Latest Catch Pics Thread

[The Baron]

@Pat Brown That’s one heck of a frog fish!???

 

@Jmurphy87 You did the right thing not releasing that fish and pretending it’ll be ok.  Our favourite way to eat bass is fish tacos.  Cook the fillets anyway you like (pan fried or baked) with some breading for a little crunch, then flake the meat.  Put it on warmed taco shells with some homemade cilantro/tomato/black bean salsa, a bit of shredded coleslaw and a sauce made of mayo, lime juice and Mexican seasoning to taste.  I love ‘em.?

[Swamp Girl]

1 hour ago, Way north bass guy said:

Much like @Jar11591, I too spent a few hours this morning on a small river. Floated the canoe downstream from my house for about 5 miles or so. Caught a couple dozen this size on a frog, saw a bunch of wildlife and birds, and best of all not another human to be found!

 

You live in Heaven.

[The Baron]

A buddy and I launched in the dark this morning, anticipating a great smallie topwater bite… that turned out to be about an hour of nothing. ? So we switched gears and hit a couple weed edges in 9-10ft. of water.  My buddy landed about 1/2 dozen on a 7” Power Worm in what seemed to be a brief 15-20 minute bite window before we got a rain shower.  That bite ended and we moved to a larger weedbed of similar characteristics.  My buddy was 3 fish in again and I was feeling a bit left out with a skunk so far, but had confidence in my 10” Power Worm.  Finally I’d just given my worm the first drag off the weed wall when my line started coming toward me.  I caught up, confirmed he was there and then did an on the tiptoes half turn, bowed rod hookset that I wish we’d filmed because I know I looked like a pro. lol. Turned out my first was big fish of the day at 3.83.  We then enjoyed another 15 minute bite window and landed another 8-10 between us.  My takeaway for the day was to be amazed at how fish can turn on and off so quickly.

 

We ended the day back at our smallie spot for a last try.  Great news is I found a sweet 10ft. hump in 25ft. of water, marked what I assumed to be a good fish on it and flipped a dropshot Roboworm down there.  A few casts later and I set the hook into what I hoped was a solid smallie, but turned out to be a 5-6# pike.  Seeing that fish on my new electronics and then catching it was a very satisfying way to end the morning.?

[Dominat0r]

Horrible out in south florida today, was nice for about an hour, storms came in, nice about 15mins....another storm came in. I made a run for it after a couple of hours with no storm.....got my fish of the day for 7/9. 35 days in a row. Then, had to run I disagree home when the rain and lightning came. 

 

First time I used this KVD 1.5 Crank bait.....

 

[IcatchDinks]

3 hours ago, PhishLI said:

...I broke the ice first with a tribute to 

@IcatchDinks

?

 

I couldn't be more honored. Glad you figured out how to hold 'em closer to the camera so all the rest of them looked bigger. ?

 

As for my fishing trip today, wife was cooking dinner and said I had 45 minutes. So I drove to the nearest pond (8ish minutes away) and hooked a 14.5 inch bass on the first cast. I should have just gone home then, because true to the superstition, I didn't catch another fish for the next half hour. 

 

@Dominat0r, glad to see you're keeping the streak alive! 

[throttleplate]

5 hours ago, gimruis said:

@throttleplate I think he is too but he's wearing a hat so I can't tell for sure.  I'll let him slide for now.

 

[Jmurphy87]

I got out again today and caught 10 of all sizes plus a nice little 4.2lb one. Perfectly clear water and sunny out and caught the 4.2 on a black and blue fleck weightless 4” chigger craw casting into a reed island. It wasn’t too bad fighting it out of there. I want to at least break the 5lb wall this year but it is definitely tough around were I get the chance to fish. She ended up coming home with me, I was way down the bank wading and had to walk her back in the water. Then the park staff wanted a picture for there Facebook page, my scale was in the car. I just didn’t want to risk putting her back and having her go belly up with all the time she was out of water. 
 

I am done weighing the fish unless I know that they are well over 5lbs. She was hooked in the roof of the mouth, so that felt good. My wife loves eating bass anyway but it is just not my style to release a fish that I don’t think will make it.

