Latest Catch Pics Thread

[The Bassman]

2 minutes ago, Team9nine said:

Haven’t even got a swipe from a bass on a micro Chatter in the ponds I fish - strange. I’ve given up on them - lol.

I find that it's easier to keep down without a skirt. It's been working good for me this past week.

[thediscochef]

Glad to see some love for the skirtless microchatter here, it's the main lure I've used all year. All my annual PBs came on that this year. Including that spotted bass yesterday. They fish way better without without skirt, @The Bassman is dead on about that.

[bassh8er]

On 12/21/2021 at 7:01 AM, LrgmouthShad said:

My Mom hooked a donkey! 5.9 lbs even, her PB. She saw some ripples and called over to me. I told her just leave her bait sitting there. After over maybe half a minute, her line started swimming off. She was excited!

 

Great fish.

 

You might want to get a new scale tho; that thing looks a lot closer to 10 lbs than it does 6.

[LrgmouthShad]

22 minutes ago, bassh8er said:

Great fish.

 

You might want to get a new scale tho; that thing looks a lot closer to 10 lbs than it does 6.

She will appreciate that. Thanks
 

Perspective though ?. pictures can be tricky. 

 

In seeing the bass in person, looked right around where it weighed. I invested in a higher quality scale and tested it on a half gallon of milk; it is accurate

 

[thediscochef]

Speaking of micro chatterbaits, I caught a new PB LMB on one tonight. Only fish I got. Black color, skirtless, rigged with a 3" BPS split tail stiko, vertical fins. 

6.8lbs by my scale. It's a Christmas miracle. A very happy holiday to you all!

[GreenPig]

2 minutes ago, thediscochef said:

Speaking of micro chatterbaits, I caught a new PB LMB on one tonight. Only fish I got. Black color, skirtless, rigged with a 3" BPS split tail stiko, vertical fins. 

6.8lbs by my scale. It's a Christmas miracle. A very happy holiday to you all!

Very nice. Merry Christmas. What a great gift.

[HaydenS]

30 minutes ago, thediscochef said:

Speaking of micro chatterbaits, I caught a new PB LMB on one tonight. Only fish I got. Black color, skirtless, rigged with a 3" BPS split tail stiko, vertical fins. 

6.8lbs by my scale. It's a Christmas miracle. A very happy holiday to you all!

Congrats!

[The Bassman]

6 hours ago, thediscochef said:

Speaking of micro chatterbaits, I caught a new PB LMB on one tonight. Only fish I got. Black color, skirtless, rigged with a 3" BPS split tail stiko, vertical fins. 

6.8lbs by my scale. It's a Christmas miracle. A very happy holiday to you all!

How do you like that Academy rod? Reminds me of a Shimano Poison Adrena. Easier on the wallet, though.

[thediscochef]

2 hours ago, The Bassman said:

How do you like that Academy rod? Reminds me of a Shimano Poison Adrena. Easier on the wallet, though.

I love it, I have it in a couple different varieties. Easily my most used rod since my Clarus broke

 

Good ole country time internet posting me three times lol

[Dwight Hottle]

12 hours ago, thediscochef said:

Speaking of micro chatterbaits, I caught a new PB LMB on one tonight. Only fish I got. Black color, skirtless, rigged with a 3" BPS split tail stiko, vertical fins. 

6.8lbs by my scale. It's a Christmas miracle. A very happy holiday to you all!

 

Congrats on the new PB. 

[Jgthomas]

Caught this 7.8 and 4.5 pounder today 

17 hours ago, bassh8er said:

Great fish.

 

You might want to get a new scale tho; that thing looks a lot closer to 10 lbs than it does 6.

I always measure fish, because scales can be tricky and batteries can cost you a new PB

[TnRiver46]

Congrats @thediscochef and @Jgthomas on those hogs.

 

I fished hard Christmas Eve all day and got nothing. I was slightly bummed that my last trip of the year was a skunk. But alas! This morning my wife said she had to drive a horse trailer somewhere here and there from 12-4, and suggested I go fishing…… 

 

happy Boxing Day!!!!

