ncstatefisher

Dammit boy!!! Great work!

Glad somebody hooked up @Garrett!! I had one 4lb or so follower within 5 minutes of the "prime time" for my area but outside of that there either wasn't much effect or the fish were on the other side of the lake, no unnatural surface activity mid day or anything fun like that. Did catch one small fish on a fluke but nothing to get too excited about

With everybody losing their minds all I can question is how are the fish going to react? With just under 4 hours or so until we get the darkness here on the east coast just curious if anybody else is gonna be out trying to see what happens on the water and if so what you'll be throwing.

That is awesome brother!!! I'd say it was a pretty good trade!!!

Well boys.. I officially jinxed her. A heavy storm was about to roll in so I wanted to take advantage of the conditions, about 10 minutes in WHAM! I bow up on a really solid fish but I could tell my hookset wasn't quite right (rainsuit kept me from following through) - When she got in close she jumped and rolled back over the line funny and pulled free. I'm not quite sure if she left a knick in the line or if the 20mph+ wind wrapped my line around my rod tip... but the ol glider.... she gone. The wind is blowing directly towards the bank heavy still so I'm holding out a small bit of hope maybe that 1-2' ROF will keep it close enough to the surface to wash in.. but in the mean time I'm on a killer bite without a bait!!! Just ordered 3 more. Don't know if this gantarel has a wide enough glide to get the job done

@namsu they aren't the 3D I don't believe just the standard line-thru with the flat tails Sounds good on the blue shad bud!

Sounds good thanks guys. Any advice on color? And pros/cons for top hook vs. weedless rigging with a weighted owner aside from ya know.. the weedlessness?

Not sure what has possessed these fish since this big front rolled through.... but I like it!!! Hate to spam the report section but this is the most success I've had in a short span and it feels great to be on a pattern. The pic in the black shirt is Saturday's Catch, the blue is this evenings. The fish saturday was one of the most exciting glide bait bites I've ever had, he blasted it right at the bank while I had my head turned and gave the full whirlpool experience. The fish had moxie, stripped a good bit of drag before I turned him and I had it pretty well set. Today was a blast. This fish swung and missed right in close and just barely knicked the tail. I tossed back up 10 yards or so past and started working it and could see the shadow come up fast until my bait disappeared. POW! She gone. Also stuck a chunky 2.5lber and funny moment of the night, around 15 minutes before it got dark I turned to my girl mid retrieve and said "Ya know as much luck as I've been having I don't deserve to get bit again tonight" - two more cranks and BOOM! Big splash as a 4.5-5lb range fish blew up on the glide and started tailwalking, she pulled the hooks but I was laughing too hard to care. I know a ton of people say the more a bait gets beat up the more it gets bit, man this thing is in FIYAAAHHH. Gaining more and more mojo daily, just need to land a true giant on her

So I kinda did the swimbait thing a little backwards. I know most people start with soft baits but I've gotten comfortable with hard baits, particularly glides and wakes, but I never spent much time on soft plastics. I've caught two and missed a couple bites on a hudd 68 and plan to pick up an 8" going in to the winter (any color recommendation here is great too, I'm kinda thinking ayu or yellow perch), but I want to expand my soft bait arsenal and try something new before then. I do have several savage line thru trout in 8 & 10" from my striper days in SC. The 50 acre pond I fish has very clear water and submerged grass beds, I get a ton of followers on the glide (lately I've been putting in work on the ones committing) but I do see a fair number of them mouth the back of the bait and spit it and lose interest once they realize it's hard. So far as baitfish there's white perch, a variety of bream, crappie, shiners, and there may even be shad but I haven't seen them yet. Given the conditions I'd love any and all recommendations on a couple baits to add to the arsenal and what size owner beast to rig them with. I've seen a lot of positives on here about the osprey and the 3:16 rising son - are these the best bets to start with or am I missing a hidden gem out there? Thanks in advance!!

Didn't want to spam another report up... But the bite is still on Stuck this biggun last night, with a lot less swollen face! Lol, fish medicine at it's finest. This Ninja glide is getting some serious mojo!!! Easily the most aggressive swimbait bite I've ever had, I wasn't looking and the fish whirpooled it on an aggressive retrieve about 10' from shore, threw water everywhere and stripped some drag. I was expecting her to be even bigger when she came up!