Dave Z'sBassin' Journal

Pond bassin 10/30/11 1.5 KVD windy wet rainy!!

2011-10-29T16:37:00.000-07:00

10/23/11

2011-10-24T16:29:00.000-07:00

Hit the pond with a KVD 1.5 today!

BNB Deal results

2011-08-07T15:15:00.001-07:00

It was a hot one last sat and only 3 guys came out to brave the heat!!!

Jay, Rob and myself hit deal for the Challenge!! We cut the day short due to the heat as well.... But as always even in the heat someone finds them and gets them to bite!!

Rob came in 1st with 3 bass pushing 6 lbs and had lunker with a 3lber!! and I came in 2nd with one bass at 1.75. Jay zeroed .

It was tough and its was hot!!

Thanks guys for coming out and see you at assunpink in 2 weeks!!!

NOT GOOD!!!

2011-07-16T10:42:00.001-07:00

Well to say I am not happy with my 6th place finish at the Bite N Bassmaster Challenge is an under statement. This was a personal tournament for me, I use to fish this lake all the time growing up and up until I moved down south jersey. My favorite lake, I have caught numerous 3lbers, 4lbers through out the years! The day started of fast, we hit the riprap nothing, hit the cove nothing till we hit the rocks . 40 minutes into the tourny and I had a good 2lber on topwater, jay got another one smaller but a keeper on the next cast to the same spot. Excited was I to see we need only one more bass to limit out and then go for the culling!! But it was not to happen as through out the day I would get seven bites and MISS seven BITES!!! Talk about frustration!!??? Jay wasn't even getting bit really, and the word was it slowed down but I don't care what they say, I have to GET THE BITE!! No excuses!! In the end I was proud of myself for keeping an open mind and fishng my srtengths as well as fishing a few techniques I normally don't use.
Next is Deal Lake a lake I never been to before or had the chance to pre fish this one should be fun!!

GET THE BITE!!!

2011-07-09T11:53:00.000-07:00

t was great day out on one of my favorite lake.. Cranberry! Weather was cloudy/ with sun and looked like it might rain at times, but it never did!!
Water was high and in the 70's.. And the word was that the bass were biting light and soft...
11 boats showed up for the challenge and 7 teams got limits and only one team zeroed,,,
I got our first bass forty minutes into the GTG and then Jay got one 2 minutes later in the same spot on topwater... It looked like it was gong to be a great day for us... BUT... I would go on and have 7 more bites and missing every one of them... But thats bassin!!!

Here are the results!!

1st--Mike and Bill G with 3 bass for 7.6
2nd-- Chris and Wayne 3 bass for 7.2 (Chris got Lunker 2.14)
3rd --Hawk and Grant 3 bass for 5.10
4th -- was a tie Chris and John / Ken and Brian at 4.10
5th-- Clay Solo 3 bass for 4.2
6th-- Dave Z and jay 2 bass for 3.12
7th-- Doc and Mr. K for 3 bass for 3.4
8th-- Rich solo 1 bass for 2.04
9th-- Ron solo 1 bass for 1.12

Thank you all for coming out and again great to see everyone!!!

See you at Deal lake for the next Challenge!! Enjoy the pics!

Bucketmouth and KICK N BASS!!

2011-06-07T17:11:00.000-07:00

Just got home from work on this June 7th evening. I hit the pond for an hour and it is so low... I put on a B stik and covered it with Kick N BAss and caught a nice 3lber!!! time 7:3opm

Get The Bite!!!

April and May 2011

2011-05-28T01:12:00.001-07:00

I been out a few times to the local ponds and been catching a few decent keepers on plastic with Kick N Bass Scent on them. I'm looking forward to the Next Bite N Bassmaster Challenge. This one is at my home lake up north at Cranberry Lake. I use to fish this lake all the time fun fishing but I have bombed in Tournaments on it. But I plan on winning this one. I am at the mercy of my partner who controls the boat! I have a decent plan it's just a matter of If my Buddy will give it a whirl. So GET THE BITE !!

The Tournament at Stone Tavern

2011-04-05T14:28:00.000-07:00

Well it was a good GTG!! I have to say I am not a big fan of Stone tavern. It looks like a big soup bowl, but in reality i don't have to like it, I just have to learn to fish it. I talked to a buddy of mine (amesl) and he gave me some good points on it, its a structure lake. Looking at last years winners (adam and jackson), and talking to Amesl we had a good spot. It was pre spawn and the bass were moving up to the flat... It did produce the first 2 hours into the GTG/ Tournament. Jay wacked 2 keepers in the first hour on a lipless bait. I anchored our limit with a solid fish the 2nd hour on a spinnerbait but that was it for me the rest of the day. And if you know me, you know I want to beat everyone!!! Even my partner!! It didn't happen!! Jay was the man catching 3 more bass including another keeper at the same spot and one on a drop shot of the bank. It was warmer than last saturday and the water temp started at 44 and moved up to 49 degrees. We came in 2nd just 3 oz off the Win! We had 6.lbs1oz and Leon and Adam had 6.4lbs.. It was a close one!! I was happy that I used everything I had and never quite!

!0/9/10 Mercer lake nj

2010-11-23T18:00:00.000-08:00

I went out with jay to mercer lake and got 2 bass! One on a jig witrh Kick N Bass Scent and one on a red eye shad (pictured) This bass hit off of a windy point near a cove filled with standing timber!

