Latest Catch Pics Thread

[Swamp Girl]

12 minutes ago, Woody B said:

He also said they were "releasing" dead bass after the weigh in. 

 

At the very least, eat those bass. I know it's against their rules, but still.

 

12 minutes ago, Woody B said:

 It should be against the law to put a "catch and release" bass in a live well at these temperatures.   

 

Agreed. Do what the kayakers do and photograph the bass on a bump board with a tag indicating the fisher's name and the date.

[A-Jay]

3 hours ago, Team9nine said:

 

 

Nice bass but that shirt is clearly defective,

A-Jay

[12poundbass]

Blue

bird skies and constant wind out of the north made for some tough sledding this morning. I had 6-7 hit the frog but none hooked up. Lost a dink at the boat on a T-rig pit boss. To add insult to injury I anchored on a sunken island in 2’ of water and was casting a 10” Rage Thumper to 20’ and dragging it up. No takers. As I moved to the other side of the island I saw what I’m guessing was a 4lber swimming around next to me. Here’s all I caught today and I’m not sure they’re bass. ?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[thediscochef]

9 minutes ago, A-Jay said:

Nice bass but that shirt is clearly defective,

A-Jay

Naw he's holding some tournament winning walleye if I ever saw some

[LrgmouthShad]

10 minutes ago, 12poundbass said:

Blue

bird skies and constant wind out of the north made for some tough sledding this morning. I had 6-7 hit the frog but none hooked up. Lost a dink at the boat on a T-rig pit boss. To add insult to injury I anchored on a sunken island in 2’ of water and was casting a 10” Rage Thumper to 20’ and dragging it up. No takers. As I moved to the other side of the island I saw what I’m guessing was a 4lber swimming around next to me. Here’s all I caught today and I’m not sure they’re bass. ?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hmmm. Maybe bass but by the way they are vertically stacked, my guess is no

11 minutes ago, 12poundbass said:

Blue

bird skies and constant wind out of the north made for some tough sledding this morning. I had 6-7 hit the frog but none hooked up. Lost a dink at the boat on a T-rig pit boss. To add insult to injury I anchored on a sunken island in 2’ of water and was casting a 10” Rage Thumper to 20’ and dragging it up. No takers. As I moved to the other side of the island I saw what I’m guessing was a 4lber swimming around next to me. Here’s all I caught today and I’m not sure they’re bass. ?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

What garmin unit is that by the way? Looks the same as mine

[12poundbass]

4 minutes ago, LrgmouthShad said:

Hmmm. Maybe bass but by the way they are vertically stacked, my guess is no

What garmin unit is that by the way? Looks the same as mine

93SV UHD GT54

[LrgmouthShad]

Just now, 12poundbass said:

93SV UHD GT54

Okay gotcha. I have the same, just 73sv

[Team9nine]

29 minutes ago, A-Jay said:

Nice bass but that shirt is clearly defective,

A-Jay

I’ve always been a huge “crossover” fan when it comes to fishing (and learning). The walleye guys were way ahead of the curve in regards to electronics compared to the bass guys. I was making my own 1 ft contour maps of my local lakes years before any of the big companies came out with their hi-def mapping courtesy of following the walleye tourney trends. Similarly, the professional crappie anglers/circuits were Livescoping years before the bass guys finally caught on. Multi-species is where it’s at ?

[Way north bass guy]

@12poundbass, it was equally as tough on this side of the great lakes today too, at least for me. Spent a couple hours on a lake I used to fish constantly when I was younger, tried a bunch of spots and all I got was this one guy on a ned, and a small pike on a spinnerbait. At least the temps were decent, and I managed to shake the skunk out of the boat for the trip (although just by the skin of my teeth)!

[Woody B]

@12poundbass  It looks to me like Crappie stacked up, but they're usually near a brushpile or other cover around here.   

[TnRiver46]

@Way north bass guy, I was unaware you had tough days on the water 

[Way north bass guy]

1 hour ago, TnRiver46 said:

@Way north bass guy, I was unaware you had tough days on the water 

Even the most mediocre of fisherman like myself can have the odd off day?. 
In all seriousness, I just haven’t had near the time on the water this year, and haven’t been able to get a good feel for what they’re doing as the season progresses. When I was guiding and fishing tournaments, I was on the water constantly and found it much easier to keep pace with the movements of whatever I was chasing during that particular season. It’s all good though, still beats the heck out of going to work!

