4 minutes ago, Team9nine said:

I use these little retractable tape measures. Super lightweight and they never rust. Measure the fish vertically so it never touches the ground. Also great for girth measurements if you get a fatty - and I can color coordinate or accessorize with my holey jeans ?

Yes!  A simple solution to a simple problem @TnRiver46.

53 minutes ago, gimruis said:

Yes!  A simple solution to a simple problem @TnRiver46.

Unfortunately for you, I’ve got several of those metal pieces of tape measures in all of my boats! I shall make you squint for years to come in this thread…… 

 

when it really gets fun is when I use the ones that I’ve cut up away from the zero end and you have to do some math calculations

15 hours ago, TnRiver46 said:

Regardless of how rusty your tape measure is...that's a nice fish brother! Tough crowd! ?

With @JWall14 back home from college, we got out on the river for an afternoon. Not many pictures, but I did catch potentially my new PB! We didn’t have a scale, but from experience it probably would have gone around 3 or so pounds. 
 

This kid is on fire!! First the huge peacock last weekend and now this. He's never been able to land a frog fish due to him reacting too fast at the blow up or not a strong enough hookset. Well he's been mentally training for it. Today he begged endlessly to go try his new frog setup. Even though I was exhausted I took him to a quick spot just to say we tried. On the 5th cast across a tiny isolated patch of pads this happened! Another huge catch for my little guy! 

 

Spinnerbaits on monofilament - almost nostalgic on the water today - lol. Traditional Fall patterns on our local reservoir are just now starting to kick in. Better late than never.

 

 

 

On 10/13/2021 at 9:04 PM, TnRiver46 said:

 

Nice! What rod and reel combo is rod is that?

10 hours ago, DINK WHISPERER said:

This kid is on fire!! First the huge peacock last weekend and now this. He's never been able to land a frog fish due to him reacting too fast at the blow up or not a strong enough hookset. Well he's been mentally training for it. Today he begged endlessly to go try his new frog setup. Even though I was exhausted I took him to a quick spot just to say we tried. On the 5th cast across a tiny isolated patch of pads this happened! Another huge catch for my little guy! 

 

?? to both of you..

5 hours ago, Crankin4Bass said:

Nice! What rod and reel combo is rod is that?

Thanks!! my buddy got it for me for always taking him fishing throughout the years. It’s a daiwa airx 7 foot rod and shimano Sahara 3000 reel 

A few Cavitron bass and a bonus striper on a spoon.

Took the day off today and hit lake Simcoe with my cousin. We used to fish tournaments together here about 20 years ago, and haven’t had the time to get out there together for years. Didn’t catch a ton of fish today, but it was beautiful weather and had a great day just roaming around and hitting some old spots and shooting the breeze all day long. Saw a few monsters cruising, but couldn’t hook anything over about 3-1/2lbs or so. 

 

9 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said:

I’ve job.. a beauty…

Just now, GaryH said:

Nice job.. it’s a beauty

Biggest bass I’ve caught in a month.

Great catch!

 

I went out for three hours this evening, bite was tough. Managed seven on the ned rig, not much size to them. Got a 4lb 14oz on that Thunderhawk silent lipless in gold 20 minutes before I packed it in, then right before dark got a 3lb 12 oz on a chatterbait. Those two ended up saving the night.

On 10/14/2021 at 8:32 PM, Team9nine said:

Spinnerbaits on monofilament

Nice fish!

The Fall Smallie bite is in full effect around here.

 

1 hour ago, NYWayfarer said:

The Fall Smallie bite is in full effect around here.

 

Good job…

Caught this 4 pounder out at Pomme De Terre, during the club tourney classic.  Was our only keeper that day.  Won some money for big bass day.  Caught 3 keepers the next day, but ended the day in last place out of 4 boats.

2 hours ago, HaydenS said:

ended the day in last place out of 4 boats

No, no, no!  You're young so you haven't learned how to use words.*

It should be: "ended the day in 4th place."

 

(* = one of my managers wanted a weekly status report from each of his employees.  We all learned how to be creative, yet truthful.)

2 hours ago, HaydenS said:

Caught this 4 pounder out at Pomme De Terre, during the club tourney classic.  Was our only keeper that day.  Won some money for big bass day.  Caught 3 keepers the next day, but ended the day in last place out of 4 boats.

your shoe is floating in the water.

15 minutes ago, BASS302 said:

No, no, no!  You're young so you haven't learned how to use words.*

It should be: "ended the day in 4th place."

 

(* = one of my managers wanted a weekly status report from each of his employees.  We all learned how to be creative, yet truthful.)

? That's what my partner put on his facebook.  Figured I'd tell the whole story on here...  

15 minutes ago, throttleplate said:

your shoe is floating in the water.

It rained a lot, so I took my shoes off, which were soaking wet.  I was wet all day long.

 

 

What's really sad happened at the tournament that was going on at the same time.  People were weighing in and then would come up the boat ramp and just dump their fish, no helping 'em or nothing.  One guy went right up to the dock and dumped his fish and left 'em, all but one died.  I spent 10 minutes on the boat ramp trying to get a two pounder to swim away with out going belly up, he ended up dying too.  Really ticked me off that people wouldn't take care of/respect the fish that won them some money, just left 'em to die. ?  All of the fish from our four boats swam away healthy.

6 hours ago, HaydenS said:

 

What's really sad happened at the tournament that was going on at the same time.  People were weighing in and then would come up the boat ramp and just dump their fish, no helping 'em or nothing.  One guy went right up to the dock and dumped his fish and left 'em, all but one died.  I spent 10 minutes on the boat ramp trying to get a two pounder to swim away with out going belly up, he ended up dying too.  Really ticked me off that people wouldn't take care of/respect the fish that won them some money, just left 'em to die. ?  All of the fish from our four boats swam away healthy.

Good job young man. Hopefully some of the others will follow your example. ????

8 hours ago, HaydenS said:

? That's what my partner put on his facebook.  Figured I'd tell the whole story on here...  

It rained a lot, so I took my shoes off, which were soaking wet.  I was wet all day long.

 

 

What's really sad happened at the tournament that was going on at the same time.  People were weighing in and then would come up the boat ramp and just dump their fish, no helping 'em or nothing.  One guy went right up to the dock and dumped his fish and left 'em, all but one died.  I spent 10 minutes on the boat ramp trying to get a two pounder to swim away with out going belly up, he ended up dying too.  Really ticked me off that people wouldn't take care of/respect the fish that won them some money, just left 'em to die. ?  All of the fish from our four boats swam away healthy.

That's very commendable of you..good to see you young guys respecting the resource. Sadly some people never learn this and abuse everything with this crazy sense of entitlement. Don't let them influence you in any way...your on the right track keep doing your thing.

7 hours ago, GaryH said:

Good job young man. Hopefully some of the others will follow your example. ????

Thank you!

 

5 hours ago, DitchPanda said:

That's very commendable of you..good to see you young guys respecting the resource. Sadly some people never learn this and abuse everything with this crazy sense of entitlement. Don't let them influence you in any way...your on the right track keep doing your thing.

I don't see how you spend all that money, and go out for hours to kill all of your fish.  If there is a fish in my box, it's getting checked on and baby every second.  Thank you!