Latest Catch Pics Thread

[Swamp Girl]

8 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said:

Well I don’t catch many 20” largemouth so we are even 😂 

 

 

 

[TnRiver46]

And by even I mean im usually a couple Dozen fish behind…..

[Swamp Girl]

6 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said:

And by even I mean im usually a couple Dozen fish behind…..

 

Ah, I'm good at catching those big largies in late May and June and that's pretty much it. I'll pick up one here and there the rest of the soft water season, but mostly, I'm a 1.5-month-trick-pony.

 

Heck, I don't even catch 18" smallmouth, at least not in Maine. Hank Parker fishes for smallies in Maine. That's his focus. And I don't see him catching 18s, 19s, and 20s. I do catch some thick ones, like the one just up thread, but I catch some thin ones too, depending upon the pond. 

 

Here's one of my rare, bigger, late-summer girls. I didn't measure her, but she was over 20" and five pounds. 

 

[The Budget Angler]

September is a notoriously tough time of year, but I start having fishing withdrawals if I don't get out there.  I'm lucky enough to have about a 5 acre pond right behind my school, a 2 acre pond in front of it, and a 3.5 acre pond across the street.  Friday is the day when I don't have one of my classes and it gives me a couple of hours before chemistry.  I chose the big pond and tied on a chatterbait.  Nothing.  Maybe one bite.  I made all the way to the far end of the pond and it started pouring so I had to turn in early.  I dried off in the truck and pulled some nasty shirt out of the back to wear into my chemistry class.  1 boring lecture later, I was back outside and figured "why not?".  I grabbed my rod again, tied on a senko, headed out to the small pond, and immediately had an 8 inch bass nibble it when I first dropped it in.  A few minutes later:  this fish.  Just under a pound and really skinny.  I fished my way around the rest of the pond and then drove to the big pond again and caught two more fish and lost a third.  The fish were really feisty, and even though they were small they fought pretty well.  But, the leaves are just starting to turn and the hurricanes are starting to blow through, so fall is on it's way.

[Swamp Girl]

@The Budget Angler: When I was in college, I'd ride my bike to the Olentangy River (Go Bucks!) and fish for smallies below a dam. We're separated by half a century, but connected by a love of bass.

[Dwight Hottle]

@Peacedivision Congrats on the new PB.

[BluegillsTightlines]

Another trip, another skunk this morning and probably d9ne for the year because I've been breaking out in hives and they can't figure out why. Fishing has been absolute garbage this month and looks like I'm ending the year on a lousy note.

[TnRiver46]

That sucks @BluegillsTightlines, I get hives too. Mine are from bee stings and jumping into icy cold water. Usually some natural adrenaline and/or Benadryl will cause them to subside, never had to use my epipen 

[Swamp Girl]

I'm big bass hunting tomorrow morning, launching at the little pond where I caught my PB. I'd love to catch a 5/6/7 pounder or a 20-lb. bag. I usually fish big powerbaits/reaction baits at this pond, but I rigged two wacky worms this evening and downsized my surface presentations to a tiny, translucent popper and a chrome Tiny Torpedo. I also have a small hard jerkbait rigged. Fingers crossed I've made a good guess or two about fishing slower and smaller. 

[A-Jay]

28 minutes ago, ol'crickety said:

I'm big bass hunting tomorrow morning, launching at the little pond where I caught my PB. I'd love to catch a 5/6/7 pounder or a 20-lb. bag. I usually fish big powerbaits/reaction baits at this pond, but I rigged two wacky worms this evening and downsized my surface presentations to a tiny, translucent popper and a chrome Tiny Torpedo. I also have a small hard jerkbait rigged. Fingers crossed I've made a good guess or two about fishing slower and smaller. 

 

I'll be out doing the same.

But expect to be fishing difference baits and about 1000 miles west.

Good Luck ~

😎

A-Jay

 

[Team9nine]

This report courtesy of Mendurchuck Bait & Tackle - the place for all your Ned rig needs 😎 

 

Tried to beat the rain from Tropical Depression 8 that hit the Carolina coast this morning. To do that though, I had to endure 30 mph gusts. Selected a lake with a protected ramp and decent shoreline windbreaks hoping for the best. Thought conditions might favor power presentations, so started with that, but only got two small bass, one of which was a keeper. After an hour or more of fighting the wind, I switched tactics and headed for more sheltered water. Switched to a Ned rig and was able to get a couple more fish, but quality improved. Lost one heavy fish, but landed another to make up for it. Finished the last hour or so catching a limit of crappies off scattered brushpiles in the area. Lake now about a foot low, and surface temps have dropped into the mid 70s. Probably a rain out tomorrow and possibly Wed, but looking to get out again this week another time or two.

