Happy New Years to me!

bluebasser86 · 01-02-12, 12:33 AM

Chris and I went and hit a pond this morning despite a cold morning and a pretty heavy cold rain last night. I'd never fished the pond but he had done very well out there before but we both agreed we'd be surprised if we caught anything. First couple spots produced nothing but then I caught a fat 14 incher, first fish of the year! Next cast produced another, and another the next cast. In the next hour and a half we would land almost 60 bass and 1 crappie! All but 3 of them were on jerkbaits that we let sit for 5-10 seconds between twitches in the 37 degree water. I'm going to try to keep track of my fish count for the year this year, I've never done it before and I'm curious to know how many I actually catch a year. So as of right now my 2012 bass catch total is 31, not a bad start

bamabassman · 01-02-12, 10:53 AM

jelous of ya blue...........sounds great though.

WatterBoy · 01-02-12, 11:12 AM

Way to go, blue! That's a great start to the new fishing year! I won't hit 31 fish until the week of Memorial Day at the earliest since that's when bass season opens here. I made it to 445 bass last year and about 550 total fish.

keithdog · 01-02-12, 11:40 AM

Congrats on the great start to 2012. We've got ice and it's snowing as I type, so gonna be a while before I can join in the fun.

Tavery5 · 01-02-12, 11:57 AM

Very nice, I love it when the jerkbait is the hot ticket. They are a fun bait to fish.

joedog · 01-02-12, 12:11 PM

Nice way to start the year.
Maybe kennethdaysale was right about year 2012?

01-02-12, 12:33 AM	#1
bluebasser86 BassFishin.Com Veteran Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Gardner, KS Posts: 605	Happy New Years to me! Chris and I went and hit a pond this morning despite a cold morning and a pretty heavy cold rain last night. I'd never fished the pond but he had done very well out there before but we both agreed we'd be surprised if we caught anything. First couple spots produced nothing but then I caught a fat 14 incher, first fish of the year! Next cast produced another, and another the next cast. In the next hour and a half we would land almost 60 bass and 1 crappie! All but 3 of them were on jerkbaits that we let sit for 5-10 seconds between twitches in the 37 degree water. I'm going to try to keep track of my fish count for the year this year, I've never done it before and I'm curious to know how many I actually catch a year. So as of right now my 2012 bass catch total is 31, not a bad start

01-02-12, 10:53 AM	#2
bamabassman BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: cedar bluff, alabama Posts: 15,292	jelous of ya blue...........sounds great though. __________________ so many lures, so little time.

01-02-12, 11:40 AM	#4
keithdog BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: IN Posts: 8,308	Congrats on the great start to 2012. We've got ice and it's snowing as I type, so gonna be a while before I can join in the fun. __________________ Just one more cast, and then some!

01-02-12, 11:57 AM	#5
Tavery5 BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Wichita, KS Posts: 2,427	Very nice, I love it when the jerkbait is the hot ticket. They are a fun bait to fish. __________________ They call me Ishmael

01-02-12, 12:11 PM	#6
joedog BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: JANESVILLE,WI. 53545 Posts: 3,415	Nice way to start the year. Maybe kennethdaysale was right about year 2012? __________________ "Fishing isn't life or death... it's more important than that."

01-02-12, 11:12 AM	#3
WatterBoy BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Owatonna, MN Posts: 2,280	Way to go, blue! That's a great start to the new fishing year! I won't hit 31 fish until the week of Memorial Day at the earliest since that's when bass season opens here. I made it to 445 bass last year and about 550 total fish.

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