Latest Catch Pics Thread

[BrianMDTX]

Slow morning. Caught three, lost two. All on a weightless #297 Senko TR. No bites on anything else. 
 

The first bass was the biggest (none were big lol). But like @ol'crickety posted recently, some of these smaller bass are real scrappers. That bass made three runs that peeled line off the drag. I thought it was a minimum of 5 lbs. I was surprised when I netted it. All three really fought well. 
 

[TnRiver46]

  On 8/26/2024 at 12:35 AM, gimruis said:

Lol that largie could literally eat that puny rocky.

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He certainly could, but it would have to jump over a dam and swim several miles up a creek to find it……..

 

I actually used a live rock bass for bait in a deep pool yesterday for 3-4 casts, then I released it because we had to keep walking /swimming 

[BluegillsTightlines]

Caught this 4 lber today. I had just turned my head for a second(used live bait). Was going to get me a drink and take my morning BP med when I turn around to find my rod literally in the water. I was like "sh...... where did it go?!?!?!" Then I saw it gently bobbing along the bottom.

 

Fortunately it was just a foot or so off the bank and I was able to use my net to get it close enough to scoop back up. Knew a nice size bass had to do that. So I started cranking the reel a bit and sure enough saw the head poke up in the weeds about 15-18 feet away. It felt like it was going to definitely be a lost fish, but I lifted my rod up a good bit and just sort of let the fish do the work and swim itself out, and then the fight began-- lots of darts to the left and right, and a big jump that made me pucker big time.

 

Gotta keep your head on a swivel here when live bait fishing, they can and will drag your stuff in. I just happened to turn around in time and not only catch the fish, but save my recently purchased rod and the daiwa reel my dad got me all those years ago.

[MIbassyaker]

Keep it up, Hammers.  I've been able to fish exactly once this month, and don't know when my next opportunity will be.  Catch a few for me.

[BluegillsTightlines]

Here is another pic I took of yesterday's big bass(I personally consider anything 4 lbs+ to be big, anything 8+ huge). Is it just me or does it have more teeth than the average bass? Or perhaps my phone just got more detail of it. Either way I think it's a cool shot and it's currently my wallpaper. She darted right off immediately after being revived.

[gim]

  On 8/26/2024 at 1:24 AM, BluegillsTightlines said:

Caught this 4 lber today.

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Please do us and the fish a favor.  Remove that metal j-hook from your scale and replace it with a clamp.  I cringe every time I see photos of that thing shoved into a fish's gills.  Plus they can flop off very easily from it.

[Pat Brown]

Got some *catching* up to do 😏😏😏😏

 

 

Got some fish on my Bobby's Perfect Frog in the 'Hot Mess color yesterday middle of the day bluebird skies.  Ultra fun.

 

Missed two huge ones and some buzzbait bites but we had a great time.  GoPro batteries ran out and sadly didn't capture the action this time.

 

 

Got on a fun jig bite at the snotty pond the other day with Jake.

 

 

They also wanted the golden shiner frog in the shade.

 

 

And some nicer ones on the golden shiner scum frog in there too 😎😎😎😎

 

 

A speedworm fish to round it out.

 

 

 

Smashing success came out on the big lake!
 

 

Had a really solid day on the boat with this 4 lb 12 oz kicker on jigs off of deep timber.

 

 

Jake went back to school today and I'm counting down the hours til his bus gets home and we can get a line wet after chores and homework.

 

It was a fantastic summer full of bass and memories.

[Swamp Girl]

  On 8/26/2024 at 1:17 PM, Pat Brown said:

It was a fantastic summer full of bass and memories.

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Thanks for sharing your summer with us, Pat. Jake will change so much in the coming year, but he has a ways to go before he can outfish his pops, who has such a nose for bass. 

[BluegillsTightlines]

  On 8/26/2024 at 12:36 PM, gimruis said:

 

Please do us and the fish a favor.  Remove that metal j-hook from your scale and replace it with a clamp.  I cringe every time I see photos of that thing shoved into a fish's gills.  Plus they can flop off very easily from it.

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I will, I just picked this one up in a pinch until my Berkley scale with a clamp comes in. I had one, but it stopped working and my local stores didn't have any like it.

[gim]

@Pat Brown whats with the black rubber gloves?

[Pat Brown]

@gimruis Really nasty infection with open wounds and stuff.  Had to get on antibiotics.  Don't get dirty water and fish slime in your little cuts and dings on your hands kids!

 

Have to keep them clean and dry until they fully heal which could take a while.  Hopefully won't need another round of antibiotics.

[gim]

Makes total sense.  I'd be wearing them too if that was the case.

[T-Billy]

  On 8/26/2024 at 5:19 PM, Pat Brown said:

Don't get dirty water and fish slime in your little cuts and dings on your hands kids!

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Rut Ro Raggy... Here lies T-Billy, cause of death... infected case of muskie knuckle. 😂

 Joking aside, I hope ya heal up soon Pat. Some nice fishes ya been catching. Congrats.