[Mbirdsley]

 

bay port and footballs 

 

went back to the saginaw bay but, bay port instead of bay city. 

 

went out deep out into the actual bay first and only had a dog fish to show for it.

 

went back into the islands in wildfowl bay and shallow.  first 6 hrs were slow.  i kept seeing huge smallies but, couldn’t get them to bite.  i know i saw a couple 6-7 lbs smallie i thought at first they were lake trout.  

 

finally bit the bullet and put a coppertreuse trd on 1/8 mustad mushroom head and it was game on.  for being mid summer the smallies we’re still in 3-8 ft of water.  the biggest went 3 lbs.  for the most part the smallies and large mouth we’re running together.  occasionally you would see the bigger small mouth running the top third of the water column in 8ft of water.  if i would cast the bed rig near them they would fight to get it. 

 

caught one large mouth on my number 7 super spook. 

[Dominat0r]

Streak streak streak.....we're going STREAKING! 

 

Fish for Monday 7/10. I got a break from the rain and went out for about 15mins. Got this guy off a speed worm. 

 

[Swamp Girl]

I fished a dammed streambed this morning, so it was long and skinny with bays lining both sides. I'd only fished this pond one prior time this summer, but I'm liking it more and more. The quantity is okay (20 this morning) and the quality is pretty good. I lost a bass right beside my canoe that went between four and five ponds. It was SO close that I even attempted to net it after it unbuttoned right beside me. The fish here are well-shaped, well-fed, and feisty. And the pond is beautiful. See for yourself!

 

 

[AlabamaSpothunter]

That's crazy beautiful Katie, awesome fish as well!

 

Your fish are always so blemish free, you've carved out a piece of truly unmolested Bass fishing in your area.   You seemingly have all those Bass to yourself, and equally all that nature and water to yourself........you can't buy that, it's a priceless commodity. 

[Blue Raider Bob]

20 hours ago, PhishLI said:

Drove 56 miles out to a lake last night with my brother for a quick jon boat trip, but found a carnival set up across the street from it. Some nudnick parked in front of the boat ramp, so that was that. What a letdown. Our closest option is a bit of a nightmare because we need to hump the boat over a fence and tote it about 600 feet down to an entry point to the water, but ya gotta do whatcha ya gotta do. It was nearly completely choked with pads, but we had oars, so with very little wind to spoil the party we made it work.

 

It took a while to find a bite, and things looked sketchy, but I broke the ice first with a tribute to @IcatchDinks?

 

My brother got some on the Mattlures Strong shad, and several more on the Hazedong shad.

I got into some good fish on the Zman ProCrawZ in Black-Blue, and the bigger girl bit on a Black Gold Flake Yum Dinger. Our boat has leaky rivets, and I wasn't paying attention to things floating in the bottom, so my bag and scale got soaked. Scale said it weighted .047oz, then tried again and it read 3lbs, so who knows. Fought like crazy, so that was cool.

What kind of a knothead parks in front of a boat ramp? That beats all I've ever heard! The redneck in me would want to leave them a sour note on the wind shield. Thanks for the easy access pal!

[Swamp Girl]

2 minutes ago, AlabamaSpothunter said:

That's crazy beautiful Katie, awesome fish as well!

 

Your fish are always so blemish free, you've carved out a piece of truly unmolested Bass fishing in your area.   You seemingly have all those Bass to yourself, and equally all that nature and water to yourself........you can't buy that, it's a priceless commodity. 

 

 

[TnRiver46]

1 minute ago, Blue Raider Bob said:

What kind of a knothead parks in front of a boat ramp? That beats all I've ever heard! The redneck in me would want to leave them a sour note on the wind shield. Thanks for the easy access pal!

People park in front of the one close to my house every single day without fail, grill of the vehicle pointed downhill at the water. No trailer 

[Blue Raider Bob]

2 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said:

People park in front of the one close to my house every single day without fail, grill of the vehicle pointed downhill at the water. No trailer 

Unreal! That's akin to blocking an emergency room entrance.......well, almost!

