Latest Catch Pics Thread

[The Bassman]

10 hours ago, Team9nine said:

 Cold front coming through over the next 24 hours should make the bite better once water cools a bit more.

 

 

Windy and low 60's ambient today. I'm thinking it might be a good recipe for jerkbaits. I fish a couple of larger ponds where the weeds are down now (mostly from treatment as well as seasonal).

[LrgmouthShad]

15 hours ago, Team9nine said:

and I was able to crop out the holey jeans so I don't offend anyone 

thank goodness. Lol

[keagbassr]

Got out today from 7:30-1.Caught 7 on a spinnerbait,nothing special, but it was some late season punching with a double wide beaver that made the day. It only produced 2 bites but they weighed 3-3 and 6-13.

[TnRiver46]

46 minutes ago, keagbassr said:

Got out today from 7:30-1.Caught 7 on a spinnerbait,nothing special, but it was some late season punching with a double wide beaver that made the day. It only produced 2 bites but they weighed 3-3 and 6-13.

Sheesh! Congrats!!!

[JWall14]

19 hours ago, keagbassr said:

Got out today from 7:30-1.Caught 7 on a spinnerbait,nothing special, but it was some late season punching with a double wide beaver that made the day. It only produced 2 bites but they weighed 3-3 and 6-13.

Now that’s a TOAD!

[GaryH]

21 hours ago, keagbassr said:

Got out today from 7:30-1.Caught 7 on a spinnerbait,nothing special, but it was some late season punching with a double wide beaver that made the day. It only produced 2 bites but they weighed 3-3 and 6-13.

Can’t wait to see your something special.? good job

[ironbjorn]

I started the season with a broken hand, and now I'm wrapping up the season (hopefully the weather holds out and gives me 2-3 more weeks) with a messed up foot (tendon and/or ligament damage, awaiting MRI). Neither injury did or will stop me from fishing.

 

My wonderful fiance got me set up along the bank before she went to run errands for a few hours. The poor woman was carrying 2 rods, a tackle bag, and a chair while I crutched alongside her to a spot I would choose to stay immobilized in a chair in and fish. 

 

I caught a dozen~ 12-14 inchers on a mixture of Wacky Rigs, Texas Rigged Culprit Worms, Texas Rigged Senkos, and Vision 110. I managed one good one to make my day. I've caught a handful of 3-4 pounders this month, but this October fish has meant the most considering the circumstances. It hit a 5" Watermelon Red and Black Flake Senko Texas Rigged on a 4/0 EWG with a 1/8oz weight, hopped along bottom.

 

 

The Show Must Go On

 

 

[TnRiver46]

3 minutes ago, ironbjorn said:

I started the season with a broken hand, and now I'm wrapping up the season (hopefully the weather holds out and gives me 2-3 more weeks) with a messed up foot (tendon and/or ligament damage, awaiting MRI). Neither injury did or will stop me from fishing.

 

My wonderful fiance got me set up along the bank before she went to run errands for a few hours. The poor woman was carrying 2 rods, a tackle bag, and a chair while I crutched alongside her to a spot I would choose to stay immobilized in a chair in and fish. 

 

I caught a dozen~ 12-14 inchers on a mixture of Wacky Rigs, Texas Rigged Culprit Worms, Texas Rigged Senkos, and Vision 110. I managed one good one to make my day. I've caught a handful of 3-4 pounders this month, but this October fish has meant the most considering the circumstances. It hit a 5" Watermelon Red and Black Flake Senko Texas Rigged on a 4/0 EWG with a 1/8oz weight, hopped along bottom.

 

 

The Show Must Go On

 

 

What a woman! 

[MN Fisher]

2 minutes ago, ironbjorn said:

I started the season with a broken hand, and now I'm wrapping up the season (hopefully the weather holds out and gives me 2-3 more weeks) with a messed up foot (tendon and/or ligament damage, awaiting MRI). Neither injury did or will stop me from fishing.

