Interesting Fun morning

Been awhile since I fished this small lake since it doesn't have any shade but yesterday was cloudy so decided to try fishing for bass. Fished for them for almost two hours without a bite and out of desperation reached for the ultralight to get the skunk off. Nothing close so started casting to deeper water. Finally get bit and hook the biggest gill I ever caught from this lake, a 9" gill. After that it got really interesting. Whenever I hooked a gill it would get attacked by bass, seen as many as three chasing the hooked gills and they were taking them right at the bank. Would let them swim off to swallow them but only got the #10 hook in one before it threw it off. These were all bass in the 3-4# range, lot's of fun just watching them. Then I hooked a small bass about 6 inches long which jumped a few times and caught the attention of one of it's larger kin who took it right at the bank. Let it run with it and since it was headed for a brush pile set hook early and bass went airborne with the smaller bass now tethered to the line sliding up to the float. Somehow the little hook got stuck in the bigger fish corner of the mouth. Got both in after a couple minutes. First time catching two bass at one time, although it was unconventional. Bigger bass weighed 3.40 # and both bass were released , even the little bass darted away even though it was beat up a little. Only caught one bass but it was a lot of fun.Attachment 467605Attachment 467608Attachment 467607

I bet it was neat to bring 2 to the bank. Thanks for taking us along.

Love watching a monster bass go after something I’ve hooked. Congrats on getting the big one in !

Awesome catch, JJJ!

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Now that takes skill and patience. Good job Jim. Ya gotta wonder if there isn’t a bait that you could get them to hit or if it was the one in distress that fired em up. Only ever had that happen once but it happened three times the same day and never got a hook into the bass. Extra high on the coolness scale.

Nice catches !

Nice ones

strange how a stressed out losing it's mind bluegill will draw in a big bass quickly and yet a lure with somewhat similar action will be ignored , me thinks that there lateral line and the impulses off the frantic fish send out the let's eat signal out loud and clear .
congrats sir and KABOOM

Unfortunately, I threw everything at them the first two hours and had no imitations that had the action like those hooked gills darting frantically that made those bass turn on. They were so intent on eating those gills that they paid no attention to me. They would chase the gills until they were totally wore out inches away but wouldn't eat them. If they darted away they would get hammered again. It's been happening to me since April at least a couple dozen times. I've managed to catch three now on my ultralight. First back in May with a 10.23# from another lake, an 8.14# from that same lake on July 18 and now this one. Seems I can only catch big fish on my ultralight.

Nice catch! Had that happen a lot fishing at Nickajack for spawning bluegill. Used to fish a spot at the VFW Lake that had a lot of water snakes. Water was clear and bluegill mingling all around. Snakes paid no attention to them. But if I hooked one they would immediately attack it.


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Frantic sunfish will hunt, long ears were our number 1 go to for striper Back when , super frantic sunfish when big fish approached them , made them big rods just vibrate and then ….kaboom

Dropping a live bream into a bass bed was the quickest way to catch a biggun

Nice fish, makes me want to leave work now and get out there

Thanks for the walk along. That was a beautiful looking bass!
Bob

Pretty ones done good.

Jim, sent to a pm. Neat way to catch bass, eh?

I don't think there is a better bait for bass than a freshly hooked bluegill and nothing more exciting than watching 3 or 4 bass trying to eat the bluegill at the same time. Hooked three yesterday but they threw off the gills and hook on the jumps and didn't land any. Guy was fishing with his 2 year old son trying to catch his first fish with worms without any success. I gave him a couple of my little fry duck jigs. First cast and he gets a 10" bass. They were happy and so was I. Made my day.

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I don't think there is a better bait for bass than a freshly hooked bluegill and nothing more exciting than watching 3 or 4 bass trying to eat the bluegill at the same time. Hooked three yesterday but they threw off the gills and hook on the jumps and didn't land any. Guy was fishing with his 2 year old son trying to catch his first fish with worms without any success. I gave him a couple of my little fry duck jigs. First cast and he gets a 10" bass. They were happy and so was I. Made my day.

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Great story !

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Originally Posted by JUNGLEJIMJIGS

I don't think there is a better bait for bass than a freshly hooked bluegill and nothing more exciting than watching 3 or 4 bass trying to eat the bluegill at the same time. Hooked three yesterday but they threw off the gills and hook on the jumps and didn't land any. Guy was fishing with his 2 year old son trying to catch his first fish with worms without any success. I gave him a couple of my little fry duck jigs. First cast and he gets a 10" bass. They were happy and so was I. Made my day.

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I believe that’s the reason that we were given the talent to tie. It’s a personal thing, sure, but the benefits that come when we hand one to someone and see the smile and even better when they work as stated is priceless. Good story Jim but even more, Good Job Mister! The young man won’t soon forget.