Latest Catch Pics Thread

[AlabamaSpothunter]

4 hours ago, Micaiah Lindquist said:

Caught about 15 in hour yesterday on a jackhammer. 20" was the biggest, the rest were between 14-16".

Fantastic toad brother, and welcome to forum, and the best thread on the forum.

 

Love seeing another member from Alabama as well.   

[Micaiah Lindquist]

1 hour ago, roadwarrior said:

Yes, that is promotional and not allowed.

Ok, thanks for clearing that up!

[Micaiah Lindquist]

2 hours ago, Jeff Zurawski said:

I still new here, too, and not sure of the rules, but I'd like to see that video.  Sounds like a great day (and pretty epic hour) !

I can send it to you in a PM once I get that privilege ?

[AlabamaSpothunter]

If I catch this fish again, I'll know it for sure.    I'm calling it "flatline"......can't ever remember seeing one with such a long portion so flat and black.   Nice little tank all fat full of shad.   Caught about 10-12,  2 Spots on the Shimano Swimbait, 3 fish on a new Megabass SuWitch, and 5-7 fish on the flashback mini.   Bigger Spot was the only quality of the day, I hope to figure some things out quickly lol.   

 

I'm scanning more and it seems to be paying off, today I really scanned the close areas near channel ridges/dropoffs, and found lots of fish in that 12-14fow with nearby ledges dropping into the 20+ ranges.   95% of them were belly in the mud mode.    These fish are in trouble if I can ever figure out a DD crank, or really just take the gamble and invest in a proper setup and commit to running them into the ground in 15-25ft of water.   I know that will work, it's just not easy to do.   Wins a ton of money by the best Bass pros, and catches a ton of huge LGMs.   

 

Tomorrow it might happen, but today it certainly didn't.  

Amazing I'm still catching the chonker Crappie after the wave of Crappie fisherman have hammered them for weeks now.  First livescope on the lake belongs to a dedicated Crappie fisherman lol.   It's the total package too, makes me drool. 

 

I'm all for it, they eat Bass fry, eat up the Shad, and aren't trophy Bass...we happily co-exist, it's those darn Bass fisherman I have trouble with, first FFS Bass fisherman and my hand will be forced ?

 

[260Bass365]

Pretty new to the board. Open water in mid-February is not common for Northern IN, but I did catch this one on Feb 19.

 

Vision 110 in 8 feet of water, 38 degree water temps.

 

6.25 lbs

[Swamp Girl]

Welcome, Mr. 365! Beautiful bass. It deserves a "Whoa!"

 

[GaryH]

43 minutes ago, 260Bass365 said:

Pretty new to the board. Open water in mid-February is not common for Northern IN, but I did catch this one on Feb 19.

 

Vision 110 in 8 feet of water, 38 degree water temps.

 

6.25 lbs

Nice catch and welcome aboard…

[Team9nine]

Thought they would be chewing today with the wind and the rain, and they were. Picked off 22 while not getting too drenched, as I waited for the first heavy line of rain to pass before heading out. Nothing 20 minutes in the dryer couldn’t fix. Speaking of fixes, got mine now to get me through the weekend before more seasonal warmer temps arrive next week and I can get back out and swing on ‘em.

 

 

 

 

[Swamp Girl]

To repeat myself, you're a heckuva fisherman, Team9nine. You catch consistently and you do it from the shore in all weather. 

[Micaiah Lindquist]

Heck of a fish 260 bass!!!

[Team9nine]

1 hour ago, ol'crickety said:

To repeat myself, you're a heckuva fisherman, Team9nine. You catch consistently and you do it from the shore in all weather. 

Thx - If and when this weather breaks and we get some warmer temps and a little less wind, I hope to be catching them from the boat, too ? ?

[GreenPig]

Had to hunt them today. 

 

[AlabamaSpothunter]

3 minutes ago, GreenPig said:

Had to hunt them today. 

Last one is super cool!  Has a whole patch that isn't spotted up.  

 

The headwear in this thread continues to impress the Paris runways ?

[AlabamaSpothunter]

First few hours I caught 8 + 2 Crappie, then a really nice gentlemen who has my dream small lake boat but hasn't had time to fish the lake extensively asked me if I wanted to front seat his rig and bring him up to speed on the lake.   

 

I'm jumped at the chance to get a fishing buddy, and parked my boat and only took two rods no tackle.......A Jackhammer, and a big swimbait as I only wanted to make limited cast, mainly focusing on just fishing together for the first time, laying out what I'd figured out these last 6months, and running a true Bass type boat from the front with a foot control in a long time. 

