Hez Posted June 5, 2018 Posted June 5, 2018 New PB registering just over 7 lbs on the scales. Caught her on Lake Dora on a Spro Lil John MD in Chartreuse Fire Tiger. As you can tell by my hat and shirt...the wind was howling. I actually caught her on the end of that dock you see to the left in the background, with the 1 x 4 boards lining it. Caught a 4 lber off that pier the cast before...re positioned the boat and duplicated the cast and latched into this hog. What a great moment. We did put her in the live well to make sure we could get the bleeding to stop and then successfully released her back into the lake unharmed. 19 1 Quote
SJex Posted June 5, 2018 Posted June 5, 2018 Nice fish, great to hear the bleeding stopped. Bet your still shaking. 1 Quote
Hez Posted June 5, 2018 Author Posted June 5, 2018 3 minutes ago, SJex said: Nice fish, great to hear the bleeding stopped. Bet your still shaking. Hahaha, thanks. It was a rush for sure. There's a small backstory to this: The week before we were fishing about 100 yards down the bank from this...where we found a honey hole. We were catching largemouth pretty much back to back. I latched into a fish bigger than this one that broke my line and got away due to my drag being too tight....so catching this fish was not only exciting...it also brought with it a great feeling of redemption. 2 Quote
Super User A-Jay Posted June 5, 2018 Super User Posted June 5, 2018 Sweet ! Congrats on the New Personal Best A-Jay 1 Quote
Super User Dwight Hottle Posted June 5, 2018 Super User Posted June 5, 2018 Congrats on the new PB. 1 Quote
Global Moderator Mike L Posted June 5, 2018 Global Moderator Posted June 5, 2018 Great Job!! Mike 1 Quote
Super User NHBull Posted June 5, 2018 Super User Posted June 5, 2018 Heck, you just may MY day.......on a side note, I have stated filling one well and putting in for that very reason 1 Quote
Russ E Posted June 5, 2018 Posted June 5, 2018 nice fish. Glad you were able to keep her alive. 1 Quote
Super User scaleface Posted June 5, 2018 Super User Posted June 5, 2018 Just think how much it would have weighed if it had a big old belly . 1 1 Quote
Hez Posted June 5, 2018 Author Posted June 5, 2018 Just now, scaleface said: Just think how much it would have weighed if it had a big old belly . Yes sir, that thought did cross my mind. Pre-spawn this was probably close to a 9 lber 1 Quote
Super User JustJames Posted June 5, 2018 Super User Posted June 5, 2018 Congrat on PB and glad the fish made it out okay. 1 Quote
SJex Posted June 5, 2018 Posted June 5, 2018 4 hours ago, Hez said: Hahaha, thanks. It was a rush for sure. There's a small backstory to this: The week before we were fishing about 100 yards down the bank from this...where we found a honey hole. We were catching largemouth pretty much back to back. I latched into a fish bigger than this one that broke my line and got away due to my drag being too tight....so catching this fish was not only exciting...it also brought with it a great feeling of redemption. I could tell by the smile on your face, well done! 1 Quote
Super User senile1 Posted June 5, 2018 Super User Posted June 5, 2018 That's a nice fish! Congratulations on the PB! 1 Quote
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.