Dude - when challenging someone to a wresting contest, it's Tyr or Vidar - not both at once.

[LrgmouthShad]

4 hours ago, JWall14 said:

Now that’s a TOAD!

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. This man catches some seriously nice bass

[Mbirdsley]

Days re cap. So in celebration of getting a new job I used the day to do some fall fishing.  Day started out at a balmy 45 degrees and never got above 50 degrees.  Water was still 56 degrees.  Fished crystal lake in Montcalm county mi 

 

 Started out with a mojo rig with a zoom yum dinger water Mellon pearl which caught a 14 incher and about 4 other bass.  
 

Than decided to finally try using jerk baits.  Put on a $22 mega bass ito perch jerk bait and start killing it. I caught probably 10-12 13-14 inch bass on it. I had originally purchased this lure last spring but, was to afraid of loosing it.  Which, is exactly what happened to it.  a medium sized northern took it. One of those deals you see the pike grab onto it and just barley lift the rod tip and mega bass jerk bait was gone

 

 Mega bass jerk baits are definitely worth the hype.  They make using a jerk bait easy.  Jerk baits however, are the only lure I have an issue with getting bit off. 

.  Luckily tied on a #5 perch colored shad rap and nailed the biggest of the day a 14.5 bass and some other smaller fish.  Last pic is match the hatch.

Not a bunch of big fish but, Not a bad day for not getting above 50 degrees

[N Florida Mike]

Got 5 this evening, 4 on watermelon super-flukes and the biggest one on a zoom magnum lizard in june bug, using a slow retrieve in the middle of the water column.

[TnRiver46]

15 minutes ago, Mbirdsley said:

Days re cap. So in celebration of getting a new job I used the day to do some fall fishing.  Day started out at a balmy 45 degrees and never got above 50 degrees.  Water was still 56 degrees.  Fished crystal lake in Montcalm county mi 

 

 Started out with a mojo rig with a zoom water Mellon pearl which caught a 14 incher and about 4 other bass.  
 

Than decided to finally try using jerk baits.  Put on a $22 mega bass ito perch jerk bait and start killing it. I caught probably 10-12 13-14 inch bass on it. I had originally purchased this lure last spring but, was to afraid of loosing it.  Which, is exactly what happened to it.  a medium sized northern took it. One of those deals you see the pike grab onto it and just barley lift the rod tip and mega bass jerk bait was gone

 

 Mega bass jerk baits are definitely worth the hype.  They make using a jerk bait easy.  Jerk baits however, are the only lure I have an issue with getting bit off. 

.  Luckily tied on a #5 perch colored shad rap and nailed the biggest of the day a 14.5 bass and some other smaller fish.  Last pic is match the hatch.

Not a bunch of big fish but, Not a bad day for not getting above 50 degrees

That’s a different crystal lake than the one I’ve been too……. I think. I’ve been to the one in benzonia 

[Mbirdsley]

1 hour ago, TnRiver46 said:

That’s a different crystal lake than the one I’ve been too……. I think. I’ve been to the one in benzonia 

Yeah that’s what referred to unofficially as big crystal.  Which, is only 10 minutes from my grandparents. This ( little ) crystal is only 45 minutes from my house. 

[TnRiver46]

13 minutes ago, Mbirdsley said:

Yeah that’s what referred to unofficial as big crystal.  Which, is only 10 minutes from my grandparents. This ( little ) crystal is only 45 minutes from my house. 

I knew the water in your pics wasn’t clear enough to be “big crystal”

[Bluebasser86]

Fished my biggest kayak tournament so far this weekend, the American Kayak Classic on Truman Lake in Missouri. There was 172 anglers from 14 different states in attendance and to qualify you had to be in the top 10 in your club. 

 

I hate Truman, always have, always will. Fished it several times when I use to fish club tournaments as a teenager. Last time I'd fished it until my buddy and I went a couple weeks ago to prefish was over a decade ago in another tournament. It's a massive maze of trees, stumps, rocks, and dirty water. I've only ever had 1 good tournament there when I was 16, most of the rest I'd have a fish or two or even blank. I was not looking forward to it to say the the least but I wanted to try to represent my club.

