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Post by startingover on Apr 24, 2017 14:43:35 GMT -5
This one's hard to believe ( and I was there!!). Some of you may have seen my posts that I have recently got a boat after many years off and am fishing with my fiancé. You may also know I fished B.A.S.S. tournaments for years (though now looking more for stripers). Soo, I took her fishing a couple weeks ago, and believe it or not, this is the first bass she ever caught in her life!!! Bad part is she had no concept of how big a bass this really is and now doesn't understand why we don't catch these every time we go  And really bad news is I had no scale and no way to measure length before we released her, though it was surely a citation! I have both now!
Fat free shad slow cranking a main point... Would have posted earlier but just got set up to post pics. I'll do another post on my night fishing last week.
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greg
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Post by greg on Apr 24, 2017 15:06:04 GMT -5
Nice fish, now you have a fishing partner for life.
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Post by Red Bear on Apr 24, 2017 15:15:54 GMT -5
Wow, amazing catch. that bass has to be around 8-lbs give or take. i would guess. and probably around 25 inches...its a hell of a first bass, thats for sure...
the bass looks like a post spawn female, so that explains her being hungry. she may have been pushing 10-lbs with a belly full of eggs...
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johnr
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Post by johnr on Apr 24, 2017 15:18:15 GMT -5
You'll never live that one down. Every fishing trip from here on won't measure up. Ask me how I know lol.
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Post by drag4striper on Apr 24, 2017 15:41:46 GMT -5
You'll never live that one down. Every fishing trip from here on won't measure up. Ask me how I know lol. I know what you mean johnr. My lady friend's first striper while trolling lead core was 36" and she just has topped that one last week by 1/2 inch. Now it's citation or bust!
That's a great bass startingover. Congrats to your fiancé. Now you better get busy, might take a little while to top that one.
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Post by 31Airborne on Apr 25, 2017 5:36:55 GMT -5
What a great fish. You definitely know how to treat a lady. I'm w/ johnr - you're gonna have a tuff time living up to this.  |
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Post by startingover on Apr 25, 2017 9:17:58 GMT -5
thanks guys... She's also caught some stripers and I still need to post that report. See, MY big plan was get a starter boat, get her to catch some nice fish, and then work it out that we are having so much fun on the lake that we really need a bigger boat. The clear flaw in my plan was not accounting for woman's logic. In MY mind we could have more room and more enjoyment in a bigger boat. In HER mind "we're catching so many fish in this one why do we need a bigger boat?"  ugh...I really want to make the "wouldn't you like a bigger ring although there's nothing wrong with the on you have" argument...but that could cost me a bloody fortune!!
Guess we'll keep catching big fish in a little boat for a while.
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mike175
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Post by mike175 on Apr 25, 2017 21:13:39 GMT -5
Very nice fish and great way to get anyone interested in fishing.
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And really bad news is I had no scale and no way to measure length before we released her, though it was surely a citation! I have both now!
ugh...I really want to make the "wouldn't you like a bigger ring although there's nothing wrong with the on you have" argument...but that could cost me a bloody fortune!!