With Todd Morning, With Both Bro's In The Evening

15.75" Ish's Phat Frog (Ballin)

6:00-9:00AM Chuck's Point, Big Rice Point, Reeds Outside of Chuck's
Conditions: 59-72℉, Haze Mostly Sunny, Calm
Water Temp: 76℉

15.25" Bobby's Perfect (Sparrow)

I took us to the juice in Green Cabin first.  After 20 minutes and no strikes, I hightailed it on the troller over to Chuck's Point. I caught that 15.25" pretty quickly then added a 13.25", and 12.75" in short order.  I may have caught a 15.25" as well. (Can't remember if I got that second 15.25" here or at Big Rice).  I got on the big motor and was slowly moving us down the reed line on our way out, when Todd got a bass.

13" Ish's Phat Frog (Ballin)

I turned the motor off and Todd took the fish off.  Todd threw back a couple of times and missed a much bigger fish.  That prompted me to grab a rod and fish off the battery compartment.  I quickly missed two good fish that I had no business missing.  That was it.  Next, we went to Cane Across and I got 2 or 3, depending on where that second 15.25" came from there.  I think Todd missed one opportunity.  Next, we went to the Reeds outside of Chuck's.  I had a good fish hang me on a reed and get off.  Todd got two there (13, 12.5).  We made a quick stop at the Reeds Across the Way where Todd missed one good blowup.  I was going to drop Todd off and hit some docks, but I didn't have the dock rod in the boat, so I beached and then decided against it.  I went home and caught a nap.

  I took the girls out on the new tube in the afternoon for a couple hours.  I then came in had lunch, beat the girls in a game of UNO, then learned the card game Trash.  I started getting tired, so I didn't go out with the crew on the pontoon.
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16.75" Terminator Frog (Green)

11.75" Terminator Frog (Hot Mud Camo)

14" Ish's Phat Frog (Ballin)

7:30-9:10PM Reeds Across the Way North
78-72℉, Hazy Sun, Very Light S wind
79℉

At 6:00 when I ate dinner I wasn't feeling up to fishing, but getting some food in me did the trick and I was out the door by 6:35PM. Much to Belle and Mallory's disappointment, Steve decided to come along with us.  The boat wasn't gaining any speed so I aborted my planned run to Green Cabin and went to the reeds across the way.  The fish were active in there, fortunately.  I caught 3 bass (15.25, 13.75, 13.5) pretty quick on the Terminator Frog.  I switched Todd to a Terminator and gave Steve the Ish's that Todd had been using.  Todd caught the dink and Steve got a 12.5" so the skunk was totally out of the boat.  I lost a couple of good one's in the reeds.  Then I got the 16.75" in the boat.  Steve got the 14-incher.  Steve had one at least that big get off as he was lifting it into the boat.  All three of us caught a small pike.  Steve the last bass of the trip (The one at the top of this post).

Todd's pike taken with the flash on

13.29lbs for the Best 6 of the Day

11 Bass for me for the day.
Todd 4 Bass
Steve 4 Bass

Tough Morning, OK Evening

6:00-10:30AM Big Rice Point, West Point Dock
60-74℉, Sunny, 0-5mph NW

16.25" Terminator Jig/Craw Fatty (Black/Red)

I didn't stop at the GOMH this hazy morning for fear it would be a short topwater window, which it was.  I caught one dink on the Horny Toad on Big Rice Point and missed 3 or 4 other hits.   Then pretty much nothing.  I went into the bullrushes/reeds at Cane Access Across and got a dink on the KVD Shiner.  On my way in I was going to stop at "The Dock", but some kids in a paddle boat were fishing by it, so I went to West Point and caught the nice one there along with a dink.
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16.5" Bobby's Perfect (Sparrow)

7:30-9:00PM NW Bay
77-70℉, Sunny, 0-4mph NW
77℉

3.10lbs/17.33lbs Bobby's Perfect

It was going to be a short trip, so I decided to see what was up in the NW Bay.  Within the first ten minutes, I caught the 16.5" out of the pads after having a fish, probably the same one, miss the frog on my first couple of casts.  I went inside the rice line and started working my way down and got the 17-incher.  I then lost a good one and had the Bobby's Perfect get bit off.  I caught a couple of dinks and got nothing in the juice.  The skeeters came out and I was done just after 9PM.  Todd and the girls arrived at about 9.

11.04lbs for my Best 6 Bass

   

Short Trip With Steve Tonight

2.22lbs/15.5" Ish's Phat (Silver)

7:30-9:10PM Melon Patch, 17" Hole
Conditions: 80-73℉, Partly Cloudy, Calm-5mph West
Water Temp: 80℉

2.66lbs/16" Terminator Frog

I didn't get out of the house until after 7PM.  Steve decided to come with and set a goal of getting 3 bass.  First stop was the Melon Patch.  I had a pike sky when it missed my Terminator Frog.  I don't remember which one of us missed the first bite, probably me.  I think I missed 3 or 4 hits at the Melon Patch.  Steve landed the one in the picture there along with missing a couple.  It wasn't happening at the Melon Patch, so I headed for the 17" Hole at 8:35.  Fortunately, it's a short ride.  I got a pike right away on the Terminator Frog.  We started heading East.  Steve missed a really good blowup.  I think I missed one.  Then Steve missed one.  Then the 16-incher left no doubt he was a feeding fish.  I then quickly caught a 13.5". Steve caught a 13.75, but I think that was at the Melon Patch.  I missed a couple more blowups;  One was a fish that had given its position away and I rushed it thereby losing the fish when it hit.  Steve had one blowup as he pulled the frog out of the water.  I was putting my rain pants on when Steve set the hook on a fish that missed the frog.  He cast right back and it hit again.  He set the hook and immediately thought he had a pike break him off, except the Power Clip was still attached to his line.  That's the 3rd time I've had a lure come off on one, each time was a freak deal.  With that, we called it a night.

7.89lbs  for the Bass tonight

Slow Good Long Morning, Evening with Steve

16.25" Ish's Phat Frog (Silver)

5:50-6:25AM GOMH NE
7:00AM-1:00PM Melon Patch, 17" Hole
Conditions: 59-77℉, Cloudy to Mostly Sunny, Calm to 3mph S
Water Temp: 69-75℉

15.25" Shower Blows (Blue Sexy)

I got the 15-incher on the first cast.  I also caught a 12-incher in the tube on the Shower Blows. Nothing on the SW side.  Spent far to much time here.

In the Trophy I headed straight to the back of the Melon Patch.  I had two pike miss the Bobby's Perfect Frog right away.  I got into the rice and just sat there.  A fish gave its position away on the Horny Toad, a couple of casts later I had the 17.75-inch bass in the boat.  He got hung up in a rice stalk and was hooked in the tongue.  I was in such a hurry to get it back in the water I forgot to take it's picture after weighing it, oops.  I then had a doggy "dog me" on the Horny Toad. It then it "dogged me" on a Grass Pig.  The third time was the charm and the big girl tail walked after I hooked her.  I was like this is a big one.

29" 

8.35lbs Grass Pig (Grn Pmkn)

 I should have put her in the livewell and taken her home so I could get a better picture.  Next time I guess.  A fish gave its position away and I caught her on Big Sexy.

17.25" Mad Maxx (Big Sexy)

I got one dink bass and a couple of pike on the Horny Toad before finally abandoning the Melon Patch at 11AM.  The bite was definitely off.  On my way out I stopped where the deep water abuts the pads and there are cabbage weeds mixed with the pads.  I got a pike there on the Terminator Frog.  I also checked the spot where I got a bite coming out the other day where the cabbage runs into the flat on the North side, nothing.  I then headed to the 17" Hole at Noon.  I got 16-incher right away on the lime Sprinker.  I then had a fish "dog me".  I let the Sprinker sit and it grabbed it, but quickly came off. I then missed a bite in a rice patch then had another fish "dog me" and not commit. The a light wind started was blowing out of the SE so I went to the top of the Big Rice Point and drifted back.  I got two bass (12", 16.25") along with a couple of misses out of the rice patches.  At 1PM I had enough and went in.

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Same bass as the top of the blog taken with flash

7:30-9:00PM Green Cabin Bay, Access Across Cane to 17" Hole

Conditions: 78-72℉, Partly Cloudy, 2-5mph SSE

Water Temp: 76℉

16.75" Terminator frog (Green Frog)

With the way the wind was blowing, I decided to give Green Cabin Bay a shot because the water would be calm in there.  Steve noticed a fish move in the rice.  He got it to blow up but set the hook to fast and it got off.  I had a fish blow up and miss.  I let the frog sit and it hit again, but didn't hook up.  I then got the 16.75-incher.  I got a 14.25" andmissed a couple and Steve missed a couple.  We left Green Cabin Bay at 8:35PM.  I took us to the Cane.  I got a 13-incher there and one in the pads as I was making my way to the 17" Hole.  Steve finally got a bass in the boat and I got one last good bass (16.5) for the day.

6 Best Bass Plus Dogfish

16.99lbs 6 Best Bass for the Day

Fish Were AWWN, Me Not So Much

17" Terminator Frog (Hot Mud Camo)

6:30-9:10PM Access Across Point to Big Rice Point
Conditions: 77-70℉, Partly Cloudy, Calm to 5 MPH NW
Water Temp: 76℉

16" Terminator Frog (Hot Mud Camo)

I started off in the reeds off the point.  I missed the first blowup about 10 minutes in.  Soon after I caught a dink on the green Terminator Frog.  I then missed another good blow up close to shore.  I caught a 13.75-incher out of the spot on a 6" Yum Dinger.  I then missed the next two blow ups when the fish buried me in the reeds.  At this point, it was apparent to me the fish were AWWWWWWWN.  And I told myself I should go to the Melon Patch, but I didn't.  I caught two 14.25-inchers on the green Terminator along with missing a couple more fish.  I also missed a fish on the Grassmaster Jig.  I then had the green Terminator stolen by a fish.  I didn't have any more green Terminator Frogs with me so I put on the Hot Mud Camo color.  I quickly caught a dink on it.  Then I missed two quality fish in a row. Major frustration at that point.  I was almost set to move then I caught the 16-incher.  I think I missed the next bite, then caught the 17-incher.  I caught two more 15-inchers on the Terminator to end the night.  Not a bad trip, but it could have been so much better if I was on my game.  Debating whether to move or not took me off of my game. 

I'm hitting the Melon Patch first tomorrow.

13.05lbs for my Best 6 tonight

9 Bass
1 Pike

Slow Morning, Smackdown On the Sprinker in the Evening

5:45-6:15AM GOMH SW
7:00-Noon Jenny's Reeds, Green Cabin, Chuck's Point, Melon Patch
Water Temp: 72℉ Water High and rising

15.25" Shower Blows 105 (Bone)

Nothing on the NE side.  The jumper was all over the Shower Blows on the SW side.  I heard something get hit under the bridge while I was taking the fish off, but I didn't get any more bites.

While I was putting my gear in the boat there was pretty good visibility to start, but then the fog got thicker.

I decided to try Jenny's reeds hoping the fog would dissipate.  I didn't get a bite and the fog wasn't going away, so I headed to Green Cabin in the fog 25 minutes wasted.  On the way there I had a little issue with the fuel line.  I got it figured out pretty quickly and was on my way.

There was no fog in Green Cabin Bay and it burned off the rest of the lake quickly after I arrived.  I didn't get a hit in Green Cabin Bay. Eventually, I hightailed over to Chuck's Point. When I was fishing down the reed line into the slop a fish finally gave it's position away in the thick reeds by the shore on the point.

13.5" Grass Pig

I caught my first bass of the trip there on a Grass Pig and quickly lost two more bites.  I was working my way out of the reeds and on my last cast, I caught a good one.

17.5" Grass Pig (GP)

I threw a few more casts and was off to the Melon Patch.  I caught two nice bass quickly.

17" Bobby's Perfect

The first fish, the 17-incher, didn't get the Bobby's perfect the first time.  I threw back to the spot and it inhaled it.  The second fish, a dark 16.25" chunk of a bass, came all the way out of the water missing the Bobby's Perfect.  I threw back to the area about 10 times and had one hit from a pike.  I then threw the lime Sprinker Frog and it hit it on about the 7th cast.  That was my last bass of the morning, but I did miss a couple of bites.
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17.25" Sprinker (Lime)

6:45-9:10PM Channel Inn Bay,  West of the 17" Hole to Big Rice Point
Conditions: 80-72℉, Mostly Cloudy, 2-5mph SW Wind
Water Temp: 75℉

17.25" Sprinker (Lime)

I started in Channel Inn Bay.  Stuff was getting smoked to my North way up in the junk when I arrived.  Not much was going on.  I caught one 15.5" bass.  I pulled the plug at 7:45 and headed to the 17" Hole.  I had a couple of pike hit the Sprinker right away.  I moved to the west and got 15.25" bass. When I didn't get anything at the inside pad patch I headed back East getting a couple more pike in the 17" Hole.  I then got a 17.25", first one above, from that point it was game on with the Sprinker Frog.  I had two fish "dog me".  I had the first one on for a few seconds and the second one never committed.  Over that final half hour, I caught 12 bass and missed 3 or 4 more.  The final fish of the night was the second 17.25".  It buried me good in a rice stalk.  No giants, but a fun night.

17.79lbs for my Best 6 for the Day

20 Bass
9 Pike