keltonz Posted February 2, 2017 Posted February 2, 2017 Hey guys! First time posting a fishing report, had an awesome day yesterday and wanted to share... I got back into fishing mid-2016, so I've only been at it for 6 months or so. My PB LMB in 2016 was 1.88lb. I went out to bank fish a local pond on Tuesday, 1/31 evening to enjoy the warm weather and got absolutely skunked. Determined to start February better than I ended January, I went to my favorite bankfishing spot at sunrise on Wednesday, 2/1 morning. Despite its reliability, especially at dawn, I didn't get a single nibble throwing a lipless in red craw and a trick worm on a shakey head. I don't normally fish twice in one day, but I came back to that spot right after work the same day since my wife went to a happy hour with her co-workers. I remembered that the leader on my dropshot rod had broken off the day before, and that I didn't have my good leader line with me, so I almost left the car without that rod - but in a moment of clarity decided to use some line from another reel and tied on a leader and a dropshot, just for good measure. Weather was definitely good for this time of year - 50°, cloudy. Tide was low (tidal river) and still going out, which is perfect in this water... I threw the same red craw lipless for a bit, but promptly lost it on some submerged wood. So I picked up the dropshot setup and started fan casting. I had a Zoom Z Drop in Green Pumpking tied 12" above 3/16 oz. dropshot weight. Pretty soon I was getting bites, and landed my first bass around 5:34PM, right around sunset. I ended up catching a few more before it got pretty dark and had to break out the headlamp. I ended up breaking off on a bad cast (tough in the dark) that landed on a bridge. But, because the bite was good, and I still had enough length in my leader, I tied on again but switched up colors on the Z Drop - to Morning Dawn. I normally have a ton of confidence in that color, but after a few casts without a bite I switched back to Green Pumpkin. I told myself I would leave once I went three casts without a bite, but the bites kept coming! I could just cast out, let it sit, and soon enough would feel a nip on my line. I ended up breaking off twice more (on fish, I think), but tied on again because I kept landing fish - most in the 1lb range but a few dinks as well. I kept thinking, "I'll leave soon, but not while the bite is on!" At this point I had caught 10 LMB, which puts it as my best bass day ever. Once the bite did die down, I kept going - just one more! At this point my confidence was pretty low for anything more. But on what I promised myself was a last cast to an area of the bank I hadn't worked much because I wasn't getting bites there, I got a good nip and set the hook. It felt good, but it wasn't a noteworthy fight. It wasn't until it got to my feet that I saw it was the biggest LMB I had ever hooked into! In my rush, I tried lifting him from the water with my rod, and the leader promptly snapped and he fell back into the water, hook in mouth!! Fortunately, he remained motionless, so I scooped down and lipped him. He ended up being 3.58lbs, close to double the weight of my 2016 PB. Unfortunately I was alone and it was dark, so my pictures didn't turn out too well, but I am glad to have caught him! Last note: I have a goal to catch 365 fish in 2017. This fish brought my running total to 35 on the year. 10% of the way there! 11 Quote
Super User Darren. Posted February 2, 2017 Super User Posted February 2, 2017 Congrats! Nice, healthy bass there at a nice weight, too! Quote
Super User everythingthatswims Posted February 3, 2017 Super User Posted February 3, 2017 Woah! You weren't fishing 4 mile run were you? Edit: I just saw that your favorite body of water is 4 mile. Good job, I have heard it's tough fishing. Quote
afrayed knot Posted February 3, 2017 Posted February 3, 2017 Great report and congratulations. Good luck on 365. Quote
Super User A-Jay Posted February 3, 2017 Super User Posted February 3, 2017 Nicely Done ~ PB's are Always a Blast Congrats A-Jay Quote
Super User lmbfisherman Posted February 3, 2017 Super User Posted February 3, 2017 Congrats! Way to keep at it! Quote
Super User Dwight Hottle Posted February 3, 2017 Super User Posted February 3, 2017 PB's are always sweet. Congrats. Quote
lonnie g Posted February 5, 2017 Posted February 5, 2017 congrats on pb. I see you definaatly have bass fever. [there is no cure.] never give up, great job! Quote
Super User Paul Roberts Posted February 6, 2017 Super User Posted February 6, 2017 Great story. Always love the details. Hey, and that's a great photo too. You were one happy guy. Quote
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