Latest Catch Pics Thread

[LrgmouthShad]

2 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said:

I thought y’all played defense?

Our defense is turning the ball over three times to mess with their head ?

 

[TnRiver46]

Just now, LrgmouthShad said:

Our defense is turning the ball over three times to mess with their head

Psychological warfare 

[Cbump]

Got 3rd today. Big was 7.34. 
 

[TnRiver46]

1 minute ago, Cbump said:

Got 3rd today. Big was 7.34. 
 

My good luck wishes must have helped!!!! Nice kicker, ain’t got one like that in a decade or two 

[Jar11591]

23 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said:

Ah. Happens to the best of us (except @Jar11591)

I credit the waters i fish. And this size has been the skunkbuster on a couple occasions if I’m being completely honest ?

[TnRiver46]

1 minute ago, Jar11591 said:

I credit the waters i fish. And this size has been the skunkbuster on a couple occasions if I’m being completely honest ?

It’s got fins and eyeballs, still a fish. I take skunkings on the regular. Like today! I had bout 30 minutes and hooked one but it jumped off 

[Cbump]

I got 3rd overall and also 3rd big bass. 
No joke, this was the big bass top 3:

 

1. 7.4

2. 7.35

3. 7.34 (me)

 

?

[ScottW]

I went down to the pond this morning after seeing bass chasing baitfish all over the place. Gloved up to protect the stitches and tossed some Yo-Zuri 3DB jerkbaits and some 3DRs. Man these puppies will float where ya leave ‘em. Twitch and pause, twitch and pause. 

 

Got some bumps, nudges and interest but no solid bites. Had to call it after an hour when I checked my right hand and saw I’d busted a stitch or two. ?? It looked kinda rough. Guess they’re gonna need a tad longer, eh? ?

[TnRiver46]

1 minute ago, Cbump said:

I got 3rd overall and also 3rd big bass. 
No joke, this was the big bass top 3:

 

1. 7.4

2. 7.35

3. 7.34 (me)

 

?

Sounds like big girls were chewing 

[AlabamaSpothunter]

11 minutes ago, ScottW said:

I went down to the pond this morning after seeing bass chasing baitfish all over the place. Gloved up to protect the stitches and tossed some Yo-Zuri 3DB jerkbaits and some 3DRs. Man these puppies will float where ya leave ‘em. Twitch and pause, twitch and pause. 

 

Got some bumps, nudges and interest but no solid bites. Had to call it after an hour when I checked my right hand and saw I’d busted a stitch or two. ?? It looked kinda rough. Guess they’re gonna need a tad longer, eh? ?

Dang Scott you got to take care of those mitts......but I get it, addict gone addict ?

 

Seriously though, sounds like the bait were doing the same thing in your pond.   It got really hot this afternoon.  

[TnRiver46]

26 minutes ago, AlabamaSpothunter said:

You're so kind Katie, but honestly you've forgotten more about Bass fishing than I've learn thus far.   I have a very unique situation where I can spend almost some part of every day on the same body of water.    I'm starting to know the lake better than my backyard lol.   

 

On days like today, the shad are pushing right up onto the banks in many places, and you can just observe waves of them, and then the Bass flying through the air with a few dozen silver flashes going airborne at the same time.    They come up to the surface whenever it warms like this I'm guessing.  

 

One of my biggest goals is to understand the Shad as much as the Bass.   

You don’t need to understand them, just keep dumping them in there. Putting them on a small hook can also be very fun 

[NorthernBasser]

34 minutes ago, Cbump said:

I got 3rd overall and also 3rd big bass. 
No joke, this was the big bass top 3:

 

1. 7.4

2. 7.35

3. 7.34 (me)

 

?

You Texans make me sick. ?

[ScottW]

17 hours ago, AlabamaSpothunter said:

Dang Scott you got to take care of those mitts......but I get it, addict gone addict ?

 

Seriously though, sounds like the bait were doing the same thing in your pond.   It got really hot this afternoon.  

Yeah, kinda wishing the doc used superglue instead of stitches. You know, hindsight being 20-20 and all. ? ? And today is another beautiful one with temps in the upper 60s to lower 70s. /sigh

[The Bassman]

Starting to find open water and was able to start putting numbers up for '23. Took a lot of grinding to get these two bites with a Z-Man Ticklrz ned but a week ago would have never imagined being out yet. Looks like there'll be a few more opportunities in the short term as well.

[ScottW]

24 minutes ago, The Bassman said:

Starting to find open water and was able to start putting numbers up for '23. Took a lot of grinding to get these two bites with a Z-Man Ticklrz ned but a week ago would have never imagined being out yet. Looks like there'll be a few more opportunities in the short term as well.

Good looking fish man! Congrats!

[Woody B]

I managed to get 4 in the boat.  All between 14 and 16 inches long.   1st bass of 2023 was 16 inches long, 1.84 pounds.   (I decided to weigh in fractions instead of ounces this year)   Water was 47 degrees.  The coldest I've ever seen this lake.   I also got a picture of a confused Blue Herron.  The nest he's standing in is clearly marked "Osprey nest".  Can that bird not read??

[TnRiver46]

Drove home from FLA and still had an hour of daylight left, went to the rock pit and lord have mercy I didn’t realize I might as well have walked into a massive day care center. There were hundreds of kids screaming at the top of their lungs, somehow I captured a bass and a Warmouth after trying to get on a spot without rock throwers for about 45 minutes. After dark somebody even went for a swim, I think there was ice on it last week. Hello 2023. 

 

[Bluebasser86]

Today was tough for my first trip of the year, but I got on the board.

 

[GreenPig]

On 12/31/2022 at 7:32 PM, Jar11591 said:

I credit the waters i fish. And this size has been the skunkbuster on a couple occasions if I’m being completely honest ?

Triple bread it and you've got a taco.?

[TnRiver46]

11 hours ago, Bluebasser86 said:

Today was tough for my first trip of the year, but I got on the board.

 

Holy buffalo throw a saddle on that thing 

[Bluebasser86]

2 hours ago, TnRiver46 said:

Holy buffalo throw a saddle on that thing 

It was a wild ride from the kayak. The bank fishermen barely let me take the picture before they were running off with it.

[Team9nine]

A couple more ponds thawed overnight, so stopped and threw at each for a bit today, landing a handful. Several came on a bait few of today’s anglers probably either own or throw. Always a kick catching them on a piece of angling history ?

 

 

[GreenPig]

Caught 10 today at my pond in a bit over an hour while waiting on a hay delivery. I've made it as a fisherman, just look at that crowd watching me from the bank.?

[TnRiver46]

Water temp 46-47, fishing a tube . Also got a dink on first cast, I’ve had worse luck 

[DitchPanda]

5 hours ago, Team9nine said:

A couple more ponds thawed overnight, so stopped and threw at each for a bit today, landing a handful. Several came on a bait few of today’s anglers probably either own or throw. Always a kick catching them on a piece of angling history ?

 

 

And this mystery bait is?