2010 Bass Opening Weekend

This is where it's all going on. One can ask for advice or general information or simply chew the fat about fishing tackle, tips, and locations.
User avatar
bl8ant
Silver Participant
Silver Participant
Posts: 521
Joined: Thu Jun 23, 2005 10:57 am
Location: Ottawa

2010 Bass Opening Weekend

Post by bl8ant »

2010 Bass opener was a little different for me this year. The usual haunt was skipped Saturday in favour of a smaller, more remote lake that I had heard great things about. Getting the bass boat in to the lake was a little stressful but it paid off and my buddy and I had a blast.

20 fish or so with 3 of them being 3 pounders. Everything from smallmouth in 10 inches of water to largemouth on 8 foot deep weedlines.
Image
Image
Image
Image
Image
Image

Sunday my girlfriend and I headed out in the canoe and had one of the best days on the water that I can remember. 3-4 double headers, 40+ fish but most were under 2 lbs. Fishing the heavy slop was fun but we couldn't seem to crack the 2 pound mark but when the action is this fast it's hard to abandon it—after all it wasn't a tournament.
Image

30 fish in I got this guy, a bit better.
Image
My girlfriend was having a tough time getting a good hookset with the frog and was becoming quite discouraged. I handed her a rod rigged with a 5" soft jerkbait and told her to start working the edges. It wasn't long untill she hooked this BEAST!
Image
and another shot of the beauty, she was long and spawned out. I did weigh her so feel free to guess. Pics can be deceiving, it looks so much thinner in the horizontal pic.
Image So she tosses the jerkbait it and next cast pulls up this pig.
Image
What a great day and her personal best bass!
User avatar
SALMON
Diamond Participant
Diamond Participant
Posts: 2142
Joined: Thu Oct 24, 2002 12:43 pm
Location: Cambridge , Ontario
Contact:

Post by SALMON »

:D Looks like a great opening weekend. And how much did you girl friend weigh :wink: Looks like a 4 lber.
User avatar
beachburger
Gold Participant
Gold Participant
Posts: 1068
Joined: Mon Oct 09, 2006 8:48 pm
Location: Beachburg

Post by beachburger »

Great bass thumb. Some nice largies. A pretty woman hoisting PBs.

Didn't suck to be you this weekend..... :D
User avatar
Chevy Champagne
Gold Participant
Gold Participant
Posts: 1838
Joined: Sat Feb 16, 2008 8:00 am
Location: ottawa river

Post by Chevy Champagne »

awesome report man that second last bass is a pig
User avatar
lapointeric
Silver Participant
Silver Participant
Posts: 881
Joined: Mon Apr 27, 2009 4:23 pm

Post by lapointeric »

Great bass thumb!!

Tell me someone has pointed this out before:

Image

:D


E
User avatar
Tip-up
Diamond Participant
Diamond Participant
Posts: 5247
Joined: Thu Dec 23, 2004 9:25 pm
Location: Orleans, Ontario

Post by Tip-up »

Some nice bass right there bud! Thanks for sharing :)
User avatar
bl8ant
Silver Participant
Silver Participant
Posts: 521
Joined: Thu Jun 23, 2005 10:57 am
Location: Ottawa

Post by bl8ant »

SALMON, she was 4lbs 1 oz.

lapointeric, I hate you. Just kidding and yea I have heard that before :lol:
User avatar
Trisomy21
Bronze Participant
Bronze Participant
Posts: 102
Joined: Fri Jun 04, 2010 8:13 am
Location: Seeley's Bay

Post by Trisomy21 »

They should have prizes in tournaments for worst bass thumb...Though I could see some guys out there deliberately scraping their thumbs on every bass they caught lol
User avatar
cprince
Diamond Participant
Diamond Participant
Posts: 2612
Joined: Sat Sep 13, 2008 7:43 pm
Location: Québabwe
Contact:

Post by cprince »

bl8ant wrote:SALMON, she was 4lbs 1 oz.

lapointeric, I hate you. Just kidding and yea I have heard that before :lol:
So who the hell is the gut that he is comparing it to?

(Honestly... I think you look more like you are into women than that guy in black! ... not that there is anything wrong with that... I am just saying.... )

Craig
User avatar
moonshine
Bronze Participant
Bronze Participant
Posts: 462
Joined: Tue May 04, 2010 7:12 am
Location: Eganville

Post by moonshine »

cprince wrote:
bl8ant wrote:SALMON, she was 4lbs 1 oz.

lapointeric, I hate you. Just kidding and yea I have heard that before :lol:
So who the hell is the gut that he is comparing it to?

(Honestly... I think you look more like you are into women than that guy in black! ... not that there is anything wrong with that... I am just saying.... )

Craig
:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
User avatar
MTF
Silver Participant
Silver Participant
Posts: 518
Joined: Fri Feb 02, 2007 11:30 am
Location: Barrhaven

Post by MTF »

haha cprince

Great report and some nice bass pics...and about the thumb pic...I am pee pee now for not taking a picture of mine last Saturday 8)
Wishing I was fishing
User avatar
moonshine
Bronze Participant
Bronze Participant
Posts: 462
Joined: Tue May 04, 2010 7:12 am
Location: Eganville

Post by moonshine »

great report with some nice bass
User avatar
baz fish
Diamond Participant
Diamond Participant
Posts: 2251
Joined: Mon Jan 26, 2004 7:26 pm
Location: Moose Creek

Post by baz fish »

Some very nice bass :) .
User avatar
bl8ant
Silver Participant
Silver Participant
Posts: 521
Joined: Thu Jun 23, 2005 10:57 am
Location: Ottawa

Post by bl8ant »

It's michael mcdonald from mad tv. Same shape head I guess, I have had a few people tell me that we look alike.

Cprince, yeah hard to tell what team he is playing for in that pic. I get what you are just say'n!
User avatar
Bass Addict
Diamond Participant
Diamond Participant
Posts: 4536
Joined: Sun Sep 30, 2007 4:47 pm
Location: I'm keeping an EYE on Fish-Hawk

Post by Bass Addict »

Nice report and Bass .... 8) 8) 8)
Post Reply