Latest Catch Pics Thread

[AmmoGuy]

Went to check out a 50 acre WMA lake near my house this afternoon. Its managed by the state, and I haven’t fished it in a couple of years. I got there late, and decided to just throw from the bank some instead of putting the boat in.
 

 Got to pull on a 5.82lb six casts in.  Then a 3.69lb about 15 min later. Ended  up pulling 12 out for a total of 24.92lbs in just over two hours.  
I also saw 4 different cotton mouths, and remembered why I don’t bank fish. ?

 

I caught them all on a 3/16 T-rigged Senko, nearly swimming it back. Worked slow, they wouldn’t touch it. 
 

[thediscochef]

5 hours ago, AmmoGuy said:

Went to check out a 50 acre WMA lake near my house this afternoon. Its managed by the state, and I haven’t fished it in a couple of years. I got there late, and decided to just throw from the bank some instead of putting the boat in.
 

 Got to pull on a 5.82lb six casts in.  Then a 3.69lb about 15 min later. Ended  up pulling 12 out for a total of 24.92lbs in just over two hours.  
I also saw 4 different cotton mouths, and remembered why I don’t bank fish. ?

 

I caught them all on a 3/16 T-rigged Senko, nearly swimming it back. Worked slow, they wouldn’t touch it. 
 

Them's some pretty fishes mhmm. Great Job!

 

Snakes are the thing I didn't miss about summer. 

[N Florida Mike]

Got 12 on friday afternoon. I caught most of them on super flukes , watermelon red and houdini colors. 
I fished a chatterbait hard and came up with nothing , as usual. Also fished a jerkbait off and on, with the same result. They didnt want a craw either. I also fished the rage tail cut-r, which usually produces a good fish or two, but not this time. 

Nothing over 2 pounds, so no pics this time… Didnt see but one bed, which is unusual for this time of year. 

[EWREX]

finally some open water in my parts! first cast sloooooow dragging the jig on the bottom and this guy smoked it. great to get on the board with my first bass of 2022

[Bluebasser86]

Got out and caught a bunch of fish Saturday, but couldn't find the big fish. A Vision 110, Top Shelf line thru swimbait, bladed jig, and Spro Rock Crawler did most of the damage. 

Sunday I got out for a couple hours on the local pond to test my kayak depthfinder to make sure it's actually working since getting it back from Lowrance. It worked great, water was nasty though and only caught one tiny one.

I did manage to find a boat I didn't know about though. 

[PhishLI]

Crazy weather here lately. The other day we were stuck in the 20s, then yesterday we made it into the 60s. I knew rain was on the way when I left last night, but had no idea it would roar through like a hurricane. Rain or no rain I was getting out there. I had a brand new ARK rod come in yesterday and I really wanted to gets some swings on it, and a new Z-man bait I was itching to try out. 30 mph gusts made it almost too much to deal with, but I found a few willing players before I got blown out of there by sideways rain.

 

I ski'd in one midget bass who attacked a white Shellcracker G2, then a honkin' fat and tall 26" pickerel ate the Z-man Diesel Minnow/Texas Eye rig. It hit hard and fought like crazy. The clicking drag on my new Zillion G zipped out, which intensified the thrill. My new ARK Essence survived its first real task, and the Diesel Minnow came out unscathed. Pickerel have been murdering my favorite JDM swimmers, so I'm happy I now have something that'll survive their ultra sharp teeth.

 

The patch on my waders gave way, so my right foot was sloshing in 40 degree water, and I was soaked through with rain by the time I got back to my truck, but you couldn't slap the smile off my face. Not a big bass night, but with another cold front coming in I'll take what I can get right now.

 

 

 

 

 

[J Francho]

That's a BIG pick!

[GreenPig]

Super Fluke & Bull Shad produced 19 today. It was a great overcast and windy day. 

[J._Bricker]

I headed up to Clear Lake to fish with Zach of Live Fast Movement Outdoors Guide Service and sample some late winter/early spring bass fishing. After a pre-dawn ride with air temperatures in the high 30’s we landed on our first spot. It didn’t take but a couple of casts to boat my first my first chunky pre spawn male of the morning. The morning’s bite window was consistent for solid fish as they put on the feed bag for the upcoming spawn. It was an enjoyable trip and I am definitely looking forward to the next one…

[Aaron_H]

12 minutes ago, J._Bricker said:

 

"Woah son!"

       -Roland Martin

              -Aaron_H

[thediscochef]

I think Jerkbaits are good

[Aaron_H]

Fishing is going to be pretty limited, another cold front coming through and it's super stormy. Lots of lightning all week, but all this rain does have the culverts in the canal out back flowing pretty good. Picked up a few little guys earlier on a watermelon/red Rage Bug. As long as you pitch it right up into the outflow, they smash it as soon as it hits the water.

[Bluebasser86]

1 hour ago, Aaron_H said:

Fishing is going to be pretty limited, another cold front coming through and it's super stormy. Lots of lightning all week, but all this rain does have the culverts in the canal out back flowing pretty good. Picked up a few little guys earlier on a watermelon/red Rage Bug. As long as you pitch it right up into the outflow, they smash it as soon as it hits the water.

I'll trade your stormy for our 4-8 inches of snow they're calling for ?

[Aaron_H]

1 hour ago, Bluebasser86 said:

I'll trade your stormy for our 4-8 inches of snow they're calling for ?

 

[Dwight Hottle]

Best one from yesterday. Fishing up at Headwaters near Fellsmere FL. We caught them on jerkbaits, whopper ploppers, frogs, worms, traps, bladded jigs, swim baits & this one came on a mag fluke.

 

 

[roadwarrior]

                                                   

[J._Bricker]

2 hours ago, Dwight Hottle said:

Best one from yesterday. Fishing up at Headwaters near Fellsmere FL. We caught them on jerkbaits, whopper ploppers, frogs, worms, traps, bladded jigs, swim baits & this one came on a mag fluke.

 

 

Judging by her battle scars, it looks like that big ole sow has posed for a few photos over the years. Beautiful fish @Dwight Hottle 

[Dwight Hottle]

1 hour ago, J._Bricker said:

Judging by her battle scars, it looks like that big ole sow has posed for a few photos over the years. Beautiful fish @Dwight Hottle 

Yes she had a torn lip from being hooked previously. I was using a single screw lock light weighted hook that stuck just above where the jaw was torn so I knew it wasn't from me. 

[thediscochef]

I think jerkbaits are good

 

The water here is really cold right now compared to yearly average; upper-mid 40s in most places. The jerkbait continues to produce despite the cold water temps. Another snow event tomorrow morning but after that it looks like we warm up pretty good for a while. I'm ready.

[T-Billy]

Couldn't find any bass today, but this fat 36" absolutely smoked my A rig and got the skunk outta the new boat. Poor rig looked like it had gone ten rounds with Tyson by the time that musky was done with it. Surface temps were 38-45 with next weeks forcast looking good starting Monday. Should be some bass moving up from deep water soon.

[TnRiver46]

Went striper fishing after work, struck out even with cut herring we had just caught. Tried a little backwash for bass with a zoom worm, viola 

 

[DitchPanda]

I'm pretty sure zoom should sponsor you...you'd be a great ambassador for their products as you only throw zoom worms.

[TnRiver46]

35 minutes ago, DitchPanda said:

I'm pretty sure zoom should sponsor you...you'd be a great ambassador for their products as you only throw zoom worms.

Haha! They make some good worms! I actually threw Alabama rig , jerkbait, and underspin today. (And big fish head). But of course they don’t work like worms do 

[casts_by_fly]

Made it out for a couple hours today. I was looking for northerns but none were obliging so I fished the other side of the lake back to the ramp.  There is one spot where the deepest creek channel swings up against a 5’ rock covered flat (about the only rocks in the lake). I fished it every trip last year and caught all of 2 perch. I gave up on smallies being in this lake despite the rumors. But I wanted to see how my trapcaster rod paired with braid (it’s just okay with mono) for later in the season so put on a Red eye shad and started casting. 30lb 832 Braid transforms the rod, but that’s another thread. A half a dozen casts later and I felt a mushy tick so set the hook. First I thought i was snagged, then when she rolled I thought it was a drum as black as it was. It was only when she slid into the net that I realized it was a smallmouth.  Taped out at a pinch over 20” and 4.1 lb. The picture sucks because i just take a quick snap but the numbers don’t lie. 
 

nice start to ice out.

[Aaron_H]

35 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said:

Went striper fishing after work, struck out even with cut herring we had just caught. Tried a little backwash for bass with a zoom worm, viola 

 

 

>goes striper fishing

>catches fatty black bass instead

 

That's my kind of striper fishing right there, friend.