Latest Catch Pics Thread

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16 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said:

your shallow Texas squarebill SMB is hereby disqualified 

 

I'll be the judge of that.  Not you.

 

- Photo Police

[thediscochef]

30 minutes ago, LrgmouthShad said:

Nah it would not go a few pounds. Probably 2 at most, maybe just under. Bit a squarebill crankbait in like 2 feet of water. Surprised the heck out of me. I was kinda messing around. First time throwing a squarebill in 5 years

The 4lb SM I pulled out of roberts had a blue and white 7-9' Rapala in its lip, I believe you entirely about that. Still, nice SM!

[keagbassr]

Was able to get out today without any time or weather constraints, fishing  7:30-2:30. caught 21 bass all on a double wide beaver with 6 nice ones weighing, 5-3, 4-8, 4-7, 3-10, 3-7,and 3-3 for I think 21-3 for those top 5, my 1st 5/20 day in a few years. Here's pics of those 5. 

[PhishLI]

3 hours ago, keagbassr said:

Here's pics of those 5

Fantastic! ??

[Swamp Girl]

8 hours ago, Blue Raider Bob said:

The main reason I do this is just because I love being in the water, and all water related exercises. Always been that way.

 

Me too, Bob, my Southern brother, me too. 

 

Mighty, @keagbassr!

 

Sweet, @thediscochef!

 

 

[Swamp Girl]

I did a rare evening trip. Most evenings in coastal Maine are too windy for me to fish, but this evening was like a steamy Midwestern summer's evening. I fished a bog just five miles from my house. It doesn't have big bass, but they're still fun. I caught ten in two hours, all about the same size and all on a small, chrome Whopper Plopper.

[Team9nine]

Two evening trips for me, too - yesterday and today. Picked off 10 yesterday and a dozen tonight…all on top ? A couple more trips if I’m lucky, then fishing gets shut down for a while. Gonna’ miss the ever present pond bite ?

 

 

 

[TnRiver46]

Attn: @IcatchDinks, I might need to borrow your screen name………

 

Pretty skies downtown tonight 

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my wife pulled over and took this last pic on her way home

 

 

[Swamp Girl]

Gorgeous photos, @TnRiver46! 

 

 

[Blue Raider Bob]

21 hours ago, TnRiver46 said:

Stoneroller, northern hog sucker, creek or river chub would be my first guesses. Bet I can guess it from a pic. Striped shiner gets pretty big too 

It's a very large minnow with a round body like a torpedo as opposed to a flattened body such as a Bluegill.

[Blue Raider Bob]

17 hours ago, keagbassr said:

Was able to get out today without any time or weather constraints, fishing  7:30-2:30. caught 21 bass all on a double wide beaver with 6 nice ones weighing, 5-3, 4-8, 4-7, 3-10, 3-7,and 3-3 for I think 21-3 for those top 5, my 1st 5/20 day in a few years. Here's pics of those 5. 

That is an " EPIC" trip. I'm about as green with envy as those huge LM. I'll bet those beasts challenged your rod warranty!

[TnRiver46]

1 hour ago, Blue Raider Bob said:

It's a very large minnow with a round body like a torpedo as opposed to a flattened body such as a Bluegill.

That’s a striped shiner methinks 

[The Bassman]

6 hours ago, TnRiver46 said:

That’s a striped shiner methinks 

Looks like something in the herring family to me by the jaw shape. Lower pic brings back memories. We called those creek shiners. We would catch them early in the year when sucker fishing. Later on we caught them on small spinners when wading for smallmouth.

[Dominat0r]

Well, been so busy with my boys activities, but in my down time I had a chance to upgrade some stuff. I upgraded my Dobyns Fury to Champions (734, 703SF) and St Croix Victory's (The Marshal, Max Marshal, Rip-N-Chatter, Power Flipp) . Also got a St Croix legend Xtreme as my new texas rig rod. I threw down some cash on the good stuff as I am fishing a lot and plan on getting a boat soon enough. I took a trip to Headwaters on labor day....also, been taking quick trips to the ponds around my house when I can. I can't get out everyday, but try to get out as much as possible. 