 

After switching boats and running my mouth for about 3hrs I managed to catch 2 more fish, however one was a fantastic 5.3 fully spawned out so she had that 6-7lb look to her.    Obviously, I was thrilled, but my new fishing buddy got to net it/weigh it, and he was thrilled after not fishing since early in the Fall.  He managed to get on the scoreboard as well with a fish on a shakeyhead.    

 

*** In Alabama we don't have prescription sunglasses ?

 

 

So on yesterday's report I mentioned I graphed more than usual, and it paid off by finding loads of fish on the sonar for the first time since the fish scattered and really started spawning.  

 

Took the night to ponder how I might get them to bite and decided instead of running a DD in the ground, I'd find a bait to run right in that 3-3.5m range right above their heads.  

 

Decided to try a Frittside 9 in Kentucky Blue on these fish first, and as a backup a TN70 lipless in Threadfin Shad.   

 

Caught 5 quick fish on the Frittside 9, but they were all 1-2lb fish....and then my new fishing buddy got my attention.   Hopefully I can grow on this.   It's amazing how much you can learn on youtube.    I thought I was learning lots from Tactical Bassin, but Ben Milliken's stuff is really helping me out.     The way he breaks the lake down, then shows the fish on sonar, then scopes the fish while presenting baits.   

 

Here's the described fish at one of their spawn staging points on a channel ledge flat.    This is elementary stuff for most of you I'm sure, but putting together what you learn from somebody on youtube, and then apply it with your electronics and then confirm it with catches makes me feel like I'm a little less lost out there.  

Last note for the day, I fished the Berkeley Slobberknocker in 3/8 Green Pumpkin Shad with the Berkeley 4.5" Tenn Shad Power Stinger trailer for a week+, caught one fish, lost a toad on it.     

 

Within 20-30casts of breaking out a brand new Jackhammer in 3/8 Bhite Delite with a Missile Green Pumpkin Delite 5.5" Spunk Shad trailer, I had that 5.3 fish, and then went on to catch another fish on it.     I doubt I can fish the Berkeley bladed jig stuff when I know what every form of name brand Chatterbaits catch.    Beautiful stuff, but the thump, and start up just suck in comparison.  

 

 

 

[ScottW]

LOL! I’d settle for fishing from the bank at your lake! ?

[AlabamaSpothunter]

12 minutes ago, ScottW said:

LOL! I’d settle for fishing from the bank at your lake! ?

Man if I had the boat I was fishing out of today brother we'd already have gone.   It's a full sized Bass boat hull at 18' and 90" beam, but has been flat topped over with fiberglass and then has a cool non slip bed liner deal.   Couple of compartments and two seat posts.    My friend must have had a dozen+ combos, and I could have taken half that many easy.   

 

I couldn't dream a more perfect boat for this lake sans having two 12" screens up front, FFS, and maybe Spotlock lol ?

[Cbump]

My accommodations for the next two nights. With any luck I’ll have some fish pics tomorrow and Sunday. 

[TnRiver46]

9 minutes ago, Cbump said:

My accommodations for the next two nights. With any luck I’ll have some fish pics tomorrow and Sunday. 

That’s my style as well. It’s always good when the rain fly comes close to the ground. 
 

Bassmaster classic 2022 lake hartwell haha

[Cbump]

Heck yeah. I wish we had done that for the classic here in Texas. 

[TnRiver46]

1 minute ago, Cbump said:

Heck yeah. I wish we had done that for the classic here in Texas. 

This year I can stay at home, takeoff is about 2 miles from the front door 

[Swamp Girl]

30 minutes ago, Cbump said:

My accommodations for the next two nights. With any luck I’ll have some fish pics tomorrow and Sunday. 

 

That looks like home to me. I love sleeping in a tent. Are you shore fishing?

[AlabamaSpothunter]

17 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said:

This year I can stay at home, takeoff is about 2 miles from the front door 

Luckeeeee ?

[Cbump]

1 minute ago, ol'crickety said:

 

That looks like home to me. I love sleeping in a tent. Are you shore fishing?

No I’ve got the boat. Fishing a two day tournament. 

[Swamp Girl]

Fingers crossed for you, Cbump!

[casts_by_fly]

Nothing big (13” biggest fish) but three bass from a public pond in 40-something degree water in March isn’t the worst way to spend two hours. Especially since they were on a medium light powered bfs-like rig. On the board for 2023.