Latest Catch Pics Thread

[Pat Brown]

@Blue Raider Bob it sounds like your bass are still very much still in their summer feeding patterns.

 

Our peak water temps (89°) have come down a whopping 10° in the past two weeks and I think that coupled with the darker moodier days and longer nights has them feeling fally ??? here!

 

[Swamp Girl]

22 minutes ago, Blue Raider Bob said:

When you laid her back in the water, did you take a moment to absorb and enjoy your blessings? What a paradise on earth!

 

I actually do wait a sec and just watch the bass when I release them. Many of them are content to suspend as I hold them gently, but some, mostly the smallmouth, are quick to flee.

 

Yeah, I love where I live. I'm nearly always the only one on the water, which I treasure. If I arrive at a launch and there's another car, I go to the next pond or bog.

 

Of course, having water to myself wouldn't be the case on weekends during the day, which is why I don't fish weekends during the day. 

 

58 bass is a busy day! I haven't had one of those in a couple months. 

[T-Billy]

Happy birthday @ol'crickety!!!

[roadwarrior]

 

 

                                                               

[gunsinger]

Does this fish make me look fat?  They say that the camera adds ten pounds.  That would make this little girl 14.5 lbs ?

 

It's been tough fishing in south MS for the last 2-3 week.  None of my go to's have been working and I've been relegated to 2-3 fish per day.  Saturday was no different, until I switch to a translucent spook.  Next thing you you I stuck 6 in a row.  This was the best of the bunch.  Lost 3 that may have been as good or better.

 

[Skunkmaster-k]

Cheers on your 67th @ol'crickety!

[gim]

4 hours ago, gunsinger said:

Does this fish make me look fat?

No, but bare feet is strictly against the fashion policy here. Appropriate footwear is required.

 

-Fashion Police

 

Nice fish BTW

[Bird]

My long time fishing partner joined me this morning for the first time since early may after having open heart surgery.

We caught all fish on Wacky rigged Senkos and Dingers.

This is his 1st fish in a long while.

[Swamp Girl]

10 hours ago, Bird said:

My long time fishing partner joined me this morning for the first time since early may after having open heart surgery.

We caught all fish on Wacky rigged Senkos and Dingers.

This is his 1st fish in a long while.

 

Atta, Pard'!

 

10 hours ago, gimruis said:

No, but bare feet is strictly against the fashion policy here. Appropriate footwear is required.

 

-Fashion Police

 

Nice fish BTW

 

I see so many young YouTubers fishing barefoot and I shake my head. So many hooks on a boat. 

[TnRiver46]

18 minutes ago, ol'crickety said:

 

Atta, Pard'!

 

 

I see so many young YouTubers fishing barefoot and I shake my head. So many hooks on a boat. 

I figured you’d be numb to it after hooking yourself 3-4 times this summer! ? 

 

that’s another one I always found funny about the dock owners not wanting people fishing around their dock. “Kids walk on the dock and swim here, what if they step on a hook??” 
 

kids fish in my boat and it’s got about 2,000-3,000 hooks on it 

[gim]

44 minutes ago, ol'crickety said:

I see so many young YouTubers fishing barefoot and I shake my head. So many hooks on a boat. 

I don't leave hooks laying around in my boat, ever.  But bare feet is still a no no.  Plus the dog is sometimes with, I don't need her stepping on a hook either.

 

When I worked as a DNR intern on walleye launches years ago, they always had a strict policy about footwear too.  No bare feet, ever.  I'm sure at some point, someone stepped on a hook.

[Swamp Girl]

1 hour ago, TnRiver46 said:

I figured you’d be numb to it after hooking yourself 3-4 times this summer! ? 

 

I know, huh? I upgrade some hooks on lures. The wonderful thing about the pricey hooks is that they're super sharp and hook bass better the horrible thing about the pricey hooks is that they're super sharp and hook us better. When I hooked myself last week, they slid into me like I was made of warm butter. 

 

34 minutes ago, gimruis said:

don't leave hooks laying around in my boat, ever. 

 

Don't you have lures tied to outfits? I always have six or seven rods and reels ready to cast in my canoe. 

[gim]

6 minutes ago, ol'crickety said:

Don't you have lures tied to outfits? I always have six or seven rods and reels ready to cast in my canoe. 

