Latest Catch Pics Thread

[Blue Raider Bob]

My latest catch was furry! These little critters use my dock as a latrine. They also chew my electrical wires on my solar lights and solar fish feeder. Don't know why but they do. I have to trap and release several times a year. This particular coon was reluctant to escape the cage when we got to the release site. The pictures will give you an idea of why it can be uncomfortable releasing these critters. You have to open door and remain in place as they leave. You also have to hope there is no remaining animosity! This one didn't and I'm glad because I'm no longer fleet of foot!

[TnRiver46]

1 hour ago, Blue Raider Bob said:

My latest catch was furry! These little critters use my dock as a latrine. They also chew my electrical wires on my solar lights and solar fish feeder. Don't know why but they do. I have to trap and release several times a year. This particular coon was reluctant to escape the cage when we got to the release site. The pictures will give you an idea of why it can be uncomfortable releasing these critters. You have to open door and remain in place as they leave. You also have to hope there is no remaining animosity! This one didn't and I'm glad because I'm no longer fleet of foot!

Haha! Prop the door open on a log or a block and then you can walk away and let it come out on its own terms. We have a couple traps like yours but most of ours are different and you could run a stick through the cage to hold the door open and back away

 

i had one come at me snarling from 30 feet away once, had to kick it to smitherines 

 

be careful, the health dept considers it a rabies exposure it one of those things so much as touches you (I don’t but they do) 

[T-Billy]

13 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said:

i had one come at me snarling from 30 feet away once, had to kick it to smitherines 

This is why, possum get released, coon get lead poisoning.

[Aaron_H]

Got another nice fall one on the jerkbait. I am loving this new jerkbait combo! Biggest of the evening went 6lb 1oz:

 

Air temp almost 20 degrees cooler during the day than yesterday, the fish were blowing up on shad schools pretty nicely starting around 3:30 PM or so. Just a bit too far out to get to the really big blowups I was seeing, but I did manage to pick off quite a few smaller bass. Then I saw a nice blowup ~20 feet from the bank off to my left. Made a cast right into where she blew up, twitch twitch BOOM loaded into that 6lber. Fantastic fight, a couple of jumps and some strong runs but she stayed pegged

 

The first bass I hooked into jumped in about 10" of water and my line went slack as soon as it landed, thought I lost it. Reeled up and the rod loaded, jerkbait is hung on the bottom. Water was clear, I could see where it was stuck in the mud, but I couldn't quite see my lure. Then I notice about 8" of bass tail sticking up out of the mud, the fish had nosedived in that shallow water and buried itself in the mud. Got her unstuck and back on her way after a quick laugh.

 

Shout out to the strongest fight of the evening, though:

 

I really had to put some mussel into it. ?

[DogBone_384]

45 minutes ago, Aaron_H said:

Shout out to the strongest fight of the evening

So I'm not the only one that catches shellfish.  Cape Cod has big freshwater clams.

[DogBone_384]

1 hour ago, Aaron_H said:

twitch twitch BOOM loaded into that 6lber.

I see you're in Orlando.  I'll be down there for MECUM in January.  Are there any decent places to fish from shore?  Thanks, in advance.

[Aaron_H]

14 minutes ago, DogBone_384 said:

I see you're in Orlando.  I'll be down there for MECUM in January.  Are there any decent places to fish from shore?  Thanks, in advance.

 

Lots. And lots. And even more than that. I can't express to you just how many ponds there are in central FL, since it's a dirty swamp and needs all the drainage it can get just to make it (moderately) habitable. The best advice I can give is to hop on Google Earth Pro, figure out where you'll be staying and just start dropping pins on ponds you find. Anything that isn't fenced and has no signage I would try. Use the past satellite imagery feature to narrow down ponds that are older (10+ years) and have a better chance at holding some quality fish, but if it's just numbers you're after then you can skip that. Just be warned that many, many ponds are going to be privately owned and do not allow fishing either by the homeowner or HOA.

 

FWC has some lakes and ponds listed on their sites with forecasts that you can check out. The Fab Five lakes should all have quality bank access, and all of the urban ponds they list do. If you make the drive down to Hunters Creek area, Bear Creek park (one of the urban ponds) has some very big bass in it, as well as stocked channel catfish if that's your thing. The bass bite can be a little stingy there, but there are some true giants in that pond.

[softwateronly]

Burning leaves @ 10 o'clock at night in snow flurries and these girls were hunting the neighbor's docks....