[IcatchDinks]

Well, I sure shattered the doledrums I was complaining about this morning. 

 

I caught seven fish this afternoon, all but one on a 1/4 oz spoon. The biggest was 15.5 inches, and they gradually went down from there to the last two at about 10 inches. Good fights. Nice jumps. Landed every fish I hooked. It was a good day. 

 

Also, I'm taking @ol'crickety's advice and holding the fish a bit closer to the camera so as they look bigger. Feels like cheating to me, but I guess it's what the people want. ??

(^^^Ignore the fish theatrics. He's fine.)

 

Now the nice fish: 

14 inches:

 

14.5 inches:

 

And 15.5"

 

There's two fish I forgot to photograph, but they weren't huge. One was thirteen inches. The other was too small to worry about measuring. 

 

also, feel free to ignore the ornery look on my face. I'm thrilled to death, but the sun is bright. 

[The Baron]

Fishing continues to be slow for me, with so many cold fronts and rain recently.  Went out Saturday morning before more rain hit in the afternoon.  No smallies biting, only a couple small LMB on my go-to popper so I switched over to a frog.  Missed one on a standard walking frog then decided to switch colours and go to a popping frog.  The next fish hit that frog like it owed him money, then I picked up a second decent one not long after (both about 2.5#) in the same area.  That was it, so I moved on down the windward shore trying to decide what to do next.  I lost a pike on a small swimbait (didn’t get to see it, but a 3 second fight and then a snipped bait tells the tale).  The next two hours were fishless.?

 

Two decent fish is a lot better than a skunk, but not a very satisfying result for 4 hours’ on the water.  With poor fishing, rain coming and work weighing on my mind, I felt the pressure to call it quits at about 10am.

 

[gim]

5 hours ago, A-Jay said:

Nice bass but that shirt is clearly defective

Beat me to it.

 

-Fashion Police

[thediscochef]

2 hours ago, IcatchDinks said:

Well, I sure shattered the doledrums I was complaining about this morning. 

 

I caught seven fish this afternoon, all but one on a 1/4 oz spoon. The biggest was 15.5 inches, and they gradually went down from there to the last two at about 10 inches. Good fights. Nice jumps. Landed every fish I hooked. It was a good day. 

 

Also, I'm taking @ol'crickety's advice and holding the fish a bit closer to the camera so as they look bigger. Feels like cheating to me, but I guess it's what the people want. ??

(^^^Ignore the fish theatrics. He's fine.)

 

Now the nice fish: 

14 inches:

 

14.5 inches:

 

And 15.5"

 

There's two fish I forgot to photograph, but they weren't huge. One was thirteen inches. The other was too small to worry about measuring. 

 

also, feel free to ignore the ornery look on my face. I'm thrilled to death, but the sun is bright. 

sometimes you just gotta gripe loud enough and the fish will respond, I have experienced this phenomenon several times. Gotta use different swears each time though or it doesn't work. Nice work!

[Alex Ball]

  Good one. I saw a bass come up and eat a bigger bluegill. Glad I brought a bass rod. I was out here looking for BG. Threw a popper and started walking it. Came in on it the first cast but missed. 4 casts later, he hit it in the same spot he missed it. 

   Just hammered it. Only set the hook cuz of instinct. No need. He caught himself. Straight to the jaw bone. Clean set. 

   Took maybe 30 seconds to bring him home. Was ecstatic when I saw him take it. Good fish. 

The setup

JB3 Outlaw HXF/Kastking Assassin 631

20lb Matzuo braid/Rebel Mag Pop R Ol' Bass 

[Swamp Girl]

I fished a pond this evening instead of a bog. It was windy when I launched, so the first hour was mostly about canoe control. I could see and hear thunderstorms, but they weren't overhead. Had they been closer, I would have gone to shore. I caught 17, including my first bass on the River2Sea BIGmistake. It's a big lure, but the bass hit it. 

