Latest Catch Pics Thread

[Holetail]

4 hours ago, Biglittle8 said:

Went out for a couple hrs. Between downpours, picked up a couple on chatterbaits. 

Man, you can put a crushing on those golf course fish… Well done!

[roadwarrior]

[The Bassman]

Finally got my first 6 in a good while. I've been doing real well with a Z-Man chatterbait mini lately. Got a chance to try out my new luggage scale that I bought on the recommendation of @Bluebasser86 from another thread. 

[MN Fisher]

3 minutes ago, The Bassman said:

Finally got my first 6 in a good while.

Nice fish man - meanwhile I'm still searching for my first 5'er.

[The Bassman]

1 minute ago, MN Fisher said:

Nice fish man - meanwhile I'm still searching for my first 5'er.

Thanks. Now I just have to learn how to take pics. Bright sun, a flip phone, and a fish that I need to keep still don't mix well for me.

[TheBasslayer]

13 hours ago, MN Fisher said:

Nice fish man - meanwhile I'm still searching for my first 5'er.

Same. The closest I’ve gotten is maybe a high 4

[Fishingintheweeds]

2 hours ago, TheBasslayer said:

Same. The closest I’ve gotten is maybe a high 4

Ha, ha, don't give up! I'm in Michigan too and I used to think that there was nothing big in the north and all we had was the state record bass, a couple of 5's, a handful of others that people said were 10 ( but were probably 4-5) and then a bunch of 1-2's. Well, then I started getting into some bigger ones and in the last few years have caught fish that were all bigger than anything I ever thought I'd see up here. And then I'd catch one just a little bit bigger the next year at a different lake. 

 

Ha, I stopped believing people when they tried to tell me there were no fish in a place or that there was nothing of any size in a particular lake. Keep fishing!

[TheBasslayer]

6 minutes ago, Fishingintheweeds said:

Ha, ha, don't give up! I'm in Michigan too and I used to think that there was nothing big in the north and all we had was the state record bass, a couple of 5's, a handful of others that people said were 10 ( but were probably 4-5) and then a bunch of 1-2's. Well, then I started getting into some bigger ones and in the last few years have caught fish that were all bigger than anything I ever thought I'd see up here. And then I'd catch one just a little bit bigger the next year at a different lake. 

 

Ha, I stopped believing people when they tried to tell me there were no fish in a place or that there was nothing of any size in a particular lake. Keep fishing!

I’ve seen some 5s at a small pond/reservoir that my grandma lives near, and I’ve caught some 4-4 1/2 pounders in the watershed!

[DitchPanda]

16 hours ago, MN Fisher said:

Nice fish man - meanwhile I'm still searching for my first 5'er.

Yep keep it up man it will happen. I live in Northwest Iowa a place by all accounts...if you listen to guys who don't know how to fish...has no decent size bass. Had a guy tell me last year that our area has no big bass. Said he has fished here for years and years...never caught one over 5lbs. Didn't have the heart to tell him that last year alone I caught 3 6s and a 7. Now thats not the norm but I've had years like that in the past. This year my biggest is just shy of 4.5 but that's nothing to sneeze at either. All I can say is big is relative...every state is different. One thing I know is once you get over that hump...5lbs being your benchmark..It will likely start happening more often.

[keagbassr]

Took a few casts before work today managed to get this 3-7 on a choppo 120

[TheBasslayer]

11 minutes ago, DitchPanda said:

One thing I know is once you get over that hump...5lbs being your benchmark..It will likely start happening more often.

That’s what happened to me: my benchmark was 4, and this year I’ve caught 3 3 1/2 to 4 1/2 pounders.

[DitchPanda]

5 minutes ago, TheBasslayer said:

That’s what happened to me: my benchmark was 4, and this year I’ve caught 3 3 1/2 to 4 1/2 pounders.

