Tavery5 & pro reel caught a few

pro reel · 04-02-11, 09:06 PM

Well, actually it was more than a few. We lost count at around 50 bass. We went to a privat 20 acre watershed that belongs to a friend of mine. We were planning on trying to catch some Crappie. We were headed across the lake shortly after launching and I saw a lot of arches on the sonar. I droped anchor and was rigging a crappie pole when Tony made a cast with a swim jig. 1st cast and he caught a 3 lb bass. Tony caught 3 more before I even got my crappie pole tied up. I tried for crappie for awile, but with no luck. I switched to a football jig and caught a 3 lber on my first cast. I caught a few more but Tony was leaving me in the dust, so I decided to try a shakey head rig. It was just a fun day of fishing so I wanted to try as many different things as I could. The shakey rig didn't pan out so I went to a swim jig also. I had a white one but Tony was using a bluegill coloerd bait. The white caught a few but not lake he was catching. I got a dork colored swim jig and caught a few. The action slowed down so we switched spots. I again tried a crappie jig and caught an 8 in crappie. We tried that for awile, but it seems it was one lone fish. We tried the swim jigs in that area, but no bass were taking them there. We headed back to a similar deep water spot and went back to catching several more bass. I tried a crank bait for awile, but no luck there. Tony picked up a small one on a trap. We had both mentioned earlier that jerk baits might work . I only have a few jerk baits, I don't use them often. Tony had some nice LC baits and some H20 baits. He rigged one up and caught 4 bass on 4 consecutive casts. I laid down the swim jig rod and grabbed my jerk bait tray. I had a deep diving Rapala bait and tried it, I caught a few on it, but it didn't seem to have the right action so Tony lent me an H20 bait and I caught sevral on that, I also missed several that were short striking or got off before they got to the boat. My elbow has been acting up lately and it got sore quick doing the jerk bait thing, so I went back to the swim jig, I caught a few more on that. I switched back to a crappie jig under a float and spent quite awile resting while watching the float. Never did catch another crappie. The water temp was 52 and I guess the crappie are scatered and inactive. Meanwhile , Tony caught literally dozens and dozens of small bass, 1 to 2 lbs each on the jerk bait. The wind was howling by early afternoon and gusting 30 to 40 mph. We got tired of fighting the wind so we put the boat on the trailer and headed to another small pond to fish from the bank. We kept 2 of the biggest bass and transplanted them to the smaller pond. We both caught one bass at the small pond before calling it a long day. Tony had the big fish of the day at 4lbs 6 ozs. here are a few pics to drool over.

Jrob78 · 04-02-11, 09:18 PM

Looks like you guys had a good day! Too bad the Crappie didn't cooperate. A Crappie fry at the OK gathering sure would be fun! I can't wait to get out and fish with you guys.

It took me a few minutes to realize there are 2 people in those pictures, did you guys purposely dress exactly the same?

bamabassman · 04-02-11, 09:22 PM

you guys KNOW ya'll are now DE-friended don't you? LOL, KIDDING OF COURSE.

those are some beautiful fish there buds. thanks for showing us the baits oyu got them on too. that's a friend indeed showing the baits they used. thans again guys. i am gonna have to get ya'll here one day.

islandbass · 04-02-11, 09:49 PM

That's awesome guys! Great report, PR.

pro reel · 04-02-11, 09:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jrob78

Looks like you guys had a good day! Too bad the Crappie didn't cooperate. A Crappie fry at the OK gathering sure would be fun! I can't wait to get out and fish with you guys.

It took me a few minutes to realize there are 2 people in those pictures, did you guys purposely dress exactly the same?

LOL, Nope, his jacket is dark grey, mine is black, My beard has a patch of white in the middle, his is blended. My hat is getRdone camo his is a solid color, My glasses are bigger, but we almost look like twins in the pics ROFLMAO And oh yea, he is holding bigger fish.

