Had a great long weekend with the family at the cabin. We ate good food and fished. Ned rig by stumps and swim jigs through the pads were key. Still pre spawn in Northern Wisconsin. Hope everyone had a great Memorial Day and weekend!

Does anyone know how long a bass will wait to bite again after being caught? Not necessarily bedding fish but in general? After our heavy hitters tournament, all the fish were released at that dock and imagine they won’t be going far.

Had a great time at our big bass bash on Sunday! Caught a bunch of bass but none of our bass won any of the 8 hour segments. Still didn’t walk away empty handed. Found some great early growth pre spawn weeds and rock piles I didn’t know of before. Also have a better understanding of which areas of the lake/docks are better for Pre-Spawn and holds the early spawners. While slowly going through a 2ft deep weed flat I saw what I though was a telephone pole laying in the water…nope it was a giant Musky. Probably 60+ inches long and had the girth of a telephone pole.

Have to congratulate my great friend Dr. Tony Dugas who got to join me in this tournament. Just finished getting his PHD after 4 years and he celebrated by going fishing. Also have to thank Brian Barde for the custom Workhorse Rod!!

I haven’t been able to make many of the round table chats so I’ve been watching the recordings on the side. I’ll tell ya what, I need to try and make some of the lives. Such good conversations and a sense of community in there. I encourage everyone to give them a shot if they haven’t.

Have a different style of tournament coming up this Sunday. Big Bass only 17”+, plus the weigh in format is different too. Has anyone fished a format like this before? Any strategies they recommend. Have SM & LM both available and we are in the thick of the Spawn. They are up shallow and at the bank. This lake is known for its big LM, but the SM are in larger population.

https://www.madtownbassclub.com/bigbassbashabout

I’ll tell ya what, watching MLF on FFS days is kinda boring. Specially when they only stay on one guy that isn’t BLat all day.

Went out yesterday morning, found a couple giants alone on their beds in the back of a protected shallow bay. Spent 30 minutes on each of them with no luck. Threw a variety of baits and different sizes at them. All I could get them to do was stare down the bait up close. Even though I didn’t catch them and ran out of time it was still fun to practice. That was my first time trying to get a bass while on bed. I’ll be back out soon to try again.

Had another one heck of a frenzy. Jeff and I went out on Lake Michigan today. Picked up 20 Coho salmon in 47 minutes. We were back at the dock before 7am. Incredible day! Dropped off filets to get smoked and the rest we put on the grill!

Had SUCH a fun day on the water!!! Found a spot that had all the right things…warmer 56 degrees clear water, grass, and rocks. One of those days you get these footballs on every cast with a Jerkbait. None were over 2lbs, but locked up the Jerkbait like a freight train! I was yelling biggin after every hook set. There were so many fish on this one spot even the dog jumped in to try and get one.

Does anyone have a furry friend that loves fishing too?