Other Species Latest Catch Pics Thread

[N Florida Mike]

1 minute ago, Jigfishn10 said:

Nicely done Mike...Sounds like a tasty way to have them...for most of us any way...?

Thanks. Bullheads are so tasty. These were browns, they look like yellows in the pic but the spots faded awhile after I caught them. If anything, the yellows are even better… 

[Team9nine]

1 hour ago, N Florida Mike said:

What did you catch them on? 

3/32 oz jighead and Bobby Garland shad body, most in 17’-20’ of water.

[N Florida Mike]

5 minutes ago, Team9nine said:

3/32 oz jighead and Bobby Garland shad body, most in 17’-20’ of water.

We plan to fish deep holes tomorrow at a lake for bass, but the lake has a lot of specks too. Trying to get a feel for what to use. I haven’t done near as much speck fishing as I have other species.Thought I might do a little speck jigging while dead sticking for bass…

[Team9nine]

46 minutes ago, N Florida Mike said:

We plan to fish deep holes tomorrow at a lake for bass, but the lake has a lot of specks too. Trying to get a feel for what to use. I haven’t done near as much speck fishing as I have other species.Thought I might do a little speck jigging while dead sticking for bass…

usually anything in the 1.5” to 2” range is standard crappie fare. You pretty much have small tubes, curlytails, and shad bodies as the most common soft plastic options, though there are a lot of hybrid “creatures” out there these days. Weight wise, 1/16 or 1/8 oz are the most commonly used jig heads for crappie. Up here, we frequently catch bass mixed in or hanging around with the crappie at times. Good luck!

[N Florida Mike]

@Team9nine Do you have a particular pattern in working the jig? We’ll have a brand new depthfinder and Im hoping we can see the schools of fish and figure out where they are in the water column. 

I may try a roostertail too. Caught my PB speck on one .

[Team9nine]

25 minutes ago, N Florida Mike said:

@Team9nine Do you have a particular pattern in working the jig? We’ll have a brand new depthfinder and Im hoping we can see the schools of fish and figure out where they are in the water column. 

I may try a roostertail too. Caught my PB speck on one .

Typically, slow and steady with just an occasional twitch seems best for crappie most days. They don't seem near as prone to reaction strikes like bass are - and feed more deliberately. If you can determine a school depth, always start by retrieving just above them. Crappie like to feed up. 

[waymont]

On 6/9/2021 at 3:55 PM, A-Jay said:

American Fishing Wire Surflon Micro Supreme ~

Hi A-Jay

 

I just got some, and was wondering how you tie it? Ever use a crimp?  I'm thinking of tying a swivel to one end, and either tying it to a bait or a snap. Any advise will help.

I read that it frays after being cut.

[A-Jay]

1 hour ago, waymont said:

Hi A-Jay

 

I just got some, and was wondering how you tie it? Ever use a crimp?  I'm thinking of tying a swivel to one end, and either tying it to a bait or a snap. Any advise will help.

I read that it frays after being cut.

Besides the strength for its thin diameter, one of the major benefits of this product is that I can tie it directly to whatever mainline I'm using.

Uni to Uni for Braid & or FC and another uni knot to secure the bait to the leader.

I do use a snap at the lure end on occasion - I prefer Owner Hyper Crosslock Snaps.

I never use a swivel to connect the leader to mainline.

While it would work fine sort of defeats the purpose of this type of leader.

Additionally, there's a good chance of reeling the hardware through the tip top guide which will eventually damage it.

If you're using the stuff pictured, which is what I use exclusively, 

I have never had any problem with fraying. 

There's a thin plastic coating on the leader that can get worn off by fish but once it's gone, I continue to use it as it Does Not compromise the integrity of the leader at all. 

There's some rather sporty toothy critters here so I start out with at least an 18 - 24 inch trace of this stuff. 

Insurance if they swallow it  (and or roll up in my line) as well as affording a few bait changes before I need to replace it.

Bass do not care if there's a leader there or not.

Both of the bass below ate a vision 110 jerkbait in 6 ft of clear water while using this wire.

I use it in front of anything & everything if there's a good chance of getting bit off, which is quite frequently I might add.

So, as mentioned jerkbaits, rattle baits, squarebills, swim & vibrating jigs, even use it for jigs/craw & Texas rigs when the Pike are thick enough. 

Billed Baits WILL run a just a little deeper with this in front of them, fair warning. 

Good Luck

A-Jay

[waymont]

40 minutes ago, A-Jay said:

Besides the strength for its thin diameter, one of the major benefits of this product is that I can tie it directly to whatever mainline I'm using.

Uni to Uni for Braid & or FC and another uni knot to secure the bait to the leader.

I do use a snap at the lure end on occasion - I prefer Owner Hyper Crosslock Snaps.

I never use a swivel to connect the leader to mainline.

While it would work fine sort of defeats the purpose of this type of leader.

Additionally, there's a good chance of reeling the hardware through the tip top guide which will eventually damage it.

If you're using the stuff pictured, which is what I use exclusively, 

I have never had any problem with fraying. 

There's a thin plastic coating on the leader that can get worn off by fish but once it's gone, I continue to use it as it Does Not compromise the integrity of the leader at all. 

There's some rather sporty toothy critters here so I start out with at least an 18 - 24 inch trace of this stuff. 

Insurance if they swallow it  (and or roll up in my line) as well as affording a few bait changes before I need to replace it.

