Details: Largemouth Bass
I have noticed in my past 7 years of bassing that the best time to fish is right before and durning a storm because of the low barometric pressure. I've gotten ...more 7 bass so far; two on a Carolina rig with a Colorado blade and the rest on a critter bait. This 5.8 pound female smashed the fighting frog far from me as soon as I started bumping it into what I think was rocks, and the fight was insane!
Details: Other Snapper
Sharks gave me a hard time today, this happened to me 5 times but still caught several good sized snappers fishing 80 FOW. I decided to use my swimbait set up and ...more a monster fish took all 300 yards of braid so I switched to a big rod and reel spooled with 50lb mono- no more problems after that.
Details: Largemouth Bass
Caught this bass with the head of a 5lb+ fish casting next to a pile of floating weeds; slow retrieve and a little twitch did the job.
Details: Gafftopsail Catfish
Even though i came for Redfish, it was still fun being out in the water with friends and family. Caught several cats this weekend, this being the biggest. Most fish ...more where caught in the second sandbar or further and i had to use a 6 oz spider weight to keep my bait in place.
Details: Largemouth Bass with a Abu Garcia Veritas 7'0 MH Rod paired with a Shimano Cardiff 200A spooled with 30lb Power Pro braid. Spro bbz-1
Caught this 4 pound chunk swimming the spro through hard current coming from a culvert; slow retrieve with a twitch around every 10th revolution. Whenever you see ...more shad breaking the surface or coming out of a culvert throw swimbaits, chatterbaits, spinnerbaits, crank baits..etc anything that matches the hatch.
Details: Largemouth Bass with a Pearl white Chatterbait with Zman trailer Abu Garcia Veritas 7'0 MH Rod paired with a Shimano Cardiff 200A spooled with 30lb Power Pro ...more braid
Decided to try a new pond and there where no bites until I went to the corner where the wind was blowing. I was fishing lateral to the cement drop off trying to ...more imitate shad and I started getting bit like crazy. This fish gave me the best fight of the day and came out to be 4.5lbs. Please excuse my hair, that's what happens when there's constant showers and strong wind currents⚡️
Details: Largemouth Bass with a Mike Triton 6 inch Bullshad Abu Garcia Veritas 7'0 MH Rod paired with a Shimano Cardiff 200A spooled with 30lb Power Pro braid
Decided to fish really early and it sure paid off, this is the biggest out of five. Whenever you see a school of bluegill cast a slow sinking swimbait about 20 ...more feet past it and reel it slowly next or through them with a few twitches in between. Many times there's a big bass waiting to ambush a bluegill even if you can't see it, I have also seen bass swim from a distance to break the school.
Using a round reel makes swimbait fishing a lot more fun since I'm casting these hudds a country mile. When fishing swimbaits in the hottest part of the day ...more cast towards the deepest spot of the pond and reel back slowly. I lost a fish that was easily in the 5-6 pound range right as I tried to grab its jaw, so I casted to the same spot and this 4 pound bass swallowed my Hudd 68.
Largemouth Bass with a Abu Garcia Veritas 7'0 MH Rod paired with a Shimano Cardiff 200A spooled with 30lb Power Pro braid and Huddleston 68 black gizzard shad
Don't be afraid to throw big baits for bass remember this fish are opportunistic feeders and will eat anything 1/3 the size of their body sometimes even bigger ...more such as this scenario where I had this 2 pound bass smash the hudd and luckily got hooked no stinger needed.
Largemouth Bass with a Abu Garcia Veritas 7'0 MH Rod paired with a Shimano Cardiff 200A spooled with 30lb Power Pro braid and 8 inch Huddleston deluxe blue shad
