Latest Catch Pics Thread

[roadwarrior]

                                                              

[TnRiver46]

Great job @The Bassman. Husky jerk is a great lure 

[NorcalBassin]

Nothing says you're going to freeze your tail off and wish you had more layers than thick fog, 34 degrees, and a steady breeze...

 

No interest in big swimbaits but 2.8 keitechs, Neds, and tubes all delivered.

 

Pop's best of the day

 

 

[roadwarrior]

  Congrats to you and your dad!

[N Florida Mike]

Fished hard for much of the day on Christmas eve. Didnt have much to show for it. I caught 4 on a green pumpkin big bite craw , and 1 on a fluke. Tried a ned rig for the first time , fished it hard without so much as a sniff. It was very windy and cloudy so I also slow rolled a spinnerbait with no result. Nothing on a trick worm either.
There was a big front coming in that got here after dark. The later in the afternoon, they began to get more active . The windblown east shoreline had fish holding right against the bank. I missed a fish twice- he picked it up and dropped it right as I set the hook. 

A bit further down the lake I cast a foot or so from the bank and a big fish picked it up and went in closer to the bank, which they rarely do. He felt the pressure of the tight line and dropped it. When I began reeled he blew up on it and missed twice as I was reeling in. 

Not my best day on the water by far, but I wasnt skunked. This cold water has really slowed down the bite in general.

[JustJames]

On 12/23/2020 at 3:58 PM, The Bassman said:

I've been able to fish on Christmas day the past two years. This is as close as I'll get this go around. Cold front's gonna bring temps in the teens after tomorrow. Today was 50ish and windy with rain moving in. Seemed perfect for a jerkbait.  #8 Husky Jerk got me on a good bite with several 2-3 pounders, one 4 and this big one. Really a memorable afternoon.

This is my kind of guy, love the rig too bad I don’t have Zodias in spinning (2 baitcaster) and that husky might be the same as my favorite color.

 

 

[The Bassman]

13 minutes ago, Bass_Fishing_Socal said:

This is my kind of guy, love the rig too bad I don’t have Zodias in spinning (2 baitcaster) and that husky might be the same as my favorite color.

That's one of my JDM 6'4" models. I have two, an ML and a L. Wonderful lightweight rigs with the 1000 Stradic FA's. I swapped out the short handles for longer 2500 ones and added septon knobs. Can't stand the round EVA ones. And yes, that HJ is Tenn Shad like the one with your nice bass. Every one I buy wants to float so I have to modify them with different hooks, split rings, etc.

[TnRiver46]

@The Bassman, which line do you throw? All the husky jerk I’ve used lately suspend on 6 lb mono . Then again I think I use # 10 model. I can watch the line floating on surface for “strikes on the pause” in dead of winter 

[The Bassman]

1 minute ago, TnRiver46 said:

@The Bassman, which line do you throw? All the husky jerk I’ve used lately suspend on 6 lb mono . Then again I think I use # 10 model 

I go against conventional wisdom by using straight braid. This instance was Berkley X-5 8#. I always test my baits at home without line and they want to float. I actually get a lot of satisfaction out of fine tuning them.

[JustJames]

2 hours ago, The Bassman said:

I go against conventional wisdom by using straight braid. This instance was Berkley X-5 8#. I always test my baits at home without line and they want to float. I actually get a lot of satisfaction out of fine tuning them.

Yes it slow float, all my HJ08 do that too. You can see that I add a little bit of copper to front hook to get it suspended right.

I wanna add more spinning rod, especially Zodias series, but afraid it will not get use as much. I only use spinning when Neko Rig or dropshot.

[ryanerb]

On 12/24/2020 at 1:00 PM, NorcalBassin said:

Nothing says you're going to freeze your tail off and wish you had more layers than thick fog, 34 degrees, and a steady breeze...

No interest in big swimbaits but 2.8 keitechs, Neds, and tubes all delivered.

