Don't sleep on those shallow weeds (especially the water willow) this time of year. I figured out if they weren't out chasing they were holed up somewhere. I started flipping and punching the weeds and was able to make a come back in the tournament from the bank. BLat said they would be in the thickest or the thinnest part of the weeds and he nailed it. Here's a 7lb 5oz from yesterday that I wish I had caught a week earlier. Thank God she was in the thickest of the thinnest weeds.
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Fall fishing has come to Texas and everything is keyed in on shad. One minute I'm snatching smallies off the boat ramp rip rap with crankbaits and the next I'm cutting anchor and taken for about a 15-20 minute ride in my kayak. Poor crankbait took a beating with the split rings stretched out. (2nd image shows the crankbait)
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Today marks 3 years to the day I caught my PB (9lbs 2oz). My casual approach toward bass fishing went away in the blink of an eye. I've been on a pursuit for a double digit bass since. It's been pretty much an obsession since. Fishing nearly 365 except storms with lightning.
Who else can remember their pb like it was yesterday?
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So if a fish hits a crankbait it identifies as a bass right? (my measuring board wasn't big enough so I guess it goes down as 28".)
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A little practice for the SUF tournament right before I left for Colorado. Hope I find some measurable fish while in Denver. If not, I'm going to have to play catch up when I get back to my Texas puddle.
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Thank you BLat!
I never thought I'd need the videos about boat electronics being a predominantly bank angler, however I watched some of them anyways. Glad I did! I've recently been invited to be a co-angler/teammate for next year's tourneys. Went on the boat yesterday evening and thought I was going to be intimidated by the electronics. Wasn't the case at all (except the live scope). Being on the back, I watched down and side scan for structure and was thankful I knew for the most part what I was looking at and for. While he scanned for fish, I was casting to structure, etc.
Going to be a heck of a transition for me fishing deeper water (going to be buying a lot of heavier terminal tackle lol). If I ever thought having a boat with electronics/live scope would make it easier, that notion is gone!
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Need a fish ID. Was fishing a new creek today. Was expecting largemouth, but started catching spots. Those were easy to identify due to the extra rows of lines below the lateral. Also caught some smallmouth-hybrids it seems. Biggest fish appears to be a largemouth but the mouth doesn't extend past the eye. So is it a spot?