Catch of the day [Fishing]

[Giles]

Popped out at 5AM this morning to catch the tide with a French pal.  It's very late in the season for lure fishing for Bass, so we went, more with hope than expectation.

Guilhem had a nice one, we were made up…..

[Giles]

And I had a baby…...

[jordanscollected]

Great catches @Giles. Fall fishing can be hit or miss here in MN but the fall colors make even a tough day worth it.

[Clint_D]

Finally put a decent yellowfin on deck last night - 98.7 lbs. I had already cut the loins on the other side before I remembered that I hadn't taken a picture.

[Giles]

Now that is a fish….....

[Clint_D]

The guys out here have caught 3 tunas >100 lbs within the last week, this was the largest at 144 lbs:

[Giles]

Tactics?

[Clint_D]

Just using large topwater poppers attempting to mimic the flying fish.  Where we fish from is ~40' above the water line so we've got a pretty good vantage point and we can spot when the tunas are chasing flying fish and we'll try to place the popper in it's path.  I was using a 200mm Yo Zuri Bull Pop and the tuna just inhaled it, you can barely see the head of the popper in it's mouth in the pic.  Also, if I'm not mistaken, the tunas are heading towards warmer water to spawn so there's been plenty around the ship over the last month or so.

[Giles]

That's a big fish to catch on stand up popping gear (I'm assuming you don't have a fighting chair welded to the platform  ). Congrats….

[Clint_D]

Haha, no fighting chair here    Thanks!

[Chap]

[Giles]

Popped out at dawn with a mate for some fishing casting practice…

[Giles]

Popped out at dawn with Rob.

He caught, I didn't.  But in reality catching Bass on lures on days when you have to scrape the ice off your car before leaving the house is a triumph of hope over experience..

[Giles]

That's me, not catching 

[scooter]

It's undoubtedly been said before, but should be repeated:

A bad day at fishing is better than a good day at work, any day !

[Matty123]

Caught 5 today. This was the average size about 15”. Got a nice 20” fish in the dark but no
Pics. Only a couple days of fishing left.

[Giles]

Congrats…

[Matty123]

@Giles:

Congrats…

I know it’s not Much but I don’t get much fishing in anymore cuz of

[Matty123]

Night shift

[Giles]

Well done Matty.

I have just bought the wherewithal to target Perch.

This is now my winter challenge….