Latest Catch Pics Thread

[hokiehunter373]

@Bluebasser86 nice trunks I've got the same lol

 

@Pat Brown pretty sure that's the issue you can have when catfish get ya with those barbs

[Pat Brown]

8 minutes ago, hokiehunter373 said:

@Bluebasser86 nice trunks I've got the same lol

 

@Pat Brown pretty sure that's the issue you can have when catfish get ya with those barbs

 

 

Yeah absolutely - I think basically this time of year it's hot and there's lots of....stuff...in the water - stuff is also dying so there's lots of rotting and decay and fungal and bacterial blooming.

 

Then you've got 12 inches of rain pushing Lord knows what into the waters I fish.

 

Then add to that the fact that I caught some big very floppy bass with very sharp lips ripping up my hands - biting really good in a nasty spillway.

 

Well yeah it was a perfect storm.  Debby's revenge!

 

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[TnRiver46]

Mrs @Bluebasser86 always catches the SMB 

[Swamp Girl]

I launched at a small, boggy pond this morning, the pond where I caught my PB last spring. I have gone there again and again looking to catch that girl again or her big sister, but other than a few four-pounders, I have failed to dance with a big mama. This morning appeared to be perfect conditions with calm and fog. 

 

 

I caught 26 total, but my first 16 were the size of this bass, which was my first:

 

 

Finally, my 17th bass was bigger:

 

 

I was working weed fields:

 

 

My 19th bass was solid too:

 

 

I also caught some that were short, but fat:

 

 

 

And one more thick fish.

 

 

The requisite pretty pic:

 

 

I finished the morning like I started, with another cookie cutter, smallish bass:

 

[Bluebasser86]

53 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said:

Mrs @Bluebasser86 always catches the SMB 

They’re her favorite. She loves fishing a Ned so it makes sense. She somehow managed to only catch smallmouth Sunday too while I also caught drum, crappie, catfish, sunfish, and a spotted bass but fished a Ned way less 🤷🏼‍♂️

[Swamp Girl]

4 minutes ago, Bluebasser86 said:

They’re her favorite. She loves fishing a Ned so it makes sense. She somehow managed to only catch smallmouth Sunday too while I also caught drum, crappie, catfish, sunfish, and a spotted bass but fished a Ned way less 🤷🏼‍♂️

 

I could not fish a Ned in most of my ponds and bogs. I'd catch only weeds. 

 

Clayton, of all the bass that are posted in this thread, I think yours look the most like mine. We both catch thick fish. If I put them on a bump board, they really bulge, but I've come to fear the bump board because they don't always stay put and once they start flopping on the floor on my canoe, they can flop all the way to the bow or stern and getting them is not easy.

[Bluebasser86]

24 minutes ago, ol'crickety said:

 

I could not fish a Ned in most of my ponds and bogs. I'd catch only weeds. 

 

Clayton, of all the bass that are posted in this thread, I think yours look the most like mine. We both catch thick fish. If I put them on a bump board, they really bulge, but I've come to fear the bump board because they don't always stay put and once they start flopping on the floor on my canoe, they can flop all the way to the bow or stern and getting them is not easy.

I fish a Ned through weeds and wood that would shock most. Ned searches out weeds to target in most of his fishing trips and has lamented the states war against aquatic vegetation and its detrimental effect on our lakes in many of his reports. If you can find the tiniest space to fish one, they’ll pluck fish right out of those weeds if you’re willing to deal with the headache of cleaning weeds. I don’t think it’s probably worth the hassle from your reports though, doesn’t seem you have any issue getting bit on standard presentations.

[PhishLI]

52 minutes ago, ol'crickety said:

I could not fish a Ned in most of my ponds and bogs

But you can if you use these:

I routinely fish them through this:

[gim]

6 hours ago, Pat Brown said:

I get cuts every day too but I've never had a septic infection. 

 

Septicemia is no joke.  If you get the wrong one, it can be fatal.  One of my fishing friend's Father got one on a Canadian fishing trip last year and it got so bad, they had to amputate one of his infected fingers off.  An open cut from handling walleyes and pike went untreated.

 

Another good reason to stay on top of your tetanus shot.

[A-Jay]

Originally planned on going tomorrow (and I still might).

Either way, I called an audible and hit local Lake Menderchuck for an afternoon trip.

Surface water temps were still 75, despite a cold east wind

and mostly bogus on & off rain in my face.

Been a while since I've fished in the rain but I knew the boating traffic

would be non-existent in that mess, so I went for it. 

The brown bass were, for the most part, fairly cooperative.

A swinghead with a Keitech Swing Impact FAT Swimbait did all the damage today.

Got plenty of bites and I needed every one.

A-Jay

 

[J._Bricker]

Ya know, I think it’s really nice in the last few weeks of summer when alarm clock goes off at 0330 and I could turn it off, go back to sleep because there’s no 0500 sunrise. So when I finally get out of the rack, get underway and missing the morning topwater bite is an afterthought. When I get to the launch ramp I find no sign of a breeze, the tide has about an hour left before it bottoms out and almost 73 degree water temps. Good thing the fish were unaware of this, that air temps were gonna hit 98 degrees, because the bite was pretty good. Best fish of the day was a 4.29lber punching and a 4.58lber on a GYCB stickbait.

[Blue Raider Bob]

16 hours ago, A-Jay said:

Originally planned on going tomorrow (and I still might).

Either way, I called an audible and hit local Lake Menderchuck for an afternoon trip.

Surface water temps were still 75, despite a cold east wind

and mostly bogus on & off rain in my face.

Been a while since I've fished in the rain but I knew the boating traffic

would be non-existent in that mess, so I went for it. 

