Latest Catch Pics Thread

[gim]

10 hours ago, TnRiver46 said:

What about the sunfish? Haha

That actually belongs in another thread but I'm no longer the Photo Police.  It was defunded about 2 months ago.

[MN Fisher]

1 minute ago, gimruis said:

That actually belongs in another thread but I'm no longer the Photo Police.  It was defunded about 2 months ago.

Now if we can just disband the Hair Police.

[gim]

9 hours ago, ol'crickety said:

 

An 18.5-incher is bigger than any smallie I've caught in Maine. 

I'm actually surprised you catch any smallmouth in those bogs.  It doesn't look like smallmouth habitat at all to me.

[thediscochef]

Went out yesterday to see how I did at breaking down my baitcasters and regreasing cleaning etc. Very little disappointment there. And I caught this little bass while I was doing so. Had a few other superdinks hit the red eye shad but no landings. First mag II fish 

[Swamp Girl]

17 minutes ago, gimruis said:

I'm actually surprised you catch any smallmouth in those bogs.  It doesn't look like smallmouth habitat at all to me.

 

I'm with ya! I'm surprised when I catch one too, but here's one from last week and she was about as big as I catch them here. I catch them if there's a rocky bottom instead of a muddy bottom. The rock-bottomed lakes up north are full of them and trout too:

 

 

Am I the only one who's gone back a couple times to take another gander at @Bluebasser86's crazy, thick bass and @TnRiver46's buddy's 23-incher?

 

Keep the big gals comin', guys. It's going to be a long, pitiless Maine winter.

[Bluebasser86]

13 hours ago, TnRiver46 said:

 

well I had from about 3:30-5:45 free time, my buddy said he was down to fish a short spell

 

Got nothing but redbreast sunfish nibbling worm tails off so I caught a few on ultra light to teach them a lesson. Then my buddy sets the hook and the line starts ripping, line that came on the reel he bought on Facebook marketplace 😂 . Here’s how it sounded

 

Turns out that was a 23” smallmouth !! On a Texas rig finesse worm 
 

 

After some pics and measurements, it was returned to the deep

Had about ten minutes left and my buddy gave me one of his worms and I put it on a jighead, got an 18.5”

 

and the sunfish were cool 

Your buddies fish looks like a meanmouth with those colors on it. Looks like if you closed the mouth, the jawline would be almost past the eye also. Makes me think it's a smallmouth/largemouth mix, which would also explain the size of the fish a little.

[TnRiver46]

@Bluebasser86, I don’t know how you tourney guys do it, those fish absolutely WILL NOT keep their mouth closed long enough for a photo 

[AlabamaSpothunter]

It's in the name if it was in fact a MEAN MOUTH.....I got a mean mouth on me sometimes, try getting it to close when it's mean 🤣😁😂

[Swamp Girl]

7 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said:

@Bluebasser86, I don’t know how you tourney guys do it, those fish absolutely WILL NOT keep their mouth closed long enough for a photo 

 

When I lip and grip 'em for a photo, I can't get my bass to stop swinging their tails, thus my many, MANY photos of curved fish.

 

And my two 22"+ bass of 2023 would NOT lie on the bump board for a photo. So, I lipped and gripped them and they were swinging their tails too. I did get to weigh them: 6.75 pounds and 6.71 pounds. I wish @TnRiver46's scale had worked. 

[TnRiver46]

I’ve never had a scale that worked more than about twice, no dry storage on any of my vessels. I can’t be constantly ruining something that costs more than my rods/reels 

[Swamp Girl]

I struggle with scales too, @TnRiver46. And speaking of wet boats, every time I switch my paddle from one side to the other, I'm dripping water into my canoe. Plus, I like to fish in the rain. So, yeah, I understand your iffy scale situation, my bassin' buddy. 

[Bluebasser86]

21 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said:

I’ve never had a scale that worked more than about twice, no dry storage on any of my vessels. I can’t be constantly ruining something that costs more than my rods/reels 

Get a cheap waterproof container and some cheap grippers to hang from this scale and you'll have the whole setup for less than the expensive scales and it's just as accurate. You can find them for 1/4 this price, just the first one I found.

https://www.amazon.com/AlepTau-Portable-Multi-functionals-Back-lit-Display/dp/B07GF2DZW1/ref=asc_df_B07GF2DZW1/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=241969147179&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=13283311898807087985&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=m&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9023858&hvtargid=pla-524342386022&psc=1

 

I use gravity in my favor. I lay the bridge of the scale on the bottom of the kayak and the end up on the rails so the fish naturally slides down nose first into the bridge. A lot of times, they'll just lay there without me doing anything. 

