Live From The Water 2018 Edition!

[Fletch]

I give you guys cred!! I ain’t hitting the water again till it’s like 20 degrees cooler! It’s frickin hot off and on the water!

 

Water temp up 10 degrees in less days!

 

 

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[TreeGuy]

Biggest eye of my life today. 10.27 followed by a 10.10 and a 7.8. The fam hit Erie because of an East wind forecast on Ontario. Great day. Kids had a blast and the wife got a taste for some reeling. Tossed abunch back too. Not a short all day! Actually, I never reeled in a fish!! Happy independence Day all !!

 

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[Robhuntandfish]

That's some monster eyes!  Great 4th my man.

[Fletch]

Those are some hogs!!
Well done!!


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[coonhunter]

Wow! Two 10#s boated on the same day with family is about as good as you can do for trophies.

[crappyice]

Chartered the Never Enuff out of Flushing today for a porgy trip with family and friends. Boat did ok with porgies and even managed 2 keeper black bass.
Hot as balls but all good!


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[Robhuntandfish]

On 7/4/2018 at 11:55 AM, turkeyfeathers said:

Great boat indeed. 1/8 ounce jig heads and 2.5” black silver Gulp Minnie’s for friends. I used crayfish which ended up not so great on bass but were sheepshead candy.   

next time blow those guys away with those Gulps on a dropshot!  

[turkeyfeathers]

13 minutes ago, Robhuntandfish said:

next time blow those guys away with those Gulps on a dropshot!  

I used daughters rod n reel   Mine was set up for drop shot.  She’s gotta a better set up.  When guys hit Erie for derby I know they drop shot.  But 150 plus pounds of drum was fun 

[Robhuntandfish]

1 hour ago, turkeyfeathers said:

I used daughters rod n reel   Mine was set up for drop shot.  She’s gotta a better set up.  When guys hit Erie for derby I know they drop shot.  But 150 plus pounds of drum was fun 

def a lot of fun.  I hook them in Oneida - guy just broke the state record recently.  have seen some huge ones.   .... Always hope its a monster walleye - but fun to catch no matter!  as long as the rods bending!

[wolc123]

The smallmouth bass fishing was pretty good on a small, 100 ft deep Adirondack lake for the last three days.   It was neat seeing them transition from the bottom, along the shoreline on the first day, to suspending over deep water on the last.   One exceptionally strong eighteen incher, taken late this morning 10 feet down over 80 feet of water on a 1/8 oz bucktail jig, put up the "fight of they year" at this point.   We took a handful of larger ones out on Lake Erie and the St Lawrence river earlier this season but none pulled that hard for that long.   I would have swore it was the elusive 23 incher that I was after, but my trusty tape measure don't lie.  My father in law wants a big one for a wall decoration at his lake house up there.  He was a little pissed when I released a 22 incher a couple years ago.  I have not been able to break 20 inches up there since.  I told him it would have to be 23 for me to keep and get mounted, but I would probably settle for 22-1/16".   

 It is a little trickier catching them with those jigs when they are suspended than when they are on the bottom.   I tried various store-bought crankbaits to no avail.   Almost every time I threw that hand-tied jig near a spot where I saw fish chase minnows up to surface over deep water, a bass would pick it up soon after it hit the water.  The thing I like best about fishing for suspended bass with jigs, is that you don't loose them on snags like you do when they are fished around the rocks and sticks on the bottom.  That is good for me this year, because I only killed two deer last season and my bucktail inventory is not that great.  I do not get nearly the satisfaction out of catching fish on bait or lures that I have to pay for.  I am cheap but "free is always best".   I was able to land around thirty over the three days, all on the same jig.   Four or five were "long distance released", when they jumped and threw the jig. 

 We secured my annual food supply of bass the week prior, up on the St Lawrence, so it was all "catch and release" for the last three days in the Adirondacks.  I bent the barb over with the pliers to make that easier.  Surprisingly, I lost a slightly lower percentage like that than I did up on the river without the barbs bent over.  As a pure meat guy, I am not a big fan of "catch and release", which I consider to be the senseless maiming of a fine food source.   It is not all about me though, and the pursuit of a fine, native wall-decoration for the house, where the family and I are always provided free room and board, was the least I could do.   It is a dirty job but someone has to do it.  He also wants a bear rug and we scouted out a few spots to go after one of them up there this fall.                            

[Robhuntandfish]

Wait.....this isn't fishing....I usually fish on the weekend.  All confused.....lol

Putting in a small patio today.....no fishing......

[Moho81]

No one is on or near the water today?


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[turkeyfeathers]

7 minutes ago, Moho81 said:

No one is on or near the water today?


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Biz would be if playing golf. Lots of water 

[crappyice]

Last night dropped the kayaks in Lake Taghkanic- pretty windy out there last night so I will use that as the excuse for being SKUNKED


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[wolc123]

 

2 hours ago, Moho81 said:

No one is on or near the water today?


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I ran the boat in the driveway earlier today with the garden hose "ears" on it, to get some stabilized, ethanol-free gas into the carbs.  I have a big old barn that needs tearing down, so we can put up a new pole barn, and those projects will probably keep me off the water for a couple months.   I spent the next few hours packing the boat, camper, pickup, (3) farm tractors, (2) lawnmowers and various other tools into the remaining barn (built in 1883) like sardines.  It is too bad that my great,great grandfather did not build those barns on higher ground with better drainage or I might have been able to save both of them.        

My own fish supply is very good, but we still need a few more packs of "healthier" stuff for the wife and kids.  Hopefully, the Lake Erie smallmouth will cooperate starting around mid-September.  

[Otto]

I did get to fish a bit this past week. I love those SM Bass!


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[The_Real_TCIII]

I’ll be on a stream at 6am, eating trout tomorrow evening!


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[turkeyfeathers]

7 hours ago, The_Real_TCIII said:

I’ll be on a stream at 6am, eating trout tomorrow evening!


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East Koy ? 

[The_Real_TCIII]

had a great morning on the east Koy, fish rising everywhere. We caught fish on caddis, foam beetles and ants. Also fun fact: I can’t see. I can barely tie a fly on. I have the magnifiers but they’re no help


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[BizCT]

Biz would be if playing golf. Lots of water 

Haven’t fished much this year, but I am on the water




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[MPHunter]

Finally got up north to do a little fishing this weekend. My parents are seasonal at a campground on a small lake a little west of Warrensburgh in the ADKs. Dad and I went out after lunch Saturday for a couple hours and caught 21 largemouth and smallmouth between the two of us. Brought my daughter and niece down to fish from shore after dinner and they caught 4 or 5 bass each. Good day.

Pic 1 - My dad and typical largemouth
Pic 2 - Daughter
Pic 3 - Niece
Pic 4 - After dinner view across lake



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[JALA RUT]

Put in some time on the kayak yesterday afternoon.  They were hammering the PowerWorm Texas Rigged; Caught 5 Largemouths, lost two and had three good hits with no hook set.  This one was the biggest.  No scale with me but I'm guessing over 5 pounds...he was a fatty for sure!  The pics selfie style don't do him any justice....It never fails, you catch the big one when you're alone and nobody to take a decent pic.  Two others over 2 pounds and two other smaller ones

[turkeyfeathers]

That’s some serious algae Jala 

[stoneam2006]

Absolute awesome day with wife and kids on the boat. Fish we're everywhere and hungry. Over 20 boated only kept 8. North east pa to Barcelona harnesses 60 fow down 30-50...lost a really nice one at the net. Gonna try tomorrow before I go back to work Tuesday.

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[The_Real_TCIII]

Stone let’s trade That newspaper is 72” x 72” I promise 🤞


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