One of my new bass fish died! Maybe more, but 1 is all I saw.

Sharon-I am no expert but temperature has to be controlled before releasing fish into a new environment.Dont want to shock them. Did you take temps of water the bass came out of and water going into?

Sure did. The water in the bag was the same as the creek before I put them in. Strangely, they all swam away, but seemed to need oxygen and were gulping at the water surface. Haven't seen any more dead ones though.

Any of you throw Gary Yamamoto 4-6 inch senkos? I've caught my some of my biggest bass on senkos live bluegill and football jigs.

i tried the jersey rig today at a local lake and i was quite successful. caught 4 fish all about 1 1/2 pounds

Nice job Chris!

i was very fun... it was like sight fishing

another hog 7/31/10 on a plastic jig

5"YUM worm caught 5 nice Bass @Erskine Lake
2 other fine Bass came on Cranks and 1 on a Mepps/Twister tail Spinner

chartreuse spinner bait does it again 8/3/10

My favorite Bass this year was caught today 8-11-10. around 5 am. (Topwater Bl.Jitterbug)Nice Bass were also caught and turned on Blue back Rebel Pop R,Yum Dinger 5" worm and #4 Mepps Spinner.

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guys do you have anything to help me with this year.... cuz we are having trouble catching them this year! please help i dont know what to do.

i am talking about bass we are having trouble catching bass this year help me please

Josh ,first let me say thanks for creating this group page. From your picture it looks like you don't need help catching Bass!
Hit the shallows early and late if you are fishing from shore.Look for steep banks on the shoreline and fish slow after covering ground at a quicker pace to contact fish.Topwater and wacky worms are catching the majority of Bass for me.Topwater plugs like Heddon Chuggers ,Jitterbugs, Zara Spooks can be great catchers but sometimes they are more effective as search baits.The Bass reveal themselves by swirling at these lures and are then caught on a nother rod rigged with a rubber worm.

josh, i have been having luck on the same stuff john has... i would also try a white or chartreuse spinner bait fished at a moderate speed and also silver bass assassin on a jig very slow over deep drop offs an on mid lake humps.

Sure thing John and Thanks guys.... what i have been catching my bass on a lure called " Bass Stopper" what it is its a rubber worm about five or six inches long and they look very real. They come in purple black with red and more...so yes they are very affective.

We fish off our boat and i wuz wondering what fish could you catch with yellow perch and bluegill... the fish are like catfish musky bass walleye stuff like that and we fish on a lake.

Josh ,using the same tactics,I catch Crappie and White Perch along with Bluegills ,Pumpkinseeds,and Yellow Perch in my home NJ lake.In other nearby lakes Red Breasted Sunfish come into the mix as well.

so those are good for catching musky walleye and cat?

I only caught one Musky in my life on a white Spinner bait...only three walleye in my lfe ,all on Shad raps.Biggest channel cat 30"came on a worm... bullheads on hotdogs and other baits

has any one caught any thing good. haven been out since my boat broke. hopefully i can fix it for the weekend

Hey Chris...we have had a run of about 2 weeks of very good bass fishing in small lakes and ponds with Senkos, Yum Dingers and buzz baits. Weather is cooling now and I think fishing is going to pick up all over. Some of our fish have been trophys.

Here's a 20in one from the lake I have my camper on in WI,

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Thanks for the reverse rigging tip. It helped me catch a fat 15&1/4 " hungry Bass yesterday .Used a Yum Dinger worm.

Bruce -Would like to see that 20 " Bass but the link doesn't work. I hope you'll repost!

http://i218.photobucket.com/albums/cc78/Quickrelease1/8d911511-1.jp...'s a nice smallie from James Lake in Marion,NC from last sept!

Potato lake LM caught this last spring,
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Nice Largemouth Bruce and GREAT Smallie!

Thank you John!

3 fat smallies caught on october 16th out of sugar creek in crawfordsville indiana all caught within 5 feet of eachother and withing 45 minutes after 2 hours with no fish the first one was 1 lb 4 oz and 14 inches the second and my personal best was a skinny but strong 1lb 6 oz and 16 inches and the third was 1 lb 4 oz and 13 1/2 inches plus caught 5 more small ones

my personal best bass at 7 lb 14 oz and 24 inches caught on a heddon super spook on october 21st

Congrats Vincent! Nice hawg!!

Great fish Vincent !!

Vincent -Let me rephrase that .It's an AWESOME BRUTE of a bass.
I implore you to tell me details on how that fish took that Super Spook. Depth of water,type of cover etc.
My biggest Largemouth also took a topwater and I left it motionless to entice it.It was about a 6#er and it took a classic Hula Popper in 3-4 ' of water .The fish was near a bush and a fallen oak tree.

Heres a link to Vinces kiler lure.
Would like to know water conditions and color lure you used Vincent.

The Hula Popper I used

is this one:
http://www.heddonlures.com/he_newprodFDS.htm

just saw ur question john i was working this bank with two submerged trees just off of it its really shallow cuz of littler rain she hit in about 2-3 feet of water i walked the dog with the bait for maybe a foot then paused it she missed it the first time and cleared the water by about a foot or so and i saw her and said to my gf "thats a four or five pounder" so i threw back in and retrieved it about a foot stopped it and blam she hit and dove i didnt want her to get hung up so i brought her in as fast as possible maybe 15 seconds and she was in the net thats when i realized it was a pig sorry for the long story

Submerged trees .Are we seeing a big bass pattern here or what!?Almost lost mine to the tree also .

got this one jigging a Cotton Cordell super spot in about a foot of water

Got a 3.9lb. 19 " Bass snapping a 1/8th oz. Little Cleo off the bottom in 6' of water .A horizantal presentation from a boat.
Great New Jersey late season 2 and 1/2 hrs. of fishin' with Perch ,Crappie 3 bass and nice gills .Biggest gill was 9" all gills 'tween 7-9"....25 fish ...12 kept for dinner. Lovin' it!

Jigged up a couple of Bass through the ice yesterday .Chartruese Genz worm/mealworm took a fat 15" that fought great! A 13 " that also fought great fell for a Chartruese teardrop/Gulp Maggott.

Who is catching Bass thru the ice ? Only got two jigging Jan 1st and a buddy got one a few weeks later on a tip up shiner .Where do they go and how do you catch them consistently thru the ice? They are ghosts come ice fishin' time for me.

 That away Chris .I just started getting dinks but have not gotten any good sized .Not for lack of trying .I been throwing flutter spoons and Reaper tipped Jigs and 16th oz. Marabous hoping to trick some nice sized early LMouths.The PSeed ,Gills and Yellow Perch have been cooperative however so not all is lost:)

got that one on a a texas rigged sinko

That is very and great info!  Thanks for sharing! I use stick baits on a drop-shot rig wacky style

i need to try the drop shot next time i go out... this cold weather is killing me.

15 Bass yesterday from shore !12" -16,1/4".The Dardevle,Spinnies,Devle Dog and Imp models really attracted them as well as 4 YPerch. A few on Tube jigs also.The Bass were active around 1-2 pm !! Hope I experience the same today.

What did  that nice Bass hit Chris?