17 minutes ago, hokiehunter373 said:

No hits no runs no errors 

On 3/15/2024 at 8:31 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 

 

 

What rod is that?

@DitchPanda, I think it’s called the 410, it’s $9.99 at academy. Very very very flimsy 

Water is heating up here in S. FLA now and the Peacocks are warming up!  

 

Nice @FryDog62!!! I didn't know they got that big in FLA.

23 hours ago, FryDog62 said:

Water is heating up here in S. FLA now and the Peacocks are warming up!  

 

Yeah that is a nice one, I catch them too in my neighborhood on the east coast. How are you holding it? Lol looks like it's floating in midair or you have your hand in its gill I guess

 

 

21 minutes ago, BassSteve said:

How are you holding it? Lol looks like it's floating in midair or you have your hand in its gill I guess

He does that with a lot of his fish.  Its magic.

 

Here's another one with the magic hold.

 

 

 

23 minutes ago, gimruis said:

He does that with a lot of his fish.  Its magic.

Lol yeah I see his hand in that one 

41 minutes ago, BassSteve said:

Lol yeah I see his hand in that one 

I just put my hand in the gill plate like you would a walleye or northern pike. If you lip those critters you’ll come back missing a digit or two. Plus holding bass by the lip can tear the ligaments in their jaw.
 

A guide showed me the gill plate grip years ago and said it was the “conservation technique” lol.

27 minutes ago, FryDog62 said:

I just put my hand in the gill plate like you would a walleye or northern pike. If you lip those critters you’ll come back missing a digit or two. Plus holding bass by the lip can tear the ligaments in their jaw.
 

A guide showed me the gill plate grip years ago and said it was the “conservation technique” lol.

No I get it, I lip them but I also support underneath so there is no excess strain on the mouth. Peacock bass are very fun to catch, I would even dare to say they fight harder than a largemouth 

Hey

 

Caught my first two Mayan cichlids for the year so far. I was wondering when they would show up 🎣🤘 the one on top has a big appetite 😆

31 minutes ago, BassSteve said:

No I get it, I lip them but I also support underneath so there is no excess strain on the mouth. Peacock bass are very fun to catch, I would even dare to say they fight harder than a largemouth 

I definitely think they fight harder than largemouth. Initially as hard as a smallmouth, but smallmouth never tire/give up where the Peacocks eventually do… they are somewhere in between, but I have never caught a 5-7 pounder either..

19 minutes ago, FryDog62 said:

I definitely think they fight harder than largemouth. Initially as hard as a smallmouth, but smallmouth never tire/give up where the Peacocks eventually do… they are somewhere in between, but I have never caught a 5-7 pounder either..

Yeah and man sometimes they really blow up on a surface lure....the initial strike I can't really tell if it is a peacock or largemouth until I get a glimpse of yellow lol

20+ foot down and the worm goes tap tap tap, fish gets stuck in brush then comes free, fighting like hell on 4 lb test……. Of course it’s a blue cat

8 hours ago, TnRiver46 said:

20+ foot down and the worm goes tap tap tap, fish gets stuck in brush then comes free, fighting like hell on 4 lb test……. Of course it’s a blue cat

Hey...........you gonna eat that?

@DitchPanda, normally I would, and I thought about it……. But I already have fish in the freezer so it got a reprieve 

51 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said:

@DitchPanda, normally I would, and I thought about it……. But I already have fish in the freezer so it got a reprieve 

Gotcha...I'm hoping to catch an early season cat this coming weekend. Alot of years we have ice still  now but I've already been out 4 times this year in open water chasing down panfish.

Yeah... I know it's only 28", but I spent six hrs fishing in a full blown 44 degree monsoon to catch it, plus six straight previous skunkings so, IT'S GETTING POSTED!!! 😂

33 minutes ago, T-Billy said:

but I spent six hrs fishing in a full blown 44 degree monsoon to catch it

 

You're a freaking machine.

 

3 minutes ago, gimruis said:

 

You're a freaking machine.

 

😂

@TnRiver46 So what did you do with the lamprey? The first one I caught hitchhiking on a bass I tried to smash with my foot. It didn't want to die that way so I had to resort to a knife. They have such nasty looking mouths with all those circular teeth.    

Great job Tim, I'd be super proud of that fish too......only the real ones fish in miserable conditions.  

5 minutes ago, AlabamaSpothunter said:

Great job Tim, I'd be super proud of that fish too......only the real ones fish in miserable conditions.  

Thanks Alex. I'm just happy to put one in the net. It's been super frustrating lately. That's my first muskie since 2/17. Six trips, around fish every trip with only a couple short strikes and a lost fish to show for it. 

 

2 hours ago, Dwight Hottle said:

@TnRiver46 So what did you do with the lamprey? The first one I caught hitchhiking on a bass I tried to smash with my foot. It didn't want to die that way so I had to resort to a knife. They have such nasty looking mouths with all those circular teeth.    

It came off the fish when I chucked it back in the water , very much alive. They give me the creeps haha