Here are my fishing totals for November 2015:

Total Trips Fishing: 11

Largemouth Bass:    19
Panfish:                   0
Catfish:                   1
Crappie:                  2
Total Fish Caught:    22

Compare with October 2015:

Total Trips Fishing: 19

Largemouth Bass:   39
Panfish:                   0
Catfish:                   0
Crappie:                  0
Total Fish Caught:   39

Compare with September 2015:

Total Trips Fishing: 16

Largemouth Bass:   35
Panfish:                   0
Catfish:                   0
Crappie:                  0
Total Fish Caught:   35


Compare with August 2015:


Total Trips Fishing: 19

Largemouth Bass:   45
Frogs                      3
Panfish:                  1
Catfish:                  0
Crappie:                 1
Total Fish Caught:   47

Compare with July 2015:

Total Trips Fishing: 19

Largemouth Bass:   42
Panfish:                  0
Catfish:                  0
Crappie:                 0
Total Fish Caught:   42

Compare with June 2015:

Total Trips Fishing: 23

Largemouth Bass:  87
Panfish:                  2
Catfish:                  0
Crappie:                 0
Total Fish Caught:   89

Compare with May 2015:

Total Trips Fishing: 22

Largemouth Bass:  58
Panfish:                  5
Catfish:                   1
Crappie:                  0
Total Fish Caught:  64

Compare with April 2015:

Total Trips Fishing: 24

Largemouth Bass: 57
Crappie:                 1
Total Fish Caught: 58

Compare with March 2015:

Total Trips Fishing: 18

Largemouth Bass: 21
Crappie:                 1
Total Fish Caught: 22

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2015 YEAR TO DATE TOTALS

Total Trips Fishing:   171

Largemouth Bass:  403
Panfish:                    8
Catfish:                     2
Crappie:                    5
Total Fish Caught:   418

Total Frogs Caught:     3

Fishing Trip #171 November 24, 2015, 2015 6:15 AM

Went fishing for about 20 minutes on my way to work this morning.

Weather conditions: 37 degrees, cloudy skies and a 9 mph wind from the south.

• Caught 1 largemouth bass with a with a H2O XPRESS Shallow Running Jointed Square-Bill Crankbait.

Catch and release.

Fishing Trip #170 November 13, 2015, 2015 5:55 AM

Went fishing for about 35 minutes on my way to work this morning. Much calmer weather today, but colder. I had three fish on line line but only landed two.

Weather conditions: 37 degrees, clear sky and a light breeze from the northwest.

• Caught 1 largemouth bass with a with a H2O XPRESS Shallow Running Jointed Square-Bill Crankbait.
• Caught 1 crappie with a with a H2O XPRESS Shallow Running Jointed Square-Bill Crankbait.

Catch and release.

11 inch crappie

Fishing Trip #169 November 12, 2015, 2015 6:05 AM

Went fishing for about 25 minutes on my way to work this morning. Very windy again today. I caught a bass on my first cast and then the fishing activity died.

Weather conditions: 41 degrees, clear sky and very windy with 17 mph winds from the west.

• Caught 1 largemouth bass with a with a H2O XPRESS Shallow Running Jointed Square-Bill Crankbait.

Catch and release.

Fishing Trip #168 November 11, 2015, 2015 5:55 AM

Went fishing for about 40 minutes on my way to work this morning. Very windy and no fish activity except one crappie, which I caught. The surface of the lake was choppy with lots of waves from the wind. I saw an opossum walking up and down the bank. It stopped and looked at me a couple of times and kept on going.

Weather conditions: 59 degrees, very cloudy and very windy with 15 mph winds from the south.

• Caught 1 crappie with a with a H2O XPRESS Shallow Running Jointed Square-Bill Crankbait.

Catch and release.

Fishing Trip #167 November 10, 2015, 2015 5:45 AM

Went fishing for about 45 minutes on my way to work this morning. Like yesterday, the moon is almost in a new moon phase, so the fish were very active. I caught four bass, one of them was #400 for the year. I was also surprised when I reeled in a catfish with my crankbait!

Weather conditions: 42 degrees, clear sky with a light breeze from the southeast.

• Caught 4 largemouth bass with a with a H2O XPRESS Shallow Running Jointed Square-Bill Crankbait.
• Caught 1 catfish with a with a H2O XPRESS Shallow Running Jointed Square-Bill Crankbait.

Catch and release.

12.5 inches

12.5 inches

Bass #400 for this year

Fishing Trip #166 November 9, 2015, 2015 5:50 AM

Went fishing for about 45 minutes on my way to work this morning. It was cold and the ground had frost on it. The moon is almost in a new moon phase, so the fish were much more active this morning despite the colder conditions. One of the bass I caught was 15 inches—a legal keeper, but I released it to live on for another season.

Weather conditions: 34 degrees, clear sky with no wind.

• Caught 3 largemouth bass with a with a H2O XPRESS Shallow Running Jointed Square-Bill Crankbait.

Catch and release.

Nice 15-incher!

Fishing Trip #165 November 6, 2015, 2015 5:55 AM

Went fishing for about 30 minutes on my way to work this morning. It was 20 degrees colder than yesterday at this time. Brrr. I had two fish on but one got off before I could land it.

Weather conditions: 38 degrees, clear sky with no wind.

• Caught 1 largemouth bass with a with a H2O XPRESS Shallow Running Jointed Square-Bill Crankbait.

Catch and release.

Fishing Trip #164 November 5, 2015, 2015 5:50 AM

Went fishing for about 35 minutes on my way to work this morning. It was cloudy and windy with a few light sprinkles of rain. I had five fish on the line but one got off before I could land it.

Weather conditions: 58 degrees, heavy cloud cover with 14 mph winds from the south. 

• Caught 4 largemouth bass with a with a H2O XPRESS Shallow Running Jointed Square-Bill Crankbait.

Catch and release.

Fishing Trip #163 November 4, 2015, 2015 5:55 AM

Went fishing for about 35 minutes on my way to work this morning. It was cloudy and windy but the fishing was better this morning than it has been for a few days.

Weather conditions: 58 degrees, heavy cloud cover sky with 11 mph winds from the south. 

• Caught 3 largemouth bass with a with a H2O XPRESS Shallow Running Jointed Square-Bill Crankbait.

Catch and release.

Fishing Trip #162 November 3, 2015 5:30 PM

Went fishing for about 55 minutes this evening. I fished up and down the north shore and west shore of the lake. Very little activity tonight.

Weather conditions: 69 degrees, dusk sky with light winds from the southwest. 

• Caught 1 largemouth bass with a with a H2O XPRESS Shallow Running Jointed Square-Bill Crankbait.

Catch and release.

Fishing Trip #161 November 2, 2015 5:50 AM—The Streak is Finally Over

Went fishing for about 45 minutes on my way to work this morning. I saw about 8 otters swimming up and down the shore lines but no fish activity. Since I did not catch any fish this morning, my ongoing streak has been officially broken at 52 consecutive trips.

Weather conditions: 45 degrees, dawning sky with no wind. 

No fish caught.

Quiet lake with no activity from the fish this morning