Latest Catch Pics Thread

[Fishlegs]

57 minutes ago, AlabamaSpothunter said:

Way to get on the board @Fishlegs!  

 

Thread is a thousand times better when people post whatever fish made them happy enough to share it 🙂

I agree wholeheartedly. I love seeing what everyone catches. I don't always get excited about every fish I catch, but I am happy every time I catch a fish.

[Swamp Girl]

@Fishlegs: You are also doing a public service when you post winter bass. We Yanks are pathetic, so cold and fishless.

[TnRiver46]

What we need is more rock bass, redeye, goggle eye photos……

 

oh no I’ve said too much 

[Swamp Girl]

3 hours ago, TnRiver46 said:

What we need is more rock bass, redeye, goggle eye photos……

 

oh no I’ve said too much 

 

Please don't poke the @gim Bear. We northern bears are hibernating and when someone pokes us mid-winter, we don't wake up sweetly.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Aaron_H]

4 hours ago, Swamp Girl said:

@Fishlegs: You are also doing a public service when you post winter bass. We Yanks are pathetic, so cold and fishless.

 

@A-Jay counting down the days to ice out like

 

 

"Y'all got any more of those bass pics?"

[AlabamaSpothunter]

Caught a nice 7.2 yesterday on the Queen Tackle Rollin Strollin/Drift Fry combo. 

 

Tried to make a complete video showing the ridiculous action on this bait but the stupid editing program kept getting buggy.    This is the second season of using these Drift Fry, and the novelty keeps growing.    That front lip makes the bait almost stand still while aggressively rolling, it's the closest bait I've ever seen to matching what a stunned Threadfin Shad does in cold water.   They do this thing where they roll on their sides and the right themselves.    

 

Adding the elastomer models was the final cherry on top.   I think it's the coolest fishing lure I've ever owned.    

 

 

 

[TnRiver46]

Wowza 

[Swamp Girl]

Alex, your winter fishing makes this one of the best seasons at Bass Resource. I pity the fools who live on your lake and don't fish it in the winter! 

 

[AlabamaSpothunter]

Thanks Katie!   I feel like one of the real perks of catching a nice fish since joining this forum is getting an attaboy from you.....I'm spoiled now 😎

 

The weather the last week and for the foreseeable future has been so nice that other anglers have been out there, but the Bass know I'm the only one that calls them Sweetie 🤣

[Aaron_H]

18 hours ago, AlabamaSpothunter said:

Caught a nice 7.2 yesterday on the Queen Tackle Rollin Strollin/Drift Fry combo. 

 

Tried to make a complete video showing the ridiculous action on this bait but the stupid editing program kept getting buggy.    This is the second season of using these Drift Fry, and the novelty keeps growing.    That front lip makes the bait almost stand still while aggressively rolling, it's the closest bait I've ever seen to matching what a stunned Threadfin Shad does in cold water.   They do this thing where they roll on their sides and the right themselves.    

 

Adding the elastomer models was the final cherry on top.   I think it's the coolest fishing lure I've ever owned.    

 

 

 

 

That's an awesome fish, bud. You've got me itching to hook into a big prespawn girl.

[Team9nine]

I got my unicorn today. A lot of close calls, but only 2 bites today. She bit a MB 110 FX late under cloudy skies just as sprinkles were moving in. Went 8.20 on the Rapala and 8-1/4 on the Chatillon. Water already warmed up to 55 degrees, but I’m sure that’s just surface. A good 4 days or more of rain next week will probably change everything.
 

 

 

[Eric 26]

11 minutes ago, Team9nine said:

I got my unicorn today. 
 

 

 

 

[The Baron]

Nice one @Team9nine! 😎

 

update from Canada:  it’s dark and cold 😒

[AlabamaSpothunter]

@Team9nine   Way to go brother!    What a giant, and beautiful fish!     

 

@Aaron_H   Thanks for the kind words friend!   She sure did put on a great show.  

 

I have no doubt you'll get that big prespawn girl, you got plenty of experience with those big girls as we've seen in the past in this thread.    I predict she'll come on a jerkbait if history is a good judge 😎

 

Stay strong my Canuck and Yankee friends.......contrary to what Punxsutawney Phil recently forecasted, Spring will come sooner than later, and a new PB is waiting for each and every one of you!  

 

 

[Swamp Girl]

12 minutes ago, AlabamaSpothunter said:

 

Stay strong my Canuck and Yankee friends.......contrary to what Punxsutawney Phil recently forecasted, Spring will come sooner than later, and a new PB is waiting for each and every one of you!  

 

Those BIG Southern bass are keeping us warm. Congrats, @Team9nine, on your Megasaurus!

