Latest Catch Pics Thread

[Swamp Girl]

6 minutes ago, T-Billy said:

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

 

If you poached a moose, in a few weeks, you'd be begging me to fry you some fish again, for it takes a man many months to eat a moose. 

[T-Billy]

3 minutes ago, ol'crickety said:

 

If you poached a moose, in a few weeks, you'd be begging me to fry you some fish again, for it takes a man many months to eat a moose. 

Moose is delicious, but without refrigeration, I'd stick to small critters.

[gim]

13 minutes ago, T-Billy said:

but I'd have had to poach me a critter or two

Sounds like another fur hat in making.

[Swamp Girl]

4 minutes ago, gimruis said:

Sounds like another fur hat in making.

 

I miss that fur hat. Every time I see Tim without it, I think, "Nah. That's not Tim. Looks a little like him, but not him. No fur, no way."

 

5 minutes ago, T-Billy said:

Moose is delicious, but without refrigeration, I'd stick to small critters.

 

Tim, I once paddled up a winding river in northwestern Ontario and found a cabin with the drying racks still standing. I loved seeing that. Another time, I found a cabin with the trapper's socks still hanging up to dry. There were rusted cans of beans too. I've never stopped wondering what happened to him. And worrying. Silly, yes, but when you sit in a man's cabin and see his sad socks, you can't help but care. No lie.

[Aaron_H]

1 hour ago, gimruis said:

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.

 

My only long days are going offshore in saltwater, overwhelming majority of my bass trips are just 3-4 hours after work in the evenings.

[Jmurphy87]

Had to get out of work early to pay rent for the last time for where I live currently. I don’t know where we are going to go, although it will be someplace new. That’s a good thing.

 

I caught 3 fish in a hour in a half. I was throwing 3 soft plastics. The first fish was not very long but was very chunky and surprised me with the size. Biggest one that I have caught out of the pond this year. She went 3.50lbs, caught on a crème black and blue laminate 5” stick bait weightless. She was close to the bank in the shady spot right near the cover. The next one came on a Yamamoto speed worm green pumpkin blue. I threw to a submerged stump and had a strike and it stole half the tail and didn’t get the hook. Threw back again and got it, smaller but still fiesty, went for 2.32lbs. I caught a tiny pike on a Berkley max scent general in green pumpkin party color. I figured that it was a pike when it hit so I reeled in a tiny bit and swept the rod, I kept the hook out of its mouth this way. 
 

I am going to be moving out of the Kalamazoo area really soon, I am going to list the places that I have fished and the knowledge of locations. I probably won’t be fishing the area as much lol. I will definitely help people out. Like I say plenty of people fish where I do, I don’t see them catch the same quality of fish though. Location is one part knowing how and what to throw along with how to work it is the next part. I have no secrets and welcome someone kicking my butt size wise and that’s what I live for the challenge of the sport, lifestyle we love.

[Swamp Girl]

That's an excellent trip report, Murph. I like how you show the bass, the baits, and the water. I'm thinking a good thought for you and your family as you negotiate your moving. Moving is tough I'm glad you got to land some fine fish to take a break from moving's stress. 

[Woody B]

Last month when I was on vacation I'd fish 2 or 3 hours, go back to the camper, take a nap, then fish 2 or 3 hours......go back to the camper take a nap.....repeat.    

 

Last Spring I fished 10 hours one day with my Grandsons.  I was tired.  We caught a BUNCH of bass.  They're distracted by baseball, and teenage girls so they don't go fishing with me much.  When they do I'll fish until they're ready to quit.   

[Jmurphy87]

19 minutes ago, ol'crickety said:

That's an excellent trip report, Murph. I like how you show the bass, the baits, and the water. I'm thinking a good thought for you and your family as you negotiate your moving. Moving is tough I'm glad you got to land some fine fish to take a break from moving's stress. 

Thank you for the good thoughts. Me and my family appreciate it dearly. Yeah no clue where we are moving to, although we have some great friends who said that we could stay with them for a bit. That’s a good thing, but if you have ever lived with a friend or family member it’s very difficult at times. I could live outside and fish all of my free time outside of work hours. My family can’t and I respect that, fishing is a very big rabbit hole. I am happy that they have other interests. I think that I am naming the pond tick tack, because if you don’t get at least one tick something is off. 
 

I like giving details of my reports so that people can get ideas of structure, cover and how the fish relate to it in the current water conditions. It will help someone out at a body of water that they fish. I like being able to help others also, I just don’t want to be successful I want all of us to succeed. My current life plan is to keep going to my job and figure it all out, along with fishing as much as I get permission to.

[Dominat0r]

Streak goes on........Got some fishing in today, got a nice snake head, but sick of taking pics of those....however, got a couple Peacocks (off Rat-L-Trap) and a largemouth off a whacky rig. I got to break in the new trunk rod too. Fish for 7/13. 

 

 

 

[AlabamaSpothunter]

25 minutes ago, Dominat0r said:

Streak goes on........Got some fishing in today, got a nice snake head, but sick of taking pics of those....however, got a couple Peacocks (off Rat-L-Trap) and a largemouth off a whacky rig. I got to break in the new trunk rod too. Fish for 7/13. 

 

 

 

Those peacocks are so cool, nice pics......good comparison b/t the two. 

 

If they get big down there like in S. America I'd just fish for them, are they as complex as Largemouths?.....I'm sure they're easier to catch, a FLGM is one of the harder fish to catch. 

[Dominat0r]

They are not super hard to catch. They do have a lot more energy per size than a large mouth and they seem to just dart straight down after they hit it. They love little Rat-L-Traps or anything that they can fit in their mouths that rattles. 

 

 

[Swamp Girl]

I want to catch a Peacock one day.

[Team9nine]

Fun afternoon on a pair of micro lakes. Lots of cloud cover scattered throughout the day as the rain threats never materialized. Helped keep the temperature down, too. Spent the whole time throwing the finesse worm and ended the day with 41 bass. Had a few decent fish in the mix, but nothing real big. Thumb is a little tore up, but I’ll survive ?
 

 

 

[Dominat0r]

Went out for a little while, man it was HOT and the bugs were crazy. 

 

Streak continues, fish for 7/12. I had to come in right after, couldn't stand the mosquitoes tonight. 

 

Noticed this one did not have any real markings on it. Looks like a grass bass. 

 

[Swamp Girl]

@Team9nine, congrats on your most excellent day. I have such a hard time discerning the size of fish. After weighing a few bass, I did acquire a basic understanding of length and weight, but fish are photographed in so many ways (forearm extended to the camera, full arm extended to the camera, held away from the photographer's body, on the ground, by a fishing rod, etc.) that I'm left guessing as to their true size. How long are you bass in the photos?

 

I love my bump board because it cradles them for a photo. I like my scale less because it takes more time, which keeps the bass out of the water longer, but I still carry it in case I catch a monster. 

[Team9nine]

1 hour ago, ol'crickety said:

@Team9nine, congrats on your most excellent day. I have such a hard time discerning the size of fish. After weighing a few bass, I did acquire a basic understanding of length and weight, but fish are photographed in so many ways (forearm extended to the camera, full arm extended to the camera, held away from the photographer's body, on the ground, by a fishing rod, etc.) that I'm left guessing as to their true size. How long are you bass in the photos?

 

I love my bump board because it cradles them for a photo. I like my scale less because it takes more time, which keeps the bass out of the water longer, but I still carry it in case I catch a monster. 

The three in the pics are in the 16”-17” range. I only measure from the bank, never weigh. I carry a small retractable tape measure in my pocket, and a length-weight conversion chart for my area on my phone. I’ve weighed and measured hundreds of bass over the years, so I can pretty much eyeball everything these days, though I usually check the biggest fish of the trip just for reference. “Big” for my area is anything over 18”, so those get a quick tape every time.

 

[Dominat0r]

14 hours ago, ol'crickety said:

I want to catch a Peacock one day.

Anytime you down my way Crick, I'll set you up. 

[TheBaitMonkey]

Mr. Miyagi from Beast Coast put the work in this morning and caught this 20” 4lb 8oz’er - 

[PhishLI]

12 minutes ago, TheBaitMonkey said:

Mr. Miyagi from Beast Coast

One of my faves. Dope Gill.

[TheBaitMonkey]

11 minutes ago, PhishLI said:

One of my faves. Dope Gill.

It’s a good one! The perfect size for both good numbers and size 

[PhishLI]

Hot Snakes finesse TRD Crappie. 5" Yum Dinger Black/Gold Flake Bass. Pickerel sawed them off until they were gone. Hot-right-now low light or night bait 'round here.

 

[Fishlegs]

On 7/11/2023 at 1:43 PM, TnRiver46 said:

Me backing a boat down the ramp has (at times) provided solid entertainment value, but I feel a lot better about myself after seeing this!

 

[TnRiver46]

21 minutes ago, Fishlegs said:

Me backing a boat down the ramp has (at times) provided solid entertainment value, but I feel a lot better about myself after seeing this!

 

They said it came out of gear while it was parked on the ramp……. Their boat sank sideways too, some good Samaritans dragged it up on the bank before it went all the way down 

[Dominat0r]

Had a few mins to kill, so decided to take my pole with me down to the pond. Few casts in on the Mach Shad 90. Can't wait to try this at Headwaters.