Latest Catch Pics Thread

[Swamp Girl]

Behold what the BR crew has recently caught:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

You guys sure can cowboy.'

 

And for the final beast, drum roll please....

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[TnRiver46]

Mine is actually a TN river redfish, a delicacy at many restaurants that score somewhere in the 60s on their health dept rating 

[Swamp Girl]

Just now, TnRiver46 said:

Mine is actually a TN river redfish, a delicacy at many restaurants that score somewhere in the 60s on their health dept rating 

 

Dang it, you just punched a hole in my punchline! 

 

No biggie. Me:

 

[Pat Brown]

Finally got a few to bite.  One on the free rig which is sort of new to me and I'm excited when I have success with that kinda stuff 

 

 

Had a buzzbait fish after sunset!

 

 

A bunch on the jerkbait but all little guys 

 

 

But it was cool catching a few on a super fast moving bait again!

 

Finally the lipless bite kicked back on this week with all the rain - managed a quick trip around lunch time and did pretty well.  Two little fish and a 4.5 lber on the red craw red eye shad!  Heck of a fight!

 

 

Biggest of 2025 so far and nice to run into a big one on the lipless!

 

Jake lost a good one on the spinnerbait tonight at a different spot and missed some more bites on the lipless so they're slowly turning back on.

 

These bass felt like I was grabbing them out of beer coolers.  They were COLD!

 

Hoping I can make a little more magic happen before the winter cold times come back in a big way next week!

 

Amazing fish everyone!   Great to see spring turning on some places!

 

 

[Swamp Girl]

14 minutes ago, Pat Brown said:

Great to see spring turning on some places!

 

You whisper the big girls. Once they're warm enough to hear your whispers, they'll be coming to you too. 

 

Pat, I added your 4.5-pounder to my post up thread. You're representing now!

[Team9nine]

Back out on the water after a couple wet, cold days. Over 3” of rain, but surface temps only dropped 4-5 degrees. Fish moved again, but we eventually landed on them and caught about a dozen and a half in 3 hours.

 

 

 

 

 

[FryDog62]

10 hours ago, Team9nine said:

Back out on the water after a couple wet, cold days. Over 3” of rain, but surface temps only dropped 4-5 degrees. Fish moved again, but we eventually landed on them and caught about a dozen and a half in 3 hours.

 

 

 

 

 

Nice job, unfortunately a little more rain coming now. What depth/lures are you finding work best? 

[hokiehunter373]

Envious of you guys. I’m just up here staring at ice with highs in the 20s and half a foot of snow predicted next week. Sigh lol

[Team9nine]

1 hour ago, FryDog62 said:

Nice job, unfortunately a little more rain coming now. What depth/lures are you finding work best? 

Can’t get anything to eat on the bottom. Mostly jerkbaits and swimbaits or ‘jighead minnows’, with a few crankbait fish. Fish have been focused around shad schools on main lake from 1’-10’ ft. If more rain = more stain, I might finally get to catch them on a jig or Ned rig. 

[FryDog62]

1 hour ago, Team9nine said:

Can’t get anything to eat on the bottom. Mostly jerkbaits and swimbaits or ‘jighead minnows’, with a few crankbait fish. Fish have been focused around shad schools on main lake from 1’-10’ ft. If more rain = more stain, I might finally get to catch them on a jig or Ned rig. 

I haven’t fished SC in 2 months… been in FL and those swamp lakes fish very different than the reservoirs here. This is the one time of year I haven’t fished locally and it’s going to be a learning process. 

[Team9nine]

39 minutes ago, FryDog62 said:

I haven’t fished SC in 2 months… been in FL and those swamp lakes fish very different than the reservoirs here. This is the one time of year I haven’t fished locally and it’s going to be a learning process. 

This is only my second winter season of fishing here, and it’s been completely different than last year. High level assumption is that water clarity dictates the bite. If it’s clear, they are out (main lake) on shad mostly and feeding up, and if it’s stained, they’re up on structure and cover and feeding down.

[TnRiver46]

Water is coffee + creamer thick here, below a dam

somewhere might be my only chance 

[AlabamaSpothunter]

1 minute ago, TnRiver46 said:

Water is coffee + creamer thick here, below a dam

somewhere might be my only chance 

Straight chocolate milk here as well.    Almost sunk the S.S. Minnow, took like an hour to bilge out.     Gonna be awhile until fishing is good again sadly.  

[FryDog62]

1 hour ago, AlabamaSpothunter said:

Straight chocolate milk here as well.    Almost sunk the S.S. Minnow, took like an hour to bilge out.     Gonna be awhile until fishing is good again sadly.  

Time to break out the red hot and lava red hot sauce colored Fogy Chatterbaits from Sieberts ! 

[Team9nine]

Bass didn’t like today’s cold front, but I didn’t blank, either. On the other hand, the crappie bite wasn’t bad (Other species catch thread), so there's that.

 

 

 

[thediscochef]

On 2/12/2025 at 9:16 PM, Swamp Girl said:

Behold what the BR crew has recently caught:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

You guys sure can cowboy.'

 

And for the final beast, drum roll please....

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I have the smallest bass on this post, but it's honest work and I'm happy to be included alongside the other folks who catch fish for real