Latest Catch Pics Thread

[MN Fisher]

  On 7/1/2023 at 10:16 PM, gimruis said:

Haircut police alert.

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Man, ya gatta ignore the square dude in our midst...

 

Ponytail's a little hard to see above the PFD...but it's still there.

[gim]

[T-Billy]

I bet you'd catch twice as many fish if you wore it in pigtails. Give it a try, and make sure you post LOTS of pics. ?

[gim]

  On 7/1/2023 at 10:48 PM, T-Billy said:

Give it a try, and make sure you post LOTS of pics.

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I may have to recruit a deputy here…

[A-Jay]

  On 7/1/2023 at 11:05 PM, gimruis said:

I may have to recruit a deputy here…

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He may or may not be available

?

A-Jay

[MN Fisher]

  On 7/1/2023 at 11:27 PM, A-Jay said:

He may or may not be available

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I think this one is busy too.

[Team9nine]

Went out midday under a good breeze but clearing skies. High temp was just 85, but dewpoint of 70 made it somewhat miserable. Only managed two on a swimbait - probably in part because I’ve been pressuring them a bit much with it lately.

 

After dinner, the breeze was gone, but the clouds rolled in as the next storm front approached. Headed  back to yesterday's location and threw wacky worm again, and was able to pick up 15 more fish and salvage the day. 

This fish is from the first trip (sunny skies and sun hat).

 

 

…And here’s a few from the evening trip.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[thediscochef]

  On 7/1/2023 at 9:59 PM, thediscochef said:

I shouldn't bother but ?‍♂️?‍♂️?‍♂️ can't help myself sometimes 

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I'm sometimes glad I bothered. A rebound day is nice, especially with an audience. Got on a boiling school of Sandies and hybrids, pulled in about 10 of those on a red eye shad. Then moved to the z craw Texas rig for a couple of very skinny LM, a 4lb and a 5lb. The 4 was missing an eye.

[T-Billy]

  On 7/1/2023 at 11:42 PM, MN Fisher said:

I think this one is busy too.

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I may, or may not, have had some shorts like that in the 80's. ?

[thediscochef]

  On 7/2/2023 at 6:23 AM, T-Billy said:

I may, or may not, have had some shorts like that in the 80's. ?

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What a wild time that was. I wasn't around, but like. The stories.

[T-Billy]

  On 7/2/2023 at 9:59 AM, thediscochef said:

What a wild time that was. I wasn't around, but like. The stories.

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I don't remember. ?

[Swamp Girl]

  On 7/2/2023 at 10:22 AM, T-Billy said:

I don't remember. ?

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So funny!

[Way north bass guy]

It’s been crazy hot here lately, and with it being the long weekend I didn’t want to travel far and deal with the busy ramps, so I just hit my backyard lake this morning for a few hours before it got too hot. Caught about 40 smallies, half on a popper and the other half on a ned rig. They were all in little wolf packs of about a dozen or so, I’d catch one and the rest would follow up to the boat. Quickly unhook it and drop back down and immediately hook another one. Nothing over 3lbs today, but it was fun. Also watched this guy slide up out of deep water and inhale my ned at the boat like a dainty stream trout. Was a fun fight on 6lb line. 

[Swamp Girl]

  On 7/2/2023 at 3:35 PM, Way north bass guy said:

It’s been crazy hot here lately, and with it being the long weekend I didn’t want to travel far and deal with the busy ramps, so I just hit my backyard lake this morning for a few hours before it got too hot. Caught about 40 smallies, half on a popper and the other half on a ned rig. They were all in little wolf packs of about a dozen or so, I’d catch one and the rest would follow up to the boat. Quickly unhook it and drop back down and immediately hook another one. Nothing over 3lbs today, but it was fun. Also watched this guy slide up out of deep water and inhale my ned at the boat like a dainty stream trout. Was a fun fight on 6lb line. 

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Please keep posting. I love your tales of fishing Ontario. 

