Latest Catch Pics Thread

[senile1]

18 hours ago, dgkasper58 said:

No scale issue.  I was going to call the DNR since I was pretty sure it is a lake record but she was tired and I wanted to get her back in the water ASAP. The Length to Girth chart put her at 7.3 but I don't know if she was that big. I asked the question in the  forum if the charts are accurate during the spawn most said yes.

 

BTW I am 6'3 295 lbs

 

 

From the looks of both of your pics, 7.3 doesn't look like a bad estimate.  She has a heck of a mouth.  Congratulations on the PB.

[Dwight Hottle]

 

Fished yesterday and caught my first smallies of the 2018 season. Had six in the boat & lost one. All bites came after lunch as the water was warming. Water temps were 43-45 degrees.  

[Will Wetline]

 

First smallmouth of the season, approximately 4 lbs. A blade bait assembled from components is hanging from its lip.

[OCdockskipper]

We are at the end of our spawn, a few stray males still holding out hope, but all of the females seem to have already dropped their eggs and are in postspawn mode.  The bass below was the 47th & final one I caught yesterday in about 8 hours of fishing.  She hit a 5" wacky rigged Senko, color green pumpkin/amber laminate, skipped under a boat dock in about 4 feet of water.

 

She weighed in at 6 lbs, 2 oz, 23" long.  With her length & build, she may have pushed the 7 lb mark last month when full of eggs or next month after feeding up a bit.  She was blind in one eye, so she now is nicknamed "Sami" in case I ever catch her again (short for Sammy Davis Jr.).

 

 

[Fairtax4me]

Good to see lots of nice fish being caught! 

 

Lake Anna today. She wasn't so hospitable. Cool and foggy this morning. Muddy water, maybe a foot of vis where we were fishing up beyond the splits. We landed a couple dinks. About mid morning after the fog burned off I managed a 4.6lb chunk on a spinner bait on a main lake point. The rest of the fish seemed to have lock jaw. Eventually we had to call it as the wind picked up and boat traffic got to be too much for our little boat to handle. We also ended up in what felt like a sand storm of pollen! It was like breathing saw dust. My eyes are still burning from it. Historically, Anna has always been tough for me. This is my biggest catch from there yet. 

[YoTone]

first decent catch on the kayak for the year.

just made the 3 lbs mark on a picasso shock blade with a lake fork magic shad trailer both in white.

[Team9nine]

Been fishing under frontal conditions all weekend. Brilliant blue skies, and today, no wind. Like fishing in an aquarium. Still managed around 4 dozen over the three days fishing just an hour or two in the evenings. Had somewhat of an "aha moment" earlier this week that has completely changed my fishing outlook...more to come later in that regard.

 

[A-Jay]

17 minutes ago, Team9nine said:

 Had somewhat of an "aha moment" earlier this week that has completely changed my fishing outlook...more to come later in that regard.

 

 

I love those !

Congrats

A-Jay

[moguy1973]

Caught this one today in a local park pond.  3lbs on the nose.  There were several bigger ones you could see cruising and guarding beds too but they didn't want anything you put in front of them.

 

[MichaelCopeland]

Haven't been able to do as much fishing as I would like, been working alot. However I have been fishing more than I've been catching...lol. 2nd and 4th pics are of a bowfin I caught at Cross Lake last Sunday on a black and blue 1/2oz chatterbait with a green pumpkin Rage Craw trailer. When it hit and I felt the weight I just knew I had a new PB. Unfortunately it wasn't, but the bowfin weighed 6lbs 11oz. The weekend before that I caught this 1lb 4oz bass 1st and 3rd pics. That's really the extent of my catching lately. Guess this weather has kept them in a funk. Weather is starting to get a little better so hopefully that new PB won't be long.

[Bassin' Brad]

Had a good day fishing Fort Phantom yesterday in my new Bass Raider with a buddy. Water temp was 62°-63°. Caught about 20 bass between the 2 of us and several crappie as well, including a 1.5 lb slab. It was a blast because we was catching them shallow up in brush and they were good quality fish that fought hard. We were pitching T-rigged plastics into the nastiest cover we could find including brush and laydowns. Also caught a couple off of rocky shoreline.

 

They would take off like a rocket for the brush when we set the hook and we would have to horse them out which was awesome. We both lost several, and he lost a good one in the brush and I had one that I couldn't hardly get turned from the brush and was peeling drag so I thumbed the spool to stop her twice. She got tangled up but managed to get her loose but came unbuttoned about 5' from the boat, she was a dandy. My best one went 3.8 lbs and his was 2.75 with several a piece over 2 lbs. 

