Week of July 4

WatterBoy · 07-15-12, 11:45 PM

The first two days of my week-long fishing trip during July 4th week are detailed in this thread.

Here is a recap of the rest of the week.

Monday, July 2 - No fishing due to outdoor chores and major storms.

Tuesday, July 3 - A friend of mine from work (Jason) and his 12 year old son (Tucker) came over from a nearby family cabin to spend a few hours fishing with me. Jason does a fair amount of walleye fishing, but has only bass fished a couple times before and never with me. Tucker had never bass fished or caught a bass before. We went to 4 different spots during our 3 1/2 hour outing and were fortunate enough to catch fish at every one of them!

Jason nailed a decent one (2lb 11oz) within 10 minutes of us hitting the water:

About the time I was starting to get worried that it was going to be a long morning for Tucker because his dad and I had caught all 6 fish so far, he got his first bite and landed the first Smallmouth of his life...1lb 10oz:

About 30 minutes later, he reeled in his first Largemouth ever, and it was a good fighter from down in a good weed bed. It weighed in at 2lb 6oz.

We finished the outing with 19 fish total - Jason 9, Tucker - 6, me - 4. I was elated, as I was just hoping they would each catch at least a couple. Jason pulled in a 2-14 and 2-7 to go with his earlier 2-11, and those were the 3 biggest of the morning.

Some other friends arrived at the lake that afternoon and I took their high school senior-to-be son (Ryan) out with me that night. We were only out for about an hour and he caught the only two fish, one dink and a new PB for him - a 3lb 14oz Largemouth! Due to some "technical difficulties", I don't have a picture of that one.

Wednesday, July 4 - Ryan and I were on the water by 5:30 on the morning of the 4th, and I landed a decent 2-10 LM almost right away. After that, however, Ryan took over and he ended up with 12 fish to my 5. To make that even better, he eclipsed his new PB from the night before with a 4lb 0oz, 18.25" LM!

Thursday, July 5 - Jason came back over and we had an absolute blast on Thursday morning! He caught a 2-13 LM on the very first cast of the morning and it just kept getting better from there! Ten minutes after his first fish, I boated a 3-3 LM and ten minutes after that, I caught the biggest bass of the year so far for us on this lake - 4lb 2oz, 18.25"! I've never had a morning like this on this lake where someone else has been with me and we've caught so many nice bass. Between us we caught 26 fish, one over 4 pounds, five more over 3 pounds, and five more at 2-10 or better. Jason's best five bass went 15-12 and mine were 14-13. Here is my 4-2 LM and a 3-7, 17.75" SM that was his biggest of the morning:

After all the guests were gone for the week, I made a couple of solo outings and also made 3 trips out with my wife, Kaye. She continued the trend of everyone else in the boat out-fishing me by taking me down 22-15 on fish count.

Here is just under 9 pounds of LM from one of my solo outings:

And Kaye didn't want any photos until she got at least a 3 pounder, which she finally got on our last outing -- 3 pounds even:

It was a week of great FRIENDS, great FISHING, great FOOD, great FIREWORKS, and just a lot of FUN memories made!

We are looking forward to heading back up there Wednesday morning this week for another 5-day stay, this time with all of my wife's family as our guests!

joedog · 07-15-12, 11:58 PM

Looks like a good time was had by all!

Thanks for the share.

USMCbassman · 07-16-12, 12:01 AM

Wow, that's a lot of fishing, fish and good looking fish too! Sounds like you all had a great time...Thanks for sharing!

WatterBoy · 07-16-12, 12:07 AM

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Originally Posted by USMCbassman

Wow, that's a lot of fishing, fish and good looking fish too! Sounds like you all had a great time...Thanks for sharing!

I have to cram in as much fishing as I can now during the summer because bass season doesn't open here until Memorial Day weekend and we usually close our cabin for the season somewhere around mid-to-late October.

Jrob78 · 07-16-12, 12:13 AM

Awesome trip and great report!!

USMCbassman · 07-16-12, 12:22 AM

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Originally Posted by WatterBoy

I have to cram in as much fishing as I can now during the summer because bass season doesn't open here until Memorial Day weekend and we usually close our cabin for the season somewhere around mid-to-late October.

Makes sense and if I could fish that much I would too. I don't blame ya in the least

WatterBoy · 07-16-12, 12:29 AM

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Originally Posted by USMCbassman

Makes sense and if I could fish that much I would too. I don't blame ya in the least

I was also a part of a HUGE 3-year system replacement project at work that was implemented last year, and vacation was restricted to a 2-day max for pretty much the last 2 years of that project. Now I have a little bank of vacation time built up and plan to spend 4 different full weeks up at the lake this year (two down, two yet to come!), plus a few other 3 to 5 day stays as well. And hitting the 25 year mark at work last month means I will accrue an additional full week of vacation by next July 1...whatever will I do with that extra FIVE days off come next summer?!

USMCbassman · 07-16-12, 12:57 AM

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Originally Posted by WatterBoy

I was also a part of a HUGE 3-year system replacement project at work that was implemented last year, and vacation was restricted to a 2-day max for pretty much the last 2 years of that project. Now I have a little bank of vacation time built up and plan to spend 4 different full weeks up at the lake this year (two down, two yet to come!), plus a few other 3 to 5 day stays as well. And hitting the 25 year mark at work last month means I will accrue an additional full week of vacation by next July 1...whatever will I do with that extra FIVE days off come next summer?!

