Latest Catch Pics Thread

[Swamp Girl]

Way. to. fish, GP!

 

 

 

[Team9nine]

Picked off a couple bass this afternoon, but also picked off another big crappie - 3.50 lbs.  Believe that bite will be coming to an end very soon, then I can go back to focusing on green fish full time - hopefully before the post-spawners start grouping up. Had to downsize pics for size (MBs), but that last pic is an 18" Golden Rule, and if you look close, you can just see that number between his tail fins. He lifted his tail as the pic was shot. He was actually just a little shy of that mark.

 

 

 

 

[Swamp Girl]

I'm talking about @Team9nine and others here: You guys sure can fish. 

[bp_fowler]

Gun Club again, overnight low of 42 daytime high of 61.  Overcast with light rain and winds out of the south.

 

Started out working the deeper waters NW corner of the pond. Last time I was here I spotted a couple of larger fish cruising the shallows near there.  
 
I tried the Spinnerbait first, slowed rolled it on the bottom, waked it near the surface  and straight retrieve in the middle of the water column, all for naught.

 

Suspending Jerkbait was next up but no takers.  By this time it had been around a hour so I decided to switch tactics and target the shallow water which I had had some success with earlier in the week, only this time I went to opposite bank.

 

Managed 4, with the spinner bait and the fluke splitting it 2 and 2.  I’m a bit of a Spinnerbait aficionado so I’m not surprised I’m catching fish with it, however the fluke has definitely performed better than expectations since I always thought of it as summertime bait.

[Woody B]

I made my first March trip today.  I took lunch and was planning on fishing all day.  It was raining pretty hard.  I usually do really well in the rain.  I caught a White Perch on my first cast.  25 minutes later I caught a 16 inch Spot and decided to call it a day.  My rain coat gave up.  I was soaked basically to the bone.  I came home and took a shower to get warm.  I'm going to The Great Outdoors (a big local outdoor, tackle, gun boat store) and see what they recommend for a rain coat.  

 

[Swamp Girl]

@Woody B, I bought a used Gore-Tex raincoat and pants this winter for $35 total. I haven't used them yet, but they look like they were rarely used. You might want to consider the used option.

 

I might go fishing this week. Thursday looks doable, wind and temperature-wise. I've felt guilty this winter, enjoying all the fish pics and not contributing, so hopefully, I'll catch a bass this Thursday and finally have something to share.

[GreenPig]

2 minutes ago, ol'crickety said:

@Woody B, I bought a used Gore-Tex raincoat and pants this winter for $35 total. They were $35 total. I haven't used them yet, but they look like they were rarely used. You might want to consider the used option.

 

I might go fishing this week. Thursday looks doable, wind and temperature-wise. I've felt guilty this winter, enjoying all the fish pics and not contributing, so hopefully, I'll catch a bass this Thursday and finally have something to share.

We'd appreciate the help.😁 Goodluck. 

[TnRiver46]

@Woody B, I sprayed mine with that waterproofing stuff and it somehow worked, took a few tries tho 

[Woody B]

I've sprayed it with various stuff.  It works 1 time after I spray is....most of the time.  I suppose I need to quit being a cheapskate and get a decent rain jacket.  I broke down a few weeks ago and got some gore tex bibs.  My legs were dry, except for what wicked down from up above.   

[N Florida Mike]

I had 30 minutes to fish before a thunderstorm and got one on the junebug magnum speed worm…

[Swamp Girl]

10 hours ago, GreenPig said:

We'd appreciate the help.😁 Goodluck. 

 

If the weather holds, I'm going to fish Wednesday in the middle of the day. I've never fished so early, so I don't know how it's going to go. I'm thinking of using a shaky head, jerkbait, and a fluke. 

[The Baron]

More nice bass pics - you folks are gonna get me through winter. 
 

