What's Your Favorite Pair?

[Dwight Hottle]

Post up your favorite pair or pairs of smallies. It almost winter & some of us need a diversion from the cold & snow.

 

[Smokinal]

I can't post my favorite pair on this forum but those are some dang nice fish!

[flyfisher]

yeah like i am going to post after that....those are some pigs

[Sam]

Great pics.

I had another idea of my best pair but glad to see your post is about smallies.

[Dwight Hottle]

One more pair

 

[tomustang]

I don't have a good pair because I didn't fish off your boat.

[00 mod]

 

I am still waiting on a pic like your's Dwight!!!!! 

 

Jeff

[wnybassman]

[A-Jay]

I think this qualifies ~

 

A-Jay

 

 

[S Hovanec]

There's some pretty familiar looking background there Dwight!

[Dwight Hottle]

There's some pretty familiar looking background there Dwight!

 

 

Yea Scott sometimes you just can't hide where you are. But I am devious enough to motor over to a particular spot just to take pictures of fish caught somewhere else. 

[roadwarrior]

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[Siebert Outdoors]

Awesome fish guys.  I do not have a pair unfortunately to show.  When I catch my biggest ones the season is C&R only so i quickly release them all back.

[J Francho]

I caught one, Jordon caught the other, but the pic is of him, taken by myself after our win on Erie:

 

[Lucky Craft Man]

Awesome fish guys.  I do not have a pair unfortunately to show.  When I catch my biggest ones the season is C&R only so i quickly release them all back.

 

I can't say for the other guys, but I am pretty sure that the pairs Dwight is holding are actually caught at the same time.  I have caught several doubles drifting two lines (one rod in each hand).  When you go through a pod of fish, many times both rods will get hit almost at the same time (or one right after the other).  That's when you try to reel in the one that feels the heaviest first while holding your other rod under your arm or anywhere else.  After the "heavier" one is in the net, fish two comes in.  Hold both for a photo and off they go in the water and they never see a livewell or are out of the water for any length of time.

[Dwight Hottle]

I can't say for the other guys, but I am pretty sure that the pairs Dwight is holding are actually caught at the same time.  I have caught several doubles drifting two lines (one rod in each hand).  When you go through a pod of fish, many times both rods will get hit almost at the same time (or one right after the other).  That's when you try to reel in the one that feels the heaviest first while holding your other rod under your arm or anywhere else.  After the "heavier" one is in the net, fish two comes in.  Hold both for a photo and off they go in the water and they never see a livewell or are out of the water for any length of time.

 

 

Excactly. On erie you can fish three rods in PA waters. So doubles do happen. And like Steve just mentioned when you get bit twice at almost the same time you have to decide which is biggest to reel in first. My second rod is in the rod holder with a looser drag hoping it will stay hooked up while I bring the first one in. Sometimes the 2nd one gets off. But sometimes you win both battles. Right A-Jay? Had a 6-12 & a 6-8 come in that way once. Sweet. 

[A-Jay]

Excactly. On erie you can fish three rods in PA waters. So doubles do happen. And like Steve just mentioned when you get bit twice at almost the same time you have to decide which is biggest to reel in first. My second rod is in the rod holder with a looser drag hoping it will stay hooked up while I bring the first one in. Sometimes the 2nd one gets off. But sometimes you win both battles. Right A-Jay? Had a 6-12 & a 6-8 come in that way once. Sweet. 

 

When it's right, doubles are a way of life on that fishery.

 

And when things are really going your way, sometimes that second, third or even fourth rod will load up.

 

And when the smoke clears and big mess is finally cleared out of the net you could be snapping shots of anything from obscenely large Smallmouth, to Steelhead, Lakers, Brown trout or even a pigged out Waldo ~

 

A-Jay

[A-Jay]

On a completely separate note -

 

Due to the subject line of this particular thread, and knowing the present clientele like I do,

I must admit that I am pleasantly surprised that this thread has not included a few more seedy replies.

 

 

A-Jay

[S Hovanec]

Not a big pair, but it's from my favorite place to fish in late May/early June.  It's even more fun than Erie during that time frame.  You won't get the size Erie offers, but it's non-stop action from some feisty river smallies.

 

[MarkH024]

Here's the only pair of smallies I bagged back in May of 2012.  No CPR though, they came home with me.

 

 

[A-Jay]

 

Here's the only pair of smallies I bagged back in May of 2012.  No CPR though, they came home with me.

 

 

 

Now that's what I'm talking about ~ !

 

Absolutely Love The Bed Head.

 

A-Jay

[retiredbosn]

As usual Dwight and Ajay know how to slay the smallies.  Fish porn for sure

[KyakR]

So not fair!! I can only imagine the fights you guys enjoyed with those big gals!

That's a smallie. I caught one with the other oar too  

[Dwight Hottle]

So not fair!! I can only imagine the fights you guys enjoyed with those big gals!IMG_20131018_133346.jpg

That's a smallie. I caught one with the other oar too  

 

 

At least that picture proves you have both oars in the water. LOL.

[aceman387]

 

I think this qualifies ~

 

A-Jay

 

 Geesh Andy,You don't need to workout. Hoisting up and holding all those fish is exercise enough.