You guys make this WAY too hard!

[hawgchaser]

I'm mainly a walleye guy, but do target bass - mainly smallies - on a couple trips each year with my son from Michigan. I still don't know what parenting flaws produced a son whose afraid of fish with teeth, but that's another story. I decided to fish the lake I live on today. I get out about 10...try a couple spots with little happening so go to another spot that's given me some Spring walleye. I drill my holes in about 16 ft. & put my dead stick down with a 2.5" shiner and it never stops...one 14" largemouth. Take it off, release it, rebate, drop the line...bam...a 16 incher. In two hours I caught 10 largemouth between 14 and 18 and lost 3 nice ones at the hole. The sunfish moved in which slowed the bass action some, but I did end up catching 4 more, including a 20 incher. I've never...in open water or through the ice come upon a concentration of bass like this was. It was a fun day of fishing!! You guys make this WAY too hard!

[thatoneguy]

Try those same holes tomorrow without using live bait

[hawgchaser]

Actually, they were frozen shiners but that probably still doesn't qualify as an artificial lure, huh?!? I guess the marvel to me was that I could pull 17 bass from a 3 ft. diameter column of water. Can't wait to make my son jealous!

[Search Function]

I had a spot like that on my lake 1 winter. They were just stacked in it. Next winter no weeds, no fish never caught them there again.

[CAMAN]

The blind squirrel occasionally finds a nut. I also hope the walleye/bass season is open in your neck of the woods.

[hawgchaser]

It's not...just found that out. Do most of my ice fishing on LOW so missed the fact that house removal date and season closing are on different dates. FWIW,I never keep walleye from my lake as there are so few here.

[bassinboy3]

The blind squirrel occasionally finds a nut. I also hope the walleye/bass season is open in your neck of the woods.

Agreed, hopefully its legal to target them in your neck of the woods and everyone wins one once in awhile. I always get a kick out of these live bait clowns that stumble on a school of active bass once in 5 years and suddenly bass fishing is easy. If its easy put down your bobber, get some bass tackle and come joing the circuit. I have caught a lot of walleyes bass fishing as well and I still appreciate how hard it is to consistently catch nice fish of all species.

[MN BassFisher]

It's not...just found that out. Do most of my ice fishing on LOW so missed the fact that house removal date and season closing are on different dates. FWIW,I never keep walleye from my lake as there are so few here.

It's especially easy when targeting fish that are out of season!

[hawgchaser]

I sure do wish you guys would let this topic fade into obscurity. TIP me and I'll bear no ill will. I'll pay the fine without excuse or complaint. Butttt...if my son (who occasionally checks this bass forum) sees this, I can assure you "poacher" will be my lifetime legacy. Instead of toothy creatures vs. gummers; predators vs. scavengers; lures vs. carrion; eagles vs. vultures, etc. it will be poachers vs. sportsman. You get the picture! Let this ffffaaaaddddeee away!

No doubt this "event" would be an integral and anecdotal part of his eulogy to his dad