Latest Catch Pics Thread

[Team9nine]

Sunny, light north wind, air and water both 80-82 today. Water vis almost 9 ft. Ended the afternoon with 10 bass, including the first smallie I’ve seen since moving here. Wasn’t big, but the surprise factor made up for that 😎

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[T-Billy]

5 hours ago, MIbassyaker said:

 

We need video of this.

 

[Swamp Girl]

@T-Billy: Those kids are crazy! I can't decide if it's a good or bad crazy.

[Pat Brown]

7 hours ago, PhishLI said:

Quick lunch break bass on the Heavy Poop.

Water chickens.

 

 

This photo makes me laugh.  We don't have pickerel or muskie or bowfin or gators at the ponds I fish.  

 

But I do find myself cussing under my breath at geese at least once a week 😂😂😂😂 

 

They somehow manage to be loud and obnoxious and good at scaring fish away right when I'm about to make a perfect cast in a way that no other species can come close to.  

[TnRiver46]

@Pat Brown, had 4 geese at our dock all winter/spring. They love honking wildly at 3-4 am in pitch black darkness.

 

fast forward to now and there are about 24 of them….. bunch of little fluffy %*+!> that will be night honkers before you know it 

 

I hope to turn some of them into pastrami if my buddies can shoot them this fall 

[N Florida Mike]

On 5/28/2024 at 9:21 PM, ol'crickety said:

I caught 28 and the biggest five were about 18 pounds, as there were at least five 18" or longer, but the best part of the evening was simply being close to 68 years old, but still on the water, still in a slender, tippy canoe, still hearing the owls hoot, and still smelling a distant fire. I am a north woods girl, born in the suburbs, but happiest on dark and distant water. See the third photo of the grass, third pic down? That's were they were. It was too windy for me to fish the reed stump fields, so I tried grass in a protected bay and did okay.

 

I did catch a skinny 17.75-incher and put her on the bump board because she was too thin for a good lip and grip showing. I hoped the bump board might make her seem a bit thicker. It didn't.

 

The last bass looks smallish, but she wasn't. A couple of them took line under my canoe, which is always exciting and challenging. I lost a few nice ones too. I nearly always do.

 

P. S. - I'm fishing a pal's pond this week. It has potential for a bigger bass than my pond. I haven't caught a bigger bass yet, but fingers crossed as I'm fishing it again this evening. However, I'm starting to worry. There are more and more weeds and the bass are so strong. I lost some nice ones last night to weeds and as the summer progresses, that'll happen more and more. I hope to fish 3.5 hours this evening instead of last night's 2.5 hours. Hoping the wind lets me!

 

 

Well done ! You caught 28 in 2.5 hours?😮. Is that on your lake ? Those are some healthy , beautiful fish.

[Swamp Girl]

47 minutes ago, N Florida Mike said:

Well done ! You caught 28 in 2.5 hours?😮. Is that on your lake ? Those are some healthy , beautiful fish.

 

Thanks! It was a pal's pond. On my pond, on average, I'd catch forty-some in 2.5 hours, but I like fishing different ponds. 

[gim]

4 hours ago, Pat Brown said:

But I do find myself cussing under my breath at geese at least once a week

 

Its almost a daily occurrence here.  There is a small pond down the road and all kinds of lush, green, manicured lawns this spring in my neighborhood so they love it.  I refuse to allow them in my yard though.  They sh** all over the place and its disgusting.  And they carry avian influenza.  Once they step foot in the yard, I release the beast.  That sends em squawking outta here.  Whoever came up with water chickens has obviously never tried eating one.  They taste nothing like chicken lol.  Taste more like hockey puck.  My wife calls them pothole filler.

 

 

[TnRiver46]

I call them air cows, tastes more like beef. Definitely red meat 

[Swamp Girl]

1 hour ago, gimruis said:

 

Its almost a daily occurrence here.  There is a small pond down the road and all kinds of lush, green, manicured lawns this spring in my neighborhood so they love it.  I refuse to allow them in my yard though.  They sh** all over the place and its disgusting.  And they carry avian influenza.  Once they step foot in the yard, I release the beast.  That sends em squawking outta here.  Whoever came up with water chickens has obviously never tried eating one.  They taste nothing like chicken lol.  Taste more like hockey puck.  My wife calls them pothole filler.

 

 

 

You've got a goose Krakken. My deceased mini-Schnauzer loved to chase the geese who'd use the adjoining cemetery as a rest stop. 200 geese. One 18-pound dog...a thousand-plus pounds of geese...and they'd yield. 

