a few from the past couple of weekends

[Turtle135]

Some rough weather over this past weekend but if you could get past the wind and the rain it seems to have triggered that magical fall bite. Below is some fish porn from the last few weekends that should help get you motivated to get out and battle Mother Nature.

from the local Maryland Reservoir:







from the Tidal Potomac River:

[DanMarino]

Way to go Dave! Jig fish or big worm?

[Donsail68]

Nice catch! Went out to BHL yesterday from 3:30 to 7 pm. Had a few bites but no catch.

[Turtle135]

Way to go Dave! Jig fish or big worm?

Tom, see that identifier in some of those photos? I will let you know the pattern on October 16th!

[DanMarino]

Haha. Gotcha Dave! Keep it up! I wasn't even thinking about your tournament!

[Turtle135]

Haha. Gotcha Dave! Keep it up! I wasn't even thinking about your tournament!

Just messing with you Tom!

The reservoir bass have been deep in the 25 foot neighborhood. My first attempt to get to those bass was with a football jig but with the crazy wind we had this weekend that was not a good option, I needed something to knife down to these fish quickly before the wind accelerated me right off the spot. My solution was a 5" soft plastic stick bait on a pegged 3/16th ounce bullet sinker.



The water was very clear and this is a "visual sight only" target for the bass. No built in vibration to help the bass find the worm. On the other hand this lake does get a lot of fishing pressure and this presentation has zero "negative clues" to it. I would allow the stick worm to fall all the way to the bottom then I would swim it along allowing it to frequently drop back down. I believe it worked for two reasons. First, even if a gust of wind would blow me ten feet backwards that worm gliding along the bottom still represented an easy meal to those bass. Second, they were in an aggressive mood as they are on their fall feed. Get something in front of their face and you will get bit.

[justacanoe]

really like the post with all the fish pics stacked one after another, all fat chunkers. that is sharp idea with the deep t-rig senko in clear water. i need a little more shake, rattle and roll in my stained water.

[camelbird]

Wow! Well done! Pig-tastic!

[Donsail68]

Just messing with you Tom!

The reservoir bass have been deep in the 25 foot neighborhood. My first attempt to get to those bass was with a football jig but with the crazy wind we had this weekend that was not a good option, I needed something to knife down to these fish quickly before the wind accelerated me right off the spot. My solution was a 5" soft plastic stick bait on a pegged 3/16th ounce bullet sinker.



The water was very clear and this is a "visual sight only" target for the bass. No built in vibration to help the bass find the worm. On the other hand this lake does get a lot of fishing pressure and this presentation has zero "negative clues" to it. I would allow the stick worm to fall all the way to the bottom then I would swim it along allowing it to frequently drop back down. I believe it worked for two reasons. First, even if a gust of wind would blow me ten feet backwards that worm gliding along the bottom still represented an easy meal to those bass. Second, they were in an aggressive mood as they are on their fall feed. Get something in front of their face and you will get bit.

Thanks Catching any bass over 15 feet deep has been my biggest weakness. I'm too much of a bank caster. Really need to work on this!

[Turk_on_a_Tarpon]

Thanks Catching any bass over 15 feet deep has been my biggest weakness. I'm too much of a bank caster. Really need to work on this!

Got the same problem. Even if I manage to get the lure to the depth, I am still not comfortable/efficient enough with it.

[perchy]

Those are some nice ones!

[Rhino]

You're definitely a LM bass master. I bet you win the tourney.