Can you say Donkey?

[GatorBait]

Today was a club outing for our University of Florida fishing club. The rules for the tournament were simple. Big fish takes it! I practiced for 2 consecutive days prior to today and found found some fish. As a matter of fact i stuck a 4lb. on Thursday and caught a 5 and a 7 lb. nearby on Firday. My partner and i started off catching multiple fish at dawn at a location i had found in pre-fishing but nothing would compare to what was yet to come. Around 11:00 am the my trolling motor lost power so i began the tedious hassle of find the bad connection. Upon cutting and connecting wires my partner was in the back of the boat ripping the lips off multiple fish while i was in the front of the boat sweating and building frustration. He literally caught 4 fish in the half hour i was messing with the motor. Finally i got the motor fixed! I stood up unknowingly of what was yet to come, grabbed my rod and cast my lure. My partner made a joke saying, "I think all these fish around here have sore mouths!" Eluding to the fact that i may have pre-fished to hard. Then thump! At the time i did not realized it was what it was. So i began ripping it in like i had been doing all morning, thinking it was a small fish. Then she surfaced! Then i got weak in the knees for a moment, but recouped and my partner grabbed her and slung her in to the live-well. On the scales she weighed 9 lb. 5 oz. To think if it would have been a week or two earlier i just may of had a lunker! What i learned today is proper practice does help in tournament fishing, but i think luck plays more of an important role on any given day. It seems the less i think about fishing, while fishing, i have better days.

[DINK WHISPERER]

Looks like she still has eggs in her................................NICE

[shimmy]

You deserved it. Every man that has to deal with ridiculous trolling motor problems should be immediately rewarded after fixing the problem. Most of the time, the boat has to be docked. You scouted out the area, you knew where they were, and you deserved the big girl. Way to go and it is just an absolutely gorgeous bass.

[Big-O]

Now that's a Big Healthy Bass WTG man Don't let a little motor trouble hold you back, just FISH 

Big O

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[bassman31783]

Awesome fish there bud.

[b.Lee]

nice bass