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...using a 4" swimbait. I thought these were supposed to weed out the little ones.
Here's another fish, a little bigger, but still....
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Cool bait. I bet it casts a mile.
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Nice! I haven't had a chance to really use my spro!
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I was with Curly once when I caught a 5" white perch with a 7" lure.....hungry bugger!
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bass have eyes that are bigger than their stomachs sometimes. I just got a big 7" 1.8oz swimbait that I am hoping will weed out the runts.
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Dominion Dan wrote:
I just got a big 7" 1.8oz swimbait that I am hoping will weed out the runts.
You may need one of my catfish rods to throw that beast!
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I can throw it on one of my flipping sticks. You don't really cast them, you just lob them
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btw, mudkart, did that second fish's wound seem fresh? it looks like the hooks from your bait might have ripped a little gash in the fish's mouth?
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Dominion Dan wrote:
btw, mudkart, did that second fish's wound seem fresh? it looks like the hooks from your bait might have ripped a little gash in the fish's mouth?
I couldn't say, the second fish was hooked with only one hook of the treble just as you can see in the photo. I didn't have to rip it out or anything after landing it, but, anything goes during the fight and of course I couldn't tell what exactly was going on underwater. It could have been caught recently: this place gets mondo pressure and fish in this size range have been biting there lately.
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Dominion Dan wrote:
bass have eyes that are bigger than their stomachs sometimes. I just got a big 7" 1.8oz swimbait that I am hoping will weed out the runts.
Based on they way the fish wanted this Spro retrieved, I can see an MS Slammer in the very, very near future. What did you get?
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I think sometimes fishing braid with treble hooks can lead to tearing if you set the hook really hard on em.
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Dominion Dan wrote:
I think sometimes fishing braid with treble hooks can lead to tearing if you set the hook really hard on em.
No hooksets involved here. Just maintain a tight line.
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I used to cut hooks off trebles but that changes the action (and Curly always gave me grief). But now I am starting to bend one of the hooks in. I hate trebles.
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