Grandson's topwater bass this morning. w/pics

• Jul 7, 2017

• #1

Scout'nStripers

Senior Member

My grandson flew into town for a little summer stay with us. It didn't take long and he was bringing in his first Lanier bass of 2017. All on the popper this morning. We just need to find him a couple nice stripers now.

 

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• Jul 7, 2017

• #2

Milkman

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The smile says it all. Congrats to the boy and the grandpa.

What did the bass weigh ?

 

• Jul 7, 2017

• #3

Scout'nStripers

Senior Member

Milkman said:

The smile says it all. Congrats to the boy and the grandpa.

What did the bass weigh ?

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Thanks Milkman. Those were some thick bass. I figure we had between 9-10lbs total with those 3. They were all stout 3lb+ fish. Two of the 3 inhaled the popper head first and gave us quite the acrobatic show. Ayden did good with all the jumping and head shaking.

 

• Jul 7, 2017

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jocko755

Senior Member

Beauts! Bet that was fun. That boy has fishing DNA! Way to go.

 

• Jul 7, 2017

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61BelAir

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Awesome. Looks like he had a fun day! Hopefully ya'll can get out there some more before he has to go back.

 

• Jul 7, 2017

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Worley

Senior Member

Fish

Jim that is awesome buddy, that fella hanging on to some toads...And I bet pops will have a few Stripers hooked up for em in short order...Fun times for sure, and lifelong memories, keep at it buddy.

 

• Jul 7, 2017

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shawn dooley

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That's good stuff right there

 

• Jul 8, 2017

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Scout'nStripers

Senior Member

jocko755 said:

Beauts! Bet that was fun. That boy has fishing DNA! Way to go.

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Thanks Jocko. It didn't take him long to get back into the swing of things here.

61BelAir said:

Awesome. Looks like he had a fun day! Hopefully ya'll can get out there some more before he has to go back.

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Thanks BelAir. He'll be here for the next 8 days so between swimming and his Ipad we'll definitely be hitting the water more.

Worley said:

Jim that is awesome buddy, that fella hanging on to some toads...And I bet pops will have a few Stripers hooked up for em in short order...Fun times for sure, and lifelong memories, keep at it buddy.

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Thanks Worley, we were actually on our way to find some stripers when we diverted for a couple quick topwater bass. We decided to leave the stripers alone and warm up on a few big bass. We're headed out this morning in a bit with grandma to try and locate some stripers. I shined up a bunch of spoons yesterday.

It's kinda interesting having Ayden here. I'm getting older and when he's fishing with me it brings back a lot of old memories of his dad fishing with me when he was Ayden's age. I can also remember 10 years ago when we were saying that it won't be too long and he'll be able to come visit Grandma and Grandpa for summer vacation. Man, time flies...

shawn dooley said:

That's good stuff right there

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Thanks Shawn!

 

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• Jul 12, 2017

• #9

Scout'nStripers

Senior Member

He got a couple more on a 2 hour run today. Top fish on the emerald popper and the bottom one was caught on a custom 7 inch Magic Swimmer.

 

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• Jul 12, 2017

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Worley

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Fish

Those are some daggum great fish ...Tell the young man that we are jacked up about seeing the fish he's been catching with pops...And with pops lures makes it even a little more special, well done bud.

 

• Jul 12, 2017

• #11

Rabun

Senior Member

Dang those are some quality fish! Not sure he's going want to go home Scoutin

 

• Jul 12, 2017

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Dustin Pate

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Nicely done!!!

 

• Jul 12, 2017

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Gut_Pile

Senior Member

Nice work

 

• Jul 13, 2017

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Scout'nStripers

Senior Member

Thanks guys, we've got the bass figured out so hopefully we're going to find some stripers very soon.

 

• Jul 13, 2017

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Cletus T.

Senior Member

Downright Awesome!!!

He’s got a good guide for sure!

 

• Jul 13, 2017

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Scout'nStripers

Senior Member

Cletus T. said:

Downright Awesome!!!

He’s got a good guide for sure!

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Thanks Cletus. I told him the story of Cletus and the Whopper Plopper when we pulled up to that hump you and I fished. He threw the little bone popper for a while but no joy. It's pretty cool to watch him fight those fish though. Some of those spots would make a hard run and pull some drag and he would be grunting and groaning. Hilarious.