Latest Catch Pics Thread

[AlabamaSpothunter]

4 hours ago, TnRiver46 said:

@LrgmouthShad, I will stop fishing when they lower me 6 feet down in a pine box. You heard it here first 

You'll stop fishing when they ban fry cookers 🤣

[T-Billy]

5 minutes ago, AlabamaSpothunter said:

then again a Kidney Stone will make you seek that higher power faster than chugging a handle of Jimmy Beam 🤣

I don't know about Jim making ya seek the Lord, but Mr. Beam will sure make you lie to him.

 

Oh Lord, PLEASE make these dry heaves go away!!! I promise, I'll never drink again. Oh No... no... NO........ Not the room spins!!! Oh Lord, HELP ME!!!!! I swear, I'll NEVER drink again!!!

[AlabamaSpothunter]

You ain't never partied if you haven't had that Come to Jesus moment at the Porcelain Throne 😆🤢

[T-Billy]

Roger that!!! Almost 13yrs clean and sober now, but there was a time.........

 

[Woody B]

22 hours ago, ol'crickety said:

The septic systems of lakeside homes leak, degrading water quality. If they want a suburban lawn, the fertilizers and herbicides are washed into the water. 

 

It's my belief the "damage" from a properly built septic system to a nearby lake is overstated.   The "stuff" contains nutrients that actually help feed part of the food chain.  Too much soap into the septic system (or routed straight into the lake) is a problem.  The good news is modern laundry soap doesn't have as much harmful stuff as it used to have.   The other good news is there's no way new construction would get passed by the building inspector if the washing machine drain was separate from the septic system....going straight into the water.   

 

Nitro based fertilizers cause algae bloom.   This, and the problems caused by herbicides are usually caused by farming activity upstream, instead of lakeside houses. Sewage spills from dairy and hog farms upstream are a bigger problem here than "most" problems caused by lakeside residents.   

 

There's always exceptions though.   

[LrgmouthShad]

@Woody B yeah, it might be a good idea to look for suburban lawns and opportunities for agricultural runoff when on the water. Or at least be aware of where it is

[gim]

1 hour ago, The Baron said:

and that was it for my $25 Jackhammer

25 bucks for a chattberbait?  Is this thing made of gold?

2 hours ago, Woody B said:

Nitro based fertilizers cause algae bloom.   This, and the problems caused by herbicides are usually caused by farming activity upstream, instead of lakeside houses. Sewage spills from dairy and hog farms upstream are a bigger problem here than "most" problems caused by lakeside residents.   

 

This has generally been the case.  However, here in MN there is now a buffer strip law that was implemented about 10 years ago during the previous governor and we are now seeing the full effects of it.  Every waterway, ditch, canal, stream, etc must have a natural grass buffer strip along the edge.  Row crops and farms cannot operate right up to the edge anymore.  It has greatly improved water quality here and added hundreds of miles of wildlife habitat as well.

 

It was initially very opposed by the agriculture lobby though.  Took a lot of legislation and lawsuits to make it happen.  The agriculture industry is very powerful and anything that affects their ability to farm or plant crops on as much land as possible is seen as detrimental to their bottom line, even if the environmental benefits are there.

[Blue Raider Bob]

   How wide is the buffer? This is interesting because if I was a private landowner making my living by row-crops, I would not want a large area of income denied me on my own land by the federal government. A 10' buffer is one thing but a 100' buffer would be government overreach. I am certainly not against the environmental protections that the waterways require, but private land used to earn a living should not be over-regulated. The buffer width is probably set by state governments and is different state to state.

     I have a wetlands area bordering a wet-weather creek. The government paid me to fence off the area to prevent grazing and erosion of the wetlands. It was a one time payment for labor and materials and a five year scouts honor contract. I am still maintaining the area for wildlife twenty years later. I wonder if the landowners are being compensated for loss of income, or if the borders are minimal.

[gim]

This is correct.  Its not a federal program, its a state one.

 

I had to look it up to find the exact numbers.  Its 50 feet on streams, lakes, rivers, and canals.  Its 16.5 feet on ditches.  So if you have land on both sides one of these, then the total is 100 feet.  The law was written in 2015, implemented in 2017, and enforced in 2018.  Its been on the books for 8 years with active enforcement by county for 5 years now.

 

The land owners or crop farmers were given some time to correct the issue, since undertaking something like that would be next to impossible in a short period of time.

 

I highly doubt other states have implemented this on a mandatory basis.  I know that Iowa is a bigger agriculture state than MN and the very thought of it there would send the farmers to town with pitchforks.  Iowa's water supply is heavily polluted with nitrogen from agricultural runoff and nitrogen is very expensive to remove from a water supply.  There is a balance required between allowing farmers to do business with minimal negative results to the environment.

