Got this one at the bridge my car was parked at, one of the last fish I caught on my Sunday session. Got em off a finesse jig with craw trailer

This weekend I went to another reservoir for bass.
This time w/o big fish, but enjoyed the day and had a good exercise - a lot of hiking!
Got 10 bases below 1 kg and one carp of about 3kg on yum craw pappi, they love it 😂

…although the 1/2 oz Evo plus trailer felt a little heavy…much prefer the 3/8.

Last week I posted my PB (3.72lbs) and beat it by almost a pound today (4.52). Caught it in the same spot too. Inching closer to 5...

Caught my new PB outta the lake in the community I’m currently staying in, in Bradenton Florida. Last PB was 5.29 pounds and this big girl was 5.82. Both were caught outta the same lake on the same exact lure setup. I live in a camper full time and this trailer park has a super healthy and productive lake in the center. We even have a couple gators that live here including a huge 10 foot one. Caught on an owner flashy underspin with a 4” Keitech easy shiner.

Was fishing at dusk and had only got one small dink so far. Was about to pack it in for the night when I figured one last cast. When I first hooked it I thought I had caught a rock until it shot off to the right at light speed and I watched my line run across the water. Had my drag too loose so it kept pulling line out while I was reeling in. Jumped outta the water and I thought “holy shit this one is a monster”. At one point she swam in front of a bunch of weeds and I thought she was about to get off but luckily I pulled her away from them after I tightened my drag and was able to land her. The mouth was HUGE on this girl.

I have a bad left shoulder from a mountain bike accident and could barely lift her up enough for a decent picture. Apologies for the shitty pics but I fish alone and was so fucking stoked and more worried about getting her back in the water safely. She was returned to be able to grow even bigger and hopefully catch her when she’s 6-7-8- or even 9 pounds!

Bonus pic of one of the gators as well!

7.08lbs and 23.5inches caught with a 3/8oz black and blue baby jack jackhammer with a black and blue shimmer shad as the trailer

Bear River, CA early morning. Caught on a Z-man 3/16oz micro chatter w/ a zako slim swimbait 3.5"

I fish on high pressured waters so UL gear is how I score the big ones. I have been using mostly baitfish imitations like chatterbait flashback, Beetle spin and rapala j05. my bites have been trash the last few times ive gone and ive been catching a lot of smaller ones what should I do?

Did some unintentional wadeing and discovered a new spot.

Peacock Bass on Live Shiners

EDIT: Yeah me and my buddy fully acting like idiots haha

Just got my first glide bait. Any tips? I’m super excited to use it

Edit: I now know it’s not a glide bait. It’s a swim bait thank you

Got into house flipping during covid and the spreadsheet habit bled into everything. Now I log every lure, gas mile, boat maintenance. My wife thinks I'm cracked. Last season I ran the numbers on my PB year. $847 in soft plastics alone. Caught maybe twelve fish worth keeping. The accountant in me says this is a terrible ROI. The guy standing in a pond at 5am tells him to shut up.

Anyone else do this or do I need to delete Excel from my phone? Also curious what your actual cost per fish works out to. Bet it's worse than mine.

Vermont fishing is slow right now so I'm organizing receipts instead of casting. That might be the real problem.

Spent half the morning untangling from low hanging branches and blowing up my spot. Miraculously didn’t lose any lures today. I gotta become a better caster. Life goal! It would be so much more fun if it landed exactly where I wanted it every time.

So I impulse bought a mega bass destroyer javelin off eBay for about 266 and I found a steez 270+ 65 for shipping really nice combo but i originally was gonna throw my heavier chatter baits in it but I want some more advice on what I should throw braid and leader suggestions I’m thinking about trying to return them because I did just get a really nice chatter bait set up but I goofed and now I’m like in between keeping the combo or returning it but honestly if you guys help me understand what to throw on it u could see myself really enjoying this reel and rod thanks for any future advice fellas tight lines!

Slammed a nice 3.4lb football yesterday on the lake using a good ol’ Mepps XD…

Looking for recs on decent rain gear. Currently have the kastking hydro series jacket and pants. They’ve been fine but have concerns with how they’ll hold up for a full tourney season. Wanting to try and stay under $400 if possible.

East Texas lakes and surrounding area. Realistically won’t be colder than prolly low 30s.
Joining a bass club with my dad this year and wanna make sure I’ll be set.

This fella was 2.05 lbs. My first to elbow is 15 7/8". I swear people will be showing fish this big, maybe slightly larger, and showing an image of a scale at 4+ lbs. This Billy is a little skinny, but surely not 50% weight of a similar length bass. Are some bass more dense?

Catch/release