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Well it was a heck of a few days, landed my new PB smallie on the @biggfeast bomber wake at 5lbs 6oz and then woke up the next morning and caught my new PB largemouth at 6lb 11oz on the woodrow. I guess you could say the fall bite has started in the northeast.

Wow

Win the lottery and fish as much as I want.. where I want.

Did a big thing today, Triton TR-21X. my first bass boat, very excited.

Nice pond fish on the Deps 250, she was skinny with a huge head!

Catch fish. Big ones.

Ill be in the stand this year, last season before I leave for Marine Bootcamp. Goodluck boys

So I been lurking on the SU for about 2 years now . Haven’t posted anything just a few messages trying to acquire some baits. About 3-4 months ago I made the switch to only throwing swimbaits . Ive always thrown swimbaits but would end up finesse fishing when I wasn’t getting bit. About three weeks ago I got my Pb that went 6.1 . Not a giant but I’m definitely on the hunt to get a new Pb.

After going the entire summer without catching a fish over 4lbs I finally did it tonight. Had 45 mins to fish after soccer practice and made the most of it. I gotta get back out to that spot soon because those fish were fired up. If I had caught every fish that big I would have a 25+lb bag with a 6+lb kicker, unfortunately those fish missed the hooks. In the end I have absolutely nothing go be upset about, still riding the high, stay stoked

My year end goal is... Find time to fish

Little Different from most of yalls.... If you know you know.

Picked up a cl8 cranking baby possum to fish a select few ponds based on the depth it gets and all the praises from the New England guys.  Hit the first pond the other night, was throwing the bait and fishing it up this incline passed this floating dock and it got absolutely crushed on the first cast. Fish hit hard and kept a kept a bend in the F5 908 while cranking it in. As it got closer and I started to swing it around it started grunting underwater and once it hit the net it made a lot of noise. Was bummed it wasn’t the big bass I thought it was but it’s big cat for our area (state record is 4lbs 4oz) and a PB for me so I’ll take it. Fish measured out at 17” and weighed 3lbs 6oz, thing was stupid fat. Had the front hook pinned in the corner of its mouth. interesting thing is my buddy stuck one at the same pond on a deep cranked large nez, about 60 yards down from this spot, weighed just over 2lbs and was 2-3 years ago. Not saying it’s the same fish but interesting for sure Went out this Saturday night (had a good feeling) all the conditions were right, full moon but super cloudy, light wind, light drizzle. Ended up being a slow night, fished 10PM to 4AM for 3 bites (1 on the 3 piece rat-dink, and 2 on the baby possum) Tossed the new lab color CD baby possum (this one only gets down 3’ max) but can wake it and crawl it subsurface. This 13” fish decided to eat it! Crazy what these fish are thinking. The baits 5oz and 14”! Was getting close to calling it but had one more stretch of shoreline to work that usually produces, bombed a long cast, couple cranks in, fish smashed it, set the hook and gave a good jump, at this points it’s pouring out, cranked her in with the rod tip low and got her into the net. Weighed 4lbs 1oz, and had a fish tail sticking out her throat. Super fat and healthy fish. That exact spot has now yielded a 3.8, 4.4 and 4.1 all around the same time of night. Loving this bait lately and will be in high rotation come fall.

Have only had this bait for about a month and a half, but I'm in love lol. Got these guys cranking down just below the surface and ticking the top of the grass. Nothing crazy, biggest was 3lbs 3oz, but still a ton of fun!

I thought I was going to go home with a lousy skunk but I was able to convince this baby to choke down the citizen 6 before I left. I was so grateful for landing this girl and having another great night, heh it beats work any time. Man the citizen 6 has been fire for me, another shout out to working class zero and their fine baits.

