Latest Catch Pics Thread

[A-Jay]

Flat Calm, Blue Bird Skies, super clear water and just about zero wind.

But I still poked a few.

A-Jay

[Swamp Girl]

@raydomz: You are rightfully a proud papa.

 

Please rethink PFDs for your kids. I am a lifelong fellow paddler and I've seen too many fellow paddlers drown. Some of them were young and strong swimmers. Although I have paddled thousands of miles, I flipped my canoe last year. It was so sudden that I have no memory of flipping. I was in the canoe one millisecond and underwater the next. 

 

"Oh, this is how people drown," I thought.

 

It was May and the water was cool, as it is now.

 

And then, remembering that I was wearing my life jacket, I also thought, "Not me."

[raydomz]

23 minutes ago, Swamp Girl said:

@raydomz: You are rightfully a proud papa.

 

Please rethink PFDs for your kids. I am a lifelong fellow paddler and I've seen too many fellow paddlers drown. Some of them were young and strong swimmers. Although I have paddled thousands of miles, I flipped my canoe last year. It was so sudden that I have no memory of flipping. I was in the canoe one millisecond and underwater the next. 

 

"Oh, this is how people drown," I thought.

 

It was May and the water was cool, as it is now.

 

And then, remembering that I was wearing my life jacket, I also thought, "Not me."

I appreciate you sharing your concern and I am certainly guilty of lax rule enforcement. We’ve got several “rules of the boat”, life jackets at all times in one of them. I’ve spent a lot of time in canoes growing up and know those exact scenarios like you experienced. I can see now a need to focus deeper on keeping things safe at all times 🙂. Again, appreciate the call out!

[Swamp Girl]

@raydomz: You're a great dad. Please keep posting your kids' fish pics and yours too!

[thediscochef]

Stuck a nice one this morning before I had to pack it up and go get stuff done. Interesting progression of fish. The bigger one ticked in right at 4lbs, absolutely crushed a walking bait while I was on the phone scheming with @LrgmouthShad. Off to the panhandle, maybe I'll post a smallmouth later

[J._Bricker]

16 hours ago, A-Jay said:

Flat Calm, Blue Bird Skies, super clear water and just about zero wind.

But I still poked a few.

A-Jay

@A-Jay, sure looks like those Menderchuk big girls like dancing to the beat of your new Vision 110! Stay on ‘em and thanks for sharing the pictures of those beautiful brown bass!

[bp_fowler]

Went out today for the last 90 minutes before the sun started setting.  I wanted to test out my new Tatula Elite Casting Rod and was hoping to break it in on some strip pit fish.

As you can see by the photo today I was throwing a jig.  I’ve caught fish on swim jigs and football jigs, but never on a casting/flipping jig.  Today was my lucky day as I caught my first ever jig fish, and a decent one at that.  

I caught it off the end of a laydown.  It made a last minute run as it got close enough to shore to see me but I was able to land it.  I caught my 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th jig fish shortly after that but only one was picture worthy I felt.  

I’m pretty stoked that jig fishing has finally clicked for me.  I’m confident that given the bodies of water that I fish it will be a very useful technique for me going forward.

 

I think the biggest difference for me today versus all the other times I’ve tried the jig, is casting accuracy and being able to thumb the spool to minimize splash.
 

 

[Swamp Girl]

@bp_fowler: I can't imagine that there are a lot of shore-fishing Buckeyes outfishing you. 

[Team9nine]

Different lake, same outcome - water still in the mid 70s and even the thermocline looked to be intact. A good shot of cool air over the next week should help the bite get fired up a bit, I hope.

 

 

[bp_fowler]

22 minutes ago, Swamp Girl said:

@bp_fowler: I can't imagine that there are a lot of shore-fishing Buckeyes outfishing you. 

I appreciate the compliment, I really do.

 

Coming from someone who catches 30-40 bass on a slow day that’s high praise.

 
However, I’m still very new at this.  I'm sure though that are probably plenty of folks out there in my fair state that would fish circles around me.   

[Swamp Girl]

31 minutes ago, bp_fowler said:

 I'm sure though that are probably plenty of folks out there in my fair state that would fish circles around me.  

 

They're circling you with a boat. Apples and oranges.

 

33 minutes ago, bp_fowler said:

Coming from someone who catches 30-40 bass on a slow day that’s high praise.

 

This is because I own three boats!

[ak6388]

Went out for a few hours on the kayak while the kids were at school and caught 5 in about 4 hours. Water temp was 64-66 depending on location. All my bites came off the first area of cover in coves off the main lake. 3 on a Senko wacky rigged and 2 on a crankbait. The little bass that you catch on cranks always make me laugh! Biggest was 2.1 lbs which is largest I’ve caught at this lake in a few months. 
 

I did find a few off shore schools but no fish on a jerkbait or dropshot. I got a few bites on the drop shot but came back without my minnow tail a few times so not sure what was going on there. 
 

[Swamp Girl]

10 hours ago, Swamp Girl said:

 

They're circling you with a boat. Apples and oranges.

 

 

This is because I own three boats!

