Latest Catch Pics Thread

[Swamp Girl]

Hey, it's hot here too. I had to use the air conditioning one day back in June! And today, it reached 82, but it's back to the 70s tomorrow. 

[AlabamaSpothunter]

15 minutes ago, ol'crickety said:

Hey, it's hot here too. I had to use the air conditioning one day back in June! And today, it reached 82, but it's back to the 70s tomorrow. 

We truly live on different planets lol.   

 

About 5pm it was 107 felt temps.....#SizzlingBaconWeather

[throttleplate]

Fargo, ND is only in the cloudy partly sunny since the 4th of july with 70"s and 80"s for daytime highs, this morning a low of 50 fght. We had zero of a spring as it went from unseasonably cold in april and may and then to unusually hot in june and now cool in july.

[Swamp Girl]

4 hours ago, AlabamaSpothunter said:

We truly live on different planets lol.   

 

About 5pm it was 107 felt temps.....#SizzlingBaconWeather

 

I would buckle in those temps. Seriously, 80 feels hot to me. 

[TnRiver46]

Fun evening on the river! My buddy and his $2 jerkbait strike again! I got many dinks and a 38” gar . At one point we saw some line dangling from a tree and there was a crankbait, ned rig, and 4 skipjack flies all in the same branch

 

 

 

 

[galyonj]

Steven Segar ?

[gim]

8 hours ago, throttleplate said:

We had zero of a spring as it went from unseasonably cold in april and may and then to unusually hot in june

Similar here too.  Record setting snowfall, then record drought starting May 1.  Not overly humid or hot, but very dry.  It sounds like the heat dome in the southwest may be moving northeast next week so some warmer days are on tap in about a week.

[throttleplate]

2 hours ago, TnRiver46 said:

 My buddy and his $2 jerkbait strike again! I got many dinks and a 38” gar . At one point we saw some line dangling from a tree and there was a crankbait, ned rig, and 4 skipjack flies all in the same branch

 

[Pat Brown]

12 hours ago, ol'crickety said:

I fished a local pond for 2.5 hours and caught 14 bass. I've never said this, but I think I had my new PB hooked for a few seconds. It slurped a wakebait and immediately took drag, shaking its head all the time. I crank up my drag to help set the hook and bass rarely take line. I didn't get the bass anywhere near my canoe because it took drag three times and never jumped, so I never saw it, but it was either the strongest bass I've ever hooked or the biggest or both. Upon reflection, I was in the perfect situation to land it: open water, super sticky hooks, and braid, plus I was facing the bass, which isn't always the case as wind can have me playing bass over my shoulder.

 

I did catch 15" to 18" bass, so they were fun. And I'm going fishing again tomorrow morning!

 

 

She's out there.  You'll get her.  You know what she likes.  I can't wait to see pictures.  ???

[T-Billy]

Oh what a difference a day makes. Same time, same place, very different results. Nine bass over nearly 10hrs of fishing. Best of the bunch was this 3.27#, caught skipping a sweet craw up under a low hanging sycamore tree. I thought for a minute it was another big'n, but it was 3# of bass wrapped in 5# of hydrilla by the time I got it winched out from under there. LOL.

[gim]

5 minutes ago, T-Billy said:

Nine bass over nearly 10hrs of fishing

That is serious dedication.  10 hours is a long time to fish.

 

You pass the haircut police initiative. ✂️

[Swamp Girl]

I had a great morning. I caught 32 bass and 14 were largemouth. I'd paddle from LMB spot to LMB spot and troll a brass Mepps spinner on the way and had so much fun landing 18 powerful, leaping SMB, which I didn't photograph as they were all the same size, about 15.5". I had even more fun with the 14 LMB, as they were larger than normal. I caught 10 that were 17" or bigger and half of the 10 were 18" or bigger. I caught the big girl that starts the bass below on my first cast. I know I promised to use new lures, but they were really wanting my 130 loon-colored Whopper Plopper. I did try some new lures, but kept going back to what they were hitting. 

 

Thank you, @Pat Brown. I went back to the very same spot where I hooked that freight train. Nothing, but I know where she lives.

 

 

[T-Billy]

1 hour ago, gimruis said:

10 hours is a long time to fish.

That's about average these days. Used to be more like 12. 

[TnRiver46]

13 minutes ago, T-Billy said:

That's about average these days. Used to be more like 12. 

Slacker 

[LrgmouthShad]

1 hour ago, T-Billy said:

That's about average these days. Used to be more like 12. 

10-12 is hardcore

 

Usually around 9, I cut it off. That’s on a weekend fish

[gim]

7 minutes ago, LrgmouthShad said:

10-12 is hardcore

 

Usually around 9, I cut it off. That’s on a weekend fish

I don't remember the last time I fished for 8 hours straight.  I went a couple times this spring for 6.5 hours.  Most of my outings are about 3-4 hours in length.

[Swamp Girl]

I wish I could fish ten straight hours, but I'm too old. Sigh. 

[TnRiver46]

I think I may have done a 12 hour fish at some point this year, used to do it all the time but now I’m married haha 

[gim]

5 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said:

I think I may have done a 12 hour fish at some point this year, used to do it all the time but now I’m married haha 

So am I, plus a dog, a house, a full time job, and I require sleep at some point too.  And I'd get hungry.  Even if I could fish for 12 hours I don't think I'd have the energy for it.

[TnRiver46]

2 minutes ago, gimruis said:

So am I, plus a dog, a house, a full time job, and I require sleep at some point too.  And I'd get hungry.  Even if I could fish for 12 hours I don't think I'd have the energy for it.

It’s a wonderful day when the stars align and I can be floating all day sunrise to sunset . Usually only have time in winter, when all the stupid vegetation finally stops growing . Can’t wait til winter !!

[Swamp Girl]

2 minutes ago, gimruis said:

So am I, plus a dog, a house, a full time job, and I require sleep at some point too.  And I'd get hungry.  Even if I could fish for 12 hours I don't think I'd have the energy for it.

 

What if you were in northwestern Ontario for a week and your dog, house, wife, and full time job were miles and miles away and all you had to do was fish, eat fish, swim, and nap? I think you could do it for seven days straight. 

[gim]

4 minutes ago, ol'crickety said:

I think you could do it for seven days straight. 

Lol I don't think I could eat fish for 7 days straight.  Two maybe.  I'm not a real big fish eater to begin with.

[Swamp Girl]

Just now, gimruis said:

Lol I don't think I could eat fish for 7 days straight.  Two maybe.  I'm not a real big fish eater to begin with.

 

Where I used to fish, you had to eat fish for seven days straight, unless you wanted to lug NOT fish through the woods. The longest I spent in Ontario was five weeks. By the third week, I was skipping some meals rather than eat fish again. I ended that trip as lean as a whippet. 

[T-Billy]

1 minute ago, ol'crickety said:

 

Where I used to fish, you had to eat fish for seven days straight, unless you wanted to lug NOT fish through the woods. The longest I spent in Ontario was five weeks. By the third week, I was skipping some meals rather than eat fish again. I ended that trip as lean as a whippet. 

Dang!!! 5 weeks of fish? I like fish, but I'd have had to poach me a critter or two.

[TnRiver46]

My friends say my blood would tell you the temperature like mercury because I eat so many fish