Hello everyone, I wanted to provide some possibly helpful info for everyone on roman made negotiators. NOW i need to start off by saying i KNOW they're made by hand and no one bait is ever going to be like the other. I know this, but this will help people regardless to know what swimming style of a negotiator they could be looking at. Also i don't believe this applies to the Roman made mother but it's interesting to see how he's changed the facial feature on the bait, i couldn't find out if the mothers action changed since my green trout mother has been modified (Drilled) too much by this point to compare. Roman Made Negotiators: 1. So if you look at the 2 negotiators in the top side by side frame picture (Side View), you'll notice an obvious distinction in the distance of the gap. The larger the gap the more the bait will tend to jerk rather than glide smooth, the ayu negotiator doesn't glide nowhere near as clean as the wrapped negotiator. Now perhaps the wrap on the right Neg closed the gap some but it's nowhere near thick enough to close such a wide gap. 2. Now if you look at the top view of the Negs, you'll notice a very distinct girth size difference in the back piece AND the angle of the tail pieces are also different. The right picture has a less drastic angle cut compared to the ayu on the left which is far more angled. Again the Neg on the right glides so much more smooth because the 2 sections don't need to travel far to make contact to start the next glide is initiated, as opposed to the ayu with a more distanced gap it jerks a lot farther before the sequence of the next glide changes. Now this could of been 2 very different negotiators from 2 very different times, or maybe the Ayu was made like that on purpose, who knows. But it can help on any future purchases of these baits or other similar wooden gliding baits. One last piece of info i'd like to add is the sink rate, the ayu sinks about 30/40% faster than the wrapped neg even though the bait is in 9/10 condition and barely if any wood is exposed. Hope this helps, if i pointed out something wrong or have any questions feel free to say/ask. Excuse the crappy pics on the ayu, my friend didn't take the pictures with flash lol

Headed out for the first time in nearly a month looking to start the fall off right. Tossed near a rock wall and got one of the biggest blow ups I've ever seen. I thought i had the KS state record for about 5 seconds until this fish wouldn't stop pulling drag lol catfished again

I would like to get another DD before the end of the year, and a Spotted Bass over 8lbs. Winning the SUB Battle this year is also a goal. It would be awesome to get all 3 with the same fish!

Holy smokes! Nice man and congrats! The belly on that smallie thoooooooo!

If you want to know how I ended up and that situation. Went on a tiger musky trip figure Kokanee would be spawning so no need to bring food. Well the only thing we caught were pikeminnows it was mid August definitely not a specie would ever try again.

-5lb Shoalie -5lb River Spot

That craw pattern BS is awesome.

Brand new Tater hogs wake made shad . Chartreuse bone. Trying to found a reel my lose your gain . This bait is unbelievable. Fishes at all speeds. $130.00 TYD F/F text if interested 678-800-6952

Sold the 1st crawdad I had in 2015. Picked up another one this spring. 2nd crawdad I’ve owned, nothing too crazy, rigged for bow or transom mount TM (picked it up that way) love these things, super skinny water, easy to move solo, can stand and fish all day in it, fishes two guys great. Picked up a 3rd one a few weeks ago for $200, thing was filthy and had dead mice under the foam, took it to the car wash, removed all the framing/foam/decks, rinsed, scrubbed it down with “awesome clean”, rinsed and repeated 2x and power washed the whole thing with clean water, thing looks mint now. Plan is to rig this one up for a solo boat, more open space, move the seat location, etc, etc. winter/spring project so it’s ready for March 2020.

Congrats

Good Luck guys!

Some new baits I made for myself. Gonna be tossing these around for a bit

Just an old 21xd bullet but I have it’s set up nice power poles, hds 12 live and livesight transducer on the way, can’t wait to try it!

Post your 2019 deer pics, my season starts Saturday so I should be putting up a pic soon

1. Catch a new PB 2. Catch a fish over 5 on the big baits.

Awesome ... look at the size of the mouth on that fish.

Still amazed by the Smallie! That things a toad

hell yah, the woodrow working for you! looks like you lost the tail?

Catch a dd/pb Current Pb 9.98

30+ lb striper 6+ lb largie 5+ lb smallie

Yeah, such a subtle bite when it hit too. Almost all my bites have been real light on this bait.

1. One more fish over 6 2. Break my pb of 47 swimbait fish in one night 3. Get to at least 15 fish over 5 on the season 4. Get a fish on a BIG bait(Mother, Hinkle trout, 12.5”TT, super slammer, etc)

Really really like this, especially the rear platform

There's a new harness that is far stronger than the original. I have hit the bank with rocks multiple times and haven't broke or fractured one yet,

No luck on the bomber during the tournament. Taking it out again tonight and tomorrow evening then it's on to the next in line. I like how much water it moves and it doesn't crank down very far but it does stay true on a fast retrieve.

Have one of my g2 attack rats in brown for sale . $98 shipped with tracking, 5” body and 1.5 oz. thanks guys!

Not spanking the money enough. Works it right out.

One of my first swim bait fish was a 10+ Blue cat waking a mini slammer in the Tidal Basin in DC. That fish, probably above all others is what really got me hooked. That was about 12 years ago.

@nadinesmom scares the bad folks away

New rat!!

I got a shortcake today. Can't wait to throw it. I have a feeling it may be a striper killer in the salt come summer too. Going to resist temptation to add glitter for now ha ha.