My nieces soccer coach gave their team an assignment to catch a fish with a team mate over the summer. Yesterday we caught some bass and got them up early for some eyes this morning. Believe they should have a team fish fry!
I seldom see alewives. Gobies are their main food but obviously will eat big prey. They do bite some after sunrise but we are generally fishing in the dark.
This one appeared to be full of gobies.I caught one off a rigger on a spoon once but not as big. Would have liked to seen that one nearly 15" Landshark. Didn't know they got that big. Any idea what it may have weighed?
While trolling the SLR for walleyes this morning I hooked what I thought was a smallmouth. Turned out to be a 12", 1.3 lb. rock bass. Don't believe I have ever seen one this big but it's well off the state record. Also caught a nice limit of walleye.
Decided to try the bass since we missed opening weekend. My wife limited out and I only managed 3. One flopped of the board before I took the photo. Fish were in 4-12 fow. Some still on beds. Had to search for them but they were nice size.