 

 

[MIbassyaker]

15 minutes ago, Bluebasser86 said:

Get a cheap waterproof container and some cheap grippers to hang from this scale and you'll have the whole setup for less than the expensive scales and it's just as accurate. You can find them for 1/4 this price, just the first one I found.

https://www.amazon.com/AlepTau-Portable-Multi-functionals-Back-lit-Display/dp/B07GF2DZW1/ref=asc_df_B07GF2DZW1/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=241969147179&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=13283311898807087985&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=m&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9023858&hvtargid=pla-524342386022&psc=1

 

I use gravity in my favor. I lay the bridge of the scale on the bottom of the kayak and the end up on the rails so the fish naturally slides down nose first into the bridge. A lot of times, they'll just lay there without me doing anything. 

 

 

 

that's what I use too -- they're dirt cheap, as accurate as anything else (or better), and fit nicely in a zippered pocket on my pfd.  May as well buy 3 or 4 for that price.

[TnRiver46]

I could fry it before thanksgiving 

[MIbassyaker]

2 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said:

I could fry it before thanksgiving 

That's why you buy more than one.

[TnRiver46]

It’s not really that important to me, especially on a skunk trapping salary 

[Bluebasser86]

1 hour ago, MIbassyaker said:

That's why you buy more than one.

I usually buy 4 or 5 at a time. I've probably given more away than I've ruined. I've found even when they get wet, just take the batteries out and let them dry out good and they'll start working again. 

[Blue Raider Bob]

3 hours ago, TnRiver46 said:

It’s not really that important to me, especially on a skunk trapping salary 

Come get my muskrats, pays better than skunks!

[thediscochef]

this discussion about scales is wild to me, mine get wet all the time and I'm only on scale #2...not because the first one died (it's just a little rusty), but because I wanted a smaller one for when I don't carry my tackle box. New fear unlocked

[keagbassr]

Got out this afternoon from about 12 30 -4 30, caught 13 bass ,1 on a bladed jig and 12 on a spinnerbait with the best of the day a 3-15 spinnerbait fish. 

[thediscochef]

Mag II strikes again. Chilly morning, it was 36 degrees and about 10mph wind when I got there. But close to 60 by the time I left. Hopefully we stay warm for a bit after this cold snap

[Swamp Girl]

@thediscochef: With that jacket and beard, I'd cast you in a western. A western about a cowpoke who catches lmbs. Who catches lmbs in the ocean, 'cause that looks like the ocean behind you. And when the cowpoke ain't acatchin' bass, he's rescuing damsels with his trusty fishin' tackle.

[N Florida Mike]

We did our Georges lake trip today, even though a front had come through. Low Temps in the high 40s . When we launched it was bluebird skies and in the 50s. Wind 10-15. Later went up to 15-20.

So we launched, get to our first spot, and the TM won’t work. Dead batteries. So back we go to the ramp. Jeff goes to the closet town to get new batteries. Finally get back on the water and try to fish our normal way, which is the northside to the westside of the lake.

But the wind has really picked up. So out of necessity we went to the only fishable water, which is the SE corner of the lake. 
This is the part we rarely fish. We’ve been going there now for 40 years, and Ive fished that corner maybe 3 times.Scattered docks, pads, and sparse grass patches. We ended up catching 15 , but nothing big.  I got the dink of the day honors and most fish caught. Jeff caught most of his fish on the red shad culprit. I caught all of mine on the uv speed worm. 
Not too bad considering the weather. 

[N Florida Mike]

Hit another work route pond today. It was raining and the fish were fired up. I caught 10 and lost nearly as many , all about the same size. I caught 7-8 of them on a uv speed worm. The same one. It was so torn up I could just barely hook it.  I finally cut it about 1/4 inch and caught another one.Caught the rest on a yum dinger that was already torn up!

And no, I’m not on the clock!

[TnRiver46]

@N Florida Mike, you gotta get yourself onto that clock while fishing! We only get one life 😂