 

Good job, @IcatchDinks!

 

[IcatchDinks]

@ol'cricketyI'd never heard of the Big mistake and looked it up...

 

SIX AND 3/8 INCHES!?!? 

 

That's like a Muskie lure! 

 

Beautiful bunch of fish!

 

@Alex Ball Nice catch! 

[gim]

12 minutes ago, IcatchDinks said:

SIX AND 3/8 INCHES!?!? 

 

That's like a Muskie lure! 

That’s a small muskie lure in my tackle box.

 

Some of my bulldawgs and medusas are so big it’s hard to imagine a muskie big enough to attack them. 

[Team9nine]

Sitting on a small ridge between a pair of low pressure troughs. Made for no wind, but lower dew points, so a decent trade off in the comfort category. Clouds eventually moved in making conditions even better. Ended the afternoon/evening with 23 bass today, all on Ned. Quality was better than yesterday, too. Also, including another random iPhone photo from today’s trips. Is it a cloud cover shot, or maybe the inside of my pocket  …who knows - lol.

 

 

 

 

[Alex Ball]

29 minutes ago, IcatchDinks said:

@Alex Ball Nice catch! 

   Thanks. For whatever reason, that's about an average bass for me. I use nothing but Heavy power casting rods. Mag lures, braid, and big drag reels.

    Just on lures alone, I eliminate a fair amount of smaller bass because they aren't going to come to a mag lure. The braid is for safety. No leader, usually. They can't see it if it's moss green here. 20lb is best. Small but strong.

 And the 18lb drag helps end fights early. I set it low for better sensitivity, then I crank it up on a hookup. Get it to 6-7lbs then halfway up, they usually quit. 

    Downside is obviously volume. I'm happy with 1 that size a day. I get less hits, but it's almost always a thumper. Just some ideas for species targeting of big bass if they're there. I love throwing big lures. So fun. 

[Swamp Girl]

5 hours ago, IcatchDinks said:

Landed every fish I hooked.

 

I envy you. About half my fish escape. I hooked a beast at a river outlet tonight. So little water, So tight. Cover everywhere. Big current. It ran into reeds and peeled free.

 

Good looking bass, @Team9nine.

[Dominat0r]

Streak day 68, went out earlier and had to run to the store after, but got my fish for the day. Really hot and rainy again, story of Florida. Got him off a chatter bait. 

 

 

 

[Swamp Girl]

So, I gotta tell you guys the full story on the big bass I lost last night. We've gotten a lot of rain in Maine this summer with more than five inches just this week. So, the ponds and bogs are high and the creeks that feed them and empty them are gurgling.

 

Last night, I paddled a couple miles to reach an outlet. It's just a narrow stream, but pretty famous for Atlantic salmon still run up it. If you're imagining yourself wading it and lofting flies to salmon, don't. It's narrow and bush-lined, almost a tunnel, but I know big bass like to park under the bushes and ambush prey.

 

Both sides of the pond where the stream exits are choked with weeds too. So, there's strong current, bushes, weeds, and tight quarters. In short, the bass are easy to entice, but hard to land.

 

I hooked four, but landed one and here's that one bass I landed:

 

 

 

The big one hit a white popper that I let drift past some weeds in the stream's middle and then twitched it. I saw a big wake come from under a bush followed by a bigger KERSPLOOSH! I had so little width of water to play the fish and it was all swift. If the bass had run downstream, I would have hung a sign at the entrance of the tunnel that warned, "Abandon all hope ye who fish here."

 

But the bass came into the lake and darted for some lilypads, which made me say a silent "YAY," for I can sometimes wrassle bass from pads, but then it did a 180 and rushed to the fibrous reeds on the other side. It plunged into them and parted them like Moses. All this time I'm trying to muscle her out of there, but she was a tank of muscle and I was spinach-less.

 

Then she freed herself and I wondered why I even picked such a fight, for I was Mike Tyson-ed seconds into the first round. 

 

However, I'll go pick another fight with her one day. I've a new bait casting rod with a new reel on the way, which is supposed to arrive on August 22nd, and they might give me the edge.