Well.... you forget about the cold when you're actually catching them. Nothing like freezing on the lake and skunking the same day. Sounds like typical winter appetite! Glad you had fun, and thanks for posting to let all us other guys live vicariously through you!

 

[N Florida Mike]

Caught this 21 inch skinny fish off my dock a little while ago on a 7 1/2 black with blue tail culprit worm.

I had walked down and cast right near my boat, hooked the fish and he got off.

Waited a few minutes and cast in the same spot , and got bit again...

[BrianMDTX]

Catch it again! ?

[scaleface]

45 minutes ago, N Florida Mike said:

That is one skinny bass .

[N Florida Mike]

3 hours ago, scaleface said:

That is one skinny bass .

That’s probably the skinniest fish Ive ever caught over 20 inches...

[VGT]

Been fishing in San Luis Obispo CA, small ponds at the college. Caught a small one on a white jig fluke tail. And my buddy one on a green pumpkin jig with a plasma ned trailer. Both under 2 pounds. Got the little row boat out on the bigger pond and fished jigs, spinners and Ned rig all day with no bite.  Back to bank fishing the other ponds skunked 4 more times until yesterday, figured I’d try a crank bait for fun and nailed one on the first cast. Stuck around another hour and caught a 3.5# on the same craw shallow diver.  Went back today a little later with no luck, crankbaits, jerk bait and jig. Sorry if the images aren’t the best was having issues with upload size.

[NorcalBassin]

Had a nice few hours with spots, LM, and even a couple trout thrown in. No big spots yet but they were sure nice and healthy.

 

 

 

 

[ryanerb]

4 hours ago, NorcalBassin said:

Had a nice few hours with spots, LM, and even a couple trout thrown in. No big spots yet but they were sure nice and healthy.

Very healthy fish! What water temps are you fishing? Lots of lakes down here are around 48-51.

On 12/31/2020 at 6:08 PM, VGT said:

Been fishing in San Luis Obispo CA, small ponds at the college. Caught a small one on a white jig fluke tail. And my buddy one on a green pumpkin jig with a plasma ned trailer. Both under 2 pounds. Got the little row boat out on the bigger pond and fished jigs, spinners and Ned rig all day with no bite.  Back to bank fishing the other ponds skunked 4 more times until yesterday, figured I’d try a crank bait for fun and nailed one on the first cast. Stuck around another hour and caught a 3.5# on the same craw shallow diver.  Went back today a little later with no luck, crankbaits, jerk bait and jig. Sorry if the images aren’t the best was having issues with upload size.

 

 

 

Ironic, I live local to those ponds and thought for awhile they were off limits? Maybe a good time to fish over holiday break! Glad you got a few, sounds like there were several skunks mixed in! Thanks for the report!

[NorcalBassin]

6 hours ago, ryanerb said:

Very healthy fish! What water temps are you fishing? Lots of lakes down here are around 48-51.

Surface temp continue to hang in that 54-55* range... hopefully they stay there!

[FrankN209]

Caught my first fish of the year. Hopefully many more to come..

[scaleface]

1 hour ago, FrankN209 said:

Caught my first fish of the year. Hopefully many more to come..

Every time I tried a swim bait on a spinnerbait with no skirt , it   laid on its side .

[FrankN209]

Just now, scaleface said:

Every time I tried a swim bait on a spinnerbait with no skirt , it   laid on its side .

This works pretty good, swims normal for me.

[TnRiver46]

56 minutes ago, scaleface said:

Every time I tried a swim bait on a spinnerbait with no skirt , it   laid on its side .

Bass dont eat sideways shad? 

[Jigfishn10]

7 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said:

Bass dont eat sideways shad? 

I thought they ate it when it was dying ... not dead?! ?

[Bluebasser86]

Got in my first trip of the year. Had several misses I wish I'd have got in the boat, but I did put a few on the board, including one that really counted.