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Unread 07-17-2026, 10:47 PM   #1
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Took a troubled youth that is my wife's step grandson fishing. He had a blast catching bluegills and a 13 in bass. I caught these 2, both 15 in bass on a 3 in Rapala, my favorite stream and pond bass lure. Sorry, pictures of grandson on my wife's phone.
Lots of fun on an ultralight.
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Nice bass!
I’m going to my bass lake in Maine for the weekend.
I expect to catch some good bass too.





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Probably smallmouth up there?
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It’s a mix but I mostly target the largemouths… they’re bigger. My best at this lake was 6.5 pounds and it was about the size of my canoe paddle blade.
I fish mostly Texas-rigged soft plastics.





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You caught them at night, Harold?

I sometimes fish for big largemouth at night. IMO it is the best time to catch the biggest bass in the lake/pond.

Pat Cullen was the big bass guru in Georgia. Read this for an enlightening article:

https://gon.com/fishing/1113-giant-bass-and-counting
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Caught them in the evening Stan, sometime after 7:30
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My best luck with bass, excluding just before a storm, has always been in the twilight hours. After full dark I’ll switch to a noisy floating plug.

I didn’t fish last evening - it was pouring.
This morning feels like fall is approaching with the cool swirling Northwest breeze.



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