Jmax, Chick, Bass, 3/7 and 3/8, Martin from VA(Pic Heavy)

[Jmax]

My buddy from Roanoke VA wanted to come down for a weekend trip to try his luck at catching some of TN's finest. This weekend I did not have a tournament that I was going to enter so he came on down this weekend. We did not catch a truck load but we managed some pretty nice bass each day. Our best ones were mostly in the four pound range with the exception of one that was 5/12. We threw everything at them but the kitchen sink. The majority of our fish came off of four baits. The shakey, a trap, a jerk and the rig. The bass seemed very scattered and there was so many freaking boats on the water in most places it was take a number then get in line. emoRolleyes Thinking about it now I believe every bass we caught were relating to some kind of edge. Either a creek edge, a drop edge, a grass edge, a ditch or rock edge. Most were either in a transition area or right outside of one. We mostly just covered a lot of water and had the trolling motor moving almost the whole time. The better bass came off of edges in the 4 to 8 foot range but we did catch a couple in 10 foot or better. Those were mainly the jerk bait fish or the shakey fish. Water temps ranged from 48 up to 54 degrees. Mostly the water was stained or a little muddy. We also took a break for lunch at Aries, he really liked being able to park your boat on the water and just walk right on up to the restaurant. Here are a bunch of pictures, Martin likes to take pictures. emoTongue Jmax

 

[Lunch_Box]

Re: Jmax, Chick, Bass, 3/7 and 3/8, Martin from VA

nice fish

 

[Hook1]

Re: Jmax, Chick, Bass, 3/7 and 3/8, Martin from VA

Lots of good fish Jim. Great report.

 

[Jmax]

RE: Jmax, Chick, Bass, 3/7 and 3/8, Martin from VA

Here is one I missed, dang thing crushed a trap in about three foot of water. emoBang One of DrumKing's friends, thought I had a monster bass on for a second or two. emoRedface Jmax

 

[Josh Cline]

Re: Jmax, Chick, Bass, 3/7 and 3/8, Martin from VA

Great fish thanks for the pics

 

[bshaf]

Re: Jmax, Chick, Bass, 3/7 and 3/8, Martin from VA

great looking fish. Love to see the fish like the second one. Chunks.

 

[korngrinder]

emoThumbsup

 

[FirstLight]

Man, that fish in pic 2 is a brick!

Nice fish.

 

[drumking]

RE: Jmax, Chick, Bass, 3/7 and 3/8, Martin from VA

Jmax - 3/8/2014 11:51 PM

Here is one I missed, dang thing crushed a trap in about three foot of water. emoBang One of DrumKing's friends, thought I had a monster bass on for a second or two. emoRedface Jmax

That's the prettiest pic of them all. Who wants to look at TGF. emoPoke emoPoke emoThumbsup emoBigsmile emoGeezer

 

[dlmille]

Your buddy is a smart man for coming to the Chick to fish because the fishing has been awful on Smith Mountain and Claytor here in VA. I fish a Federation event on Claytor last saturday and it took 7lb to win and then Sunday fish a club event and got skunked both days. The weather is not cooperating here in VA is snowed a 1.5 inches on monday and yesterday it was 65.

 

[Jmax]

dlmille - 3/9/2014 8:48 AM

Your buddy is a smart man for coming to the Chick to fish because the fishing has been awful on Smith Mountain and Claytor here in VA. I fish a Federation event on Claytor last saturday and it took 7lb to win and then Sunday fish a club event and got skunked both days. The weather is not cooperating here in VA is snowed a 1.5 inches on monday and yesterday it was 65.

Yep, one reason he took so many pictures is every time we caught one he was sending it back to his buddies in the Smith Mountain Bass Club rubbing it in. emoPoke He was even telling them it was 70 here and he was in shorts with a "T" shirt on. emoLaugh They in turn were telling him it was snowing and sleeting there and they were going to DE-friend him. emoLaugh He was loven every minute of it. emoTongue Jmax

 

[hookem]

good trip under heavy fishing pressure

 

[theweekender]

Nice fish Jmax. Glad you all had a good time.

 

[jason]

Good report. Those fish are in great shape...fat and healthy

 

[taylortime09]

Sounds like some of those BFL guys should have followed y'all around!

 

[Jmax]

taylortime09 - 3/9/2014 6:31 PM

Sounds like some of those BFL guys should have followed y'all around!

No, they should have been following around those boys in the Catch Tournament. That was a three fish weigh in and the top 3 boats had over 15 lbs with three. emoWorthy Jmax

 

[Nauticman]

Wow!

 

[bassbrad]

Did better than I did Congrats

 

[Bones]

good looking fish great job jmax