Super User Goose52 Posted June 29, 2014 Super User Posted June 29, 2014 So I'm out in the canoe today with my trusty grub rod, tossing a Zoom Fat Albert 5" grub at some clumps of emergent grass. On splashdown, a huge swirl and I think I've spooked a big grass carp...then, I feel a little tick from the bait...then, I see the line move sideways. HOOKSET. ZrrrrrrZrrrrrrZrrrrrrr drag singing on the little spinning reel. I'm not anchored so every time the drag quits slipping I'm getting towed by something BIG. I'm thinking - I can't believe that grass carp sucked up that grub. THEN, I see the line coming up...the fish is gonna jump...then OUT of the water in a great tail-walk, head-shaking jump is a pig of a bass! Serious time now - this is not a carp. She keeps pulling drag, tows the boat some more, I make progress on line recovery, then get her close to the boat, then in the net. PHEW.Down the hatch - you can see the Fat Albert WAY down there:So much for a 21 inch bumpboard - have to get out the tape measure. She goes 24" and weighs 7.4 lb.Hard to get a good photo when you're fishing alone but this was a VERY nice bass for my neck of the woods. Biggest grub fish I've caught so far. This 'ole girl must have thought that she was TOO fat and was on a diet to go for that little 5" grub... Happy camper today... 8 Quote
Super User MCS Posted June 29, 2014 Super User Posted June 29, 2014 Great fish, cool story. Love the sound of drag being stripped. Quote
Super User A-Jay Posted June 29, 2014 Super User Posted June 29, 2014 Congrats Goose52 ~ You Were Due ~ ! So maybe the Bad Winter triggered a Good Fishing Season . . . . . . . Nice Job A-Jay Quote
Super User F14A-B Posted June 29, 2014 Super User Posted June 29, 2014 That's a thick fish, with a somewhat small mouth, but thick bodied, nice fish for sure, it's amazing the difference in LMB from different parts of the country. Great fish and nice story! Quote
Super User Goose52 Posted June 29, 2014 Author Super User Posted June 29, 2014 Thanks everyone! Congrats Goose52 ~ You Were Due ~ ! So maybe the Bad Winter triggered a Good Fishing Season . . . . . . . Nice Job A-Jay Thanks A-Jay. Yeah - I usually catch most of my big fish in the winter...but not last winter... It's been a long dry spell for a fish this big - it's the biggest of the year so far. Now thats freakin sweet! PB? Thanks but it's only a PB for a 5" grub My overall PB LMB is 9.5. 1 Quote
Super User Dwight Hottle Posted June 29, 2014 Super User Posted June 29, 2014 WTG Goose! I guess it's time for the magnum bump board version. And by the way I glad you didn't photograph it on the grass. Quote
Super User Goose52 Posted June 30, 2014 Author Super User Posted June 30, 2014 WTG Goose! I guess it's time for the magnum bump board version. And by the way I glad you didn't photograph it on the grass. Thanks Dwight! Yeah - I have to shop for one of those "Hawg Troughs" - they go up to 30" - plenty long enough to measure what would be a TN state record... Re the grass - if you fish alone from the bank, and want to get a length and a photo, you gotta go with the grass... Quote
Super User Dwight Hottle Posted June 30, 2014 Super User Posted June 30, 2014 Thanks Dwight! Yeah - I have to shop for one of those "Hawg Troughs" - they go up to 30" - plenty long enough to measure what would be a TN state record... Re the grass - if you fish alone from the bank, and want to get a length and a photo, you gotta go with the grass... Yes I agree. My reference was to the other thread. Quote
Super User MarkH024 Posted June 30, 2014 Super User Posted June 30, 2014 Nice goose! That's a slob for sure. Way to go! Quote
Super User Hi Salenity Posted June 30, 2014 Super User Posted June 30, 2014 Great fish!!! I'm jealous. Quote
Super User Goose52 Posted June 30, 2014 Author Super User Posted June 30, 2014 Thanks again guys! good day for us canoe guys. Yup - another score for the "Attack Canoe"... 1 Quote
notevenanibble Posted June 30, 2014 Posted June 30, 2014 holy crap! i need to get to work on mine it looks like. Quote
Super User Bankbeater Posted June 30, 2014 Super User Posted June 30, 2014 NIce going, and a good looking bass! I like the kill flags on the side of the canoe. Quote
notevenanibble Posted June 30, 2014 Posted June 30, 2014 NIce going, and a good looking bass! I like the kill flags on the side of the canoe.that was my favorite part Quote
Super User Goose52 Posted June 30, 2014 Author Super User Posted June 30, 2014 NIce going, and a good looking bass! I like the kill flags on the side of the canoe. that was my favorite part Each one of those LMB silhouettes represent 100 bass caught from that canoe. As of yesterday I'm at about 2,700 - I'm getting my money's worth out of the boat... 1 Quote
Super User geo g Posted June 30, 2014 Super User Posted June 30, 2014 Goose that's a nice one for sure. Just goes to show small baits catch big fish. If it is there, they are going to eat it. Congrats brother! Quote
richg99 Posted July 5, 2014 Posted July 5, 2014 Nice story, well told. I've had a couple of ten lb catfish (who hit a bass lure) tow me around in a kayak in years past in Houston TX. I just bought a place on the plateau. Nice to know that there are some good fish up here. Thanks for sharing. richg99 Quote
Fish_Whisperer Posted July 5, 2014 Posted July 5, 2014 Hell yeah! Think that bass didn't want that grub?!? Quote
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