Randall Posted March 29, 2009 Posted March 29, 2009 Friday I went out to Varner throwing swimbaits most of the day. Did some sight fishing to when the rain let up. There are some big fish on beds but I couldn't see may of them well enough to catch them. Had a good afternoon going with some big fish weighing seven and eight pounds after getting only one bite for the couple hours of the morning I fished. Saw a swirl on the surface up shallow picked up my rod with a new toy on it that I haven't caught a fish on yet. Fish hits the bait as soon as I move it. I pull the fish up to the surface and see something in its mouth sticking out right beside my swimbait which only had the rear set of hooks in the mouth of the fish. Fish shakes it head one time and throws out a big gizzard shad. I net the fish put it in the live well and make another cast and hook another big bass. Get this one in and look and there is the gizzard shad trying to swim. Scoop it up and measure it. It's thirteen inches long! I still don't know how the bass got the swimbait and the gizzard in it's mouth at the same time. Here are photos of both bass I caught on the swimbait, the swimbait, and the gizzard. Another thing that was funny is the fact that one of the fish was nine pounds even and the other was just over six pounds but were almost the exact same length. Guess which one was the thick one? The one who was trying to fit over twenty inches of fish in it's mouth. ;D The pics of the seven and eight pounder didn't come out great since it was pouring rain, the camera was getting wet and I was trying to hurry and get the fish back in the water while taking photos by myself. It was pouring down rain when I caught them and didn't want to keep them in the livewell long since it hard to keep that many big fish in my livewell. But for the day I had a four, six, seven, eight, and nine pounder. The nine pounder would have probably weighed ten if it had a chance to swallow the gizzard. Quote
Randall Posted March 29, 2009 Author Posted March 29, 2009 Here is the bait. Thanks to Matt Servant (aka Mattlures) who didn't have to make me one of these since they are not available yet. I also got the seven pounder on Matt's hard crappie. Quote
Randall Posted March 29, 2009 Author Posted March 29, 2009 Here are the seven and eight. I was trying to hurry since my camera was getting wet and missed the shot. Quote
DINK WHISPERER Posted March 29, 2009 Posted March 29, 2009 A lot, a lot man! I too discovered this while fishing in a reclaimed phosphate pit where i work. I was using a Storm 6" swim bait and hooked a 7lb female that had a 9" perch jammed half way down her throat! Greedy little critters i guess! BTW, VERY nice fish man! Quote
paul. Posted March 29, 2009 Posted March 29, 2009 fantastic!!!! man that's just flat whackin' 'em randall! and what a great lookin' bait matt!!! incredible realism!!! Quote
Super User SPEEDBEAD. Posted March 29, 2009 Super User Posted March 29, 2009 Here is the bait. Thanks to Matt Servant (aka Mattlures) who didn't have to make me one of these since they are not available yet. I also got the seven pounder on Matt's hard crappie. I want one... ;D Quote
christopherjake Posted March 29, 2009 Posted March 29, 2009 Looks like you had an awesome day catching some big girls. Thanks for sharing the pics. Quote
Super User roadwarrior Posted March 29, 2009 Super User Posted March 29, 2009 The lure looks great and those are some fine fish! 8-) Quote
Rand Posted March 29, 2009 Posted March 29, 2009 That is unreal!! What a blast. I guess when bass are feeding they are really feeding. Rand Quote
lineslinger Posted March 30, 2009 Posted March 30, 2009 Hey Rand, should you ever need someone to fish with, let me know. Had to sell my boat recently due to divorce and haven't recovered enough to get another one. Never fished Varner, but will next chance I get! GREAT specimens. Quote
Super User Bassn Blvd Posted March 30, 2009 Super User Posted March 30, 2009 Beautiful fish Randall. Your post makes me not want to put mine up now. Quote
Mattlures Posted March 30, 2009 Posted March 30, 2009 Thanks for posting Randall. That sure didnt take you long. I have caught bass with tails in thier mouths before. I have found that this usualy happens durring the active feeding time. What I mean is, they will feed and stuff themselfs and then they go rest and digest and they do not bite then. Even if they can fit another fish in thier gut, once they settle into digesting mode they become very sluggish for a day or two. Now I only see this with big bass and very large prey. but while they are in the gorging mode they can and will eat what they can fit in thier mouths. Quote
shutupnfish Posted March 30, 2009 Posted March 30, 2009 Good thing you included the pics, it was startin' to sound like a real "fishin' story." Nice haul ya had there. And to answer your question about how much can a 9lb'er stuff in its mouth, I'd have to say a lot. That's crazy. Steve Quote
Super User senile1 Posted March 30, 2009 Super User Posted March 30, 2009 Nice hawgs, Randall, but then again, that's just a regular day for you! Sweet! Quote
SkilletSizeBass. Posted March 31, 2009 Posted March 31, 2009 Good looking fish and a great story to go with them. Thats wild! ;D Quote
soccplayer07 Posted March 31, 2009 Posted March 31, 2009 very nice cant wait to try it. for anybody who wants close up pics of the bait check it out under tackle "mount it or fish it". Quote
LCpointerKILLA Posted March 31, 2009 Posted March 31, 2009 any ideas on when it will hit the market?... or still a lot more testing to do? Quote
Randall Posted April 1, 2009 Author Posted April 1, 2009 any ideas on when it will hit the market?... or still a lot more testing to do? I think Matt said to look for it around summer. Quote
Randall Posted April 1, 2009 Author Posted April 1, 2009 Thanks to everyone for the compliments. Quote
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