Latest Catch Pics Thread

[PhishLI]

1 minute ago, LrgmouthShad said:

I mean, razor woulda been fine too. We coulda rolled with it. Instead of saying “that dude’s a hammer,” we’d say “that guy really gave those bass a shavin”

Killin me???

[BrianMDTX]

@hokiehunter373 Did I miss a post about you finally getting that boat? Or am I having a “moment”? ? Sorry about your rod. But with that boat, your catches are going to go up for sure. 
 

Forecast here starting Thursday. Ugh! 

 

[TheBaitMonkey]

Door county seems to never disappoint.

 

4lb 4oz on a 3” spark shad -

 

 

[Dominat0r]

Got these before dinner. Snake head ate a d**n zoom speed worm, the whole worm down its throat. That’s not going to come out nice haha. 
 

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11 minutes ago, BrianMDTX said:

Forecast here starting Thursday. Ugh! 

Man that is brutal.  I thought it was warm here when it was 84.  I'd be hiding in my basement with the AC blasting.

3 minutes ago, Dominat0r said:

Got these before dinner

Do us a favor and get rid of that metal j hook on your scale.  Please use a clamp instead.

[BrianMDTX]

11 hours ago, ol'crickety said:

Fishing with your pop and your dog? Man, you scored! Sorry I couldn't leave a reaction. I'm all out. 

 

What was it like fishing in that raft? Was it stiff enough to give you some support?

This is my boat/raft/whatever lol. Small (7’), lightweight, and with the optional plywood floor, relatively stable. Takes about two minutes to inflate it with the foot pump. I modded it with a 7” seat pedestal and a seat to get me up higher than the included inflatable seat and use a yak paddle vs the oars. I have had some bass pull me around in it lol. Also added a two-rod holder, so two rods there and one rod under each side of the seat (plus one in the hand) and I can fish with five rigs. Great for ponds. Not so much for big lakes, but I’ve had it on a small lake (200 acres) and did ok. 

[Swamp Girl]

I love it, Brian! What's the weight?

[BrianMDTX]

4 minutes ago, ol'crickety said:

I love it, Brian! What's the weight?

Per Sea Eagle’s website: “Better than a floating tube! This packraft is a completely dry enclosed hull that weighs only 22 lbs. Fully loaded with floorboard, oars, and seat a mere 32 lbs.” 

[GreenPig]

Rode over to a friend's place this afternoon to help him work on his hay irrigation setup. Well he has three ponds so I of course took a rod with a KGB Chad Shad and boy did it pay off with a couple giants.?

[Dominat0r]

They are aggressive little buggers. I got one where my worm was almost as long as the fish haha. 

[Drawdown]

This one was every bit of 3lbs. Hooked him tonight when that sun got at that “golden angle,” on a TX-rigged Black Grape Zoom Trick Worm with a 1/8 weight. Didn’t have my scale to tell how far north of 3 it was, but felt awful nice to catch one with a big ole mouth, again.

 

 

But better still, my nephew caught his first bass tonight! Started him fishing last year, and he’s caught plenty of panfish in creeks, but always watching me catch bass I’m targeting.

I was determined to solidify his obsession by returning to this spot tonight and coaching him on picking apart cover, and it paid off. He also lost a big one right as I hooked this one. Pretty crazy we were fighting good fish at the same time.

But in a way, for the purpose of keeping him addicted, it’s even better it happened that way—he’s already insisting his was way bigger than mine. ?

[Dominat0r]

Biggest one at night so far, 3lbs 1oz. 

 

[Swamp Girl]

@AlabamaSpothunter

 

Alex, I was thinking about how quickly your beast reached the net. I think you got super lucky with her. No way would a bass that big be tuckered so quickly. In her fury, you got lucky and just happened to net her as she thrashed your way. Well, it wasn't luck. It takes a heckuva netting job to land a bonkers bass. Anyway, I love your videos and look forward to more. Thanks for releasing her so quickly! I try to do the same. 

[AlabamaSpothunter]

2 minutes ago, ol'crickety said:

@AlabamaSpothunter

 

Alex, I was thinking about how quickly your beast reached the net. I think you got super lucky with her. No way would a bass that big be tuckered so quickly. In her fury, you got lucky and just happened to net her as she thrashed your way. Well, it wasn't luck. It takes a heckuva netting job to land a bonkers bass. Anyway, I love your videos and look forward to more. Thanks for releasing her so quickly! I try to do the same. 

