Latest Catch Pics Thread

[Blue Raider Bob]

11 hours ago, gimruis said:

I’ve got one very similar on my deck. Just a word of advice. Don’t use it if there’s some wind. Mine folded upward like an accordion in a gust of wind, broke into 3 pieces, and ended up in the neighbors yard.

I second that! Had a triple canopy caught a huge, sudden squall on the Cumberland river. Broke the pole and sent the umbrella into the drink. Now it's structure.

9 hours ago, IcatchDinks said:

Every Thursday evening I play volleyball in a recreational league at the park. The park surrounded by a river. We had an hour in between games, so I waded around in the river looking for a bite. The stretch I was fishing has never been a big producer for me, but I caught a couple rock bass and one tiny smallmouth to confirm to myself that I do indeed still catch dinks. 

 

I love this! Took his gear to volleyball games and waded the river between games. All the people in the stands were wondering, "Who is that nut"?  All the BR crew is thinking, "Yep, one of us"!

[Swamp Girl]

15 minutes ago, Blue Raider Bob said:

I love this! Took his gear to volleyball games and waded the river between games. All the people in the stands were wondering, "Who is that nut"?  All the BR crew is thinking, "Yep, one of us"!

 

Funny post, Bob. Funny 'cause it's TRUE!

[IcatchDinks]

Caught a bunch of dinks this morning before work. Caught around ten. These were the three biggest ones. 

 

 

 

[gim]

57 minutes ago, Blue Raider Bob said:

Had a triple canopy caught a huge, sudden squall on the Cumberland river. Broke the pole and sent the umbrella into the drink.

 

Umbrellas are not meant to fold upwards.  They are meant to fold downwards.

 

Luckily, the base of mine survived when that wind took it.  So I simply just had to buy a new shade umbrella and I could use the same base.  Now, I wrap that sucker with 3 bungee cords when not in use too.

[bp_fowler]

Hit the crappie hole this morning from 5-7 am.  Caught 4 on 6 bites.  Unfortunately all smaller than average for this body of water. Trying a new body of water Sunday, from a kayak no less.  Hopefully I can report back that I boated some quality fish. 

[Woody B]

I went to a different lake today.  Monticello Reservoir in Fairfield County SC.   It's a man made ~7000 acre lake.  It's a "pumped storage facility" for a nuclear plant.  I was hoping to catch some Menderchuck reject Smallmouth Bass.   I started out in a rocky area and quickly caught 3 decent Largemouth.   The first 2 were ~3 pounds (guess, first 2 pictures).  The 3rd was 4.26 pounds (actually weighed, 3rd picture).  There was a little bit of mayfly action early.   The shallow bite died so I moves off shore.   I caught a BUNCH of tiny Largemouth 25 to 40 feet deep but now decent Bass.   (one dink pictured)   I'd find schools around deep brushpiles.  I've been keeping my Active Target depth at 25 feet (and range at 100 feet) for a while instead of "auto" so I could gauge the size of fish.  I had to change that to 50 feet so I didn't have a good idea of the size of fish in the schools.   I'd catch a couple dinks at a location, then move to find some more.  I never found any decent sized deep Bass or any Smallmouth.   I've got Bass thumb, but it doesn't count since there were only 3 Bass over 14 inches.   I'm not sure where I'm going tomorrow yet.   I'm considering a Broad River trip to try and catch some Brown Bass but I'm not sure about my boat in a river.  There's a dam, and a 238 acre "lake" but it's over 100 years old, and probably full of silt.  

 

[Team9nine]

One more test for the umbrella setup today. High of 90, just a few clouds, and NE breeze at 5-7 mph. Definitely makes a difference when out in those conditions. Found a few bass on one structure that I was able to trigger on a deep crank. Couldn’t buy a bite on slower stuff. Also picked off a dozen crappie on a brushpile I found in the area. That will be it most likely until we drop back to 90 or below, which isn’t supposed to be until late next week.

