Latest Catch Pics Thread

[DitchPanda]

43 minutes ago, lunkerboss923 said:

They ain't biting 

Been tough here for numbers the past week or 2 but size has been good. 

I got a 3 and a 5 on back to back casts one trip two weeks ago. Since then I've caught 3 3s a 3.5 and a 6. I caught one close to 3 last Monday on a crappie jig under a slip bobber.

[Jar11591]

Great day on the water. Topwater was on fire at sunrise. Did some damage with a Pop Max and a Chug Bug, and when the topwater bite died, they slammed jigs and spinnerbaits all day long. Biggest went 3lb 5oz, but my buddy and I were catching them all day. 

 

 

[king fisher]

19 hours ago, king fisher said:

giant crawdads that were mostly blue

     I showed my wife a the picture of one of the giant Crawdads I caught and she laughed.  She told me they are fresh water Lobsters, and asked how many I got.  I told her I got 4.  She got mad when she found out I let all 4 back in the water.  Turns out they are very good to eat, and demand a high price in the fish market here.  She has learned to live with me letting bass go, she doesn't understand the logic of catch and release, but knows I enjoy fishing that way.  On the other hand, I was informed catch and release lobster fishing will not be tolerated.

        I am going to make the best of this situation.  The next time I want to bass fish at Trigomil, I am going to tell her I'm going Lobster fishing.

  

[TnRiver46]

I started off the day losing 3-4 fish in the first hour or so on a swimbait, thought it might be one of those days. Then i decided to pick up the ole jig worm and caught one about 16-17” and then a second almost touching 18”. 


The pic below I took for @LrgmouthShad

When you get them stuck in that spot, they won’t come off 


my buddy showed up later and we went way up river, caught some smallies in shallow water but kept seeing big drum feeding. I sight casted to a few and they chomped down on the worm, pretty fun 

 

[LrgmouthShad]

25 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said:

The pic below I took for @LrgmouthShad

When you get them stuck in that spot, they won’t come off 

*Frantically scribbles notes*
 

Awesome fish! 

[TnRiver46]

27 minutes ago, LrgmouthShad said:

*Frantically scribbles notes*
 

Awesome fish! 

If only I knew how to hook them there every time …….

[NorcalBassin]

First cast of the day was a dink but good luck and the start of a great morning.

 

Amazing how agressive the little fellas can be.

 

A better one on a jig.

 

Drop shot

 

Also hammered the underspin

 

Pops getting in on the action

 

[IcatchDinks]

Went fishing today. Didn't drink enough water like an idiot. Got some bad heat sickness. But the wife caught a nice little smallie. 

 

I caught nothing, other than a really little small mouth that wrapped me around some brush near the bank and freed himself. So, yeah. I've had better days fishing. ?

 

Drink water, folks. 

[TheBasslayer]

New PB! I’d say over 5 pounds!

[roadwarrior]

 

 

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[LrgmouthShad]

29 minutes ago, TheBasslayer said:

New PB! I’d say over 5 pounds!

Hawg! Congrats!!

[TheBasslayer]

27 minutes ago, LrgmouthShad said:

Hawg! Congrats!!

Thanks! I don’t know if it is actually 5, so could you guys say how much you think? The pic is kinda bad though.

[LrgmouthShad]

26 minutes ago, TheBasslayer said:

Thanks! I don’t know if it is actually 5, so could you guys say how much you think? The pic is kinda bad though.

Heck, man it’s really tough for me to say. I almost don’t want to guess. Do you have a length? It is a big fish. I’m looking at the tail, belly, and of course that big mouth. I think you are right, I think it is definitely a 5+. 

[TheBasslayer]

24 minutes ago, LrgmouthShad said:

Heck, man it’s really tough for me to say. I almost don’t want to guess. Do you have a length? It is a big fish. I’m looking at the tail, belly, and of course that big mouth. I think you are right, I think it is definitely a 5+. 

Thanks! And yeah, that is what I also thought.

Just now, TheBasslayer said:

Thanks! And yeah, that is what I also thought.

Unfortunately I haven’t bought a tape measure yet, but I will next time I go to the tackle shop.

[NYWayfarer]

I went unintentionally frog fishing today. Set out to the local pond with a size 20 spinning reel on a medium light fast action rod with a 4” Senko tied wacky style on 8# mono.