 

First fish are from Headwaters, my buddy got a nice 7lbs on a giant swimbait. I got that 3.5lbs on a smaller Basspro Boss Glide.  

 

Look at the peacock and the glide bait. Thats a S Waver 200 is almost as big as him. Also, got the other peacock on a Johnson spoon. The bottom fish is on a Chatterbait, that Rip-N-Chatter rod is amazing for chatterbaits. 

 

[thediscochef]

Got a lot of short strikes on the ol monster this morning, finally landed one before all the bait disappeared. I saw a school of the biggest gizzard shads I've ever seen, like bigger than my PB sand bass. Some at least 12-15in. Pretty sure one of them was hitting the worm because the bites stopped when they swam away. I now understand the glide bait bite at this spot a little bit better. 

[PhishLI]

We've been broiled all week with high temps and brick-wall humidity just like early August, but with clouds overhead again and rain in forecast finally I decided to sweat it out for a bit just before midnight. Couldn't get them to come topside for nothing, so slow-n-low got my bites but they were all super subtle as if they were keyed-in on small baitfish stuck on the bottom. Slow-dragging and lightly twitching a Houdini Super Fluke was the deal. Just as lightning bolts crackled in the northwestern sky, I finally hooked into a hard fighting picture-worthy chunk then made my escape.

[MN Fisher]

Best one boated today.

 

Had two I know were bigger - I saw them - but they shook the hook just as I was about to net them. (le' sigh)

 

Caught on a @Siebert Outdoors Fogy Pro, 3/8oz, Pumpkinseed/Gold Blade with a 4" Pit Boss in Skeet's Chartreuse Shad trailer.

[LrgmouthShad]

Going to check out Stillhouse again this weekend. I kinda get the feeling it is going be tough

[Swamp Girl]

1 hour ago, MN Fisher said:

 

Caught on a @Siebert Outdoors Fogy Pro, 3/8oz, Pumpkinseed/Gold Blade with a 4" Pit Boss in Skeet's Chartreuse Shad trailer.

 

I am amazed that most of you guys can recall your lures like ^this." I feel on top of the world if I can recall, "I caught 'em on a black popper."

 

3 hours ago, PhishLI said:

hard fighting picture-worthy chunk

 

Just the way I like 'em.

 

3 hours ago, PhishLI said:

Just as lightning bolts crackled in the northwestern sky

 

BR's poet.

[Dominat0r]

Needed another spinning reel to move my lews over to my 2p trunk rod. I had some pts at Dicks, so picked up a Shimano Ultegra. WOW! What a smooth reel, feels great.....best thing is, got a fish and a PB, they are getting smaller and smaller haha, measured and officially the smallest fish out of my pond. He felt like a Mayan on the end of the line haha. Got him on a zoom trick (Bull Bream, dipped in chartreuse dye) on a shaky head. 

 

[Kirtley Howe]

@ol'crickety...Like you, I would be lucky to remember anything beyond "a crankbait" if I didn't use my little digital voice recorded. With that, I can just make a voice note on what each fish came on, weather conditions, time of day, etc.  When I get home, I try to remember to write down what worked in the conditions I was fishing under. 

[MN Fisher]

17 minutes ago, Kirtley Howe said:

With that, I can just make a voice note on what each fish came on, weather conditions, time of day, etc.

Notebook and pen in cargo-pants pocket.

[Kirtley Howe]

I used to keep a notebook. But I found that water, fish slime and notebooks did not go well together and pens don't work for crap in colder weather. My little voice recorder is kept in a ziplock bag, and I can record without removing it from the bag. 

[Dominat0r]

Little late night cranking, just to test out the new G Loomis crank rod. I haven't tried too much actual crank baits, a few here and there. 

 

[Swamp Girl]

7 hours ago, Dominat0r said:

G Loomis

 

Whadda rod!