[Swamp Girl]

I also struggle with summer cuts and infection. I've got three things nicking me: a needle-toothed puppy, fishing, and gardening. One cut heals and two more open. Sigh. 

[Woody B]

I'm a mechanic.  Cuts are part of my life.  Make sure your Tetanus shot is current.  

[The Baron]

Another couple days of slow fishing this weekend.  Fished dawn until 1pm with my son and a friend of his on Saturday.  I only caught a few 1.5-2.5# largemouth, my son caught a nice smallie that was long and surprisingly light at 3.4# (take a look at the photo and tell me what you think the two dents could be from?).  Wes’ buddy caught only one 1# largemouth early on.  The boys are both 14 and when the fishing proved to be slow they got acting goofy, not listening and then Wes was whining about how hot it was (it wasn’t hot).  His friend was casting very aggressively and thought all the bluegill nibbles were big bass he had to violently hookset then say oh, I missed it that was big. I tried to coach him a bit, but he didn’t listen so I gave up and concentrated on not drowning anyone. 🙄😒#yerbugginme

 

Sunday I took a good friend and his 13yo. son to a favourite small lake.  My friend used to fish the lake with his dad, and his son had only been there once before when he was young.  They were great guests and it was a pleasure to take them to experience that together.  His son has a great sense of humour and despite slow fishing he stayed in good spirits.  We had some good natured ribbing when he declared it a tournament and kept changing the rules when I was winning.  It was a weird day and seemed I caught the first and only fish at each new spot, then there’d be no other bites so we’d move to a new weed bed or hump and I’d do it again even when I hung back and let my guests take a few casts first.🤷🏼‍♂️  I caught 1/2 doz. including one solid bass and a pike that could swim through the eye of a needle - he had some gill damage (not from me) and was obviously struggling, but still fought like a pike does.  My buddy got 1 pike and unfortunately his son struck out (had one pike bite him off, that was it).  I’ll be trying again to get his young lad out for a better day. 🤞🏻

[gim]

  On 8/26/2024 at 11:21 PM, The Baron said:

and a pike that could swim through the eye of a needle

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Wow, no kidding. That thing is a flag pole.

 

The largie is healthy looking tho.

[Swamp Girl]

I think the dents are too perfect to be an injury. I think they're a birth defect. 

 

I love that fat bass!

[Bluebasser86]

Took the family to the lake Sunday to meet my MIL with her pontoon and jetski. We got there a little before the rest of the group and caught some fish before they showed up. Once they were there, the kids hopped onto the pontoon to go swimming with their cousins. It was triple digit heat indexes but not awful with a good amount of wind blowing. Mrs. Blue and I had the rare chance to get out and fish by ourselves and the fish were more than willing to bite despite the heat. Not a lot of bigger fish, but lots of biters and hard pullers. 

 

[Swamp Girl]

@Bluebasser86: Hear, hear for hard-pulling bass and an afternoon with your sweetheart! 

[Pat Brown]

  On 8/26/2024 at 9:55 PM, Woody B said:

I'm a mechanic.  Cuts are part of my life.  Make sure your Tetanus shot is current.  

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Hah!  I get cuts every day too but I've never had a septic infection.  Apparently it is not unheard of for people who handle fish.

[hokiehunter373]

@Bluebasser86 nice trunks I've got the same lol

 

@Pat Brown pretty sure that's the issue you can have when catfish get ya with those barbs

[Pat Brown]

  On 8/27/2024 at 12:25 PM, hokiehunter373 said:

@Bluebasser86 nice trunks I've got the same lol

 

@Pat Brown pretty sure that's the issue you can have when catfish get ya with those barbs

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Yeah absolutely - I think basically this time of year it's hot and there's lots of....stuff...in the water - stuff is also dying so there's lots of rotting and decay and fungal and bacterial blooming.

 

Then you've got 12 inches of rain pushing Lord knows what into the waters I fish.

 

Then add to that the fact that I caught some big very floppy bass with very sharp lips ripping up my hands - biting really good in a nasty spillway.

 

Well yeah it was a perfect storm.  Debby's revenge!

 

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[TnRiver46]

Mrs @Bluebasser86 always catches the SMB 

[Swamp Girl]

I launched at a small, boggy pond this morning, the pond where I caught my PB last spring. I have gone there again and again looking to catch that girl again or her big sister, but other than a few four-pounders, I have failed to dance with a big mama. This morning appeared to be perfect conditions with calm and fog. 

 

 

I caught 26 total, but my first 16 were the size of this bass, which was my first:

 

 

Finally, my 17th bass was bigger:

 

 

I was working weed fields:

 

 

My 19th bass was solid too:

 

 

I also caught some that were short, but fat:

 

 

 

And one more thick fish.

 

 

The requisite pretty pic:

 

 

I finished the morning like I started, with another cookie cutter, smallish bass: