My response began with " Nice fish" Then I commented on whiting out the pics to keep the "spot" a secret. There are no secrets with smallies on the lakefront ! That is why it is laughable to me. The smallies are all along the ENTIRE lake front at this time of year, pre-spawn. Water temp, full moon all the proper elements to be able to get smallmouth. Posting pictures is cool. I did it years ago, but frankly it's just a lot of work for me. I hope everyone else posts them so I can look and continue to say nice fish. NO controversy, NO anger, NO nothing. Just go get some smallies. We have been poundin' 'em for about a week. Good luck !
Bravery and Fear are one in the same. It is how you react to them that determines which you have.
big saw wrote:My response began with " Nice fish" Then I commented on whiting out the pics to keep the "spot" a secret. There are no secrets with smallies on the lakefront ! That is why it is laughable to me. The smallies are all along the ENTIRE lake front at this time of year, pre-spawn. Water temp, full moon all the proper elements to be able to get smallmouth. Posting pictures is cool. I did it years ago, but frankly it's just a lot of work for me. I hope everyone else posts them so I can look and continue to say nice fish. NO controversy, NO anger, NO nothing. Just go get some smallies. We have been poundin' 'em for about a week. Good luck !
O K then, I guess you just want to complain. Keep taking your pictures. Although I think most know what a smallie looks like. L O L I'll keep saying "nice fish" and pm me if you ever want to get some really nice smallies. I'll help you out ! Oh and by the way you can leave the boat at home, I do. They are tooooo easy to catch right from shore. Good luck.
Bravery and Fear are one in the same. It is how you react to them that determines which you have.
dont get salty. just kidding around. ill make sure to take the pictures facing east in the future to avoid my computer automatically blurring out the top secret locations.
indeed, smallies on the LF go back 20 years for me. But I'll post a pic of my spot, I'm not shy:
seriously, just about any wall or harbor has them. As I have stated before, when I was a bike messenger in the early 90s, I'd slaughter them at lunchtime all around Navy Pier and Monroe Harbor.
One time in summer of 92, I was fishing that narrow slip of water between Navy Pier and the waste plant, and pulled up a smallie about 14". I was using little black spiders below an Adjust-a-Bubble, they were Halloween props with a hook pushed through them. They fell really slow, which worked great. A tourist getting off a bus asked me in a thick southern accent, "Hey, there's fish in there?"
I said, "No sir. World's 5th largest freshwater lake, 900 trillion gallons of water, and not a fish in it."
hookthis wrote:I said, "No sir. World's 5th largest freshwater lake, 900 trillion gallons of water, and not a fish in it."
Reminds me off wading the Fox in downtown Elgin by the bridges. People would yell down to me asking how deep it was. I'd answer "well I'm 10' tall and ..."
How about a thread on "What is the dumbest thing you've been asked while fishing?"
Don't believe everything you read on the internet; that's how World War 1 was started.
hookthis wrote:indeed, smallies on the LF go back 20 years for me. But I'll post a pic of my spot, I'm not shy:
seriously, just about any wall or harbor has them. As I have stated before, when I was a bike messenger in the early 90s, I'd slaughter them at lunchtime all around Navy Pier and Monroe Harbor.
One time in summer of 92, I was fishing that narrow slip of water between Navy Pier and the waste plant, and pulled up a smallie about 14". I was using little black spiders below an Adjust-a-Bubble, they were Halloween props with a hook pushed through them. They fell really slow, which worked great. A tourist getting off a bus asked me in a thick southern accent, "Hey, there's fish in there?"
I said, "No sir. World's 5th largest freshwater lake, 900 trillion gallons of water, and not a fish in it."
Back in the days when I was a bank maggot, I fished for smallies from Belmont to Mcormick place almost every day. We used to kill the largemouth at Monroe. The water on the north side of the pier the Columbia is docked on used to be part of the river and loaded with 2-4lb largemouth and crappies in the 12-14" range. If you didn't mind the rats and drug addicts, it was a nice place to fish. We used to dive off the lighthouse and go swimming at the south tip of the inner breakwall. I even had sex...with a girl! ... after the Taste one night, while the wealthy socialites watched my bare arse as they floated by in their million dollar yachts. It was also the best seat in the house to watch the planes practice before the air and water show...Memories...
Is "basstiality" the same as sleeping with the fishes?
I even had sex...with a girl! ... after the Taste one night, while the wealthy socialites watched my bare arse as they floated by in their million dollar yachts.
There are not too many secret spots, but I can't blame a guy for not wanting to amp up the pressure on a "lesser known" spot.
Matt Read the post, The north side of the Columbia is no longer part of the river. They removed the break wall 10 or so years ago. It's part of the lake. Plus, it's all part of the yacht club. No fishing allowed.
Is "basstiality" the same as sleeping with the fishes?
I even had sex...with a girl! ... after the Taste one night, while the wealthy socialites watched my bare arse as they floated by in their million dollar yachts.
What, no pics?
I don't take pics of my exploits. Making love in gull and geese crap is kinky enough for me.
Is "basstiality" the same as sleeping with the fishes?
... after the Taste one night, while the wealthy socialites watched my bare arse as they floated by in their million dollar yachts. It was also the best seat in the house to watch the planes practice before the air and water show...Memories...