Only time will tell...LOL! 25 years at the same job...congrats to you on that milestone, I'd say between the short bass season and the dedicated time you've put in it is well deserved!

I hit 15 years of service this month and have 65 days of vacation time squirreled away myself I'm going to have to find a good way to put it use eventually

keithdog · 07-16-12, 06:44 AM

I can't thimk of a better way to spend the week of the 4th. Congrats on making more good memories!

Bassboss · 07-16-12, 02:54 PM

Very nice fish guys! Glad you took these guys out and spread the goodness of bass fishing around .

07-15-12, 11:45 PM	#1
WatterBoy BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Owatonna, MN Posts: 2,280	Week of July 4 The first two days of my week-long fishing trip during July 4th week are detailed in this thread. Here is a recap of the rest of the week. Monday, July 2 - No fishing due to outdoor chores and major storms. Tuesday, July 3 - A friend of mine from work (Jason) and his 12 year old son (Tucker) came over from a nearby family cabin to spend a few hours fishing with me. Jason does a fair amount of walleye fishing, but has only bass fished a couple times before and never with me. Tucker had never bass fished or caught a bass before. We went to 4 different spots during our 3 1/2 hour outing and were fortunate enough to catch fish at every one of them! Jason nailed a decent one (2lb 11oz) within 10 minutes of us hitting the water: About the time I was starting to get worried that it was going to be a long morning for Tucker because his dad and I had caught all 6 fish so far, he got his first bite and landed the first Smallmouth of his life...1lb 10oz: About 30 minutes later, he reeled in his first Largemouth ever, and it was a good fighter from down in a good weed bed. It weighed in at 2lb 6oz. We finished the outing with 19 fish total - Jason 9, Tucker - 6, me - 4. I was elated, as I was just hoping they would each catch at least a couple. Jason pulled in a 2-14 and 2-7 to go with his earlier 2-11, and those were the 3 biggest of the morning. Some other friends arrived at the lake that afternoon and I took their high school senior-to-be son (Ryan) out with me that night. We were only out for about an hour and he caught the only two fish, one dink and a new PB for him - a 3lb 14oz Largemouth! Due to some "technical difficulties", I don't have a picture of that one. Wednesday, July 4 - Ryan and I were on the water by 5:30 on the morning of the 4th, and I landed a decent 2-10 LM almost right away. After that, however, Ryan took over and he ended up with 12 fish to my 5. To make that even better, he eclipsed his new PB from the night before with a 4lb 0oz, 18.25" LM! Thursday, July 5 - Jason came back over and we had an absolute blast on Thursday morning! He caught a 2-13 LM on the very first cast of the morning and it just kept getting better from there! Ten minutes after his first fish, I boated a 3-3 LM and ten minutes after that, I caught the biggest bass of the year so far for us on this lake - 4lb 2oz, 18.25"! I've never had a morning like this on this lake where someone else has been with me and we've caught so many nice bass. Between us we caught 26 fish, one over 4 pounds, five more over 3 pounds, and five more at 2-10 or better. Jason's best five bass went 15-12 and mine were 14-13. Here is my 4-2 LM and a 3-7, 17.75" SM that was his biggest of the morning: After all the guests were gone for the week, I made a couple of solo outings and also made 3 trips out with my wife, Kaye. She continued the trend of everyone else in the boat out-fishing me by taking me down 22-15 on fish count. Here is just under 9 pounds of LM from one of my solo outings: And Kaye didn't want any photos until she got at least a 3 pounder, which she finally got on our last outing -- 3 pounds even: It was a week of great FRIENDS, great FISHING, great FOOD, great FIREWORKS, and just a lot of FUN memories made! We are looking forward to heading back up there Wednesday morning this week for another 5-day stay, this time with all of my wife's family as our guests!

07-15-12, 11:58 PM	#2
joedog BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: JANESVILLE,WI. 53545 Posts: 3,415	Looks like a good time was had by all! Thanks for the share. __________________ "Fishing isn't life or death... it's more important than that."

07-16-12, 12:13 AM	#5
Jrob78 BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 4,671	Awesome trip and great report!! __________________ There are 3 kinds of people in the world…those who can count and those who can’t. HRN4L

07-16-12, 06:44 AM	#9
keithdog BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: IN Posts: 8,308	I can't thimk of a better way to spend the week of the 4th. Congrats on making more good memories! __________________ Just one more cast, and then some!

07-16-12, 02:54 PM	#10
Bassboss BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Shawano, WI Posts: 7,761	Very nice fish guys! Glad you took these guys out and spread the goodness of bass fishing around . __________________ If you can't fix it with heavy squats or fish oil, you're probably going to die.

07-16-12, 12:01 AM	#3
USMCbassman BassFishin.Com Veteran Member Join Date: May 2012 Location: Oceanside, CA Posts: 532	Wow, that's a lot of fishing, fish and good looking fish too! Sounds like you all had a great time...Thanks for sharing!

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