Joe and I took our little boats to St. Joseph Lake Sunday, August 1st, 2010, I caught the first fish on A KVD worm and caught another both small. I lost two fish. Joe also caught two small bass. I think I won though cause I caught the first one 
.
We didn’t catch anything to brag about but we had a good time. The water temp was 80 degrees and pretty stained to lightly muddy, they must have got more rain there than we did at home.
I had the opportunity to visit Lake Logan in Ohio and watch the weigh in yesterday about noon. I got to see some of the people I have been reading about in the reports. I must say everyone seemed really friendly and nice.
My friend, Larry Sali got big bass at 5.32 pounds. Sam and Mike Skinner got first place with a 14.26 pound bag John and Carol Bircher got second place with a 12.98 pound bag
It was a little warm but some nice bags of bass came in. I can highly recommend this tournament for anyone who likes to fish for bass. I believe it starts at 7 am an weigh in is at noon. Please check to make sure I am correct on the time.
I went fishing at Clouse Lake about a month ago with Joe and was caught in weeds most of the time. Afterwards, I had no 5th gear on my trolling motor and it seemed to run slowed than usual overall. I figured I burned the gear out of my trolling motor getting out of thick weeds all day.
First of all, you have to realize I’m not the brightest bulb in the pack, I am sure many of you would have thought about this right away….
I was talking to my fishing partner Joe and told him I thought I burned out my 5th gear on my trolling motor and that is was running slower overall, he said anytime that he has had problems with his trolling motor it was caused by fishing line wrapped around the shaft the propeller was on.
Well, this morning I took off the propeller and sure enough I had enough fishing line on the shaft that I could have probably filled about a third of my fishing reel. It’s a wonder the poor old trolling motor ran at all. It seems to work fine now.
My fishing partner Joe and I went to Oakthorpe Thursday, July 1 and I was lucky enough to catch a 4 pound 13 ounce Largemouth. Sure looks skinny in the picture that Joe took, it was actually a chunky fish.
I caught it on a green and white Scum Frog and it was the only fish we caught. Notice the eye wound, must have got hooked before or something.
Joe being the good sport he is…first complained that I waited to long to set the hook, even though you are suppose to wait until you feel the fish, I caught the bass Joe! Then he said it was blemished because of the eye. Um Joe, how was the eye on the one you caught? NOT! Little bit of jealousy huh Joe?
Joe and I went fishing today at an Ohio lake a friend of ours told us about, which I promised to keep secret. We got there about 8:30. I was using a green and White Scum frog, one of my favorite lures.
My first fish weighed in at a nice 7 pounds 4 ounces and I was very happy made my day. About 15 minutes later I hooked another big bass, I weighed it and it went 8 pounds two ounce. My third bass was over 6 pounds and the fourth bass just went 1/2 pound.
This lake was cover in grass and algae. I had to clean the trolling motor of weeds about 6 times. The lake is also very shallow and we had to use our little 8 foot boats to even fish it in Southeast Ohio.
This was the best day as far as big bass goes that I have had in a long time.
Joe and I went bass fishing in Somerset Reservoir in Ohio Sunday. We caught about 6 small bass a piece and seen some big bass spawning.
I caught my bass on a Zoom Mini lizard Junebug color and one on a lizard camo color. The water was still a little stained from all the rain we had Friday night.
This is a very small lake with no ramp and if you were to take a small boat like a bass hunter, it is trolling motor only.
If you’re looking for a couple of tournaments to fish with nice people I can recommend Lake Logan Saturday mornings and Dow Lake, by Athens on Thursday nights.
These are a good bunch of people that don’t act like know it alls like some bass clubs do. These are just a bunch of people who get together and like to fish for bass.
If you’re new or a veteran fisherman, you will like these people. They are a good bunch of guys and will help you any way they can.
Try it, you might like it!
Joe Arnold and I went to New Lexington Reservoir in Ohio Saturday May 15, 2010 and caught about 15 small bass. We seen a couple of nice ones on their beds but most of the ones we caught were less than 12 inches long.
Joe caught his on a white trick worm fished weightless and I caught mine on a Zoom mini Lizard, junebug color.
Joe looked like a lobster after fishing all day in the sun.
I have heard of big bass being caught in this reservoir but haven’t seen any big ones caught in two years.
I have to laugh when I see some TV shows about fishing for bass. For example, Fishing University…about the only thing you are going to learn from this show is who sponsors them and all the lures they make that they want you to purchase.
On the other hand, The Bass Pros is worth watching and you can learn a lot about bass fishing from people like Horton, Van Dam, Stacy and others. Put what you learn to good use.
I also like Bill Dance and his show is pretty knowledgeable. You can learn a lot from old Bill and you can see how he likes to make the fish splash and take longer than usual to land it. I think he likes the drama of that big ole bass splashing on top of the water.
Fishing with Roland Martin is a waste to me, first off, he has an ego the size of Texas. I seen people at his Marina in Florida say “hi’ to him and he wouldn’t even say “hi’. I thought what a jerk! He forgot where he came from apparently and who made him who he is. That was the last time I went to his Marina.
If you want to meet some nice guys then Horton, Van Dam, Dance and Houston all have time for their fans but please don’t bother them when they are fishing a tournament. They will treat you just like they are everyday people. Martin, on he other hand, you have to get a ladder just to be on his level apparently.
My 85 year old friend, Frank, and I went to New Lexington Reservoir in Ohio to panfish. We were fishing for crappie and bluegill and caught a few.
We used worms and minnows and I jig fished for crappies for awhile.
This is about the only time I don’t fish for bass is when I fish with him but it’s nice to sit and talk and we had a great time.