Latest Catch Pics Thread

[Jmurphy87]

Nothing big size wise, but I took the kayak out on Sunday and caught over 30 fish. Was fun only anchored once just picked apart the cover and banks with a steady drift from the wind. I didn’t take pictures of all of them got old after a while, easier to unhook them and let them go about there business. Caught the most on a light weight Texas rig unpegged, I think 3/16 caught 2 on a lipless and one on a wake bait.

[TnRiver46]

3 hours ago, AlabamaSpothunter said:

Can't give likes anymore for the day haha, but I just love that type of fishing.    Fish size always takes a back seat, not to mention river fish fight so much harder.    Wish I had smallies all around me, but I got spots.    All three really are so fun in their unique way.   I'd love to see a cage match b/t a 5lb Spot, a 5lb Smallie, and 10lb Larry.  My fish biologist friends tell me the Spotted Bass will chase both away.     It's a gift from nature to fish locations like that.    

A coosa spot is one mean son of a gun 

[AlabamaSpothunter]

7 hours ago, Texas Flood said:

I love catching those river smallies!

Truly beautiful fish, colors Crayon could never create.   Nature is once again undefeated 

[AlabamaSpothunter]

Starting 25 years ago as a kid, my fishing mentor and myself would transplant every Alabama Bass we caught at the major lakes like Lay Lake, along with myself continuing it when catching them in a very close river.     Today this little 200-300acre lake has both 5lb+ Alabama Bass, and huge Largemouths.   It fills me with great pride every single time I catch one.   I catch them at about 5 LGM : 1 Spot rate, but I'm targeting them specifically many times out.    Without them, I would have never realized how good a BIG bass bait 8" Magnum lizards are.   In the beginning I was just using them to target the Spots, but after years I've come to realize it's just big bass bait. 

 

The beauty of a Spot is just a chunky pounder like this one tonight will leaving you grinning ear to ear, they absolutely hate you, and show it at every chance.   You always know the moment you hookup whether it's a Spot or LGM too.  These two fish were caught within 10-20yds of each other

[TnRiver46]

21 hours ago, AlabamaSpothunter said:

Starting 25 years ago as a kid, my fishing mentor and myself would transplant every Alabama Bass we caught at the major lakes like Lay Lake, along with myself continuing it when catching them in a very close river.     Today this little 200-300acre lake has both 5lb+ Alabama Bass, and huge Largemouths.   It fills me with great pride every single time I catch one.   I catch them at about 5 LGM : 1 Spot rate, but I'm targeting them specifically many times out.    Without them, I would have never realized how good a BIG bass bait 8" Magnum lizards are.   In the beginning I was just using them to target the Spots, but after years I've come to realize it's just big bass bait. 

 

The beauty of a Spot is just a chunky pounder like this one tonight will leaving you grinning ear to ear, they absolutely hate you, and show it at every chance.   You always know the moment you hookup whether it's a Spot or LGM too.  These two fish were caught within 10-20yds of each other

Tennessee wildlife resource agency has declared war on Alabama bass, they think they will ruin fishing as we know it. They also thought that about Asian carp. I think they just need a threat so the grant money keeps piling in by the millions 

[N Florida Mike]

Went out to eat , and came home , casted twice, and caught this skinny one on a uv speed worm…

[GreenPig]

Fished this morning from 4a - 10a and caught 2 Spots and a 6.08 LM.

[roadwarrior]

[JWall14]

Old pics from the last BFL on St. Clair. Had a few fish come off but nothing crazy. Finished with 16-04 good enough for a check on the co side.

[AlabamaSpothunter]

2 hours ago, GreenPig said:

Fished this morning from 4a - 10a and caught 2 Spots and a 6.08 LM.

Second Spot is what made me fall in love with them, imho that's the most beautiful freshwater fish at least in North America.    Great job!   

 

ETA:  disregard as I noticed your hat, War Eagle haha

[Team9nine]

Visited a pond I haven't fished in several months, and it turns out it was a good decision. Fish were aggressive, picking off around 20 in just a couple hours, all on finesse jigs. Best fish of the day was this greenie pushing the 5 lb. mark, but I also had another possibly big(ger) fish (never saw it) in the exact same spot as this one that tore off about 20'-30' feet of line against a looser drag before just coming unbuttoned. Needless to say, I'll retool and let the pond rest over the weekend, but I'll be revisiting it at the start of next week 

 

[The Baron]

I couldn’t get myself going early, so I fished midday.  Not surprisingly, shade was the key.  The ol’ wacky senko tossed into shade or near weed edges worked well, plus a couple on drop shop including a few with the new Geecrack on a bubba shot setup… before a pike took it all.?  Didn’t feel like retying that so switched and picked up with a few on the frog, tucked up in weeds and shade against a rocky shore next to deep water.  The shallow pad spot I tried prior to that was empty.

[thediscochef]

Caught my first topwater fish of the year a few days ago at a pond I recently discovered. Might be one of the better public ponds in the area, especially when it rains. Also a nice 3.25 the other night at Ray Roberts. Have made a couple of trips to Whitney lately, seems like the bite starts at about 6:40 and ends abruptly at 8:20. But for that hour and 40, its game on if you can get on a school of stripers with a swimbait. We desperately need rain, Whitney is down 5+ feet from where I first saw it and a water emergency is in progress at Falcon Lake. Ray roberts actually has 8k acres higher surface area than Falcon does at the moment. Possum Kingdom has a fish kill that was either golden algae or runoff from putting out the fires. Many of the fisheries here are sustaining damage. Seasons can't change fast enough.

