Latest Catch Pics Thread

[GaryH]

18 hours ago, AlabamaSpothunter said:

Bob was right, 12-16hrs seems to be just enough for the frustration to reside and the stubbornness to kick back in.   

 

Burned the crap out of my three finger tips stupidly touching a battery terminal that the TM lead wasn't fully tighten down on.   Spent about two hours with my hand in the lake on and off fishing.    

 

Today I just embraced Spring, and broke out a 8" Mag Zoom Lizard, and Rapala OG Tiny 4 in Gizzard Shad, and most importantly a 15-20yr old Terminator 3/8th Spinnerbait in a chartreuse shad kind of pattern, Gold and Silver blades and went very shallow.   Put a Crappie curly tail type grub on the back to just have a little kick behind the standard-length skirt.   Needed to keep it really compact due to bait size.   A-Rig gave me a whole new level of confidence to throw these stupid things ?

 

Caught a solid 3lb fish on a piece of cover on the Lizard, caught a few smaller fish on the Tiny 4, but was able to pick up a quality 5lb class fish on the spinnerbait along with a few other quality fish.  A few fish came on the Flashback Mini as well, it's the only constant day in, day off lure that always catches a fish.     First day in some time that I might have hit that 5/15lb benchmark.  About the same amount of fish (15).    77 outside temps/ 65-67 water temps.   

 

Good job Alex.. ???

[AlabamaSpothunter]

14 minutes ago, GaryH said:

Good job Alex.. ???

Thanks Gary!   

 

Glad I caught a few yesterday because our wet, warm, and windy Spring has me off the water today with t-storms all day, and then tom. a wind advisory with gusts up to 50mph.     

[T-Billy]

6 hours ago, Blue Raider Bob said:

Here's my latest big catch. He's a DD!

"Alex" entered the world about 7:00PM last night, bawling his brand new little head off! He is a big O'boy! He was followed shortly by "A-Jay"! Mother and sons doing fine!

 

Now I'm confused. Is Alex the G.O.A.T, or is A-Jay the G.O.A.T? There can be only one.

[GreenPig]

5 hours ago, TnRiver46 said:

That is pretty!!!

It ain't nowhere near pretty enough if it shuts down fishing.

Caught 8 Spots and two LM earlier today in my kind of weather, wind & rain. Waters 64 degrees. 

[Woody B]

I had to take a sick today at work.  My arm was in a cast.  (don't tell anyone).   I caught 13 between 12 and 17 inches.  I didn't weigh any.  9 spots and 4 largemouth.   The 17 inch largemouth had an injury.  I don't think a boat prop could hit in where it was injured.  I wonder if a turtle got a hold of it, but it got away.  If fought good, and walked on it's tail like is was healthy.  Water temp is up to 58.  Speaking of weather, my birthday is in ~3 weeks.  When I was a kid it snowed us out of school on my birthday 3 years in a row.  

[AlabamaSpothunter]

1 hour ago, Woody B said:

I had to take a sick today at work.  My arm was in a cast.  (don't tell anyone).   I caught 13 between 12 and 17 inches.  I didn't weigh any.  9 spots and 4 largemouth.   The 17 inch largemouth had an injury.  I don't think a boat prop could hit in where it was injured.  I wonder if a turtle got a hold of it, but it got away.  If fought good, and walked on it's tail like is was healthy.  Water temp is up to 58.  Speaking of weather, my birthday is in ~3 weeks.  When I was a kid it snowed us out of school on my birthday 3 years in a row.  

Fantastic, and get to feeling better!    

1 hour ago, T-Billy said:

Now I'm confused. Is Alex the G.O.A.T, or is A-Jay the G.O.A.T? There can be only one.

I'm the literal Goat, A-Jay is the G.O.A.T., what more proof do you need, do I need to start eating your New Balances ?

1 hour ago, GreenPig said:

It ain't nowhere near pretty enough if it shuts down fishing.

Caught 8 Spots and two LM earlier today in my kind of weather, wind & rain. Waters 64 degrees. 

