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Author:
flukeprodigy
Date:
Apr 24, 2008
Subject:
NEW PB LARGEMOUTH!!!!!
Message:
So i was lucky enough to fish the "secret pond/lake" for about an hour last night. Things were going slow (only caught 25 bass in an about 75 mins) Yes, that's honestly a slow night up there. Brief background...it's a private pond/lake, spring fed from the bottom, crystal clear and 70ft deep in the middle. I'll give one hint only...from the boat house , you can see all the way to Torrington which is about 15 miles or more away. So
I weeded through about 10 fish in the 3-5lb range and me and my buddy decided to row the canoe to one last spot near the boat house b/c it was getting dark. I see this down tree hanging from the bank and protruding about 20 ft into the lake. The water below it was probably about 2-7ft deep as there's a slight ledge there. So i make what was honestly the best cast i've ever made into the limbs w/ a rapala husky jerkbait. One twitch and my rod gets bent over. This beast just absolutely unloaded on it. I battle him for a minute or two (thank god for shimano calcuttas w/ 20lb braid), then finally wench him back to the boat. That's when we saw just how big it was. I was prepared for him though b/c the last time I went up there and caught my PB, i had a crappy scale and a crappy camera. This time I had 2 scales in my bag, 1 was a boga, another a berkley that I use as a backup as well as 2 cameras. By the time I boated the beast it was dark out so the shots from my camera sucked. The ones my buddy got were pretty good. The official tally..... Berkely scale read 9lbs 3oz. while the boga came in w/ 8lbs 14oz. While i'd like to go w/ the higher number obviously, the boga is much more accurate imo. Before anyone starts w/ the naysaying, keep in mind how big a guy I am. (6'2, 250lbs) My hands are big enough to palm a basketball and if you notice, I couldn't fit em around the tail. My buddy had the idea to hold the fish while I took a pic of him w/ it b/c he's a lot thinner than I am. I think those pics are a bit more accurate yet still don't do the fish justice. After snapping some pics, it was back in the water for the fish to fight another day. I can honestly say this is the ONLY fish that made my hands shake from the adrenalin rush. If any of you guys hunt , it was like that feeling of getting a nice deer in your sites and your heart just races like a lab rat on viagra. I think I may have convinced my buddy to make this a weekly thing so hopefully I'll have reports this year of an even bigger fish. I'm convinced it could very well hold a state record for both bass and pickeral. Unfortunately it's private, not on any maps or GPS and VERY POSTED. Put it this way...if anyone drove up there, they'd be arrested for trespassing before they got a line in the water. I'm extremely lucky to have a friend who's parents live up there so every now and again i'll get to fish there. Well hope you enjoy the pics. I'm sure there's gonna be at least one or two ppl who doubt it and that's fine.
Me with the fish
[img:d638960f70]http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z26/dissumtightshit/Fishing%2008/8-14LMB.jpg[/img:d638960f70]
2 shots of my buddy holding the same fish.
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[img:d638960f70]http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z26/dissumtightshit/Fishing%2008/Untitled2.jpg[/img:d638960f70]
Author:
ploplopfizzfizz
Date:
Apr 24, 2008
Message:
Do u get the Measurements before you let her go.That would be a nice fish for the trophy room.
Great Catch
Author:
Bass Addict
Date:
Apr 24, 2008
Message:
holy crap. Dude, if you ever need a fishing partner for that lake lets me know. Nice catch. :lol:
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