Winter Freshwater Challenge ~Official Thread~

[skeeter944]

nice bass! WTG! i think 20.5'' is good,thats a nice bass!

[islandflyfisher]

Thanks. My dad and I were showing his friend's kid some things about fishing. We told him how this rock pile that dropped off looked good. I caught two fish, including that nice one off it.

[The Bateman]

That's a beauty! Looks like she may get heavier before the spawn.

[islandflyfisher]

Some of the fish down here are spawning. Both Largemouth and Peacock. The warmer weather this year, I guess. I couldn't see the fish, but two flips in the same area produced that fish and a smaller one, so it may have been spawning.

[texasbasser]

they are just starting spawn here.

[islandflyfisher]

Today's Totals:
2 peacock on fly
2 peacock on zara spook
1 largemouth on senko

Biggest fish of the day- 17" 2.5 pound peacock on zara spook.

[The Bateman]

Got a skinny 5 lb 11 oz bass today. My total was 24, total for the three of us was 55. Several in the 2 1/2 - 4 1/2 pound range. Got on one spot in 12 feet where we got 8 on after another!

[islandflyfisher]

Nice Fish!

[Christopherkeene9]

Nice fish guys and WTG.

I'm gonna go through all of the ones I haven't measured and update the leader board.

Capt. Jim I know its not specified in the rules but I cannot allow fish caught by your charter to count. PM me if you have any questions or concerns on this.

Christopher

[skeeter944]

wow bateman! nice bass!

[Capt_Jim]

I mentioned I only drove the boat that day to let you guys know I in fact did not catch any of those. That way they would not count.

The only fish I weigh in are the ones I personally catch.

No Problem.

[islandflyfisher]

I caught 13 fish total today. They were all largemouths and all on worms.
6 on senkos
a few on 7.5 inch culprits - dark blue or red shad
I ripped off a piece of a 7.5 inch culprit to make it about 6 inches and caught the rest on that, including my two biggest fish of the day. They liked the smaller worm.

I caught 8 at the first spot. I changed my line, and for the first time used cajun red cast. I caught 5 on senkos between 1 and 1 1/2 pounds while testing it out in the canal behind my house.

2 pounds 1 ounce



2 pounds 2 ounces

[islandflyfisher]

Slow day of fishing today. There was an algae bloom at my favorite local lake. It must have happened quickly. I was there six days ago, and I didn't see anything. Now it is on both sides of the lake- more on one side than the other though.
3 fish-all peacocks
1 on zara spook
1 on rapala shad rap
1 on fly

[skeeter944]

cool! WTG!

[Jay413]

Where do you live Islandflyfisher? Sounds like fishing heaven!

[islandflyfisher]

I live in South Florida.

1 backyard largemouth today, and lost another.

[texasbasser]

hey chris, next time you run one of these tournys, can ya make grass carp availible lol?

[islandflyfisher]

I saw some today in my backyard. What do you guys catch them on? We use bread in my neighborhood. I want to get one on fly, but they are pretty smart.

[texasbasser]

I caught this one on spinnerbait foul hooked. Some people use craw patterns, let them sit on the bottom and slowely move them so it picks up silt, then the carp " take it" i'd like to see that happen lol.

[islandflyfisher]

Get a couple pieces of bread. Break one piece up and let the medium size pieces float on the surface. Put one on and let it float in the middle. The carp will come up, and open their mouth above the water and eat it. I only do this when I know their is carp around. It takes some patience. If you cast at them, they will spook. You have to wait for them to come to you, and let them take the bait if the eat. If you set to early, you will probably miss the fish. PM me if you have any questions, or if you are goung to try this method of carp fishing.

[Capt_Jim]

Went out with a couple pastor friends and did pretty well.

Only one nice one however.

22" five pounds..

[texasbasser]

Originally Posted by islandflyfisher

Get a couple pieces of bread. Break one piece up and let the medium size pieces float on the surface. Put one on and let it float in the middle. The carp will come up, and open their mouth above the water and eat it. I only do this when I know their is carp around. It takes some patience. If you cast at them, they will spook. You have to wait for them to come to you, and let them take the bait if the eat. If you set to early, you will probably miss the fish. PM me if you have any questions, or if you are goung to try this method of carp fishing.

yea, I have carp fished for years. I used to fish this pond with the same thing you are talking about and caught a bunch, until some guy bought the land and put fences up I have tried fisihng like this in my ponds, but they just dont work.

[islandflyfisher]

I caught 4 fish today.
1 peacock on shad rap
3 largemouth on senkos

My friend and I put in my boat today to test out my depth finder. I got the peacock before we put the boat in. All of my bass were about 1 1/2 pounds.

I saw this fish on my depth finder as I was going by slowly. I took a cast and...


My friend got this bass on a tree because of the new depth finder.


Before the day was over we landed this double header near the boat ramp. I called my mom to drive over for the picture, and we kept the fish in the net for a few minutes.

[skeeter944]

WTG! nice fish! sounds like yall had a good time.

[The Bateman]

Went out to look for a good spot to fish some large shiners my son caught for our saturday trip. I worked the drop offs and got a boatload of dinks. . Trolled the deeper water, (12-18), and found some larger. Tried slow drifting small swim baits, and started scoring nicer fish. Biggest today was 3 lbs. Hopefully tomorrow, I'll be able to post some bigger fish!