Super User everythingthatswims Posted February 27, 2018 Super User Posted February 27, 2018 @A-Jay calls it "mojo"... I'm not sure what it is, but crazy things frequently happen to me when I fish. Today I took my kayak to Deep Creek Lake in western MD, because my friend found a fun pickerel bite this weekend in really shallow water and had caught a largemouth too. We started out fishing a big weed bed in 5FOW that had some serious vegetation going on. I tried fishing a lipless over it, but the weeds were too big and I couldn't rip the bait out. On my last cast, a bass followed my lipless up and boiled right as I pulled the bait out of the water beside my kayak! I couldn't tell the size of the fish because it happened very fast, but it left a fairly large boil when it bolted away from my kayak. I retied with a chatterbait, paddled backwards a couple times, and cast over to where the bass came from. Early in the retrieve, it got mushy but felt like weeds. I then felt a couple head bobs but didn't feel anything when I set the hook. Fairly close to the boat after resuming my retrieve, I got thumped and gave it a nice side sweep. Instantly the fluoro started making that lovely sound as the fish dug sideways. I got a glimpse of it and was shocked by its size, right as I saw my bait pop out of the corner of her mouth. In a futile attempt to get the fish to bite again, I quickly set my chatterbait rod down and flipped a jig over to where I last saw the bass. My chatterbait was hanging 2 or 3 feet down under my kayak, and it got hung up in weeds so I picked the rod up to pull it out of the grass. But it was that big bass! I set the hook, she rolled, and came off. I knew I blew it at this point. I backed up with the paddle again and began making short casts at the spot where the fish was. As with every time before, I got thumped on the very end of my retrieve, almost beneath the kayak. This time the hook held, and after a few surges, I got my hand on the fish's jaw. 22.5" and probably in the 6/6.5lb range, I think this bass genuinely wanted to be caught by me. I spent a ton of time fishing the spot after this fish catch and did not get a bite. I am fairly confident that this was all just one big bass thinking it was in a feeding frenzy! 24 Quote
Super User A-Jay Posted February 27, 2018 Super User Posted February 27, 2018 Great story and that's one Beautiful Bass ~ And btw, Mojo can generally be defined as a magic spell, hex, or charm; perhaps more broadly - a magical power. Call it what you want, but you my good man, have it oozing out of you - in fact I'd be surprised if there isn't a Mojo trail left in your wake. Either way, when you look it up - guess who's picture's there . . . . . . A screen name change may be in order from @everythingthatswims to everythingbigthatswims Congrats A-Jay 1 Quote
Turkey sandwich Posted February 27, 2018 Posted February 27, 2018 Great fish! Man, sometimes we can get so totally consumed by the complicated stuff, and so used to working really hard for that big bite that we overthink things. And man, is it awesome when we get those reminders that the next bite, in whatever weird way it happens, can be an absolute monster. At 22.5", and that girth, that's a solid 6.5. Cheers! Quote
Super User Bankbeater Posted February 27, 2018 Super User Posted February 27, 2018 That's the way to stick with it. I know guys that would have moved on after the first miss. 1 Quote
BassObsessed Posted February 27, 2018 Posted February 27, 2018 Nice chunky hawg. That's one determined bass to repeatedly hit it that many times. Quote
Super User senile1 Posted February 27, 2018 Super User Posted February 27, 2018 Beautiful fish and great story! I hereby dub thee Bass Whisperer. Quote
Fairtax4me Posted February 27, 2018 Posted February 27, 2018 That's why we call him the fish whisperer... Nice chunker dude! Quote
Logan S Posted February 27, 2018 Posted February 27, 2018 That's a toad, especially for Deep Creek...Nice catch! 1 Quote
RichF Posted February 28, 2018 Posted February 28, 2018 Is it sad that I'm more shocked that a lake in this part of the country actually has grass that grows in deeper than 3 ft?! HAHA, seriously though, that's an awesome fish and great story! 1 Quote
Super User J Francho Posted February 28, 2018 Super User Posted February 28, 2018 Hilarious. Nice fish, easy 6+. Quote
MichaelCopeland Posted February 28, 2018 Posted February 28, 2018 That's a nice big girl! Kudos to you for sticking with it and finally landing her! Personally I think you named this post wrong. Anyone that stays at it, no matter how easy or crazy it all goes down and still catches the big un most definitely deserves it. You, young man, deserve it! Good job! ? Quote
long island basser Posted March 1, 2018 Posted March 1, 2018 Nice bass, congrats. Reinforces the fact gentlemen,bass are not that bright.lol Quote
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