Got out on my new tube for an afternoon session at Shelter Island. Started out sunny and windyyy! Bite was a little slow at first. Fish were only biting DEEEEPP in the docks. Had to switch to the spin rod with lighter line to get my bait to sink vertically into the structure and then i started getting em. Picked away 8 bass and a small slimestick in a couple hours. Nothing wide open just a steady pick on some quality fish. Didn't have anything under 12" and most were 13"+ and FAT!  


Hot colors were bleeding trout and fong fish. Couldn't get a bite on the jig. 




This guy was the biggest of the day. Guestimated him at 17" and around 2lbs+



Hit the lagoon the next day to test some new jigs. Really was diggin this rock crab warbait jig w/ a clear red flake zipper worm


Unfortunately broke it off after a couple good fish  Switched up to the motor oil red flake big hammer with a red lead head. Last 30 minutes was pretty much wide open until i had to leave. Ended with 8 nice bass for a short little sesh. Biggest one was around 16.5" and close to 2lbs.




Peace!

Been on the grind lately. Here's some pics from Barrett, Atterbury, La Costa, and Mansion Pond from the last week 
















Tight Lines
NCTOADSLAYERZ

bsolutely destroyed the bass yesterday evening. No joke my personal 5 fish stringer was easily over 10lbs with Dans probably right around 10 as well. Dan also got a legal hali that spit the hook right at the shore 
We'll let the pictures do the talking

Just got back from my family's cabin on the Blackfoot river and boy was it a blast! Trip started out kinda slow and HOT! Fised the Blackfoot river the first couple days for only a few smaller fish that weren't quite picture worthy. Went down to the Madison river for a day of floating. Was a ton of fun and we had constant action all day. ONly problem was the size still wasn't quite what we were looking for, although i did manage a nice 15" brown. 



On the way back from the Madison we stopped at the famous Rock Creek. Only fished for a few hours for a couple smaller trout. The scenery was beautiful but i really wasn't that impressed with the fishing. We did manage some small cutthroat and browns but nothing to write home about. This herd of Bighorn Sheep were the only things picture worthy 



Headed back to the Foot' and found the fishing was still slow so we decided to explore some creeks. Boy was that the call. First creek started out slow but the farther we got from the campsite and civilization the bigger the fish seemed to get. They started like this 



Then got a little bigger 




Then my dad connects with a thick one on an ant! This turned out to be the fish of the trip. Probably around a 20" cuttbow and thickkk 




We were amazed that with all the big famous rivers we fished the biggest trout to date came from a nearby creek. Stoked to say the least. Ran into a teacher from my high school on the same creek (small world), and he let us in on a little secret spot that we just had to give a try. This spot made the trip! Every pool we came upto was at least one fish, and not small ones. Most were over 12" with a few pushing 16". I'll let the pictures do the talking: 
 

this guy looked ancient and had a very interesting color pattern! 






Then on my last cast of the entire trip i pulled this beautiful cutty out of a small pool that couldn't have been bigger than 5x5 


 

Here's a couple bonus pics: 





Tight Lines, 
NCTOADSLAYERZ