Latest Catch Pics Thread

[AlabamaSpothunter]

@ol'crickety Beautiful fish, and I had to look up that Googan bait.   That's a cool looking bait, and makes sense why you'd be fishing it #whopperplopperqueen 😆

 

Last few days have been surprisingly great since we've started to transition into Fall.  

 

8.6 on a DT10.   She bent out both hooks on STX 38s.   That fish would have been lost on stock trebles 1000%.     Those hooks are just exceptional.  

 

7.10 and a 7.3 on Free Rigged D Bombs.       

 

 

 

[GreenPig]

Visited a buds pond in a light drizzle and 25 mph gust today that I call " The Nursery ". Took my new Aldebaran BFS/Dobyns combos and caught 18 micro - bass and 2 bream. 

[TnRiver46]

7 hours ago, AlabamaSpothunter said:

@ol'crickety Beautiful fish, and I had to look up that Googan bait.   That's a cool looking bait, and makes sense why you'd be fishing it #whopperplopperqueen 😆

 

Last few days have been surprisingly great since we've started to transition into Fall.  

 

8.6 on a DT10.   She bent out both hooks on STX 38s.   That fish would have been lost on stock trebles 1000%.     Those hooks are just exceptional.  

 

7.10 and a 7.3 on Free Rigged D Bombs.       

 

 

 

[softwateronly]

Not catching a lot, but there's been some quality.  Here's a few little bait/big fish.

 

scott

 

[Swamp Girl]

8 hours ago, AlabamaSpothunter said:

Last few days have been surprisingly great since we've started to transition into Fall.  

 

So it begins.

 

Alex, I found this inscribed on a stone tablet deep in an Alabama swamp:

 

"Lo, and yea, it is written that Alex shall rule the fall and winter. For this is right and good and maketh the Heavens smile. It shall maketh the good people from North to South smile too. So be it."

[softwateronly]

[Fishlegs]

3 hours ago, ol'crickety said:

So it begins.

Good thing too. This thread has been missing his monster fish. Nice fish @AlabamaSpothunter!

[Swamp Girl]

@softwateronly: Thick pike. Thick bass. Keep this up and I'll be calling you windycityalex. 

[MIbassyaker]

14 hours ago, AlabamaSpothunter said:

@ol'crickety Beautiful fish, and I had to look up that Googan bait.   That's a cool looking bait, and makes sense why you'd be fishing it #whopperplopperqueen 😆

 

Last few days have been surprisingly great since we've started to transition into Fall.  

 

8.6 on a DT10.   She bent out both hooks on STX 38s.   That fish would have been lost on stock trebles 1000%.     Those hooks are just exceptional.  

 

7.10 and a 7.3 on Free Rigged D Bombs.       

 

 

 

 

Just a few casual giants!

[AlabamaSpothunter]

Thanks for the kind words friends!    

 

@GreenPig  I see somebody else has discovered the magic of the Flashback Mini.   If you ever want to upsize the profile a bit, Damiki 3" Armor Shads make the perfect trailer for them.   

[GreenPig]

44 minutes ago, AlabamaSpothunter said:

Thanks for the kind words friends!    

 

@GreenPig  I see somebody else has discovered the magic of the Flashback Mini.   If you ever want to upsize the profile a bit, Damiki 3" Armor Shads make the perfect trailer for them.   

Excellent. I just happen to have 2 or 10 bags of the 3" around here.

[Rocky998]

Elite Evo field test and tested my FG knot!

Both work flawlessly! 

also I think i caught my PB in that top photo!

Love how they fight

[Swamp Girl]

I fished my pond again this evening for 1.5 hours and had a great time because...I caught:

 

Three bass out of trees,

 

One bass out of weeds,

 

Two bass off of shorelines,

 

and Three bass that were open water wolfpacking.

 

Nine total. Here's the first one, taken from a shoreline:

 

 

Then another shoreline bass, nearly 17 inches:

 

 

I caught two of my wolfpacking bass at the same time, as I was paddling back and had two rods out, one with an underspin and the other with a spinnerbait. The first was 17.5" and the second was 16.5":

 

 

 

I finished my evening on the very next cast with a muscular 15.5-incher:

 

 

I love all the ways we can catch lmb. Again and again, I have thanked Glenn for urging us to stay mobile in the fall to catch bass and it's so true. I no longer pursue and apply a pattern like I did in the summer because there is no pattern, no catching 40 bass 10 feet offshore or 50 bass in one feet of water tucked under woody bushes. They're here and there and everywhere, but I have to find each one. 

 

I also love having fishing five minutes from my home, being able to ring my spouse when I reach the car and say, "I'll be home in five minutes."

 

@Rocky998: Congrats on your new PB. Those are two beautiful bass.

