Latest Catch Pics Thread

[TnRiver46]

 

that’s my dock on the right, hickories are putting on a show 

[roadwarrior]

 

 

                                                       

[GaryH]

17 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said:

Nice one ?

[PhishLI]

8 hours ago, AlabamaSpothunter said:

Dang that's huge.....what that fish weigh, 2lbs+?

No scale on hand. Looks like it though. That place has 15"-16"ers in it, so I guess it's possible when they're well fed. There are massive schools of white perch there, so they eat well.

 

5 hours ago, ol'crickety said:

Huge crappie, Phish! You're a heckuva fisher.*

That one is actually my buddy's. He's pretty good. I made the mistake of peeling off to another lake not knowing it had just been stocked with 12"-14" brown trout earlier that day. I didn't attempt to count the greedy trout googans encircling the place. They were everywhere. They get a limit, stash it in their cars, then come back for more. The bass are spooky at this lake to begin with, so it was a fool's errand for me to stay. I tried anyway to no avail, even though it was a chitshow of lures and bobbers hitting the water. I would've been better off just going home and polishing my hood ornament.

[Swamp Girl]

1 hour ago, PhishLI said:

No scale on hand. Looks like it though. That place has 15"-16"ers in it, so I guess it's possible when they're well fed. There are massive schools of white perch there, so they eat well.

 

That one is actually my buddy's. He's pretty good. I made the mistake of peeling off to another lake not knowing it had just been stocked with 12"-14" brown trout earlier that day. I didn't attempt to count the greedy trout googans encircling the place. They were everywhere. They get a limit, stash it in their cars, then come back for more. The bass are spooky at this lake to begin with, so it was a fool's errand for me to stay. I tried anyway to no avail, even though it was a chitshow of lures and bobbers hitting the water. I would've been better off just going home and polishing my hood ornament.

That fishing circus sounds awful. I like quiet fishing. No, I love quiet fishing. Gluttons trampling gluttons sounds awful.

[N Florida Mike]

I went again for a couple hours before dark. Since I didnt have long , I stayed at the upper end of the lake . Since I fished the west shoreline the other day, today I fished the east side. 

Strange how fish bite one day, and then 2 days later it’s different. The other day they wanted anything with a curly tail tight to the bank .

All I could catch them on today was green pumpkin yum dingers out 5-10 feet off the bank . All generally the same size, these being the biggest.Ended up with 7. 

[Woody B]

I caught 21 today.  The smallest was 13" so that's better than I've been doing.  Biggest wasn't huge though.  3 pound 8 ounce Largemouth followed by a 2 pound 15 ounce Spot.  The Largemouth showed out walking on it's tail.   I didn't have the usb plugged into my camera all the way so the battery went dead.      I've been "trying" to catch bass on a bladed jig but I left them alone today.  1 on a Devils Horse, 1 on a Texas rig,  the rest on Bandit 200's DT8's and Red Eyed Shad.   The bass were scattered, not really schooled up.   Most were on ledges or flats near ledges.  

[Swamp Girl]

[Eric 26]

21 hours ago, NorcalBassin said:

Finally got the opportunity to take the kayak out to some bigger water.

 

First scorable spot in the yak.

 

Funny how the little fellas feel bigger than they are when you're right on top of the water.

 

Pretty cool of these deer to come out for a swim as I was cruising along.

Beautiful fish?? Love the deer in the water picture, so cool when you can be a part of something wild when you’re not expecting it?

13 hours ago, PhishLI said:

Try a swim bait next time?

 

Wednesday night

 

All I’m going to say is WOW!!!!!

[Eric 26]

5 hours ago, TnRiver46 said:

 

that’s my dock on the right, hickories are putting on a show 

Awesome fish?? I’m very jealous of your dock, my family and I visited your lovely state last Christmas and although we were in tourist areas we took the time to hike one day and it was breathtaking as is your dock and hickory trees. I’m sitting here watching your “favorite team” putting on a clinic?

2 hours ago, N Florida Mike said:

2 hours ago, Woody B said:

 

I know I sound like a broken record but man there are some just gorgeous fish in this post? I don’t know if it’s due to the season or everybody getting really good at photos but wow it’s awesome to see and making me super jealous.

