Big-O Posted June 8, 2009 Posted June 8, 2009 A friend of mine (Gene) said that he hadn't been Night Fishin' in over 10 years and I told him "We gotta fix that" ;D So off we went to witness the Lure of the Darkness. It was one of those nights that began with ckin water first and fishin' second, because this lake is relatively new to me and I haven't fished it since last year. We spent an hour and a half doing some electronics searching to study things and with full Summer patterns in this part of Texas, the majority of the fish were in 20 ft or deeper. The surface temps were in the low 80's over most of the lake, and we decided the best style of fishing would be Jig n lobster, Carolina rigging the Rage Tail ______ and throwing a Big O Worm.....we guessed right. Regardless of where we went, the fish gladly ate our offerings. Many of the first fish were small cookie cutter size and that made us change the structure we were targeting from deep grass humps, to 20 ft depth on relatively sharp decline into the river channel bends. I marked the depth with waypoints and held the boat in that depth throwing parallel along the decline in order to more completely cover the determined depth. The size of the fish improved substantially and Gene gotta Good'un. No scales on board so didn't weigh her....but gotta picture. Was a great fight and on the hook set the rod creaks, the drag strips and then she ran Gene's drag several more times which had him on his tippy toes. I love that part ;D We're off the lake by 5:30 AM and just in time because in rolls rig after rig for a local tournament.....Rush Hour Big O www.ragetail.com Quote
Super User burleytog Posted June 8, 2009 Super User Posted June 8, 2009 Just tell us about that bait already! Quote
aarogb Posted June 8, 2009 Posted June 8, 2009 Come on Big-O you couldn't show us the bait? ;D BTW, those are some great fish!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Quote
Siebert Outdoors Posted June 8, 2009 Posted June 8, 2009 never fished a rectangle worm before. Nice fish Quote
Low_Budget_Hooker Posted June 8, 2009 Posted June 8, 2009 C'mon, you can't tell how big that is? I can. BIG ENOUGH!!! Quote
Steven Ladner Posted June 8, 2009 Posted June 8, 2009 Nice fish, wish I knew about the bait though Quote
bigfish88 Posted June 8, 2009 Posted June 8, 2009 Nice fish, wish I knew about the bait though its one of those new rectangle worms, duh. haha Quote
1inStripes Posted June 8, 2009 Posted June 8, 2009 Thats a beautiful fish, other than that great stripe hanging down from its lip. Quote
Super User South FLA Posted June 8, 2009 Super User Posted June 8, 2009 Carolina rigging the Rage Tail ______ I'll assume you can't say the name, cause you haven't named it, correct? Will you be at Icast showing it off? Let me take a crack at it though...... "The New Rage Tail Nightcrawler" or how about "The Rage Tail Snake" Nice fish by the way, short relatively short for its size and FAT! Quote
Super User Hammer 4 Posted June 9, 2009 Super User Posted June 9, 2009 I don't care what it's called..I wanna see it..then buy it..lol Quote
mattm Posted June 9, 2009 Posted June 9, 2009 Nice fish, but a weird looking worm. My partner just backed out on me for Wed. if you want to go try it. Quote
DINK WHISPERER Posted June 9, 2009 Posted June 9, 2009 That's a Rage Tail bait IMO! BEAUTIFUL FISH!!! Quote
Super User roadwarrior Posted June 9, 2009 Super User Posted June 9, 2009 At least 3 lbs..... Great post, nice pic, awesome fish! The smile on your buddy's face says it all. ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D 8-) Quote
Super User SPEEDBEAD. Posted June 9, 2009 Super User Posted June 9, 2009 Carolina rigging the Rage Tail ______ I'll assume you can't say the name, cause you haven't named it, correct? Will you be at Icast showing it off? Let me take a crack at it though...... "The New Rage Tail Nightcrawler" or how about "The Rage Tail Snake" Nice fish by the way, short relatively short for its size and FAT! Nice try. Steve, glad to see your buddy hook into a fish like that. No better sales technique than to show what the bait can do. Keep it up man. Quote
CJ Posted June 9, 2009 Posted June 9, 2009 WOW!!! That is a full grown pig right there! Nice job Steve. CJ Quote
Simp Posted June 10, 2009 Posted June 10, 2009 Wow that's one big fish! We've went out a couple nights ourselves but no luck yet. Quote
Big-O Posted June 10, 2009 Author Posted June 10, 2009 The new "Rage Paddle Worm" Close Killa.....CLOSE ;D Big O Quote
Super User Long Mike Posted June 13, 2009 Super User Posted June 13, 2009 Great looking fish! When are you going to publicly announce that new Rage Tail Ruler? ;D Quote
Triton21 Posted June 13, 2009 Posted June 13, 2009 Steve, I think you need a 'Field Tester' in the Mid West. I volunteer to bite the bullet. Kelley Quote
HOIST-N-HAWGS Posted June 13, 2009 Posted June 13, 2009 WOW! what an amazing feeling it must have been to set the hook on that beast at night. Congrats! Quote
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