HOLY SHAMOLEY!!! What a Bass!!!!

I keep four rods and reels with 4 different lures.

I just was out there using the mower a bit, then picked up the Rapala Jointed J-7 lure rod.

I caught one maybe 8" and a pound. Then Shazam! I caught a maybe 16"-18" 3-4 pound lunker! His mouth was around 4" wide open!

I didn't have camera, and don't want to hurt/kill 'em. But this guy impressed me! What a fight!

Kinda cool having a stocked pond in the back yard eh?

cool joe i love to fish.man it is cool haveing stock pond .is there other kinds in it to?

A lot (well maybe not a lot if this bass means anything!) of standard Perch. And some Hybrid Big Mouth Perch.

Have caught all three on artificial, and Dad can whack perch any time with dead shrimp!

The swimming jointed lure works killer in some times of the day, and by slowly retrieving it making it wiggle across the surface. It is black over silver.

I have had some luck with a plastic purple worm too.

I have a fat swimming/diving in bright green and black that has never had strike.

So you're just like the people on TV, you throw them all back!

Uh yeah Geepondy, at this point in living here and having this ability, I do throw all back.

The big fun is in seeing if I can get them to hit the lures!

My oldest son and I were just killin' the rainbow trout yesterday (going again this morning!). They were anywhere from 8" to 18". We kept a few and had a trout/salmon combo supper yesterday evening.

One get's complacent at times. I got a chance to go back to Ohio last summer and do some bluegill fishing with my brother. Man were they fun on an ultra-light rig!! Had a very tasty fish fry with them too!

Though I certainly enjoy fishing for sea bass, halibut, flounder, ling cod, all 5 salmon species, char, trout (gee, what have I left out?)...I do miss fishing for bluegill, sunfish, perch, bass, stripers, walleye, etc...(once again gee, what have I left out?!).

Gotta love fishing early in the morning, the smell of the air, sound of the breeze through the leaves, birds singing, song of the loon, eagles flying around, seeing a cow moose with her twins, a bull moose with a full rack, an occasional bear...(and again gee, what have I left out!)!!!

Sounds like the little brother of the bass I catch!! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/hahaha.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/hahaha.gif I love fishing. It diffinitly one of the worlds greatest pastimes!!

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PlayboyJoeShmoe said:

I caught one maybe 8" and a pound. Then Shazam! I caught a maybe 16"-18" 3-4 pound lunker! His mouth was around 4" wide open!

Nice BAIT! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

"Of all the fishes in the seas,
my favorite is the Bass.
He LOVES to climb the seaweed trees
And slide down on his hands and knees."


Kinda cool having a stocked pond in the back yard eh?

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That's right, rub it in! My kid tells me when I go fishing that nothing but high explosives will work. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif

If your pond is overcrowded, the bass won't get very big.
But, if there are less bass, you won't catch them as often.

Decisions, decisions, decisions.

If you think that was fun, how would you like bringing in a 30 pound bass? /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif





I'll find the picture if I can!

Probably wouldn't be a whole lot harder then back in the days when we went offshore fishing for Kings and Lings, using Garcia 5000 and 6000 reels with 15lb or 18lb test line! 30-40 pounders were common.

The pond has been stocked by my Cousins Husband. There aren't but maybe 12 bass as of when he stocked it. There are a heck of a lot more Bluegill and Hybrids however!

If you have a 30lb Bass pic, DO SHARE!

30 pound bass?

Must be a striper or a stringed instrument.

Striper!......I do have the picture somewhere....I will find it!

Woohoo! I found it! Will scan the pics in!

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This is my dad. Here's his biggest:

35 1/2 inches and about 24 pounds



And here's mine....I was around the age of 11 at the time:

37 inches and just shy of 30 pounds!


(Yeah , my arms HURT after that one!)


Took about 10-15 minutes to get each of those guys in.....FUN!

MaxaBaker - NICE STRIPERS FOR SURE!! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbsup.gif

Caught these the other day in the Hudson river using sewing thread and a safety pin

(Just jealous because I hardly ever caught anything)

Brightnorm

Now that's the makin's of a "FISH FRY"!!

Nice Bait! Where's the Big 'Uns? /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/yellowlaugh.gif