[RealtreeByGod]

Caught this long green crappie while fishing docks with a 1 inch Gulp Minnow and a feather jig on the ultralight.

[Woody B]

It's funny.  Lately when I've thought I wasn't going to catch many I've done OK.  When I think I'm going to slay them....things turn out differently.   Yesterday I caught 10 (a good day for me).  Most were topwater bites, which have been rare this year.  I went earlier today, just knowing I was going to catch a BUNCH on top.   I had the boat launched by 5AM.  I caught my first (of 5) at 6:57am on a T-rig in 20 feet of water.   I ended up catching 5(all pictured) before the lake got crowded with wake boats and jet skis.   I'm going to do something out of character.  I've either fished, or worked every day this year.  I'm off Tuesday.  I'm going to rest.   I'll be back at the lake Saturday.   

On a side note, I'm going to start a long hair thread for the hair police.   

 

[Way north bass guy]

Ok, here’s another one then?. 
After lunch it was supposed to cloud up so I thought I’d take the canoe out on the river that runs through our property. It did not get cloudy, and was hot as blazes, but I did manage to get another 30 or so on a frog and texas rigged Berkley Maxscent jerk Shad. About a 50/50 mix of green and brown bass, no giants, but in the gin clear water it was a hoot watching them blast out from under pads and undercut banks to hammer my baits. I probably saw 90% of the hits clear as day!

[Swamp Girl]

Wow, @Way north bass guy, your stories and pics get better and better. I wish I'd been in your canoe with you!

[Justinfish]

First post and first fishing report on the site. Got out today and hit my favorite lake from 11am-2pm. I’ve been doing well with the chatterbait for the last week here and today was no different. First fish was a 5.69, the other 3-4 fish were dinks. Lost another around 3lbs. Tried grinding out the same area with plastics when the chatterbait bite slowed up but it was a no go. Hit a few more spots on the way out for nada. As the sun creeped out so did the boaters, kayakers and the bobber crew.

P.S. don’t tell the bass I was using an original chatterbait because apparently they don’t work, only the jackhammers do ?

[LrgmouthShad]

Bait monkey is going to be upset about this

 

Welcome to the site and nice report!

[Team9nine]

Passing storms here today - rain, wind and heavy clouds interrupted by calm and a hot sun. The airport reported nearly 3/4 of an inch of rain this afternoon, but we escaped with somewhat less than that. That’s now 2” of rain in the past 3 days, and today was the first day the ponds showed a noticeable increase in volume, though still low.

 

I started out with wacky on a spot that had cleared quite a bit with all this extra rainfall, and was able to land 8 before a round of storms drove me off. A couple hours later, I was back at another location and throwing a swimbait, initially under some cloud cover, but that eventually went away. Still, I was able to add another 16 bass to the day’s tally bringing my total to 24. 
 

 

[Swamp Girl]

@Team9nine:

 

Yes, you chose this as your screen name: Team9nine

 

But I wonder if Mr.Consistency was taken. 

[Dominat0r]

Well, could only get a few casts in before the lightning struck about 2 miles and right in my line of sight...going to go back out...but caught a bass.....a coughpeakcockcough bass, its still a bass......well, sorta.....close enough....STREAK DOES GO ON, come on thunder storm, go AWAY!

 

Pardon the pic, when the light struck, it scared both me and the fish. I wanted to get the hell out of dodge so I didn't want to snap another and be that guy that dies snapping a pic with a 2lbs peacock. Btw, on a Booyah One knocker. 

 

[TnRiver46]

This here dink is special because I was on the clock haha. I work weekends at a kayak rental place and sometimes we take folks upriver and run a shuttle for them. I usually have to wait 2-3 hours and the downstream takeout, my boss says you better take a fishing pole or book to read. I don’t like reading books 

[TheBasslayer]

New personal best Smallmouth Bass today! I got em on a Megabass Dark Sleeper, and it is nice to be back on the site after a hiatus.