new PB in Michigan also !!!!

Wags · 08-16-09, 06:48 PM

I was looking at that beauty that WIBassmaster caught and posted on today...must be a good day in the upper-midwest. I told my Bro-in-law I seen these 2 fish circling some pads but I assumed they were carp, cuz they were WAY to big to be bass. I then siad "Holy *%#*, those are bass!!!!" SO I grabbed my senko-rigged pole and flipped it about 3 ft. ahead of them in the direction they were heading and I lost visual contact, let it fall and gave it a slight tug, felt like I was snagged on something, then it tugged back!! lol.. It was on a light weight pole and line so was a nice lil fight to get her in the boat. Strange thing was it's swimming partner which was at least 18" also stayed right next to the fish I caught almost the entire fight!!! It was like he was saying to the other, "Where ya going?? Why are you swimming so oddly?? was it something I said?? " LMAO it was really something to see.

The LM measured 21 1/2 in. and weighed about 4 1/2 lbs. Congrats again to WIbassmaster on his catch, we don't see many LM that size up here!!!

Jim80 · 08-16-09, 07:16 PM

Nice fish wags congrats on the new pb

Jim

Bassboss · 08-16-09, 08:24 PM

Dang! Great bass man, congrats on the new pb!

woody · 08-16-09, 08:30 PM

That is awesome Wags. Congrats dude!

~Mark

JB · 08-16-09, 08:34 PM

super duper nice! I need to get out there.

1/4 stick · 08-16-09, 09:23 PM

Great fish!

brushhog · 08-16-09, 09:29 PM

Hmm... there maybe something going on here in the north. Junior landed a true Hawg on Thursday. Very close to a PR, it was just over twenty inches in length, which is not that long, but it was truly shaped like an NFL football, thick from end to end. 14 inches in girth at the widest! Picture is on my phone, don't know how to post it.

Anyway, congrats Wags that is a great fish! Now go out and get his partner too!

woody · 08-16-09, 09:56 PM

I've also been noticing a trend, with all of these northern Hawgs on display recently. Good Luck Everybody, and remember to take plenty of pics.

Congrats dude!

~Mark

nofearengineer · 08-16-09, 10:40 PM

What an amazing story! I wonder if the other bass was cheerleading the whole way? "Cummon, sweety...break his line! Wrap him around that stump!!"

Something odd struck me ab out your photo though. LILY PADS?!?! In MICHIGAN?!?! How come I don't have any lily pads in Southwest Indiana? This is just wrong!!! I am so jealous now.

08-16-09, 11:54 PM

he didn't want people to notice he was in south Carolina. Busted. Just kidding.

Cavs1123 · 08-17-09, 08:58 AM

Nice fish man! Congrats!

MallenManson · 08-17-09, 04:26 PM

Nice job!!!!!!

Wags · 08-17-09, 07:17 PM

Nofear....we have lily pads in almost all the small inland lakes around here...some more than others. Very suprised to hear that you don't have them in your neck of the woods??? I may start fishing the pads a bit harder now that I found these two hawgs just strolling around ! I was reading that using a heavier drop-shot style weight and a larger soft plastic lure on the set-up and crashing it thru the pads may pay dividends. I normally frog over the top but not with much success.

MallenManson · 08-17-09, 08:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Wags

Nofear....we have lily pads in almost all the small inland lakes around here...some more than others. Very suprised to hear that you don't have them in your neck of the woods??? I may start fishing the pads a bit harder now that I found these two hawgs just strolling around ! I was reading that using a heavier drop-shot style weight and a larger soft plastic lure on the set-up and crashing it thru the pads may pay dividends. I normally frog over the top but not with much success.

When you say not much success on the pads, what do you mean? not getting strikes? Not getting hook-ups?

Wags · 08-17-09, 08:42 PM

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Originally Posted by MallenManson

When you say not much success on the pads, what do you mean? not getting strikes? Not getting hook-ups?

