Black Bass Slam

[BigBrother]

the only other people you'd see on a Saturday were Mexicans castnetting rockfish? Good times.

fixed it for you.

[Black Bart]

Curmudgeon?

Indeed.

[Fish]

2oofdork shows up all as per usual, running his mouth and in a bad mood and suddenly fishing ain’t cool anymore.

Give your balls a tug.

[2thDoc]

I'm doing it and y'all ain't gonna squeeze the fun out of it for me.

be sure to make a spreadsheet

[mudflat]

Black bass reside in the ocean, them with the greenish heads are the best. They have seemed scarce compared to my teen years when you could fill a cooler at ten mile reef.

[2thDoc]

2oofdork shows up all as per usual, running his mouth and in a bad mood and suddenly fishing ain’t cool anymore.

Give your balls a tug.

meanie

its still silly.

just go fishing and catch fish.

oh wait...you cant even catch a flounder. Maybe Lauren can teach you.

[Fish]

its still silly.

Yes, of course. Fishing is silly. What the fuck am I thinking? I mean, when I look at it from your perspective, it’s crazy that I would even consider my wife’s idea of a vacation structured around the goal of catching four different bass.

oh wait...you cant even catch a flounder. Maybe Lauren can teach you.

This last sentence really depends on whether or not your phone is working next time you come down.

[Rubberhead*]

be sure to make a spreadsheet

Way ahead of you on that...

[Fish]

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[Rubberhead*]

So, I never did the slam...got the spotted and largemouth back in 2023 then couldn't get the smallmouth. I tried in Cola (lost a nice one at the "take out", I mean nice - maybe 3 pounds). I heard about smallmouth in an odd place so I went there and caught nothing but largemouth.

Since I am unemployed, I went turkey hunting this morning near that odd place so I threw a rod in the car. I really suck at turkey hunting so it wasn't long before I was throwing Rapalas and walking a rocky shore. I worked a bunch of areas without a hit. When I reached the end of the road (start of the stream, actually) I fished hard...nothing.

When I took the last lure off the line and went to put it in my hip-pocket tackle box, I noticed a little green beetlespin that my son must have put in the box for some reason. I know it was him because it still had a piece of the braided line he uses attached. I decided to at least try to catch a bream before going home...50% on the progress meter with 8 and 2/3s months left in 2026...

[JABIII]

Iv'e caught them all. My sister is DNR freshwater fisheries and has a bunch of info on those things. Classrooms raise the fry and then they field trip the kids up to release. Government does a solid every now and again...

[Duck Nitz]

rubber trout alert

[nitro5x6's]

Best saltwater bass is the Snook.

[Duck cutter]

So, I never did the slam...got the spotted and largemouth back in 2023 then couldn't get the smallmouth. I tried in Cola (lost a nice one at the "take out", I mean nice - maybe 3 pounds). I heard about smallmouth in an odd place so I went there and caught nothing but largemouth.

Since I am unemployed, I went turkey hunting this morning near that odd place so I threw a rod in the car. I really suck at turkey hunting so it wasn't long before I was throwing Rapalas and walking a rocky shore. I worked a bunch of areas without a hit. When I reached the end of the road (start of the stream, actually) I fished hard...nothing.

When I took the last lure off the line and went to put it in my hip-pocket tackle box, I noticed a little green beetlespin that my son must have put in the box for some reason. I know it was him because it still had a piece of the braided line he uses attached. I decided to at least try to catch a bream before going home...50% on the progress meter with 8 and 2/3s months left in 2026...

Come to the upstate lakes and catch all the spotted bass you want, they are a nuisance

[nitro5x6's]

RH,

Get in touch with Will Mundhenke... he is SC's expert on all things Bartram. He's in Columbia at SCDNR ...

[FULLCHOKE]

I've done the "slam" all in one day from a canoe. I didn't know the slam was a thing until reading this. Sent you a PM RH.

[Rubberhead*]

I'm sensing a road trip...

The SCDNR doesn't have a size minimum but I've caught two spotted bass that were just too tiny to consider. This one was close to 2 lbs. They fight much harder than a largemouth of similar size.

[Duck cutter]

I caught two spots at once this morning on Lake Greenwood




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[BRR]

Deep fried a lot of bartrams bass in the early 2000's when they were still considered redeyes.....

[Silentweapon338]

I caught two spots at once this morning on Lake Greenwood




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Damn bro......