Good Night In the Boat With Todd

3.24lbs/17.25" Ish's Phat Frog (Da Ma/White)

3.54lbs/18" Spro Shad TSKO

Got a double right away in NW Bay on Sprinkers

7:00-9:15PM Green Cabin, NW Bay
80-70℉, Partly Cloudy, 8-15mph SSE
WT: 80℉

Without Todd coming up, there is no way I would have gone fishing tonight with the wind being what it was.  I am glad came up because it turned into a pretty good night.  I started us in the reeds along the South shore of Green Cabin Bay.  Todd had a pike miss his frog immediately.  Then I think he missed two more bites and I lost one in the reeds as well.  I had a follow to the boat from something.   Finally, Todd hooked up and put the 3lber in the boat on Ish's Da Man.  Not to be outdone about 5 minutes later I got my big girl of the night on Spro Shad Sprinker knock-off.  I got another bass on the Spro KO and put the lure away.  Tournaments only for that bait from now on.  Todd missed a couple of bites.  I got a dink on the Ish's Cali in the rice.  we worked the out weed edge not getting anything so we headed to the protected water in the NW Bay.

I got a hit right away on my Sprinker and as I was landing it Todd got one as well.  I got an 11-incher and Todd put a couple more 14-inch bass in the boat on the Bone Sprinker.  I had a 26/27 pike miss the Ish's as I moved us down the rice line.  I then brought us back in by shore.  I caught a 14-incher on Cali Ish.  Todd missed a solid blow-up.  I missed a solid blow-up.  I slammed a 13-incher on the hookset sending the fish 5-feet through the air on the hookset.  Todd then had a good fish bury him in the reeds.  Then he had a 14-incher bury him again, but the fish didn't come off.  That was the last fish of the night I think.

I forgot to bring my notepad with, so I'm not sure exactly what was caught on what.  I think I culled 3 fish off of the scale and had another I didn't weigh.  Great night for action, but the size was slightly below average.

Rabbit Lake Pre-Fish

12:30-6:30PM Rabbit Lake Pit Side
76-74℉, Partly Cloudy, 4-12mph NW
WT: Mid 70's

It's kind of a bummer when your boaters new fish finder's maps aren't matching up with the lake and don't have any of his old waypoints in it.  We managed OK, but those two things definitely cut down on our efficiency.

We only fished the Eastern/Pit side of the Lakes.  I suggested the starting spot.  The place where I got my lunker the last time the Snatchers fished the lake in 2016.  We actually started beyond the point with the buoy on it a good ways off of the place I got my lunker.  We both had a small bass bite our craw tubes right off the bat.  We didn't get anything off of Dennises Wood or the spot I got my lunker last time.  We worked our way down the roadbed and Darren got us 3 waypoints on good fish on a black/blue craw.  Next, we tried some rushes.  I might have missed one bit.  Then we went shallow and tried some pads.  I got two good ones on the Spro Shad Sprinker Knock Off and we both missed a bite a piece. After I got the second one we got out of there. We worked a weedline on the East shoreline and I got a couple of small bass on a Hack Jig and had a 14/15 keeper jump and get off.  I think Darren had a good one jump him off as well.  We fished the E corner where Dwight won the last and Darren got one or two good ones there and the pike in the picture.  However, we were unable to pin down the juice thanks to the first paragraph.  Then we headed North and worked the point.  Darren got fish on three consecutive casts so we headed to the Island where Darren got another good fish.  From there we tried to find one of Guy's spots, but Darren wasn't sure where to look.  We ended up fishing the two shallow humps between the islands.  Darren caught the last fish of the trip there, a rock bass.  I was hungry and it was after 6 so we called it a day.

Slow Morning, Better Evening Trip

2.97lbs/17" Hack Jig/Chigger Craw

6:00-9:00AM Green Cabin Bay
Conditions: 55-72℉, Sunny, 3-12MPH SW W NW
Water Temp: 75℉

15.25" Terminator Frog

Because I got a late start I skipped the GOMH and went right for the Trophy.  I headed right for Green Cabin Bay.  I stopped in the rice with pads on the southern end.  I got the 15-incher on about my 5th cast.  That was it for bass this morning.  I had a pike steal a Sprinker Tail on Chuck's point.  Lost a little pike on a swimbait in the pads and outside of the reeds on Chuck's Point on the weedless chatterjig.  I just couldn't get the fish that I know are there to go.
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Evening Trip

Lucky to get this fish in

Straight back to the right of the motor is where it came out of

 7:00-9:30PM Double Cane Point
Conditions: 79-72℉, Mostly Sunny, 18-Calm NW
Water Temp: 80℉

It was really windy when I went out, but the forecast was for winds to be diminishing. I started in the windblown rice/slop on the North side of Double Cane Point. I had a fish reveal itself, but couldn't get it to go. In the money area, I had a fish on the Grass Pig and Chigger Craw.  Finally, on the South side of the point, I had a good bass (2.24) hit the Bobby's Perfect like it hadn't had a meal in days.  The 17-incher gave its position away and I got it on the Hack Jig.  I then got a dink on the Bobby's Perfect and two quality keepers (1.89,2.46) to close out the night.

12.65 for my bass today

Long Slow Day On The Water

17.5" Bobby's Perfect Frog

7:30-8:00AM GOMH
8:30AM-6:00PM NW Bay, Big Bass Point, Double Cane to Inlet Bay, Across from P.A.
Conditions: 48-66℉, Sunny to Cloudy, Light WSW to WNW Wind, water level rising
Water Temp: 63℉

15.5" Craw Tube (Brown/GP)

When I arrived at the GOMH the panfish guy was there fishing the SW side.  I told him what I had been catching here lately.  I then went down on the NE side.  Missed my first 4 bites, then had my white Pure Poison get bit off.  I did manage to catch the one jumper on the craw tube.

   Conditions seemed favorable, but the bass didn't agree as I struggled to catch 'em.  I caught pike though. I had a true monster gator miss the Rat Ta Tat Plopper twice on Double Cane Point, thinking it was 36-38".  I was a knuckle head and didn't think to throw the Mag Fluke after it.

16" Bobby's Perfect

I didn't feel like taking a break, so I didn't.  I should have put some sunscreen on as I got a little burnt.  I also got a bit mentally and physically fatigued.  I missed several bites that I really should have landed after 4PM.

16.25" Outkast Swim Jig/Swim Fluke Jr. 

I kept hoping I was going to run into a concentration of bass.  That didn't happen until I made my last move of the day and then I only caught 1 of the 6 or so that bit.

I actually probably had a little more weight than this, but I forgot to put the 17.5" on the scale before I put it back.  The 2.53 was the weight I put on the scale for it.  If I could have the day over I would throw a lot more sim jig and a spinnerbait, which I didn't throw at all.

22 Pike
7 Bass

Caught Some, Lost Some

3.06lb/18.25" Pure Poison/Swim Fluke Jr. (White/DV)

3:30-4:00 GOMH
4:30-7:45PM Chuck's Point, Green Cabin Bay, Big West Bay Slop, Across from P.A.
8:30-8:50PM GOMH
Conditions: 65-60℉, Partly Cloudy, WSW Wind, Water level high and rising
Water Temp: 65-63℉

25.5" Pure Poison/Swim Fluke Jr.

So once again I started at the GOMH. I caught a dink jumper on the SW side and two toothy's on the NE side. I also missed a hit on the blue/black craw tube.

15.75" Spro Shad Sprinker K.O.

I was out in the Trophy by 4:30PM and I stopped at West Point first.  I missed a hit on the craw tube and then I was off to Chuck's Point.  The fish did't seem to be in the reeds today.  There was some activity in the pads in GCB and I got my first bass (14) of the trip in the rice towards shore on the yellow Terminator Frog.  I then pulled the one in the picture out of the pads on the SSSKO and lost one that was similar in size.  I also got a 15" on the Terminator Frog in the pads.  Missed a couple of other hits.  I decided to head to the slop in Big West Bay where I saw activity a few days ago.  There wasn't as much activity going on tonight, but there was some.  I had several hits by the tree on what must have been a small pike.