Man those fish are pretty, and so is that MegaBass 110 ?

[T-Billy]

35 minutes ago, AlabamaSpothunter said:

I'm the literal Goat, A-Jay is the G.O.A.T., what more proof do you need, do I need to start eating your New Balances 

LOL!!! Remember the time you ate that case of dynamite and freaked Andy and Barney out?

[Bird]

Had my first productive day in 2023 and with the new boat.

Air temps 63*

Water temp 51*

Heavy cloud cover.

Caught 5 in 1 hour and lost 3 using a Keitech easy shiner in white on 1/16 Zman head, gin clear water.

I mainly went to break in the Merc but fish got in the way. Lol

 

[Team9nine]

Cold front with light north winds were perfect for throwing Ned today…

 

 

 

[roadwarrior]

Nice fish!

[Pat Brown]

Just a lil 4 lb 5 oz bass on the ole Siebert swim jig to start March out right.

 

Great way to get the month rolling.  So wild that she hasn't even started to feed AND hasn't spawned yet.  Just goes to show that not all fish on the pond are on the same schedule.

[Blue Raider Bob]

18 hours ago, T-Billy said:

Now I'm confused. Is Alex the G.O.A.T, or is A-Jay the G.O.A.T? There can be only one.

Don't worry Tim. We've got a half dozen still to drop babies. There will be another T-Billy soon!

[ScottW]

19 hours ago, GreenPig said:

It ain't nowhere near pretty enough if it shuts down fishing.

Caught 8 Spots and two LM earlier today in my kind of weather, wind & rain. Waters 64 degrees. 

We’re both getting hammered by the wind/rain combo. ‘Supposed to be’ sunshine today although I’ve not seen much of it yet.

[AlabamaSpothunter]

35 minutes ago, ScottW said:

We’re both getting hammered by the wind/rain combo. ‘Supposed to be’ sunshine today although I’ve not seen much of it yet.

We got tornados, large hail, and t storms about roll through and we got a wind advisory.....that said it is sunny at the moment...Alabama weather summed up perfectly?

 

Look at that pressure, that's pretty wild, can't remember the last time I've seen it this low

 

 

1 hour ago, Blue Raider Bob said:

Don't worry Tim. We've got a half dozen still to drop babies. There will be another T-Billy soon!

#TheBraidedGOAT ?

[T-Billy]

3 hours ago, Blue Raider Bob said:

Don't worry Tim. We've got a half dozen still to drop babies. There will be another T-Billy soon!

? Well... I'm hard headed, and I'll eat most anything so... Seems appropriate I reckon. 

[thediscochef]

Down in Martindale, TX for the weekend, right on the San Marcos River. Caught my first Guadalupe Bass today, a super neat experience. Was snaking a c-rigged 8" power lizard over a log and felt it latch on. Little guy inhaled it. Some tough fishing today but a bucket list item crossed off in cool fashion. 

[AlabamaSpothunter]

1 hour ago, thediscochef said:

Down in Martindale, TX for the weekend, right on the San Marcos River. Caught my first Guadalupe Bass today, a super neat experience. Was snaking a c-rigged 8" power lizard over a log and felt it latch on. Little guy inhaled it. Some tough fishing today but a bucket list item crossed off in cool fashion. 

Awesome, now snap a pic of an Ocelot and you'd have two of the most rare critters in America that live in the same general area.  

[N Florida Mike]

Got out today with high hopes for a bigger fish. It had rained this morning, and the lake was slick calm, partly cloudy conditions. Full moon this Tuesday…
First cast I got the pictured fish! Then caught 3 dinks the rest of the afternoon… all on the june bug ol monster …Lost several good fish to laydowns, but that’s par for the course… 
 

[AlabamaSpothunter]

I wish I could blame the weather, but it's nothing short of spectacular.   Breezy, high 70s, super sunny, almost full moon high in the sky.....but atlas 8 fish + a big Crappie. 