[gim]

They can be aggressive with a nest or goslings around though.  When I used to hunt them, an injured goose was nasty to try and deal with.  I've seen them ward of a full grown black labrador.

 

I can only imagine the amount of goose crap laying around with 200 of them present.  🤢

[Swamp Girl]

You are spot on, @gimruis, about the poop. I wish a goose had opened its wings and charged my little guy because after he sent them packing, he'd roll in their poop. 

[Susky River Rat]

Just another susky beauty 

[treble hook]

A little time on the lake yesterday… caught a few.

[Jmurphy87]

22 hours ago, gimruis said:

Like an old tire sitting on shore. “Pure Michigan” 🤣

You got it right there lol, you never know what is going to be on our shores.

[Bird]

Wife and I camped again on a small 19 acre lake that was beyond clear, 20 ft visibility.

Bluebird skies so every fish was caught early on Jackall flickShake GPC.

[Team9nine]

Same basic weather pattern as yesterday - maybe a bit more hazy and a little cooler. Very light NE breeze. Changed lakes to a bit more stained reservoir. Caught about the same - 9 keeper bass - but overall quality went up. Ned and jig for everything today.

 

 

 

 

[gim]

Fashion police is on summer vacation but I am detecting the formation of a hole in the right knee of those jeans. 

[Team9nine]

17 minutes ago, gimruis said:

Fashion police is on summer vacation but I am detecting the formation of a hole in the right knee of those jeans. 

Was able to crop them out of 3 of the pics, but if you’ll look closer, you’ll see the fringes from another hole in the left knee, also. I’m a big fan of symmetry 😉

[gim]

24 minutes ago, Team9nine said:

Was able to crop them out of 3 of the pics, but if you’ll look closer, you’ll see the fringes from another hole in the left knee, also. I’m a big fan of symmetry 😉

Wont be long until your wife refuses to wash them anyways. Then they’ll just naturally get culled out of the fashion lineup.

[IcatchDinks]

Some days just kick your butt. Yesterday I could only grab about 45 minutes of fishing time at the pond before work, but spent half that time picking cottonwood fluff off my line and out of my reel. Managed one largie. 

 

 

Then this morning I spent about 2 hours wading the Chippewa. It was a beautiful morning with the mist rising off the river. Saw a bi-coloured squirrel in the parking lot, a turtle on the bottom of the river, innumerable birds of all sorts, but only one fish. Caught him on a T-rigged EFH wyrm. Had another one hit the whopper plopper, but I totally whiffed on the hook set. That's all the action I saw. 

 

 

 

 

[Swamp Girl]

Cool squirrel! I like the mist too. 

[IcatchDinks]

2 minutes ago, ol'crickety said:

I like the mist too. 

 

Honestly, the mist is one of my favorite parts of early morning fishing. It feels so ethereal and mysterious . Lol The picture doesn't do it justice. 

[Swamp Girl]

9 minutes ago, IcatchDinks said:

 

Honestly, the mist is one of my favorite parts of early morning fishing. It feels so ethereal and mysterious . Lol The picture doesn't do it justice. 

 

Here's Mac Davis singing our song:

 

 

[JayMac89]

Great morning of fishing. Out of my 3 seasons so far, this has to be a top 5 day. Caught 4-5 bass. The fifth one I got to the kayak but lost him when I went for the net. Not really counting that fish so 4 fish this morning. 

 

As iv mentioned though, this season I'm really dedicating myself to improving. I always had luck. Good days, bad days. But I could catch a few pretty regularly. But it felt accidental if that makes sense. 

 

Well today I threw nothing but a t-rigged creature bait. Believe it was a strike king rodent? I'm not sure on that. But I had some minor success Monday with it. So I kept that going. Safe to say I went from not a lot of confidence to fully confident with that technique. Every got a brand new spinning combo last night (like I said, I'm dedicated to improving). Besides throwing a bait I could literally count with my fingers all the times iv thrown it before, and having great success. I also just knew where to find them. The pattern from Monday continued today. Plus iv been paying alot more attention so swirls and what not. Caught 2 by seeing movement and targeting that area. I must say though, I'm terrible casting with spinning gear. Holy cow I need to work on that. 

 

Here's the 2 better fish from today...

 

After getting 2 fairly quickly, I really wanted 5. Got to 4 and decided to stay a little longer even though I was feeling pretty done. Got that 5th to the boat and lost it... little bummed about that. But I was also only out for 4 hours. And had a few other fish I lost. Keep improving and today could of easily been a 7-8 fish morning. Just glad to have things come together rather than just catching them randomly. Today was the first day since I started fishing where I truly felt like I had a purpose and knew what I was doing. Very happy with the morning and broke the new combo in the right way.