stanlje2 Posted February 13, 2013 Posted February 13, 2013 Caught this 9-6 today in 6-8ft of water. Rocky point with water temps hovering just above 50 deg. Caught her on a 2in shad rap. My new personal best! UPDATE: Just for the record, she was released immediately after the picture was taken and she was weighed. It takes a long time for a fish to grow to that size and I feel much better knowing I could catch her again one day versus seeing her on the wall. 1 Quote
Super User Tuckahoe Joe Posted February 13, 2013 Super User Posted February 13, 2013 Awesome fish man...congrats! Quote
Global Moderator Bluebasser86 Posted February 13, 2013 Global Moderator Posted February 13, 2013 Very nice fish on a little bait! What rod/reel/line were you using? Quote
Super User K_Mac Posted February 13, 2013 Super User Posted February 13, 2013 Beautiful fish. It looks like you crushed your old PB with this big girl. Well done! Quote
Super User Shane J Posted February 13, 2013 Super User Posted February 13, 2013 Congrats on the hawg! Quote
quanjig Posted February 13, 2013 Posted February 13, 2013 You know what they say, elephants still eat peanuts! Quote
Super User A-Jay Posted February 13, 2013 Super User Posted February 13, 2013 Congratulations ~ ! That's a Trophy For Sure . . . A-Jay Quote
Super User 00 mod Posted February 13, 2013 Super User Posted February 13, 2013 Awesome catch! Congrats! Jeff Quote
Super User Darren. Posted February 13, 2013 Super User Posted February 13, 2013 Wow! Fantastic! Congrats. Quote
WartownBassin Posted February 13, 2013 Posted February 13, 2013 awesome catch congrats on the new PB Quote
Super User MCS Posted February 13, 2013 Super User Posted February 13, 2013 Great fish congrats! Quote
Super User Bankbeater Posted February 13, 2013 Super User Posted February 13, 2013 A cold weather PB! Congrats! Quote
Super User Dwight Hottle Posted February 13, 2013 Super User Posted February 13, 2013 Sweet. Congrats on the new pb. Quote
Super User BassinLou Posted February 13, 2013 Super User Posted February 13, 2013 Great fish. Congrats on your new PB. Quote
BassmanDan Posted February 14, 2013 Posted February 14, 2013 That's a beautiful NC Hawg...great start to the season and we haven't even made it to March yet! Congratulations! Quote
stanlje2 Posted February 14, 2013 Author Posted February 14, 2013 Very nice fish on a little bait! What rod/reel/line were you using? I caught her on a 7' 6" Duckett cranking rod with a Lews Tournament speed spool 5.4:1 spooled with 12lb Trilene 100% Fluorocarbon. Thanks for all the congrats guys! Couldn't ask for a better start to the year! Quote
stanlje2 Posted February 14, 2013 Author Posted February 14, 2013 Te shad rap was actually 2.5 inches long. I noticed I left the .5 off in my original post. Amazing that big girl wanted that tiny little bait regardless. Quote
bassman31783 Posted February 14, 2013 Posted February 14, 2013 I caught her on a 7' 6" Duckett cranking rod with a Lews Tournament speed spool 5.4:1 spooled with 12lb Trilene 100% Fluorocarbon. Thanks for all the congrats guys! Couldn't ask for a better start to the year! I have the same setup with the 7' rod. Love that combo. Congrats on the new PB. Awesome fish!!! Quote
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