[WolfyBrandon]

[April 29, 2018]

 

 

Jeremy's "Fish of the Day" 4 lb 02 oz Largemouth Bass

 

 

My Baits That Were Successful Today

 

01. Grub - Bass #1 & #2

 

02. Spinnerbait - Bass #3, Pike #1

 

03. Squarebill - Bass #4 & #5

 

WolfyBrandon

 

[tcal4404]

 

Got out Friday for a quick session and longer ones both Sat & Sunday.

 

Friday evening was very slow BUT managed a beast of a smallie right before I ready to pack it in. It was easily over 4lbs, huge belly, and had that amazing tiger coloration and it was fired up. Easily the most beautiful fish I had ever caught. I was so pumped and trying to get my phone out to take a pic. The fish was on the fish gripper and I lowered it into the water to not keep it out of the water too long before taking a pic..and it just took off lol oh well

 

Saturday was a warm sunny day. Caught 5 or 6 fish including this one at just over 4lbs

 

 

Sunday landed 2 LMBs, 4 smallies, and a pickerel. Hooked a big smallie and he triumphantly jumped, shook, and tossed my jerkbait like he'd done that countless times before. I was laughing bc it was just d**n impressive

 

Had to really work for the fish from the bank and move around, but when I found them, they were biting. All fish on jerk baits. 

[deep]

Walking the banks again earlier today.

 

The bass weren't co-operating too well. But the trouts were. Kept my limit, and C and R-ed as least as many more.

 

Vision 110 Type R got a workout today @A-Jay

 

 

 

[MIbassyaker]

Pair of 17"-ers on a Siebert spinnerbait today:

 

[A-Jay]

3 hours ago, deep said:

Walking the banks again earlier today.

 

The bass weren't co-operating too well. But the trouts were. Kept my limit, and C and R-ed as least as many more.

 

Vision 110 Type R got a workout today @A-Jay

 

 

 

 

 

Sweet !

Congrats 

A-Jay

 

[Fairtax4me]

9 hours ago, deep said:

Walking the banks again earlier today.

 

The bass weren't co-operating too well. But the trouts were. Kept my limit, and C and R-ed as least as many more.

 

Vision 110 Type R got a workout today @A-Jay

 

 

 

Nice harvest! Glad to see something happening up there! I know that place comes alive for about a week or two in spring then the bass all but disappear. Gonna have to make my way out there again soon. 

[JustJames]

14 hours ago, deep said:

Walking the banks again earlier today.

 

The bass weren't co-operating too well. But the trouts were. Kept my limit, and C and R-ed as least as many more.

 

 

 

Nice looking string there deep. Why oh why they don't stock trout in Canyon Lake.?

[RichF]

My buddy came down to visit from NY this weekend so I took him out to Fountainhead Park here in Northern VA.  The boat rentals are cheap and there are some nice bass lurking in the reservoir. The water was blown out chocolate milk with tons of floating trash but we still managed 8 bites.  I boated 6 and my buddy missed 2.  The two biggest went 4 and 4.6. 

[deep]

Buddy took me out, and put me on this, plus a couple other fish today.

 

[MarkH024]

Caught a few good fish this past weekend. Most came on the @Siebert Outdoors fogy. Great chatters if you don't own 1 already. Mikes a heck of a guy too. Big fish was 4lb 12oz. 

[Graham]

Caught my first bed fish today. Really wild experience. She was guarding her freshly hatched eggs, and I could see her following them around. Worked her for 30 minutes with a creature bait and watched her get progressively more aggressive. She broke water with my bait in her mouth. What a cool way to catch a fish! She went for 2.4#.

[lo n slo]

we caught 34 spots this morning and put it on the trailer a little after noon as the heat builds in the western foothills of NC. my cousin caught this one on a Zoom lizard in 20 fow.

 

[jr231]

@Graham that's a male... 9 people liked your post and didn't point out to you that the female don't guard the fry..  the male fans (or makes) the nest. The female just lays the eggs... Usually in more than one nest. The male then fertilizes the eggs and gaurds the fry until they are able to swim and hide for themselves. In which he will probably then decided to eat a few of them lol. It's a fascinating process. Many threads on it. 

 

Nice catch tho 

[Graham]

Ah, looked like a spawned out female to me. Thanks for the info tho! Their behavioral habits are really cool, especially this time of year. I know you determined it was a male by how I described it guarding the fry, but are there any physical characteristics that help in identifying male vs female?