Latest Catch Pics Thread

[Bluebasser86]

Haven't been out in a couple weeks but I got out with my oldest son for a hour after work last night. Caught several dinks on a Ned and bladed jig. Biggest of the night was my first fish on my new Spro Chad Shad.

Had another eat it right at the boat that was much bigger and another fish hit it really hard and not hook up. 

[AlabamaSpothunter]

1 minute ago, Bluebasser86 said:

Haven't been out in a couple weeks but I got out with my oldest son for a hour after work last night. Caught several dinks on a Ned and bladed jig. Biggest of the night was my first fish on my new Spro Chad Shad.

Had another eat it right at the boat that was much bigger and another fish hit it really hard and not hook up. 

Everybody has Chad Shad but me ?

 

Other than a few complain about the paints not matching the pics, and sink rate, people seem really happy with them.    I'll get one in time I'm sure. 

Awesome you got one, and already producing with it.  

[Texas Flood]

Got this guy while pre-fishing for a bass tournament.

[Bluebasser86]

3 minutes ago, AlabamaSpothunter said:

Everybody has Chad Shad but me ?

 

Other than a few complain about the paints not matching the pics, and sink rate, people seem really happy with them.    I'll get one in time I'm sure. 

Awesome you got one, and already producing with it.  

I got tipped off to a tackle store getting them about 10 minutes after they got them. Even then, they'd sold out of 2 colors already, including the bone color that I wanted the most. The Phantom Rainbow looks really good though and I didn't have any trout colored baits so it worked out fine. 

[ScottW]

Managed to snag some time to go fish the pond today for a couple of hours. Caught a catfish on a chatter bait in black/blue with a matching craw trailer and then after moving to the other side of the pier I caught a small LM on the same lure. Might have been a pound and a half maybe but fought like a 3 pounder. ?

 

[AlabamaSpothunter]

11 minutes ago, ScottW said:

Managed to snag some time to go fish the pond today for a couple of hours. Caught a catfish on a chatter bait in black/blue with a matching craw trailer and then after moving to the other side of the pier I caught a small LM on the same lure. Might have been a pound and a half maybe but fought like a 3 pounder. ?

 

Hope the trip went great, and glad to see you guys got back home safe!

 

Cute lil bugger ?

[Eric 26]

52 minutes ago, ScottW said:

Managed to snag some time to go fish the pond today for a couple of hours. Caught a catfish on a chatter bait in black/blue with a matching craw trailer and then after moving to the other side of the pier I caught a small LM on the same lure. Might have been a pound and a half maybe but fought like a 3 pounder. ?

 

Those colors/markings are absolutely awesome. Very healthy looking ??

[A-Jay]

Went for a casual mid-day outing today.

Fun was had.

Fish Hard

A-Jay

[PhishLI]

45 minutes ago, A-Jay said:

Went for a casual mid-day outing today.

Fun was had.

Have you any guilt about catching these poor, poor, diabetic bass?

 

Just nuts! Awesome smallies! Just this afternoon I was telling my brother about your goby fed footballs in the snow.

[AlabamaSpothunter]

Tough act to follow, but somebody has to bite the bullet ?

 

Big fish on big bait, little fish on little bait.  

 

[LrgmouthShad]

51 minutes ago, A-Jay said:

Went for a casual mid-day outing today.

Fun was had.

Fish Hard

A-Jay

You are having a fantastic early season A-Jay! Hope it keeps up for you. Beautiful fish

[Eric 26]

1 hour ago, A-Jay said:

Went for a casual mid-day outing today.

Fun was had.

Fish Hard

A-Jay

[Micaiah Lindquist]

1 hour ago, A-Jay said:

Went for a casual mid-day outing today.

Fun was had.

Fish Hard

A-Jay

Dannngggg. Those are some hogs. I'm still trying to get my first smallmouth over 6. (6 as in 6", not pounds....)

[NorthernBasser]

Biggest of the young season so far. 4.7# on a black and blue Jackhammer.

 

[AlabamaSpothunter]

3 minutes ago, NorthernBasser said:

Biggest of the young season so far. 4.7# on a black and blue Jackhammer.

 

Really healthy and beautiful fish, congrats!    

 

Jackhammers usually payoff if you got the patience to fish for quality over quantity.

[Micaiah Lindquist]

I'm down in Orlando at the moment. My brother and I have fishing in the resort lake and some of the surrounding canals and ponds the past couple of days. Been catching a fair number of small to medium fish, but just can't seem to land any bigger ones. I've lost a couple that were probably 18-20". Lost of 12-16" fish. My brother got one 17.5", but we're blanking on the big ones. I'm open to any suggestions. I manage to catch my first tilapia today though. 18". I think that's a pretty big one but I really have no idea.

 

[NorthernBasser]

2 minutes ago, AlabamaSpothunter said:

Really healthy and beautiful fish, congrats!    

