Did you start throwing that spinnerbait after that? I was fishing with a buddy and he was catching them on a spinnerbait, and when he pulled it out of the water to make his next cast a 12" LMB jumped all the way into the bottom of the boat. It was pretty cool to see. At that time I had just happened to be looking his way when it all happened.

 

Man that had to be exciting

 

I had been working that Spinnerbait but was only catching 2#er's and was looking for the bigger ones is why I switched to the HB.I went back with the Spinner for awhile but switched up colors and began catching what I was looking for.
But that was something I never experienced B4.Too Kool!



Roscoe

 

On Saturday I had a SMB that jumped at least two feet out of the water when I set the hook. Suprised the heck out of me. Different circumstance of course, but obviously it is possible and I'm sure they do what they have to do to eat.

 

Only black bass do that. white bass cant jump.

 

It happened to me once when I was fishing for bass in some lily pads. I wouldn't be surprised if they do that more often than we know. Probably a lot of big bugs and maybe even hummingbirds come to feed off of the lily pad flowers and the bass ambush them from there. I've also seen several bass blow up on a bait that landed on top of the pad. They probably pick off a lot of frogs that way.

I had practically forgotten about that bass taking my lure out of the air. It was definitely one of my cooler moments in bass fishing.

Edit: I just reread the OP, and my story is a little different. The one that happened to me was on a cast. The bass saw the incoming lure and picked it off about half a foot off of the water. That is some crazy topwater action!

 

I don't know but at a nearby pond, I've seen so many fish jump AT LEAST 3 feet out of water near evening... Kind of small lmbs maybe 12"


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Had a three pound smallmouth jump over a log and crush my Pop R on the Uwharrie River once.

 

I had a smallie hit a black spinnerbait in mid-air one night. It was dusk so I can't say I saw it hit. All I know is I was chucking the bait and on one cast didn't hear it hit the water. Tightened the line and there was a bass. It happens.

 

Only black bass do that. white bass cant jump.

I just spit out my drink

 

Someone posted a link to a YouTube video in the bass section of the forum in which a 9 lb largemouth destroys a frog lure in mid air as a guy is burning it back to the boat. Amazing footage.

Having a nice bass nail a spinnerbait hanging over the edge of the boat must have been a sight to see!

Not that it hit in mid air, but here is a pic of an airborne 21 incher I was fighting on CC last year. You can see the lizard up the line to the left of it. My buddy somehow got the shot with my cell phone. It shows that the big guys can still get air!

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Had a three pound smallmouth jump over a log and crush my Pop R on the Uwharrie River once.

I've had that happen before also.

 

Want some more interesting stories - Fish for Northern Pike!

 

I hooked a musky at CC in my Kayak, 2 years ago. On a jig and pig, up the river. It jumped about 10' from me. Not hi! But all I got out of it was wet. It broke off my 6lbs line a few moments later.

I sold the Kayak and bought a bigger boat.

 

Only black bass do that. white bass cant jump.

I really hate to disagree with you but one time we was drifting down the river and I had my rod laying across the boat and my jig and minnow was hanging about a foot above the water and my rod started jumping all over the place. I had a nice sized white bass on the end of my line. so white bass can jump just not that often.
sherman

 

Ive regularly seen lm bass jump and take dragon flies hovering over the water

 

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Amen. Especially in a low fishing pressure area. About as agresdive as it gets for freshwatet

 

I was catching bass on jerkbaits back in March on a cold, cloudy, day. Had already put two six pound fish in the boat, and made a cast to a laydown. As I pulled the rattlin' rogue out of the water, an enormous bass jumped up and tried to get it. I was looking her in the eye!

 

I just spit out my drink

There went my beer all over my lap. Now I cant go back to work

 

Sherman, it was a play on words.

yep I get it now, LOL.
sherman