Fourth of July Fishing "Fireworks"!

[WatterBoy]

My wife has done a lot of fishing in her lifetime, but just this year she is starting to get into bass fishing. We had great weather at the lake last weekend, and she and I were able to make 4 fishing outings together in our boat. She is a quick learner and had her best bass fishing ever with regards to both numbers and size of fish. She even caught more fish (27-25) than I did during our shared boat time! I told her I am just that good of a guide! I made a couple other solo outings and got out once with a couple fishing buddies who were also up there, and I caught an additional 38 fish on those trips. We're heading back up to the lake this weekend with my brother, his wife, their 3 kids, another nephew of mine from IA, and possibly my dad if his health allows it. If the weather looks decent, I plan to make a 5-day stay out of it.

Here are the details and pics from a few of our better fish from last weekend. (P.S. - 89 of our 90 fish were caught on a "Zoomie" and all fish were released unharmed, as always.)

Kaye got us going with a decent LM on Friday morning -- 2lb 1oz, 15.5"


I added a 2lb 7oz, 16.0" and 2lb 13oz, 16.5" LM during a solo outing later that morning (and got to practice using the timer on the camera for a self-photo )


Kaye nailed a new PB Smallie for herself on Sunday morning. It weighed in at 2lb 4oz and was 16.0" in length


I was fishing from our dock on Monday morning (5:10 a.m.!) July 4th, before we took the boat out, and I caught my best bass so far this year - 3lb 14oz, 18.75" length, 13.50" girth


And just for fun, here is a shot of our dog, Lucky, celebrating his 8th birthday while up at the lake.

[coldbasser]

Great Pics

[rrw4258]

Sounds like an awesome weekend at the lake. Even better because it was spent with family.

Ryan

[bamabassman]

this is just FANTASTIC dean. love LUCKY,LOL!!! that is the way to celebrate your birthday little man.

great fish pics too dean. seems like kaye is as good as lisa when it comes to fishing. congrats to ya'll buddy.

[keithdog]

Those are great pics Dean. It looks like your wife had the time of her life. Thats great you two are able to enjoy the sport together. Love Luckys pic, haha. He looks pretty worn out.