Weekly meetup 4-17-23

Met up with my fishing buddy today around 11:30 . Mostly sunny , cool , low 60’s to start , close to 70 by the time we headed home at 4:00 .
But very windy , 10-15 with gusts to 25-30mph . Made fishing with jigs quite challenging.
Today was a day of variety of species .
I ended up with the day with 5 spotted bass, 6 small gills , 4 green sunfish , a warmouth , a yellow perch, a crappie and a nice shellcracker.
All caught on different colors and sizes of Trout Magnets . Most were on 1/32 TM’s . Several smaller fish were caught on a mini Magnet in black .
I used a purple/pink for the first time today and was rewarded with a couple of bass .
Rods used were my 6’3” Abu Garcia mass beat , and my old faithful 5’6” four piece St Croix Triumph travel rod . Both were paired with Daiwa Fuego 1000 LT reels and 2# P-line .
My buddy ended up with eight including a nice bass .
I lost several bass that just came unhooked including one nice one that was probably close to four pounds . I got to see it several times before the hook pulled loose .
A fun day of fishing .

Great coloration! Thanks for sharing

You had a busy day. Great trip and lots of fish. I’m also sure that you’re carrying a good size smile that will last a few days. Glad the trip went well.

Nice catches ! Looks like the crappie wore his Tuxedo to the party

Looking forward to the weekly meeting update each week. Great day of fishing.

Nice catches

very nice day

Great post and you sure had a fun day. Loved that bass!
Bob