Latest Catch Pics Thread

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8 hours ago, IcatchDinks said:

Only caught two smaller bass and a rock bass. 

Rock bass. What an embarrassment to the rest of the bass family.

[IcatchDinks]

3 minutes ago, gimruis said:

Rock bass. What an embarrassment to the rest of the bass family.

I think of you every time I catch one. 

[The Baron]

Dang, that’s a heartbreaker @BrianMDTX.  Sounds like you did the near impossible getting her out of that tree though, with “fairy wand”.  lol 

[BrianMDTX]

It’s a St. Croix Bass-X 6’ 10” MLXF. It certainly had a bend in it but it got her out of the wood fast. Once out, she kept runnin’. We fought. I lost lol. 

[throttleplate]

4 hours ago, gimruis said:

@throttleplate is in northern MN so my guess is the water temps there are about 70 degrees. Where I am in Central Mn the water is 73 and all the bass and panfish are done spawning now. I don’t really target panfish outside of a couple trips in the early spring. I have no interest in them once the other seasons open here.

 

I actually live in Fargo ND, which borders Moorhead MN and i do all my panfishing in Detroit Lakes MN which according to this map i am considered to be fishing in central mn. I am really fishing in west central. I dont know how official this map is so it may vary between maps.

[MN Fisher]

5 minutes ago, throttleplate said:

I am really fishing in east central.

You mean West-Central?

 

I lived in northern MN for 6 years - Bemidji is east of Bagley, west of Lake Winnibegoshish on that map.

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I consider anything south of the Twin Cities to be southern MN and anything from Duluth or north to be northern MN.

 

Regardless…minor geography detail.

3 hours ago, IcatchDinks said:

I think of you every time I catch one. 

If I catch one, I’ll post a photo as proof for ya.

 

Hope it doesn’t happen lol

[throttleplate]

2 hours ago, MN Fisher said:

You mean West-Central?

 

I lived in northern MN for 6 years - Bemidji is east of Bagley, west of Lake Winnibegoshish on that map.

yes, i was thinking east LA for some reason, to much cheech and chong.

[MN Fisher]

5 minutes ago, throttleplate said:

to much cheech and chong.

Or was it the fact you snagged their van.

[throttleplate]

well i was driving behind a van today that reeked of weed smoke.

[Swamp Girl]

4 hours ago, IcatchDinks said:

I think of you every time I catch one. 

 

I actually want to catch one. I haven't caught one of those tough, little buggers since I was a kid.

[The Baron]

3 hours ago, BrianMDTX said:

It’s a St. Croix Bass-X 6’ 10” MLXF. It certainly had a bend in it but it got her out of the wood fast. Once out, she kept runnin’. We fought. I lost lol. 

Sounds like a heck of a tussle.

 

I forget which pro referred to spinning gear as a “fairy wand”, back when they started to show up more often at tournaments.  

[RenzokukenFisher]

This Bluegill was a fatty! This lake has a solid healthy and fat Bluegill population, interestingly the bass are a bit stunted. I think there's not enough size variance in the bluegills for the bass the feed their way up in size. With that being said there are some giant bass but they are very hard to come by. luckily though there are plenty of these guys to catch!

[MN Fisher]

12 minutes ago, RenzokukenFisher said:

This Bluegill was a fatty!

Wrong thread - this one is for bass only - you want this one for anything other than Bass

 

[MIbassyaker]

19 minutes ago, MN Fisher said:

Wrong thread - this one is for bass only - you want this one for anything other than Bass

 

 

Come on now.  Your "latest catch" is your latest catch. 

[RenzokukenFisher]

3 hours ago, MN Fisher said:

Wrong thread - this one is for bass only - you want this one for anything other than Bass

 

 

Hey the bass werent biting good that day what can I say!! Thank you for the reminder though I forgot about that thread

[Woody B]

I'm on vacation this week so I'm going to spend some time fishing.  I went last night and fished from midnight until 5.  I caught 11.  8 cookie cutters (but no dinks,  for me cookie cutters are 13" to 15") and 3 decent ones.   Biggest was first,  a 4.16 pound 20 inch long Largemouth.  (first picture)   I caught a Spot that might have been 4 pounds but I didn't weigh, measure of photograph it.  When I unhooked it I knocked a rod overboard.  I needed both hands to be able to grab the rod before it sank without falling out of the boat.   I didn't want to lay be Bass on carpet so I released it and saved the rod.   The last one (last picture) was a 16 inch Spot.  It looks bigger in the picture.  I was struggling to hold on to it.  It didn't have any teeth.  Both of it's lips, as well as it's tongue were slick.  It looked healthy to me.  I don't think the lack of teeth was keeping it from eating.  

[TnRiver46]

15 hours ago, gimruis said:

@throttleplate is in northern MN so my guess is the water temps there are about 70 degrees. Where I am in Central Mn the water is 73 and all the bass and panfish are done spawning now. I don’t really target panfish outside of a couple trips in the early spring. I have no interest in them once the other seasons open here.

Panfish done spawning? Bluegills go all summer long again and again 

[Swamp Girl]

That spot looks heavier than your lmb, @Woody B. Good fish!

[gim]

41 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said:

Panfish done spawning?

They might still be doing their thing north of me. They’re done here and have moved into a summer pattern now. Just like the bass and crappie.

[Swamp Girl]

I caught one bass a couple weeks ago with a slightly bloody tail. I also never saw a spawning bed. I think Maine bass spawn on the down low.

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Definitely, several fish I can caught lately are on the skinnier side and have shown signs of beat up fins or tails. It takes them a while to recover and heal.

[Swamp Girl]

I never even saw skinnier bass, suggesting they're post-spawn. They looked the same, all through March, April, May, and June. Only this girl was clearly pregnant and she went full Octomom:

 

[Woody B]

51 minutes ago, ol'crickety said:

That spot looks heavier than your lmb, @Woody B. Good fish!

It's not.  It was squirming around and I was about the drop it due to it's slick lips.  It was really close to the camera when I snapped the pic.  It was 16 inches long, the LM was 20.  

[Swamp Girl]

10 minutes ago, Woody B said:

It's not.  It was squirming around and I was about the drop it due to it's slick lips.  It was really close to the camera when I snapped the pic.  It was 16 inches long, the LM was 20.  

 

Ah, the camera and bass are tricksey, as @Glenn wisely noted.