Opening weekend 2012 (pic heavy)!

Bassboss · 05-06-12, 10:45 PM

It's here!! It's here, it's here, it's here!!

It's been like waiting for Christmas, but it's finally here! Caught a couple good fish on a couple different techniques, but plastic creature baits seem to produce best.

I'd recently got one of my buddies into fishin. I've been showing him the ropes the past couple weeks and he finally got to put em to use this weekend.

Here's a couple from Saturday:

Started the season off with a bang with a 5 pound/20.5 incher on a Yum Wooly Hawgtail.

Priceless face... lol

Went back home, got some lunch, and headed back out tot he lake.

And another fallen victim to the Hawgtail.

And I've been searching for a good cover photo for facebook, and I got this crazy idea from one the nut cases here!

Yum Wooly Bullee (little ones need lovin too!

)

Fast forward a day, and we're back on the water after I spent the night at his place. Woke up in the morning to cloudy, rainy skys. It let up a bit for us to head out for a couple hours.

Started off pretty good again with a soild 3, 3 1/2 pounder on a Baby Brush Hog.

Some salad came along too.

And lo and behold! The big guy finaly caught one! 10" worm of all things! lol

After a bit, I switch to a buzzbait and caught one right off the bat. Barly came up and grabbed it, trailer hook hot him.

Started raining heavy and we packed up a went home. All in all a pretty good weekend I think! Learned the fish are both Pre, post, and Mid spawn, and saw a couple males on a beds as well.

Hope ya'll enjoyed!

WatterBoy · 05-06-12, 10:55 PM

Way to go, Sam! Those look like some great fish. Still 3 more weekends until bass opener for me.

Jrob78 · 05-06-12, 11:21 PM

Way to go Sammy! Those are some nice looking fish!

carolina-rig-01 · 05-06-12, 11:49 PM

Glad your season is under way now Sammy. Looks like it's off to a great start.

Bubba_Bruiser · 05-07-12, 12:30 AM

Looks like you really whacked em! Nice haul Slim!

aikenyounggun · 05-07-12, 09:24 PM

Looks cold up that way!! good job on the fish, and great job on teaching someone how to fish. Gotta spread the sport!

keithdog · 05-07-12, 10:30 PM

Heyyyy, way to go Sammy! I know you've been licken your chops eager to get out after that long winter off. So glad to see you got into some beauts right off the bat! Congrats on your success!

3dkicker · 05-08-12, 12:26 PM

Well done!! I bet they were a little easier to land with all the work you've done over the winter.....you still gettin' some time in? Baseball done?

joedog · 05-08-12, 04:28 PM

Sam You Am!

I read this Sunday and I'm sure I gave you grief on a reply! If I could only stay out of my on way my life could be so much easier.
Great job!
Looks like a good time was had.
Tell your buddy that I've fished for 40yrs. and I have never caught a Bass on a 10in. plastic.

Good to see you fishing.
Winds must have been a little calmer up north there. Blew hard here from about 9am on. Looked nice up there.
Thanks for the pics and the share.

Oh almost forgot.
Your jig rigging the Bully right?
You dragging it, swimming it, hopping it or all the presentations mentioned?
Who says being a Bully is always bad?

Bassboss · 05-08-12, 08:09 PM

Thanks all! It was a great week end for sure! Wasn't to cold btw Aiken, about 58-60 degrees but it was raining, and I didn't feel like getting wet! lol

Quote:

Originally Posted by 3dkicker

Well done!! I bet they were a little easier to land with all the work you've done over the winter.....you still gettin' some time in? Baseball done?

Thanks!

Baseball's over in about 2 weeks, so we're getting close to the end. Been doing some stuff here and there. Been doing poly push ups and stuff once a week. Recently got a cheap composite bench press for free, only got about 115 pounds worth, but it's enough for some military presses. Wont be able to do anything this week (other than saturday).. week's jammed with 5 games.

Quote:

Originally Posted by joedog

Sam You Am!

I read this Sunday and I'm sure I gave you grief on a reply! If I could only stay out of my on way my life could be so much easier.
Great job!
Looks like a good time was had.
Tell your buddy that I've fished for 40yrs. and I have never caught a Bass on a 10in. plastic.

Good to see you fishing.
Winds must have been a little calmer up north there. Blew hard here from about 9am on. Looked nice up there.
Thanks for the pics and the share.

