My father in law went out over the weekend and brought home some beauties! He says he caught over 70 fish - many of them keepers! Here's some of the good ones!


My father in law posing with my niece, Abby.
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Abby holding the biggest one (with help from her daddy).
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He's been doing very well using those little shad lookin' baits - Big Baby Minus one's or something like that.

NIce....she is cracking me up in the last pic......looks not so sure.....lol.....

those are great fish great pics to

Thank you!

Bam, she went from this:
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to this:
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to this in a heartbeat!
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Her daddy wanted her to hold it by the mouth, and she just didn't want to cuz of the ridges/teeth.

lol.....she really puts on the sad face huh....lol

Yep, up in the grass is where they are hitting. Any bait that mimicks a dying shad up in the grass (downwind) is perfect. Good luck!

Have you all noticed the difference in the color of fish from crab.....wow look at that!!!

I bet them tasted real good. I guess your father in law doesn't tournament fish! Try eating a crappie and turning these bass back so we can catch them again!
True bass fisherman practice Catch and Release!

True fishermen and women ;) also feed their families sometimes too though....:rolleyes:

I bet them tasted real good. I guess your father in law doesn't tournament fish! Try eating a crappie and turning these bass back so we can catch them again!
True bass fisherman practice Catch and Release!
I had the same look as the little one did and the same thought...LOL

True fishermen and women ;) also feed their families sometimes too though....:rolleyes:
um eat some little one's LOL, I don't keep them but thats just me, I fish with a fella that keeps a few for he and his wife to eat and I guess we are a sight in the boat as I catch one and show him then throw it back, he is cussing me for it, LOL then he catches one and puts it in the live well to eat and I am cussing him, LOL..... we do more cussing at each other than fishin I think, Hmmmm, maybe thats why we really go?! The old man sure is fun to fish with tho! to each their own, right. But the little 3/4 to 1# ones are better tasting....LMAO!

Im not saying we eat them..check out my catch and release posts........I can post some for you all but Im just saying that I know a few folkz that are on fixed income and go fishing to have meat in the freezer just like alot of us do with the deer.......2 or 3 deer might feed a family for a long time....2 or 3 fish won't.........lol......

My FIL is a "true bass fisherman" and does practice catch and release. In fact, he rarely brings any fish home. But twice a year, we do a big family fish fry and we like bass, so he brought those home specifically for us to eat. And in case it needed clarification - he didn't bring home all 70! LOL!

And the two fishes pictured were the two biggest ones (they make the best pics, after all)- the other few he brought home were the littler guys, and let me tell you - they all tasted just as good.

I bet them tasted real good. I guess your father in law doesn't tournament fish! Try eating a crappie and turning these bass back so we can catch them again!
True bass fisherman practice Catch and Release!

Uh some people fish not so YOU can win $$$. This seems to be a growing problem w/ our sports... Trophy only mentality will in the end hurt the hunting and fishing for future generations...

These were caught on a public lake to a person who paid for the right to catch and do with what they please w/ legal fish.

I love crappie too, but a Largemouth is a member of the sunfish family, and they taste mighty good too...

Since I have never in my entire life limited out on bass (or any other game fish for that matter) I doubt the few I keep will hurt trophy fishing anyway. What we do keep we also eat.