Latest Catch Pics Thread

[WIGuide]

A few decent ones from the past week or so.

[MichaelCopeland]

4 hours ago, Catt said:

Aiden explaining what happens to the bass when he sets hook!

Yep! They get all cross eyed! Lmbo! ?

[A-Jay]

 What a perfect picture ~ and his first girlfriend as well as college admissions will love to see this one a few years from now.

A-Jay

[wet_dream]

I've looking forward to fishing today after working all week but forecast called for t-storms all day. Got some more lures in the mail from my DSG order last week. Forecast kept changing, and I figured I'd tie on one of my shiny new lures and make a couple casts at my usual spot.

 

Third cast with favorite striped bass topwater lure and this little guy whacks it! Feisty lol

 

No other blow-ups on topwater so I decided to go to my trusty yum dinger and caught these guys:

 

That was my last worm in that color, and after I lost it, I decided to clean up some garbage some inconsiderate people left scattered. I keep an extra plastic bag in my car and try to make it a habit to pick up some litter every time I'm out here. This quarry is on private property and people come out here to drink and take a dip in the water, often leaving bottles, cans, and other trash. 

 

As I was picking up the last bit of trash in the area I was fishing, I saw some fishing line with a t-rigged worm laying on the ground. Hook was rusting, but the plastic worm was in good condition and the same color as the ones I've been having so much success with recently. Figured I'd rig it up and fish til the rain finally came. Proceeded to catch a few more fish before I had to leave.

 

Anyone know what kind of worm this is? Been fishing senkos and yum dingers exclusively but I'll have to pick up a couple packs of these? PowerBait?

 

Sorry about the long post, this gloomy weather inspired me.

[Bluebasser86]

Looks like it might be a Culprit Fat Max worm in Grape Shad with the tail dyed chartreuse. It looks a bit like a Powerbait in one picture, but never seen a color at all like that from Berkley.

http://img.tacklewarehouse.com/watermark/rs.php?path=CULPFMW-GRS-1.jpg

[wet_dream]

Thanks @Bluebasser86

It looks a lot like that! I dipped it in Spike-It. I'm going to have pick up a couple bags. 

[MichaelCopeland]

Thought the Ol' Monster bite had slowed, guess it was just the junebug red color. Bought some more Ol' Monsters today in red bug color and they loved it, at least these three did. It's gonna be a good fishing weekend, I can just feel it! ?

[Bluebasser86]

Redbug, blackberry, and watermelon red candy are some of my best Ol' Monster colors.

 

Have to add plum apple to the list. Something about that one seems to work everywhere I go.

[MichaelCopeland]

I've got the blackberry in Mann's Original Jelly Worm 12". No luck yet, but I'm sure it's just lack of trying. I got some 5/O EWG offsets today also. They may work better with those big ole Jelly Worms. Fixing to go to bed now so I can get up early and hit that pond again at first light. May try some Booyah Pad Crasher first, but will end up throwing the Ol' Monsters I'm sure...lol! ?

 

I did think about the plum apple color they had also, but finally decided on the red bug. Glad I did!

[Russ E]

The Ned Rig does catch decent sized bass.

it was a tough day on a local lake.  Catching dinks, until this guy hit. he was 20 inches long and 4lb. 8oz.

[deep]

Sucked pretty hard today.

 

Started great with a 2.5# class fish on the second cast (on an 110+1). I forgot my scale, so I'll call it a 5#.

Lost another about the same size boatside on the next cast. Big deal I thought. I'll probably put half a dozen 2-3# in the boat by the time I'm done.

 

Well, didn't quite turn out that way; and it all went downhill from there.

Dink after dink after dink, with an occasional small keeper in the mix.

Caught a scrawny 17" fish right before sundown, and called it a day.

 

 

[MichaelCopeland]

It did suck pretty hard today for me too. Didn't catch a thing. Glad you caught a couple good ones though. Oh well it's part of fishing. Going to Lake Buhlow in the morning. Gonna give the pond a slight rest...lol. Of course if it starts getting too hot out there with the limited shade, I'll be back under my tree at the pond. 

[TnRiver46]

On 8/10/2017 at 11:57 PM, hawgenvy said:

Caught my first smallie ever, today!  My wife and I are visiting friends in Cape Cod. Caught this guy by wading out in a bathing suit into Lake Seymour behind my friend Ron's house. Gorgeous summer afternoon. I tossed a chartreuse spinnerbait towards something busting bait in the shallows, and voila! Fun! Then we went clamming in the bay at sunset and harvested a pail full of quahogs in 20 minutes. Tomorrow we eat clams and lobstas. I like it up here!

