bass season

[Beaver Trapper]

heading to black lake for the open of bass,should be there around 2 pm staying the week at camp wildwood. had a great week last year my son and i hope to catch 300 bass this year.can any one give the condition of the weeds with early ice out i think they will be heavy.hope your lines stay tight and the fish jump high!

[492VS]

Nope not heavy yet, but within the last two weeks and with the 1 foot drop in water level weeds are now on the surface and spreading out.

[ragincajun]

Opening day set ups???? I set up four poles and won't be on the water until about 1pm till dark....damn job. 2 mojo bass rods, president fishing reels, fluorocarbon line preceded by lots of suffix cheaper line....one powerpro set up and one for an up to 12 foot crank bait. Fat baby craw on a Mustad 5/0 hook, ....another is a 6.5" gary yamamoto kut tail worm (green pumpkin with black flake)....another has a nickel blade spinner with a red and black football jig accompanied by a 4" watermelon red flake two tale grub. Honestly...what do you all think and what are your set ups?

[bigmouth]

Senko, black spinnerbait, HUGE Jitterbug, and live crawdads. On the water @ 5:00 am.

[ragincajun]

I was on the water at the state launch last year at 5am...it was awesome. Work calls...however Sunday...its on at 5am. Good luck

[492VS]

Opening day set ups???? I set up four poles and won't be on the water until about 1pm till dark....damn job. 2 mojo bass rods, president fishing reels, fluorocarbon line preceded by lots of suffix cheaper line....one powerpro set up and one for an up to 12 foot crank bait. Fat baby craw on a Mustad 5/0 hook, ....another is a 6.5" gary yamamoto kut tail worm (green pumpkin with black flake)....another has a nickel blade spinner with a red and black football jig accompanied by a 4" watermelon red flake two tale grub. Honestly...what do you all think and what are your set ups?

Better bust out something for the topwater bite after 8PM

[ragincajun]

Will do thanks. I have a big jitterbug. Am I way off on my selections? What are all you doing?

[Beaver Trapper]

it's saturday morning!! leaving for black lake in about 2 hours should be fishing around 3:00pm hope to have a good week.i have a kvd crank bait on one rod,i like to use chug bugs for my top water its always on a rod,senko on another rod,we use pitching rods for fishing the holes in the grass 4 1/2" creature baits on 12lb. test and 2 rods with small tubes and crawfish baits for smallmouth.hope everyone has a great week i will give a fish report when we get back if i come back.

[tr21]

Well Iwill be heading up at around 8 for 2 wks. Got football jig with spider grub, pop r, tube and crank bait. If they do not work I will have some beer. Good luck to all.

[ragincajun]

Finally made it on the water around 1:30pm. What a rough time of day to be fishing for bass on such a perfect but hot afternoon. I soo wish I could have done the morning fish. Oh well, it was fun and fish were caught...especially after 6pm....to bad once they started biting good that time becomes limited when your goal is getting off the water by dark. Everything ran great and fun was had....and funtimes lost another perch lure to black lake, but at least this time...it was to a nice bass and not those lure stealing trees.....lol......thanks for going with me Funtimes.

[sasnyder]

Finally made it on the water around 1:30pm. What a rough time of day to be fishing for bass on such a perfect but hot afternoon. I soo wish I could have done the morning fish. Oh well, it was fun and fish were caught...especially after 6pm....to bad once they started biting good that time becomes limited when your goal is getting off the water by dark. Everything ran great and fun was had....and funtimes lost another perch lure to black lake, but at least this time...it was to a nice bass and not those lure stealing trees.....lol......thanks for going with me Funtimes.

Now this is what Black is all about goodtimes with good people!

[bigmouth]

My biggest Black Lake Bass

[ragincajun]

Couldn't agree more. Today I went with my oldest son....quality time that we will always have. Stories of the big bass that I got to the side of the boat only to lose him right as my sons hand was reaching for him. Or the conversation while floating eating lunch under the beautiful sunny skies. Or switching poles and lures with him after I caught four.....hoping he would be lucky too....only to have his first cast turn into a huge messy knot of line that needed to be cut......memories....black lake makes them. I am so lucky to live within 30 minutes of it.

[ragincajun]

Wow. Very nice. What were the measurements

[sasnyder]

Awesome fish Bigmouth.. Ragincajun I can still remember my sons and grandson first knots actually at Black lake.. Black lake is responsible for my families love of fishing. even when we are not there.