 

scott

 

 

 

[thediscochef]

3 hours ago, Aaron_H said:

Got another nice fall one on the jerkbait. I am loving this new jerkbait combo! Biggest of the evening went 6lb 1oz:

 

Air temp almost 20 degrees cooler during the day than yesterday, the fish were blowing up on shad schools pretty nicely starting around 3:30 PM or so. Just a bit too far out to get to the really big blowups I was seeing, but I did manage to pick off quite a few smaller bass. Then I saw a nice blowup ~20 feet from the bank off to my left. Made a cast right into where she blew up, twitch twitch BOOM loaded into that 6lber. Fantastic fight, a couple of jumps and some strong runs but she stayed pegged

 

The first bass I hooked into jumped in about 10" of water and my line went slack as soon as it landed, thought I lost it. Reeled up and the rod loaded, jerkbait is hung on the bottom. Water was clear, I could see where it was stuck in the mud, but I couldn't quite see my lure. Then I notice about 8" of bass tail sticking up out of the mud, the fish had nosedived in that shallow water and buried itself in the mud. Got her unstuck and back on her way after a quick laugh.

 

Shout out to the strongest fight of the evening, though:

 

I really had to put some mussel into it. ?

Man's over here casually catching bigger bass than I have all year LOL

[PhishLI]

37* and blowing 10mph. Forgot my electric underwear, so I froze my dingaling off for an hour, then tapped out. Brrrr. One bite. One bass. No drama. No skunk!

[Swamp Girl]

On 11/17/2022 at 9:18 AM, Blue Raider Bob said:

My latest catch was furry! These little critters use my dock as a latrine. They also chew my electrical wires on my solar lights and solar fish feeder. Don't know why but they do. I have to trap and release several times a year. This particular coon was reluctant to escape the cage when we got to the release site. The pictures will give you an idea of why it can be uncomfortable releasing these critters. You have to open door and remain in place as they leave. You also have to hope there is no remaining animosity! This one didn't and I'm glad because I'm no longer fleet of foot!

 

I trapped and released 33 red squirrels a few summers back and they'd be the same. They'd be bonkers in the cage, trying to free themselves, but when I got to the release site and opened the door, they'd just sit, watch, and wait.

 

I found bear tracks in my front yard this morning. It better bed down pretty soon. 

12 hours ago, softwateronly said:

Burning leaves @ 10 o'clock at night in snow flurries and these girls were hunting the neighbor's docks....

 

scott

 

 

 

 

Your first bass is so colorful that it looks like a tropical reef fish. Fat too!

15 hours ago, Aaron_H said:

Got another nice fall one on the jerkbait. I am loving this new jerkbait combo! Biggest of the evening went 6lb 1oz:

 

Air temp almost 20 degrees cooler during the day than yesterday, the fish were blowing up on shad schools pretty nicely starting around 3:30 PM or so. Just a bit too far out to get to the really big blowups I was seeing, but I did manage to pick off quite a few smaller bass. Then I saw a nice blowup ~20 feet from the bank off to my left. Made a cast right into where she blew up, twitch twitch BOOM loaded into that 6lber. Fantastic fight, a couple of jumps and some strong runs but she stayed pegged

 

The first bass I hooked into jumped in about 10" of water and my line went slack as soon as it landed, thought I lost it. Reeled up and the rod loaded, jerkbait is hung on the bottom. Water was clear, I could see where it was stuck in the mud, but I couldn't quite see my lure. Then I notice about 8" of bass tail sticking up out of the mud, the fish had nosedived in that shallow water and buried itself in the mud. Got her unstuck and back on her way after a quick laugh.

 

Shout out to the strongest fight of the evening, though:

 

I really had to put some mussel into it. ?

 

Beauty!

[GreenPig]

14 hours ago, Blue Raider Bob said:

My latest catch was furry! These little critters use my dock as a latrine. They also chew my electrical wires on my solar lights and solar fish feeder. Don't know why but they do. I have to trap and release several times a year. This particular coon was reluctant to escape the cage when we got to the release site. The pictures will give you an idea of why it can be uncomfortable releasing these critters. You have to open door and remain in place as they leave. You also have to hope there is no remaining animosity! This one didn't and I'm glad because I'm no longer fleet of foot!

I've got several of those nocturnal dogs. 

[Aaron_H]

12 hours ago, thediscochef said:

Man's over here casually catching bigger bass than I have all year LOL

 

Thanks! I've been very fortunate with size this year. I don't think I'm quite there yet on being able to really consistently target big bass like some of y'all on here, but I think I'm definitely getting better at it.

[TnRiver46]

51 minutes ago, Aaron_H said:

 

Thanks! I've been very fortunate with size this year. I don't think I'm quite there yet on being able to really consistently target big bass like some of y'all on here, but I think I'm definitely getting better at it.

Most of us would have to use an airplane to target big bass 

[Aaron_H]

2 hours ago, TnRiver46 said:

Most of us would have to use an airplane to target big bass 

 

Never tried an airplane, but big baits, big fish, etc.

[Woody B]

Mrs B and myself took the camper and boat to Moss Lake.  (1500 acre lake, full so spots, fished to death during the summer).  We managed to catch 7 today.  

 

The spot pictured is my first Alabama rig bass.  