You're 100% right Katie, she was super green when netted, and thrashed the lure out of her mouth a few seconds after hitting the net.  

 

Early on I watched Tactical Bassin preach about wrenching these big swimbait fish in.....keep those hook points pointed towards you and always keep the fish moving towards you.   That works great when you hook them 15-20yds from the boat, but so many times like this fish they hit the bait within 5-10ft of the boat.   She ate it really close to the boat, close enough I watched the whole thing go down.  

 

With that 7'9 XH Mod Fast and 20lb Sniper, you can really muscle these fish.  It's a coin flip whether they're gonna throw those heavy baits once they jump.   Sure enough yesterday it was 1/2 once they jumped with that big bait.   

[Swamp Girl]

@AlabamaSpothunter:

 

Alex, the advantage of your videos is that I can watch different parts of action with different viewings. I saw you not reeling, but wrenching.

 

I struggle sometimes with my reel handle. It's so key that I keep the pressure on my bass because there's so little water and so many weeds. Sometimes, between being old and my heart beating double-time, my fingers slip off the knob. I hate when that happens. 

 

I don't expect I'll ever catch a bass as big as yours, but I'm sure glad you catch them! Your latest was a Lake Baccarac-sized bass.  

 

7'9? Man, that's a lot of rod! I've never owned one that long.

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3 minutes ago, ol'crickety said:

7'9? Man, that's a lot of rod! I've never owned one that long.

Some muskie rods are 9 feet long now.  8 footers are the standard.  I don't know how guys toss those enormous lures on 9 foot heavy action rods for hours on end.  They must be made of iron.

[Swamp Girl]

Just now, gimruis said:

I don't know how guys toss those enormous lures on 9 foot heavy action rods for hours on end. 

 

^This^ is why I quit musky fishing. I remember times when I'd been lobbing billy-club-sized lures for five hours and I'd just stop and sag for a moment. 

[AlabamaSpothunter]

I'm the same way Katie, I'll get all excited and miss a turn on the reel handle, or I'll set the hook in the most awkward manner possible.   I'd pay a heavy tax for a few weeks at least if I fished in areas like you, as I'd lose lots and lots of fish with my current gear.   

 

I agree completely about the videos, without capturing the cast on film, I'd have no idea where I caught that fish.....I wish I could keep my composure better and remember the details of it all, but once I get the shakes, I become all floaty and details seem to fly out the window.

 

Perhaps the most important thing from yesterday is I realized these fish were likely coming up from 18-20ft hard cover rather than the 5-12ft hard cover zones I'd been hammering for weeks.   That whole area in front on me in the video is like "little Vietnam" underwater. 

[Dominat0r]

15 hours ago, gimruis said:

Do us a favor and get rid of that metal j hook on your scale.  Please use a clamp instead.

 

Didn't see this before, yes, I have one coming.....I do take good care of them when I weigh them, not to damage their gills. The big one thats going through the mouth was a hole that was already there. I do not puncture them at all, ever. 

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21 minutes ago, Dominat0r said:

Didn't see this before, yes, I have one coming.....I do take good care of them when I weigh them, not to damage their gills. The big one thats going through the mouth was a hole that was already there. I do not puncture them at all, ever. 

I'm glad you have one coming.  Those metal j hooks are an accident waiting to happen.  The older scales always came with them.  Most of the newer ones I see now come with a clamp instead.  I've had fish wiggle off the hook, smack onto the floor/ground, and knock themselves stone dead.

[keagbassr]

Got out today about 730-12 ,caught 8 bass 1 on a swimjig,2 on a buzzbait and 5 on a frog with one of the buzzbait fish the best of the day weighing 5-7.

[AlabamaSpothunter]

1 minute ago, keagbassr said:

Got out today about 730-12 ,caught 8 bass 1 on a swimjig,2 on a buzzbait and 5 on a frog with one of the buzzbait fish the best of the day weighing 5-7.

Daygum stud, love those dark Bass you always post.  

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11 minutes ago, keagbassr said:

 

I'm wondering what was on your shirt that you etched out of sight...

[keagbassr]

An unwelcome (on br) truth.

[MN Fisher]

This morning was the guided trip that the wife got me for Yule. Slow, but did catch a couple decent ones. Both caught on a 3/16oz Black Owner Blockhead with a Green Pumpkin TRD dragged through weeds in 8'-10' of water.

There was also a couple 1# caught, a 2# pike and a pumpkinseed the size of a cup saucer...all on the Ned.