Bluegill - Big Bluegill
Bass Fishing
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Creek Smallmouth Bass Blitz
Just a quick post to shift gears from the panfish and largemouth gigs so far this spring. I was invited by my friend Judson to fish one of our favorite small rivers in central Maryland and had a sensational day on the water as pre-spawn smallies were active with thunderous strikes on hairjigs…
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Twilight Hawgs
Just got in from my second effort at a new pond that my buddy Ed turned me on to. He felt bad that we just caught small gills on Friday, which was OK with me, and no large bass or cats. Pond is indeed small, probably not an acre, but reported to have big bass and cats.…
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2015 In Fisherman Bass Guide is Out
Just got mine today...great articles on both brown and green bass and a fine article by my friend Darl Black on river smallmouths. Page 28 has my 'PIGS IN PUDDLES' article that tells how we caught and released almost 300 largemouths from 3 to 7 pounds in 2014. Enjoy!…
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Giants on the Slow Troll
Just wanted to add a quick bit about the chance of getting a super largemouth while fishing for other species. We troll for stripers at Marylands Piney Run and Liberty lakes a few times a year and every season we end up with a couple of trophy largemouths as a 'by-catch'. Nothin' fancy, just slow…
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Personal Favorites :Top 7 Topwater Bass Lures
1)Hula Popper, Frog or Coach Dog, Red /White Skirt2)Jitterbug,Black3)Rapala Silver /Bl.Back twiched on top4)Heddon Chugger ,Chrome 5)Zip-I-Dee Dee,Double prop bait,Spotted Pup6)Rebel Pop'R', Baby Bass7)Crazy Crawler
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Ice Out Largemouths and Thermal Banking
I must say that I was astonished and pleased to catch a bunch of nice bass at a local lake the past few days, especially since the lake had ice just 10 days ago! But a phenomena I call 'thermal banking' likely played a key role in the quality of the catch. Here's how it plays out...Shortly after…
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Fall Largemouths
Just a couple pix from last week and the bite has been very good...15 fish over 3 pounds and several near five...all public water fish, too.Small live worms or bluegills below bobberes, one biggie on imitation crab meat...sheeeesh!…
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Flyrod Bassin'
Hi,Does anyone here use a flyrod fishing for Bass. I usually catch bass and bluegills on the same poppers.
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Topwater Bassin'
The beginning of Summer makes for topwater action and not just after dark with Black Jitterbugs but that's great also .Philips Crippled Killer dual prop ,Black Jitterbug, Teeny Torpedo and the Floating Rapala (Topwater /subsurface) have all caught Bass the last few weeks .Double prop baits have…
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Back Yard Bass Masacre
We fished both during the afternoon for about 90 minutes and then again for 70 minutes this evening, Southwest winds piled surface algae to the north shore of the pond, exposing 'open' areas to work a StankX Stix and a Stanley Ribbit Frog. Overcast skies helped, as fish shut down when the sun came…
