Other Species Latest Catch Pics Thread

[A-Jay]

I do believe this one qualifies ~

A-Jay 

[hokiehunter373]

20 hours ago, TnRiver46 said:

Did you put that premium beer in the batter? I use Pabst blue ribbon haha

Absolutely not.  Busch latte in one of the fancy fish cans they've got.  Just meant to be lol

 

[TnRiver46]

2 minutes ago, hokiehunter373 said:

Absolutely not.  Busch latte in one of the fancy fish cans they've got.  Just meant to be lol

 

Oh man! Haven’t seen those yet 

[Standard]

With the regular season closed here, I've been hitting up the driftless region for some fly fishing.  Still learning, but I've managed to get at least one the last few trips.  

 

Luckily flies cost a lot less than lures, as I'd be bankrupt with the amount I've been leaving in the trees.

[gim]

8 hours ago, Standard said:

 

 

Is this a brook trout?

[MN Fisher]

55 minutes ago, gimruis said:

 

Is this a brook trout?

Ya, that's a brookie.

[TnRiver46]

Had two free hours, got a couple cats! 

 

[Team9nine]

Spent two days this week checking out the status of the crappie spawn in a local reservoir. Ended up with about 140 fish over the two afternoons. Fish are just hitting the spawning grounds here, but this burst of cooler, wet weather has most holding just outside the spawning areas in 4’-8’ of water. Next good warm spell should start the fireworks ?

 

 

[gim]

55 minutes ago, Team9nine said:

Ended up with about 140 fish over the two afternoons. Fish are just hitting the spawning grounds here

Same here.  Shallow, warmer back water areas have them right now.  I went with my parents the last two afternoons on a small lake for 3 hours each day and between the three of us we caught 150+ of them.  Most of them are about palm size, very few big ones.  A few sunfish and perch mixed in.  Constant action.

[DitchPanda]

44 minutes ago, gimruis said:

Same here.  Shallow, warmer back water areas have them right now.  I went with my parents the last two afternoons on a small lake for 3 hours each day and between the three of us we caught 150+ of them.  Most of them are about palm size, very few big ones.  A few sunfish and perch mixed in.  Constant action.

That's always a blast. I kinda wanna sneak out and try it today but my lady had her gallbladder out yesterday and is hurting. Better stay home and tend to her. Maybe tomorrow if she's doing better.

[Jar11591]

 Im jealous. I haven’t been on a good crappie bite in a long time. My favorite fish to eat. I catch them every now and then while bass fishing, but when I target them all I end up with is a stringer full of perch and pumpkinseeds. 

[gim]

2 hours ago, Jar11591 said:

Im jealous.

I'm jealous that you can bass fish.  I can't legally do that yet.  I would rather bass fish than panfish.  Right now crappies are one of the only legal targets until May 13.

[TheBasslayer]

I caught a Michigan Master Angler crappie today! He was really close to 15 inches, and the master angler requirement is 14 inches. I also caught a small bass that wanted the Vision 110.

[Bass Rutten]

This little dude and a few of his friends were kind enough to help to break in my first bfs setup, they fight like the devil for their size. I think I’m going to like this bfs thing.

[thediscochef]

Born to fish, forced to Wipe(r)

 

Finally found something other than gar feeding on the threadfin spawn. Things seem to be slowing down a bit in the spawn areas I'd found, but I assume it won't fully be done until after 5/5 full moon. Work for the next five days so no fishing

[gim]

My first outing of the season was pretty good. Caught about 25 crappies with a few quality sized slabs mixed in. I have a crappie contest on Saturday so at least I have a plan.

[A-Jay]

Had a little trout action today ~

A-Jay

[A kid from Canada]

Catching these squawfish from the bank just to feel the tug until the lakes around my place melt. 

[AlabamaSpothunter]

27 minutes ago, A kid from Canada said:

Catching these squawfish from the bank just to feel the tug until the lakes around my place melt. 

I've never even heard of or seen that type of fish, beautiful fish.   Doesn't even look like anything I've seen. 

[BASS302]

1 hour ago, AlabamaSpothunter said:

I've never even heard of or seen that type of fish, beautiful fish.   Doesn't even look like anything I've seen. 

They are a "western" fish (a large predatory minnow).  Another name for them is Pike Minnow.  There are several species (three or four, I think).  We have a Sacramento Pike Minnow where I live, but there is also a Colorado Pike Minnow, and a Northern Pike Minnow (there might be another).

[A kid from Canada]

1 hour ago, AlabamaSpothunter said:

I've never even heard of or seen that type of fish, beautiful fish.   Doesn't even look like anything I've seen. 

I think they're more common in the west and considered a junk fish. Lots of fun to catch though, lots over 20" and they eat the same lures as Bass up here.

[hokiehunter373]

Well, hey, I learned something new today

[Eric 26]

7 hours ago, hokiehunter373 said:

that makes 2 of us?

[gim]

Fished in a crappie contest with a friend today.  We caught about 40 of them, and the biggest was my 12 1/4 incher.  Caught on both minnows and plastics.  My friend Jason was invited up on stage for an interview after he weighed his.

[ATA]

ok guys as you know I always trout fishing while fishing for bass. In last overnight I catch a trout and the patterns are different from all other rainbows I catch before. Look we have all the spots everywhere even on the belly and they are very big spots(the diameter), Does anyone knows what kind of rainbow it is?