 

If that's your first ever smallmouth you might want to retire! Excellent fish 

[TnRiver46]

On 8/13/2017 at 2:31 PM, IneedAnewScreenName-334513 said:

Absolute lunker on Ft. Loudon Lake

 

Didn't have a scale with me but she definitely looked like a easy 5 pounder.

Nice fish! I was out there yesterday myself got 3 non keeper largemouth a smallie and some white bass and a catfish 

[long island basser]

Caught a bakers dozen this morning, with the largest coming on a 5 3/8 " BPS Stick-O, green pumpkin violet fleck.

 

5lbs 6 oz.

 

 

 

[Team9nine]

Jumped a good one off today, but that's going to happen from time to time. Still managed a decent catch given the conditions - near 90 degrees with almost no wind and not enough clouds. Going to keep toying with some different setups if I get the chance.

 

[deep]

Ned rig success.. sort of.

 

I have a ritual. Once every few months, I'll dust off my spinning rod, clean the guides, find the spinning reel, mount it on the rod, thread line through the guides, and tie on something stupid.. like a ned rig or a wacky worm or whatever.

 

Just to check if I still dislike spinning gear as much as I used to (few months back). It's a pretty big commitment, considering I only take 2 or 3 rods with me.

 

Caught 7 dinks and a 16" fish on a 1/16 oz mushroom head with a TRD in about an hour before I got tired of it.

I'll try it again after three or four months lol. Still don't like spinny poles or spinny reels.

 

 

 

Also caught two lean and mean bruisers.

 

 

[NYWayfarer]

 

Had to see what all the fuss was about so I bought a Whopper Plopper 90 in bone color on Friday. I used it this weekend and it works! Had 2 catches, Pickerel, Smallmouth Bass and 5 blow-ups that failed to hook up.

 

This lure sure does get the blood pumping with adrenaline when they hit it. I am sold. Gonna get one in loon color next.

[WDE]

Really digging the topwater frog. Booyah Pad Crasher. 

 

[UPSmallie]

Managed a 2.99 lb smallie this past weekend trolling a leech on a 1/8 oz gold jig.  Wish the scale could have just read 3.00 but that was alright.  Took a few minutes to revive, but gave a healthy tail-kick and swam off.

 

[MichaelCopeland]

Well the Ol' Monster bite has officially stopped for now anyways. Been trying some of my different lures/baits to see if I can find what they really want. Got some bites here and there, but nothing committed to them except for a 3/8oz bluegill Arkie jig with about a 3" piece of a watermelon red black Strike King Shim E Stick for a trailer. I just cast it out there and kinda slowly reeled it in because there's too much along the bottom to get snagged on. It seemed to work, a little anyways. Thought I was gonna catch my first jig bass, Saturday evening, got it almost to the bank and it come off. Man I was so disappointed. Kept trying it and nothing. It was like that Sunday too. Nothing committing to anything I was throwing. I must've used every bait/lure I have or almost every one. This evening went to the smaller pond by the house hoping since I haven't been there in a few days I could catch something. Was getting skunked again and finally tied on my 1/4oz(might be 1/8oz can't remember) Strike King mini spinnerbait black and blue. Just before dark I actually caught something again. It ain't really anything to brag about other than it's my first ever spinnerbait bass. Thank you little fella for breaking it in. Now I guess I'm gonna keep throwing that mini spin or my other spinnerbait (gotta put it back in the rotation box) and my jigs to see how I do with those. Gotta learn something else when the Texas rigged worms/craws/sweet beavers/stick baits, hollow body frog etc ain't working. 

[Bulletman20XD]

Nice Fayette Co. 6 pounder

[NHBull]

Nothing real special about this fish except that it gave no fight and basically committed suicide.

I was lifting the CB from the water and it dove on to the rear treble.  My partner almost p*ssed his pants.

[DubyaDee]

I got a couple smallies on the drop shot this weekend. Drop shot is quickly becoming my favorite summer technique. 

[Russ E]

caught my personal best Smallmouth on a Shakyhead today on Wyandotte County Lake In Kansas City Kansas.

21 inches. 4lb. 4oz.