[TnRiver46]

3 hours ago, ol'crickety said:

That fishing circus sounds awful. I like quiet fishing. No, I love quiet fishing. Gluttons trampling gluttons sounds awful.

I have quiet fishing in several places but the doggone smallmouth love the main channel. The ones I caught today were amongst a ton of double decker yachts and pontoons again haha, sea legs……. I almost took a few waves over the bow but stayed dry 

34 minutes ago, Eric 26 said:

Awesome fish?? I’m very jealous of your dock, my family and I visited your lovely state last Christmas and although we were in tourist areas we took the time to hike one day and it was breathtaking as is your dock and hickory trees. I’m sitting here watching your “favorite team” putting on a clinic?

I know I sound like a broken record but man there are some just gorgeous fish in this post? I don’t know if it’s due to the season or everybody getting really good at photos but wow it’s awesome to see and making me super jealous.

Thanks buddy it’s nothing fancy and needs some fresh lumber here and there but it’ll do . @Blue Raider Bobis scheduled to do all the carpentry any day now while @Jigfishn10supervises. Need an entire back deck replaced too, they’ll have it done by the end of the week………

[PhishLI]

3 hours ago, ol'crickety said:

That fishing circus sounds awful.

Yup. It's nothing that I'll bother with usually, but I was already in gear, so I stuck it out for a bit. Not a sniff as expected. Hopefully the swarms will get them out quickly then vamoose, and leave enough for the big ones to fatten up.

 

3 hours ago, ol'crickety said:

I like quiet fishing. No, I love quiet fishing.

I'm withya, sista. It's one of the perks of fishing at night. Other than my circle, it's very rare to see others specifically bass fishing at night, thankfully. Most people get their souls crushed bass fishing around here during the day, so I guess it never occurs to them to try the night shift.

[Swamp Girl]

I've never fished through the night, Phish, but I sometimes begin the day shift so early that it's still night. I find it thrilling to hear my Whopper Plopper churning and then there's the splash and it's game on!

 

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...a ton of double decker yachts and pontoons....

I pray and pray for this fishing boat one day.

 

[Bankbeater]

The first trip in I don't know how long when a Texas rig and weightless worm didn't catch bass.  The bass were in chase mode.  I got these two on the outside of a small drop off.  Now if I can just find the bigger ones.

[Jar11591]

Drove a couple hours north to a small lake that has lots of big, beautifully colored smallmouth only to find the boat launch and only public access is closed ?. Ended up at another small lake a couple minutes away that I was unfamiliar with. Air temp was 28, and there was some skim ice on the water. Water temperature on the main lake was 44-45 at launch. My buddy got 2 3lb-class smallmouth, and I lost a lunker largemouth right at the boat. Could have been the best of the year. Was a little heartbroken. Finally was able to grind out this little guy dragging a ned rig:

Not bad considering it was a new lake, frigid water that was very low, and even some skim ice. It had warmed to 52 by 3oclock, but it was a 2 hour drive home so we called it. Looking forward to fishing this lake under more ideal conditions next year. A busy couple weeks ahead could mean this little smallmouth is my last Bass before ice-in, but I’m not putting the boat up yet. If I have a spare hour, I’ll be out there bundled up, PB hunting. 

[AlabamaSpothunter]

2 minutes ago, Jar11591 said:

Drove a couple hours north to a small lake that has lots of big, beautifully colored smallmouth only to find the boat launch and only public access is closed ?. Ended up at another small lake a couple minutes away that I was unfamiliar with. Air temp was 28, and there was some skim ice on the water. Water temperature on the main lake was 44-45 at launch. My buddy got 2 3lb-class smallmouth, and I lost a lunker largemouth right at the boat. Could have been the best of the year. Was a little heartbroken. Finally was able to grind out this little guy dragging a ned rig:

Not bad considering it was a new lake, frigid water that was very low, and even some skim ice. It had warmed to 52 by 3oclock, but it was a 2 hour drive home so we called it. Looking forward to fishing this lake under more ideal conditions next year. A busy couple weeks ahead could mean this little smallmouth is my last Bass before ice-in, but I’m not putting the boat up yet. If I have a spare hour, I’ll be out there bundled up, PB hunting. 

