I'm on fire!

bluebasser86 · 06-30-11, 03:48 AM

Well I fished the Wednesday nighter at the local lake again. Wife couldn't fish it with me but a friend said he would fish it. Started off pretty good with 2 keepers in the boat in the first hour flipping water willow. Caught several shorts on a variety of baits before we hit a spot I caught a near lake record smallmouth on about a month ago. Fishing the same bait I stuck a heavy fish. Got it close and was just hoping it wasn't a drum I saw color and could tell it was long and brown. I thought it has to be a good smallmouth! Until I saw the whiskers. AHHHH! freaking flathead. Oh well, toss it in the livewell so I can tell my buddies I got a 20 incher in the livewell to scare them a little bit. Little further down the bank I get keeper number 3 on a buzzbait. Caught a couple more shorts and lost a keeper on the buzzbait. Not many fish brought in, a couple of my friends had 2 and 4.27 pounds and 2nd place and my 3 went 5.06 for first place for the 3rd week in a row! I honestly almost feel bad about winning the thing 3 weeks in a row but then again I'm fishing the same lake they are and somebody has to win it! My buddy was a little down about not catching a keeper but it's tough to catch a fish out of the back of the boat when fish are hard to come by anyways! I'm afraid if I keep this pace up nobodies going to want to fish with me anymore!

keithdog · 06-30-11, 06:48 AM

Congrats on win #3. Sounds like you have a good thing going there.

bassfisher325 · 06-30-11, 10:56 AM

Hey Bluebasser what lake are you fishing?

islandbass · 06-30-11, 07:10 PM

Nice! Please send some of that heat over here.

bluebasser86 · 07-01-11, 04:30 AM

Guess I forgot to mention the lake. It was the Wednesday night tournament at Wyandotte County lake. Fishing has been even tougher than usual with dirty water, fish in the post spawn transition, and the shad having just hatched there are now lots of fish roaming open water chasing shad schools around. We've really had to grind it out to catch our fish until it gets late and they start hitting a buzzbait but this week I had my first two keepers in the first hour so it made it a little easier to relax and fish.

bamabassman · 07-01-11, 05:13 PM

THROW SOME WATER ON THIS MAN!!! HE IS ON FIRE!!! HAHAHAHAA!!! great to read oyu are doing so well blue. but hey, how about posting some pics for us man? we love seeing pics ya know.

bluebasser86 · 07-02-11, 02:23 AM

Yea I thought about taking some pictures but with 3 bass weighing barely over 5 pounds they didn't really seem picture worthy. Then again we were one of 3 boats that weighed fish so I guess they probably looked pretty big to everyone that blanked! I'll be out there again this week so if I do well again I'll make sure to take a picture so you guys can see the monsters I've been catching!

bamabassman · 07-02-11, 12:50 PM

WHAT?!?! NOT WORTHY? HAVE OYU SEEN MY CATCHES? HAHAHAHAHAHA!!! POST THEM PICS MAN. hahahahaa!!!

Old Hooker · 07-08-11, 11:21 AM

I have caught 2 flatheads on cranks this year and I had never caught one of those ugly devils in my life.

Sounds like you are doing well Blue. Sure better than I have been. I don't think I had a strike my last two trips out.

06-30-11, 03:48 AM	#1
bluebasser86 BassFishin.Com Veteran Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Gardner, KS Posts: 605	I'm on fire! Well I fished the Wednesday nighter at the local lake again. Wife couldn't fish it with me but a friend said he would fish it. Started off pretty good with 2 keepers in the boat in the first hour flipping water willow. Caught several shorts on a variety of baits before we hit a spot I caught a near lake record smallmouth on about a month ago. Fishing the same bait I stuck a heavy fish. Got it close and was just hoping it wasn't a drum I saw color and could tell it was long and brown. I thought it has to be a good smallmouth! Until I saw the whiskers. AHHHH! freaking flathead. Oh well, toss it in the livewell so I can tell my buddies I got a 20 incher in the livewell to scare them a little bit. Little further down the bank I get keeper number 3 on a buzzbait. Caught a couple more shorts and lost a keeper on the buzzbait. Not many fish brought in, a couple of my friends had 2 and 4.27 pounds and 2nd place and my 3 went 5.06 for first place for the 3rd week in a row! I honestly almost feel bad about winning the thing 3 weeks in a row but then again I'm fishing the same lake they are and somebody has to win it! My buddy was a little down about not catching a keeper but it's tough to catch a fish out of the back of the boat when fish are hard to come by anyways! I'm afraid if I keep this pace up nobodies going to want to fish with me anymore!

06-30-11, 06:48 AM	#2
keithdog BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: IN Posts: 8,308	Congrats on win #3. Sounds like you have a good thing going there. __________________ Just one more cast, and then some!

06-30-11, 07:10 PM	#4
islandbass BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: WA State Posts: 1,783	Nice! Please send some of that heat over here. __________________ ARX "If people concentrated on the really important things in life, there'd be a shortage of fishing poles." Doug Larson (Shimano 2005 Reel Catalog)

07-01-11, 05:13 PM	#6
bamabassman BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: cedar bluff, alabama Posts: 15,292	THROW SOME WATER ON THIS MAN!!! HE IS ON FIRE!!! HAHAHAHAA!!! great to read oyu are doing so well blue. but hey, how about posting some pics for us man? we love seeing pics ya know. __________________ so many lures, so little time.

07-02-11, 12:50 PM	#8
bamabassman BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: cedar bluff, alabama Posts: 15,292	WHAT?!?! NOT WORTHY? HAVE OYU SEEN MY CATCHES? HAHAHAHAHAHA!!! POST THEM PICS MAN. hahahahaa!!! __________________ so many lures, so little time.

06-30-11, 10:56 AM	#3
bassfisher325 BassFishin.Com Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Olathe, KS Posts: 13	Hey Bluebasser what lake are you fishing?

07-01-11, 04:30 AM	#5
bluebasser86 BassFishin.Com Veteran Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Gardner, KS Posts: 605	Guess I forgot to mention the lake. It was the Wednesday night tournament at Wyandotte County lake. Fishing has been even tougher than usual with dirty water, fish in the post spawn transition, and the shad having just hatched there are now lots of fish roaming open water chasing shad schools around. We've really had to grind it out to catch our fish until it gets late and they start hitting a buzzbait but this week I had my first two keepers in the first hour so it made it a little easier to relax and fish.

07-02-11, 02:23 AM	#7
bluebasser86 BassFishin.Com Veteran Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Gardner, KS Posts: 605	Yea I thought about taking some pictures but with 3 bass weighing barely over 5 pounds they didn't really seem picture worthy. Then again we were one of 3 boats that weighed fish so I guess they probably looked pretty big to everyone that blanked! I'll be out there again this week so if I do well again I'll make sure to take a picture so you guys can see the monsters I've been catching!

07-08-11, 11:21 AM	#9
Old Hooker BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Shadow of the Smokys, East Tennessee Posts: 249	I have caught 2 flatheads on cranks this year and I had never caught one of those ugly devils in my life. Sounds like you are doing well Blue. Sure better than I have been. I don't think I had a strike my last two trips out. __________________ To fish or not to fish. What a stupid question! -Jim

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