 

I went for 2 days of prefishing. First day I had a spot that was just a gravel launch with a couple pockets on an outside bend I wanted to try. I almost didn't even launch when I got there, the water was gross, about 6" of visibility. I was there though, so I thought I'd at least give it a shot. Surprisingly, I actually managed to catch a couple fish on a squarebill, spinnerbait, and jig. Not big fish, but I was really more concerned about catching 5 than anything.

The beautiful launch area and water I was fishing. 

Second day of practice, I drove to the far south end of the lake to fish another series of coves. I caught a 15.5" fish near the ramp that felt like a good sign, it was not. 2 or 3 hours later, I got my second bite.

I'd pretty much decided to leave at this point, but that sealed it. I loaded up and drove north to Little Tebo creek and fished there for a few hours. I actually caught several bass, but they were so small that only 1 would have been a scorable fish even with a 12" length limit. It was not the practice I'd hoped for, but I hadn't skunked so I had something to work with. 

 

Day 1 I went back to my mudhole and hoped those fish would bite. Fishing the same chartreuse and black balsa crankbait, I picked up 3 keepers pretty quickly.

Then I got to a shallow mud flat and caught a bonus keeper on a spinnerbait.

There was thick fog and promise of flat calm conditions and bright sun. I wanted to get 5 before that sun got out if possible. It was burning off fast so I cut across the cove to the only other part I'd caught fish the day before. I caught my 5th keeper to make my limit, and then got a little bit of a cull up a few minutes later, both on the squarebill.

For just a minute that first morning, I was feeling pretty good.

I didn't think there were many fish in that area, so I left in search of other fish in that arm. I found none, not one. I'd submitted my last fish at 9:53AM, by 2PM I had not had another bite. I thought I was going to try to get to the creek in the very back of the arm I had caught my fish to see if I could get bit back there, but as I peddled that way I realized it was too far and I'd run out of time before I got there. I made the decision to try a different bait on the bank I'd caught my fish, a decision I'm not sure was a good one but I did it anyways. With 40 minutes left, I ran 1 of my 2 good banks with a homemade black and blue bladed jig, caught 4 fish, 3 scoreable, but only 1 that helped with a small cull.

I ended day 1 in 8th place, just over 3 inches back from the leader.

 

Day 2 was supposed to be cloudy and rainy, perfect conditions I thought. I really felt like I was going to go and take a run at doing well. My first bite of the morning came at the very end of my best stretch of bank on a homemade black and blue bladed jig, my line broke on the hookset for some reason. Across the cove in a steady rain, I finally squeaked out a 13.25" fish on the same bait.

I went around 3 times through my 2 good areas with 2 short fish to show for it. It was after 11 and I was frustrated and about ready to just drive home. My wife called and encouraged me to get back in the game, make a move and finish strong. I pulled the plug on my spot and went to where my buddy and I had prefished 3 weeks prior with blind faith those fish would still be there. It was about a 40 minute drive, I had a little over 2 hours to catch 4 keepers by the time I got back on the water. The water was way clearer there, maybe 2' of visibility. I dropped a Ned rig around the boat ramp docks and caught a 15.25" fish in less than 5 minutes.

Fish started chasing shad onto the banks right by the ramp. I caught 2 shorts in a row, then a tiny keeper, but it made number 3.

I peddled to where we'd caught the majority of our fish prefishing and picked up my topwater. I'd never had a bite on topwater to this point, but I was hoping. I quickly hooked up with a keeper, and lost it halfway to the kayak. 5 minutes later, another strike, this one hooked and stuck. Only 13.5" but it was number 4, just needed 1 more. 10 minutes later I had another vicious strike, but it completely missed the hooks, my stomach was just in knots that kept tightening every time a fish missed my bait. Another fish swung and missed so I tossed back a 6th Sense Flush, saw the boil, swung the fish in. It was just barely, but number 5 touched 12" and I still had time to catch more. Now that I had 5, I could stick with the big Berkley Cane Walker and look for bigger fish. In the last 30 minutes, I upgraded twice with that, neither were large in size, but they were huge in the standings.