Hate to hear that brother, but it sounds like you didn't fester in it and made the most out of your outing with that beautiful Smallie.

 

Here's to hoping you get another chance or two before the ice-in.    

[Woody B]

It was nubbin (dink) day for me today.  I caught 13.  The biggest was 15 inches long.  I'll post a picture of it, but the highlight pictures are launching my boat, and eating lunch while idling down the lake.  

[thediscochef]

Went fishing this evening for the first time in 8 days which is a freakin lifetime for me...between playing bass for a musical and some car troubles it just wasn't happening. Rewarded with my 3rd biggest bass of the year. May not have been the biggest, but it's easily my best looking of the year. And I caught it in front of a couple landing boats who were complaining of a slow day, always a nice ego boost to hear the dock chatter go quiet for a minute. I lost one slightly smaller a couple casts later and that was church. 5 total in about an hour and a half, always feeling good about that. Good times. Also it was nice to pull a bass out of the water and it feel cool to the touch, it's been months since I had that experience. I love fall fishing.

[Jmurphy87]

Well that surprised me on 2 levels today. I caught 5-6 fish in 35 minutes or so, using one of my oddball color choices. The bait of the night was a keitech easy shinner 4” in table rock shad on a dirty jigs finesse 1/8 oz jig head. The fish were not big, although they were definitely beautiful. I caught my first fish by my 4th cast with some on back to back cast. I missed 2-3 fish but it was a very good session.

[Bluebasser86]

Well fishing was tough for the high schoolers this weekend, but I did capture a terrific blooper.

 

[AlabamaSpothunter]

Took a few days off because of the darn shoulder and going ape with a 7'9 rod and big swimbaits....very, very stupid.  

 

Didn't take a rod over 7'2 today and ended up only really throwing a Flashback mini 1/8th on my BFS setup.   Caught 4, and missed what I believe was a really good fish.....a giddy kitty size.  Then I found a nice LGM dead and floating and my positivity for the session was done.    First nice LGM I've found dead since starting back fishing over the summer, eats me up wondering how she died.   

 

 

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[TnRiver46]

2 minutes ago, AlabamaSpothunter said:

Took a few days off because of the darn shoulder and going ape with a 7'9 rod and big swimbaits....very, very stupid.  

 

Didn't take a rod over 7'2 today and ended up only really throwing a Flashback mini 1/8th on my BFS setup.   Caught 4, and missed what I believe was a really good fish.....a giddy kitty size.  Then I found a nice LGM dead and floating and my positivity for the session was done.    First nice LGM I've found dead since starting back fishing over the summer, eats me up wondering how she died.   

 

 

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Well, did you conduct a thorough autopsy? 
 

nice catches 

[AlabamaSpothunter]

Just now, TnRiver46 said:

Well, did you conduct a thorough autopsy? 

Visually as well I could, but no I'm not educated enough to waste my time investigating any further.   I do kind of wish I would have looked harder in her mouth, but if I was going to do that I was going all in.  

 

She had a big turtle bite out of back near tail, but I imagine that was postmortem.   I'd imagine that is a 3-4 yr old Bass.    Bloated, but by the length I'd say she was a 4lb class fish.   

[TnRiver46]

7 minutes ago, AlabamaSpothunter said:

Visually as well I could, but no I'm not educated enough to waste my time investigating any further.   I do kind of wish I would have looked harder in her mouth, but if I was going to do that I was going all in.  

 

She had a big turtle bite out of back near tail, but I imagine that was postmortem.   I'd imagine that is a 3-4 yr old Bass.    Bloated, but by the length I'd say she was a 4lb class fish.   

Yeah I was just messin with ya, only the shadow knows at this point. Little smelly when ya get close. 

[AlabamaSpothunter]

18 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said:

Yeah I was just messin with ya, only the shadow knows at this point. Little smelly when ya get close. 

I figured as much, but this is my home lake, it's managed and Bass are catch and release only.   Just sucks seeing such a good potential breeding fish dead.    

 

It'd be akin to owning hunting land and finding a nice dead Buck on your land I'd imagine.