Latest Catch Pics Thread

[Bass newb]

[everythingthatswims]

Stud!

[fishinfiend]

thats a dandy

[BooyahMan]

Couple more from today. Stuck a couple other nice sized ones (possibly bigger) but they all spat the hook. What a thrill in February!

I've been meaning to merge my two favourite things in fishing: centerpinning and Bass. Well, I finally did it today. 

Now time to hunt for a bigger one on the pin!

[fishinfiend]

Nice fish !!

 

 

few fish from Friday and Saturday caught on kietech noisy flapper

 

 

[BooyahMan]

Another couple from the other day. February has been surprisingly good to me (knock on wood).

[Cyacnba]

Caught 3 bass today on my new Aldebaran and finesse jigs. I never imagined I would be fishing at this time of the year in Boston 

 

 

[everythingthatswims]

Had some fun on the hot side today, fish on the right was 4.46, didn't weigh the other. Everything else I caught was little.

[Derekbass02]

What bait is that in the second picture? Looks awesome!

[everythingthatswims]

Mattlures Hardgill. "Heavy Floater"

[BooyahMan]

This fish fought way harder than its size. I was thinking 5+ and was surprised when it finally surfaced. 

[Bluebasser86]

Well, I'm doing my best to make good on my 2016 goal of learning how to fish a drop shot. They're not monsters, but any fish is huge when you catch it doing something you're trying to learn at. I was using a 7' 3" ML/XF Ethos with a 25 size President spooled with 5lb Maxima ultragreen with a YUM Warning shot in Oxblood/red. 

[gardnerjigman]

It's great little puddle to try new techniques on!

[gardnerjigman]

Great fish. You have to cull 1000 15-20" fish per year? Man that seems like a lot of your big spawn fish.

[Hog Basser]

Oops, typo, I meant 10"-15".  I'll edit that.  Thanks for catching.  

[gardnerjigman]

Lol, I was in shock! 

[Hog Basser]

We'd have some world records if that was our mid-to-small range!  I wish.  

[buzzed bait]

i was about to ask you what it would cost me to fish there if that's the case!!

[Hog Basser]

Ha, I'm still figuring this lake out, we've had it less than a year and it's about a 3 hour drive away from me.  Once I get it dialed in real good, there's a possibility we may open it up to outside fishermen as a weekend retreat with a lodge, etc., but right now that's a long way off and we may decide not to do it at all.  There's a ton of stumps and trees in it, so all you can use are small aluminum jon boats and trolling motors.  It was a private hunting and fishing club (one of the oldest continually operating ones in the state) since 1921 until we bought it, but the fishing lake was created in the mid-90's.  

[buzzed bait]

the more people i meet, the less i like people!!  keep that baby to yourself and family!!

[everythingthatswims]

The river is finally fishable again. Went for an hour in the snow after school, caught two small ones. Happy with that!

[chubaka]

This little chunker...

[fishinfiend]

nice!

[Hog Basser]

21" and 5.19 pounds this morning, just stopped for lunch and going back out again.  We got about 5-6 crappie and another 6-8 bass in the 12-15 inch range too!  The 5 pounder went back and we're culling the rest to keep the pond healthy.  I will update with a full report and accurate numbers for the weekend when we're done.  

 

 

[Hog Basser]

Total count for today was 22 bass and 4 crappie (on bass lures).  I was a little off on the crappie count earlier, but that's why I write down everything, to get clean records at the end of the day.