 

I had not been there since the Bass were on beds. To my surprise the pond was full of lily pads and vegetation that had grown to over 50% of the surface. 
 

Threw my lure in to the clear spots and caught 3 pickerel. I knew where the Bass were but didn’t want to commit to the vegetation with such light gear. 
 

I finally cast my Senko into the green stuff and started skirting the surface with it. Bam! LMB hit it and close to the clearing got him to shore easily.

Started pitching again to the vegetation when a bigger Bass grabbed the worm and started digging deep into the weeds. I had to pull him and a mountain of salad through the pad with my poor medium light Bass X rod strained to its limit. 

 

 

I will be going back soon with a baitcaster Medium Heavy rod and 12# minimum line.

 

[Jmurphy87]

Nothing special from me, had a couple hours after dropping my daughter off to see her stepsister. 3 fish

1.82lbs on a 4” black, blue dinger wacky 

2.22lbs on the wacky dinger 

2.02lbs on a 5.8 keitech on a 6/0 flashy swimmer

also caught two smaller pike also, one on a wacky and one on the keitech.

[The Bassman]

Enjoyed a great morning of top water action, this 4 lbr being the biggest. Had one bigger shake off (of course). Caught them on an old Zara Puppy that I bought from a cheap generic Pradco bin at Wal-Mart years ago. Also caught several on a well worn Teeny Pop-R. 

[Woody B]

Caught 19 bass(11 largemouth 8 spots) between 11 and 21 inches today and what seemed like a couple thousand white perch.   I caught 2 white perch on the same cast 2 different times.    The 17 inch spot pictured was the hardest fighter. 

 

 

[Will Wetline]

It was a decent day on Quabbin Reservoir in Central Massachusetts with a topwater bite the first couple of hours and then more smallies situated 10' - 20' deep most of which snacked on Z-Man's delicious Finesse TRDs and TicklerZ.

 

 

 

 

 

Use a circle hook when wacky rigging!

 

 

 

 

[scaleface]

Bought a new Booyah Toad Runner Frog and couldnt wait to try it out . Took it to the scum pond first thing this morning and caught a 5 lber .

 

[TnRiver46]

15 minutes ago, scaleface said:

Bought a new Booyah Toad Runner Frog and couldnt wait to try it out . Took it to the scum pond first thing this morning and caught a 5 lber .

 

Nice fish, love that lure 

[Blue Raider Bob]

14 hours ago, Will Wetline said:

It was a decent day on Quabbin Reservoir in Central Massachusetts with a topwater bite the first couple of hours and then more smallies situated 10' - 20' deep most of which snacked on Z-Man's delicious Finesse TRDs and TicklerZ.

 

 

 

 

 

Use a circle hook when wacky rigging!

 

 

 

 

Love those TicklrZ's!

[PhishLI]

Casting counts as PT ?

 

My daughter and brand new 4 week old grand daughter were here before my previous PT session. Since I'm the crying baby whisperer, I had to do my thing. Towel over my left damaged shoulder, followed by the baby on that side. Must be the combination of my heartbeat and voice that does the trick. It only works on that side, and as usual, she was out like a light.

 

I needed to keep adjusting my shoulder for the next 45 minutes to remain comfortable, and to keep her head in the just-right position. This gave my muscles a small pump. When I got to PT right after that, my warm up went way better than usual. Things were far less "crunchy" starting off. Typically that feeling is gone after the first few sets of cable pulls, but it was nice to begin with a less disconcerting feeling. I told the grand poohbah therapist about my sleeping baby warmup story, then suggested that some type of pre-warmup activity before PT was a good idea. He agreed.

 

I shot up to a local spot about an hour before my last PT session. Started off light, but just had to test myself throwing a bigger rig with a swim bait for the first time in 2 months. Felt OK, but I needed to watch it. The muck is really kicking in since I've been gone. Even top water treble baits were a misery, so I went back to a lighter set up throwing the trusty 5" Caffeine shad. Lost one and got one, and it turns out that casting is PT too.  No crunch on the cable pulls.

[scaleface]

5 hours ago, TnRiver46 said:

Nice fish, love that lure 

I went four for six this morning . The two misses I had , those fish were caught on the next cast . Unheard of in my frog experience . I may never fish a toad again . I'm lucky to have a 25 percent landing ratio with a solid body toad . .

[Bird]

WP 75 has been the deal in the morning.

Caught 9 and every single one was after the bait sat after the cast until the water calmed.