The brown bass were, for the most part, fairly cooperative.

A swinghead with a Keitech Swing Impact FAT Swimbait did all the damage today.

Got plenty of bites and I needed every one.

A-Jay

 

Dang AJ! It's 98 Degrees outside where I am. Have to start my truck and wait for the AC to muscle up before I can survive the ride home! Glad you had the lake to yourself, and the fish were eating!

[N Florida Mike]

First time out since 4th of July. We’ve had a lot of rain, so the lake is at full pool. Fish were real spread out. I caught 7 by 8:30, then nothing else til I quit at 10:30. I spent 45 minutes of that talking to a friend that was on his dock though …

 I caught all the fish on a june bug uv speed worm…

[LrgmouthShad]

Pair of 5lbers

[Swamp Girl]

@LrgmouthShad: Woo-hoo, buddy!!!

[Woody B]

So far in 2024 I've caught at least one 5 pound Bass each month.  I finally caught my August 5 pounder today on the last day of the month.  Many people around here catch more and bigger Bass, but I'm happy with a 5 pounder every month so far.   

 

I caught 9 today,  3 Largemouth, and 6 Spots.   I launched my boat at 6:10 AM.   I caught the 5 pounder (5.42 pounds, 21 5/8" long first picture) on my 3rd cast.....but my first 2 casts weren't "real".   I pulled up to the first stop on my "milk route".  I aimed my sonar toward a spot where a bush is overhanging the bank a foot or so above the water.   I saw the Bass on sonar.  I had decided to try a Devils Horse today.  I needed to skip it under the overhanging bush.  I made a couple practice skips out of the other side of the boat, toward the center of the channel.  After those 2 casts I made a perfect skip under the bush right on top of the Bass.   It gently sucked it into it's mouth.  I set the hook and it went crazy, walking on it's tail, like a decent sized Largemouth is supposed to do.  2 casts later I caught a 3 poundish Largemouth, and another 14 inch Largemouth a few minutes later.  After the Sun came up the LM bite stopped, but I started catching Spots.   None of the Spots were huge, but the smallest one was 14".  I thought it was a big cat for a while.   It's tail was crooked.......either an injury or deformity, but it sure didn't make it any weaker.   (2nd picture)   We've discussed Spots spawning multiple times a year.  All of the Spots I caught (including the deformed/injured one) looked to me like they were full of eggs.  The last picture is an 18 inch Spot I caught on my last cast a 8:51AM.   Depending on the weather I may go tonight around Midnight.  

 

Regarding cuts, nasty stuff in the water, fish slime, ect.  I always have cuts on my hands due to my occupation.  I put some hand sanitizer, and rubbing alcohol in my boat to clean my hands with after handing fish, or getting them wet.  

 

[LrgmouthShad]

@Woody B nice!!
 

Well y’all I was sitting anchored on a community hole. Nighttime so I had it to myself. Offshore structure 15-17ft. Jig and worm. Definitely a well known spot but my first time going there. It’s going to be hard not to go back. Could be a DD or two cruising around there at night. Still trying to figure out what my best options are. I’ll probably go back and rotate through some baits just to see if it continue to produce and, if so, what size bass am I looking at. But I’ll need a backup spot or two.

[Rocky998]

Been learning through this past year and these are my more "recent" catches.

[WackyWormNedRig]

Fished Lake Michigan for about 3 hours. Cracked a tube, caught one smallie

 

 

[Peacedivision]

Big fish of a half dozen bfs rats this morning.

Couple blow ups on the frog right at change of light, unfortunately this is the only bite that connected. That's back to back weekends landing the completely wrong species

[Swamp Girl]

@Woody B keeps the streak alive!!!

[OHBuckets]

Got on 6 nice fish this morning before my pepperjack omelet, bacon, hash browns and coffee  Only took tubes as I thought it'd be a brief session before a downpour - a downpour that didn't happen

 

[BrianMDTX]

I’m sure we’ve all had those days where nothing you cast is getting bit..except that one bait. Today was that day for me without a doubt. 
 

This morning started with light rain but no wind. Tried a PopMax and a Whopper Plopper on top. Nothing doing, so I switched to jigs. A 3/8 oz. blue/black jig with a sapphire blue craw trailer as well as a 3/8 oz. green pumpkin jig with a green pumpkin Rage Menace trailer. Still nothing. Went down to a 1/4 oz. green pumpkin jig and still nothing. I then tried a black 5” Senko WR and a green pumpkin Zoom Magnum Trick Texas rig with an 1/8 oz. tungsten bullet weight and still drew a blank. I thought maybe today just was going to be a big ol’ skunkfest. Then I took off the worm and rigged a green pumpkin Rage Craw. 
 

First cast. Bass. Second cast. Bass. There was zero doubt they wanted this bait! Didn’t catch the first bass until 10:42 and ended up with seven (lost a nice one). 
 

When I was prepping gear last night, I saw I had 4/0 Gamakatsu EWG and a 1/8 oz. weight rigged on a Daiwa Aird-X 6’ 6” MF rod and a Garcia Black Max with 10 lb. Berkley Big Game. Don’t use it all that often after I upgraded to better rods and reels. Well, truth be told, that’s a fun rig to fish with. Glad I took it. I haven’t had bass thumb in a while! 
 

[TnRiver46]

Chased gar all day, they were biting but missed them all.

Had to catch a bass so I didn’t get skunked 

[Swamp Girl]

@TnRiver46: Hey, man, you were fishing from a canoe. That's all that matters. 

 

#canoesruleallotherboatsdrool

 

@BrianMDTX: I knight thee, Sir Perseverance!

 

@OHBuckets: O-H....