Sorry, that's not what I meant.  Yes, I have lures tied to my setups, but they are always stored under rod buckles/straps and the lures/hook is attached to the tender.  Or they are in my rod box. 

 

What I meant was no random hooks or lures just laying out on the floor or deck for someone (or the dog) to step on.  I'm generally an organized person by nature so my boat is kept that way all the time too.

[Swamp Girl]

6 minutes ago, gimruis said:

I'm generally an organized person by nature so my boat is kept that way all the time too.

 

Smart. My canoe can look chaotic, but everything is always in the same place. That way, I can reach for whatever I need without even looking first. I got stuck last week because I was in a different, smaller canoe so I could take the kid fishing. It was a two-person canoe, but shorter than my solo boat, plus we had his gear, so my system couldn't work. 

 

FWIW, I didn't fish this morning because tomorrow morning bodes to be even better. It's going to be in the mid-sixties all night tonight, which is unseasonably warm, nearly no wind, and raining steadily. I know you like to fish the rain too. 

[gim]

35 minutes ago, ol'crickety said:

I know you like to fish the rain too. 

Oh yes, a light steady rain is ideal.  Not heavy down pours lol

[thediscochef]

3 hours ago, ol'crickety said:

 

Atta, Pard'!

 

 

I see so many young YouTubers fishing barefoot and I shake my head. So many hooks on a boat. 

I'd just be afraid that the roland martin-shaped group of crows that follow me around the lake would get hungry, or perhaps fancy a game of 'this little piggy'. Those are my good walking toes! I can't have my toes be scratched by crows

[thediscochef]

My thumb is still recovering from yesterday's nice bass, she was toothy and angry. I caught a dink, lost a heavy heavy bite and then watched my buddy catch a PB of 6lb 8oz (middle pic), using a color, location, and technique that I suggested. Proud friend moment.

I'm not convinced that the heavy I lost was a bass. It ran like a bass, but my hooks were slimed. My best guess is still gar or a blue cat. I made a few technical mistakes in the process, I had the drag just a touch heavy because I was having trouble setting the hook from distance. But this hit was maybe 10 yards from me, I was not distance casting. I knew what was happening, felt the line may break, didn't set the hook hardly at all, and then eased up on the drag. It swam at me which didn't help. It dove into some invasive milfoil and left my red eye shad behind. But it was strong enough that 12# sufix siege felt like it would immediately break if I thumbed the spool at all. The answer to all this is to use the normal rod I use instead of trying to reinvent the wheel

[Swamp Girl]

21 minutes ago, thediscochef said:

I'd just be afraid that the roland martin-shaped group of crows that follow me around the lake would get hungry, or perhaps fancy a game of 'this little piggy'. Those are my good walking toes! I can't have my toes be scratched by crows

 

You're the man who jumped in the water and landed a giant bass. You have nothing to fear that walks or swims or flies this world. Remember this video I took of you?

 

[thediscochef]

5 minutes ago, ol'crickety said:

 

You're the man who jumped in the water and landed a giant bass. You have nothing to fear that walks or swims or flies this world. Remember this video I took of you?

 

It more of an ungraceful busting of the behind than a jump but we can go with jump ?

[Swamp Girl]

1 minute ago, thediscochef said:

My thumb is still recovering from yesterday's nice bass, she was toothy and angry. I caught a dink, lost a heavy heavy bite and then watched my buddy catch a PB of 6lb 8oz (middle pic), using a color, location, and technique that I suggested. Proud friend moment.

I'm not convinced that the heavy I lost was a bass. It ran like a bass, but my hooks were slimed. . I made a few technical mistakes in the process, I had the drag just a touch heavy because I was having trouble setting the hook from distance. But this hit was maybe 10 yards from me, I was not distance casting. I knew what was happening, felt the line may break, didn't set the hook hardly at all, and then eased up on the drag. It swam at me which didn't help. It dove into some invasive milfoil and left my red eye shad behind. But it was strong enough that 12# sufix siege felt like it would immediately break if I thumbed the spool at all. The answer to all this is to use the normal rod I use instead of trying to reinvent the wheel

 

I am amazed at the size of the bass you catch from shore. FROM SHORE! You'd be landing DDs with a boat.