 

The amount of human activity level is very significant over these last few weeks, the days and even months of having a lake to myself are over, the summer can't come fast enough when my advantage will kick back in when I have the lake to myself every single night.  

 

Quality fish on a new Jackall Rerange, along with 4 others.    Caught two sub 2lb fish on a 7.5" Shimano 190SF big swimbait lol.   Lastly caught a chunky 2lb fish on the flashback mini.    

 

I'm seeing some bigger fish on sonar but couldn't crack them.  I hate the Spring  ?

 

[Bluebasser86]

Got out for just a couple hours tonight but I took the new kayak and my oldest son to test it out. He's been excited to try it out so we had to take advantage of an almost 60 degree and calm afternoon. I only took 2 rods and the baits on them and he had 1 rod with 1 bait. I just got done fishing a little cut when he snuck in behind me and plucked the first fish of the trip out on his Ned rig. Thankfully I caught 2 right as the end to save face because I was taking some serious ribbing. 

 

[DitchPanda]

3 minutes ago, Bluebasser86 said:

Got out for just a couple hours tonight but I took the new kayak and my oldest son to test it out. He's been excited to try it out so we had to take advantage of an almost 60 degree and calm afternoon. I only took 2 rods and the baits on them and he had 1 rod with 1 bait. I just got done fishing a little cut when he snuck in behind me and plucked the first fish of the trip out on his Ned rig. Thankfully I caught 2 right as the end to save face because I was taking some serious ribbing. 

 

My dad explained to me that the first time your son bests you is a) a proud papa moment b) a terrible shot to your ego.

[AlabamaSpothunter]

12 minutes ago, Bluebasser86 said:

Got out for just a couple hours tonight but I took the new kayak and my oldest son to test it out. He's been excited to try it out so we had to take advantage of an almost 60 degree and calm afternoon. I only took 2 rods and the baits on them and he had 1 rod with 1 bait. I just got done fishing a little cut when he snuck in behind me and plucked the first fish of the trip out on his Ned rig. Thankfully I caught 2 right as the end to save face because I was taking some serious ribbing. 

 

Fantastic Dad!   Being a hammer at that age might afford him the opportunity to pay for college, or even be a pro one day.     

 

Impressive young man.....hope to see him hold a Classic trophy up in 15-20 years ?

[Swamp Girl]

17" isn't bad for me, right?*

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*i.e., 17" of snow

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Woody B]

I got out Saturday for a little while.  There were 3 (that I know of) tournaments going on as well as a catfish tournament.  I decided to go way up the lake and stay out of their way.  I caught 4, all were 16 to 17 inches long.   I looked at some waypoint distances while I was up there.  I was fishing closer to the landing I use on Lake Norman than the 1 I used to launch my boat.   I've wondered about the elevation change on a big lake.  The lake level has been consistent.  According to my phones GPS the elevation at the top of the lake (at the bottom of the Mountain Island dam) the elevation is 590 feet.  Thursday, all the way at the other end of the lake, at the Lake Wylie dam the elevation was 570 feet.   This is 22 miles if measured in a straight line.  There has to be fall for the water to flow.  I guess 1 foot per mile is believable.  

[TnRiver46]

1 hour ago, Woody B said:

I got out Saturday for a little while.  There were 3 (that I know of) tournaments going on as well as a catfish tournament.  I decided to go way up the lake and stay out of their way.  I caught 4, all were 16 to 17 inches long.   I looked at some waypoint distances while I was up there.  I was fishing closer to the landing I use on Lake Norman than the 1 I used to launch my boat.   I've wondered about the elevation change on a big lake.  The lake level has been consistent.  According to my phones GPS the elevation at the top of the lake (at the bottom of the Mountain Island dam) the elevation is 590 feet.  Thursday, all the way at the other end of the lake, at the Lake Wylie dam the elevation was 570 feet.   This is 22 miles if measured in a straight line.  There has to be fall for the water to flow.  I guess 1 foot per mile is believable.  

Yep, just water rolling downhill. That’s the way our lakes are too, different elevation at the upper and lower end.