Latest Catch Pics Thread

[GreenPig]

Caught 13 today on jigging spoons and a Damiki Vault blade bait.

Covered up my nasty GEORGIA DAWGS cap for ol'crickety.😁

[thediscochef]

NWS said 50 degrees and a 17mph north wind. Sounds like good and easy fishin weather.

Chrome red eye shad and a football head jig did the work for three fish. Three bites three pics. Life is dandy 

[Blue Raider Bob]

12 hours ago, GreenPig said:

Caught 13 today on jigging spoons and a Damiki Vault blade bait.

Covered up my nasty GEORGIA DAWGS cap for ol'crickety.😁

Love the last pic! What lake is that?

[GreenPig]

1 hour ago, Blue Raider Bob said:

Love the last pic! What lake is that?

Lake Juliette in Monroe Ga.

[N Florida Mike]

Got out for an hour before dark, so I stayed near home. Very windy conditions. 
Got one on the big bites  green pumpkin craw. Went to my money seawall that usually pays off. The fish was there, and was moving to the right. Solid hookset , but it came off. It didn’t budge at all . I was fishing the magnum speed worm, which is a lot of worm for a 4/0 hook. 
Kept on and had another one but by then it was too dark to tell exactly where it was - throw in an unknown clump of weeds + the wind , and I missed that one too…. At least it wasnt a skunk …

 

 

[Way north bass guy]

2 minutes ago, N Florida Mike said:

 

 

I love that T-shirt! You holding that bass the same way makes it look like one of those never ending mirror images 😄

[AlabamaSpothunter]

Bravo Mike, meta to the max!  

[Swamp Girl]

Whenever you guys write about big bass coming unbuttoned, I feel less alone in the world.

 

 

[Pat Brown]

Cold and wet but a great way to kick of thanksgiving break after work/school!

[N Florida Mike]

2 hours ago, Way north bass guy said:

I love that T-shirt! You holding that bass the same way makes it look like one of those never ending mirror images 😄

My wife had that shirt made for my birthday a couple months ago…

[JMac603]

Caught these a few weeks ago on the Merrimack River in NH. Drop shot and a ned. Bigger girl is #4.2 

[Bluebasser86]

I think I've forgotten how to catch a bass, at least bigger ones. Had several good bites but kept losing them for some reason or another. Probably caught 30 but this one was by far the largest. 

I've been having plenty of fun chasing much bigger fish on the river though.

 

 

[J._Bricker]

For a minute I thought you were in a wetsuit @Bluebasser86 and doing some noodlin’ for that big old whisker fish!

[Swamp Girl]

@Bluebasser86: That 16-incher is still a fattie. Even though the catfish could swallow that bass whole, I hope you didn't feed it to her!  

[1984isNOW]

When the bass are hard to find, I don't mind a chunky snot rocket. Put up a solid fight yesterday Bouncing a Ned rig.

 

Lost my new favorite jerkbait today, an old Rapala Husky jerk, pink and white, small, had for a couple years and just never used till this winter... gone... might try a couple more night trips until it's too cold to bear

[Bluebasser86]

1 hour ago, J._Bricker said:

For a minute I thought you were in a wetsuit @Bluebasser86 and doing some noodlin’ for that big old whisker fish!

Nope, just raining all day and 41* outside. We wore them out though. Had a bunch of fun.

 

1 hour ago, ol'crickety said:

@Bluebasser86: That 16-incher is still a fattie. Even though the catfish could swallow that bass whole, I hope you didn't feed it to her!  

No, although it would have been a completely legal bait in Kansas. They were from different days. The bluecat ate half a quillback I caught in my thrownet.

[keagbassr]

Got home from work today at 2:30 and considered the stupidity of launching the boat with sunset at 4:17, but figured why not clocks really ticking on this season. Fished 3-4:45, Hit a place where there's a couple spots close to the ramp hoping to find them holed up and biting. Not to be but I did scrounge out 4 bites on a jerkbait with this 1 hitting as I was calling it quits at 430 that weighed 4-7. 

[galyonj]

I was tired of working, so I went fishing instead.

 

Caught a little smallmouth...

 

 

...and a pretty good size white bass.

 

[The Bassman]

1 hour ago, galyonj said:

I was tired of working, so I went fishing instead.