[AlabamaSpothunter]

Just got back into fishing....obsessive type fishing at least after decades off due to adulting.   Sold a Nitro Bass boat years ago, but I grew up on the same private lake I'm finally able to fish again as an adult.   Got the little jon boat setup sans the most important feature a high quality sonar unit.   Anyways, first quick trip a few days ago.....a few bites, nothing hooked.    Then I get up early on thurs. morning to fish a few hours.....few bites, 3 fish lost at the edge of the boat (2 because of weak hooksets, 1 big fish because he broke the treble hook he was on).

 

This afternoon I sneak 1.5 hrs in and boat a nice little Alabama Bass, and chunk 5lb LGM.  Weeks leading up to this I was fishing the smallest of areas of this lake by bank at night, and caught 50+ fish b/t Spots and LGMs.....half a dozen 5lb fish, one 6lb fish, and a 8lb fish ten days ago that really lit the mania in me haha.     After the 8lb hawg, I knew I was going to sell my soul to a neighbor if I had to in order to gain boat access.      

 

I forgot just how hard so many aspects of fishing are, specifically fishing out of a big or especially a smaller boat.   Fishing in a jon boat in 3-5mph will give you a thousand-yard stare.  My goal for the next 12 months now that I'm peanuts deep into this madness we all chase is a 10lb LGM, and a 5lb Alabama Bass.   I have lots of work to do, but somebody is going to have do it

 

From today's breakthrough session haha....

 

[throttleplate]

Went to Baldhill dam in North Dakota today fishin for smallies and walleye. No walleye but i caught 3 smallies on spook, lipless crank and a chatter bait. I got snagged up on a dink smallie right on the shoreline and had to lay out on the rocks, put my arm into the water and dig him out.

 

 

I then got snagged, broke off a chatterbait and pulled out my terminal tackle from my carry pouch and reriged. I never wade or bank fish without terminal tackle on me.

 

So then i was going to put on an old 30 lb fluoro snelled leader that was pretty nicked up and then throw a square bill in around the rocks but decided to not chance it and put on an 80 lb leader. Good thing because i caught this dink.

 

This muskie fought for its life and at first i didnt know what i caught, maybe snagged a carp i thought. I wrestled with him for a few minutes and when i finally seen his sides i yelled out muskie!!!! I got him in without a net but did get a good braid cut on my finger from tryin to get him up onto the shore.

 

I then walked back to the big dam and caught 2 pike. The wife caught 18 smallies most all were dinks, 17 bullheads and 1 sunfish.

[Swamp Girl]

Whadda day, throttleplate!

[BrianMDTX]

Musky AND pike! Indeed a fine day! 

[AlabamaSpothunter]

8 hours ago, throttleplate said:

Went to Baldhill dam in North Dakota today fishin for smallies and walleye. No walleye but i caught 3 smallies on spook, lipless crank and a chatter bait. I got snagged up on a dink smallie right on the shoreline and had to lay out on the rocks, put my arm into the water and dig him out.

 

 

I then got snagged, broke off a chatterbait and pulled out my terminal tackle from my carry pouch and reriged. I never wade or bank fish without terminal tackle on me.

 

So then i was going to put on an old 30 lb fluoro snelled leader that was pretty nicked up and then throw a square bill in around the rocks but decided to not chance it and put on an 80 lb leader. Good thing because i caught this dink.

 

This muskie fought for its life and at first i didnt know what i caught, maybe snagged a carp i thought. I wrestled with him for a few minutes and when i finally seen his sides i yelled out muskie!!!! I got him in without a net but did get a good braid cut on my finger from tryin to get him up onto the shore.

 

I then walked back to the big dam and caught 2 pike. The wife caught 18 smallies most all were dinks, 17 bullheads and 1 sunfish.

That's awesome.   The surprise and usually the size of fish below dams makes it easily some of the most exciting and fun fishing.  I've gotten myself into some super hairy spots fishing below dams.

Also we don't have those cool long slender yankee looking fish.....you're lucky

[throttleplate]

3 hours ago, ol'crickety said:

Whadda day, throttleplate!

 

Thank you, when you least expect it, good things happen, i caught the musky on a small square bill. Runnin it over and smashin the rocks just off of this 2 foot wall drop which kicked up the current down from the main dam.

[Woody B]

I fished from 6 to 10 this morning and caught 10 between 14 and 18 inches.    It's not a million degrees today.  I may go back later and fish some tonight.   

 

[Swamp Girl]

4 hours ago, throttleplate said:

 

Thank you, when you least expect it, good things happen, i caught the musky on a small square bill. Runnin it over and smashin the rocks just off of this 2 foot wall drop which kicked up the current down from the main dam.

I've never fished below a dam, but I'm sure I'd love it. Thanks for sharing the pics of the cool fish!

[Way north bass guy]

Took the canoe out on the river that runs through our property this afternoon for a couple hours. Caught 25 of these guys, from about 10” long to about 3lbs, lost a few more and probably spooked another 20 or so with the canoe. All came on a frog, or a Texas rigged Maxscent tube swam just off bottom. It’s amazing just how many fish are stacked in this 400 yd stretch of river, between a concrete lake dam and big beaver dam. 

[thediscochef]

Summer is for topwater 

And this pond is for dinks

 

Send rain

[Way north bass guy]

Took a solo trip out to some of the farthest out shoals on Georgian Bay this morning. This is right on the edge of the main open bay, salmon country. Took a little bit to find the right shoal, but once I did it was absolute pandemonium for over an hour. Fish on every single cast, and they were all between about 3-5lbs with the largest landed right at 5. Most came on a drop shot Maxscent Flatnose minnow, with a few on a Maxscent tube and several on a Rapala Scatter Rap crankbait as well. 

[roadwarrior]