[Swamp Girl]

@AlabamaSpothunter, I actually live in a relatively crowded part of Maine. Literally, millions of tourists pass through each year on their way to Acadia and Bar Harbor. However, Maine is also the oldest state, so fewer Mainers are launching canoes to fish in the woods.

 

You are correct about having it to myself. Most times, I'm the only one on the water, which means a lot to me. I hate to hear chatter from another boat. And the bass here are healthy...and I do my best to keep them that way!

 

There are lakes up north that might never be fished once in a year, but you do have to work to reach them. If I were younger, I'd be fishing them too!

 

I should have mentioned that the second fish was the strongest. It parked under my canoe and twice I checked to see if it was caught in weeds, but it wasn't. It just wasn't moving.

 

When she finally came into the canoe, I thought, "Really? That's your size? That's all? Whoa."

 

9 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said:

People park in front of the one close to my house every single day without fail, grill of the vehicle pointed downhill at the water. No trailer 

 

That's deeply disrespectful. 

[galyonj]

@Blue Raider Bob you have no idea. Same ramp that @TnRiver46 is talking about, I have personally seen people set up camp at the waterline on the ramp, and have a little picnic while they take turns with their jetski. Get the boombox out, half-naked kids running around in the line for the other ramp that's not blocked, the whole bit.

[TnRiver46]

@ol'crickety, last week while parked there they just chucked a foam drink cup out the window. If it wasn’t entirely possible that they kill me, I would have said something 

[AlabamaSpothunter]

4 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said:

@ol'crickety, last week while parked there they just chucked a foam drink cup out the window. If it wasn’t entirely possible that they kill me, I would have said something 

Gunfight at the O.k. Corralramp ?

 

One of the best places to see mankind's stupidity is any public boat ramp during the summer months.   I could likely start and youtube channel with a livecam feed and make a living ?

[TnRiver46]

Now that’s not a bad idea 

[AlabamaSpothunter]

2 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said:

Now that’s not a bad idea 

Like that dude who sets up a tripod and nice cam at Haulover Inlet down near Miami, similar to a boat ramp but much more exciting.    You'll see a redneck in Jon boat with like 8pax aboard try to run the inlet ?

 

That channel likely makes 75k+ yearly, crazy.  

[PhishLI]

26 minutes ago, Blue Raider Bob said:

What kind of a knothead parks in front of a boat ramp?

Good thing we weren't out fishing earlier and got trapped in there. The roadside was loaded with cars in each direction for a half mile. No way we could've found them at the carnival to get set free. It worked out better in the end at a better lake. Because of the difficulty launching there we had it all to ourselves from 10pm to 1:30am, which is always a lovely thing. Lemonade.

[Dominat0r]

42 minutes ago, ol'crickety said:

I fished a dammed streambed this morning, so it was long and skinny with bays lining both sides. I'd only fished this pond one prior time this summer, but I'm liking it more and more. The quantity is okay (20 this morning) and the quality is pretty good. I lost a bass right beside my canoe that went between four and five ponds. It was SO close that I even attempted to net it after it unbuttoned right beside me. The fish here are well-shaped, well-fed, and feisty. And the pond is beautiful. See for yourself!

 

 

 

 

WOW.....thats amazing scenery there.....beautiful.  Also some really nice fish there. Where are are you? 

[J._Bricker]

44 minutes ago, ol'crickety said:

I fished a dammed streambed this morning, so it was long and skinny with bays lining both sides. I'd only fished this pond one prior time this summer, but I'm liking it more and more. The quantity is okay (20 this morning) and the quality is pretty good. I lost a bass right beside my canoe that went between four and five ponds. It was SO close that I even attempted to net it after it unbuttoned right beside me. The fish here are well-shaped, well-fed, and feisty. And the pond is beautiful. See for yourself!

 

 

I don’t think those waters were damned @ol'crickety, but blessed with solid, quality bass and beautiful scenery. Thanks for sharing and continued great fishing!

[TnRiver46]

I watch haul over inlet, quite entertaining haha