Bass do not care if there's a leader there or not.

Both of the bass below ate a vision 110 jerkbait in 6 ft of clear water while using this wire.

I use it in front of anything & everything if there's a good chance of getting bit off, which is quite frequently I might add.

So, as mentioned jerkbaits, rattle baits, squarebills, swim & vibrating jigs, even use it for jigs/craw & Texas rigs when the Pike are thick enough. 

Billed Baits WILL run a just a little deeper with this in front of them, fair warning. 

Good Luck

A-Jay

Great info. The one you pictured is the exact leader I bought.

I'll take your advice. Thanks!

[TnRiver46]

Did a little bank fishing Friday 

[Luke Barnes]

How did I just now find this thread?!?! Ive always been a multi species angler but really dedicated 2021 to bass. No cats or crappie, just bass and some nice sunfish. But I'll go through my gallery and resize some of my biggest catches from other species. I just love to fish and if you see me on the bass threads, I'm getting pretty frustrated with bass fishing so I may break out the crappie jigging rod and the cat rods and of course the camp chair and rod holders!

On 12/27/2021 at 3:05 PM, Team9nine said:

Been a great year for crappie; going to miss chasing them as much as I did this year. Hit the local reservoir up yesterday for one last go of it. Water 41-42 degrees, but I found them schooled up deep adjacent to the main river channel.

 

 

Those are some gorgeous slabs. I want to dedicate more time to crappie this year. 

[TnRiver46]

[DitchPanda]

5 hours ago, TnRiver46 said:

That bottom one is the ugliest small mouth I've ever seen

[TnRiver46]

58 minutes ago, DitchPanda said:

That bottom one is the ugliest small mouth I've ever seen

Many refer to them as Alabama smallmouth 

[DitchPanda]

I heard somebody refer to them as mud bass

[Bluebasser86]

Dorkfish is what I so lovingly refer to them as. 

[Luke Barnes]

I also think of drum as blue cat bait. Cut, fileted, or whole if they are small enough. 

[TnRiver46]

22 minutes ago, Luke Barnes said:

I also think of drum as blue cat bait. Cut, fileted, or whole if they are small enough. 

I’ve never caught anything on cut drum but my buddy has 

[Bluebasser86]

35 minutes ago, Luke Barnes said:

I also think of drum as blue cat bait. Cut, fileted, or whole if they are small enough. 

Whole drum are excellent flathead bait as well. I've even caught an 18" walleye on a 7" drum I was bottom fishing for flathead once. My trip with the family this spring, cut drum accounted for our biggest blue cat of the trip although white bass was the more effective. 

[Luke Barnes]

5 hours ago, Bluebasser86 said:

Whole drum are excellent flathead bait as well. I've even caught an 18" walleye on a 7" drum I was bottom fishing for flathead once. My trip with the family this spring, cut drum accounted for our biggest blue cat of the trip although white bass was the more effective. 

Ive never heard of using white bass for cats but its a fish so why not! There is a public drinking water reservoir that's open to fish and there is always a drum carcass where someone caught one and used it for cut bait and just left the rest on the walking path to rot. 

[bulldog1935]

@Luke Barnes @Bluebasser86

For most of my life, a wise gentleman ran a family ranch and fish camp at the mouth of a creek and white bass pinch point in the river above a hill country reservoir - he finally had to shut down the camp over insurance liability, which was a tragic loss for access here. 

Everyone filleted their white bass in the creek. 

Gene fished cut bait and caught massive stripers in the creek mouth. 

 

fw drum - on the Gulf coast, they're gaspergou. 

[Bluebasser86]

13 hours ago, Luke Barnes said:

Ive never heard of using white bass for cats but its a fish so why not! There is a public drinking water reservoir that's open to fish and there is always a drum carcass where someone caught one and used it for cut bait and just left the rest on the walking path to rot. 

Everything is pretty much fair game here. Crappie is great cut bait and trout is one of my favorites for the few months of the year it's available. 

[Luke Barnes]

35 minutes ago, Bluebasser86 said:

Everything is pretty much fair game here. Crappie is great cut bait and trout is one of my favorites for the few months of the year it's available. 

Ive thrown crappie once but i don't think there were any blues or flats in the pond i was fishing. I was super new to fishing and didnt know much back then. But i imagine you could catch some good bass fishing live crappie. 

[gim]

Its hard to find anything over about 11 or 12 inches because virtually everyone keeps them and they receive almost year round pressure.  There's literally hundreds of ice houses out there right now targeting them and I can assure you NO ONE is releasing them.

 

 This is the biggest one I caught last spring, 12.5 inches.

 

[JustJames]

40 minutes ago, gimruis said:

That is a real trophy crappie where I'm from.  Its hard to find anything over about 11 or 12 inches because virtually everyone keeps them and they receive almost year round pressure.  There's literally hundreds of ice houses out there right now targeting them and I can assure you NO ONE is releasing them.

 

I’m lucky to live here in private lake but there are those problem as well. Even worse we don’t have size limit and being in private lake not a lot of checking. I saw some groups kept like 100 of them down to 5-6”. I even jokingly asked them what is he gonna do with crappie those small, he said fry them whole. I do keep some too just enough to make my wife happy with all the spending ???, but only 11-13”.

We only have a few spots for crappie where by now everyone knows. Those ppl/family with 5 gallon bucket alway come to spot in morning or evening that why I alway fish for crappie after sunset.