 

There are a lot of rural, agriculture/farm workers on my Father's side of the family.  I've heard several of them say things about this that I won't repeat here.  Some of them think they are "stewards of the land."  It is my opinion that a more correct term would be "sewers of the land."  Some of this may be generational-related.  The younger generation of farmers are more environmentally-oriented than the old school way of doing it.  The older way of doing it was "when the price goes up, you plant more.  When it goes down, you plant more."  lol

 

This has gotten way off track though.  Its about posting bass photos, not water quality or agriculture practices.  My apologies for sending it off the rails.

 

[TnRiver46]

Todays word: riparian…….

[LrgmouthShad]

4 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said:

Todays word: riparian…….

Nerd

[thediscochef]

Well I don't have my own fish pic to post, and my buddy (not the PK buddy) doesn't really want his face on the web - but I put him on his first topwater bite with a walking bait today. He got 10 bites and converted half. I got sunk to the knees into some mud that was hungry for my boots but all came out intact. Would have been stuck 100% if I didn't have a buddy with me, but that's why I don't go to the public hunting lands alone - you never know what can happen and it happens fast. I'm just happy my buddy caught some, he's been blanked the last couple times we went. I've been wearing em out plenty the last few days though, I'm happy 

[thediscochef]

There we go

Dropped my buddy off, ate lunch. He lives on the other side of roberts from me so I had to stop on the way back. One nice spotted bass to keep the skunk at bay. She puked the tail and backbone of a smaller fish out on me. Gross. I left because I'm tired and the rain picked up pretty hard. No regrets

[bp_fowler]

Just two ✌Tough sledding today.  

[Fried Lemons]

Got on some good quality today. Bluebird skies, flat calm, lake turning over. I found the fish in chunk rock in 4-8ft feeding heavily on craws. Got one on a swing head and three on a football jig. 4-13, 5-0, 3-0, 5-5.

[Aaron_H]

On 10/23/2023 at 3:02 PM, A-Jay said:

Looks like I'm ending it right here ~ Last Brown Bass of 2023.

A-Jay

 

 

 

On 10/23/2023 at 4:15 PM, A-Jay said:

Thanks ~

No icebergs yet, just completely miserable fishing weather.

I must be getting old & weak.

A-Jay

 

This coming from Mr. Olympia over here.... 😂

[TnRiver46]

Got the seviin reel a workout this evening, caught several smallies including a double on the RAD crankbait and some on a fluke 

[Swamp Girl]

@TnRiver46 lives a heckuva fine life, living on the water and fishing several times each week. 

 

@Fried Lemons, you had a GREAT day. Two fives and a near five is WHOA! Catching them from shore makes them even more impressive.

 

Speaking of great days, am I the only one who wants to hear about lousy days too? Whatever he catches or doesn't catch, @thediscochef shares. I had three or four one-fish days in the spring and I shared too. The days we don't catch bass make the days we do catch bass even better, just like the little ones make the big ones better. As someone said, a fishing report is a full report, i.e. the good and the bad. 

[thediscochef]

Walking Bait Wednesdays are great when they follow Topwater Tuesdays. Hoping for 3DB Thursday tomorrow lol.

 

6 on a walking bait this morning before the wind shut me down. Biggest was just shy of 4#. Also got a superdink. Missed a few but my percentage is getting better. Fun fun. 

[bp_fowler]

Another rough day today.  Even though the temps are in the 70s again the fish haven’t recovered from the overnight lows in the 30s and low 40s earlier this week.  
 

One Dinkasaurus Rex to keep the skunk at bay.  
 

[T-Billy]

Beautiful fall day today. Colors are about at their peak.

This warm weather is buggering up the bite though. It needs to go away, I'm ready for some cold water mayhem. Couldn't get a muskie to cooperate today, so I spent a couple hours pitching laydowns before I headed home. I managed 7 LM with this 3.49# being the best of the bunch.

I also managed to find a floater for @gimruis. It was still alive, but just barely.

The below pic makes me happy. This shad school was about 8-10 acres in size. I saw another mid lake that was much larger. Things are setting up nicely for Muskiepalooza 23!!! Just need to get past this warm front and get that water cooling again. 

 

 

[keagbassr]

Fished this morning 8:30-2 ,boated 7 bass, 4 on a spinnerbait with 1 weighing 4-5,and 3 on a double wide beaver with 1 that weighed 3-14.

[Swamp Girl]

20 minutes ago, T-Billy said:

The below pic makes me happy. This shad school was about 8-10 acres in size. I saw another mid lake that was much larger.

 

That pic astounds me. I had no idea shad schools could be so big. I too am excited for MuskiePalooza 2023. Go, Tim, go!

 

More beasts by keagbasser! He sure can fish.

[T-Billy]

22 minutes ago, ol'crickety said:

 

That pic astounds me. I had no idea shad schools could be so big. I too am excited for MuskiePalooza 2023. Go, Tim, go!

 

 

They're just getting started Katie. As the water falls into the 40's, shad schools dozens of acres in size will form. Sometimes they're so dense my sonar will think the top of the school is the lake bottom. 

[TnRiver46]

That’s 365 days a year around here. I’ve thrown a cast net before and just about couldn’t pick it up