 

Jackhammers usually payoff if you got the patience to fish for quality over quantity.

Thanks buddy. Not quite on the level of some of these other beauties you guys and gals have been posting recently, but I'll take 4 pounders all day! 

[Micaiah Lindquist]

16 minutes ago, NorthernBasser said:

Thanks buddy. Not quite on the level of some of these other beauties you guys and gals have been posting recently, but I'll take 4 pounders all day! 

Oh yeah. Anything over 3 is a good fish for me. It's impressive how well the jackhammer produces better quality fish.

[Cbump]

Ready for tournament in the morning. 

[LrgmouthShad]

10 minutes ago, Cbump said:

Ready for tournament in the morning. 

Good luck brother! Stay safe in those winds

[Cbump]

Yes it’s going to be tough in the wind tomorrow for sure! Thank you. Hope to have some giants to post tomorrow. 

[NorcalBassin]

Had a small window open up in my day and had to take advantage of the great weather and active fish.

 

Didn't come across any big girls, but caught quite a few of these fellas.

 

Wacky senko was the ticket when it was flat calm.

 

Spinnerbait did the job when the wind picked up.

 

These teeth are wearing out my thumbs, but it's a nice problem to have. ?

 

[Swamp Girl]

My day yesterday was utterly unlike A-Jay's casual day of catching trophies. I fished a new bog. It was 450 acres. I fished it midday after two mornings of fishing in the thirties.

 

To launch my canoe, I had to enter negotiations with some boulders. They agreed to not break my neck, legs, and back if I agreed to slow the launching. I paddled miles and even though it was a bird refuge, I only saw a few eagles and ducks.

 

The wind kept changing directions like the Scarecrow in the Wizard of Oz. It came out of thisa way and then out of thatta way. It literally came from all four cardinal directions and the ordinal directions too.

 

Most of the bog was merely one to three feet deep. I spooked a lot of fish in the one-foot depth, but could. not. catch. them. 

 

I tried: 

 

1. a bluegill swimbait

 

2. a Rage Swimmer retrieved fast in the shallows and slower in the rare 5'-6' water

 

3. a Mepps spinner

 

4. a wacky-hooked Senko

 

5. a jerkbait

 

6. a Senko floater on a Shakey jighead

 

7. three colors of Senko floaters fished weightless, which looked great in the water and coasted over the weeds, but didn't elicit a strike

 

8. a Whopper Plopper

 

Yeah, I fished a Whopper Plopper out of desperation and it caught my only bass. So, mostly it was five hours of paddling in an ever-shifting wind, which is something I do as well as A-Jay casually catches trophies. On the plus side, it was a beautiful bog, with zero shoreline homes and islands and bays every which way, so many that I could lose my bearings, so I kept my head swiveling like the wind. I was also, like usual, the only one on the water. 

 

So, I appeal to the Bass Resource Brain Trust: I spooked scores of fish in the shallows. The bog has largemouth, pickerel, pumpkinseed, and yellow perch. Some of the swirls seemed to be made by catchable fish and I was fishing right where those fish were located, but could only provoke three strikes in five hours. How would you have fished that bog, with zombie weeds everywhere and some algae blooming?

 

There was a lot of wood, even far from shore, and I peppered that without luck. I considered going to a fluke, but my weightless Senko looked like a fluke in the water.

[PhishLI]

57 minutes ago, ol'crickety said:

So, I appeal to the Bass Resource Brain Trust: I spooked scores of fish in the shallows.

This time of year, dirt shallow spots like this experience big temperature swings. Wind is the biggest factor, especially where overnights are in the 30s. It will suck out most of the warmth which might have accumulated during calmer, sunny days. It's been quite chilly at night in NY for the past week and a half, so pretty much the same for Maine, just colder.  During a rapid cold drop bass tend to be belly down in darker bottomed areas and are slow-moving. So is everything else. The first time I drove in the snow and ice by myself right after I got my license my father told me that whatever I think driving slowly is, cut it in half. This is a good place to start in your current situation at a place like this. Slow won't help if the fish are not there, spooky if they are, and not in the mood to eat, but it's the safe play if they are. This will all change once green weeds start popping up in this place. It's remarkable how much warmer those zones stay once they're up. When I wade just outside of them, I can instantly feel the difference in temperature, and it's not small. Once these green zones expand, so do the bite windows which might still be short, but furious. In a few weeks this bog will be a completely different place, and don't be surprised if it holds giants.

[LrgmouthShad]

I want to post up my early season, at least the parts of it that y'all haven't seen.

 

Not a lot of fish, but good quality. I've spent just about as much time graphing as I have fishing. 

 

Pic 1 is a fish I caught in Missouri before I left. Pics 2-4 show my best of the season so far. 

 

Looks like I need to break up the photos a little because of lacking storage. Anyways, Pic 5 will be another one in Texas, Pics 6-8 will be another one. All the Texan fish were on the same day.