Latest Catch Pics Thread

[BigAngus752]

Fall feed bag is on now.  Launched at 8:30.  By 3pm I had gotten 31 LM in the boat and failed to boat 5 or 6 other good ones.  Two different times I was trying to shake my crank free from a snag and had a bass attack it and pull it off the laydown. I boated both of them and then told them how dumb they are.  They are in line at the buffet.  Look at the belly on this fish!  I can't believe it's still eating.  Also saw a bald eagle and got to watch 2 big bucks fighting about 30 yards from me.  It was an A+ day on the water. 

 

[Kirtley Howe]

Very impressive. I don't think I have had a day with that many bass in at least 8 years. And the ones you caught were really nice ones too.

[BassSteve]

Hey,

 

Went out before work again and brought in a baby peacock and a nice crappie. TGIF

[MIbassyaker]

On 11/9/2023 at 12:45 AM, Friggs said:

 

3 hours ago, BassSteve said:

In-line spinner fans represent!

👊

 

[BassSteve]

6 minutes ago, MIbassyaker said:

 

In-line spinner fans represent!

👊

 

Oh yeah lol 70 percent or more of my lures are some kind of spinner. I love the things. Very simple but deadly, they don't often fail to catch fish

[Swamp Girl]

16 minutes ago, BassSteve said:

Oh yeah lol 70 percent or more of my lures are some kind of spinner. I love the things. Very simple but deadly, they don't often fail to catch fish

 

I love them too. Quantity-wise, the greatest two days of my life were using a Mepps undressed brass bladed-spinner. It was the only one on the trip and so my paddling partner didn't have one. He caught a fourth of what I caught. 

[N Florida Mike]

Got this 18.5 inch fish under my boat just now. Caught it on the Uv speed worm - watermelon red color. Got a couple of his friends too- all in around 20 minutes.

I hope to get out for a couple hours later in the day also after some chores…

[BassSteve]

1 hour ago, ol'crickety said:

 

I love them too. Quantity-wise, the greatest two days of my life were using a Mepps undressed brass bladed-spinner. It was the only one on the trip and so my paddling partner didn't have one. He caught a fourth of what I caught. 

I'm a little embarrassed to say it, but I probably have 80 in line spinners in different varieties lol...of which I only go to maybe 5 or 6 different ones. I'm an addict I have a problem 😬

[Swamp Girl]

45 minutes ago, BassSteve said:

I'm a little embarrassed to say it, but I probably have 80 in line spinners in different varieties lol...of which I only go to maybe 5 or 6 different ones. I'm an addict I have a problem 😬

 

Which five do you like, Steve? Nearly all my inline spinners are the basic Mepps in brass. I buff the one I'm using with steel wool before using it.

[Blue Raider Bob]

16 minutes ago, ol'crickety said:

 

Which five do you like, Steve? Nearly all my inline spinners are the basic Mepps in brass. I buff the one I'm using with steel wool before using it.

For an unexplained reason, I just like the dressed Mepps Aglia's with the brown, squirrel dressings. If you guys have better luck with a different set up, please share. 

19 hours ago, BigAngus752 said:

Fall feed bag is on now.  Launched at 8:30.  By 3pm I had gotten 31 LM in the boat and failed to boat 5 or 6 other good ones.  Two different times I was trying to shake my crank free from a snag and had a bass attack it and pull it off the laydown. I boated both of them and then told them how dumb they are.  They are in line at the buffet.  Look at the belly on this fish!  I can't believe it's still eating.  Also saw a bald eagle and got to watch 2 big bucks fighting about 30 yards from me.  It was an A+ day on the water. 

 

That's a really great day. Two Bucks, and Eagle, and gobs of big bass! Were you cranking shallow of deep? I'm going Sunday and may need to break out the cranks.

[BassSteve]

1 hour ago, ol'crickety said:

 

Which five do you like, Steve? Nearly all my inline spinners are the basic Mepps in brass. I buff the one I'm using with steel wool before using it.

Panther Martin and rooster tails...also a few by "Joe's flies". They are really well made and bass like them well enough, they are on the lighter side though, most of them are around 1/4 

[Swamp Girl]

18 minutes ago, BassSteve said:

Panther Martin and rooster tails...also a few by "Joe's flies". They are really well made and bass like them well enough, they are on the lighter side though, most of them are around 1/4 

 

I kid you not: I haven't used a Panther Martin or Rooster Tail for more than 50 years. What colors do you like?

