Fat-G Posted August 17, 2011 Posted August 17, 2011 Well, my buddy Mitchell got his new PB today. This kid just got started fishing last year, and has got the bug big time. He was fishing a lot of spinners for a long while using a spincaster. He told me he had an old Daiwa baitcaster that his grandpa bought right before he died and left to Mitch that he didn't really know how to use. I told him to bring it out today, and we spooled it up yesterday with some 50# braid. He paired it with a 5'6 Wright and McGill rod that is in very good shape. I told him a couple months ago when he asked me how I catch "huge" 4-5 pounders a lot, and I replied: "man, you need to get a couple packs of Rage Tails." Caught this big girl on a Baby Thumper, t-rigged in about three feet of water. I was more pumped than he was! 4 pounds 10 ounces, but this fish should have been pushing 6 easy! On a side note - I'm starting to worry about this pond, and you can see why. It's like 2-3 inches deep in some spots and the bass can't get to the gills to eat them. I see a lot of the bigger fish cahsing the smaller ones in deep water. Quote
smac024 Posted August 17, 2011 Posted August 17, 2011 That one looks pretty skinny. At some point imagine it was a 6lber or so. Have you noticed the water level dropping? Seems like that may play a role especially in the heat of summer if there is less baitfish in the water. Quote
Mrs. Matstone Posted August 17, 2011 Posted August 17, 2011 Congrats to your buddie! Beautiful fish. Quote
Fat-G Posted August 17, 2011 Author Posted August 17, 2011 That one looks pretty skinny. At some point imagine it was a 6lber or so. Have you noticed the water level dropping? Seems like that may play a role especially in the heat of summer if there is less baitfish in the water. Yep, the water is about five inches low. Quote
Big-O Posted August 17, 2011 Posted August 17, 2011 Hey G, Congrats to you and your friend! Besides being malnourished, she appears to be old and on her way down... Smaller bodies of water that have few, if any live creeks to feed them have problems keeping enough forage for the larger predators. If the majority of the other fish in the pond are fat and healthy, she's just an OLE gal trying to make one more season Big O www.ragetail.com Quote
Super User roadwarrior Posted August 17, 2011 Super User Posted August 17, 2011 WOO-HOO! :Applause: Quote
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