 

to ensure minimum chance of skunking, I dug up worms in my yard and drove to the rock quarry right behind my house. I walked down to the water and realized I forgot the worms in the truck, oh well got a fish in the first ten minutes with a tiny fluke 

about that time, my buddy texted and said a group was going paddling. Can’t turn down paddling in late December over 60 degree weather. So I left the quarry and loaded up the canoe, we hit the river around 2:30. On our way upstream somebody saw some shad, I just so happened to have my cast net in the canoe so I netted some threadfin. They were tiny so I put two on a hook, got another largemouth. The last trip (s) of the year shall not be skunks by golly. (The worms were safely released into my buddy’s flower beds)

[ironbjorn]

It's December 27th.

 

It's December 27th and I live in Indiana.

 

And I'm out here doing this.

 

On December 27th. In Indiana.

 

I'll be here awhile today. I hear you loud and clear, Mother Earth.

 

 

Plus one more on a lipless so far. But when I saw them eating on top and I picked up the Spook and caught a couple, I had to stop and share.

[TnRiver46]

1 hour ago, ironbjorn said:

It's December 27th.

 

It's December 27th and I live in Indiana.

 

And I'm out here doing this.

 

On December 27th. In Indiana.

 

I'll be here awhile today. I hear you loud and clear, Mother Earth.

 

 

Plus one more on a lipless so far. But when I saw them eating on top and I picked up the Spook and caught a couple, I had to stop and share.

When the weather throws you a bone…… throw a bone top water?? Should we put that on a bumper sticker? 

[DitchPanda]

2 hours ago, ironbjorn said:

It's December 27th.

 

It's December 27th and I live in Indiana.

 

And I'm out here doing this.

 

On December 27th. In Indiana.

 

I'll be here awhile today. I hear you loud and clear, Mother Earth.

 

 

Plus one more on a lipless so far. But when I saw them eating on top and I picked up the Spook and caught a couple, I had to stop and share.

That's cool. I live in Iowa..we have 5in of ice and the wind chill was -2 when I woke up.

[ironbjorn]

1 hour ago, DitchPanda said:

That's cool. I live in Iowa..we have 5in of ice and the wind chill was -2 when I woke up.

65* in the Indy burbs lol this is such an unusual "winter"

 

More 50s for another week it looks like

 

Caught 4 more just like the ones above then it all died. No size, but don't care when I'm fishing and catching with topwater a few days away from New Years.

[Team9nine]

Wasn't quite as adventurous as @ironbjorn and left the topwaters at home - lol - but hit a local pond that was catching the 15-20 mph gusts pretty good and caught half a dozen on blades fished like a lipless. Really enjoying this Indiana warm spell.

 

 

 

[The Bassman]

Like @Team9ninesaid we're in an unusual warm spell here. Big changes coming this weekend, though. Had my best day in a long time. Fish were stacked on the windward side and very agressive. Caught numerous 12-14 inchers including two good ones. Most came on a micro chatterbait but the two bigs bit a blade.

[Kevhead19]

Have to join in with my fellow Great Lakes area guys. I could not let the open water go to waste in IL. 

[thediscochef]

1 hour ago, The Bassman said:

Like @Team9ninesaid we're in an unusual warm spell here. Big changes coming this weekend, though. Had my best day in a long time. Fish were stacked on the windward side and very agressive. Caught numerous 12-14 inchers including two good ones. Most came on a micro chatterbait but the two bigs bit a blade.

Nice!!

[N Florida Mike]

Finally got into a few better fish today using my new Rod. Caught several on the super fluke. When it was almost dark I was at one of my favorite spots on my home lake. It’s a deeper water area just past a point with some eel grass down deep. A technique that often pays off there at that time is to slowly swim a magnum zoom lizard in june bug color. I pegged a couple more that way  just as the sun went down .

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Felt great being on the water. Temps in the 70s , then 60s. 

[GreenPig]

Caught 5 LM today on Super Flukes(Rainbow Shad). Big fish was 3 lb 8 oz and won me $6?

[thediscochef]

Nighttime bassin' where I caught a PB on Christmas...just the lonely Spotted Bass tonight though. Only a few more nights before we really get cold here for a bit so I'm trying to make the most of it. Daytime is a little busy right now so it's nighttime fishing for me. January will be the longest break from fishing I've had since June; 14 days. Hopefully the fishes forget me while I'm away ?

[scaleface]

I'm impressed with all you northeners catching bass . I've been busy these last two months and missed this late season opportunity . I'll be officially retired in a week so be ready to fish at any time .

[TnRiver46]

4 minutes ago, scaleface said:

I'm impressed with all you northeners catching bass . I've been busy these last two months and missed this late season opportunity . I'll be officially retired in a week so be ready to fish at any time .

Congratulations!!!