I seeee, in the picture it looks like the bass is just
about to vacum up that frog.
In any case, it is a GREAT picture.
Thank you for sharing.
Peter
I LOVE fishing the frog. It’s about to heat up in my parts in the coming weeks. Anybody that has never seen a bass blow up on a frog is missing out. I often have bass come out to get my frog when it ISN’T EVEN IN THE WATER! They bust through whatever vegetation you are crawling it over. Fun stuff!
I got out sunday afternoon to chase some big largies with casey.
I got a few on the swimjig and some on a senko.
casey got most of his on a "ribbit’plastic toad bait. it was a slow bite til sunset, then the bite got good for a short bit. We casted around the pads, coontail beds and slop in shallow water. the water is finally warm enough to go without waders!
the senko strikes again
casey nabs a nice larry
they were in the shallow cover waiting to ambush their prey
I was just about to the landing and taking the last few casts of the night when I had a bite on my senko. I set the hook and this sea monster started to pull me sideways! I finally wrestled it in and it was this big huge toad! I tried to measure it, but it was hard on a paddle, i couldn’t believe it but I couldn’t get a 20 inch measurement off it, but I was sure it was 5 pounds! then casey said he had a hand held digital scale, so i gave up on the ruler, and hooked it up…5.1 pounds! Cha ching!
Holy Cow!!! We’re not worthy, we’re not worthy!!!
Very NICE!
As a friend of mine and I use to put it:
fish fish fish fish fish fish[;)][;)][;)][;)]
My biggest float tube fish so far!
I thought it was the state record bass! it nabbed a topwater sizmec toad as I buzzed it by some pads, I reared back and held on trying to keep it from wrapping around the pad stems and mabye getting away. The fish was too pwerful though, it just pulled me sideways, it felt like I was going to be pulled down like a bobber!
Then it buried deep into the weeds and I felt no fight! Oh no! I was shaking by now and hoping mr giant bass didn’t get away! I slowly worked in line til I was almost right above it, then it finally came up, lots of weeds, but the big fish was still there! only it was a pike. Kind of a let down when I was waiting to see a 8-10pound bass, but still a nice fish anyhow.
Now maybe you can see why i have a special place in my heart for the pike! They are a really fin fish to catch, and they are quite tastey too!
Very nice pike, man. It sounds like it was great fight as
well, bass or not.
Thank you for sharing.
Peter
Nice fish!!!
that’s a dandy bass. thanks for sharing
I got out for a little float tubin for sunfish in the afternoon on a small west metro pond, got lots of nice fish, nothing huge, but some great colors for pics. I had a bite on almost every cast if i got it next to some lily pads or duckweed . i got all the fish on a 1/32 oz lead head tipped with a JRs stub grub.
tons of pics: Fish Chasers: Panfish action 7-26
a few good fish
I got out for a few hours in the tube Sunday evening for some panfish action on my 3 wt flyrod.
I started out with a bead head sinking bee pattern I made. Got quite a few on that. when the winds went down, I switched to a popper, and they really hit that thing! something hit anytime I got that popper anywhere near the pads and weeds! Lots of nice sunfish, nothing huge, and lots of largemouth bass that were a handful on that little rod for sure! A fun evening of fishin in the books! Fish Chasers: More panfish, with the flyrod
Popper ambush!
bass were hitting on top too
more sunfish
Great pictures. Love the action shots. Some of those sunfish sure have pretty color patterns.
I got out for a while in the tube chasing some largemouth bass. I got a few on the outside edge of the milfoil beds earlier on a jig with a ring-N tube, also got some on a swim shad.
Later before dark, I nailed a few in the shallows on a frenzy popper.
More pics here : Fish Chasers: Bassin in the float tube
Float tube fishing can be relaxing… or mabye i was wore out from catchin’ so many bass hehe
topwater bass action
I watched this storm form just north of me. it spawned a couple of twisters after I left!!
I got out for a while sunday afternoon. I started for bluegills, but only got a few small ones. I started looking for some bass action on the deep weedline, only one bite rigging a black and blue power lizard.
as the sun went down I moved up shallow and threw a sizmec toad, buzzing it across the grass and letting it sink in the pockets. I connected with a fish on the first cast! It hit on the drop and I didn’t even know I had a bite til it started going sideways with it! I pulled its head out of the water on thehookset but didn’t get the hook in and it let go. I cast back and let it sink, then hopped it off the bottom a few times and it bit again, got em, about a 2 pounder.
As it got darker they really started busting the toad on top, sometimes coming completly out of the water on the strike! got a few, missed a few, nothing big, just enough for a little action.
