paul. Posted December 12, 2007 Posted December 12, 2007 hey y'all. well, readin' bassn blvd's cool post last night made me wanna get and try something that i hadn't done in a couple of months - try to catch one with ul spinning gear. i did this with some success this spring and summer, but quit when i figured the stress of wearing one down might just be too much in hot water conditions. to be honest, i had just plum forgot about how much fun it was! so anyway, i went around lunchtime today with the bream buster and 6 lb. test. it was over 70 degrees 2 out of the last 3 days here, so i figured there would be some fish shallow even though it was only in the 40's today. started throwing the hardnose jerk shad - baby bass color. i managed to get a hook in this nice one about 45 minutes into the trip. she weighed 7-4 and made the little bream reel scream for mercy for a few minutes before i was able to get a thumb in her mouth. i'm tellin y'all it was a blast! of course i released her after some pix. funny thing was that after this fish, i tried for a few more minutes and a 1 pounder snapped the 6 pound line. go figure. : hope y'all are catchin' some too! Quote
maxke01 Posted December 12, 2007 Posted December 12, 2007 What a nice fish! Wish i was somewhere i could catch fish right now, wouldnt matter to me what it was i caught PA sucks in the winter Quote
Super User roadwarrior Posted December 12, 2007 Super User Posted December 12, 2007 Another beauty! 8-) Quote
Super User Tin Posted December 12, 2007 Super User Posted December 12, 2007 A 7-4 on 6 pound test, wow. on top of catching big fish, you know how to battle them. Thats awsome Quote
Super User .dsaavedra. Posted December 12, 2007 Super User Posted December 12, 2007 ive said it before and i'll say it again...PAUL YOU DA MAN!!!! i love reading your posts. they are so exciting. i also like how you can just say "oh i think i'll go catch a lunker today" and then you actually do! keep em comin' man! Quote
tallydude Posted December 12, 2007 Posted December 12, 2007 Great fish HC! Catching on UL tackle is sooooooo much fun! Quote
Jake. Posted December 13, 2007 Posted December 13, 2007 I love using UL tackle for cats and bream, guess I will have to try it for bass. Great fish HC! ;D Quote
Super User Bassn Blvd Posted December 13, 2007 Super User Posted December 13, 2007 That's just awsome. Great looking bass. And on 6# gear. Now I'm gonna have to try and top that but it isn't going to be easy with 4# line But if I do then you get to use 2# line. Quote
Super User T-rig Posted December 13, 2007 Super User Posted December 13, 2007 Well done, congrats! 8-) Quote
A_Glenn_2 Posted December 13, 2007 Posted December 13, 2007 Very nice fish I also love ul fishin I always have a a ul rig on the boat for when the fishin is tuff. Quote
Super User .dsaavedra. Posted December 14, 2007 Super User Posted December 14, 2007 paul, it looks like you were using a fluke type bait....whenver i use UL tackle on bass w/ single hook soft baits, i sometimes cant get a hookset on them. half the time i do hook and land them (ton of fun...makes a 15"er feel like a 20"er), but alot of times there just isnt enough backbone in an UL rod to set the hook. How do you do it? do you need to let them have the bait a little longer or what? thanks! Quote
Guest avid Posted December 14, 2007 Posted December 14, 2007 Very cool, I love fishing really light tackle. Unfortunately most of the places I fish here in Florida are so weed chocked that you can't let the bass run or you'll lose him in weeds. Quote
Terry_ Posted December 14, 2007 Posted December 14, 2007 Nice fish man! Keep the posts coming, I don't have that much time to fish right now and you are really keeping my spirit up posting hawgs like that! YOU ROCk!!! Quote
Hawg Bass Assassin Posted December 15, 2007 Posted December 15, 2007 I see your back to using ultra light stuff again Paul. Can't stay away from it to long can you? Another nice 7lb for ya. Craig Quote
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