Latest Catch Pics Thread

[Dominat0r]

Caught a few today, 2 on the 3" kietech and 1 off blazin worm. 

 

[The Bassman]

Catching has been decent lately even with pond levels dropping from a lack of rain. Caught several today with ten or so on topwater and a half dozen more on my trusty Booyah One Knocker when the breeze finally kicked in a little. This one was the best. Got her(?) on a 04 SubWart. I actually sight fished her and she took it dead stick like a bluegill sucking in a fly rod popper.

[thediscochef]

Dink fest on the ol monster. Fall fishing officially arrived on 9/12 at sunrise. Yee haw

[Bird]

Got my retired 1st cousin on the boat today and the fish were very active.

Hitting crank baits, Spinnerbaits and wacky finesse worms.

He hooked the best one in a tree top with a crappie colored Spinnerbait.

[Jar11591]

In typical fall fashion, this thread gets lit up with studs. Hopefully I can contribute soon. With school and work it’s been hard to find much time but I’m gonna be getting out several more times this year at least. 

[galyonj]

29 minutes ago, Jar11591 said:

Hopefully I can contribute soon.

 

Yeah. I miss fishing.

[MIbassyaker]

On 9/12/2023 at 9:36 PM, ol'crickety said:

Back in June, @AlabamaSpothunter and @PhishLI urged me to focus on fewer bodies of water than I fished last year and I've done that, focusing primarily on four bodies of water. The payoff has been 51 bass over four pounds and seven between six and seven pounds. I didn't add to that total tonight, but I sure caught some beauties, twenty in all, up to 18 inches.

 

How big are your bogs?  Do you think you might be re-catching some of the bigger bass, or are they all different fish?

[Swamp Girl]

2 hours ago, MIbassyaker said:

Do you think you might be re-catching some of the bigger bass

 

I doubt it, but could be. Most are a hundred acres or so. 

[Swamp Girl]

I fished for 2.5 hours this afternoon and caught a dozen. I really don't know how to catch bass during the day, but I figured a way. I parked in a lily pad field about the size of a football field, dropped my Whopper Plopper into little, open areas, triggered a bass to slap it, and then dropped a 5" rubber worm that was T-Rigged and had a 1/16 ounce tungsten weight on their heads. I did catch a couple on the Whopper Plopper too and one bass on a frog. The first bass is typical, then four bigger ones, and finally, the most ferocious and fearless bass that swims. I pity the angler who hooks that bass in a few years. If they make the mistake of bringing it aboard, it's sure to go for their throats.

[Blue Raider Bob]

9 minutes ago, ol'crickety said:

I fished for 2.5 hours this afternoon. I really don't know how to catch bass during the day, but I figured a way. I parked in a lily pad field about the size of a football field, dropped my Whopper Plopper into little, open areas, triggered a bass to slap it, and then dropped a 5" rubber worm that was T-Rigged and had a 1/16 ounce tungsten weight on their heads. I did catch a couple on the Whopper Plopper too and one bass on a frog. The first bass is typical, then four bigger ones, and finally, the most ferocious and fearless bass that swims. I pity the angler who hooks that bass in a few years. If they make the mistake of bringing it aboard, it's sure to go for their throats.

That a terrific job! Great big fat healthy bass. And yes, the last picture shows the meanest fish in the lake, although that's the size I catch.

[thediscochef]

Dink and a freebie, life is good. Fish are shallow shallow right now, the Texas rig bite is fun. Got the jigging spoons off the bank, still in package and no water in the package. No rust. Gotta love an easy $10

[Fishlegs]

2 hours ago, ol'crickety said:

the most ferocious and fearless bass that swims. I pity the angler who hooks that bass in a few years. If they make the mistake of bringing it aboard, it's sure to go for their throats.

Those mean little fish are the ones that grow up to be the beasts we all love.

[Swamp Girl]

51 minutes ago, Fishlegs said:

Those mean little fish are the ones that grow up to be the beasts we all love.

 

[LrgmouthShad]

Heard we needed some more dinks in here? 
 

Got 3 in a couple hours this evening, all on modified SV-3

[scaleface]

4lb 3oz caught on a Texas rigged Yum Dinger bream color , in three foot of water off a laydown .Back end of creek.

[Dominat0r]

A little afternoon Rat-L-Trap action. Going to hit Headwaters on Sunday, so hoping to get some good fishing in and break in the new gear right. 

 

[J._Bricker]

It looks like we’re getting an early fall out west on the delta, mornings right at 60 degrees with a high in the low 90’s and low 70’s for water temps. With the state guys out there spraying the mats like they’ve got an unlimited supply of roundup I targeted the remaining sparse mats to punch. I found this stubborn 4.8lb liked seeing a beaver come through the mat.

