Latest Catch Pics Thread

[GreenPig]

Fished yesterday from 230a - 730a and caught this Spot at 715. I couldn't figure them out. 88 degree water.

[TnRiver46]

@MediumMouthBass, they are good, just need a dozen to amount to anything haha

[T-Billy]

Same time, same place, NEARLY the same result. I pulled another nice eye off of it, and had a big bass on, but I managed to drag it into a clump of hydrilla on the way in and lost it. Best bass boated was this chunky 2.5#. Decent numbers, dozen and a half or so between 01:00 and 07:00. Blanked after daylight, and called it early to come home and work on the honeydo list.

[Bird]

Fished from 6am to 11am then got hot so dove in and headed to the ramp.

Only caught 5, water temps 84*.

[thediscochef]

Finally a decent outing, had 7 bites but only landed three. Though, as far as I can tell, I got the biggest one that bit. Two on a texas rig, one on a popper. Lost one on the Texas rig, two on the popper, and one on a lipless. Tough but that comes from not feeling a decent bite in a while, muscle memory is a thing. Still feels good. Big fish was 4-6 which would have taken big bass at the workingmans last night. I think I'm gonna try and get onto a boat for next week's tournament and see how it goes.

[Swamp Girl]

Man, that's a good-looking bass, @thediscochef.

 

Yours too, @A-Jay. 

 

I like how @Bird jumped into the water. I've been thinking about doing that too.

[TnRiver46]

1 hour morning session, pouring rain now so I car topped it for the time being 

[T-Billy]

I see that last fish on the stringer is sporting a mohawk @TnRiver46. It's a punk rock bass. I LIKE IT!!! 

 

[MIbassyaker]

28 minutes ago, T-Billy said:

I see that last fish on the stringer is sporting a mohawk @TnRiver46. It's a punk rock bass. I LIKE IT!!! 

 

 

[Team9nine]

Satisfying afternoon at a local lake given the conditions. A mix of clouds and passing showers, sprinkled with some occasional bursts of sunshine. A high of 88, a heat index into the 90s, and wind gusts of nearly 40 mph. Was still able to garner 27 bites on a jig, though size was again lacking - but the action wasn’t, so its all good

 

[gim]

7 hours ago, TnRiver46 said:

1 hour morning session, pouring rain now so I car topped it for the time being 

Putting the hurt on some Rockies up north are ya. 

[LrgmouthShad]

What’s this??? A Texan smallmouth mixed in with a couple largemouth???

[Pat Brown]

Seeing @Team9nine success on the jig has me very excited for the full moon coming on Tuesday August 1st.

 

It will be the first of two full moons in August and which makes it a blue moon and it is called the 'Sturgeon Moon' which has gotta bode well for big fish chasers.

 

I suspect things should fire up on Saturday evening when that moon gets to glowing and stay hot til Saturday morning up shallow.

 

I always catch giants around full or new moons.  ????

 

[Swamp Girl]

I fished a friend's pond, using his heavy canoe. It's a tandem, so I paddled backwards from the bow seat. It was great fishing in the evening, as I nearly always fish mornings. I enjoyed the evening light and the day growing darker instead of lighter.

 

I targeted a big girl I hooked a bit back, but I couldn't find her. I did catch 19 other bass in less than three hours, up to a chunky 18.25 inches. Here are a few of them:

 

 

 

4 minutes ago, Pat Brown said:

I always catch giants around full or new moons.

 

When do full moon bass hit best? Just when the moon is shining or the rest of the day too?

[Pat Brown]

I like full moon fishing at dusk and dawn and all hours in between ?

 

New Moon I find I catch em when the sun is shining.

[TnRiver46]

@ol'crickety, most excellent catches, I love paddling my canoe backwards from the bow seat, that’s always what I do when solo. 
 

@gimruis, they are thick anywhere I found a logjam. The waters are shallow and clear so I can see everything , pretty wild. It’s shallow for a long ways near the banks, not something I’ve never witnessed in our “lakes”. At home it’s 10-75 feet deep when you take one step off dry land 

[PhishLI]

Got up to my spot after the moon was already below the western tree line, which is just how I like it, but couldn't find a better bite. Sometimes a skunk-beater is as good as it gets, and I didn't harpoon my finger with a treble hook this time. No siree. I'll take it!

[Swamp Girl]

7 hours ago, TnRiver46 said:

At home it’s 10-75 feet deep when you take one step off dry land 

 

Whoa! That's steep and deep. Come to Maine and wade a bog. It's two feet deep for the first five feet from shore and then it plummets to five feet deep. 

 

7 hours ago, TnRiver46 said:

I love paddling my canoe backwards from the bow seat, that’s always what I do when solo. 

 

 

I'm surprised that no one has never explained to us how we're sitting in the wrong seat and paddling the wrong way.

 

The canoe I used is so different than my Kevlar canoe. It's more than twice the weight and so stable I could Irish dance in it. My canoe feels like I'm sitting on a fence rail. 

 

[keagbassr]

Finally got back to Maine after nearly 2 years to chase some smallies. Never found any  big ones(3+), but got plenty of spunky chunks. Buzzbait and baby torpedo did most of the work, with a spinnerbait and a few other lures chipping in. 

[Swamp Girl]

You were here? Ya shoulda, coulda pinged me! We could have fished together. Where did you fish? The smallmouth I catch are ridiculously aerobatic. They fight in the air as much as the water. Did yours launch themselves, again and again?

[keagbassr]

Yea @ol'crickety I was there,however I was on vacation,and having read about your early morning adventures i can say i was probably  just getting out of bed when you're getting OFF the water.I was a bit north of you I'd guess , my fishing is mostly done somewhere between Lincoln and Millinocket.and oh yes they jump and many are lost but no less fun to see.

[Swamp Girl]

@keagbassr: Ah, I see. Yeah, I fish when sensible people are still sleeping. And you were north of me.

 

I too lose a lot of smallies when they rocket out of the water. They are banzai berserkers! I've caught thousands of chunkier, longer, and heavier smallmouth in northwestern Ontario, but Maine's relatively lean smallies jump higher and more than those far north smallies. However, your first photographed smallmouth is as chunky as an Ontario smallie. 

 

Anyway, I'm glad you came to Maine and gladder still that you caught bass. 

[gim]

9 hours ago, TnRiver46 said:

they are thick anywhere I found a logjam

Oh yes, they love logs and boulders.  They're actually classified as a rough fish (same class as carp, bullhead, etc) here in MN, there is no closed season, and the daily bag limit is 30.  I am not a big fan, but hey, if you want to remove them, have at it!

[TnRiver46]

@gimruisI figured I was doing the world a favor, might as well get some meat out of the deal. If I had more time I would try to find some big bass but it’s a family vacation . Got lucky with the one nice bass hiding in a extra shallow river among hundreds of toobers

[gim]

2 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said:

might as well get some meat out of the deal

How big are the ones you have on the stringers?  The ones I caught by accident never seemed big enough to filet and a lot of them had black spot parasite on them.  The state record is only 2.0 pounds here.