 

 

[thediscochef]

I got out with a buddy of mine on a guided trip he invited me to. I haven't really fished since my big day at Texoma a while back. A new lake for us, a very small one compared to our normal (but closed) territory. We threw mostly worms and jigs today. Tough conditions; super still with big sun and an obvious thermocline setting up. Max depth 20 feet, very muddy sort of bath tub type place, basically all the relatable structure or cover is around the rim with the exception of a couple brush and rock piles. I dragged a shakey head across a ledge though and hooked into this 4-7 midway through the day. She wound up being big bass for the day. I caught two small dinks otherwise. Slow tough day but it's the first 4+ I've had in several weeks so I feel good about it.

[Swamp Girl]

I fished for 2.5 hours and struggled to catch ten bass, catching the 10th, a smallmouth, in the dark on the paddle back. However, the ninth bass was a nice one and she's the third one down. The temp here is dropping fast, about 30 degrees in 30 hours, so that might be why they weren't hitting like they normally do. Still, I was happy to be on the water.

 

Congrats, @thediscochef!

 

Nice one too, @Woody B!

[FishTank]

Caught a couple of good ones the past few days.  The first was on a Megabass Siglett.  I caught fish of all shapes, species, and sizes on this bait. It's just a blast. BFS gear once again. 

 

 

I also broke in my new Tatula BF 70. Fun reel but it has a few issues, like the random backlashes (as though there are no brakes), load noise on casting (sounds like screech and a rattel) and line getting between the spool and the frame. It does bring in the fish though.  I caught about 15 small ones and a couple of good ones. All on 5lb Sunline Invisible and a trout bait.

 

 

 

 

[Jmurphy87]

I caught this little guy in the first 10 minutes and then it went dead for 2 hours and I called it good. But hey a fish in 10 minutes after it’s been over 2 weeks is a win in my book.

[IcatchDinks]

@Jmurphy87 glad to see you back at it! 

[keagbassr]

Had another 20+ day fishing-less stretch come to an end about a week and a half ago. Got a few trips in since then. Felt a little lost as last I was out they were killing buzzbaits but not now. Still managed to get some with a few good ones mixed in. 5-0 on a frog,  3-15 on a punch rig double wide beaver and 4-5 on a 10" worm.

[Swamp Girl]

@FishTank: If I fished 5 lb. test, I'd catch nada. A bass would plow into a weed and ping! When I hook a bass in a weed field, I see weed after weed pulled under as bass veer into it. Look at the weeds in my first and third photos and those are just the weeds that show on the surface. Don't you have weeds too and if you do, how does your line survive them? I can't argue with your results. You catch big bass. I'm just confused by your line choice and wonder how you do it.

 

@Jmurphy87: You urban, shore bound anglers amaze me. You almost always catch something and sometimes you catch a four or five-pounder, like @IcatchDinks's 22-incher. Of course, there's @Pat Brown, who catches DD from the shore, but it's rumored that FFS was developed by scanning his brain. It's further said that FFS is a crude facsimile of Pat's brain. I don't know if any of this is true, but that's what being said. 

 

Am I the only one who'd love to fish with @keagbassr? Heck, he wouldn't even have to let me aboard his boat. I could simply tie a rope to his boat and I'd be 20 yards behind him in my canoe. Double-heck, I wouldn't even need a rod and reel! Just some binoculars, for watching and learning. 

 

 

 

 

 

[IcatchDinks]

6:30-8:45. Two fish. 

 

 

 

 

Caught the first one on a top water blowup, so that was fun, even if he was tiny. 

 

Water levels have decreased drastically this week thanks to all the heat. It's supposed to rain pretty good all weekend, although it's only been light sprinkles so far this morning. My county is currently under a flood watch. Looking at the water levels, I find it kind of hard to believe we could get flooding, but I'm hoping we get a ton of rain to replenish my favorite fishing holes. 

[Swamp Girl]

@IcatchDinks, please share some of your coming rain. I love fishing current, where streams enter and exit. Say, you could feed your first bass above to your 22-incher!

[IcatchDinks]

8 minutes ago, ol'crickety said:

@IcatchDinksSay, you could feed your first bass above to your 22-incher!