[thediscochef]

13 minutes ago, ol'crickety said:

 

I am amazed at the size of the bass you catch from shore. FROM SHORE! You'd be landing DDs with a boat.

I just wish I caught them more consistently lol. I do take a small level of pride in the consistency I do have considering the amount of pressure at the main spot I fish.

The buddy I was with today who caught the big bass has been talking about getting an aluminum bass tracker so hopefully we can make that a reality soon ?

I always fish better out of a boat.

I had a cool experience running the red eye shad up an incline of riprap, I could see a ball of larger (4-5") shads all around it before it got too shallow and they scattered. That color and size is magic at that spot I swear. If bass hitting any moving baits at all it's gonna get crushed sooner or later. Problem lately is they're only sometimes hitting moving baits

[Swamp Girl]

7 minutes ago, thediscochef said:

The buddy I was with today who caught the big bass has been talking about getting an aluminum bass tracker so hopefully we can make that a reality soon

 

I wish I were Jean-Luc Picard and that I had a number one. If I did, I'd hear ^this^ wish and say to my #1, "Make it so."

 

8 minutes ago, thediscochef said:

I always fish better out of a boat.

 

I think we all do and the bonus of a boat is that you don't have to jump into the water to fetch a beast.

[Blue Raider Bob]

1 hour ago, thediscochef said:

My thumb is still recovering from yesterday's nice bass, she was toothy and angry. I caught a dink, lost a heavy heavy bite and then watched my buddy catch a PB of 6lb 8oz (middle pic), using a color, location, and technique that I suggested. Proud friend moment.

I'm not convinced that the heavy I lost was a bass. It ran like a bass, but my hooks were slimed. My best guess is still gar or a blue cat. I made a few technical mistakes in the process, I had the drag just a touch heavy because I was having trouble setting the hook from distance. But this hit was maybe 10 yards from me, I was not distance casting. I knew what was happening, felt the line may break, didn't set the hook hardly at all, and then eased up on the drag. It swam at me which didn't help. It dove into some invasive milfoil and left my red eye shad behind. But it was strong enough that 12# sufix siege felt like it would immediately break if I thumbed the spool at all. The answer to all this is to use the normal rod I use instead of trying to reinvent the wheel

Looks like you lip grabbed a Walleye! Our LM don't grow teeth like ya'lls in Texas. Sure that was a bass??

[The Baron]

I decided to give the couple of lakes I’ve been focusing on a break, and try to change my luck (which has been poor recently).  It worked and we had a fun day.  I hooked and landed 4 decent largemouth and about 8 pike (one about 4#, the rest very small) on a chatterbait.  This was a victory for me, as I’d previously had very poor luck on a chatterbait.  It may have finally sunk in for me that this lure needs to be run through or just ticking the top of sparse weeds.  It’s a very cool bite feeling as the bait feels like it just stalls and then the instinctive rod sweep loads up on a fish. ?  I was fishing a 1/2oz. Z-Man Original on a 7’ MH moderate rod with 12# Suffix Advance.  My hookup ratio was very high and landing percentage 100% so it confirms the softer rod and line stretch in that system is perfect.

 

I also caught one largemouth on a jerkbait, and missed a couple good ones (big blowups, anyway) on a frog.  All in all, a very good day. ?

[thediscochef]

1 minute ago, The Baron said:

I decided to give the couple of lakes I’ve been focusing on a break, and try to change my luck (which has been poor recently).  It worked and we had a pretty decent day.  I hooked and landed 4 decent largemouth and about 8 pike (one about 4#, the rest very small) on a chatterbait.  This was a victory for me, as I’d previously had very poor luck on a chatterbait.  It may have finally sunk in for me that this lure needs to be run through or just ticking the top of sparse weeds.  It’s a very cool bite feeling as the bait feels like it just stalls and then the instinctive rod sweep loads up on a fish. ?  I was fishing a 1/2oz. Z-Man Original on a 7’ MH moderate rod with 12# Suffix Advance.  My hookup ratio was very high and landing percentage 100% so it confirms the softer rod and line stretch in that system is perfect.

 

I also caught one largemouth on a jerkbait, and missed a couple good ones (big blowups, anyway) on a frog.  All in all, a very good day. ?

chatterbaits are such a fun and responsive way to fish, Nice!