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Havent been out as much and when I have been it's been at North Branch.

So hitting the main stem and nailing some larger bass has been satisfying.

I normally take good pics, but here's three bad pics of the same fish to make up for it. Learning how to get good shots with a camera timer.

Landed her right between the weed section and a deep run. She had some smaller buddies around, along with a big cousin Larry; unfortunately didn't hook him.

Originally sighted these fish, they got close to me and got disinterested with my marabou jig plopping infront of them.
I then lose sight of them, they probably schooled elsewhere. I then retreated behind the weeds near the shore and casted a few times in the general area. Felt like any normal fish at first. When I saw it coming up I said "that's the fish!"

https://i.imgur.com/QyucZ7Q.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/RwOJfkh.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/ZcHEfCA.jpg

The rest of the day was a bit lame but managed some ok bass and BIG redbreast.

Bonus pics.

https://i.imgur.com/XbLOv6W.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/UgXCJAV.jpg

The big girl was caught at 10:50am on a 1/16 oz black marabou jig. However not in a shaded area like most of the time. Maybe the weeds gave enough shade/shelter?

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Nice bass !! This is the way I take my pics.

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Im also going to report that I saw some spawning beds in the river. While I used to see plenty of sunfish beds earlier in the season, these beds were deeper into the stony river bed.

Im wondering what these could have been. Odd since I cant think of any fish that spawn this late, other than carp since I hear they have awkward spawning times.

The beds were cleaned and not covered in the typical "river dust" that settles overtime

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sea run browns gettin an early start!!!They got excited a few wks ago with the cool temps and with a good release from spruce keepin the river at a nice flow, they figure , why not....Then it got hot again and they got the F out....

Maybe:confused:or sturgeon

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Nicely done.

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There's a ton of these Redds. Andy and I went in today and found what I noticed in another stretch of the river.

I'm not sure if there's that many sea runs or sturgeons.

I stuck my hand into the Redds and inspected the rocks; nothing eggy. Odd.

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Nice fish buddy! Way to stick it out on the main stem! There's some rather large Smallies cruising around this time of year. Be prepared if you hook one! :D