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Bassboss · 07-11-13, 02:23 PM

Yesterday I had the opportunity to spend the whole day fishing with one of my good friends Nathaniel. The plan was to hit both the Lower Red Lake, Red River, and Upper Red lake by the evening.

He was at my house with his boat by 8:45 on a very windy, and unseasonably cool morning. Despite the eastern wind (gusting at 35 mph) and slight chill (55ish), we were on the water by 9:00 on the Lower Red.

As you can imagine, the wind made boat control very hard, so we started on the western end of the lake by the dam. Nothing.

We motored up to the shallow weedy, cove scattered with stumps. On the way there we saw a guy in a 20' ranger fishing one of our favorite spots. He was switching between a frog and wacky rigged dinger, and frog. I on the other hand was pitching a BBB craw worm to stumps and into weed clumps and holes. Nothing.

Having the first two spots not produce anything we bite the bullet and headed to the wind blown, eastern side of the lake by the lower dam. We both stuck with the same thing, with the exception of him now throwing a taxas rigged worm into the mix. Not long after getting there I whack a 14 incher on the craw worm. A ways down the bank he gets a 15 on the worm.

We make a couple more passes on that bank and it produces three more for us. Eventually the wind picks up more and head to the spot where the guy in the ranger was.

Not long after we come to a sheer rock shore line and hook up with a toad. After getting it out of the weeds and some surges under the boat he nets it. A nice 21 incher on the craw worm.

We call quits early on the Lower Red around 11 and head to the river.

As is typical we catch a few decent smallies around the 12 - 14" mark right off the bat. He hooks into a toad on a 7" texas rig worm of all things after going through a whole bag of 4" dingers to missed fish. The fish turns broad side in the current and breaks his 10lb nanofil off.

We continue to wade down stream and get some nice ones.

17 incher:

After going down stream for about 3 hours we beat the bank to make up ground to the better spots up stream a catch a couple more.

My best at the time a nice 17.5 incher:

We get to back to one of our better spots at the top of the wade and catch some of the bigger fish of the trip.

I venture up stream about 100 yards and he calls me over telling me he hooked into a slob!

I work my way over and he's got the best one of the trip... a big healthy 18.5 incher.

While we're trying to get the hook out I notice another line protruding from the fishes gullet. The pull it out a little way and see the same 7" worm and hook he broke off 3 ours ago. You can see the line coming out of the fishes mouth in the pic above.

Not long after I hook into another big fish, an 18 incher, and my biggest of the day.

We get back to the top the wade where we started and top things of with some interesting catches with the smallest of the day and huge pair of panties. lol

We wrap things up and head to the Upper Red Lake.

After hitting an island the usually produces some largemouth and coming up empty handed, we switch spots. At the end of the shore line I'm throwing a Spro frog and have a big bream jump out of the water right by my frog. What I thought was it rolls on it a couple more times before it hit it a little harder. It didn't take long to figure out a largemouth and sucked it under.

I flip it into the boat and it's another nice fish! An 18 incher.

While Nathaniel is getting things organized to head back the landing and call it a night we're watching a harron sit on top of a clump of pads and nail a big ol bream and eat it. After it fly's off I take a long cast where it was and think "maybe a little bit of blue herons magic is still there." Sure enough I get nailed a few feet from the mat and flip in the last fish of the day, another big fish at 19 inches.

We ended the day with what we figuered to be 60 smallmouth, and myself catching allot of big ones.. a 21" largemouth, a 19", and an 18 incher. 18", a 17" and a 17.5 incher. He got allot of the nicer smallmouth with three around 17 and that 18.5 incher. Not to mention allot more in the 15-16 range than I caught. I had what I figured to be one of the best days of bass fishing I've ever had.

bassinbob · 07-11-13, 06:37 PM

Boss some really cool pics. The day turned out perfect for you guys.

joedog · 07-11-13, 07:28 PM

I'm moving north!

Smallie waters like that....Happy, Happy, Happy!

