the biggest bass of my life turned out to be......

[Davefromwarwick]

I had some time to kill so i went fishing, i started fishing the main part of sand pond but got winded out so i moved down to the swampy area. this called for a change of bait, so after struggling to tie up a senko i found a good looking point. so i set myself up trying to avoid the trees... alright its time for the first cast, i huck it out only to start working it and find that its up in the tree. so i pull it down and cast again, it gets stuck in a different tree, thinking third times a charm i throw it again. it gets stuck again. im heated at this point, so with all my might i throw again thinking that if i couldnt get it below the trees i would get it through the trees, just my luck right i get it below the first set of trees and into another tree on the other side, i was soo mad at thi point, so i pull it out of the tree and it lands in the water with a "blip" yes finally its in the water, i think to my self, then  all of a sudden my line jerks, i set the hook harder than i have before. and what i think to be the biggest bass of my life is fighting like a champ, fearing a bad hook set i pull up again (just to make sure). so im fight ing the fish and its taking line like a bulldozer. so i finally tire the thing out and get it in. so my biggest bass turned out to be my biggest pickerel. the thing was as long as my arm like two feet and atleast 7 pounds, i was sooped and jumping up and down. thats what happened. and i guess that the bass arent biting yet :'(

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: ;D

[T-rig]

Cool! I'd love to see a pic!

[Pa Angler]

I have tangled with those toothy critters sometimes you get bit off I lost a Pointer 78DD after one cast so goes $16 down the drain but they are kinda neat really slimy and slippery though aren't they. ;D ;D ;D ;D

[Davefromwarwick]

yea T-rig i gotta get a camera tho. i dont have one i might just go buy a disposable next time i go out. you never know maybe next time itll be a bass instead ;D

[BadKarma42]

nice fish

[titelinez]

Similar thing happened to me. I was throwing a crig brown senko off this point and hooked into what I thought was the bass of the year but turned out to be this:

6.5lb trout. :-?

[Fish Chris]

Pickeral, Trout, Catfish.... Heck I don't mind ! I love those bonus fish :-)

Peace,

Fish

[Low_Budget_Hooker]

I had some time to kill so i went fishing, i started fishing the main part of sand pond but got winded out so i moved down to the swampy area. this called for a change of bait, so after struggling to tie up a senko i found a good looking point. so i set myself up trying to avoid the trees... alright its time for the first cast, i huck it out only to start working it and find that its up in the tree. so i pull it down and cast again, it gets stuck in a different tree, thinking third times a charm i throw it again. it gets stuck again. im heated at this point, so with all my might i throw again thinking that if i couldnt get it below the trees i would get it through the trees, just my luck right i get it below the first set of trees and into another tree on the other side, i was soo mad at thi point, so i pull it out of the tree and it lands in the water with a "blip" yes finally its in the water, i think to my self, then  all of a sudden my line jerks, i set the hook harder than i have before. and what i think to be the biggest bass of my life is fighting like a champ, fearing a bad hook set i pull up again (just to make sure). so im fight ing the fish and its taking line like a bulldozer. so i finally tire the thing out and get it in. so my biggest bass turned out to be my biggest pickerel. the thing was as long as my arm like two feet and at least 7 pounds, i was sooped and jumping up and down. thats what happened. and i guess that the bass arent biting yet :'(

Oh they're biting,...and good!

I fish the coldest lake in the state, water just hit 39 degrees yesterday, many lakes/ponds in the state are up in the mid to upper 40's now.   JIG<JIG<JIG!!!

Where were you fishing?  (just for the record, state record pickerel is just over 6 pounds and that fish is about 34" long,lol.  Looks an awful lot like this guy below  .  Pickerel can be deceiving when it comes to weight but a blast to catch IMO)

[georgiabassfisherman]

I have tangled with those toothy critters sometimes you get bit off I lost a Pointer 78DD after one cast so goes $16 down the drain but they are kinda neat really slimy and slippery though aren't they. ;D ;D ;D ;D

PA angler same thing happened to me except they didnt bite me off we were catching little chain pickerel or jack fish as we call them in a pond an we were catching them on those little rebel minnows very first cast i caught a bass that weighed a pound and was holding him up by the line for a picture and splash there he and that $5 dollor minnow went my cousing said that i must not have tied that knot good well the very same thing happend later with a jack and then he tied the next one on even though i told him there was no way my knot slipped and the same thing happened again except just reeling the fish in. well i grabbed the line and pulled on it and that 14lb test snapped like 2lb test and i said there is your problem shane u forgot to change your line so we caught 7 fish lost 15 bucks worth of lures.

GBF