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Pinky out on 1, is it tired or forgotten or am I outta line in my rookie bass jeans? Can alwaysThe last couple days have really picked up around here. #nightops is bringing some bigger fish out, not too bad for fishing ponds from shore in western wa!
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Honestly that was by accident but will now be taking bass pics with the pinky out to class it up a bit. Gotta have some kind of bridge from mullets/whopper ploppers to tweed jackets and dries.Pinky out on 1, is it tired or forgotten or am I outta line in my rookie bass jeans? Can alwaystellask the wife it’s for practice.
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Bassy Bassy come out to plaayyeeeee!!
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This weekend !!! We will see?
Soooo close to that elusive Westside 2o incherView attachment 21420Lunkatosis!
Zak. Not sure. Below is one from weekend before last at your lake, caught a few of them....along with several of the dinks. They were out along the edge of the weed line on the north end. Nothing in too shallow.I've got a bass question. On my little lake at the end of last summer (when I moved in) and fall I was regularly catch LMB that were big enough to bend the rod (0.5 -1.5 lbs).
This spring, I've only seen and caught little baby bass. Were did the bigger ones go? Were those bigger ones last year just the babies grown up, so I'm waiting for these dinks to put on weight? Is this a common pattern for westside lakes?
Thanks! Looks you were right near my house. Shoot me a line the next time you come over and I'll hand you a cold one from my dock, or join you for a bit. I've been fishing much smaller flies, so I'll tie something bigger on.Zak. Not sure. Below is one from weekend before last at your lake, caught a few of them....along with several of the dinks. They were out along the edge of the weed line on the north end. Nothing in too shallow.
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Great fish! What did you get it on?Soooo close to that elusive Westside 2o incherView attachment 21420
Thanks Curt! I was the one with the question; Long Rod probably knows way more than me. I really appreciate your info!Long_Rod_Silver -
Some largemouth bass information might help understand what is going on in "your lake" and its bass.
First in this state bass are relatively slow growing. In the typical western Washington low land lake on the average, it takes about 5 years to grow a 12 inchs (about a #). Meaning there are lots of smaller bass in many of those lakes. Further those fish you caught last fall were "babies" several years earlier. In those lakes the typical largemouth behavior is that as the lake warms the adult fish (those likely to spawn) move to the shallows preparing to spawn while the smaller fish (dinks) remain in the deeper water until about the time the adults have completed the spawn (water temperatures in the mid/upper 60s). At which point those "dinks" flood the shallows while the larger fish relocate to some sort of cover (logs, weeds, docks, etc.) often holding pretty tight though during low light periods they sometimes will venture from the cover looking for foraging opportunities.
Understanding the above may help your decisions on fishing times, locations and presentations with those larger fish often requiring greater refinement fishing aspects than the "dinks"
Tight lines
Curt
I didn't know that about the dinks swapping with the adults post spawn. Makes sense though. Good stuff. Thanks for sharing!!Long_Rod_Silver -
Some largemouth bass information might help understand what is going on in "your lake" and its bass.
First in this state bass are relatively slow growing. In the typical western Washington low land lake on the average, it takes about 5 years to grow a 12 inchs (about a #). Meaning there are lots of smaller bass in many of those lakes. Further those fish you caught last fall were "babies" several years earlier. In those lakes the typical largemouth behavior is that as the lake warms the adult fish (those likely to spawn) move to the shallows preparing to spawn while the smaller fish (dinks) remain in the deeper water until about the time the adults have completed the spawn (water temperatures in the mid/upper 60s). At which point those "dinks" flood the shallows while the larger fish relocate to some sort of cover (logs, weeds, docks, etc.) often holding pretty tight though during low light periods they sometimes will venture from the cover looking for foraging opportunities.
Understanding the above may help your decisions on fishing times, locations and presentations with those larger fish often requiring greater refinement fishing aspects than the "dinks"
Tight lines
Curt
I've never seen LMB chasing dragon flies - I bet that's super cool getting to see that.Dragon flies getting smashed by big bass.
I had none to offer. I watched the 1hr show and enjoying the acrobatic displays.
I did get quite a few on salamanders.