Other Species Latest Catch Pics Thread

[TnRiver46]

9 hours ago, thediscochef said:

I went to Whitney for stripers n wipers with my fishin buddy a week ago. Did 17 total fish; 14 stripers, 2 LMB, and 1 Wiper. I'm already trying to figure out when I can go next lol

Nice! And one threadfin shad 

[T-Billy]

Water's down to 74, weeds are mostly dead, and the bass bite has been tough other than the slugfest I ran into last week. The cooler water has the musky moving shallow though. This is the third in three trips to lake #1, with another follow, and a bite off. 

[gim]

6 hours ago, T-Billy said:

and a bite off

Did they steal another chatterbait from ya? Those scoundrels

[MN Fisher]

5 minutes ago, gimruis said:

Did they steal another chatterbait from ya? Those scoundrels

Par for the course in ESOX waters...my last outing I lost a chatter and a jig to pike bite-offs.

[gim]

4 minutes ago, MN Fisher said:

Par for the course in ESOX waters...my last outing I lost a chatter and a jig to pike bite-offs.

I haven’t lost a single lure this season. I am using hand tied sections of Seaguar Blue Label on all of my moving lures in 30 pound test.

 

I was previously using 20 pound. Wasn’t strong enough.

[T-Billy]

49 minutes ago, gimruis said:

Did they steal another chatterbait from ya? Those scoundrels

No, just that one. Wish I'd have at least got to see it. It was a beast. I can manhandle a three footer with my chatterbait setup. The one that bit me off gave a couple big headshakes at the hookset, then took off like a freight train. Drag is set in the high teens on that rig and it wasn't even slowing it down. Then... gone... 

[thediscochef]

On 9/9/2022 at 8:52 PM, TnRiver46 said:

Nice! And one threadfin shad 

I managed to hook two of those that day, almost identically. Most of the days I pull shads are good days ?

[TnRiver46]

38 minutes ago, thediscochef said:

I managed to hook two of those that day, almost identically. Most of the days I pull shads are good days ?

And an excellent snack if you forgot to bring one!

 

 

nah probably not 

 

 

 

[thediscochef]

On 9/12/2022 at 5:20 PM, TnRiver46 said:

And an excellent snack if you forgot to bring one!

 

 

nah probably not 

 

 

 

Replacement for anchovies on pizza? 

 

Please no

[MassBass]

Targeted pike 36", on chatterbait with wire leader. Chain pickerel on a spinner, not the best photo. The chain pickerel is a native fishery in Maine.

[gim]

Muskie #7 for the season this morning. My record is 8 in a season. I need a haircut.

[T-Billy]

4 hours ago, gimruis said:

Muskie #7 for the season this morning. My record is 8 in a season. I need a haircut.

Beautiful musky ya got there. Love that color. Congrats.

[gim]

9 minutes ago, T-Billy said:

Beautiful musky ya got there. Love that color.

Wasn't very big but it really did have nice color when the sun popped out so I had to take a photo of it.  I've been on a pretty good pattern with these fish since early August and today was more of the same.  I had a bigger one earlier than this one but it came unpinned before we could net it.  That's the fourth one this season that I've had come off.  For some reason I'm not getting a good hook set in their iron jaws.

[TnRiver46]

Lizard fish 

[AlabamaSpothunter]

7 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said:

Lizard fish 

Never even heard of that fish.    Noninvasive hopefully? 

[TnRiver46]

7 minutes ago, AlabamaSpothunter said:

Never even heard of that fish.    Noninvasive hopefully? 

Hahaha it’s a sauger. They just look like the lizard fish from the ocean to me 

[AlabamaSpothunter]

2 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said:

Hahaha it’s a sauger. They just look like the lizard fish from the ocean to me 

Lol, if you told me a Loch Ness Monster lived in the TVA waters I'd buy it ?

 

I actually caught a couple of those, I was thrilled.    Likely the closest I'll get to catching a Walleye 

[TnRiver46]

5 minutes ago, AlabamaSpothunter said:

Lol, if you told me a Loch Ness Monster lived in the TVA waters I'd buy it ?

