Fly Fishing For Bass

Bill0215 forget Whitehall

feeds@kickapps.com (B52 bugger) — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 16:29:53 PST

Bill, same town try Hopington Reservoir State Park open day time til dusk. There is an entrance fee. Bass, trout and salmon. Armand

#10 BH woolie bugger

feeds@kickapps.com (bill0215) — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 17:52:35 PST

I found this pond while heading to another pond in New Jersey. I fished a black woolie bugger and ran into this fellow. Due to my summer carp fishing, I didn't have any trouble landing this bass; in spite of his tail walking.

Bush Pon & Whitehall Reservior

feeds@kickapps.com (bill0215) — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 16:00:24 PST

Has anyone fished either of these places. I may fish one or both in early September>

Bill

Where did the bass go?

feeds@kickapps.com (gillbuster) — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 09:37:31 PST

Beautiful morning, saw a silver fox drinking at the edge of the water, wood ducks, red-wing black birds, red tail hawks and hundreds of painted turtles...Fished hard this weekend and unfortunately the fish are in a funk now...can't seem to find a pattern ... I think they are right on the bottom of the lake. water is very low here in Massachusetts, we haven't had rain n 2 months with high humid heat ....lakes and ponds are taking a beating, you can see how warm the water is early in the morning

Only bass that I could find were chasing shad along some of the shorelines, along with some small BG's and pickerel
Used sink tip line with various streamers, nothing top water. Dang,...

Windy bugging

feeds@kickapps.com (gillbuster) — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 15:23:36 PST

Struggled to fly fish with 15 mph wind gusts this weekend... found some quiet coves but most fish was not interested.... I would cast and bass bugs would land 3 feet from where I aimed... a challenge non the less... the Pickerel were crazy hitting everything I cast with. cuttting my line numerous time... I did get some a couple of bass one going 2.5 lbs on my foam wobbler creation, (pickerel were killing this fly, it is like a flashdancer only with a slant foam head, and wobbles like crazy sub surface)

Foam Frogs were also hot fly

Big BG also were active

Hope all are getting out and...

One pond better than the other - go figure????

feeds@kickapps.com (B52 bugger) — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 09:36:41 PST

I'm serious in my fishing. I listen to weather forecast. Monday night I put the canoe in at 7 pm. Wind strong at 20 knots from southwest. Rod is graphite for 7/8 line I have 9 wgt. The bug is my Mud/Deceiver (streamline for casting into the wind). I let the canoe drift into the weeds to hold it then paddle to another section. I left at 9:15 pm 5 bass up to 3+ pounds, 5 [ickeral to about 21 inches.

Last night to another body of water - almost same time and conditions wind from NW. I strike - nada. The difference steady barometer pressure last night dropping??? The second pond is better for bigger fish.

Both nights cloudy, low level daylight ideal.

This forum is very quiet lately?????

Neat top water buggin action video

feeds@kickapps.com (gillbuster) — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 17:41:44 PST

Some great video shots

http://vimeo.com/6173608

Water is low, but the fishing ain't slow...by no means...

feeds@kickapps.com (gillbuster) — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 11:34:12 PST

Dang!, Over slept this morning, ....wanted to get out on the water @ 3-4 am to catch the sunrise top water action... On the water at 6:45 instead and had a couple of fishermen in the spot I wanted to focus on...oh well, plenty of water....fishing was still pretty good... moved further down the lake & bass were still hitting on the shady side of the lake... caught several buck bass 3/4 pound to 1.5 lbs on deer-hair bass bugs

Mouthful of deer hair... they were slapping it out of the water and then coming back to crush it

When the sun came out full force, top water action died... switched to sink tip line after seeing bass were chasing schools of shad...

Working the Night shift

feeds@kickapps.com (gillbuster) — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 21:27:05 PST

Perfect night to take an 50 year old retired fly rod out of the closet and go Bass Buggin .... no breeze, 1/2 moon, Stars everywhere, 70 degrees, frogs croaking all over the place, no biting insects.... had numerous blow ups around the lake and bass perferred Olive and Black Deer hair Bugs versus foam frogs

Healthy 19 inch LM

Fishing on the Dark side..."Bad for the heart, good for the soul... "

Short monster small mouth video

feeds@kickapps.com (gillbuster) — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 18:03:40 PST

This will make you drool....

http://www.hatches.tv/video/Fly-Max-Films-Episode-8

??? Smallmouth at night???

feeds@kickapps.com (gillbuster) — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 09:12:18 PST

Question: I have been fishing one of B52's old stomping ground... it is a lake that is full of Small-mouth and Large mouth.... My question to the group.... Are Smallmouth's active and take top Bass Bugs at night like Largemouth? During the day I catch bass everywhere around lake on top water....I thought the SM's would be on fire at night....but have been fishing at night with little luck on LM or SM; have caught a ton of aggressive Bluegills hitting bass bugs and few very tiny small-mouths... Puzzled???

