Super User Team9nine Posted April 11 Super User Share Posted April 11 34 minutes ago, ATA said: I was also bass fishing but I couldn't get anything with power fishing so I change to finesse jighead and swimbait and all I catch was crappie, so I gave up and enjoy catching slabs “Don’t fight the bite!” ? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Global Moderator TnRiver46 Posted April 11 Global Moderator Share Posted April 11 10 hours ago, Team9nine said: Change of pace today on the local reservoir. Crappie were the target species, and I caught a bunch. Still early pre-spawn, so many were pretty big-bellied. Bonus fish was a big flathead I managed to land on the crappie outfit after a pretty good fight. Nice slabs, did you have to chase the cat around with the TM? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User Team9nine Posted April 11 Super User Share Posted April 11 1 hour ago, TnRiver46 said: Nice slabs, did you have to chase the cat around with the TM? Luckily no - caught him right off a channel break and he just kind of bulldogged toward the bottom, right under the boat. Water temps are still on the cool side, so that probably helped a little. Surprised he didn’t pull me right into one of those channel stumps and break me off ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woody B Posted April 15 Share Posted April 15 I was targeting bass today but ended up catching 6 different species. Spotted Bass, Largemouth Bass, White Perch, Yellow Perch, Crappie and a 17 1/2 pound Flathead Catfish. I had just caught a few spots in an area. I spot locked the boat to take a leak. I looked down at my sonar and saw a ball of baitfish with 3 big fish coming up into them from the bottom. I grabbed my closest rod and tossed a Bandit 200 that direction. The Cat took it within a couple seconds of hitting the water. It was a fighter. It kept trying to go under the boat. I reached and trimmed the motor up, then kept moving away from it with my trolling motor while keeping good pressure on it. After several hundred yards of dragging it was finally tired. I was disappointed when I saw it. It was really big, but fought much bigger. (I caught a 53 pounder last year. I believe this one fought harder). The lake was full of boats. My boat was rocking with waves. I never could get the scale to settle. It was bouncing from 17 to 18 pounds. I snapped a pic on 17.54 pounds. It was 34 inches long. 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VolFan Posted April 16 Share Posted April 16 Targeting tarpon, and then snook when Mother Nature would cooperate…this guy ate a fluke… 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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MassBass Posted April 17 Share Posted April 17 Set off with a goal of soaking some crawlers I had left over. I had a spot in mind that looked good weeks ago, but today flow was different and tide was low. However carp were all along the bank, breaching and finning. Couldn't get any quick takes with a nightcrawler and I didn't have enough corn to make a chum slick. Spent a lot of time letting it soak. The carp will tease you and play games. I tried the bottom rig at another nearby spot, then changed tactics and tried a float rig, making casts and drifts. Confidence was pretty bad by now. Then I found a pocket of sunfish and perch. Caught about a dozen sunfish. I did see a big carp cruise through near the sunfish, but didn't show interest in the float rig. After catching some fish, and keeping a couple, my morale was rejuvenated and I felt like waiting for a carp take again, but I was only able to get bluegill taps and a snag. I would try a last ditch effort at the park where I was parked to finish my coffee. I walked onto the dock and saw a big carp cruising shallow. I had a piece of crawler threaded on a hair rig, so I set it out and though she might find it. Soon I had a take, fish on. Very far first run, like a lot of line, so I thought it was big, maybe the big one I saw. The battle was quite epic, like Godzilla, people watching and some other anglers, deflating their vessel, were there and had a boga to help drag it in when she was ready. So, state pin is 33", this fish is 32"? Maybe? Regardless, it's the biggest carp I have landed in this river. 16 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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galyonj Posted April 20 Share Posted April 20 Another evening with @TnRiver46, continued from here. SWMBO took a little longer to get hooked up. I tied her onto the same lure I was using, and this spicy little meatball became her first ever ned rig fish on her brand new rod and reel. It was adorable and she fell in love with it, but we let it go home. A few casts later, she got into a good example of her most favorite fish to catch. I don't think we got any pictures that do it justice, but it gave her all the fight she wanted on that medium-light rod. lol 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User AlabamaSpothunter Posted April 20 Super User Share Posted April 20 1 hour ago, galyonj said: Another evening with @TnRiver46, continued from here. SWMBO took a little longer to get hooked up. I tied her onto the same lure I was using, and this spicy little meatball became her first ever ned rig fish on her brand new rod and reel. It was adorable and she fell in love with it, but we let it go home. A few casts later, she got into a good example of her most favorite fish to catch. I don't think we got any pictures that do it justice, but it gave her all the fight she wanted on that medium-light rod. lol What kind of spicey meatball is that? ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
