Author Topic: My Turn to Report 5/10/16  (Read 3672 times)

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My Turn to Report 5/10/16
« on: May 11, 2016, 02:23:45 PM »
Day started off on the wrong foot. Left my rod at home. When I left work, I nearly forgot my bait.

Made the trip home and joined my family at our local spot for dinner and to toast the memory of a family friend.

Got to the beach and saw fairly clean water and much smaller surf than expected. Tom joined me and we got set up.

Well, in three casts I lost two rigs, a problem compounded by leaving my headlight in the car.

As I re rigged repeatedly, Tom was getting some pretty good bites but nothing stuck.

My rod was silent do I kept moving around until I settled down in a decent spot.

I finally got a few bites, and one finally stuck.



Bites kept coming but it was getting late. We decided to call it a night.

As I rinsed my knife and cutting board I get bit. Throw my stuff to the ground and its on.

Lots of fun surface thrashing results in this guy.



68 inches. Not big, but fun.

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Re: My Turn to Report 5/10/16
« Reply #1 on: May 11, 2016, 02:54:58 PM »
At least pros our weighed the cons Steve!  I wish I knew of a place up here that had big bass like that!
Sounds like the 7 fought really well too  :)
Also, those are great pics!  I need to get a real camera to take with me...

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Re: My Turn to Report 5/10/16
« Reply #2 on: May 11, 2016, 03:28:02 PM »
Was it less weedy than Saturday? Different locale right?

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Re: My Turn to Report 5/10/16
« Reply #3 on: May 11, 2016, 03:37:20 PM »
Those pics came from Tom's new phone.  Pretty darn nice.

I was enjoying the conditions weed wise after the last few trips. Funny how quickly they move in and out of a zone.


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Re: My Turn to Report 5/10/16
« Reply #4 on: May 11, 2016, 04:24:49 PM »
That's a cute one! Much better than the 2 GIANT hold-fasts I caught. I also lost 2 rigs :( 
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Re: My Turn to Report 5/10/16
« Reply #5 on: May 11, 2016, 05:25:14 PM »
Not the biggest but that's still cool.

I'm sure you went home happy.

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Re: My Turn to Report 5/10/16
« Reply #6 on: May 11, 2016, 05:56:20 PM »
It just looks small because Squatch is standing beside it!

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Re: My Turn to Report 5/10/16
« Reply #7 on: May 11, 2016, 06:08:29 PM »
You guys are getting 'er done, congrats...........V
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Re: My Turn to Report 5/10/16
« Reply #8 on: May 11, 2016, 06:17:49 PM »
So, that bass was 68"?  I would say it was a goodnight fishing considering the obstacles you faced.

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Re: My Turn to Report 5/10/16
« Reply #9 on: May 11, 2016, 06:58:50 PM »
Good fishing. Could have been great if I could have got one of my bigger hits hooked up long enough to Beach.
Glad the high confidence rig worked out for you.
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Re: My Turn to Report 5/10/16
« Reply #10 on: May 12, 2016, 07:31:04 AM »
Wow Steve, That is a hog Bass!! Congrats! You had a rough go at first, that ended nicely!!  8)

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Re: My Turn to Report 5/10/16
« Reply #11 on: May 12, 2016, 10:36:32 AM »
Beautiful lunker bass and smaller 7!  :D

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Re: My Turn to Report 5/10/16
« Reply #12 on: May 12, 2016, 11:17:03 AM »
Nice job Steve! We are certainly racking up the sharks so far this year. We went out last night and nabbed 2, 81" and 83".

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Re: My Turn to Report 5/10/16
« Reply #13 on: May 13, 2016, 11:32:01 AM »
Rad.   8) 8) 8) 8) 8)
GET OUT AND GET BIT..