paul.

great job man. sounds like a real good day. shame about that big one though. hopefully you'll get another crack at her.

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nah, i was just having a little fun buddy. i really didn't mean nothin' by it. i really don't think he was intentionally trying to mislead anybody. maybe he just got a little carried away with his word choice, using "constantly" and stuff like that. sounds like he's got a great place to fish so i'm sure he did catch some good 'uns. he's new and he seems o.k. to me so let's give him the benefit of the doubt. far as my fish go, i'm just blessed to have some good places to go. my fishin' is nothing special. thanks for your kind words though.

rob, i'll pretend i didn't read that. ;D j/k of course.

that sounds so boring. yawn............................. i agree. bass fishing is waaaaaaaay too easy. we are cursed with a drastic bass overpopulation problem - especially with those pesky huge ones. as a matter of fact, we really need to remove 3/4 of the bass population from the entire planet. maybe then at least it would be somewhat challenging. soon it will become so ridiculously simple to catch them that everyone will lose interest in fishing altogether. within a few generations, people will even forget how to fish. left unchecked, these previously stupid bass will grow to gargantuan proportions. they will gain superior intelligence, learn to survive outside of water, start eating humans, and eventually rule the world. then, in a crazy "planet of the apes" type scenario, they will fish for us........

you guys kill me. sounds like y'all always have fun. cool report.

man those are some good 'uns. especially that last one. total donk. way to go randall.

that's a good 'un for sure. congrats man.

sounds like a real good trip to me. you'll get that big 'un next time. way to go man.

and ol' dad even managed to get lucky and catch a nice fish himself.

here's the catfish. she had to help me out with this one. it was way too strong for me to reel in all by myself.

i am so pumped! i went with the young 'un today and boy did we ever whack 'em. the best part was that we accomplished my biggest bassin' goal for '08, a new pb for my favorite fishin' buddy. first we went after some bluegill and cats. she caught a bunch of gills and we tag teamed a nice channel, probably about 6 pounds. then (with a small assist from daddy), she got her biggest bass ever, a 6-0, beating her old pb by a pound. she was very excited about it too, and promptly named her lunker "swimmy" before releasing her. what a great day. hope y'all are catchin' some too. here's "swimmy".

that's a real nice one there dave. congrats buddy.

very, very nice jay. really pretty scenery. Mr. versatility.

y'all whacked 'em man. that's a great day of fishin' right there.

way to go buddy. you smoked 'em.

way to go bud. that's a great trip right there for sure. and just like you, the broncos are a force to be reckoned with.

yeah buddy! and on topwater too. that had to be the icing on the cake. way to go man.

13 lbs. 8 oz.

and here i sit saying.... well, i can't say anything actually 'cause i'm laughing too hard. o.k., composure regained now. way to show him how it's done man. i'm sure he'll always remember that professional instruction. : just kiddin' of course buddy. that is an excellent looking lake there. did y'all catch any? glad y'all got to go a little while.

way to go dave. glad you caught some and sounds like quite an adventure. i just gotta ask. is that your pb turtle?

man that's great. you have really slayed 'em in that lake. such a shame they're draining it. at least you will have some awesome memories.

way to go man. that's a good 'un for sure.

congrats and happy birthday. that's gotta be cool. nice bait man.

we've all heard it a thousand times. the old story of "one more cast" producing a lunker. well, this is actually a story of "two more casts". i went for a little while this afternoon to one of my favorite holes. didn't plan on spending very long unless the fish were biting 'cause i had some other things to do. spent a few minutes catching a few gills for bait first. then i set up in one of my favorite spots and went for almost an hour without so much as a sniff. "last cast", i thought as i chunked a small gill out on a suicide mission. i was just about to reel in when line starts peeling of my little spinning reel. didn't take long after the hookset to see it was only a small fish, about 1.5 pounds. but experience has taught me that having a fish on and fighting (particulary when using live bait) is a good time to watch closely to see if there are other fish in the area. not only that, but many times it seems that watching one of their comrades eat will sometimes turn on other fish nearby. i cannot tell you how many times while fishing with gills i have gone from skunked to full blown feeding frenzy after the first fish commits, even though it seemed like forever to get the first one. so i took my time and watched the bass' runs and contortions in the semi-clear water. then i saw her! a sure enough good 'un come up and start following my little one. but this lunker was more than just curious, she was hungry! i watched in absolute disbelief as this brute of a bass tried to make lunch out of the 1 1/2 pounder on my line. she viciously attacked and halfway swallowed my little bass head first in in a split second and just took off. i knew there was no way i could catch her like this though and i gave as sharp a tug as i dared with the spinning outfit and 10 lb. test and fortunately got her to spit my poor bass out. after unhooking and releasing the little one, which now sports a nice ring of teeth marks around it, i reached in my bucket quickly and grabbed the biggest gill in there and baited up. chunked it out and in a flash she comes up and annihilates it! i saw the whole thing and it was beyond cool. i dropped the hammer and the fight was on with the drag singing that old sweet song. she was so strong that i barely kept this fish out of a stick up about 25 yards away from where i first hooked her. but i finally wore her out and put her on the scales. 8-3! a real good fish for sure, and a story i'll always remember. it definitely pays to watch closely when you are fighting a fish. you just never know what might happen. hope y'all are catchin' some too.