9/17 & 9/18

Last night Mike and I hit one of our favorite lakes. It's not a numbers lake but it's a BIG FISH lake with a chance at a true trophy every time out.
Conditions were just about perfect at sundown with a full moon rising. Baitfish were being slammed on the surface of the water lake-wide. I picked off this 22" largemouth just after we saw her nail a smaller fish right next to shore.

She hit a black & gold Chug Bug after taking a swipe at Mike's white buzzbait.

We missed a couple that we couldn't even turn. Might have been big walleyes or channel cats. We're not sure. The smallmouth bass were hitting very well also. Mike got 8 plus a largemouth as well. Here he is with one of the typical smallies in this lake.

And yes kids, I did catch him a little off guard with the camera flash. ( heh heh...that was payback for the kick in the pants I got from him when I nailed that 22"er right in front of him. )

So the point of all this.....when you see THIS in the sky at night, grab your gear and get out there. The biggest fish get super active during the full moon.


Today I was able to sneak out for an hour and wade the river. I caught 10 smallmouth bass. Most of them hit either a Storm mini Thunderstick ( walleye pattern) or a 1/8 oz Slider Head jig with an Exude Hellgie ( watermellon/ red flake). Nothing really huge as far as size but a pretty good hour anyway.
Oh...and check out the new LUCKY hat ! Mike and I got one each from our friend Captain Jade Miller who is in Iraq holding the peace and fishing in Sadam's private lakes.