 

[GreenPig]

Fished today from 7a - 2p, lost a nice one and caught two. Water  is 60.8 degrees which is 6 degrees down in 7 days. Air temp started at 29. TRD on a Flatlands Tackle wobblehead and Spark shad on a Okashira Screwhead were the baits.

[AlabamaSpothunter]

4 Species day.....LGM, Spotted, Channel Catfish, and Crappie.    

 

There is no lying to myself anymore, the cold is finally here for good.   Been a week with lows in the mid 30s to high 20s, and the lake went from 67degrees 8-9days ago to 58 degrees today.    

 

Smallest Bass on this BD Shad has been a 3.5, biggest was 6lb.     Every fish hits this bait like a freight train, something about it slowly falling after a twitch is when I get the best fish on it.   Straight retrieve gets fish as well, but the bigger fish are coming when I let it fall a little way.   This one isn't "slow sinking" like it says.   It falls about half the rate of a normal sinking bait.   Has an almost flutter look to it.    I can see why big Catfish hit this bait.   I lost another big cat a few days back on it as well.  

 

The 1-2lb fish are quickly turning into little footballs, love to see it.   Big Bass of the day was the 4.5 and big fish was a 9.5 Channel Kitty.   Caught half a dozen more smaller fish and two Crappie.   

 

[TnRiver46]

37 minutes ago, AlabamaSpothunter said:

4 Species day.....LGM, Spotted, Channel Catfish, and Crappie.    

 

There is no lying to myself anymore, the cold is finally here for good.   Been a week with lows in the mid 30s to high 20s, and the lake went from 67degrees 8-9days ago to 58 degrees today.    

 

Smallest Bass on this BD Shad has been a 3.5, biggest was 6lb.     Every fish hits this bait like a freight train, something about it slowly falling after a twitch is when I get the best fish on it.   Straight retrieve gets fish as well, but the bigger fish are coming when I let it fall a little way.   This one isn't "slow sinking" like it says.   It falls about half the rate of a normal sinking bait.   Has an almost flutter look to it.    I can see why big Catfish hit this bait.   I lost another big cat a few days back on it as well.  

 

The 1-2lb fish are quickly turning into little footballs, love to see it.   Big Bass of the day was the 4.5 and big fish was a 9.5 Channel Kitty.   Caught half a dozen more smaller fish and two Crappie.   

 

Nice catches! Looks fairly steep around your lake 

[a1712]

My last Bass from the F&G. They decided to close the lake today the 18th due to the fact, they don't want people to be hit by stray bullets while they're fishing. Seriously, that's what they told us. 

35° air temp, 20+ mph winds.

Millionaire 70 CT SV, 6'10" Legend Glass M/M, 10lb. Samarai Flouro, 1/4oz. SK Red Eye Baby Carp, he ate it.  Brian. 

[Swamp Girl]

Alex, when you paused on the retrieve of that BD Shad, is that because you saw the bass or sensed the bass?

 

Again, I love your videos. 

[AlabamaSpothunter]

32 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said:

Nice catches! Looks fairly steep around your lake 

Thanks!   Yeah it's very steep at certain sections of the lake.    Certain parts I'd roll down like Humpty Dumpty ?

8 minutes ago, ol'crickety said:

Alex, when you paused on the retrieve of that BD Shad, is that because you saw the bass or sensed the bass?

 

Again, I love your videos. 

Thanks Katie! Unlike the first video where the footage didn't capture it but my naked eye saw the bait being eaten, I didn't see anything on this fish.    Just a freight train hit.   

 

I had just caught that bigger fish on this dock last Friday, so I was expecting a fish if you can call it that.      

 

I'm finding the GoPro is like a confidence meter for me.......if I have it going from start to catch, it's likely because I expected a fish.     I get lost in the moment being a schoolgirl, so like you I'm kinda watching myself and understanding for the first time what I'm doing right and wrong especially landing them when I see it on film.      

 

I got into long range precision shooting, and once I started filming myself, and the bullet trace, I improved significantly.   I'm hoping the GoPro in time has this same effect.   

[Jar11591]

@AlabamaSpothunter been enjoying the videos. Keep up the good work. It’s medicine to this Yankee who already has cabin fever, and it’s not even December yet ?

[AlabamaSpothunter]

21 minutes ago, Jar11591 said:

@AlabamaSpothunter been enjoying the videos. Keep up the good work. It’s medicine to this Yankee who already has cabin fever, and it’s not even December yet ?

Thanks brother.....I'm going to be looking like a nutjob to you guys this winter as this will be my first winter I fish heavy.

 

You Yanks take for granted how tough the cold makes you........I mean I'm out there tripled layered in long underwear at 49 degrees.....suns goes down a little, I'm gone like the wind ?

[Swamp Girl]

Alex, I don't know if you feel the weight of us Yankees angler perched on your shoulder, as well as the shoulders of other southern and western anglers. Think of us as ginormous black ravens, crying, "Evermore," as we want to see evermore fish photos and videos. This is us, waiting for the next fish reports, looking to the southeast and then the west: