Latest Catch Pics Thread

[Swamp Girl]

Thanks, @Team9nine. I really do struggle to discern size. There's a children's picture book about a monster coming to attack Earth. He looks so big and scary with no context until he actually lands on Earth and there are familiar objects to scale his size...and you see that he's a pipsqueak. Similarly, they used to use children to pose with muskies to make the muskies look bigger. 

[Jonny15678]

Bit of a slow bite but managed to catch this Bucket mouth. Caught her on a 3/8OZ Z Man Jackhammer Black n Blue Paired with a black n blue 4.3 Keitech.

[A-Jay]

6 minutes ago, Jonny15678 said:

Bit of a slow bite but managed to catch this Bucket mouth. Caught her on a 3/8OZ Z Man Jackhammer Black n Blue Paired with a black n blue 4.3 Keitech.

Nice bass ~

And don't worry @gimruis should be along shorty to address those flowing locks.

A-Jay

 

[Jonny15678]

11 minutes ago, A-Jay said:

Nice bass ~

And don't worry @gimruis should be along shorty to address those flowing locks.

A-Jay

 

Ha Thanks!

[Texas Flood]

Got this one trying out my new chatterbait/lipless rod. 
 

[gim]

2 hours ago, Jonny15678 said:

Ha Thanks!

Here I am. The haircut police. You know what the issue is.

 

Dandy largemouth BTW.

[Dominat0r]

Streak is up to 40 days, lets gooooo!! Fish is for 7/15. Had a chance to walk down to the pond tonight. Switched out my line to 15lbs with a 12lbs fluro leader. Got a this guy off a shaky head with a Zoom trick worm (Junebug). 

 

 

 

[Swamp Girl]

Forty days is a big deal, @Dominat0r. Proud of ya!

[BrianMDTX]

Man, even though this morning was overcast and cooler than the past week, it still hit 91° as I was getting out of the water at 10:00. Slow bite. Nothing on anything but soft plastics. First one on a Zoom Z-Craw worm in California 420, the second on a Rage Bug in green pumpkin (missed one, too) and a dink on a blue/black laminate Senko WR. 
 

[thediscochef]

41 minutes ago, BrianMDTX said:

Man, even though this morning was overcast and cooler than the past week, it still hit 91° as I was getting out of the water at 10:00. Slow bite. Nothing on anything but soft plastics. First one on a Zoom Z-Craw worm in California 420, the second on a Rage Bug in green pumpkin (missed one, too) and a dink on a blue/black laminate Senko WR. 
 

That Z craw pulls weight I'm tellin ya

[treble hook]

Flappin’ Frog…

[TnRiver46]

47 minutes ago, BrianMDTX said:

Man, even though this morning was overcast and cooler than the past week, it still hit 91° as I was getting out of the water at 10:00. Slow bite. Nothing on anything but soft plastics. First one on a Zoom Z-Craw worm in California 420, the second on a Rage Bug in green pumpkin (missed one, too) and a dink on a blue/black laminate Senko WR. 
 

Nice fish. It was oppressively hot at 5:30 am

in the dark this morning here too 

[BrianMDTX]

@thediscochefI did not fish it as a TR. Or a WR. I had a rig set up for a WR and simply nose hooked it. It hit the water and that bass took it and was off in a flash. Same hit on the Rage Bug as well. More risky as far as snags than a TR but I’ve done this before and it seems to work at times that a TR or WR doesn’t. 
 

@TnRiver46 It wasn’t bad early, but after the sun came out at 1100 the temp climbed rapidly  to 94°. On its way to 100°. I’m surprised the water felt as cool as it did. 

[JMac603]

Caught this big girl on a jig worm - 3/16 ned head with a zman fattyz. Today was great. 

[gim]

6 minutes ago, JMac603 said:

Caught this big girl on a jig worm - 3/16 ned head with a zman fattyz. Today was great. 

Nice one, and you pass the haircut police initiative too. ?

[JMac603]

14 minutes ago, gimruis said:

Nice one, and you pass the haircut police initiative too. ?

The what? I'm balding fast

[A-Jay]

27 minutes ago, JMac603 said:

The what? I'm balding fast

Me too.

Dont sweat it.

The hair thing is a running joke on the forums.

Nice Bass btw.

A-Jay

[BrianMDTX]

Hair today, gone tomorrow! ?

[Woody B]

I caught 4 today while battling muscle cramps.  I've been plagued with cramps on and off for most of my life.  I'm not dehydrated, I'm overhydrated if anything.  I've taken pretty much every kind of supplement and remedy available.   Every now and then I'll have a couple days with terrible cramps.  Today (and yesterday) they were in my hands, and my core.  I had cramps in the side of my chest (both sides) near the bottom of my rib cage that felt like they were going to break my ribs.   It's hard to stretch out a cramp in your side.  

 

OK back to fishing.   I got a new electronic scale.  My old one died after fishing in the rain for a week back when I was on vacation.   First bass was a skinny 19 1/2 inch  3.56 pound Largemouth on a Devils Horse.   The other 3 were smaller spots,  one on a bladed jig, one on a T-rig and one on a DT6.   I also caught a Catfish.  It wasn't tiny, but small enough to boat flip.  (Cat isn't pictured)   I lost a couple decent, but not BIG bass.  I'll soak in an Epsom salt bath tonight and hopefully be cramp free tomorrow.   

 

[Swamp Girl]

Man, that sounds tough, Woody. That you went fishing while cramping shows your passion for the sport and your toughness. 

[Team9nine]

Partly sunny, low 80s, but muggy. Heaviest rain went north and south of us, so no big changes to water color. Very few bass hanging around the shallows, so went jighead wacky and fished just over the breakline in deeper water and caught 10. Nothing big (largest 17”) but very feisty and a lot of jumpers.

 

 

[Swamp Girl]

@Team9nine: I love when they're "very feisty and a lot of jumpers."

[NYWayfarer]

It’s been a minute since I caught a decent River Smallmouth. Life has kept me busy with a new dog and aging parents. It’s been hard to find time to fish.

 

It was one of those days where I thought I was going to get skunked then this beauty showed up.

 

 

 

[TnRiver46]

@NYWayfarer, nice Hudson chunker

[Woody B]

I caught 7 today between 5:15 and 9:45.  The first was a decent Largemouth on my second cast.  It fought like a real largemouth too, walking on it's tail all the way to the boat.  I didn't weigh it.  It was 1/4" short of the 18 inch mark I have on my boat.   The rest were spots, 13" and less.  The first and last are pictured.   First was on a Devils Horse, the others were on a T-rig.  I'm going to have to make a night trip and fish from midnight to daylight or so to catch some more topwater Largemouth.  The heat has me zapped lately.  I figure staying up all night fishing will make me tired for a week.   I need to tell my body I'm 40 years younger so I can stay up all night.   Working 45 to 50 hours a week is interfering with my fishing.