Latest Catch Pics Thread

[TnRiver46]

Fun Labor Day, got 2 bass a catfish and a gar. 

 

 

[12poundbass]

14 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said:

Fun Memorial Day

[TnRiver46]

I knew it was one of those Monday holidays…….

[Swamp Girl]

@The Baron: Wes looks ten years older in that photo.

[The Baron]

4 hours ago, ol'crickety said:

@The Baron: Wes looks ten years older in that photo.

Yea, he shot past 6ft. tall over the summer - he’s not even 15yo yet.

 

Here’s my little boy picking me up at the dock yesterday. 🤪😊

 

[gim]

9 minutes ago, The Baron said:

he shot past 6ft. tall over the summer - he’s not even 15yo yet.

 

Man, I was about 5 feet tall when I was 14.  And weighed maybe 125 pounds soaking wet.

 

Growth spurt didn't happen until I was 19.

[bp_fowler]

Finally back out on the water today.  We had a bit of a heat wave here since I’ve been back from Ontario so I haven’t been too keen on going out.

 

Went to the Licking River just below the Dillon dam. Last time I was there my son and I witnessed quite a few good sized smallies jumping, but unfortunately we were skunked.

 

This time I made way out onto a gravel bar and fished around it and the various currant breaks and eddies.  The first hour of so I couldn’t get bit but of course my luck changed the last 30 minutes.  No smallies but managed two largemouth and one hybrid striper, my first ever of that species.

[Swamp Girl]

@bp_fowler: Hey, quit taking pics of cool dudes with soul patches and their bass! You're only supposed to take photos of your bass. 

 

 

Nice striper. I bet it stretched your line.

[bp_fowler]

4 minutes ago, ol'crickety said:

Nice striper. I bet it stretched your line.

Oh yeah, it fought like hell.  Now that I know that there 3 species of bass in that stretch of river my goal is to catch the trifecta in one outing.

[Pat Brown]

Nice to see more mustache representation @bp_fowler - carry on 😎 

 

@Choporoz - that one looks worthy of the full body shot for sure.  Looks like a super big one?  Did you get a weight on her?

 

[Choporoz]

@Pat Browndidn't weigh her... maybe 6ish

Got to remember to try to zoom it out a bit

[herder]

Hit a local reservoir today, it had been drawn down for dam repairs and was at 53% capacity, capacity is now at 97.5%  

With the capacity now full, there are much needed nutrients in the water with the pumping in of water from the river, the visibility was around 11' with is quite clear but before the pumping it was almost at 20'

Started out getting 5 fish pretty quickly then the wind picked up and that area died out.

Went searching but it was tough with the wind.

Wind died down and was able to get back on some fish.

Wound up with 12 fish landed, 9 Largemouths, 2 Smallmouths and got another trout.

Again all fish were on a drop shot in 18' to 30' 

[TnRiver46]

Got out after work and captured two nice ones, my buddy got his with Texas rig worm and I got mine with a besotted popper. The LM flew up out of the water when it hit, I thought it had jumped over the lure but luckily it was hooked. Water temp 74 and swift 

 

[Swamp Girl]

I fished an especially pretty pond this morning, launching in the dark. I used a spinnerbait, underspin, Spook, and fluke and caught fish on all four, but the spinnerbait caught the most. I ended with 25, but took no fish pics because they were only 15" to 16", aka two-pounders. 

 

[Rockhopper]

4 minutes ago, ol'crickety said:

I fished an especially pretty pond this morning, launching in the dark. I used a spinnerbait, underspin, Spook, and fluke and caught fish on all four, but the spinnerbait caught the most. I ended with 25, but took no fish pics because they were only 15" to 16", aka two-pounders. 

What do you think of those Beasts?

[Swamp Girl]

23 minutes ago, Rockhopper said:

What do you think of those Beasts?

 

I used one all morning and it caught bass, for sure, plus IT DID NOT BREAK. Thanks for the tip!

[Swamp Girl]

I predict that the heat will break for @Team9nine and that he'll catch four or five bass, including one that'll break five pounds. What lure will he use? Well, that's a little hazy for me. A Fred? A Jed? I'm just not sure, but I'm pretty confident about the rest of my prediction. 

 

I further predict that @thediscochef will catch four or five bass too, including one nice one. 

 

Let's see if I'm right.

 

#NewEnglandwitcheshavestrongjuju

[Team9nine]

Finally got a cool snap after another week and a half of 90+ degree weather. Snuck out for a few hours this afternoon despite some gusty winds. Managed 4 bass on Ned, including one good one (>5 lbs.). Winds are supposed to die down a little the next couple days, along with more cloud cover. Hoping to get another trip in. Surface temps still ~81 degrees.

 

[thediscochef]

Went fishing twice yesterday, caught 5 total. Not great but better than it's been going. I mostly fished in the rain, I'm gonna need to regrease a few reels this week. Started off with a super dink Lm on a wacky rig. Then two spotted bass on a choppo 120. That night I had two decent LM one on a red eye shad and one on a chatterbait. They're all mixed up with the abrupt arrival of fall around 8pm Monday but it's nice to pick some off

[J._Bricker]

Started out this morning at the top of the tide with 73 degree water temps and the slightest breeze. And yes, I figured there’d be a topwater bite to begin the day only to find out it wasn’t happening. As the tide fell, sun got higher and the air temperature streaked towards triple digits I once again found them under the mats. This was my best fish of the day, a 3.52lber that hammered my creature bait as it went through the mat.

[A-Jay]

Besides taking me more than the morning to find any decent biters,

the few I did poke were all middle of the road trophies in training.

Located some bass on bait (perch) at the very bottom of a weed line in front of a point.

Bites came on the 1/2 oz Jackhammer / Zako combo down in about 10 feet.

A-Jay

[TnRiver46]

Pretty awesome perch imitation there @A-Jay, I thought you pulled a dead perch out of the fish at first glance 

[Team9nine]

Different lake, similar result. Half a dozen bass this afternoon, with just one worth a photo. The ones I found were roaming just outside the edge of a flat on the lower end of the lake. Same water temps (81) and about half a foot below pool. Ned 

 

[LrgmouthShad]

1 minute ago, Team9nine said:

just outside the edge of a flat on the lower end of the lake

Well doesn't that sound awfully familiar to what I'm seeing in TX at night. At least as of last weekend. By now, who knows, maybe they all went to the other side of the lake.

[T-Billy]

Ya gotta admire this little bass's ambition. 5" Tuff Shad. He even got the front hook.

The tough muskie bite continues, but I did break my three trip slump with this 38" this morning, on a 22 Short, burned over deep coontail. Water temps are on the way down again, and the forecast looks good other than continued drought. The bite should be picking up shortly. 🤞