Good coverage, great pics and WOW what a day! Plus shore lunch.

bamabassman · 07-11-13, 08:38 PM

wonderful fish sam, simply fantastic.

but uuummmm got a question...did oyu talk to ANY of them GIRLS floating in the tubes man? as much as i love fishing, at the age you are now and if i saw a group of gals floating down river..i would have at LEAST talked to them. hahahahaha!!!

Bassin' Gal · 07-11-13, 10:21 PM

Congrats! Looks like a perfect day to me!

Bassboss · 07-11-13, 11:57 PM

Thanks guys, I think the best part of the thread is the title though!

Quote:

Originally Posted by bamabassman

wonderful fish sam, simply fantastic.

but uuummmm got a question...did oyu talk to ANY of them GIRLS floating in the tubes man? as much as i love fishing, at the age you are now and if i saw a group of gals floating down river..i would have at LEAST talked to them. hahahahaha!!!

Oh yeah, we were gabberin till they were round the next bend! hahah We both caught two nice ones in front of them, in fact I actually waited for them for them to drift into the the picture before snapping it! lol

Bubba_Bruiser · 07-12-13, 06:35 AM

Nice haul Sammy!

nobass · 07-12-13, 03:45 PM

nice looking fish souds like you had great day. did you get phone numbers

3dkicker · 07-12-13, 05:40 PM

Great day on the water. Enjoy it. Couple comments though......8:45 AM to start???? Slackers!!!! Don't you realize you missed the topwater bite???

And what's up with 55 degrees????? I wake up to 76 degree weather that tops out at 90 every day. And that's still not warm enough......time to move south where it's warmer!!!!

Bassboss · 07-14-13, 01:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 3dkicker

Great day on the water. Enjoy it. Couple comments though......8:45 AM to start???? Slackers!!!! Don't you realize you missed the topwater bite???

And what's up with 55 degrees????? I wake up to 76 degree weather that tops out at 90 every day. And that's still not warm enough......time to move south where it's warmer!!!!

LMAO, you're telling me about the time! 55 is TO DANG COLD, I was practically shivering! lol

Caught 87 yesterday too, btw!

keithdog · 07-14-13, 09:26 PM

Your having one heck of a good summer break of fishing. Congrats my friend!

07-11-13, 02:23 PM	#1
Bassboss BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Shawano, WI Posts: 7,761	Possibly the best day of fishing of my life (pic heavy). Yesterday I had the opportunity to spend the whole day fishing with one of my good friends Nathaniel. The plan was to hit both the Lower Red Lake, Red River, and Upper Red lake by the evening. He was at my house with his boat by 8:45 on a very windy, and unseasonably cool morning. Despite the eastern wind (gusting at 35 mph) and slight chill (55ish), we were on the water by 9:00 on the Lower Red. As you can imagine, the wind made boat control very hard, so we started on the western end of the lake by the dam. Nothing. We motored up to the shallow weedy, cove scattered with stumps. On the way there we saw a guy in a 20' ranger fishing one of our favorite spots. He was switching between a frog and wacky rigged dinger, and frog. I on the other hand was pitching a BBB craw worm to stumps and into weed clumps and holes. Nothing. Having the first two spots not produce anything we bite the bullet and headed to the wind blown, eastern side of the lake by the lower dam. We both stuck with the same thing, with the exception of him now throwing a taxas rigged worm into the mix. Not long after getting there I whack a 14 incher on the craw worm. A ways down the bank he gets a 15 on the worm. We make a couple more passes on that bank and it produces three more for us. Eventually the wind picks up more and head to the spot where the guy in the ranger was. Not long after we come to a sheer rock shore line and hook up with a toad. After getting it out of the weeds and some surges under the boat he nets it. A nice 21 incher on the craw worm. We call quits early on the Lower Red around 11 and head to the river. As is typical we catch a few decent smallies around the 12 - 14" mark right off the bat. He hooks into a toad on a 7" texas rig worm of all things after going through a whole bag of 4" dingers to missed fish. The fish turns broad side in the current and breaks his 10lb nanofil off. We continue to wade down stream and get some nice ones. 17 incher: After going down stream for about 3 hours we beat the bank to make up ground to the better spots up stream a catch a couple more. My best at the time a nice 17.5 incher: We get to back to one of our better spots at the top of the wade and catch some of the bigger fish of the trip. I venture up stream about 100 yards and he calls me over telling me he hooked into a slob! I work my way over and he's got the best one of the trip... a big healthy 18.5 incher. While we're trying to get the hook out I notice another line protruding from the fishes gullet. The pull it out a little way and see the same 7" worm and hook he broke off 3 ours ago. You can see the line coming out of the fishes mouth in the pic above. Not long after I hook into another big fish, an 18 incher, and my biggest of the day. We get back to the top the wade where we started and top things of with some interesting catches with the smallest of the day and huge pair of panties. lol We wrap things up and head to the Upper Red Lake. After hitting an island the usually produces some largemouth and coming up empty handed, we switch spots. At the end of the shore line I'm throwing a Spro frog and have a big bream jump out of the water right by my frog. What I thought was it rolls on it a couple more times before it hit it a little harder. It didn't take long to figure out a largemouth and sucked it under. I flip it into the boat and it's another nice fish! An 18 incher. While Nathaniel is getting things organized to head back the landing and call it a night we're watching a harron sit on top of a clump of pads and nail a big ol bream and eat it. After it fly's off I take a long cast where it was and think "maybe a little bit of blue herons magic is still there." Sure enough I get nailed a few feet from the mat and flip in the last fish of the day, another big fish at 19 inches. We ended the day with what we figuered to be 60 smallmouth, and myself catching allot of big ones.. a 21" largemouth, a 19", and an 18 incher. 18", a 17" and a 17.5 incher. He got allot of the nicer smallmouth with three around 17 and that 18.5 incher. Not to mention allot more in the 15-16 range than I caught. I had what I figured to be one of the best days of bass fishing I've ever had. __________________ If you can't fix it with heavy squats or fish oil, you're probably going to die. Last edited by Bassboss; 07-11-13 at 02:47 PM.