 

Caught a little smallmouth...

 

 

...and a pretty good size white bass.

 

It's nice to have that option. I'm fortunate to be self employed and go AWOL (most of the time) when the mood strikes. 

[galyonj]

1 hour ago, The Bassman said:

It's nice to have that option. I'm fortunate to be self employed and go AWOL (most of the time) when the mood strikes.

 

Doesn't happen often, but today we knocked off early. 

[TnRiver46]

@galyonj that’s a jammer white bass 

[galyonj]

Hard to throw a small paddle tail at water here and not run into one every so often. lol

[N Florida Mike]

Went again most of the afternoon on the home lake. 

Very windy / cloudy conditions.

I got the pictured fish off a lay down by the island on a speed craw.

It was a very frustrating afternoon for me. To start with , the bite was slow. Caught a few other fish at random locations on flukes , uv speedworms with the paddletail, and the speed craw. Tried a spinnerbait for awhile and the magnum speed worm to no avail.

Finally pulled out my most consistent bait of the year: the yum dinger. Got to a dock that I had caught a 7 at a few years ago. Felt the tap, set the hook…

and inexplicably, the line broke. I am meticulous about the drag, knots, retying after nicks,etc. 
So, I’m dealing with that loss as I drift along and re-tie. Next cast , I just threw out instead of in, as I fought the wind and felt another tap. Set the hook. Big fish… pulling drag. Wind is blowing me around as the fish is pulling the other way, he gets the perfect angle on me …. and he came off… Now I’m talking to myself out loud, and I don’t care if anyone hears.

The rest of the day was one problem after another, including bird nests , casting into trees, losing more fish, trolling motor getting bogged down in weeds. I finally got one more decent fish on a senko off a brush pile, and it came off and landed in the boat at least. 
I haven’t gotten so aggravated fishing in many years. Thanks for letting  me vent a little.  I will endeavor to persevere.! 
Still very blessed…

 

[RipzLipz]

3 hours ago, N Florida Mike said:

Went again most of the afternoon on the home lake. 

Very windy / cloudy conditions.

I got the pictured fish off a lay down by the island on a speed craw.

It was a very frustrating afternoon for me. To start with , the bite was slow. Caught a few other fish at random locations on flukes , uv speedworms with the paddletail, and the speed craw. Tried a spinnerbait for awhile and the magnum speed worm to no avail.

Finally pulled out my most consistent bait of the year: the yum dinger. Got to a dock that I had caught a 7 at a few years ago. Felt the tap, set the hook…

and inexplicably, the line broke. I am meticulous about the drag, knots, retying after nicks,etc. 
So, I’m dealing with that loss as I drift along and re-tie. Next cast , I just threw out instead of in, as I fought the wind and felt another tap. Set the hook. Big fish… pulling drag. Wind is blowing me around as the fish is pulling the other way, he gets the perfect angle on me …. and he came off… Now I’m talking to myself out loud, and I don’t care if anyone hears.

The rest of the day was one problem after another, including bird nests , casting into trees, losing more fish, trolling motor getting bogged down in weeds. I finally got one more decent fish on a senko off a brush pile, and it came off and landed in the boat at least. 
I haven’t gotten so aggravated fishing in many years. Thanks for letting  me vent a little. I’m still kind of in a bad mood about the day…😕

But I will endeavor to persevere.! 
Still very blessed…

 

Been there myself many a time, as I’m sure most if not all of us have. That is what makes it so fun when we do have those better days & why the big ones are so awesome (and addictive). Can’t wait to see the big one - you know what I mean.👍

[FishTax]

I slipped off early and fished the home lake a few hours yesterday. Very frustrating day, it was about as windy as I've ever been out on my kayak. The weather forecast was off or I wouldn't have gone out. I threw spinner bait and crank bait with no bites. Broke off my shaky head on second cast. Then got blown into some weeds just below surface I couldn't see and got prop wrapped up, and had to paddle into the wind out of it. Finally caught one good one on a jig on my way back in a random spot, but he got off beside the boat so no photo. 

On a positive note, I'm buying a new hummingbird this weekend so that was my last trip without electronics. Looking forward to sharing some great fish the rest of the year as December is probably my favorite month to fish in NC!