Tavery5 · 04-02-11, 10:07 PM

Despite the strong winds today we had a great day of fishing. We were able to catch several nice bass on swimjigs , one of my favorite baits, we were catching them by cranking the jigs slow and steady, just above the bottom to the lake in about 7-8 ft of water. I used a watermelon colored jig with watermelon trailer most of the day, but caught my biggest fish on a custom swim jig and a cane thumper trailer. They slowed on the swimjigs and we decided to try the jerkbaits. Let me tell you it was a very good decision, we both ended up using the H20 jerkbaits, and caught so many fish on them that we soon lost count. The finish on these baits held up great, the hooks stayed sharp and the fish were loving their action. If you have not fished these baits, I recommend you do so, great price and a great bait. All in all a fantastic day, got to spend some time on the water with my friend Kevin, and we caught fish on top of it. Great start for 2011.

bcklash · 04-02-11, 10:13 PM

Some nice fish guys.

carolina-rig-01 · 04-02-11, 11:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jrob78

Looks like you guys had a good day! Too bad the Crappie didn't cooperate. A Crappie fry at the OK gathering sure would be fun! I can't wait to get out and fish with you guys.

It took me a few minutes to realize there are 2 people in those pictures, did you guys purposely dress exactly the same?

I didn't realize it until you said something LOL.

Congrats on a great day fellas!

nofearengineer · 04-02-11, 11:21 PM

Me either! Dang, it's scary how much you guys look alike!!

Sounds like an awesome day of fishing. I'm totally jealous.

carolina-rig-01 · 04-03-11, 01:32 AM

You guys are going to have to wear name tags at the get together.

Bubba_Bruiser · 04-03-11, 07:15 AM

Nice haul fellas. Time to get on some fish, well in a couple of weeks at least.

bamabassman · 04-03-11, 08:17 AM

<<<thinks they are REALLY borthers. HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!! i noticed the difference though. and you're supposed to say the fish were the same size man, jsut the HE is bigger, hahahahahhaa!!

pro, look for that reel soon pal.

coldbasser · 04-03-11, 09:28 AM

Great fishing our lakes here will not be ice free for another month or so so please posting pics as it is the next best thing other than organizing my tackle.

Bassboss · 04-03-11, 09:40 AM

JUST FIVE!!!! lol where's the rest?

Sounds like it was great day..... I sincerely hate you guys.

Bassboss · 04-03-11, 09:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pro reel

LOL, Nope, his jacket is dark grey, mine is black, My beard has a patch of white in the middle, his is blended. My hat is getRdone camo his is a solid color, My glasses are bigger, but we almost look like twins in the pics ROFLMAO And oh yea, he is holding bigger fish.

Oh my god... those are two different people!!

I did not notice, I had to look CLOSELY 3 times to see the differences. lol

Tavery5 · 04-03-11, 10:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bassboss

JUST FIVE!!!! lol where's the rest?

Sounds like it was great day..... I sincerely hate you guys.

When your busy catching fish, it is hard to take pics

1 more pic for you, this was the biggest fish of the day, 4lbs 6oz, caught on a custom swimjig and a canethumper trailer.
All fish were released to finish their spawning.

keithdog · 04-03-11, 10:47 AM

Dang! What a great day on the water. And love those pics!!! That last pic Tav is a sow bass for sure. Glad they are all back in the water. Thanks for sharing all the info!

bamabassman · 04-03-11, 09:21 PM

LOOK AT THAT BELLY!!!! she is aobut to bust,lol.

again, thanks man. still a little sore, hahahaha.

CamG · 04-04-11, 09:38 AM

Very nice! Looks like a real good day!
Really wishing the wind would die down a tad (below 40 would be a start). I have the next two days off and really need to get out!

BBD · 04-04-11, 09:43 AM

awesome!

love it when the pictures start rolling again.

WaffleJaw · 04-04-11, 10:53 AM

Very cool guys!..and awesome job and tearing em up!

