Post Picture of Your First Fish of 2011

[bassbuster2011]

Well, as some of the other guys said, I am still fighting the 10-30 degree weather. We did have one day it was 52, but the lakes are still froze solid. Getting fishing fever. Cant wait to get out. You all had some good pics, congrats to all. Mine will be soon.

 

[You Know]

Went fishing this weekend with my dad. Was hoping to put him on some fish but im still new to the area and have only been fishing here a couple times before. Well not only was this the first fish of the year. Its the first fish out of my boat. And the only one so far. Any one fishing in the greater New Orleans area that can help me out with places to fish it would be greatly appreciated.

 

[FishyItch]

That might not be the biggest or most exciting fish, but what a pretty fish!

Congrats on the first fish out of your new boat.

 

[richg99]

to You Know....Maybe this will help..

https://sports.espn.go.com/outdoors/bassmaster/news/story?page=ProNews_MI_LACoast

Rich

 

[Captain Ahab]

=D> =D> =D> =D>

Awesome fish everyone

 

[Southern Young Gun]

Went fishing this weekend with my dad. Was hoping to put him on some fish but im still new to the area and have only been fishing here a couple times before. Well not only was this the first fish of the year. Its the first fish out of my boat. And the only one so far. Any one fishing in the greater New Orleans area that can help me out with places to fish it would be greatly appreciated.

Nice little shellcracker (redear sunfish) ya got there. about another year he will be a nice fish. I love catchin shellcracker and gills down here in Florida. Dont fish for em much cause im chasin crappie all year but i always find couple times a year to go and fill the freezer with em. here is a pic of a few shellies and crackers i caught in July.

 

[shamoo]

 

[You Know]

Well i got a wild hair and decided to walk to the pond on our property. There use to be a ton of perch and no one had fished it in about a year. I figured the perch would have taken over but there wasn't any to be seen. So I decided to throw a white beetle spin and see what i could pull out. Man was i surprised 6 little bass. So i guess my second "trip" went a little better.

All catch and release. The photos are in reverse order.

 

[DuraCraft]

I really like these fish photos! Y'all boys up north are hanging in there pulling them through the ice! I love that! Well, not bass here for me, but my first catch of the year - I can't really remember which one was the first of this group - limit here is 30 crappies per day:

 

[Quackrstackr]

Not my first of the year but it is my wife and daughter's firsts of the year. =D>

 

[bassassassin8]

Caught 2 more & a snot rocket this day too. This was like my 4th cast.

 

[fender66]

Not my first of the year but it is my wife and daughter's firsts of the year. =D>

Hey that's great Quacker.....especially with the family! =D>

Here's my first catch of the year. 2.64lb caught on a green pumpkin jig with craw trailer.

 

[BYOB Fishing]

Here are two of our largest bass from our first trip this year. Dad's was 3-9 and mine was 2-8. His was caught on a rootbeer chartreuse fat shad, and mine was caught on the bluegill fat shad.





Also, check out the BYOB facebook page. We've had a few folks post photos of their catches with BYOB lures.

Matt

 

[tadpole86]

Actually by 2nd and 3rd fish of the season but here are a couple decent size brookies from the maury river(goshen pass) in va. 16 inches is citation for brook trout here in va so these are decent size. They are a little shriveled because I went for a couple hours while my primer was drying on my boat and didnt take the pics til i got to fileting them that night.

 

[one100grand]

This was a team effort, my wife came out with me when I was using the cast net and we threw a couple of lines out with some large shiners I caught. This fish pulled the rod right out of her hands and into the water, thankfully this time we both had boots and she chased into the water after it...she caught the pole and fought the fish for a minute before shock set in and she didn't know what to do. She handed me the pole and I tried to hand it back, but she threatened to drop it #-o so I fought the fish for a couple of minutes and tried to convince her to finish the fight. Ultimately, she didn't have any interest and this kitty was landed. It was a pretty fun time catching this fish on 12 lb test and a medium action rod. I'm kind of thinking I might get stupid and buy a 6' light action rod and switch to 6 or 8# to catch these cats.

 

[acabtp]

Here's mine. First fish of the year, 2/3 through the ice, 17" pickerel

And here's the first fish of the open water season, 10"+ pre-spawn perch on 3/14

 

[S&MFISH]

Here's mine. A puny little 12 incher.Caught on a Green pumpkin Baby Brush Hog.

Then there is 2-3 and 4, much better. All 15+. All caught on a StrikeKing Sexy Shad square bill shallow diver.

 

[fender66]

Way to go Steve. My wife in down there right now. Says you've had one hell of a snow/sleet storm today. We're getting hit still. Probably 5 inches of snow already and it's still falling.

 

[richg99]

Congratulations....glad that you got out and did so well. Rich

 

[vanbc]

its been kinda cold and very wet sofar this year. But finnaly spring is here and its fishing time. Here is my first catch of 2011