Hey guys,

     I just wanted to share my first attempt at video editing and some short footage I got of my Biggest bass out of Washington State. The cold weather is making me stir crazy already. Happy Holidays!!!

The first bass hit just below the surface (less than 1 feet) on the River2Sea Larry Dahlberg Diver Frog 60!  I haven't fished this frog much because it sort of got lost in my boxes of tackle.  But I was glad I fished it on this day!

The second bass smashed my Koppers Live Target Bluegill Wakebait right at the boat!

Both videos are below.  Enjoy!

We fished a full day on 9/8 and put 100 smallmouth and 1 walleye in the boat!  We fished only about 3 hours on 9/9 before being blown off the lake by 35+ mph winds but still put 56 smallmouth in the boat!

We fished a full day on 9/14 and put 121 smallmouth in the boat!  We fished another full day on 9/15 and put 151 smallmouth in the boat!  We fished a little more than half a day on 9/16 and put 130 smallmouth and 1 walleye in the boat!  This give us a 3 day total of 403 fish!

We were targeting points and offshore structure in various depths of water with finesse tactics and we absolutely slayed the fish!  With such a huge smallmouth population and not enough food, the majority of the fish are quite stunted.  We caught countless fish in the 1/2 lb range with several in the 1 - 2 lb range.  All of these fish are feeding up for fall and are super fat like footballs!  A lot of them were puking up baitfish (fry?) sculpins and craws.

I didn't record much fishing because I forgot to bring my battery charger for my spare batteries.  But I did record some footage of us feeding 2 Bald Eagles!  Mike has put in some time over the past 1.5 years or so training these eagles.  They're so smart that if we get within a couple coves of the cove where they live, they will come flying over and perch in the trees or on the rocks.  We fed them a few dink smallies and I got some footage of it!

Enjoy!

Here is a picture of a nice, chunky, super strong 1 lb 14 oz smallmouth that took me for a ride!  These river smallmouth are So Strong and put up a fight similar to that of a smallie twice their size!

I also lost a nice bass that day!  When I set the hook, I couldn't pull my rod back any further and I thought I was snagged!  This fish had to be pushing 3 lbs and fought ultra hard!

I caught footage of most of the fish but not all.

Enjoy :)

I'm sure most of you missed this because it doesn't show under latest reports.  But here is my report for my first time catching Smallmouth Bass this year!  I caught 7 total including my new personal best!

I got to go to the very same stream in Korea that my dad grew up right next to.  We caught fish by hand and net.  It was pretty fun and was awesome spending time with family that I never met before.

But I'll make this short and sweet.  I caught a 7 lb 2 oz beast!

I caught it all on video too!

Video of the 7 lb 2 oz Pig!  (Sunday 4/22)

Video of 2 other fish I caught on Sunday (4/22)  I accidentally deleted the footage of my 4th fish.

I put my 7' Livingston into Bitter Lake today in hopes of catching my first largemouth bass of the year.  I started off circling the lake and pitching jigs to docks, lay downs, and any structure I could possibly pitch to along the shore line.  This yielded nothing so then I circled the lake again trying out different methods.  I was throwing a KVD 1.5 Silent Squarebill Crankbait, a Rapala X Rap Suspending Jerkbait, and a Drop Shot.  I got skunked but it was a beautiful warm day and I loved every minute of it.  I had to battle the wind the entire time and trying to work the shoreline without a bow mount, foot controlled trolling motor can be a huge pain in the butt!

In my attempt to salvage the day, I headed to Green Lake.  I submitted a report that you could should be able to see for details.  I managed to catch 2 small rainbow trout.  Nothing special but I was just happy to finally get the skunk off of my back and break in my Powell Diesel Glass Crankbait Rod!