galyonj Posted April 20 Share Posted April 20 13 minutes ago, AlabamaSpothunter said: What kind of spicey meatball is that? ? That's a rock bass. They're as mean as they are tiny. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User AlabamaSpothunter Posted April 20 Super User Share Posted April 20 7 minutes ago, galyonj said: That's a rock bass. They're as mean as they are tiny. Ah okay, I don't believe I've ever caught one before. Kind of sound like a Warmouth of Green Sunfish. I'm sure it did taste like a spicey Meatball to TNRiver46 ? That's awesome you guys get to fish together! 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishlegs Posted April 20 Share Posted April 20 I got to fish for the first time in what seems like forever yesterday. The day started with the kid in the drive through pouring hot coffee all over my hand, then it was boat trouble in the form of a bad battery so I had a feeling it might be a tough day. The fishing was tough, but we had a gorgeous day. I was just thankful to be on the water. I had one interesting catch. We saw some fish chasing shad up ahead of the boat so I was threw out as far out as I could to get to them. I let my lipless crank fall through before reeling it, when I felt something. I set the hook, but nothing happened. I thought I was hung up, but then I felt my line move...and stop...and move again. I had no idea what was going on until I pulled it out of the water. I snagged a catfish right in the middle. At least I know my hooks are sharp. ? 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
galyonj Posted April 20 Share Posted April 20 1 hour ago, AlabamaSpothunter said: Ah okay, I don't believe I've ever caught one before. Kind of sound like a Warmouth of Green Sunfish. I'm sure it did taste like a spicey Meatball to TNRiver46 ? That's awesome you guys get to fish together! We let everything go. Even the skipjack head he dragged around behind the boat for most of the evening got to go home. Eta: and he's one of the coolest people I've ever met. He's even nice about my cooking. lol 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishlegs Posted April 20 Share Posted April 20 1 hour ago, galyonj said: We let everything go. Even the skipjack head he dragged around behind the boat for most of the evening got to go home. Wait! That doesn't sound right. You sure you weren't fishing with an alien disguised as @TnRiver46? ? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king fisher Posted April 22 Share Posted April 22 There were rumors of a good tuna bite south of PV, so my boss decided to go to Bara for one last trip this spring. The seas were rough, but we managed to get off shore for a couple days and Landed some nice tuna, dorado and one small blue marlin. Fished inshore on the way home. Landed Snapper, snook, and one small rooster fish. We lost a 300 plus pound tuna at the boat after a 2 hour fight in rough seas with 20 knot winds. It would have been my PB yellowfin, real heart breaker. For comparison, the biggest tuna in the pictures is 190 pounds. Even with loosing the fish of a lifetime, and getting beat up by the sea, it was good trip, everyone was happy. 17 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User AlabamaSpothunter Posted April 22 Super User Share Posted April 22 6 minutes ago, king fisher said: There were rumors of a good tuna bite south of PV, so my boss decided to go to Bara for one last trip this spring. The seas were rough, but we managed to get off shore for a couple days and Landed some nice tuna, dorado and one small blue marlin. Fished inshore on the way home. Landed Snapper, snook, and one small rooster fish. We lost a 300 plus pound tuna at the boat after a 2 hour fight in rough seas with 20 knot winds. It would have been my PB yellowfin, real heart breaker. For comparison, the biggest tuna in the pictures is 190 pounds. Even with loosing the fish of a lifetime, and getting beat up by the sea, it was good trip, everyone was happy. epic as always 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User AlabamaSpothunter Posted April 22 Super User Share Posted April 22 I caught this Gizzard in the net after it was stunned by something on my homelake. I've snagged or found a couple 7-8" ones, but not any 10-12" ones. This guy was likely closer to 12". It's my belief that the DD fish in my homelake prefer these particular 8-12" Gizzards. The lake gets 10k Threadfins at the beginning of April, but those are to expedite the LGM getting to the 17.5" size. Once they get to that size they have mouths capable of eating 8-12" Gizzards, and then the big Bluegills and Crappie. Need a 10" Gizzard glide now ? 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woody B Posted April 22 Share Posted April 22 I caught another catfish while bass fishing. This one was on a Seibert bladed jig. I didn't measure it. Blues are really slimy. I had slime all of my boat and clothes. I wanted it back in the water before it could slime anything else. I'd guess it to be 30 inches. It weighted 11 pounds. The 17 1/2 pound flathead I caught last week was 34 inches long. 11 pound isn't considered trophy sized for a Blue but it was a handful on bass tackle. 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VolFan Posted April 22 Share Posted April 22 Those are the fun sized - they’re a great fight and not too big to manage without a net. You’re darn right about the slims though - it’s gross. I had one grab a hudd fishing in DC several years ago. Never got to see it but between the tooth mark on my hudd and the length of line that had slime on it, it was a beast 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User gimruis Posted April 22 Super User Share Posted April 22 On 4/20/2023 at 9:41 AM, galyonj said: That's a rock bass. They're as mean as they are tiny. Mean?! Lol they’re like swimming turds. Embarrassment to the “bass” family. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
galyonj Posted April 22 Share Posted April 22 40 minutes ago, gimruis said: Mean?! Lol they’re like swimming turds. Embarrassment to the “bass” family. I think their impotent rage is funny. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MassBass Posted April 22 Share Posted April 22 Pulled a good striper today. Smashed a spinnerbait from the edge of a dock. Could be a holdover but personally I think it is migratory. It is debatable. 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User bulldog1935 Posted April 24 Super User Share Posted April 24 Photo borrowed from my buddy Josh. I caught finesse bass on our kayak trip Saturday. and Josh's day was made catching a native Rio Grande cichlid on UL 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hokiehunter373 Posted April 24 Share Posted April 24 My kids hammered some sunnies Friday and we beer battered um for dinner Saturday. Nothing my son likes to eat more than fish he caught himself and I love having them help me and see where our food can come from. 14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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