Bass with a Gary Yamamoto Original Senko Worms
A great 4-jump fight on the Plopper, which is why I love it. Hahaha I really did use other stuff today for first hour out but it’s hard not to revert back to top ...more water in August when fishing is tough and you have cloud cover... Another rocky shoreline with a bit of a flat adjacent to very deep swift channel.
18 in. Smallmouth Bass with a River2Sea Whopper Plopper
Love this spot- it’s a well known multi species producer; a skinny sandbar point between two deep, heavy current channels. (Hence the dorky life jacket- I don’t ...more mess around in my small boat on the WI River hahaha).
15 in. Smallmouth Bass with a River2Sea Whopper Plopper
No luck on plastics this morning so went top water since there were some clouds. Tried the new 70 size plopper and it is nice. Fatter than 90 and about same length ...more and book size. This helped since it was breezy this morning. Worked well off rocks with current and deep water adjacent.
17 in. Smallmouth Bass with a River2Sea Whopper Plopper
I lost what I thought was a 20”er a month ago and went back to the same spot to check it out. Sure enough it was 20 1/4”. Hahaha!
20 in. Smallmouth Bass with a River2Sea Whopper Plopper
Another Smallie on the Plopper (got twin 18"ers 5 minutes apart.) Cloudy + Rocks = plopper time. LOL I've been visiting my dad and fishing in northern ...more WI for almost a week and finally had the right conditions to bust out the plopper... I had withdrawal symptoms...
18 in. Smallmouth Bass with a River2Sea Whopper Plopper
Caught a handful of post-spawn 13-16" Largemouth along shoreline timber and break
15 in. Largemouth Bass with a Gary Yamamoto Original Senko Worms
Post-spawn big mama - a great ride on my light-medium action pole.
19 in. Smallmouth Bass with a Pink Jig with White Grub Tail and Leach