 

FWIW, 12" to 22" of snow is forecast for next week, but everyday is longer and it won't last. 

[Aaron_H]

1 hour ago, Team9nine said:

I got my unicorn today. A lot of close calls, but only 2 bites today. She bit a MB 110 FX late under cloudy skies just as sprinkles were moving in. Went 8.20 on the Rapala and 8-1/4 on the Chatillon. Water already warmed up to 55 degrees, but I’m sure that’s just surface. A good 4 days or more of rain next week will probably change everything.
 

 

 

 

 

JUMBO, excellent work!

 

30 minutes ago, AlabamaSpothunter said:

@Team9nine   Way to go brother!    What a giant, and beautiful fish!     

 

@Aaron_H   Thanks for the kind words friend!   She sure did put on a great show.  

 

I have no doubt you'll get that big prespawn girl, you got plenty of experience with those big girls as we've seen in the past in this thread.    I predict she'll come on a jerkbait if history is a good judge 😎

 

Stay strong my Canuck and Yankee friends.......contrary to what Punxsutawney Phil recently forecasted, Spring will come sooner than later, and a new PB is waiting for each and every one of you!  

 

 

 

I appreciate the kind words, a big one on a jerkbait in the coming weeks would put a big smile on my face, for sure. Lipless and bladed jig are strong contenders, as well.

 

Edit: This Chatter Bait to bladed jig auto correct thing is super weird.

[Swamp Girl]

@T-Billy wrote this months ago in a different thread. I like it so much that I'm reposting it:

 

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I love those bog pics. Looks like my idea of Heaven.  Streets of gold and a mansion on a hill don't interest me. A dirt road leading to a cabin on the shore of a quiet lake on the other hand... 

 

[AlabamaSpothunter]

Sacked up a bit over 21lbs for a nice day.

 

The 6.5 came on the Deps MIDST 1/4oz Drift Fry combo.....then the other 4 fish that made the bag were between 3.5-4lbs and all came on the spinnerbait.   If I'm catching them on a spinnerbait, I've thrown the entire tacklebox 😆   

 

 

 

[Aaron_H]

11 minutes ago, AlabamaSpothunter said:

Sacked up a bit over 21lbs for a nice day.

 

The 6.5 came on the Deps MIDST 1/4oz Drift Fry combo.....then the other 4 fish that made the bag were between 3.5-4lbs and all came on the spinnerbait.   If I'm catching them on a spinnerbait, I've thrown the entire tacklebox 😆   

 

 

 

 

You're absolutely killing it lately, keep up that hot streak!

[AlabamaSpothunter]

Thanks a bunch Aaron!     

 

It really baffles me how I can go the entire Fall catching a handful of 5lb+ fish, and then the winter rolls around and that's possible on a single day.    Winter comes when I'm just about to cry uncle from a losing streak 🤣

[Jar11591]

Nothing to see here. Just another casual 20lb+ winter bag from @AlabamaSpothunter. 
 

Awesome, man. 

[Swamp Girl]

Alex, as you know, I love those 20 lb. bags. They take consistency and they're so. much. fun. Just like 2024, you are streaking! No, not like this:

 

 

Like this:

 

 

11 minutes ago, AlabamaSpothunter said:

It really baffles me how I can go the entire Fall catching a handful of 5lb+ fish, and then the winter rolls around and that's possible on a single day. 

 

You are Winter Thor:

 

[gim]

On 2/5/2025 at 11:45 AM, Team9nine said:

Agree with the advantages/disadvantages. I never ‘long arm’ fish. In my case, being alone in a 16 ft boat, camera propped on a seat or against the side of the boat, I can only get about 5 ft away from the camera, so all ratios of me-to-camera and bass-to-camera get exaggerated, and sometimes even more so depending on exact angle.

I bought a clip that attaches to my windshield last year that holds my phone for a timed photo. Since I fish solo sometimes, and I wanted an action shot of some fish in addition to laying them on a bump board, this seems to have solved my problem. I got to be pretty good at it as the season progressed - with bass. When I caught a muskie though, that was a challenge. Not a great photo because of the sheer length.

 

Hopefully I can improve on it this upcoming season. Course, when someone comes with me, they can just take the photo for me. I tried to get my dog to do it but she doesn’t have thumbs. 

[LrgmouthShad]

First trip in TX this year because I’ve been busy. Turns out they are still biting a jig. These bass have no style, man. They just wake up, eat jig, go to bed. Caught a few small ones and missed a bunch unfortunately. Here’s the best one at just under 3lbs. Happy to be back on the water 😎 

#returnoftheshades

[Swamp Girl]

2 minutes ago, LrgmouthShad said:

They just wake up, eat jig, go to bed.

 

Funny!