The smallies are starting to bite!

bluebasser86 · 04-26-13, 11:52 AM

Caught over 20 of them yesterday with lots of very good quality ones. Biggest one wasn't quite big enough to upgrade my Big Bass entry but it was pretty close, just need that 5+ pounder

CamG · 04-26-13, 12:42 PM

Don't know which lake you were fishing, but you've got me pumped!

WatterBoy · 04-26-13, 02:41 PM

Good for you Clayton, that sounds like a blast! Just heading up to our cabin as I type this to get it opened for another season. Last report we got from up there just over a week ago was that there was still 30" of ice on "our" lake.

Only 4 more weeks from tomorrow and bass season will finally be open again here!

Jrob78 · 04-26-13, 03:25 PM

Awesome!!!

joedog · 04-26-13, 03:31 PM

Blue whats the bite on?
You know I'll ask, so how you fishing it?

Blue your having fun now!

bluebasser86 · 04-26-13, 10:58 PM

CamG-this was at Melvern Lake, KS. It's less than an hour from my house and it has state record size smallmouth in it and is loaded with 2-3 pounders so it's a blast to fish.
Dean-I've seen pictures of guys getting their ice augers ready for opening day of bass season, I couldn't do it. Hopefully it will turn around for you soon.
Joe-it was jerkbaits or nothing, bone color was the deal all day. 2 jerks, reel done, repeat. Some were really hitting it hard but some were just there when I went to move it. I had one monster follow the bait for the entire retrieve all the way to the boat and just barely pushed it next to the boat but didn't get the hooks.

WatterBoy · 04-26-13, 11:52 PM

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Originally Posted by bluebasser86

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Dean-I've seen pictures of guys getting their ice augers ready for opening day of bass season, I couldn't do it. Hopefully it will turn around for you soon.

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Not sure how much snow and ice is currently on the lake, but we were greeted by a foot of heavy wet snow with an ice layer under it on our back deck, steps and sidewalk leading up to them when we arrived at 4:00 this afternoon. It's supposed to be in the 60s for at least the next 4 days, so the snow should disappear quickly. The ice on the lake will probably be around for a while yet.

Bassboss · 04-27-13, 12:29 AM

Sounds like a dang good bag! One week till open day here in wisconsin. Going after from crappy's tomorrow though!

04-26-13, 11:52 AM	#1
bluebasser86 BassFishin.Com Veteran Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Gardner, KS Posts: 605	The smallies are starting to bite! Caught over 20 of them yesterday with lots of very good quality ones. Biggest one wasn't quite big enough to upgrade my Big Bass entry but it was pretty close, just need that 5+ pounder

04-26-13, 03:25 PM	#4
Jrob78 BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 4,671	Awesome!!! __________________ There are 3 kinds of people in the world…those who can count and those who can’t. HRN4L

04-26-13, 03:31 PM	#5
joedog BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: JANESVILLE,WI. 53545 Posts: 3,415	Blue whats the bite on? You know I'll ask, so how you fishing it? Blue your having fun now! __________________ "Fishing isn't life or death... it's more important than that."

04-27-13, 12:29 AM	#8
Bassboss BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Shawano, WI Posts: 7,761	Sounds like a dang good bag! One week till open day here in wisconsin. Going after from crappy's tomorrow though! __________________ If you can't fix it with heavy squats or fish oil, you're probably going to die.

04-26-13, 12:42 PM	#2
CamG BassFishin.Com Veteran Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Superior, NE Posts: 974	Don't know which lake you were fishing, but you've got me pumped!

04-26-13, 02:41 PM	#3
WatterBoy BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Owatonna, MN Posts: 2,280	Good for you Clayton, that sounds like a blast! Just heading up to our cabin as I type this to get it opened for another season. Last report we got from up there just over a week ago was that there was still 30" of ice on "our" lake. Only 4 more weeks from tomorrow and bass season will finally be open again here!

04-26-13, 10:58 PM	#6
bluebasser86 BassFishin.Com Veteran Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Gardner, KS Posts: 605	CamG-this was at Melvern Lake, KS. It's less than an hour from my house and it has state record size smallmouth in it and is loaded with 2-3 pounders so it's a blast to fish. Dean-I've seen pictures of guys getting their ice augers ready for opening day of bass season, I couldn't do it. Hopefully it will turn around for you soon. Joe-it was jerkbaits or nothing, bone color was the deal all day. 2 jerks, reel done, repeat. Some were really hitting it hard but some were just there when I went to move it. I had one monster follow the bait for the entire retrieve all the way to the boat and just barely pushed it next to the boat but didn't get the hooks.

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