Latest Catch Pics Thread

[Swamp Girl]

17 minutes ago, Woody B said:

In March I'm looking for a BUNCH of decent sized Bass. 

 

If anyone can do it, it's Mr. Consistency, aka you. 

[TnRiver46]

8 hours ago, ol'crickety said:

 

That's all you need.

 

 

And a snorkel exhaust 

[riverratryan]

Went to a reservoir today and managed to get two on a Bomber Squarebill in Apple Red

[Pat Brown]

Just one today under tough conditions but my first fish on a jig this year!!!!

 

[TnRiver46]

Love the “yig!” 
 

it’s also fun to pronounce with a Y 

[ATA]

[FishTax]

11 hours ago, Pat Brown said:

Just one today under tough conditions but my first fish on a jig this year!!!!

 

Excited to see the go pro in use! Hopefully some buzz bait and lipless videos coming soon?

[Pat Brown]

13 minutes ago, FishTax said:

Excited to see the go pro in use! Hopefully some buzz bait and lipless videos coming soon?

 

 

If the fish cooperate we may have some footage of some catches someday lol

[bp_fowler]

Another unseasonably nice day today so I made the trip out to the Gun Club.  The water was super clear and I saw signs of life for the first time in a while.  Only caught a pair of smallish fish and a had couple follows on the flashy swimmer.  

[Team9nine]

Backside of a high pressure system. SW winds sustained at 15-20 mph with regular gusts to almost 30 mph - was not fun for boat  control, but high hit 71 which was nice. Fish didn’t seem to like the frontal conditions either. Only caught two bass and half a dozen crappie, but a couple of them were decent (3 lb. bass; 2.73 lb. crappie). Rain 3 of the next 4 days might really hamper any further trips this week.

 

 

 

[N Florida Mike]

Slow at work so I hit the water around 3:15 to dark. Windy , sunny and cool. Decided to fish around our Island first and they weren’t there. Moved on down to the south end , and finally got one on a super fluke. Caught a couple more on it before switching to the Uv speed worm. Got a few more, then switched to a 10 inch grape shad culprit worm, and got 2-3 more as the sun set.  
I was a little suprised the bite wasn’t better. Got every fish dead sticking . Still cant find any real big fish, although Im seeing some bedding going on . I think the otters may have really decimated our fish over 5 pounds…🙁

All in all, a relaxing afternoon on the water though …

[Eric 26]

Got my first fish of 2024 yesterday. Caught 2 but other one picture didn’t turn out😟 They were definitely cold 😬

[AlabamaSpothunter]

Awesome job Eric, great to see you on the board for the year!   Here's to a great season 🙂

[Swamp Girl]

Way to go, Eric! You're on the board. 

 

16 hours ago, N Florida Mike said:

I think the otters may have really decimated our fish over 5 pounds…🙁

 

Gosh, I hope not. In 2023, I fished a bog twice. The first time I went, I had five otters surface by my boat, curious about me. The second time I went, I think I only caught about 5 bass and this was a bog good for 35 bass in 2022. 

[Blue Raider Bob]

38 minutes ago, Eric 26 said:

Got my first fish of 2024 yesterday. Caught 2 but other one picture didn’t turn out😟 They were definitely cold 😬

Eric broke out the inline spinner!!!!   Reminds me to fish it more often this year. Just the durn thing hangs everything below air level. Stumps, grass, sticks, and fish.

 

 

[Eric 26]

@Blue Raider Bob I had really good luck late last season on an 1/8 oz blue fox spinner but I remember our very own @ol'crickety commented on not forgetting the plain brass mepps and although this is a eagle claw version it still did the job. 

[Swamp Girl]

1 hour ago, Eric 26 said:

@Blue Raider Bob I had really good luck late last season on an 1/8 oz blue fox spinner but I remember our very own @ol'crickety commented on not forgetting the plain brass mepps and although this is a eagle claw version it still did the job. 

 

I get a kick out of catching bass on such a plain, old lure. 

[N Florida Mike]

4 hours ago, ol'crickety said:

Way to go, Eric! You're on the board. 

 

 

Gosh, I hope not. In 2023, I fished a bog twice. The first time I went, I had five otters surface by my boat, curious about me. The second time I went, I think I only caught about 5 bass and this was a bog good for 35 bass in 2022. 

 The fishing in my lake has declined steadily in the last 3 years after starting to see otters again. My best day 3 years ago was 35 also, and a 7.6 the same year with an  8.1 the year before . Im hard pressed to catch 10 in the same amount of time, and fish even over 4 pounds seem to be rare. If I could get a shot at the dern things I’d take it…

[Swamp Girl]

59 minutes ago, N Florida Mike said:

 The fishing in my lake has declined steadily in the last 3 years after starting to see otters again. My best day 3 years ago was 35 also, and a 7.6 the same year with an  8.1 the year before . Im hard pressed to catch 10 in the same amount of time, and fish even over 4 pounds seem to be rare. If I could get a shot at the dern things I’d take it…

 

I'm sorry to read about your otters, Mike. I once saw a nature show about otters and in the show, the narrator said that most predators struggle to kill, missing most of their prey, but not otters, which is why they're so playful and carefree. They expend energy willy-nilly because they're faster and smarter and more nimble than their prey. 

[Pat Brown]

Warm and rainy front got them biting good out on the grassy pond.

 

 

Found what they were eating too.

[thediscochef]

Finally hooked into a few of these little beep boops. Freight trained a red eye shad off the end of the ripraps that make up the pier. Such a fun bite.

[Dogface]

8 hours ago, Eric 26 said:

Got my first fish of 2024 yesterday. Caught 2 but other one picture didn’t turn out😟 They were definitely cold 😬

Congratulations I'm still trying. 👍

[TnRiver46]

Yall ever get surprised? Happened to me today. My boss needed help troubleshooting his depth finder so I helped him for a bit. The wind was blowing 20-30 so I didn’t want to use my boat. Fished off the dock at the paddle shop where we work for 1.5 hours after that and caught 22 fish, 5 species. Got one largemouth that was pretty nice! 

Check out this state of the art livescope 

 

[Swamp Girl]

Mooneye, aka the freshwater tarpon! Cool catch, @TnRiver46!

[AlabamaSpothunter]

Amazing day @TnRiver46, daygum stud on that green one 💪