Taunton buggin'

feeds@kickapps.com (trico22) — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 06:59:31 PST

I got out for a bit (5-9pm) on Tuesday night near Taunton. With the warm weather, the plan was to fish below the surface until the sun got low, then start pounding the edges of the pads with frogs. It worked out pretty well! Decent numbers of crappie, bluegill, pickerel, and one LM kept me entertained while I waited for the air to cool. A moderately slow retrieve of a goldie along the bottom did the trick. Around 8:30 I headed close to the pads and worked my way back toward the car. Nothing huge, but I got some great explosions and landed a number of fiesty LM. Forgot the bug spray though ans around 9 it was all I could do to fight them off while making the final cross pond kick to shore. I didn't even bother fishing because the thought of landing a small bluegill with 5 mosies sucking on my face was not too appealing. All in all a great time though. I'll be sure to use the spray this weekend though!!

What a Mess

feeds@kickapps.com (B52 bugger) — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 04:19:50 PST

Fished Assabet River, Stow, MA last night. The last time I fished was June 30. With 90 - 100 degree daytime heat, the floating weed population has exploded. In most places accross the width of the river. I fished some pockets in the weeds. Got two bass, on Armand's chartuese frog. The frogs started croaking 8:15 pm I caught the first fish at that time, the next fish at 8:45 pm. The mosquitos chased me off the river. They were drinking 3M Ultrathon repellent.

Sweet Little Phillipson - Oh my!!

feeds@kickapps.com (gillbuster) — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 19:41:16 PST

Fortunate to stumble on a vintage Phillipson Master, 6wt at a flea market for very, very cheap money, and had to give it a new home. Matched it up with some new line (line cost more than the rod) and reel. Wow! what a sweet soft casting rod that surprisingly throw some line... Jeffsod was right, Phillpson was one of the Cadillac's of glass rods, he has the same rod...Now let's see how it handles some aggressive fish on the the rod...Today, I gave it a good workout... Well it handles fish..... Fantastic!!!

Hard fighting smallmouth succumbs to the Phillipson... caught several all around the lake... some great aerobatics

This old guy bent the rod in half and finally gave up

Where The Bass Feed Like Trout

feeds@kickapps.com (JeffSod) — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 18:46:09 PST

Tonight I had the pleasure of float tubing a small kettle pond that is literally overun with largemouth bass. The setting is an ideallic 28 acre kettle pond surrounded by tall whispering pines providing much protection from wind.

There doesn't seem to be too much in the way of fish forage for the bass. They seem very keyed in on the bugs and I often find them feeding like trout on whatever hatches maybe occurring whether its midges or mayflies.

Tonight started very windy with a very comfortable dry NW/W wind providing much desired relief from humid tropic like conditions of the last few days. I was fortunate to have some time to get out and fish after work as I have been wanting to get back to this pond with the float tube again. Last visit was brief but I caught many LMB on my synthetic streamer. The last day I was there it was windy too and the fish were feeding on bugs and ants blown onto the waters surface. After that visit...

Penobscot Smallmouth Paradise

feeds@kickapps.com (gillbuster) — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 19:56:17 PST

I believe I have died and went to fly fishing heaven… the picture above says it all… what we experienced for 2 days of smallmouth fishing in a forever wild, paradise on New England's second largest river system, the beautiful and picturesque Penobscot River. This 8,570 square miles of river waterway runs from the Maine and Quebec border and empties into the Atlantic Ocean at Penobscot Bay. The Penobscot is a diverse watershed includes rocky rapids, long sections of slow rolling...

Night moves

feeds@kickapps.com (B52 bugger) — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 04:52:54 PST

Had to go to the office, last evening. New stratergy, fished Assabet River, Stow, MA. Fished areas where the depth was measured by canoe paddle - had to be the length of a paddlee deep. Forget the shore coverage.This is a dirty river with bits of black weed, a real nusiance to fish weedguard useless here. The stuff will follow the leader and cover your bug. The frogs were singing and I fished these areas. Got five from 7 to 9:15 pm.

SAFETY

feeds@kickapps.com (B52 bugger) — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 04:15:53 PST

Fishing with friends, I often ask do you use sun screen? I spend a lot of time outside. As a kid fishing and swimming I thought it was cool, to get sun burn and peel the layer of burnt skin.

Avout five years ago. My wife told me to have the VA doctors look at a freckle on my forehead. Two doctors took a look and said it was a freckle but they would do a biopsy. Turned out to be Melanoma Cancer. It wasn't fun - iy was removed. Then I had basel cell on my nose, they had to reconstruct my nose. Basel cell on my back.

I don't fool around. I use Ocean Potion SFE 50, stuff out there sfe 100. This is my summer time fishing hat. I don't care if I look funny. Bottom line people die from sun exposure. My favorite singer Eva Cassidy was 33 years old died 1996, she had melanoma, had surgery but did not go for check ups.

Take care of your self and enjoy fishing for a long time.

1000 Island NY Smallies

feeds@kickapps.com (Wee Hooker) — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 17:42:46 PST

Ray and I tried something new this year for the annual pilgrimage north. We went up to the head waters of St. Laurent River at the East end of Lake Ontario. To say this was BIG water is an understatement. Water can run to 90+ feet deep in this long, broad seaway that serves as a shipping lane between Lake Ontario and the Atlantic ocean. Fortunately, the area also lives up to it’s reputation as the “1000 islands region” so there is plenty of structure to make this farm pond boy feel not too far out of sorts.