Show me your bass

[Stonedfish]

 

[skyriver]

That's not a cutt Brian.

 

[Northern]

First bass of the day came on a perch pattern weedless wiggler

I like the eye to eye look, lol

Fly of the day was a big black stealth bomber, though

Pretty much everything wanted to eat that one (blue legs) or its orange-legged brother

 

[skyriver]

Those wigglers are looking great! The bombers too. Obviously the fish like em.

 

[Bugmeister]

Lot of small and medium sized takers today.
Almost all on buggers, but managed one topwater eat on a green popper

 

[ColinShots]

A little late posting these ladies from last week.

 

[Pez Vela]

I told Shawn West I need a refund… 6 fish and the fly is toast!

 

[Bugmeister]

First bass of the day came on a perch pattern weedless wiggler View attachment 183702
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I like the eye to eye look, lol
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Fly of the day was a big black stealth bomber, though
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Pretty much everything wanted to eat that one (blue legs) or its orange-legged brother
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Those stealth bombers with the blue legs or orange legs are awesome. Is that a pattern you tie? If not and you bought them ….can you DM me the source ?

 

[Northern]

Those stealth bombers with the blue legs or orange legs are awesome. Is that a pattern you tie? If not and you bought them ….can you DM me the source ?

Thanks - they're a favorite of mine!
I tie them in sizes from 10 to 3/0.
"Kent's Stealth Bomber" will google you up lots of step by steps

 

[Northern]

This was a nice one

 

[JudyM]

This was a nice one
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Their eyes are so strange, like been out all night (red).

 

[skyriver]

It was a baby bass type of morning. Missed a good one. Also a decent crappie. No frog is safe.

 

[rotato]

It was a baby bass type of morning. Missed a good one. Also a decent crappie. No frog is safe.

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Looks like a fun day

 

[Jim in Anacortes]

There is a small lake with a campground on the way to Baker Lake that has stocked trout and Largemouth Bass. I got there, about noon Friday. Never fished it before. Put in my float tube.. gear fishing with unweighted green Senkos. My first thought was where do I start? Pilings, lily pads, sticky shoreline? Pilings everywhere but no bites. Lily pads got me a quick little bass and I was stubborn to get more out of the Lilly pads. Finally I went in to the "sticks". Just trees with branches that had fallen into the shallow water. That was where the Bass were. I got about seven in short order. Nothing big, but tons of fun.

 

[Jim in Anacortes]

No doubt in my mind that if I were to camp there, and fish the early morning or late evening bite with a popper on a fly rod it would be epic.

 

[Jim in Anacortes]

I like "weedless". This term, to me, means any presentation that I can consistently cast into areas that 99% of anglers would get "snagged" 99% of the time. This is often the key to Bass fishing. Once the fish has been hooked, the "snags" often do not matter. It is the act of presenting an offering in this most "snaggy" areas that greatly increase strikes.

 

[Jim in Anacortes]

Fly fishing with a popper can be accomplished in a "weedless" way using various methods. I fished "around" the sticks with no luck. As soon as I stopped worrying about snags... the fish bit almost every time.

 

[skyriver]

Looks like a fun day

It was! Nothing big, but almost a dozen 10-12" feisty bass on the frog popper in the pads, up against docks, the grass and under the trees. I was casting better than normal today so the fish to expletive ratio was really good.

I find hookups like this one really enjoyable. Now only if they could be a bit bigger.

 

[BriGuy]

This was a nice one
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The Eye of Sauron!

Great pic.

 

[BigSplashTom]

Excellent, Cool video. Almost eating size Stacy.
Looked like a fun day. Bass takes are so exciting.