Latest Catch Pics Thread

[TnRiver46]

Awesome bass @Woody B! 
 

thanks Katie, it’s a rare day I catch a LM the size of your avg fish but I found one today. I measured a mark on my

rod to see how long it was, I’ll check later. I’m guessing it was at least 4 lbs maybe getting closer to 5 

[BrianMDTX]

Strange day. Boated 5; missed 5. 
 

No bass on anything but soft plastics. Struck out on frogs, chatterbaits and squarebills. Caught two on a WR and the rest on a weightless TR. Three on a 5” green pumpkin Senko and two on a black Zoom Magnum Trick. The five I lost hit the TR. But they never got hooked so they still must be picking up baits and moving them off beds. I can blow a hookset like anyone at times, but not five in a day. 
 

All the bass were about 1.5 lbs. except the last one of the day which was about 2.5 lbs. Really put up a good fight!

 

[T-Billy]

@TnRiver46 intentionally targeting carp. 🤦‍♂️ Never thought I'd see the day. 😂 

 Kidding aside, I bet that rubber lipped bass was a hoot on 4# line. I had a 13 pounder eat my ned on 6# and take me for a half hour ride a few years ago. That fight ended a few hundred yards from where it started, and there was no current involved.

[Bird]

Fished a perfect day, dark overcast and no wind.

The fish were very cooperative with Shakyhead and flickShake, both GPM.

I did keep one of the Alabama bass for the wife, delicious. 

[TnRiver46]

Nice trip @Bird, spots are a fine food 

[IcatchDinks]

Caught a carp, a tiny smallie, and a PB pike today. Pics of the carp and the pike and the full story of my day are posted as a status update on my profile page. If you don't like reading, pics of the pike and carp will be in the "Other Species Latest Pics Thread."

 

[Pat Brown]

Well @FishTax and myself and Jake and Josiah participated in a culling tournament amongst friends today and had a FANTASTIC time.

 

We all arrived around 7:30 and Jake started things off with a solid 3 on a frog.  Following his lead I threw a buzzbait and caught a couple and missed 7 bites - all short striking.

 

I start seeing the bugs getting munched on the surface and tie on a spook jr and proceed to wax them pretty efficiently until about noon at which point a pencil popper/jerkbait/drop shot and pop'r caught some more.  The wind picked back up and I tied the spook back on and finished the day with 20 bass - the biggest of which went probably 3.5 and had a fat belly! 

 

Between us all we culled over 200 bream/crappie/catfish/small bass!

 

It was my best day fishing top water ever and it was so fun to see the boys showing such promise and independence!  Josiah caught his first fish all by himself and Jake won the tournament with 80+ fish total (mostly on worms/shiners/plastics)

 

 

We saw some big ones and lots of fat little bellies means next year will be even better!

 

What a Saturday!  Tight lines to all this evening and tomorrow !

[gim]

Just now, Koz said:

I guess others know about it, too. I see lots of boats steaming for my place then peel off when they see me fishing out there. A few even cursed me. Really? You’re ticked off because I enjoy fishing off MY back yard?

 

Childish, disrespectful, and immature.  It's one thing to see someone fishing there and move on, but to get ticked off and swear?  Gimme a break.

 

BTW I fish a lot of docks in the summer time and I never fish one that has a person on it.

[Deephaven]

1 hour ago, gimruis said:

 

BTW I fish a lot of docks in the summer time and I never fish one that has a person on it.

I ask and am usually told go for it.  I've had the standers ask for pictures of the fish pulled out from under their dock too.  That being said it they aren't engaging or don't respond I don't ask.

[Swamp Girl]

That's just sad, @Koz. Shameful and pathetic too. Nice bass though!

[MIbassyaker]

I've never had a bad experience with a dock owner.  If they are out, i usually keep my distance, maybe just wave -- It seems like obvious etiquette to not roll up and start pitching sharp hooks at their stuff when they're standing right there.  But they are often very chatty and want to tell me all about the best spots...so of course I let them (I think they just love their lake and are eager to show it off).   Whenever a dock owner has seen me catch something near their property -- under a dock or boat or whatever-- they are always very excited, want to know what it is and how big, what I caught it on, and they are always happy to see me release it.

 

Granted, this is usually morning, before they have had a chance to become annoyed by everyone else on the lake.

[Jmurphy87]

I got a couple after work today, for some reason my phone won’t add pictures to my post. But I caught 5 smaller ones. It was a good after work session. 1 on a chatter bait, 1 on a dolive beaver, 2 on a yamatunaki and 1 on a jerk bait 

Edited May 12, 2024 by Jmurphy87
Tried to add photos again and added baits that the fish were caught on

[gim]

9 hours ago, MIbassyaker said:

f they are out, i usually keep my distance, maybe just wave -- It seems like obvious etiquette to not roll up and start pitching sharp hooks at their stuff when they're standing right there. 

That's how I roll with docks too.

 

Not big on the chit chat though.  I just move along if they are out there.  I've been barked at more than once.  Not because I was hung up but because they didn't think I should be fishing around their dock.  Obviously we all know that they are in the wrong, but arguing isn't worth my time on the water.  So now I just mostly completely avoid people.

 

I am not a landowner or dock owner, and never will be.  So I try to keep their point of view in mind.  I'd blow a fuse if people were constantly sending lures at my property sticking hooks into things.