 

That's what I thought when I caught him! 😂 At first I couldn't tell how big he was because he brought about three pounds of weeds with him. I was a little disappointed to find out I'd only caught bait. 

 

[Swamp Girl]

@IcatchDinks, in the past week, I've twice had big bass hit smaller bass that I was playing beside my canoe. 

 

Apropos of nothin', here's how tired I was when I docked last night: I was using a friend's canoe, so I docked at what I thought was his house, unloaded, and was lugging gear up to my car when I saw the house and realized it was the wrong house. YIKES! I scurried out of there.

 

Maybe I shouldn't linger into the darkness, but I love being alone on a lake in the dark. Love. it. I see the windows of the camps glowing yellow and I both envy and pity them. I contemplate how few people have ever been alone on a lake in the dark even once in their lives because we are told, again and again and again, to be afraid. Fear is humbug. 

 

 

[IcatchDinks]

@ol'crickety that's too funny! I've definitely done stuff like that before. Once tried to get into some random stranger's car thinking it was mine. Lol

 

Once we get over that inate fear of the dark, the outdoors at night is such a wonderful experience. 

[OHBuckets]

Got on a handful early this morning, then burnt time dragging the bottom before coffee. Here's a nice golden one

Unfortunately one of my most recently productive rods bit the dust too - went to set the hook on a ~2lber (Agent E lure), and *crack*. Tip went down the line into the water, then I tried to handline the fish in for about 10 seconds before I lost it. Sorry wallet! [was a Tatula MH]

 

[keagbassr]

@ol'crickety tag along anytime even though I don't think anyone could learn from watching me. I'm just a guy riding around chunking and grinding hoping to hit a couple on the head if I'm lucky. If I had I fishing mantra it would probably be "do as others say not as I do". Not sure anyone would want to be out when i am anyway; That 3rd fish pictured was caught Thurs. At 1p.m. temp.92 heat index 103.

[Pat Brown]

Everyone: killing it.

 

@king fisher - dang dude.  Dang.  🎣🎣🎣🔥🔥🔥

 

That's a giant and another fish of a lifetime on the end of your line sir!

 

Congratulations!

[Swamp Girl]

1 hour ago, keagbassr said:

That 3rd fish pictured was caught Thurs. At 1p.m. temp.92 heat index 103.

 

Yikes!

 

1 hour ago, keagbassr said:

I'm just a guy riding around chunking and grinding hoping to hit a couple on the head if I'm lucky.

 

You do a lot of head hitting then! 

 

Here's my main lure:

 

 

40 minutes ago, Pat Brown said:

That's a giant and another fish of a lifetime on the end of your line sir!

 

Cowboys offer the highest praise by saying, "That guy sure can cowboy."

 

Well, @king fisher sure can fisherman. 

[OHBuckets]

The Bassmaster Diary said go back out today from like 215-330  They weren't wrong. Lost a few, landed a few. Multiple lures were working - here's ones on a popper, ATV 2.5, and Ace Jig (craw trailer):

[FishTank]

@ol'crickety The 5lb I use will hold up to almost anything unless it gets kinked. I have caught all kinds of big fish on BFS gear. I have had to learn how to be patient and how to pin fish with small treble hook baits and rods the size of toothpicks.  The lakes and ponds I fish are all full of grass. I haven't had much of an issue with it. I think one of the keys to getting them in is to not to turn the fish over once it's hooked, keeping the fish just below the surface.  Next would be changing the drag on the fly to keep the fish from snapping the line. Also, I don't really set the hook hard. I let the fish hook itself.  I looked but couldn't find them.... there are two old videos, one from Gary Yamamoto and one from Yuki Ito, both had good explanations on how to do this. To many times I have seen guys, even pros, hook a fish, reel it to the boat and then turn the rod over, pulling the fish to the other side of the boat. This puts the hook on the opposite side. Once the fish jumps or pulls, they pop off. 

 

For me, I have lost more fish and lures on 50lb straight braid than the 5lb FC.  To give you another example, I have the same Sunline Invisible on another set up but it's 10lb. I pulled in a 20+lb snapping turtle last week on this line. That thing was bigger than the seats in the boat.