It was not the day I'd hoped for at all, but it could have been so much worse.

 

They had enough people to pay down to 15 spots, it was just a little more than my entry fee, but it was better than nothing. Wouldn't have made the pay line without those last 2 little culls. 

 

I owe a huge thank you to the guys from my club. The first day of practice right before I turned my truck off, the battery icon turned on my dash. It's an '08 and that's not the only light on so I hoped it was just an older truck doing older truck things. As I pulled into the campgrounds we were staying at, all my lights came on, my speedometer quit, and my truck died. I coasted into a parking area and was able to get ahold of them. One ran to NAPA and got an alternator, while another met me there and we tore my truck apart to get the alternator out. It was a 3 hour job with limited tools but it wouldn't have happened without them. Fishing against them all year, they could have left me stranded and with no way to get my kayak on the water, but they helped me out and got me back in the game. 

[roadwarrior]

GREAT POST!

 

                                                         

[TnRiver46]

8 hours ago, Bluebasser86 said:

Fished my biggest kayak tournament so far this weekend, the American Kayak Classic on Truman Lake in Missouri. There was 172 anglers from 14 different states in attendance and to qualify you had to be in the top 10 in your club. 

 

I hate Truman, always have, always will. Fished it several times when I use to fish club tournaments as a teenager. Last time I'd fished it until my buddy and I went a couple weeks ago to prefish was over a decade ago in another tournament. It's a massive maze of trees, stumps, rocks, and dirty water. I've only ever had 1 good tournament there when I was 16, most of the rest I'd have a fish or two or even blank. I was not looking forward to it to say the the least but I wanted to try to represent my club.

 

I went for 2 days of prefishing. First day I had a spot that was just a gravel launch with a couple pockets on an outside bend I wanted to try. I almost didn't even launch when I got there, the water was gross, about 6" of visibility. I was there though, so I thought I'd at least give it a shot. Surprisingly, I actually managed to catch a couple fish on a squarebill, spinnerbait, and jig. Not big fish, but I was really more concerned about catching 5 than anything.

The beautiful launch area and water I was fishing. 

Second day of practice, I drove to the far south end of the lake to fish another series of coves. I caught a 15.5" fish near the ramp that felt like a good sign, it was not. 2 or 3 hours later, I got my second bite.

I'd pretty much decided to leave at this point, but that sealed it. I loaded up and drove north to Little Tebo creek and fished there for a few hours. I actually caught several bass, but they were so small that only 1 would have been a scorable fish even with a 12" length limit. It was not the practice I'd hoped for, but I hadn't skunked so I had something to work with. 

 

Day 1 I went back to my mudhole and hoped those fish would bite. Fishing the same chartreuse and black balsa crankbait, I picked up 3 keepers pretty quickly.

Then I got to a shallow mud flat and caught a bonus keeper on a spinnerbait.

There was thick fog and promise of flat calm conditions and bright sun. I wanted to get 5 before that sun got out if possible. It was burning off fast so I cut across the cove to the only other part I'd caught fish the day before. I caught my 5th keeper to make my limit, and then got a little bit of a cull up a few minutes later, both on the squarebill.

For just a minute that first morning, I was feeling pretty good.

I didn't think there were many fish in that area, so I left in search of other fish in that arm. I found none, not one. I'd submitted my last fish at 9:53AM, by 2PM I had not had another bite. I thought I was going to try to get to the creek in the very back of the arm I had caught my fish to see if I could get bit back there, but as I peddled that way I realized it was too far and I'd run out of time before I got there. I made the decision to try a different bait on the bank I'd caught my fish, a decision I'm not sure was a good one but I did it anyways. With 40 minutes left, I ran 1 of my 2 good banks with a homemade black and blue bladed jig, caught 4 fish, 3 scoreable, but only 1 that helped with a small cull.

