Good Bass Bite Yesterday…..pics

[rocky]

The bass were hungry yesterday. Live shiners were the bait of choice. 15 bucks a dozen, but a lot of fun was to be had. A local taught me a great trick, if you smell the first fish you catch and others will bite. He didn’t lie!
 

 

[Cousin Brown]

yeah buddy

[Recurve hntr]

Great pics. Nice looking fish. I can’t believe the price of minnows and shinners. I sold minnows for 3.30 for a dozen. Large shinners for 4.0o a dozen. 

[birdshotnj]

Great pics. Where was this? Very generally speaking of course. Not looking for your spot

Edited March 2 by birdshotnj

[Buck154]

Nice peacock bass. Never caught them before.

[rocky]

9 hours ago, birdshotnj said:

Great pics. Where was this? Very generally speaking of course. Not looking for your spot

Lake Ida and it is not a secret.

[rocky]

2 hours ago, Buck154 said:

Nice peacock bass. Never caught them before.

Fun to catch and not hard. Just need to fish where they live.

[MGHunter66]

Cool, looks like a ton of fun

[Buck154]

26 minutes ago, rocky said:

Fun to catch and not hard. Just need to fish where they live.

Yeah the hard part is fish where they are. I'd have no problem catching them just finding a place they are.

[rocky]

9 minutes ago, Buck154 said:

Yeah the hard part is fish where they are. I'd have no problem catching them just finding a place they are.

You fish the structure. Docks, piling, weeds and so forth. Sometimes you can see the fish and toss at them.  Some days they will strike fast and hard, some days you can hit them on the head and they turn their back on you like that girl you asked to dance in junior high.

[SPEARFISH]

Nice fish.

Shiners are much cheaper than blood worms 

[electricstart]

Nice

[archer36]

Terrific! There is nothing better than live shiners. Big ones too. The bigger bass don't bother chasing small shiners. The best were golden shiners, caught right out of our private lake. The next best was shiners from the bait store. You can throw artificials all day and not catch a fish. Toss a shiner out on a bobber and you will catch something in less than 10 minutes.