BigBassin144 · 04-04-11, 12:32 PM

Looks like you guys had a great day! Congrats on the great fish.

BB

04-02-11, 09:06 PM	#1
pro reel BassFishin.Com Veteran Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Wichita Kansas Posts: 761	Tavery5 & pro reel caught a few Well, actually it was more than a few. We lost count at around 50 bass. We went to a privat 20 acre watershed that belongs to a friend of mine. We were planning on trying to catch some Crappie. We were headed across the lake shortly after launching and I saw a lot of arches on the sonar. I droped anchor and was rigging a crappie pole when Tony made a cast with a swim jig. 1st cast and he caught a 3 lb bass. Tony caught 3 more before I even got my crappie pole tied up. I tried for crappie for awile, but with no luck. I switched to a football jig and caught a 3 lber on my first cast. I caught a few more but Tony was leaving me in the dust, so I decided to try a shakey head rig. It was just a fun day of fishing so I wanted to try as many different things as I could. The shakey rig didn't pan out so I went to a swim jig also. I had a white one but Tony was using a bluegill coloerd bait. The white caught a few but not lake he was catching. I got a dork colored swim jig and caught a few. The action slowed down so we switched spots. I again tried a crappie jig and caught an 8 in crappie. We tried that for awile, but it seems it was one lone fish. We tried the swim jigs in that area, but no bass were taking them there. We headed back to a similar deep water spot and went back to catching several more bass. I tried a crank bait for awile, but no luck there. Tony picked up a small one on a trap. We had both mentioned earlier that jerk baits might work . I only have a few jerk baits, I don't use them often. Tony had some nice LC baits and some H20 baits. He rigged one up and caught 4 bass on 4 consecutive casts. I laid down the swim jig rod and grabbed my jerk bait tray. I had a deep diving Rapala bait and tried it, I caught a few on it, but it didn't seem to have the right action so Tony lent me an H20 bait and I caught sevral on that, I also missed several that were short striking or got off before they got to the boat. My elbow has been acting up lately and it got sore quick doing the jerk bait thing, so I went back to the swim jig, I caught a few more on that. I switched back to a crappie jig under a float and spent quite awile resting while watching the float. Never did catch another crappie. The water temp was 52 and I guess the crappie are scatered and inactive. Meanwhile , Tony caught literally dozens and dozens of small bass, 1 to 2 lbs each on the jerk bait. The wind was howling by early afternoon and gusting 30 to 40 mph. We got tired of fighting the wind so we put the boat on the trailer and headed to another small pond to fish from the bank. We kept 2 of the biggest bass and transplanted them to the smaller pond. We both caught one bass at the small pond before calling it a long day. Tony had the big fish of the day at 4lbs 6 ozs. here are a few pics to drool over. Attached Thumbnails Last edited by pro reel; 04-03-11 at 01:44 PM.

04-02-11, 09:18 PM	#2
Jrob78 BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 4,671	Looks like you guys had a good day! Too bad the Crappie didn't cooperate. A Crappie fry at the OK gathering sure would be fun! I can't wait to get out and fish with you guys. It took me a few minutes to realize there are 2 people in those pictures, did you guys purposely dress exactly the same? __________________ There are 3 kinds of people in the world…those who can count and those who can’t. HRN4L

04-02-11, 09:22 PM	#3
bamabassman BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: cedar bluff, alabama Posts: 15,292	you guys KNOW ya'll are now DE-friended don't you? LOL, KIDDING OF COURSE. those are some beautiful fish there buds. thanks for showing us the baits oyu got them on too. that's a friend indeed showing the baits they used. thans again guys. i am gonna have to get ya'll here one day. __________________ so many lures, so little time.

