2017 Bass Photos

OK this one came with a little excitement. With storms and rain nearby, I thought I’d see if the flip had switched up at the pond. About the third cast I got this one. While reeling it in there was a flash of lightning. Normally even cloud to cloud lighting terrifies me, but I was in the moment.

While unhooking her, some rumbles sort of snapped me out of it. I got her in the water and started walking home. As I walked under the high tension powerlifts, even though flashes were a ways off, they would sizzle. That spooked me…Then I realized I dropped my phone. I was now in panic mode.

I set the rod down and retraced my steps running. I was panicking more not spotting it even though I was 3/4 to where I started, but it was where I caught the fish. I grabbed it and high tailed it home.

…Almost forgot.

1st!

Nice way to start!

It’s official!!! 2017 is officially underway now …

Despite the excitement looks like a solid fish!

mplspug wrote:

OK this one came with a little excitement. With storms and rain nearby, I thought I’d see if the flip had switched up at the pond. About the third cast I got this one. While reeling it in there was a flash of lightning. Normally even cloud to cloud lighting terrifies me, but I was in the moment.

While unhooking her, some rumbles sort of snapped me out of it. I got her in the water and started walking home. As I walked under the high tension powerlifts, even though flashes were a ways off, they would sizzle. That spooked me…Then I realized I dropped my phone. I was now in panic mode.

I set the rod down and retraced my steps running. I was panicking more not spotting it even though I was 3/4 to where I started, but it was where I caught the fish. I grabbed it and high tailed it home.

…Almost forgot.

1st!

The 2nd bass of the year, now officially added to the 2017 bass photo thread !!

Nice!!

Nice job. Now I just need to find an elusive 8+lbr in the ponds.

Nice start for the year. I just looked over the
Fall of 2016 pics, Lots of great Smallies.
Can not wait til May and June.
Good Luck this year everyone.
Jack

First open water outing for me last week when it was pushing 70*…really nice bronze back. Caught 9 of these but this one was the icing!

First smallie of the year for me. Little chunk out of Pool 2. Nice little fight.

The pictures are starting to roll. Sadly I have no bass of consequence to show since the “first”. It should start picking up now though. Hopefully I can land a lady before she drops her eggs.

mplspug wrote:

The pictures are starting to roll. Sadly I have no <em class=”ido-tag-em”>bass of consequence to show since the “first”. It should start picking up now though. Hopefully I can land a lady before she drops her eggs.

All you have to do this time of year is catch a 7 pounder full of spawn and you’ll hit the magic number of 8 pounds!!

Nice fish Mike!

It’s funny, I was just thinking about you starting the bass thread.

I got a smallie through the ice in early February. Not as much fun as open water though!

Oh I don’t know. They jump pretty good on the ice too.

First smallie of 2017 trying to do a MTB slam

Followed up by alot of cookie cutter largemouth

Opening day slaunch donkey!! 5lb 14oz and just under 21″!!!

That’s a healthy looking bass there! Nice catch. It’s crazy how different they look up there.

The drought has made the pond fishing tough. I decided to size up my bait and try some trophy hunting these next couple months.

Got a 5″ Savage Gear Sunfish and a bigger Live Target swimmer.

With clods moving in this morning with hopefully some much needed rain, this surprising healthy looking 4.5lb bass absolutely inhaled the sunfish.

She bled pretty bad as a hook nicked her gills, but she swam off, so I am hoping she makes it.

1st bass of 2017. 18″

On the river fishing today. Caught some nice smallies 16-19 inches… man those river fish are fun to catch. One nice 20 incher. Water temps were 62 degrees. Hard to tell if they were staging or actually spawning.

NIce fish. I concur, river smallies are fun to catch.

Yes… wrist hurts a bit today but it’s a good hurt

19 3/8 prespawn caught on a rippin rap.

My first smallie and large mouth on a fly.

Fishing for some panfish yesterday and I pulled in this guy. It was quite a surprise since I was hoping it was a nice crappie! He didn’t surface and jump like bass often do.

Took my last antibiotic this morning after fighting an upper respiratory and Staph infection for the last almost 3 weeks. Lost 10 pounds and hadn’t been outside in what seems like forever. Great to be back on the water. Not a lot of fish today, but a couple very good ones including this 21 -1/4 bronzeback.

Dang! Any fish over 20″ in my book is a heck of a fish!

You taught me everything I know about river smallmouth Joe !!!

Nice. I sort of miss smallies and flatheads. I said sort of…

mplspug wrote:

Nice. I sort of miss smallies and flatheads.”

I think you’re referring to the fish and me ?!?