 

[Swamp Girl]

Yeah, I fished again. Just an hour and 15 minutes this afternoon, from 12:15 to 1:30. The disadvantage of my short trips is that there often isn't time to locate bass, but I did catch four and all on a hard jerkbait, as that was the only lure I took. It's always fun to use a lure I don't use much. This was the biggest:

 

 

And this was the smallest. It's my new PW (Personal Worst). However, don't mock this bass. Rather, fear it for one day, it'll be fearless and ferocious and BIG ENOUGH to swallow a musky lure...or your Yorkie.

 

 

There were bass feeding on the edges of off-shore grass, but I couldn't match the hatch. If I'd had a small popper, I think I could have caught them. 

[AlabamaSpothunter]

I didn't know you had small Bass in your lakes Katie 😎

 

Whenever I catch a fingerling I wish I had an aquarium.   BamaBass on youtube has documented their journey raising numerous Bass from wild caught fingerling sizes.  

[Swamp Girl]

I don't catch many small bass, Alex, perhaps one 12-incher for every 50 bass, but my new PW is truly perhaps the smallest bass I've ever caught.

 

I once kept a fingerling and raised it in an aquarium too, along with a baby bluegill, baby crappie, and baby catfish. 

[softwateronly]

On 9/13/2024 at 12:13 PM, ol'crickety said:

@softwateronly: Thick pike. Thick bass. Keep this up and I'll be calling you windycityalex. 

I’d be lucky to earn that nickname and appreciate the sentiment.  I’ve been floundering the last 4-5 weeks in generating any type of pattern. I’m chasing schoolies without good electronics or a working trolling motor. I’ve identified a couple choke points that seem to funnel shad into or out of the open water and work the beginning or end of daylight. But it’s terribly inefficient. In fishing terms, I look forward to some cooler weather/water.  
 That pike was heavy and strong. Needed both hands to lift her over the pontoon sidewall. Got her unhooked, snapped a bad pic, and got her back in the water in less than a minute. Felt good because I fought her on a medium rod and 10lb test for more than a few mins. 
 

scott

[Swamp Girl]

1 hour ago, softwateronly said:

I’d be lucky to earn that nickname

 

Heck, I'd love to be New England Alex. 

 

1 hour ago, softwateronly said:

Got her unhooked, snapped a bad pic, and got her back in the water in less than a minute.

 

Well done. I love when anglers are quick to return fish to breathing. 

[GreenPig]

Hit the Nursery again yesterday evening for some BFS play. Caught 9 bass and a bonus bream. The wind was dead calm so a Z - Man Micro TRD in GP/1/32 bullet weight/Gamakatsu #2 EWG did most of the work. It amazing what the Aldebaran BFS/Dobyns will throw.

[Swamp Girl]

@GreenPig: The nursery's bluegills are bigger than its bass!

[GreenPig]

36 minutes ago, ol'crickety said:

@GreenPig: The nursery's bluegills are bigger than its bass!

Pretty sure the Bluegill are feeding on the bass.😁 I might be able to catch magnum Gils on a baby bass Super Fluke. 

[Swamp Girl]

8 hours ago, GreenPig said:

Pretty sure the Bluegill are feeding on the bass.😁 I might be able to catch magnum Gils on a baby bass Super Fluke. 

 

If the Nursery keeps going in this same direction, a few years down the road, you'll be telling this story: "So, I was fighting a pretty nice bass for the Nursery, three or four pounds, and just about had it to shore, when an eight-pound bluegill suddenly appears, t-bones that bass, snaps my 30-lb. braid, and takes my bass to the deep. I expect I'm the only man alive who knows, so trust me when I say that an eight-pound bluegill runs like a bonefish on crack."

[JayMac89]

Been a rough end of summer for me. Decided to go back to my favorite and best producing lake just for a bit of a confidence boost. Still struggling in that big lake iv been trying to conquer. Think that's just going to be how that lake fishes, but that's besides the point. 

 

Been at least a month, maybe 2 since iv been to the lake I went to this morning. Vegetation looks like it's starting to die off. Lots of matted vegetation. Wasn't having luck in my go to spots, had a long hard weekend without much sleep, decided to call it quits. On my way back to the ramp I was tossing a weightless t-rigged creature bait on the outer mat line and in little holes. Ended up finding a few, one being a really good one. A little skinny, didn't get a weight but probably close to 3 but not quite. Had she been a little more full of would of been a 3.5-4 pounder for sure. Put up a real good fight too. Confidence boost.... mission success

 

[Swamp Girl]

 

23 minutes ago, JayMac89 said:

Been a rough end of summer for me.

 

End of summer is tough.

 

Nice bass!

[Peacedivision]

37 minutes ago, ol'crickety said:

End of summer is tough.

 

Fished for 16 hours straight Friday-Saturday, had 5 bites, that was a rough one for sure.

9 hours into the trip after throwing everything and the kitchen sink at em... first fish.

2nd bite was a wakeup, new PB @ 5lb 14oz. also ate the firecraw cb.

picked up 3 on the pop-x at change of light including this drag pulling (bfs) monster