17.25" Terminator Frog

  I got my only fish there out towards the end of the reeds.  Was lucky to catch it because it hit swimming towards me at a 100mph.  I was shocked it wasn't a pike.  I headed across the bay to where I was catching them the other night and I got a 16 incher right next to the cattails.

I had a good size fish just suck the Terminator in.  I rolled the fish on the hookset and it came off.  Bummer deal.  That was the last bite I got out in the Trophy.  I decided to hit the GOMH up on the way home hoping to maybe get a golden bullhead.  Instead, I got that 18 inch jumper, which turned my night from disappointing to at least respectable.

14.28lbs for my Best 6 Bass 

7 Bass

4 Pike

Great Day In the Trophy & at the GOMH

4.69lb/19.5" Terminator Frog

3;00-3:30PM GOMH
4:00-7:45PM Across from Public Access, Double Cane Point
Conditions: 57-55℉, Cloudy some light rain, North Wind, Water level rising
Water Temp: 65-66℉

15.5" Pure Poison

I started at the Grumpy Old Man Hole tonight.  I got one jumper on each side (15.5NE, 14.75SW) on the Poison.  I then headed to get the Trophy.   The wind came up some while I was putting stuff in the boat, which I wasn't happy about.  I headed across from the Pubic Access in Big West Bay.  I put myself in a bad spot for dealing with the wind.  I moved a little ways to the East and wasn't getting anything, so I motored closer to the point and the reeds.  I quickly got a couple of pike and a 15" bass on the Horny Toad.  Good I found fish.  I had been out half an hour at that point and was a little concerned.  I moved a little to the east and started throwing the Terminator Frog when a hog jacked it.

4.14lb/18.25" Terminator Frog (Yellow)

About 5 minutes later I got another quality fish.

3.24lb/17.5" Terminator Frog

Why couldn't I get a couple of bites this size on Saturday at Little Boy Lake.  I then worked my way back to the West and got this fish:

3.28lbs/17.25" Terminator Frog

Along with 16.5, 16.25, and a 16.  I also missed a few blow ups.  Some I think were pike.  Then the area went dead.  It was now after 6PM, so I headed to the North Bay and Double Cane Point.  I went farther North in the Bay than I have been fishing.  I had what I pretty sure was a big bass hit the Terminator, but not hook up.  Out on the now almost nonexistent pad/rice point I had another hit that I didn't hook.  I got around the point and I was getting a bit concerned that I had mad a bad move when the big one of the night was all over the Terminator.

Same fish as the top of the blog

  It was now getting pretty dark out and I was making my way out of the reeds throwing the Spro Shad Sprinker knock off when I heard a fish miss the lure.  I cast back and boom another good one on.

3.57lb/17.9" SSSKO (bluegill)

21.64lbs for my best 6 bass

 This is my best limit since buying the scale.

11 Bass
4 Pike

Dock & GOMH

Spro Shad Sprinker Knock Off

I was tired from yesterday's tournament, pumped after the Vikes did in the Bucs and Famous Jamious at home.  I also wanted to take advantage of the warm weather today and get out and do some fishing.  However thunderstorms were moving into the area.  I went up to the Lake Place and got the Trophy pumped out from last nights storms.  I caught the one pike and a rain storm moved in on the Spro Shad Sprinker knock off I won on eBay.  The maker says they have a better hook up ratio than the Sprinker.    I then headed to the GOMH and a real gully washer happened while I was there.  I didn't hear any thunder, weird.  When the rain lightened up I headed back to the Lake Place to pump out the boat again. Then I headed back to the GOMH.

15" O-Bait Craw Tube (b/b)

 I got three jumpers at there.  One on the NE side and two on the SW side.  I also missed a bite or two.