After a slow bite for bass the past few weeks is finally picked up again on this day. Using live crays and tubes my dad and I caught 5 smallies and a walleye (and ...more a few Sheephead) . This one here was a great fight, 19"
Smallmouth Bass with a Live crayfish
Hot humid day, bright skies with big puffy white clouds, wind blowing my drift from west to east side of shipping channel. Typical hit on a bondy bait, felt a "tick" ...more on the downstroke of my vertical jig and then the electricity of a live fish on the upstroke and then immediately set the hook. Good fight for about 90seconds before I corralled her into the net. First musky of the year for me! 35 inches.
10 lb. 8 oz. 35 in. Muskellunge with a Bondy Bait (black)
27" pike while fishing for largemouth, which I caught for of. Nothing spectacular about this catch other than it was cool to catch a pike using a top water ...more bait, a first for me. Also it gave me the opportunity to post a pic on Fishidy wearing my brand new solar shirt, also a first for me :D
27 in. Northern Pike with a Zara Spook
Michigan Master Angler Sheephead, 26-1/2" 8lb 9oz. Was fishing for smallmouth and on my last cast of the night I hooked this beast. One helluva fight, I thought ...more at first I had a new state record smallie, LOL! Fishing a rocky outcrop in the Trenton Channel just north of my house.
8 lb. 9 oz. Freshwater Drum with a Ned Rig
Epic day with my dad on spawning flats. This was the 29th out of 30 bass I caught tonight. Keitech 4" Easy Shad (baby bass color) on an Owner 1/8oz swim jig. ...more Swimbaits ruled the night. My dad added 9 bass of his own.
3 lb. 8 oz. 17 in. Largemouth Bass
Caught 8 bass in spawning flats using swimbaits and top ware. Caught this 19 incher on a black Zara spook walking the dog
4 lb. 7 oz. Largemouth Bass
Great great night fishing for largemouth on top water. Walkin' tha dog with a black Zara Spook on calm waters in Airport Bay. Just about ever 2nd to third ...more cast I had a fish lunging at my lure. Many times the missed it altogether and sometimes they would take 2 or 3 lunges at it on the same retrieve like this girl did (18", 3.5lbs). Had a blast tonight, ended up netting 14LMBs tonight between 8pm and dusk.
3 lb. 9 oz. 18 in. Largemouth Bass
Water temp 52 degrees after a couple days of rain. Caught 6 LMBs ranging from 14-18" under overcast skies on a chilly day. Bite was at is best from 1-3pm. ...more Used this same bait last year in this spot and it didn't disappoint this year.
3 lb. 9 oz. 18 in. Largemouth Bass with a ZMan RazR shad on 4/0 EWG weighted hook
Wanted to try a spot I was looking at on the map this winter once the water warmed up. Got to the spot and there was a boat already there... and we was catching ...more fish too. Watched him catch multiple white bass, a couple smallies and even a steelhead! Get off my spot I scouted man!!! Finally, skies darkened and lightning started getting near. He boogeyed and I slipped in; just enough for three casts to catch this nice 19-1/2" smallie before I had to get the hell outta there myself!
4 lb. 12 oz. 19 in. Smallmouth Bass with a ZMan Razr Shad Swimbaits
Jigging for walleye and caught this surprise. Pretty good fight, never caught one before. 16"
1 lb. 16 in. White Sucker with a Jig with paddle tail worm