10/1/10- KiCK N BASS Sponsor!!

2010-10-01T14:21:00.000-07:00

I am so excited I just landed a awesome Sponsor!!! KICK N BASS!!!
I been using there scent for years!!!!! And now it's OFFICIAL!!! I spoke to the owner Ken "CoSMO" What a nice guy! He's from NJ too!!! I caught 2 small bass today at the pond.. Waters down it was raining but I had KNB on and i got the BITE!!!
i cannot wait till the Tourny At Riveria!!! See you there!

Get The Bite!

8/7/10 The !st Challenge!!

2010-09-25T07:46:00.000-07:00

Fished our first Challenge at Cranberry!! We had five boats show up! It was a tough day for me... First bass came on a senko by rip rap but was too small.. didn't get next bite till 10am ut towards the pads on a soft jerkbait that was a keeper.. we hit the pads and came up short.. jay got our last keeper on a senko under a dock in the front!! Great day!!! Thanks to all who fished !! Good to see Clay and meet some other guys out there!!!

BITE N BASS MASTER CHALLENGE!!

2010-06-18T17:38:00.000-07:00

Tired of not being able to join a club... Too much money and not enough time! So i created my own bass club! Bite N Bassmasters Challenge!! I have four guys joined already !!
I been catching bass but all small.. First Tournament is Cranberry Lake August 7th!!
I have a secret weapon... Bucketmouth Baits!!!! I also went out fishing with Chris last saturday and I got 2 (pictured) and chris got 4 bass all good sizes!!!

Cranberry august 8th 2009

2009-08-19T16:26:00.000-07:00

We went out to Cranberry Lake Eddie, Chris and I! I didn't catch a bass for the first 5 hours!! Eddie had 2 small bass on a lizard and a b stik, Chris caught a small perch on a spinnerbait... We were all crammed on one boat! I finaly got my 1st keeper on a tube in between 2 canoes.... I went on to get 5 more keepers a nice 2lber and a good 3lber on a spinnerbait by the cabbage patch. They all hit later in the day when the wind picked up and we had some cloud cover.....

August 2009

2009-08-19T16:23:00.000-07:00

I went to the pond and caught a nice 4lb 10 oz bass on a bucketmouth B stik ! Theses baits are just awesome!!! I added Kick n BAss scent to it as well. The bass hit on the outside of a lilypad patch.

BUCKETMOUTH BAITS = BIG BASS!!!

2009-07-17T12:10:00.000-07:00

July 4th, 2009 On a nice hot day at the Brick park/pond I caught a good bass on a bucketmouth B StIK!!
I was just about to call it a day.. One last cast to a isolated lilypad patch by a dam changed all that!!
I used a green pumpkin white swirl B stik made by bucketmouthfishing.com Theses baits are just great. There soft durable and have scent cooked in them you cannot beat that. Anyway, I had the b stik lined up with a tru tungsen weight... Made the cast and as it sank I saw my line moving.. Set the hook and BAM!! The fight was on! She took me in the pads on 8 lb mono but I got her in!!
Bucketmouth Baits = BIG BASS!!!!
Check them out at bucketmouthfishng.com when you place an order, tell them Dave sent you from NJ!

Cranberry 7 /10/09

2009-07-13T15:55:00.000-07:00

Hit cranberry with eddie! Had an awesome day!! Eddie started fast with 2 bass by the riprap, I was not catchin for 2 1/2 hours... Ed got another bass 2.6 lbs on a lizard by the rocks. I got a rock bass pitchin a jig to some rocks by a dock.. we hit the cabbage patch and I hook a nice 3lber on the spit n image!! Then we head to the pads and on the right side there was a few scattered patches of lilypads and I tossed a spinnerbait out to one patch and hook my 2nd keeper goin 3.1 lbs! We didnt stay in the pads for long and on our way back we hit a cove and I got keeper 3 on a basassin.. On the way back to the rocks I got 2 more bass on a spider grub watermellon red... Last bass of the day was by the rip rap on the spider grub!!! It was hot a lil cloudy and 5am to 3pm.... my last keeper hit right at 3pm!!!

july 2nd 2009 brick pond (target)

2009-07-02T18:05:00.000-07:00

I had the chance to fish this pond for an hour from noon to 1pm! I tried a soft jerkbait with no results and then I switched to a 5 inch Buckethmouth stik red and black swirl I had custom made and right away I caught a small guy shallow. I made my way down to the cove where I caught a good 2lber last year and I caught 2 good keepers. The last bass was a good 2 1/2 lber and it was a cast that I made that went right up to the shore by this flow of water of some sort, maybe a drain pipe? Bucketmouth baits putting them bass on my hook! Pics to follow! Next up Is an all day cranberry lake bass trip with eddy and possibly Chris(GOD answers Prayer!! Thank you Lord!) and Pop. Check there baits out at bucketmouthfishing.com

See ya soon

Dave

Good bass on bucketmouth baits!

2009-06-30T17:31:00.001-07:00

This bass hit a bucketmouth stik bait custom color they made for me. On the beach at Riveria early spring.

lake riveria 6//09

2009-06-30T10:01:00.001-07:00

This bass hit a black megastrike jig. I was swimin the jig off of the edge (again) of lily pads.

lake riveria june 2009

2009-06-30T09:58:00.000-07:00

This bass hit a soft jerkbait on the outside edge of a lilypad patch.