2015. FISHING ROSS LAKE

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Comment by Slip Sinker on April 7, 2015 at 6:41am

thanks Dick and Mike...  ive been keeping two rods one rigged slipp bobber/dropshot and one 7ft ul for throwing my favorite swim jig. this Berkley Ripple Shad is a great bait... i catch everything on it. 

Comment by Mike Martin on April 7, 2015 at 6:19am

Great looking catch! Glad you were able to get out.

Comment by dick tabbert on April 7, 2015 at 6:11am

Great looking bronzeback.

Comment by Slip Sinker on April 7, 2015 at 5:30am

thanks Allen... i'm very lucky to be surrounded by river systems with reservoirs that contain very good numbers of smallmouth... the local pan fishermen refer to them as nuisance fish because they are so prolific. if the bluegill or panfish aren't biting a certain day i can always count on a smallmouth bite.

Comment by Allen Morgan on April 6, 2015 at 7:21pm

Nice!  That's a species I have yet to catch.

Comment by Slip Sinker on April 6, 2015 at 6:30pm

thanks carl!... i looked at my fishing log for last year and went fishing in open water april 21 for the first time... so im like 2 wks ahead of the game this year and had a pretty good ice fishing season. so im off to a good start hope it carries thru the season. 

hoping good luck for your season also

Comment by carl hendrix on April 6, 2015 at 6:15pm

there ya go slip stinker!!   nice catch buddy  glad you got out for a bit!!

Comment by Slip Sinker on April 6, 2015 at 5:47pm

20150406-stopped by one of my favorite fishing holes on the way from town to see if I could spend a few minutes to satisfy a craving for some tugging and to solve some curiosities in the pattern of fish movement in the shallows. Had my ul slip bobber rig as well as the 5.5ft all purpose spin rig with my favorite patterned color of olive green. Got a smallmouth hit straight away by dragging and twitching alon the bottom. Took the fishes temp with a digital cooking thermometer and it read 41 degs. Water at the shore measured 44 and ice out just a few days ago! A good battle and a quick release after a snap. The slip bobber experienced 0 hits.