2020 Bass Pics

Got out and made a few casts this morning and hooked up with a nice river smallie. First bass of 2020 for me.

Solid!

Nice fish.

Figures I have the day off on the coldest of the week.

Very nice! Where’s Pug??

FryDog62 wrote:

Very nice! Where’s Pug??

I figured he’d let me know I wasn’t the first guy to catch one open water in 2020. I think he’s more saltwater now though…..

Here I am. That is not only the first fish, but a solid fish. Congratulations!

I have to say I admire someone who can go out in that weather and bag a bass. I couldn’t do it because of my hand circulation.

I tried the neighborhood pond about a month ago and it’s just too hard to fish and unsafe.

I’ll try and be first in 2021

mplspug wrote:

Here I am. That is not only the first fish, but a solid fish. Congratulations!

I have to say I admire someone who can go out in that weather and bag a bass. I couldn’t do it because of my hand circulation.

I tried the neighborhood pond about a month ago and it’s just too hard to fish and unsafe.

I’ll try and be first in 2021

Don’t forget to post some pics this winter… I need to live vicariously through you. We were supposed to be in FLA again all January but my wife got sick with a bad tick-born disease in August and due to the long recovery we had to cancel.

That sucks, I was wondering if you were coming down this year.

The jerkbait was working well last week. Two days and multiple nice fish.

Thought I would contribute something to this year’s bass photos – even if it is “the other white meat.”

FryDog62 wrote:

Thought I would contribute something to this year’s <strong class=”ido-tag-strong”>bass photos – even if it is “the other white meat.”

Ah I’m jealous! I want to fish for whities!

FryDog62 wrote:

Thought I would contribute something to this year’s <strong class=”ido-tag-strong”>bass photos – even if it is “the other white meat.”

Hey, at least its not the ugly reject embarassing distant cousin of the bass family…the ROCK BASS!

White bass are a blast! Those are some nice ones too.

gim wrote:

<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>FryDog62 wrote:</div>
Thought I would contribute something to this year’s <strong class=”ido-tag-strong”>bass photos – even if it is “the other white meat.”

Hey, at least its not the ugly reject embarassing distant cousin of the <em class=”ido-tag-em”>bass family…the ROCK BASS!

Rock bass are the true Rodney Dangerfield of the bass family, even more so than Whities…

There is a very skilled guide on these forums (@joescegura) who told me recently that rock bass are a flaky, white meat delicacy. Ok… Sally and I plan to try some next time we’re up North and will report back

Whities pan-fried in butter and Ritz cracker crumbs are hard to beat

Caught a few the other day while crappie fishing on White Bear. The bass a are always so clean and healthy in this lake. This little one pounder caught my eye for some reason.

Added a PB Whitie for me:
18 inch, 3.15 lbs

Jeez, too bad they don’t have a white bass pro tour Fry

Dang that’s a biggun!

My old man kept asking me to take him fishing so I finally agreed on Saturday for a few hours. Drove separate and he stayed in the back of the boat (he’s 67 and has stents from cardiac issues). It was quite a morning with that low pressure system coming in. He landed a 20 and 19 incher, 10 minutes apart. The 20 incher is the biggest bass he’s caught in about 4-5 years he said. In total we landed 17 in about 3.5 hours, mostly on a shallow crayfish colored slow moving crank bait.

Nice fish, a little flurry of activity before the storm!

Last Friday at Mille Lacs.

This one made me smile.

My 5 year old caught this one yesterday, but had to have her big sister hold it because it was too heavy for her.

Edit: don’t know why the image is sideways and ended up with double pics trying to fix it, oh well

No hogs but lots of decent fish today

Love topwater blow ups! Just shy of 21 inches.

This was a fun one. Put up a great fight.

This will likely be the biggest largemouth I catch all season. 20 inch prespawn that weighed 5.21 pounds.

Great fish guys!

Lots of great pictures being posted… thought I’d get in on the act too..