Made my 1st trip to the lake this year. It started out kinda slow. Then, it stayed slow. :laf: I did catch 2 little dink bass. Then I caught this 6 lb, 21" smallmouth bass. I got it on a small white Beetle Spin on my ultra-light rod. What a fight. It was a blast. :yoyo:
Pics not too good though.
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Congrats on the nice catch
Way to go Ed. :yoyo: :yoyo: The bass magnet! :biggrin: :biggrin:
Pat
Nice Ed! I'm surprised coyotes weren't jumping into the boat! :laf:
Wow, that thing is a beaut! :yoyo:
I've went down to work the pike a few times but were slowly getting flooded out up here, which puts the kabash on it. :sad:
What are your water temps down there Ed?
Quote from: FinsnFur on March 29, 2011, 07:39:46 PM
What are your water temps down there Ed?
Water temp was 51* early this morning. Then warmed up to 55* later on in the day. The sun was out, but had a cold north wind blowing. Even had a few flurries in the morning.
THAT is a darned nice catch ed!! Congrats on that frying pan filler!! :yoyo: :yoyo:
:congrats: That is some smallmouth Weedwalker!
Dang thats a Hawg ya got ther Weed!!!!
Way to go, Bass Magnet! :biggrin:
Wow, that is a nice looking fish - and on an ultra light. I'm sure he had you all over the place.
Nce :yoyo:. And in suntanning conditions too :yoyo: :yoyo: :yoyo:
nice. I wish our water temp would come up soon. this dang weather is screwin the fishin up. been hovering in the low 40's for the past few weekends.
Nice catch Ed thats some good eatin there.
Sweet! I have been wanting to get out and wet a line.
:highclap: nice smallie ed you get it on laurle lake
Nice Ed !! :yoyo:
Low to mid 50's? :confused:
That thing is nice sized. How many did you catch..it had to be pretty far and few between at those temps.
Mark, Yes I was at Laurel Lake. That's were I spend most of the summer fishing as it's close to home.
Jim, I only caught 2 other small bass. But a cold front was coming thru so it wasn't going to be too good of a day anyway. But water temps in the 50s are plenty warm enough to get the smallmouth biting.
Our smallmouth up here are pretty scarce usually, until after the largemouth spawn, which is around 65 degrees here.
In fact it's usually like clockwork, the largemouth start to back down and the first day it's noticed we can head over to the Wisconsin River, (much faster water) and pull smallies out one after the other.
It's like nothing you've ever seen.
Smallmouth spawn before the largemouth. Smallmouth start their spawn when water temps reach around 60* and the largemouth start at about 65*. In fast warming lakes they can be spawning at the same time though. But they prefer different types of bottoms to spawn on. Smallmouths prefer gravely or sandy bottoms while largemouth prefer mud or clay bottoms. And smallmouths generaly spawn in a little deeper water than largemouth.
Man thats a niice one ed :yoyo:
Drove over our two biggest rivers yesterday and I guess we won't be making a cast for a day or three :doh2:.
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So keep showing your catch's as it is fun to see the critters. ;yes;
Wewwww looks cold barry