[MIbassyaker]

I have a whole bunch of Mepps, Panther Martin, Rooster Tail & Blue Fox spinners, quite a few of which I have had for many years.  I don't use them very often these days because they're not as suitable for a lot of the places I fish where i live now, but they still come out for exercise when I hit rivers and streams, for both bass and trout.

 

Only problem is, with open trebles and light line, they get lost easily, so you have to always buy more to keep your stock up!

[Team9nine]

My best spinner to date...

 

 

 

[thediscochef]

1 hour ago, Team9nine said:

My best spinner to date...

 

 

 

Mine never catch bass like that 😂😂

[Team9nine]

27 minutes ago, thediscochef said:

Mine never catch bass like that 😂😂

I do best with them in late fall, focusing on shallow windswept points, bays and flats where the white bass also congregate, feeding on shad. The two seem to intermix for the same reason.

[BassSteve]

3 hours ago, ol'crickety said:

 

I kid you not: I haven't used a Panther Martin or Rooster Tail for more than 50 years. What colors do you like?

The waters i fish are pretty dark so anything dark like blue, black, purple works well. White also does pretty well. lots of gold and silver for flash. Colors like red, yellow, orange, chartreuse don't really do well in the areas I fish. I have some Panther Martin's that have special UV paint that lights up well in low light conditions

[Pat Brown]

My son lights it up with those blue fox spinners.  He got that exact box from a kid in his class (just shows how much he loves fishing) who came to his birthday party and he's only used one and caught like 20 fish of 5 different species on it.

 

Speaking of my son, he's been having a hard time with the transition bass and I got him some chicken liver because I wanted blackened catfish for dinner and he got two PBs the last couple nights with a 6 lber in there.

 

Gonna be yummy in my tummy tonight.

 

[Swamp Girl]

There's a pond I fish that's about 50/50 smallmouth/largemouth. When I'm traveling across the pond, I like to troll a Mepps. It only takes a couple minutes for a smallie to hit it. They love it as much as Ontario smallmouth. I also caught a four-pound lmb on it last summer while trolling. 

 

Pat, please give your son an "attaboy" from the BR crew. 

[TnRiver46]

Another great evening , thrown together last minute of course. My buddy said he had to be done by 6pm, we started around 4. Josh gets a 21” SMB, then Bobby gets a 22” SMB!!! Wild. I got a few dinks and lost a good one maybe 18” + . Wasn’t even planning on getting the boat out, glad we did! 

[BigAngus752]

7 hours ago, Blue Raider Bob said:

That's a really great day. Two Bucks, and Eagle, and gobs of big bass! Were you cranking shallow of deep? I'm going Sunday and may need to break out the cranks.

Never caught anything deeper than 4ft and those fish were suspended in laydowns.  Most were on the bellies in the dirt.  Most important thing was fishing the wind.  Windblown banks they were stacked up waiting for the baitfish to get blown to them.  Good luck!

33 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said:

Another great evening , thrown together last minute of course. My buddy said he had to be done by 6pm, we started around 4. Josh gets a 21” SMB, then Bobby gets a 22” SMB!!! Wild. I got a few dinks and lost a good one maybe 18” + . Wasn’t even planning on getting the boat out, glad we did! 

Those are spectacular fish!

[Swamp Girl]

@TnRiver46: Less is more if the 21-incher is the first bass, for it's a chunk and a half. 

[TnRiver46]

52 minutes ago, ol'crickety said:

@TnRiver46: Less is more if the 21-incher is the first bass, for it's a chunk and a half. 

Top two pics are 22”, bottom two are of the 21”

[GreenPig]

Caught 6 bookends in 7 hrs today at my close to home lake. Started fast and keep slowing down until I caught one on a finesse jig and 5 on a wobblehead Ned.  Had a great Sun rise and wonderfully colored up trees. 

[Team9nine]

Played around for about 2.5 hours Thu. chasing bass, but the active fish were really scattered and the bite slow. Picked up 4 small keepers before throwing in the towel and chasing crappie - lol. Hope to be back at it Mon or Tues. Hoping the 3-day front (cooler, cloudy and light rain) might stir things up.