Post a photo a day!

[A-Jay]

20 hours ago, NorcalBassin said:

Dogs are never allowed on the furniture, so they're thrilled she's home from college 😆

But those HEADS are HUGE !

I like it.

A-Jay

[RipzLipz]

1 hour ago, TnRiver46 said:

@RipzLipz, I’m in Toledo and seeing those fox squirrels everywhere! 

Probably pretty cold up there, no? Just turned off cold where I’m located (just south of Indy) right after Xmas. I noticed the neighborhood squirrels feeding more heavily when the weather got colder. They seem to do quite a bit of eating & sleeping. I’m not sure how far south they are but I know north of here, mostly MI & WI that I’ve noticed, have some grays (I think) & foxes with black fur. Will dig up a pic of what I believe was a black colored gray squirrel I saw a few years ago when up near Traverse City, MI one June.

59 minutes ago, AlabamaSpothunter said:

what is the breed

25 minutes ago, gimruis said:

The white one in the back I am not sure of.

As @TnRiver46 stated as I was typing my typical long-winded response, likely a retriever of some sort, given the head shape. All big baybees.

 

All the dog pics make me quickly say to myself, "You wanna go outside?" in an excited manner. I love getting dogs riled up & happy.

[TnRiver46]

@RipzLipz, yeah it’s cold but not terrible, it was snowing when I left TN so not much different except the wind. 
 

I spend a decent amount of time in Michigan and take photos of the black squirrels and people think I’m crazy haha

[RipzLipz]

@TnRiver46 These might be fox squirrels - hard to tell for sure. I just remember their statures weren’t quite as big as most fox squirrels I see. I’ve traveled around the Detroit area for my job quite a bit as well as having spent many weeks in northern WI & have seen much larger black squirrels but these were built more like grays.

 

[TnRiver46]

I think all the black ones are also fox squirrels but I could be wrong, we have none at home 

[RipzLipz]

@TnRiver46 There are also mottled looking fox squirrels in the southeast - mixture of orange/red, black, white & gray. Pretty cool how those colors are isolated to certain areas. I see some color variation locally but it’s usually limited to lighter & darker of their typical rusty color. Quite a few blondes & most of that coloration are females. Currently have one juvenile that’s blonde but she won’t have anything to do with me.

[AlabamaSpothunter]

Here in Alabama we have three types, two of which I see often in the backyard.....The Grey and Southern Flying Squirrel, however the Fox Squirrels are significantly south of me in central Alabama.

Saw my first Fox Squirrels back in May fishing in South Alabama at a Bass Ranch.  

[RipzLipz]

@AlabamaSpothunter We have reds, grays, flying & fox. Flying squirrels are more nocturnal, IIRC. I’ve yet to see one of those. Reds are super aggressive & smaller than both grays & fox. I never saw a red around here until I was working from home during the pandemic. Much fewer in number by my house. There’s maybe 4-6 in total. They’re much more difficult to keep up with - like little rockets running through the trees & can jump like Spider-man. Sound like little squeaky toys when they get riled up.

[slonezp]

1 hour ago, TnRiver46 said:

@RipzLipz, yeah it’s cold but not terrible, it was snowing when I left TN so not much different except the wind. 
 

I spend a decent amount of time in Michigan and take photos of the black squirrels and people think I’m crazy haha

You don't have black squirrels in TN?

[NorcalBassin]

3 hours ago, AlabamaSpothunter said:

Those have to be two of the biggest puppers I've seen, what is the breed, and how much do they weigh?  

 

2 hours ago, gimruis said:

My assumption is St. Bernard. The white one in the back I am not sure of.

 

2 hours ago, TnRiver46 said:

I believe the white dog in the back is a golden retriever, my wife wants one so bad (I do too but don’t tell her that) 

Yep! 2 St Bernards and a golden retriever. She's 150 (on the left) and he's down to about 190 (used to be >200 but I've backed down his food a bit to decease the stress on the old fella's joints).

[TnRiver46]

46 minutes ago, slonezp said:

You don't have black squirrels in TN?

Negative. First time I saw one in Michigan I was chasing it with a camera 😂. I now realize they are quite common and see them all the time up there . At home We have grey squirrels and flying squirrels and on the top of the higher elevation mountains (say maybe 3,000 ft and above) there are red jimmy’s 

 

and I’m guessing we all have chipmunks 

[AlabamaSpothunter]

TWO HUNDRED POUND DOG 😲

 

400lbs of dogs to feed, Elon Musk indeed 🤣

[NorcalBassin]

On 1/2/2024 at 8:22 PM, AlabamaSpothunter said:

TWO HUNDRED POUND DOG 😲

400lbs of dogs to feed, Elon Musk indeed 🤣

It's why I can't post in the latest tackle purchase thread anymore. 😎

[BigAngus752]

This is Ronnie Van Zant.  I swiped this from a Skynyrd page.  The post claims that Ronnie had it mounted and put it in his living room.  Dude loved to fish and has a park with a small lake named after him. Is my mind playing tricks, or is that a B.A.S.S. hat he's wearing?

 

[12poundbass]

Someone has been busy!

 

 

[gim]

Why did the turkeys cross the road?

 

 

[KP Duty]

Big ass Oklahoma Rock Bass (goggle eye).  This isn't me...I've never caught one over 13".

 

[A-Jay]

Rock Bass ?

Looks like a Smallmouth Bass to me.

And a pretty nice one at that.

A-Jay

[KP Duty]

It might be.  If so, they mislabeled the pic.  

[gim]

Uhhh ya that ain’t no rock bass.

[MN Fisher]

He did say 'Oklahoma rock bass'....

 

Everyone knows Oakies are a little strange...

 

Nice fish

[TnRiver46]

It’s always a good laugh when you call a drum an Alabama smallmouth as well. Although Friday I caught several in a row and wore the joke out 😂 

[12poundbass]

My son and I went with my friend yesterday to help him set beaver traps (see above pictures of their handy work). He just found this place last week and was raving about it Friday night. When I saw it I was drooling! We don’t have flooded timber like you southerners do so I thought I was in heaven! Unfortunately after looking at satellite photos and doing a little research on this place it was made by the DNR and almost completely dries up in the summer so no bass. I pictured myself pitching jigs all day to all that wood hoping for a giant bass. Oh well, it’s still a cool place off the beaten path.

 

 

[BigAngus752]

22 minutes ago, 12poundbass said:

When I saw it I was drooling!

So interesting the difference in geography and bass fishing.  This looks like a huge headache to me.  Nearly every lake around me for hundreds of miles is man-made.  Let me tell you something about this pic and what you imagined...will there be bass in there?  Heck yes.  Will you find them?  If the stars align.  You are right that you would pitch jigs all day long.  And out of 300 trees you'll find 2 that the bass like for some stupid reason that no one except a bass could possibly know.  This pic just looks like more anxiety-inducing thumps on my lower unit. 

 

Sounds like I need to drag my boat up north so I can run it wide open until the tank is dry for the first time ever!  LOL

[12poundbass]

@BigAngus752 I’m drooling because all our lakes a old muck bottom, soup bowls, with no standing timber, at least the ones around me. I’m envious of the flooded waters and cypress trees that are down south. I’d envy it until of hit a stump and destroy my lower unit. 😂