Oh almost forgot.
Your jig rigging the Bully right?
You dragging it, swimming it, hopping it or all the presentations mentioned?
Who says being a Bully is always bad?

just texas rigging the Bully on a 3/16 weight, where shallow, and 1/4 where it's deeper. It's got a real slow fall cause of the them flappers. Nice hops to get the flappers doing their thing.

lilmule · 05-08-12, 11:32 PM

Nice fish,salad is always a nice addition.

05-06-12, 10:45 PM	#1
Bassboss BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Shawano, WI Posts: 7,761	Opening weekend 2012 (pic heavy)! It's here!! It's here, it's here, it's here!! It's been like waiting for Christmas, but it's finally here! Caught a couple good fish on a couple different techniques, but plastic creature baits seem to produce best. I'd recently got one of my buddies into fishin. I've been showing him the ropes the past couple weeks and he finally got to put em to use this weekend. Here's a couple from Saturday: Started the season off with a bang with a 5 pound/20.5 incher on a Yum Wooly Hawgtail. Priceless face... lol Went back home, got some lunch, and headed back out tot he lake. And another fallen victim to the Hawgtail. And I've been searching for a good cover photo for facebook, and I got this crazy idea from one the nut cases here! Yum Wooly Bullee (little ones need lovin too! ) Fast forward a day, and we're back on the water after I spent the night at his place. Woke up in the morning to cloudy, rainy skys. It let up a bit for us to head out for a couple hours. Started off pretty good again with a soild 3, 3 1/2 pounder on a Baby Brush Hog. Some salad came along too. And lo and behold! The big guy finaly caught one! 10" worm of all things! lol After a bit, I switch to a buzzbait and caught one right off the bat. Barly came up and grabbed it, trailer hook hot him. Started raining heavy and we packed up a went home. All in all a pretty good weekend I think! Learned the fish are both Pre, post, and Mid spawn, and saw a couple males on a beds as well. Hope ya'll enjoyed! __________________ If you can't fix it with heavy squats or fish oil, you're probably going to die.

05-06-12, 11:21 PM	#3
Jrob78 BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 4,671	Way to go Sammy! Those are some nice looking fish! __________________ There are 3 kinds of people in the world…those who can count and those who can’t. HRN4L

05-06-12, 11:49 PM	#4
carolina-rig-01 BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Webb City, MO Posts: 6,387	Glad your season is under way now Sammy. Looks like it's off to a great start. __________________ You only live once. But if you do it right, once is enough.

05-07-12, 12:30 AM	#5
Bubba_Bruiser BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: South MS Posts: 3,659	Looks like you really whacked em! Nice haul Slim! __________________ \,,,,/ ROCK ON! HRN4L!

05-07-12, 09:24 PM	#6
aikenyounggun BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: aiken, SC Posts: 2,051	Looks cold up that way!! good job on the fish, and great job on teaching someone how to fish. Gotta spread the sport! __________________ <>< Rather be Fishing ><>

05-06-12, 10:55 PM	#2
WatterBoy BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Owatonna, MN Posts: 2,280	Way to go, Sam! Those look like some great fish. Still 3 more weekends until bass opener for me.

05-07-12, 10:30 PM	#7
keithdog BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: IN Posts: 8,308	Heyyyy, way to go Sammy! I know you've been licken your chops eager to get out after that long winter off. So glad to see you got into some beauts right off the bat! Congrats on your success! __________________ Just one more cast, and then some!

05-08-12, 12:26 PM	#8
3dkicker BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Spotsylvania, VA Posts: 4,483	Well done!! I bet they were a little easier to land with all the work you've done over the winter.....you still gettin' some time in? Baseball done? __________________ Smitty www.smittystubes.com

05-08-12, 04:28 PM	#9
joedog BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: JANESVILLE,WI. 53545 Posts: 3,415	Sam You Am! I read this Sunday and I'm sure I gave you grief on a reply! If I could only stay out of my on way my life could be so much easier. Great job! Looks like a good time was had. Tell your buddy that I've fished for 40yrs. and I have never caught a Bass on a 10in. plastic. Good to see you fishing. Winds must have been a little calmer up north there. Blew hard here from about 9am on. Looked nice up there. Thanks for the pics and the share. Oh almost forgot. Your jig rigging the Bully right? You dragging it, swimming it, hopping it or all the presentations mentioned? Who says being a Bully is always bad? __________________ "Fishing isn't life or death... it's more important than that." Last edited by joedog; 05-08-12 at 04:35 PM.

05-08-12, 11:32 PM	#11
lilmule BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Buchanan,Tn Posts: 2,685	Nice fish,salad is always a nice addition.

Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)