Latest Catch Pics Thread

[TnRiver46]

@MIbassyaker, bringing our own canoe has more than paid for itself, those rentals add up. Did get about halfway to losing it on i75 in Lima Ohio tho…… 

[IcatchDinks]

23 hours ago, TnRiver46 said:

 

we ❤️ Michigan!!!!!!!

 

It truly is a wonderful state. I'm proud to call it home. 

 

Awesome story! River smallies are so much fun. 

[Dominat0r]

Streak continues!!! Wasn't able to go out long, but took a tiny trap out (my oldest bait, old school Bill Lewis hard case with the little card inside). Got this little guy. 

 

However, I ended up losing the lure to a BIG peakcock. He broke my 15lbs braid when he ducked under some rocks. Bummer, but I have caught TONS off that and I already ordered another tiny trap. I had to pick a different color his time around, something that has been working here in my pond. 

 

[The Baron]

@J._Bricker  Good decision!  Certainly possible guys just zipped by and never fished that patch.  But I read somewhere about boat traffic actually adding oxygen, so I wonder if that might be a factor in why a mat right by the boat channel fished so good. ?

[J._Bricker]

Very good possibility @The Baron regarding boat traffic, I’ve gone by it a few times before I decided to stop and fish it. At the time, the tide had swung so there was some current and other boats were going by so it may have helped contribute to an ideal situation ?.

[TnRiver46]

4 hours ago, IcatchDinks said:

 

It truly is a wonderful state. I'm proud to call it home. 

 

Awesome story! River smallies are so much fun. 

#little bit jelly………. Wonderful state no doubt. I like mine but I like yours second……….

[Pat Brown]

I grew up fishing Lake St Clair and Lake Huron and Lake Michigan up North during the summer for smallmouth.  Fished some of my home lakes with my dad growing up but mostly catfish and stripers, nothing like we used to do in the summer up North, which was way more of a foreshadowing towards what was to come years later for me.

 

Wading in crystal clear knee deep water and sticking gorgeous untouched aggressive 2-3 lb bass on every cast til the sunset on crankbaits and floating minnows.  Trolling around in the bay where you could see 20 feet down and watch smallmouth in the boulders.  It was probably the stuff that led me to this world 'full circle' as an adult bass fisherman in NC.  Largemouth Bass fishing is a little more of a stealth, strategy and raw power kinda deal, and it's got my heart now, but I will get back up there to those beautiful brown fish one day soon.

 

Michigan is like ground zero for bass fishing for me.  I'll always love it.

[N Florida Mike]

Another good fish at the church pond with the faintest hint of the sun coming up. Zoom horny toad did the trick!

[Swamp Girl]

1 hour ago, Pat Brown said:

Wading in crystal clear knee deep water and sticking gorgeous untouched aggressive 2-3 lb bass on every cast til the sunset on crankbaits and floating minnows. 

 

Ah, you lived in Heaven.

 

Whoa, @N Florida Mike!

 

 

[Woody B]

I went to a local smallish lake this morning(Moss lake Shelby NC) to see if my healing finger could stand fishing.  I don't usually catch many there.    I caught 2 bass, a catfish and a bluegill.  The bluegill and the 2nd bass were a double.  My finger is fine.  I'm going back to Lake Wylie tonight, probably around 10.   There was a mayfly hatch back in June, but a friend of mine said they're hatching again.  Hopefully that will translate into some nighttime top water action.   First bass and cat were on a bladed jig.  The bass/bluegill double was on a DT6.  (the same DT6 that lost a hook into my finger last week)

 

[LrgmouthShad]

@Woody B are you far from Badin? Just wanna know how that lake is doing. I heard a report from somebody recently though and they said they did really well for numbers, catching a bunch of 2-3lbers

[Dominat0r]

Well, for streak purposes, I got my fish for today, streak is on fire.....same as me, its H O T! 

 

98F and feels like 108 with the UV index of 9. No clouds today, blue bird skies. 

 

He has no way of fitting the lure in his mouth, but he bit it away. Going back once the crematoria is done and the land is scorched. I will edit this with a bass.....just COULD NOT stand that heat.

 

 

 

[Woody B]

@LrgmouthShad  I'd guess I'm a couple hours from Badin.  I've never been there.  I like in Grover, which is Interstate 85 right at the NC/SC state line.   I fish Lake Wylie, and other Catawba River lakes mostly.   

[Team9nine]

Been hammered by two good storm systems in 24 hours. Lots of rain which I thought would help our bite, but that hasn’t been the case. A dozen bass from two different locations is it, and nothing big. This morning’s storms did add some extra cover to one of the lakes which was sorely lacking ?? …but the bass haven’t started using it yet - lol

 

 

 

[gim]

Is that last photo a merry-go-round underwater @Team9nine?

[MIbassyaker]

Now it's a merry-go-under ?

 

[Team9nine]

Upside down trampoline. Hoping the bass aren’t all trapped under the safety cage ?

 

11 minutes ago, gimruis said:

Is that last photo a merry-go-round underwater @Team9nine?

