Latest Catch Pics Thread

[Swamp Girl]

@Fishlegs: That's a gorgeous smallmouth. She looks like a mount, too perfect to be real. 

[Swamp Girl]

4 hours ago, Fishlegs said:

 

PS - I don't hold roadwarrior responsible for any of the drum I caught...just the bass.

 

You know Glenn Rules: If one collects the praise, one must also bear the sheepshead shame. Roadwarrior can take the shame. Trust me. He might have hooked the world record smallmouth, so he's the real Man of Steel. 

[Fishlegs]

33 minutes ago, ol'crickety said:

He might have hooked the world record smallmouth, so he's the real Man of Steel. 

He is still working to get another shot at one. I'd love to be there to help him when he gets it.

[roadwarrior]

 

 

                                             

[Peacedivision]

Had the urge to head down to the shoreline with about 30 minutes of daylight left. Third cast this little stripey decided to smoke the duo pencil.

[Bluebasser86]

Posting this just for @roadwarrior

[Fishlegs]

@Bluebasser86 & @TnRiver46 Y'all trying to get sent to the principle's office posting these drum pictures? I can hear @roadwarrior calling you in to say...

 

[TnRiver46]

Got 3 smallies a rock bass a largemouth and a drum. Even have two Videos of the drum @Fishlegs 😂 

 

My buddy got the biggest smallie at 20” 3.87 lbs.

 

the drum was 5.86
 

Side note: I told my buddy not to get a scale cuz all our 20” fish we tell the ladies were 5 lbs would be 3.5. Well he got one, last two 20” fish of ours were 3.46 and 3.87 😂 

 

[gim]

6 hours ago, Bluebasser86 said:

Posting this just for @roadwarrior

Good lord that thing is just preposterous. Too bad it’s still a drum lol

[RipzLipz]

@TnRiver46
 

[RipzLipz]

Went fishing in December in my home state for the first time in my life. Didn’t matter what I did or how I did it. This pretty much sums it up.

 

The end.

[Bluebasser86]

1 hour ago, gimruis said:

Good lord that thing is just preposterous. Too bad it’s still a drum lol

I thought it might be a state record, nope, a solid 11 pounds short. One thing Kansas grows well is trash fish.

[TnRiver46]

1 hour ago, RipzLipz said:

Went fishing in December in my home state for the first time in my life. Didn’t matter what I did or how I did it. This pretty much sums it up.

 

The end.

Been there done that with the fish and the mammal 😂 

 

TN state record drum is 57 lbs, I’m shocked at the 12-15 lbers 

[RipzLipz]

@TnRiver46 Just one of those days man. Would have rather picked out a backlash on that Ambassadeur. 🤣

 

Got out of the boat & felt like I’d been doing this all afternoon…

Dare I say a drum would have been welcome at that point? 🤣

[LrgmouthShad]

I just finished sifting through the catches over the past month. Y’all have been killing it out there! So excited for y’all.

 

And happy belated birthday to @thediscochef!

[MIbassyaker]

Drum do not know they aren't game fish.  I catch them only rarely, but I promise you, my next one will be posted right here on this thread, shamelessly.

[The Bassman]

8 hours ago, RipzLipz said:

Went fishing in December in my home state for the first time in my life. Didn’t matter what I did or how I did it. This pretty much sums it up.

 

The end.

Small waters (ponds, strip pits), light spinning, midwest finesse (ned)=boatload of fish. This benign Dec. weather has been a gift. Go get 'em.

[Swamp Girl]

6 hours ago, MIbassyaker said:

Drum do not know they aren't game fish.  I catch them only rarely, but I promise you, my next one will be posted right here on this thread, shamelessly.

 

I haven't caught drum for years simply because I haven't fished water holding drum, but I used to catch them on the Mississippi and they were fun and I'd gladly catch them again. Small chain pickerel are the fish I'd be happy to not catch because they save their fighting energy for when I try to unhook them. 

[gim]

52 minutes ago, ol'crickety said:

 

I haven't caught drum for years simply because I haven't fished water holding drum, but I used to catch them on the Mississippi and they were fun and I'd gladly catch them again. Small chain pickerel are the fish I'd be happy to not catch because they save their fighting energy for when I try to unhook them. 

 

Ya those small pike can just go away.  Slimy, nothing to grab, wrecking lures, aggressively and constantly biting, etc.  When one of those things inhales a treble hooked lure, removing it is just a mangle or sharp hooks and slime that has almost nothing to grab and hang on to.  Its an accident waiting to happen.

 

I've never caught a drum.  Or a catfish, carp, white bass, or any species of trout.  In almost 30 years of fishing.

[TnRiver46]

Forgot some footage I captured last night 

 

[Swamp Girl]

15 minutes ago, gimruis said:

 

Ya those small pike can just go away.  Slimy, nothing to grab, wrecking lures, aggressively and constantly biting, etc.  When one of those things inhales a treble hooked lure, removing it is just a mangle or sharp hooks and slime that has almost nothing to grab and hang on to.  Its an accident waiting to happen.

 

I've never caught a drum.  Or a catfish, carp, white bass, or any species of trout.  In almost 30 years of fishing.

 

White bass are a blast. I once caught a mirror carp in the Mississippi just downriver of the Twin Cities. Here's a mirror carp:

 

 

 

[RipzLipz]

@The Bassman I know bud, I know. I’m stubborn that way. Appreciate the help.  I was at another much larger lake which has made me put the strip pits on the back burner for about the past year. Giant hunting & I know they’re in there - just a matter of time & hoping any potential "windows" don’t slam shut on my fingers. Strip pit needed a rest.

[Bluebasser86]

18 hours ago, MIbassyaker said:

Drum do not know they aren't game fish.  I catch them only rarely, but I promise you, my next one will be posted right here on this thread, shamelessly.

I caught a drum on a buzzbait a couple years ago. Still one of my proudest angling achievements 

 

[MIbassyaker]

11 hours ago, gimruis said:

I've never caught a drum.  Or a catfish, carp, white bass, or any species of trout.  In almost 30 years of fishing.

 

Drum, cats and white bass are common in low-gradient river systems & impoundments, and trout need colder water. If you fish mostly natural lakes or classic smallmouth rivers (e.g., rocky, moderate-gradient, warm water), I can easily imagine not encountering these other fish.

[RipzLipz]

This is turning BR into the Rough Fish Report. @roadwarrior’s gonna have a coronary. 🤣🤣🤣