MaineBassMan Posted May 18, 2010 Posted May 18, 2010 Well had a great day of fishing today. There is a guy in my bass club that I have have been trying to go fishing with but we can never seem to get the time to go together. I went fishing solo today but I have to drive by his house to get to the lake that I was heading to. He noticed that I was alone in the truck. Well I was already on the lake fishing for about 20 minutes when I get a call on the cell from him. He asked where I was and if I was alone and then he kind of invited himself which I didn't mind. He told me he could be at the landing in 10 minutes and I said I would pick him up there. I have to work tonight and he had to pick his kids up from school at 2:30pm so we decided to make a quick trip of it. We decided to go fish the river instead of the lake. I started the day off with a nice 3lbs 05oz smallmouth that I caught on a lip-less crank. Then I switched over to a 10inch worm and within a couple of cast I caught a nice 4lbs 04oz largemouth. I was feeling pretty good at this point having a guy that I normally compete against in tournaments fishing in my boat and I'm doing pretty darn good. Well he is skunked up to this point fishing a wacky rigged senko. Well we get up to where this brook flows into the main river and there is a nice beaver hut with a feed pile right at the enter section. Well he cast up in there and lets the senko sink. His line immediately takes off and he reels down on it and sets the hook. His drag starts a singing and he goes holly beep beep I got a monster. I drop my rod and grab the net. This fish is owning him and we don't even know what it is. The fish is diving under the boat bending the rod over the gunnel and then it gets wrapped on the trolling motor. I dive down and unwrap the line and some how he manages to keep him on. I lift the trolling motor out of the water. At the same time we are running laps around the boat dodging each other as he fights the fish and I try to position myself to net the fish. The bass starts to head for the main motor so I run back there and hit the trim to get it up and out of the way. We are finally in open water where we can fight him. The fish takes one more dive under the boat and I think he is about to come up when we hear a splash on the other side of the boat, we look over to the other side just in time to see this giant smallmouth jump four feet out of the water, we are fighting the bass on the opposite side. We go ballistic at this time because we now know what it is and we don't want to loose it. It finally came over to our side and I dive the net in and land the pig in the net. We get her in the boat and we are both shaking and talking in tongues and screaming and high fiving. This is his biggest bass ever even bigger than his biggest largemouth and it is the biggest smallmouth that has been landed in my boat. She ended up measuring 21 1/2 inches and weighed 5lbs 06oz and she was spawned out. We ended the day with 17lbs 13oz for five fish. It was a great time with a new fishing friend. Here they are: My 3lbs 05oz smallmouth My 4lbs 04oz Largemouth: The rest are his 5lbs 06oz smallmouth: Don't worry about the blood she was hooked in the top of the Tongue not in the gills. We flushed her out good and she took off no problem. Quote
MaineBassMan Posted May 20, 2010 Author Posted May 20, 2010 All three of these bass were spitting up big alewifes. The alewifes are running hard right now and they are good for fattening up the bass. Caught two 4lbs pickerel that day too, they ended up in the smoker though! Quote
Super User A-Jay Posted May 20, 2010 Super User Posted May 20, 2010 Nice fish. Man you guys have been tearing them up. WTG. A-Jay btw - your friend has a great fishing hat ~ Quote
Brewerbass Posted May 20, 2010 Posted May 20, 2010 Really nice fish. How big were the alewifes they were spitting up? Bass definitely like eating them and they do get nice and big from them. Quote
Super User roadwarrior Posted May 20, 2010 Super User Posted May 20, 2010 NICE FISH! Great story and pics, too! Quote
MaineBassMan Posted May 20, 2010 Author Posted May 20, 2010 Really nice fish. How big were the alewifes they were spitting up? Bass definitely like eating them and they do get nice and big from them. The three pound smallmouth spit one up that was about 7 to 9 inches long and about 2-3 inches deep from the top of the back to the belly. I couldn't believe a smallmouth that size could eat something that big. Quote
brushhoggin Posted May 20, 2010 Posted May 20, 2010 Really nice fish. How big were the alewifes they were spitting up? Bass definitely like eating them and they do get nice and big from them. The three pound smallmouth spit one up that was about 7 to 9 inches long and about 2-3 inches deep from the top of the back to the belly. I couldn't believe a smallmouth that size could eat something that big. wow. if they keep eatin like that, they'll end up evolving with bigger mouths! Quote
Bass Junkie Posted May 24, 2010 Posted May 24, 2010 Very nice!! Great story.... Looks like the wacky worm is goin' on my Smallie List!!!!!!! Quote
Big-O Posted May 24, 2010 Posted May 24, 2010 Terrific fish and photo's...congratulations to both of you MBM Big O www.ragetail.com Quote
Super User 5bass Posted May 24, 2010 Super User Posted May 24, 2010 We get her in the boat and we are both shaking and talking in tongues and screaming and high fiving. Thats what it's all about right there! I had a good laugh when I read that but it's the heat-of-the-moment times like that, that you remember forever. Good stuff MBM! Quote
MaineBassMan Posted May 27, 2010 Author Posted May 27, 2010 Thanks all! I've been back up there three times now and have done pretty good. I've got one of those "the one that got away stories" that just makes me sick. I went back the next day and hooked into my biggest largemouth ever and the line broke less than 5 feet from the boat. I got a very good look at him and I don't even want to say how much I think he weighed, because you can't say for sure until you weigh it. Put it this way I would be very lucky if I ever hook one like him again in washington counth Maine, let alone anywhere in Maine. I fish a lot and I mean a lot and I have never layed eyes on one like him before and I probably will never again! :'( Oh well, that's what keeps us going back out right? That 5 pound smallmouth was 21 1/2 inches long and this largemouth looked to be noticeably longer! Quote
Fishing Cowgirl Posted May 27, 2010 Posted May 27, 2010 Great story!! Love the photos! Congrats to you both! Quote
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