Almost broke my arm.

@Woody B Wylie?

Crappie, white bass, bald eagles, fun day. The crappie were running bigger than normal, but about half the size of what @Team9nine catches . First time I remember not getting any non keepers 

Holy c&#p

Trying to take advantage of the pre-spawn window that is probably going to begin closing over the next 30 days. They’ll drop a lot of weight and then start scattering, and likely lose even more wt over the summer. Managed 4 over 2 pounds yesterday afternoon, topped by a 2.40 lb. fish. Lots of rain in the forecast, but should get one more shot at them Thursday if the forecast holds.

 

 

 

 

@ATA I love how aggressive bluegills get 😃 I caught this one yesterday on an 1/8 oz rattle trap which is  definitely smaller than what your guy was trying to eat😉

We went to Bara De Navidad hoping to get in on the blue marlin bite that has been happening there for the past couple of weeks.  No luck on the Blue marlin, but we did manage to catch a striped marlin, along with a nice yellowfin tuna.  On the way home we fished my favorite beach for Rooster fish, and landed 25 roosters.  No Blue Marlin, but over all a good trip.

Got a pair of pickerel last night.  This one was about 20-22", so a pretty good one.  Glad it was a longer jerkbait as he had almost 4" of it in his mouth.  The back hook was almost to his throat hole.  I think I need a longer pair of pliers if I'm going to be fishing jerkbaits more this year.  Maybe a pair of jaw openers in case I get into the muskies and northerns.

 

A first for me. Caught Hybrids today on a Missile Bait Micro jig/TRD trailer.

11 hours ago, casts_by_fly said:

Maybe a pair of jaw openers in case I get into the muskies and northerns.

These are a requirement in my boat.  I keep one larger set and one smaller set.

 

Nothing worse than a slimy pike that refuses to open its mouth with a treble-hooked lure inside.

Party is winding down with surface temps approaching 60 degrees and fish looking like they are scattering to spawn. Managed one beastie yesterday despite the conditions that weighed 2.91 lbs.

 

11 minutes ago, Team9nine said:

Party is winding down with surface temps approaching 60 degrees

The party is just about to get started here.  Ice is going fast and open water crappie season is about to commence.  Now if I could just find and catch some slabs like that...

Guys it was all her, She catch two before she sleep and she got another two after she woke up. She did all the leaders and catch and land them on her own. and it was her first lightnings and one of them was big one.

A couple of stream trout today:

Some ice and trout stream action from further North. Made for a dinner of Pike caviar and brown trout. 

Caught too many to count, kept some. They were up on the mud wrecking stuff 

Hope you are all doing well

 

Just wanted to post my first catch for the year so far, nice peacock bass 

Target of Opportunity 

Lampreys and swift water, oh my 

Little dock fishing before work . Couldn’t get bit on a crappie jig, they were smacking a small rapala up near the top. Also dropped a nice skipjack herring bout 1.5 lbs or so 

Crazy Hybrid on a Micro jig/TRD

Launched the canoe at 7 pm and saw fish jumping . Tossed my tiny rapala around again on the 4’10” ultra light and got 5 white bass and two skipjack, missed a few more . Got dark at 8:15 and I beached at the dock, fast and furious. Going to try to feed the skipjack to something massive in the AM before work 

 

 

Hey

 

Caught some more nice peacock bass

On 3/15/2024 at 9:31 PM, TnRiver46 said:

Launched the canoe at 7 pm and saw fish jumping . Tossed my tiny rapala around again on the 4’10” ultra light and got 5 white bass and two skipjack, missed a few more . Got dark at 8:15 and I beached at the dock, fast and furious. Going to try to feed the skipjack to something massive in the AM before work