 

I actually caught a couple of those, I was thrilled.    Likely the closest I'll get to catching a Walleye 

You might be surprised, my buddies have caught walleye in the little Cahaba I think. Also there used to be signs where we fish on the Alabama river below Selma  warning not to keep the endangered southern walleye if you caught one 

[AlabamaSpothunter]

7 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said:

You might be surprised, my buddies have caught walleye in the little Cahaba I think. Also there used to be signs where we fish on the Alabama river below Selma  warning not to keep the endangered southern walleye if you caught one 

That very cool, and off to the google rabbit hole I go....little Cahaba is 150yds behind my house ?

Yeah that's crazy, had no idea they were behind me this whole time...

 

"

Alabama (AL), Mississippi (MS)

Conasauga – 03150101, Coosawattee – 03150102, Oostanaula – 03150103, Etowah – 03150104, Upper Coosa – 03150105, Middle Coosa – 03150106, Lower Coosa – 03150107, Lower Tallapoosa – 03150110, Cahaba – 03150202, Middle Alabama – 03150203, Lower Alabama – 03150204, Upper Tombigbee – 03160101, Buttahatchee – 03160103, Luxapallila – 03160105, Middle Tombigbee-Lubbub – 03160106, Noxubee – 03160108, Mulberry – 03160109, Locust – 03160111, Upper Black Warrior – 03160112, Lower Black Warrior – 03160113, Middle Tombigbee-Chickasaw – 03160201, Sucarnoochee – 03160202, Lower Tombigbee – 03160203, Mobile Tensaw – 03160204 "

 

Southern Walleye | TNACIFIN | Freshwater Information Network

[TnRiver46]

56 minutes ago, AlabamaSpothunter said:

That very cool, and off to the google rabbit hole I go....little Cahaba is 150yds behind my house ?

Yeah that's crazy, had no idea they were behind me this whole time...

 

"

Alabama (AL), Mississippi (MS)

Conasauga – 03150101, Coosawattee – 03150102, Oostanaula – 03150103, Etowah – 03150104, Upper Coosa – 03150105, Middle Coosa – 03150106, Lower Coosa – 03150107, Lower Tallapoosa – 03150110, Cahaba – 03150202, Middle Alabama – 03150203, Lower Alabama – 03150204, Upper Tombigbee – 03160101, Buttahatchee – 03160103, Luxapallila – 03160105, Middle Tombigbee-Lubbub – 03160106, Noxubee – 03160108, Mulberry – 03160109, Locust – 03160111, Upper Black Warrior – 03160112, Lower Black Warrior – 03160113, Middle Tombigbee-Chickasaw – 03160201, Sucarnoochee – 03160202, Lower Tombigbee – 03160203, Mobile Tensaw – 03160204 "

 

Southern Walleye | TNACIFIN | Freshwater Information Network

Wow. Are you familiar with bulldog bend? 

[AlabamaSpothunter]

7 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said:

Wow. Are you familiar with bulldog bend? 

Heck yeah I am brother....spent many of awesome afternoons floating down that sucker in tubes drinking cold ones.    

 

I haven't thought about that place since you just said it, now I want to go tubing ?

[Bluebasser86]

I call Saugers "gravel lizards", because of their looks and their affinity for gravel banks. 

[TnRiver46]

1 hour ago, AlabamaSpothunter said:

Heck yeah I am brother....spent many of awesome afternoons floating down that sucker in tubes drinking cold ones.    

 

I haven't thought about that place since you just said it, now I want to go tubing ?

My friend Curtiss LaFoy used to own and/or run it. He had koozies and shirts that said “nothing id rather be doing than canoeing at bulldog bend”

[AlabamaSpothunter]

11 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said:

My friend Curtiss LaFoy used to own and/or run it. He had koozies and shirts that said “nothing id rather be doing than canoeing at bulldog bend”

How cool is that, what a small world it can be.    

It's a really fun canoe or float trip.   Your friend did a great job, very organized and easy to get in and out.  

[T-Billy]

Looking like the night bite is pretty well dead for the bass this year, but I picked up a pair of twin 3.5# eyes on a Do-It 3.5 Ripper. Yum.

As the morning wore on I got into some LM pitching laydowns. Nothing Pic worthy, but for the 2nd trip in a row to this lake, a musky decided to maul my Sweet Craw. Also saw a couple more cruising. The cooling water and dying grass has them moving shallow into the wood.