07-11-13, 06:37 PM	#2
bassinbob BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Pitts. Pa. Posts: 3,801	Boss some really cool pics. The day turned out perfect for you guys. __________________ you can have my fishin rod when ya take it from my cold dead hands

07-11-13, 07:28 PM	#3
joedog BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: JANESVILLE,WI. 53545 Posts: 3,415	I'm moving north! Smallie waters like that....Happy, Happy, Happy! Good coverage, great pics and WOW what a day! Plus shore lunch. __________________ "Fishing isn't life or death... it's more important than that."

07-11-13, 08:38 PM	#4
bamabassman BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: cedar bluff, alabama Posts: 15,292	wonderful fish sam, simply fantastic. but uuummmm got a question...did oyu talk to ANY of them GIRLS floating in the tubes man? as much as i love fishing, at the age you are now and if i saw a group of gals floating down river..i would have at LEAST talked to them. hahahahaha!!! __________________ so many lures, so little time.

07-12-13, 06:35 AM	#7
Bubba_Bruiser BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: South MS Posts: 3,659	Nice haul Sammy! __________________ \,,,,/ ROCK ON! HRN4L!

07-11-13, 10:21 PM	#5
Bassin' Gal BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: May 2012 Posts: 387	Congrats! Looks like a perfect day to me!

07-12-13, 03:45 PM	#8
nobass BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: clarksville, tn, Posts: 1,690	nice looking fish souds like you had great day. did you get phone numbers __________________ the only easy day was yesterday

07-12-13, 05:40 PM	#9
3dkicker BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Spotsylvania, VA Posts: 4,483	Great day on the water. Enjoy it. Couple comments though......8:45 AM to start???? Slackers!!!! Don't you realize you missed the topwater bite??? And what's up with 55 degrees????? I wake up to 76 degree weather that tops out at 90 every day. And that's still not warm enough......time to move south where it's warmer!!!! __________________ Smitty www.smittystubes.com

07-14-13, 09:26 PM	#11
keithdog BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: IN Posts: 8,308	Your having one heck of a good summer break of fishing. Congrats my friend! __________________ Just one more cast, and then some!

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