04-02-11, 09:49 PM	#4
islandbass BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: WA State Posts: 1,783	That's awesome guys! Great report, PR. __________________ ARX "If people concentrated on the really important things in life, there'd be a shortage of fishing poles." Doug Larson (Shimano 2005 Reel Catalog)

04-02-11, 10:07 PM	#6
Tavery5 BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Wichita, KS Posts: 2,427	Despite the strong winds today we had a great day of fishing. We were able to catch several nice bass on swimjigs , one of my favorite baits, we were catching them by cranking the jigs slow and steady, just above the bottom to the lake in about 7-8 ft of water. I used a watermelon colored jig with watermelon trailer most of the day, but caught my biggest fish on a custom swim jig and a cane thumper trailer. They slowed on the swimjigs and we decided to try the jerkbaits. Let me tell you it was a very good decision, we both ended up using the H20 jerkbaits, and caught so many fish on them that we soon lost count. The finish on these baits held up great, the hooks stayed sharp and the fish were loving their action. If you have not fished these baits, I recommend you do so, great price and a great bait. All in all a fantastic day, got to spend some time on the water with my friend Kevin, and we caught fish on top of it. Great start for 2011. __________________ They call me Ishmael

04-02-11, 10:13 PM	#7
bcklash BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Elliston, Va. Posts: 4,372	Some nice fish guys. __________________ The soap box, the ballot box, the jury box, and the cartridge box. keep us free:

04-02-11, 11:21 PM	#9
nofearengineer BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Southwest IN Posts: 5,630	Me either! Dang, it's scary how much you guys look alike!! Sounds like an awesome day of fishing. I'm totally jealous. __________________ Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing it is not fish they are after.

04-03-11, 01:32 AM	#10
carolina-rig-01 BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Webb City, MO Posts: 6,387	You guys are going to have to wear name tags at the get together.

04-03-11, 07:15 AM	#11
Bubba_Bruiser BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: South MS Posts: 3,659	Nice haul fellas. Time to get on some fish, well in a couple of weeks at least. __________________ \,,,,/ ROCK ON! HRN4L!

04-03-11, 08:17 AM	#12
bamabassman BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: cedar bluff, alabama Posts: 15,292	<<<thinks they are REALLY borthers. HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!! i noticed the difference though. and you're supposed to say the fish were the same size man, jsut the HE is bigger, hahahahahhaa!! pro, look for that reel soon pal. __________________ so many lures, so little time.

04-03-11, 09:28 AM	#13
coldbasser BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Winnipeg Posts: 380	Great fishing our lakes here will not be ice free for another month or so so please posting pics as it is the next best thing other than organizing my tackle.

04-03-11, 09:40 AM	#14
Bassboss BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Shawano, WI Posts: 7,761	JUST FIVE!!!! lol where's the rest? Sounds like it was great day..... I sincerely hate you guys. __________________ If you can't fix it with heavy squats or fish oil, you're probably going to die.

04-03-11, 10:47 AM	#17
keithdog BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: IN Posts: 8,308	Dang! What a great day on the water. And love those pics!!! That last pic Tav is a sow bass for sure. Glad they are all back in the water. Thanks for sharing all the info! __________________ Just one more cast, and then some!

04-03-11, 09:21 PM	#18
bamabassman BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: cedar bluff, alabama Posts: 15,292	LOOK AT THAT BELLY!!!! she is aobut to bust,lol. again, thanks man. still a little sore, hahahaha. __________________ so many lures, so little time.

04-04-11, 09:38 AM	#19
CamG BassFishin.Com Veteran Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Superior, NE Posts: 974	Very nice! Looks like a real good day! Really wishing the wind would die down a tad (below 40 would be a start). I have the next two days off and really need to get out!

04-04-11, 09:43 AM	#20
BBD BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Jacksonville, FL Posts: 212	awesome! love it when the pictures start rolling again.

04-04-11, 10:53 AM	#21
WaffleJaw BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Dallas,TX (DFW) Posts: 2,212	Very cool guys!..and awesome job and tearing em up! __________________ [nelsoncustomrods.com]

04-04-11, 12:32 PM	#22
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