I ended day 1 in 8th place, just over 3 inches back from the leader.

 

Day 2 was supposed to be cloudy and rainy, perfect conditions I thought. I really felt like I was going to go and take a run at doing well. My first bite of the morning came at the very end of my best stretch of bank on a homemade black and blue bladed jig, my line broke on the hookset for some reason. Across the cove in a steady rain, I finally squeaked out a 13.25" fish on the same bait.

I went around 3 times through my 2 good areas with 2 short fish to show for it. It was after 11 and I was frustrated and about ready to just drive home. My wife called and encouraged me to get back in the game, make a move and finish strong. I pulled the plug on my spot and went to where my buddy and I had prefished 3 weeks prior with blind faith those fish would still be there. It was about a 40 minute drive, I had a little over 2 hours to catch 4 keepers by the time I got back on the water. The water was way clearer there, maybe 2' of visibility. I dropped a Ned rig around the boat ramp docks and caught a 15.25" fish in less than 5 minutes.

Fish started chasing shad onto the banks right by the ramp. I caught 2 shorts in a row, then a tiny keeper, but it made number 3.

I peddled to where we'd caught the majority of our fish prefishing and picked up my topwater. I'd never had a bite on topwater to this point, but I was hoping. I quickly hooked up with a keeper, and lost it halfway to the kayak. 5 minutes later, another strike, this one hooked and stuck. Only 13.5" but it was number 4, just needed 1 more. 10 minutes later I had another vicious strike, but it completely missed the hooks, my stomach was just in knots that kept tightening every time a fish missed my bait. Another fish swung and missed so I tossed back a 6th Sense Flush, saw the boil, swung the fish in. It was just barely, but number 5 touched 12" and I still had time to catch more. Now that I had 5, I could stick with the big Berkley Cane Walker and look for bigger fish. In the last 30 minutes, I upgraded twice with that, neither were large in size, but they were huge in the standings.

It was not the day I'd hoped for at all, but it could have been so much worse.

 

They had enough people to pay down to 15 spots, it was just a little more than my entry fee, but it was better than nothing. Wouldn't have made the pay line without those last 2 little culls. 

 

I owe a huge thank you to the guys from my club. The first day of practice right before I turned my truck off, the battery icon turned on my dash. It's an '08 and that's not the only light on so I hoped it was just an older truck doing older truck things. As I pulled into the campgrounds we were staying at, all my lights came on, my speedometer quit, and my truck died. I coasted into a parking area and was able to get ahold of them. One ran to NAPA and got an alternator, while another met me there and we tore my truck apart to get the alternator out. It was a 3 hour job with limited tools but it wouldn't have happened without them. Fishing against them all year, they could have left me stranded and with no way to get my kayak on the water, but they helped me out and got me back in the game. 

Nice work, that’s nice clear water for down south haha

[LrgmouthShad]

2 hours ago, TnRiver46 said:

Nice work, that’s nice clear water for down south haha

Very clear! ??

 

Back in NC last winter

[DitchPanda]

25 minutes ago, LrgmouthShad said:

Very clear! ??

 

Back in NC last winter

That's gross

[TnRiver46]

32 minutes ago, LrgmouthShad said:

Very clear! ??

 

Back in NC last winter

The question is, what are you doing sitting in my canoe ??

[LrgmouthShad]

18 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said:

The question is, what are you doing sitting in my canoe ??

We actually had someone try to take it..... turned into a road chase ?. You wouldn't happen to know about that....??? ??

[TnRiver46]

7 minutes ago, LrgmouthShad said:

We actually had someone try to take it..... turned into a road chase ?. You wouldn't happen to know about that....??? ??

I don’t know what you’re talking about 

[LrgmouthShad]

8 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said:

I don’t know what you’re talking about 

Oh my gosh that is hilarious. Just made my day ?

[Smells like fish]

TnRiver goes amphibious at times