Jim Hill Posted May 18, 2015 Posted May 18, 2015 I live in Northern Minnesota and around my town there are old mining pits that are filled in and have fish in them. There is one that had very little fishing access but a LOT of monster sized fish. It was raining today but I caught a break in between rain and caught this here football! This is the fattest fish I'd ever seen, most likely pre spawn since its so cold.I threw rapalas, senkos, spinnerbaits....notta. I put on some daredevle spoons and they were chasing it like mad. Im usually a walleye and northern fisherman but how big this was and the fight has me really wanting to catch more!Oh, and its full of rocks, sand and iron ore because I landed it on shore without a net and as you can see behind me its all rocks and such. This thing seemed to have lock jaw because it refused to open its mouth so I was like meh, pick 'er up! 5 Quote
Jim Hill Posted May 19, 2015 Author Posted May 19, 2015 thanks all! More to come from this basically untapped location for monsters! Just gotta wait till it stops snowing... Quote
BigSkyBasser Posted May 24, 2015 Posted May 24, 2015 Bet that was an amazing fight! Sometimes those bigger smallies have gripper pads that can cut the crap out of your thumb when you lip em'. Quote
Super User Crestliner2008 Posted June 8, 2015 Super User Posted June 8, 2015 Congrats on a real dandy of a smallmouth. Quote
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