Somewhere mid-lake with the scope

[Quillback]

I was literally about 10 minutes from hooking up my boat and heading over to Beaver when Joe Lane called and asked me to go fishing with him, as he had a last minute cancellation.  Took me about 10 seconds to say heck yeah!

Joe has been on the fish, so had some locations to check, he won't fish unless he sees evidence the fish are there, as in lots of shad.  He also looks for predator activity around the shad, holes in the shad balls, curve shapes in the shad and of course seeing fish around the shad.  He's really got his FFS dialed in, very clear images, you can easily see your lure, he can also make a call on whether he's seeing good sized bass, usually largemouth and the smaller fish which are usually spots.

We had a good day, somewhere around 50-60 bass, plus a couple of whites, and a large channel cat.

Joe caught some great fish - a 4.3 largemouth, 3.75 white bass, a cat that we estimated in the 12-15 lb.range and another 4 LM in the 3 lb. range.

Myself - Well I caught half the fish, had at least a half dozen keepers, but no pic worthy fish.

Joe caught his mainly on a spoon or a Damiki rig, myself dragging a 3.3 Keitech on the bottom.

As you've no doubt heard, not all the fish you see on the scope bite, and not only that but they are constantly moving around.  It's funny how many fish will come up and look at your lure and turn away.  I don't have a scope myself, but sure learned a lot fishing with Joe.

Forgot to look at the water temp, I'm guessing upper 50's.

 

 

 

[netboy]

That catfish looks like some good eats to me.

[Quillback]

On 12/4/2025 at 11:39 AM, netboy said:

That catfish looks like some good eats to me.

It has lived to fight another day.  

[Maverickpro201]

What is the suit you have on? It looks warm to me.

[Quillback]

28 minutes ago, Maverickpro201 said:

What is the suit you have on? It looks warm to me.

That's Joe - dunno what it is.  Maybe he will see this and reply.

[nomolites]

Looks like KUIU….good stuff, but pricey.  I might have some but in a different pattern…😉

Mike

[willyfish]

https://www.kuiu.com/

Looks like high quality gear, thanks