And A Catfish Kicker

[Fin Stalker]

When I got to launch at my honey hole Friday evening there were two trucks already there, one I recognized the other I had never seen before. I get launched and start working the slop and grass with a toad to see if I can drum up a topwater bite that way but that was a waste of time so I piddled around with a stick worm for a while until I caught up with my buddy and his friend. Still no bites. Mind you I wasn't on the water all that long, I really wanted to catch up with the guys to let them know I had them blocked in. Once that was taken care of I decided to get down to business and see if I could make anything happen, I tied on a chartreuse and white bladed jig and went to work. I had two good bites pretty close together then had one come unbuttoned boat side. 0 for 3 not the way to start the night. One of the guys needed to head out so we started to fish our way back to the launch and I stuck my first fish of the night.

 

 

I tried to weigh her but she flopped off the scale. I saw it get to 5# but who knows if that was accurate at all.

 

After letting the guys get out to head home I went back out for a couple more hrs and got on a pretty good bite I caught several fish around the 2# mark and they all looked like clones of each other. So much so that I deleted all but two of the pics of the small fish because I couldn't tell them apart. These two I could definitely tell were different fish.

 

 

 

 

Where I'm fishing has a lot of vegetation so you have to rip the bait out of the salad quite a bit. I thought I was hung up in the grass then I felt the fish so I gave it a couple seconds and set the hook I could tell it was an OK fish but I was surprised how hard it pulled once I got it boat side. I still hadn't seen it then once I got her turned around and heading back up I saw her mouth first and I freaked! I thought I had just landed a new PB which needs to be 10+ to make that happen. She wasn't near as heavy as I thought she was going to be. Tipping the scale @ 7.91#. AHHHHH!!!!! just a couple more pounds come on! Don't get me wrong this is a good fish and had she not been spawned out she might have gone 10 who knows.

 

 

 

 

After that I'm all kinds of pumped up wanting to stick another only bigger but it wasn't in the cards. I did manage to land the one below but it wasn't big enough to put on the scale good fish but not that good.

 

 

On my way back in I landed my "kicker fish" lol.

 

 

Overall it was a really good night. I slept well. 

Tight Lines

H

[A-Jay]

Nice trip & Great Bass

 

Congrats

 

A-Jay

[Mccallister25]

Awesome fish!!

[*Hank]

Nice job! Looked like ya had a fun time.

[Bankbeater]

That is a good night! Way to go!

[Senko lover]

Nice job!

[Dwight Hottle]

Looks like you had a great outing.

[Fin Stalker]

Thanks Fellas!

[Catt]

Sweet