I got out on Friday, on Lake Ontario.  Absolutely crazy to say that about March 8.   Air temps were about 55-60F, so we didn’t even need gloves.  We were after big spring pike though, so I won’t post pics here (I did in the other species forum).  But it sure felt good to be fishing again, especially to feel that thump and have the road load up.

 

We have lots of cold rain this weekend, headed back down to the negatives by end of next week.  Hopefully it’ll swing back up and we’ll get out again in April.🤞🏻

[Woody B]

I fished for 4 hours today. I caught an 18 inch Spot on my first cast.  After than I caught 6 more spots between 14 and 16 inches, then I caught a 5.20 pound 20 1/2 inch Largemouth on my last cast.  3 came on a buzz bait, including the 18 inch Spot.  The rest were on a bladed jig.   They were all on secondary points in almost no water.    The lake was "funny" today.  We had a BUNCH of rain yesterday.   Lake Wylie is fed by the Catawba river, from Mountain Island lake,  but 1/3 of Lake Wylie's water comes from the South Fork River.  The lake is up about a foot or so from yesterday.  They were not drawing water.  The wind was from the West.  The South Fork is really muddy, almost blood red.   I suppose due to the wind, and lack of current there was a mud line coming up the lake from the South Fork.   They were scheduled to turn the generators on----- start pulling water a Noon today.  I suppose after some water got moving the mud line went back down the lake.  Pictured are the 18 inch Spot, and 5.20 pound Largemouth.   

 

[roadwarrior]

Nice fish!

[Swamp Girl]

@Woody B!

[TnRiver46]

Nice job @Woody B!!! We had a %**\!€£ hurricane and i nearly sank my battleship. Got a tiny crappie 

[AlabamaSpothunter]

Awesome fish Woody, chatterbaits and buzzbaits.....the soul of Bass fishing 

[Swamp Girl]

If Woody strings an Alex-grade streak, we'll have to say that there's a new sheriff in town:

 

[TnRiver46]

Had about an hour and a half of free time this morning , wind howling again and 34 degrees. Can’t use a worm so I tried a crankbait that a BR member gifted me, seemed like a good idea against shallow rip rap in the waves. Well by golly a 16” smallie grabbed it and fought like crazy! Fun 

 

[Swamp Girl]

34 and howling? True grit.

 

[TnRiver46]

@ol'crickety it was sunny and I had a black hoodie so that helped, bout over the wind tho. I like dragging the bottom. I don’t know how the people on the plains live with it 😂 

[Swamp Girl]

34 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said:

@ol'crickety it was sunny and I had a black hoodie so that helped, bout over the wind tho. I like dragging the bottom. I don’t know how the people on the plains live with it 😂 

 

Springs on the coast of Maine tend to be windy. I find it maddening. Yesterday was steady at 26 mph and gusting to 40 mph. Today is better, but still 20 mph. Tomorrow is more of the same. I read that some sodbusters in the 1800s, living in their sod homes, sometimes went crazy, hearing the wind howl for months. 

[roadwarrior]

25 minutes ago, ol'crickety said:

I read that some sodbusters in the 1800s, living in their sod homes, sometimes went crazy, hearing the wind howl for months. 

 

Hmm...

I was born in Wichita and grew up in Kansas City. Spent 20 years in Denver before

moving to Tennessee in 1997. Until I moved to the Mid South the wind howled every

day.

[TnRiver46]

Good gracious, it isn’t nearly that strong here 😂 

[Jmilburn76]

I left out early this morning with the temperature below freezing to fish a place I haven’t been to in a good while. Im thinking of entering a kayak tournament in a few weeks and wanted to see if I could catch any in this area. I ended up having an amazing day on my kayak.

 

I ended up catching two small ones like pictured and the 16” pictured which is much better than last weeks 13”. I saw a beautiful bald eagle that kept flying away down the creek so I saw him several times. I wish I could have gotten a little closer for some better pics.  My favorite section of the creek is also pictured even though pictures can’t do it justice.