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My last few trips to Murray has produced only dinks and even micro bass so it is refreshing and sad at the same time to hear about the bass you lost. My recent bass catches were perfect size for a small backyard pond or some of the micro bass would do well in an aquarium, so it was refreshing to ...

Nice one!
I have caught nothing but dinks and micro bass on 3 straight trips to Murray..but this was my first bass I caught on January 2nd of the New Year. I believe your bass could have eaten my fish and still be hungry....ha ha
Thanks for sharing and tight lines in 2025!

Well, I have not posted for a while and saved you guys from reading long drawn out(blah, blah, blah)posts from recent trips
to Lake Murray. Heck, some of you probably enjoyed not seeing my mug, and have to admit if I was not me, I would be saying...oh,
here we go again with another long Vinny post ...

Swimbaits and huge bass....Great job out there!
Thanks for sharing and tight lines always

Pourboy wrote: Fri Jan 17, 2025 11:37 am Thanks guys for the updates. Spring is just around the corner?

Now that made me look forward to something and hopefully some big fish right around the corner for all of us.

Is it April yet?

Nice bass!
Great well written, fresh and entertaining post....really enjoyed it!
Thanks for sharing and look forward to seeing more posts from you.
Tight lines in '25 and always!
Vinny

Don't think "you should have been here yesterday" applies when it comes to Lake Murray recently.
I go over to the lake often and I have spoken to lots of different anglers. Guys fishing from shore, to float tube to kayak guys and to guys in bass boats and it is just tough fishing there. Now you can ...

I was going to go to Murray for a few hours this morning to see if I could catch enough dinks to weigh them and see if the total weight could reach at least a pound and a half, but changed my mind. Instead I spent the morning at the SD river. Crank baits, spinnerbaits and under spins gave me some ...

Pourboy wrote: Fri Jan 24, 2025 9:41 pm Great job Vinny! Glad that you got on the boards for the year.

Yeah, a lot better than the dinks I was catching at Murray so far this year. Heck I think my biggest fish there was about only about 1 3/4 lbs.

Very nice!!!

Moose wrote: Tue Jan 28, 2025 2:25 pm You always seem to get a quality bass on your river outings. Nice work!

I am always thankful when I can get a bite or two in the colder water after flippin' all over the place and land a bass.
Luck does play a role also.

Thanks for sharing this Vinny. Takes me waaay back… (I’ve heard this version of Red House before, but didn’t know it was in SD). Long-time blues fan here. Hendrix’s (studio) version is what got me hooked.

When I was a kid my older sister dated a guy who had to move out of his college dorm for ...

It’s funny because as soon as I saw the photo, I knew it was Murray immediately. I just have not been fishing there lately or fishing much at all. I stop by the lake all the time to see how guys are doing and wish I was there to see that fish. That definitely must’ve made your day when you got that ...

Really enjoyed the pic!
What we have here is basically a Bass All-Star Team photo of some really great bass fishermen!
All I know is that the tough bass fishing you experienced today was not because of a lack of talent.Geez......I keep looking at the photo and the bass must of been lined up hiding ...

JWall wrote: Sun Feb 02, 2025 6:33 pmThe brain trust!

Or a part time rock band when they are not fishing.

Really enjoyed the pic!
What we have here is basically a Bass All-Star Team photo of some really great bass fishermen!
All I know is that the tough bass fishing you experienced today was not because of a lack of talent.
Geez......I keep looking at the photo and the bass must of been lined up ...

Another day of avoiding Murray, I found myself down at the SD river this morning. The weather was cold, then got unusually warm,which I thought was not a good sign but at least I am out fishing.
I threw all types of reaction baits in all shapes and colors that I thought would attract a bite and ...

Sounds like a real tough one out there, but you gave them lots of opportunities to gobble up your baits.
I have no doubt that those bass will pay the price in the future when you are slaying them for being jerks over the weekend. Thanks for sharing and tight lines always!

Dan, I was lucky as ......well, you know what to even catch that micro bass at the river yesterday. In 2025, it has been a bad start
for me also as I have not caught a single bass that even got near tipping the scale at 2lbs. My only highlight was only one bass,
the 3.25 bass at the river in late ...