Latest Catch Pics Thread

[Swamp Girl]

@Pumpkinseed Lizard: You caught the Hunchbass of Notre Dame.

 

@NorcalBassin: Thinking a good thought for Pop's surgery.

 

@N Florida Mike: Those drone shots are cool.

 

@Woody B: How ya feeling, Woody?

[herder]

Got back a couple of days ago from a solo camping trip on the Delaware River.

Arrived last Monday and by the time I set up camp didn’t have time to launch the kayak.

So fished from shore off the campsite for a hr and was able to land 3 small Smallmouths.

Launched the next day on the river and got 14 Smallmouths, took a while to get on them but changed to drifting the current in 7’ of water over gravel with a Nikko Hellgrammite on a 1/8 ned head was the ticket.

Next day I headed to a lake I never fished, got a Largemouth and small pickerel right away, and that was it for the day, did lose a good one on a drop shot though.

Next day back to the river again, but couldn’t get any kind of consistent bite, wound up with 6 Smallmouths.

The last day I wanted to launch at a site that the road to has been closed all year for repairing the road, it was supposed to be opened on Monday, but now they said it would open on Friday, so I waited till after 9am to go there. Well the road was still had the road blocks up so it was now a change of plans.

I decided to take a ride to a reservoir I had only fished once a couple of years ago.

Wasn’t on the water till 11am, water had a 10’ visibility tried fishing relatively shallow for a while and got nothing. Spoke to a couple different guys on boats and they said it was real slow, they weren’t getting anything either. Fished a little more and couldn’t find anything, so I decided to head back to the ramp fishing along the way.

I figured let me check the 28’ to 32’ line on the way back since nothing was happening shallower.

Still miffed that the road to the other launch was closed, I probably looked like the kid walking down the dirt road with both hands in his pocket kicking rocks along the way.

I finally saw a good size bait ball with some stuff on the bottom, so dropped down a drop shot in a hail Mary attempt. I hook up and it’s a good one, pole bent down into the water and drag going off.

Have it on for a good while until I finally able to see it, a big Smallmouth and I even said out loud “don’t jump”    I was able to land it and it was the biggest Smallmouth I’ve gotten in many years.

Fumbling around for my camera for a quick pic, it shook around and I lost my grip on it and she swam away. Perseverance saved my day, made a great ending to a great trip.

Got back to the campsite and spoke with the lady at the office, she said NPS finally opened the road at 1pm  

Sorry for the long post.

[Bird]

Got out in light rain today, no wind.

Caught only 3 bass but lost a really good one on a Zara Spook.

Did put another Snakehead in the live well though.

[4n2t0]

Found this guy in a local pond...

 

 

[Swamp Girl]

@4n2t0: That's a BIG bass for Canada. Change your PB. It's more than four.

[Team9nine]

Beat the storms this afternoon. Back to the numbers lake but no wind and heavy cloud cover had the bass suspended high off the bottom and not in a good mood. Was able to piece together 27 today on a combination of cranks and shad-shape soft plastics. Overall quality was up, though I lost the best fish right at the boat, unfortunately. 
 

 

 

 

 

[Woody B]

On 9/24/2024 at 7:38 AM, Swamp Girl said:

How ya feeling, Woody?

Doctor said kidney stone.  I got an injection and a prescription.   When I've had stones before the pain would come and go,  but movement or what position I was in had no effect.  I can wiggle around and get pain free, but when I start moving it's really bad.  I'm a little better this afternoon.   They're missing me at work.   I'm sure when I get back I've have some problem vehicles to fix.  

[Swamp Girl]

4 minutes ago, Woody B said:

I'm sure when I get back I've have some problem vehicles to fix.  

 

That's the worst thing about staying home: There's extra work when you do return.

 

Sorry you've got a stone, buddy, but I'm happy to read that you're a bit better. The bass in your lakes are all wondering where you went.

[NorthernBasser]

Great pictures, everyone!

 

I've been having a heck of a time getting anything of decent size lately. Been catching a bunch, but nothing really over 3#. Finally got on some bigger ones my last few trips out. Got this first guy prooobably on my last punch bite of the season. The others have been on jigs. 

 

The end of the season is closing in, which makes me incredibly sad. Still have another 1.5 months left or so. Every year at this time I tell myself I'm moving south. 😅

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Swamp Girl]

Had to return to my pal's pond to flip the canoe with rain coming. While there, I fished the last 1.25 hours of light. Caught eight with a spinnerbait and popper. All the same size. Only photographed the last four, as I was hoping for something bigger with the first four. When I realized it was going to be a Same Size Night, I thought, "I better photograph something!":

 

 

[thediscochef]

I think we're finally in fall down here. Car said 54 when I got to the lake this morning. They weren't where I expected them to be but I eventually got into some. Only stuck the one, but had probably six or seven misses which is a positive sign. I don't think the giants are quite up with them yet but we're not far from that 

[throttleplate]

2nd biggest fish caught this year at the dam on the Sheyene river in ND. Caught while fishing for whatever wanted to bite using 30LB 832, 15 LB flouro leader, 1/8 ballhead jig tipped with a minnow using a bobber.

