Your first fish of 2019

[Quillback]

Let's see the pics!

I am planning on going tomorrow, I'll take a pic of the first one I catch, whatever the size or species.

[Ham]

Not large, but my first of the year. 

[Bushbeater]

These girls don't care if it's cold. Still fight hard. 2 made dinner last night. Curiously they both had eggs.

[snagged in outlet 3]

I’ll be out tomorrow. 

[MrGiggles]

It's still swimming, came down with the flu on Monday, and have been super busy at work.

Thinking I'm over the hump now, might make it out this weekend.

[Johnsfolly]

Haven't gone out yet in 2019. We're heading back to MO today. May try for some creek micros this week. Planning on heading to Bennett's on Friday. So it will likely be either a darter or a trout😁. Or a sculpin.

[snagged in outlet 3]

Went this morning to a 70 acre lake in IL.  Pulled in to see mud water and the coves were covered in ice.  Water temp in the 30's.  Notta bite.  Weather was nice😀 but I would trade bad weather for a decent bite.  Probably have to head to Taney.

[Quillback]

Well, here is my first and only fish so far for 2019.  12" largemouth from Beaver lake.  Fished hard for 5 hours and that guy was it, maybe had 3 other bites that ticked the bait then dropped it right away.  Beautiful day, water looked good, but it had come up about a foot and a half in the last couple of days and maybe that put the fish off.

[nomolites]

Had to try out the new fly rod... 2019 first on an olive wooly; picked up a handful more before some midges started to come off and after a number of offerings finally caught a couple on a #20 BWO...went back to a black wooly and picked up a couple more before heading to the house.

Mike

[Johnsfolly]

23 hours ago, Ham said:

Not large, but my first of the year. 

Nice one Ham. I know you caught quite few more.