[thediscochef]

Night Dinks by Bob Seger 

[Pat Brown]

Since Jr. went back to school after summer vacation, I've had to do the requisite 'push hard at work' that comes with that relief since I watch him during the summers while running a small business from home....fishing has been less frequent.  But still managed to get out for some killer trips.

 

No Giants (missed more than a couple and that's just how it goes!) but lots of really nice 1-3 lb bass caught on buzzbaits, jigs, beavers and spinnerbaits.

 

An extreme heatwave just came to a conclusion that had fish pulling back off the bank somewhat but some rain last week gave way to some 80° high 57° low days (today is one!) and fish seem to be pushing up shallow again in the ever present ebb and flow of bass seasonal migration.  I think this accounts for the 'difficulty' consistently locating bass during August and September.  September is finally feeling like October and perhaps it will stick this time.

 

Had some fun doing a little night fishing last weekend.  Jake has been finding lots of big juicy black and red crawdads at the pond!  Hoping I can make use of the right bites this weekend ??

 

Tight lines and looking forward to the fall beast parade!

 

[Swamp Girl]

3 hours ago, Pat Brown said:

 

Tight lines and looking forward to the fall beast parade!

 

I can't take the pressure! As I already admitted, I didn't catch many beasts last fall and I'm worried that I'm a one trick pony, a dang summer bog basser*. I keep watching fall videos and think about them when I rig my rods, but so far, the suggested lures, like walking baits, spinnerbaits, and jerkbaits, aren't working for me. And the ones they DON'T suggest, like rubber worms, Whopper Ploppers, and paddletails, continue to work for me. When more weeds die back, I am going to use my brass Mepps spinners more, since the guys who make videos say that fall bass like smaller baits. The only thing I don't like about my Mepps is how quickly they tarnish and how I have to keep buffing them with steel wool before using them.

 

I think the two bass below were my ONLY beasts last fall, so if I fail again, I'll just keeping posting these two because they are fall bass.

 

 

@thediscochef: Night Dinks is an overlooked great by Seger.

 

*I did catch a few beasts last spring, but I'm still mostly a summer bog basser. 

 

@J._Bricker and @scaleface, those are beauties. 

 

 

 

 

[scaleface]

3 hours ago, Pat Brown said:

Fishing from the old Jon boat.  

[Pat Brown]

Fall flickers in and out of phase til it's permanent and it's different all over the US (surely later for y'all up north!)

 

I continue to have 'summer days' where ALL they want is a t rigged beaver with unpegged weight flopped in front of them and dragged.

 

But occasionally fall flickers mightily and I catch a few on swim jigs/spinnerbaits/buzzbait/squarebill/lipless.

 

Eventually the summer days cease and the fall days start flickering in a wintery fashion.

 

I'm always one foot in the last season, one foot in the next and two firmly planted in this current moment (yeah I got 4 feet ?)

 

@ol'crickety I think fall is about to come knocking at your door hard and fast when it does!

 

[Swamp Girl]

11 minutes ago, Pat Brown said:

I'm always one foot in the last season, one foot in the next and two firmly planted in this current moment (yeah I got 4 feet ?)

 

Ha!

 

12 minutes ago, Pat Brown said:

I think fall is about to come knocking at your door hard and fast when it does!

 

I'm not going to answer because that will Tropical Storm Lee. ?

 

Seriously, I am hopeful for my alewife pond and here's why: The YouTube video guys say that fall bass move shallow. Articles say the same thing. The problem with my bogs is that there is no deep and shallow. It's all shallow. However, my alewife pond is mostly deep. It's even deep tight to the shorelines, but at the inlet and outlet, it is shallow and the inlet has a wide flat, so I'm hoping they congregate and feed big-time to fatten for the winter. Otherwise, I'll be posting my two bass from Fall 2022, again and again and again. 

 

19 minutes ago, Pat Brown said:

But occasionally fall flickers mightily and I catch a few on swim jigs/spinnerbaits/buzzbait/squarebill/lipless.

 

I'll keep trying ^them^ too and hope for a flicker. 

[galyonj]

51 minutes ago, ol'crickety said:

I keep watching fall videos and think about them when I rig my rods, but so far, the suggested lures, like walking baits, spinnerbaits, and jerkbaits, aren't working for me. And the ones they DON'T suggest, like rubber worms, Whopper Ploppers, and paddletails, continue to work for me.

 

It's as if you know the water you fish better than a rando on youtube.

[Blue Raider Bob]

This should be the billboard in front of Katie's home!