 

[gim]

Finally back doing some river fishing huh @throttleplate?

[throttleplate]

3 minutes ago, gimruis said:

Finally back doing some river fishing huh @throttleplate?

Yeah, been awhile as the sheyene is to this day and all summer has been high where the shoreline is under water, had a few feet of shoreline last week to get out there. Been fishing the lake bank mostly for crappie and bluegill which the bluegill are very catchable this year with this nice weather.

[Swamp Girl]

36 minutes ago, gimruis said:

Finally back doing some river fishing huh @throttleplate?

 

Whenever I see an @throttleplate report, I think, "I'd like to fish there."

[CastingClinic]

A few catches from this morning.  
 

[bp_fowler]

Got some intel on a couple new spots…rumor has it they both are filthy with bass.  

 

First up is a creek that connects two man made lakes that I have fished previously.  However I’ve never tried to fish the creek until now.  

Caught three small ones with the below fish being the largest.  

Next day I tried the other spot which is a reservoir.  I had high hopes seeing as how it was off the beaten path.  

While the rumors were true that it was filled with bass but unfortunately they were all this size 

A little frustrated with the lack of quality I returned to the New Reservoir where I did slightly better from a size perspective and a lot better numbers wise.

 

 

[gim]

2 hours ago, Swamp Girl said:

 

Whenever I see an @throttleplate report, I think, "I'd like to fish there."

Those spots below a dam where he fishes are literally the only place I could see myself bank fishing.

[Swamp Girl]

1 hour ago, gimruis said:

Those spots below a dam where he fishes are literally the only place I could see myself bank fishing.

 

I like the variety of fish he catches. Nowadays, when a fish hits, it's going to be a lmb, smb, or pickerel. Pretty predictable. 

[DaubsNU1]

Note: I am not good fishing off-shore brush-piles. I am even worse fishing crankbaits. Yesterday was slow...so tied on a Shad Rap, and worked the brush-piles...

 

Eight LMB's in a little over two hours.

 

Ended with a 17", 17-1/2", and 17-3/4" in a ten minute span. Good fun!

 

 

 

[Swamp Girl]

@DaubsNU1: Swell fishing, Daubs! Good size too. I'm going fishing this afternoon. Gonna drift and fan cast, hoping to stumble on a big girl wolf pack. When I reach the end of a windblown drift, I'll troll back and begin again. Fishing tomorrow morning too. If today's drift fishing works, I'll do more of the same tomorrow morning. If not, I'll do the old plug and grind.

[Swamp Girl]

Well, my drift and cast idea didn't work. I did catch nine in two hours, but none of the four-plus-pounders I was targeting. It was pretty choppy with the occasional whitecap:

 

 

I was mostly using a spinnerbait. My lipless caught nothing. This was the average size:

 

 

When I was blown into a shore, I saw a bass feeding and pitched a popper to it. It was my biggest.

 

 

The fish are fattening for the winter. Even this short one was well fed.

 

 

Pretty pic!

 

 

I'm launching again tomorrow morning in the dark. Fingers crossed I find a big one!

[AlabamaSpothunter]

Maine sure is beautiful when it's not snowing......those are the type of trees that make people tree huggers 😆

[Swamp Girl]

2 hours ago, AlabamaSpothunter said:

Maine sure is beautiful when it's not snowing......those are the type of trees that make people tree huggers 😆

 

Maine might be at its most beautiful when it's snowing, Alex. I've planted a mound of red twig dogwoods and another of yellow twig dogwoods, which are bright red and bright yellow in the winter. They're both backdropped by giant arborvitaes, so the red and yellow stems are frosted with white, glistening snow. I just smile thinking about it. 

[Swamp Girl]

Well, this morning reminded me a day last fall where I managed to catch some fish, but never managed to find their pulse. I caught 25 total, all on a Dobyns spinnerbait with an orange Mayor and my Yo-Zuri popper, but nothing over 18 inches and eight of them came in two flurries. The first flurry happened when I was paddling across a rocky flat and a couple bass bolted from two reeds.

 

"Hmmm," I thought, "so that's where you hang."

 

So, I cast my popper to five other tiny stands of reeds and caught five smallies.

 

The other flurry happened when I was paddling back and saw two loons diving and diving.

 

"Hmmm," I thought, "bait."

 

Yep, I hooked four lmb in four casts, but only landed three, each about 17 inches, all on the spinnerbait. 

 

All my other bass came here and there. No pattern, no pulse.

 

My stupid, old camera stopped working (AGAIN!), so I used my cell phone, which takes much better photos. See?

 

 

Then the Sun rose.

 

 

To take a photo, I had to remove my cell phone from its waterproof pouch, rouse it, and then shoot, all while the bass was drowning in air, so I only took two bass pics, the first a typical fat bass and the second, a longer, skinny one that I caught in weeds.

 

 

 

 

^See^ my stupid, old camera? I shouldn't complain. I've used it for about 35 years. However, it is a slacker compared to my bike, which I've ridden for 53 years.