 

 

[A-Jay]

14 minutes ago, Team9nine said:

This report courtesy of Mendurchuck Bait & Tackle - the place for all your Ned rig needs 😎 

 

Nicely Done Sir.

Made my Night !

Congrats

A-Jay

[thediscochef]

I always get fooled by the fake seasons. It's still summer here. Water is still 80+ degrees. That said, there are fish scattered everywhere shallow and deep. Just not a lot willing to bite for me yet. The high school tournament brought in a 10lb bass this weekend but I understand it was a deep water catch. I got this little guy on a spook today after getting back from a movie set in central Texas. I didn't get out to the spot till close to 10 so it's a miracle I even stuck the one super dink. Had some gar miss me which is fine. I can finally get out super early again tomorrow so that's what I'm gonna do 

[Swamp Girl]

8 hours ago, A-Jay said:

 

I'll be out doing the same.

But expect to be fishing difference baits and about 1000 miles west.

Good Luck ~

😎

A-Jay

 

 

I'll be thinking a good thought for you on the water, Andy. Leaving now!

[Swamp Girl]

I was fishing this morning, I thought about Andy and hoped he was landing a BIG one. I didn't catch a BIG one, but I did catch 20 in three hours. I fished the pond where I caught my PB, the bass in my avatar. The fish I did catch reminded me of why I caught my all-time bass there. You can see it in the big belly of this little one:

 

 

And you can see it in the build of this 18.25-incher, which has the shoulders and head of a bigger bass:

 

 

You can see it in the tail of this 17-incher:

 

 

Yeah, this pond has the genetics and forage base to grow big bass. It also has this if the bass aren't biting:

 

 

I caught three bass on a wacky worm, two on a spinnerbait, and 15 on a Shimano pink Flash Boost Popper, worked both in a pop and pause retreat and as a walking lure.  I tried so hard this summer to catch another 7.5-poundish bass like my PB, but just couldn't and then I remind myself that at my latitude, a 7.5-poundish bass is equivalent to an 11.55-pounder in the South according in In-Fisherman. In short, a rare fish.

[A-Jay]

@ol'crickety nice bass.

My report, pics and video are coming later today.  Spoiler alert 5 pound brown and 4 ft musky. 

In-Sane.

🤓

A-Jay

[Swamp Girl]

48 inches??? Wow!!!

[thediscochef]

Got out early but the fish missed the alarm clock. Didn't really start getting bit until later in the morning, had a gift of surprise low clouds and that always changes the equation.

 

5 bass around the same size as each other plus a bonus gar. The bass mostly ate a megabass walking bait, the gars wanted the tiny pop-r. Slowly easing out of summer. 

[A-Jay]

5.24 lbs on the full moon today ~ 

A-Jay

[Swamp Girl]

Giant trout, musky, and bass??? I wish I'd kept pace, but you left me choking on your dust. Proud of you, Andy.  

[Pat Brown]

Been a little while since I updated the folks here - but it's been real fun this month!  Been eating frogs and buzzbaits/buzzing plastics and lipless crankbaits and Jerkbaits (soft and hard) and swimming jigs.  😎😎😎 Already lost two big fish on jerk and lipless and seen some huge ones bail on my spinnerbait right at the bank which is a good sign 😂 - big fish are showing you interest in fast moving reaction baits again! 😎🤙🏼

 

 

 

 

[Swamp Girl]

Pat, did I read in another thread that you fish 365 days a year? If so, this curtsy is for you:

 

 

If it's only 360 days a year. the curtsy's still for you. 

[CastingClinic]

Quick trip yesterday morning started with a nice fog and overcast.  Tried to make topwater work but no success until I started throwing a spinnerbait. Caught these two and a few pickerel.

 

[Pat Brown]

1 hour ago, ol'crickety said:

Pat, did I read in another thread that you fish 365 days a year? If so, this curtsy is for you:

 

 

If it's only 360 days a year. the curtsy's still for you. 

 

 

I came very very close this year!  I'd say I've probably missed 2-3 days on the calendar this year.

[Swamp Girl]

30 minutes ago, Pat Brown said:

 

 

I came very very close this year!  I'd say I've probably missed 2-3 days on the calendar this year.

 

Then you're earned the curtsy and many more, my Lord.