 

8 minutes ago, MIbassyaker said:

Now it's a merry-go-under ?

 

 

[Dominat0r]

Bass added. Have a function tonight, but was able to get out there. Got this guy on a whacky rig. 

 

Ate my senko, YUMMY!

 

[Swamp Girl]

I went out this evening, but the bass hammered me. Yep, I was the nail. This nail:

 

 

The wind has blown out of the south for a week, but later this afternoon, it swung out of the north, dropping the temp about 15 degrees. I knew that could clamp their mouths, but it's also full moonish, so I thought I could still catch a few.

 

Well, a few bitsy bass is all I caught, i.e. four of them. And then the north wind blew me off the bog. I didn't even have to paddle. It pushed me all the way back to the car. So, I loaded the canoe as the sky darkened and scooted before it became Stephen Kingy, with the trees groaning and the high grass rustling. 

[TnRiver46]

@ol'crickety, wind plus canoe equals use a kayak, preferably a sit-in 

 

easy for me to say, we don’t get wind often. But I’ve got a little 20 dollar yard sale kayak that is great in wind , paddles crazy fast and easy 

[IcatchDinks]

The mom n pop fabrication shop I work for sponsored a little in-house fishing tournament for biggest bass (any species) and biggest pike this weekend.  It was catch and release. Seven employees showed up, but two of them (a husband and wife team) had boat troubles and had to pull out last minute. The fishing was rough for everyone. We got hammered last night by a major thunderstorm, that dropped the temps by about ten/fifteen degrees.

 

I paired up with a buddy from work, and we had a blast on the water, regardless of the slow fishing. The lakes we were fishing are all connected together by rivers, backwaters, and channels, and the scenery and wild life were stunning. I'm probably gonna come back soon.

 

I caught several small LMB, but nothing much over 13 inches. I also hooked and landed a nineteen inch pike, but we didn't count him because he wasn't over the legal harvest limit, and thus didn't qualify for the tournament according to our made up on the spur of the moment rules. We also caught a bunch of bluegill for my buddy to have a fish fry. 

 

All in all, it was a wonderful morning. I'd have gladly spent all day out there. 

Fortunately for my neck, I didn't. After my haircut, I forgot that the back of my neck is now an exposed skin surface to the sun and got burned pretty bad. All other skin was covered pretty well with long clothing. 

 

An absolute blast. 

 

10/10 recommend. 

 

 

 

 

 

Oh, and the winner brought in an 18 inch Largemouth, and a 14 inch Largemouth. 

[Swamp Girl]

8 hours ago, TnRiver46 said:

@ol'crickety, wind plus canoe equals use a kayak, preferably a sit-in 

 

easy for me to say, we don’t get wind often. But I’ve got a little 20 dollar yard sale kayak that is great in wind , paddles crazy fast and easy 

 

A sit-on-top kayak would have helped, for sure. My canoe is 32 lbs. and 15' 6", which means it floats ATOP the water like a water spider. A boat that nestles into the water won't be wind-bullied as much. 

 

The advantage of fishing from a bullyable canoe is that when do hook a bass, it feels seven times bigger than it actually is.

[Woody B]

I went last night from 11:30 until 3:30.  I was going to go a little earlier but had to wait out a thunderstorm.   I caught 8 Bass and 1 small Blue Cat.   Bass were all spots, between 14 and 18 inches.   I lost 3, but I think they may have been Gar.  It was cloudy/no moon so it was really dark.  All 3 that I lost jumped really high (like longnose Gar do).  2 came loose on the jump, the 3rd was still hooked, when it landed but line went limp.  It looked like it had been cut with a knife.  Not frayed at all, no curly area like knot failure either.  I didn't have much pressure on it.  I had checked my line a couple cast before and it had no nicks.  7 of the Bass and the fish that were lost were on a bladed jig.  The Cat and 1 Bass were on a DT6.  I would have stayed longer but Mrs B is out of town.  Our Yorkie get's an insulin shot at 5:30 and I had to be home to administer it.   Dolly (yorkie) went with me yesterday morning.  I didn't think a night trip with her would be a good idea.  

 

[BigAngus752]

9 hours ago, IcatchDinks said:

The lakes we were fishing are all connected together by rivers, backwaters, and channels, and the scenery and wild life were stunning.

This sounds fantastic.  I'm ready to drive there right now.  Sounds like an excellent day.

[Pat Brown]

@Woody B that's the darndest thing!

 

I went out yesterday on the boat and got three little guys and on bites that felt like they should have been giant by the way they hit and loaded the rod and the areas I got the bites, I snapped clean off on the hookset.

 

I don't play around with fishing line.  15-20 lb fluorocarbon is about all I ever use.  I seldom if ever break off period, often dredging up logs and sticks instead.  I know my knot was solid.

 

I wonder if it was gar for me as well?!?!?

 

I mean my line looked like someone took scissors to it next to a laydown.  As clean of a cut as I've ever seen.

 

Funny thing is I retied moved 20 ft down the bank and on the next cast same thing happened.  Both times my worm got a healthy and assertive thump and the line started moving.

 

I got nothing but gar seems plausible.