Live From The Water

[WNYBuckHunter]

In the past we have had this as a year by year thread, but now we will just have this one that will run continuously! Post up all of your fishing adventures in real time, and see what others are up to in this thread!

[chrisw]

Good bites lately, I love the fall fishing.

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[airedale]

Nice catch, some good eating right there.

Al

[WNYBuckHunter]

Awesome Chris! I gotta get out on a walleye bite one of these days. Just gotta drag myself away from chasing those smallies lol. 

[chrisw]

Awesome Chris! I gotta get out on a walleye bite one of these days. Just gotta drag myself away from chasing those smallies lol. 

I hear you, smallies are more fun for fighting purposes, but not for eating! Oneida will be getting better and better right into November.

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[Arcade Hunter]

Nice fish Chris

[WWJD_Hunter]

Went to Pulaski this weekend and skip the bow opener. 

[Enigma]

Fishing and crabbing on the Choptank river in MD this past weekend. Rough going with a hard wind. I now understand the literal meaning of "hitting the deck". 

My first striper.

[Enigma]

Set a couple of pots and ran a trot line. The wind kicked our butts again Saturday. Lots of small crabs but enough keepers for dinner.

[chrisw]

Another good morning.

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[chrisw]

And another...

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[airedale]

You have had some great weather for it, nice catch!

Al

[wolc123]

Yesterday was my best fishing day of the year.  About a dozen smallmouth total, from 12-20” including this fat 19 incher that put up the “fight of the year”.  I was surprised that the water is still warm enough, for them to pull like that. 

The smallmouth bass population is down a bit, in this small Adirondack lake, since I started fishing it about 10 years ago.  There were too many bass in here back then.  They are looking much healthier these days. 

I let all the smallies go yesterday, because the lake population seems just about perfect now, and we have plenty of fish at home in the freezer.  

Another good thing about yesterday is that I caught them all, plus three “bonus”, 10”-12-1/2”  perch on the same  1/8 oz hand tied bucktail jig.  A day or two prior, I lost (9) jigs to catch (10) bass.  I kept the perch to fillet for my mother in law.  She’s been feeding me good all week and she really likes those.  

 

Im now down to about 1/2 dozen 1/8 oz jigs.  Good thing today is looking like my last day of fishing and I already have two deer tails at home to make some more over the winter.  I’ll also have (5) more deer tags, that I may or may not punch yet this year.  

I caught a few bass on coyote tail jigs this week, but they didn’t seem to work quite as good as the buck tails.  
 

The second best fishing day up here this year was an overcast day, over the Fourth of July weekend, when they were hitting all day long on a topwater bait (Zara puppy).  None of the long, strong fatties like yesterday though.  They were all thin and under 15”:

 

 

 

[ANTLERS]

Nice grouper, 30 miles offshore in the gulf off of Tampa. Out of season unfortunately but snapped a photo and put him back to fight another day.

[airedale]

Groupers look like giant Bass, congrats.

Al

[ANTLERS]

On 3/15/2024 at 11:05 AM, airedale said:

Groupers look like giant Bass, congrats.

Al

Yes they do. Got this big guy Monday, 37” and 20 lbs. broke my heart to release it but it lives to fight another day.