 

Now remember there are anglers who have wizard boats that nearly teleport them and their boats have magic boxes that tell them where the bass are. For a shore angler, that's not apples and oranges. That's watermelons and cranberries. Your 2.5-pounder is their 5-pounder easy-peasy.

[herder]

Hit up a reservoir yesterday, left my camera in my life jacket so posting today, was a little tired.

38 degrees in the morning so in no hurry to get out.

On the water at 10, clear blue skies with a NW “breeze” so I wasn’t too confident.

14’ visibility so I figured they would be in deeper water, searched around a bit and found some in 20’ to 28’.

Got the first one after a hr, a small Largemouth, then a couple more small ones.

Then got a nice Rainbow but with no net when I got it unhooked it slipped out of my hand before I could get a picture.

Then got 2 decent Largemouth, then more small ones so I left them to look for Smallmouths, well that didn’t work out.

Wind picked up more and it’s a real pain to fish from the kayak with just a paddle, fishing with the rod in one hand and trying to position with the paddle in my other hand/shoulder.

Wound up with 12 fish landed, 10 Largemouths, one Rainbow and a Rock bass.

All fish on a drop shot and green pumpkin Max Scent flat worm

[thediscochef]

Blanked at Meredith today but I caught the rarest thing yet - my first random encounter with a forum member in the wild!

I had the pleasure of meeting and talking with @Skunkmaster-k this morning, great guy and great fisherman. Really enjoyed the conversation and the time fishing. Sometimes it's not all about the catching

[bp_fowler]

1 hour ago, Swamp Girl said:

Now remember there are anglers who have wizard boats that nearly teleport them and their boats have magic boxes that tell them where the bass are. For a shore angler, that's not apples and oranges. That's watermelons and cranberries. Your 2.5-pounder is their 5-pounder easy-peasy.

Yeah that’s a whole other thing for sure.

 

Comparing myself to other bank anglers though is somewhat difficult. Mostly because I make a conscious effort to avoid them. 😅


 

 

[Skunkmaster-k]

2 hours ago, thediscochef said:

Blanked at Meredith today but I caught the rarest thing yet - my first random encounter with a forum member in the wild!

I had the pleasure of meeting and talking with @Skunkmaster-k this morning, great guy and great fisherman. Really enjoyed the conversation and the time fishing. Sometimes it's not all about the catching

Your beard is even more amazing in person ! Next time you’re up this way holler at me , and we’ll get you a walleye . 

[thediscochef]

16 minutes ago, Skunkmaster-k said:

Your beard is even more amazing in person ! Next time you’re up this way holler at me , and we’ll get you a walleye . 

Next time you're in DFW I'll do my best to show you some bites at Roberts! Awesome to meet you man

[Skunkmaster-k]

31 minutes ago, thediscochef said:

Next time you're in DFW I'll do my best to show you some bites at Roberts! Awesome to meet you man

Sweet! It was a pleasure meeting you too. 

[DaubsNU1]

Got to the lake and they were already five boats at the boat ramp.. this was 40 minutes before sunrise. 

 

Managed 14 bass, this was the largest at 20 in long. 4 lb 11 oz.

 

Water temps between 63 and 65. Light North Wind at 8 Miles an hour. It was a good day.

 

 

[Swamp Girl]

2 hours ago, DaubsNU1 said:

Got to the lake and they were already five boats at the boat ramp.. this was 40 minutes before sunrise. 

 

No slacking in Nebraska, I see.

 

2 hours ago, DaubsNU1 said:

 

Managed 14 bass, this was the largest at 20 in long. 4 lb 11 oz.

 

Yep, no slacking.

[BrianMDTX]

Just a few hours this morning. Caught three (more like 2-1/2) and lost two. 
 

The first was on a squarebill. A true 6” dink. Wasn’t even sure I had a fish on lol. Didn’t get bites/catches on anything other than that A-Jay Special. Caught two. One I had hooked but lightly and it threw the hook. The other I think was pretty good. Most of my catches have been tight to the bank or in wood. I made a bomb cast in open water to get line out to reel it in tight, and as soon as it went under the line took off like a rocket. I was unprepared and by the time I reeled in the slack, it was gone. 
 

[The Baron]

Well, my fall fishing bonanza has taken a sudden downturn.  I fished a week ago and water temp was in the low 67’s… this afternoon it was in the low 58’s.  I was really looking forward to the great fishing I had last year as water temps fell through the 60’s, but I seem to have pretty much missed it this year. 😞 

 

Only one 4# fatty on a plopper today, and a couple smaller ones.  Had another good fish on a deep crankbait but it got off before I had a chance to see it.  Might be time to winterize the boat and start hunting. 😕

 

[TnRiver46]

Had a buddy in town from AZ for the football game this weekend. We got in some fishing on Sunday. All the jumping white bass had vanished but we found plenty of shad for bait and caught LM to keep us busy 

[Swamp Girl]

12 hours ago, The Baron said:

 I was really looking forward to the great fishing I had last year as water temps fell through the 60’s, but I seem to have pretty much missed it this year.

 

I think you had pretty great fishing this year. You've boated some fine fish in the last couple weeks or so.