I was getting strikes on the larger scum frogs,...but only hooked one bass and killed it because it took the whole dang frog down his throat. I then switched to smaller frogs and soft platic frogs and have done better, but I still feel I am missing out on some nice fish, especially in the afternoon when the sun has been out all day. Most of the lakes around here don't have that much shallow cover, so I would have to assume they are there, just a matter of getting to them.

MallenManson · 08-18-09, 02:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Wags

I was getting strikes on the larger scum frogs,...but only hooked one bass and killed it because it took the whole dang frog down his throat. I then switched to smaller frogs and soft platic frogs and have done better, but I still feel I am missing out on some nice fish, especially in the afternoon when the sun has been out all day. Most of the lakes around here don't have that much shallow cover, so I would have to assume they are there, just a matter of getting to them.

Fishing pads with frogs can be extremely frustrating to be sure. My first time tryin' 'em, I had 12 strikes and not one hookset!
So I snuck into old threads around here to see what I was doin wrong lol.
I was treatin it like a Jitterbug when I shoulda been waiting 2-3 seconds before setting the hook.
And of course now that I know that, it's much better, but I still don't hit the coveted 50% hook up ratio very often..errrr.....almost never lol
But I keep at it since it's just such an exciting way to fish

MississippiBoy · 08-18-09, 02:47 PM

Like Mallen said, do your best to wait 2-3 seconds before you set the hook. Believe me, that'll seem like the longest two seconds of your life. After the wait, don't just set the hook....SET THE HOOK!!!! Cross his eyes, do your best to yank him on the boat without needing to reel.

MallenManson · 08-18-09, 05:28 PM

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Originally Posted by MississippiBoy

Like Mallen said, do your best to wait 2-3 seconds before you set the hook. Believe me, that'll seem like the longest two seconds of your life. After the wait, don't just set the hook....SET THE HOOK!!!! Cross his eyes, do your best to yank him on the boat without needing to reel.

Those are seriously looooooooooooong seconds. But when you get that hookset, it's on like Donkey Kong! In all honesty, at this stage, no lipped bass makes me smile as much as a frogged bass. I've tried explaining it to a couple guys I work with and they don't get it. Makes sense though, I wouldn't have got it either, unless I'd frogged before.
Took one of those guys fishing 2 weekends ago. He was casting a floating Rapala at the pad edges, I was casting as far into them as I could. Several times he said "That's just crazy" lol

nofearengineer · 08-18-09, 05:30 PM

Yeah, I was frogging this past weekend, and it's sort of liberating...all my life I've been trying to keep it out of the weeds, and now I'm throwing it as deep as I can into them hehe. It's like punk rock fishing.

MallenManson · 08-18-09, 07:10 PM

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Originally Posted by nofearengineer

Yeah, I was frogging this past weekend, and it's sort of liberating...all my life I've been trying to keep it out of the weeds, and now I'm throwing it as deep as I can into them hehe. It's like punk rock fishing.

Anti-establishment at the very least

08-16-09, 06:48 PM	#1
Wags BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Swartz Creek, Michigan Posts: 163	new PB in Michigan also !!!! I was looking at that beauty that WIBassmaster caught and posted on today...must be a good day in the upper-midwest. I told my Bro-in-law I seen these 2 fish circling some pads but I assumed they were carp, cuz they were WAY to big to be bass. I then siad "Holy %#, those are bass!!!!" SO I grabbed my senko-rigged pole and flipped it about 3 ft. ahead of them in the direction they were heading and I lost visual contact, let it fall and gave it a slight tug, felt like I was snagged on something, then it tugged back!! lol.. It was on a light weight pole and line so was a nice lil fight to get her in the boat. Strange thing was it's swimming partner which was at least 18" also stayed right next to the fish I caught almost the entire fight!!! It was like he was saying to the other, "Where ya going?? Why are you swimming so oddly?? was it something I said?? " LMAO it was really something to see. The LM measured 21 1/2 in. and weighed about 4 1/2 lbs. Congrats again to WIbassmaster on his catch, we don't see many LM that size up here!!! Attached Thumbnails Last edited by Wags; 08-16-09 at 07:29 PM.

08-16-09, 07:16 PM	#2
Jim80 BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Thomaston CT Posts: 3,862	Nice fish wags congrats on the new pb Jim __________________ In memory of Zooker 1/11/73-7/2/2010. You will be sorely missed and never forgotten.

08-16-09, 08:24 PM	#3
Bassboss BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Shawano, WI Posts: 7,761	Dang! Great bass man, congrats on the new pb! __________________ If you can't fix it with heavy squats or fish oil, you're probably going to die.

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08-16-09, 09:29 PM	#7
brushhog BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Whitesboro, NY Posts: 1,222	Hmm... there maybe something going on here in the north. Junior landed a true Hawg on Thursday. Very close to a PR, it was just over twenty inches in length, which is not that long, but it was truly shaped like an NFL football, thick from end to end. 14 inches in girth at the widest! Picture is on my phone, don't know how to post it. Anyway, congrats Wags that is a great fish! Now go out and get his partner too! __________________ 3/4 of the Earth's surface is water and 1/4 is land. Clearly god wants me to fish, not mow the lawn.

08-16-09, 08:30 PM	#4
woody BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Jonesville, Indiana Posts: 3,597	That is awesome Wags. Congrats dude! ~Mark

08-16-09, 08:34 PM	#5
JB BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 8,655	super duper nice! I need to get out there.

08-16-09, 09:56 PM	#8
woody BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Jonesville, Indiana Posts: 3,597	I've also been noticing a trend, with all of these northern Hawgs on display recently. Good Luck Everybody, and remember to take plenty of pics. Congrats dude! ~Mark

08-16-09, 10:40 PM	#9
nofearengineer BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Southwest IN Posts: 5,630	What an amazing story! I wonder if the other bass was cheerleading the whole way? "Cummon, sweety...break his line! Wrap him around that stump!!" Something odd struck me ab out your photo though. LILY PADS?!?! In MICHIGAN?!?! How come I don't have any lily pads in Southwest Indiana? This is just wrong!!! I am so jealous now. __________________ Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing it is not fish they are after.

08-16-09, 11:54 PM	#10
DonaldBreland Guest Posts: n/a	he didn't want people to notice he was in south Carolina. Busted. Just kidding.

08-17-09, 08:58 AM	#11
Cavs1123 BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Bellevue, Ohio Posts: 1,398	Nice fish man! Congrats! __________________ Tom

08-17-09, 04:26 PM	#12
MallenManson BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Beulah, Michigan Posts: 6,431	Nice job!!!!!! __________________ Bass fear me. Women pepperspray me.....

08-17-09, 07:17 PM	#13
Wags BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Swartz Creek, Michigan Posts: 163	Nofear....we have lily pads in almost all the small inland lakes around here...some more than others. Very suprised to hear that you don't have them in your neck of the woods??? I may start fishing the pads a bit harder now that I found these two hawgs just strolling around ! I was reading that using a heavier drop-shot style weight and a larger soft plastic lure on the set-up and crashing it thru the pads may pay dividends. I normally frog over the top but not with much success.

08-18-09, 02:47 PM	#17
MississippiBoy BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: May 2007 Location: Ridgeland MS Posts: 3,923	Like Mallen said, do your best to wait 2-3 seconds before you set the hook. Believe me, that'll seem like the longest two seconds of your life. After the wait, don't just set the hook....SET THE HOOK!!!! Cross his eyes, do your best to yank him on the boat without needing to reel. __________________ I smell smoke, and I hear sirens. Do you think that's a problem?

08-18-09, 05:30 PM	#19
nofearengineer BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Southwest IN Posts: 5,630	Yeah, I was frogging this past weekend, and it's sort of liberating...all my life I've been trying to keep it out of the weeds, and now I'm throwing it as deep as I can into them hehe. It's like punk rock fishing. __________________ Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing it is not fish they are after.

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