[Pat Brown]

Last night we went to the local lake for a quick bank fishing foray and I found this beautiful fish willing to eat my frog - then promptly lost my frog and burned a spool of braid on the next cast thanks to the arboreal splendor of Greensboro NC 😂👍🏼

 

Made a move to the rip rap and played with reaction baits with nary a sniff and then just as we were preparing to leave I got my Yamamoto Tanuki bitten but they took the plastic.

 

Put a stick bait on the hook and caught my second fish of the night.  Got nibbles on every cast after that and had I been able to stay, think I could have caught a few more but was happy to get these two!

 

Jake caught a nice cat on a live bluegill he netted and then lost one over 10 lbs right at the bank.  Would have been his PB bullhead and it was the biggest bullhead I've ever seen!

 

[Swamp Girl]

@Pat Brown: I hope Jake sticks with fishing. He's a creative angler, catching fish this way and that. He's a good apple that didn't fall far from a fine tree. 

[FishTax]

1 hour ago, ol'crickety said:

@Pat Brown: I hope Jake sticks with fishing. He's a creative angler, catching fish this way and that. He's a good apple that didn't fall far from a fine tree. 

Yesterday at the pond tournament Jake lost his live minnow and asked what I had in my pocket. All I had that would fit on an Aberdeen hook was a zoom speed worm.. He took that and promptly caught a bass right in front of me on it. I was pumped to witness it! He's a young hammer and I definitely hope he maintains the interest and stick with it. 

[Swamp Girl]

17 minutes ago, FishTax said:

Yesterday at the pond tournament Jake lost his live minnow and asked what I had in my pocket. All I had that would fit on an Aberdeen hook was a zoom speed worm.. He took that and promptly caught a bass right in front of me on it. I was pumped to witness it! He's a young hammer and I definitely hope he maintains the interest and stick with it. 

 

Jake is fearless in trying anything and everything, unlike most of us, who have our tried and trues and continue using them even when they're no longer true to us. 

[Jmurphy87]

Well it was a very interesting morning of fishing, I landed my first carp on 14lb fluorocarbon, it was quite the battle and process. No clue on the weight but I couldn’t hold it up with one arm to take a photo and I am fairly strong. I did manage one bass, last but not least I caught a pike that bite thru my 7lb fluorocarbon as I was taking it out of the water. So yes very interesting day, I was hoping that I would catch more bass and definitely larger ones than I did. Although I fish for all species and that carp is definitely bigger than any bass that I am going to catch in Michigan so that’s a win in my book. The funny part was that after I got done catching the carp a couple guys show up to go carp fishing, they had not caught any by the time I left 4 hours later. The weather was very windy and slightly warmer than it has been. The bite seemed to turn off pretty quickly today I had to have seen 30 different people fishing and they were not having very much luck either. That’s why we love this thing called fishing so much though the constant challenge to perform no matter what is happening weather, life, or work wise.

[Swamp Girl]

Carp are sooooooo strong. The Lindners loved to catch them and those boys caught everything, so they targeted carp because they're a blast. 

[Jmurphy87]

36 minutes ago, ol'crickety said:

Carp are sooooooo strong. The Lindners loved to catch them and those boys caught everything, so they targeted carp because they're a blast. 

Yeah the photo I took makes it look smaller than it was, it was taller in person but I couldn’t lift it with one arm so I did what I could. My drag was tight and it would still pull line, I had to be careful only have maybe 40 yards on that reel if I am lucky. I need to add more but I am waiting until I can cast it all out and hit the knot and then I will re spool the reel.

[Woody B]

Today was different than yesterday.   My biggest today was barely bigger than my smallest yesterday.  I caught 5 (all pictured) as well as a 12 1/2 inch Crappie (in other species thread) as well as a small Yellow Perch and a Bluegill.  (no pixels on those).  Water temp was a degree warmer than yesterday (74 degrees) but I was on a different part of the lake.   

 

[Koz]

19 hours ago, MIbassyaker said:

But they are often very chatty and want to tell me all about the best spots...so of course I let them

 

I'll share some spots on the rest of the lake, but not in the creek channel where I live.

 

It's interesting because every day I see bass boats drive over the best spot to fish in my creek channel. It's an underwater point and I've caught a bunch of 3 and 4 pounders there and lost one bigger one. I'm the only person I've seen fish that spot.

[Mbirdsley]

drove 2 hours and  fished wild fowl bay. kinda a rough day.  water temp at start of the day was 56 degrees which, was colder than i was expecting.  

 

nothing was shallow.  started around north island.  only thing i had going for me was a goby 55 rock crawler.  i caught 4 25- 26 inch pike and a decent large mouth on it.  2 of the pike choked the rock crawler 2nd and last pike to choke the rock crawler finally destroyed it. trying to get the crank out i pulled the hangers out of the crank:  ran to the south around hiester island and only saw some  gar.

 

oh, i did have a huge smallie follow a jerk bait but that was the only one i saw in 6-7ft of water 

 

tommrue any how is another day.  i’m calling and fishing some where. 

 

[Swamp Girl]

Healthy pike, Mike. I'm fishing tomorrow too. Alarm clock set for 3:30 a.m. Going to the closest thing to a lake that I fish. It's got homes, docks, and other anglers, but it's still full of fish. First trip this year to it and I'm excited. Hopefully not too excited to sleep!

[LrgmouthShad]