Exactly my point. Finding out big fish baits and patterns for your bodies of water is important...once you figure it out it seems almost easy after that. My local pond is dirty enough that you can almost never see spawning fish. I found a shallow spawning area one year where the females were grouped up prespawn and figured out they would eat a bluegill colored bladed jig. Caught probably half a dozen in a two week period between 5&6lbs. Also have another pond that's fairly weedy all spring and summer..catch some nice fish on frogs and senkos. When fall comes around however the big girls will crush a buzz bait fished along the receding weed edges. One time in particular I went out on a rainy October day and smashed em. Don't think I caught a fish under 3 or 4lbs. My best 5 went somewhere between 26 and 27lbs. That's huge for here.

[HaydenS]

Let me get on that new PB train! 

Didn't have my scale with me, cause it ate an entire pack of batteries, so I couldn't get exact measurements.  This fish was way bigger than anything I've ever caught.  I'm going with 5+.  First cast of the day.  DOINK DOINK, 10 inch worm in the face!  Biggest fish I've caught out of this lake ever too!

 

[gunsinger]

Well, I am stuck in a rut. 11 bass yesterday and 11 bass today. Biggest yesterday was over 2 lb. Biggest two today 2.06 & 2.12. My 11th fish yesterday was a 6” dink; my 11th fish today?  Also a 6”….Blue gill who ate my TR worm. 
 

[Biglittle8]

14 minutes ago, HaydenS said:

Let me get on that new PB train! 

Didn't have my scale with me, cause it ate an entire pack of batteries, so I couldn't get exact measurements.  This fish was way bigger than anything I've ever caught.  I'm going with 5+.  First cast of the day.  DOINK DOINK, 10 inch worm in the face!  Biggest fish I've caught out of this lake ever too!

 

Nice fish!  Congratulations!

[HaydenS]

1 minute ago, Biglittle8 said:

Nice fish!  Congratulations!

Thanks!

[N Florida Mike]

First decent fish in a month. 

[GaryH]

1 hour ago, HaydenS said:

Let me get on that new PB train! 

Didn't have my scale with me, cause it ate an entire pack of batteries, so I couldn't get exact measurements.  This fish was way bigger than anything I've ever caught.  I'm going with 5+.  First cast of the day.  DOINK DOINK, 10 inch worm in the face!  Biggest fish I've caught out of this lake ever too!

 

Congrats ??

[PhishLI]

2 hours ago, HaydenS said:

Let me get on that new PB train! 

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[lo n slo]

4 hours ago, N Florida Mike said:

First decent fish in a month. 

all healed up, i see ?

[HaydenS]

3 hours ago, GaryH said:

Congrats ??

 

3 hours ago, PhishLI said:

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Thanks guys!

[TheBasslayer]

First Lake Michigan fish ever, and it’s a smallmouth!

[Biglittle8]

Went on a late day pond hop today, I worked a shade pocket for about a half an hour and pulled out a bunch of fish. About 7pm I put on the 90 bone plopper... First cast as soon as it hit the water...fish. I milked it for about 1 hr. Chatterbaits in shade pockets accounted for a bunch of fish... Plopper... Runner up.

[TnRiver46]

Bass drum……. See what I did there? 

[PhishLI]

The rains were expected to hit hard Friday night, so I gobbled down my supper and made it up there while it was still light out. I went through my normal weedless bait progressions in this weed choked spot, but nothing was happening. About the only treble bait I could sort of throw here was a floater like a Gantarel Jr, so I tied one on. This meant laboriously picking off weeds after every throw, but I had to change things up. Just like that it got slammed by a hard fighting Pickerel. My 20lb Big Game line looked fine afterward, but thank god I gave it a good pull to check it out, because it snapped like nothing, and because the next fish I caught was a chunk.

 

I retied, waded out as far as my chest waders would allow, then threw the bait down a weedline where I lost a monster last week. I kept the bait from diving by keeping the rod tip high, and felt it ticking grass as it slowly pulsed. I ran it into a clump, then it got slammed. I felt her weight immediately. I jacked it hard to my left to keep her from running into the weed bed, and it worked. She went airborne, my heart stopped, but the stretchy line kept her pinned. I kept pressure on, and got her in. The trebles popped right out of her bottom lip without the use of pliers. Close call. About 5-15

 

Followed up with 2 more 2 1/2 pounders on the Gantarel, but then we got hammered by rain. Dryed out in the truck until it passed, then went back and got one more on a Livingston Bullnose. I needed a sesh like that.