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So today after coming home from work with my Dad after being dropped off by my mom, we decided to go toss the pole for a little while. Not really expecting much of a bite because it was hot (89*F) and the water we fish is quite shallow. Doesn't get any deeper than 2-3 ft as far as you can wade into it. Got there around 4, My Dad started off with a solid 2 lber. Healthy fish, back in the water ya' go. The fishing (to say it modestly) sucked from then on for about 20 minutes. So my Dad decided he wanted to move down to a new set of rocks. (Aquia Beach, for anyone who's been there knows what im talking about.) So while he was at the new rocks I decided to follow. I was halfway there when he shouted to me, "Got another!" So needlessy I ran over to go gander at the ole' mossy back. Another fish, this time a 3. So we stayed on these rocks for the rest of the day. My Dad caught 2 more 3lb-ers before I finally managed to get a fish. A solid 3 1/2. Then when I was BSing with my Dad making fun of stuff and not paying attention/working my worm(Important for the later part of the story), what would be the biggest fish of my life slammed my senko. I was so shocked I never really got a good hookset on him. So I pulled him up to the weed bed which starts about 9 feet out, and then he vanished spitting my senko back at me, hook point barely expose but my senko only holding on by a bit of plastic. Only briefly did I see this Bucket mouth (Thank god for Costa Del Mar's!cool.gif ). At that time my anger got the best of me and I was swinging my rod at the water saying about every 4 letter word I knew. So maybe 15 minutes later the sun is going down and we're thinking maybe fifteen more minutes.

Then my Dad noticed a loop in his line (Spining reel) so he launched his senko out as far as he could to see if he could cast it out, but he still had to take line off the get to the loop. While trying to undo it it just knotted up, so he was just gonna reel it in then cut it out when he got home. So he reels up his 50 feet or so on slack line, as we all do, super fast. So he was reeling it in super fast, and then all of a sudden when his slack was gone and he reeled up to the bait it was just a BRICK. We thought he had a log until his drag (set at about 15 lbs) started to peel. He spent a good 2 minutes reeling it in, because for 1, it was a full cast distance away, and 2, he only had 10# line. So he started reeling it in slowly and then this thing jumped. I still have the picture perfect mental photographs in my mind. It jumped and that big ole' bucket mouth looking at me with his tail curved to his left. Picture perfect. Then me being me, I had to coach him getting it in. I told him to keep his rod tip low and keep reeling to keep pressure on him incase he jumps again so he wouldn't throw the hook. The he got him to the afore mentioned weedbed. We were both scared the fish might get too burried in the thick milfoil and we'd never see him again. So we slooooooowwwllyyyy pulled him through that deadly ten feet. He. Was. Humongous. And all the while I'm coaching my dad he doesn't lose the fish, I'm going completely Ike on rocks that are hard enough to stand on already. Holy **** ! Oh My God! He Such a bleep bleep HOG! Then my Dad tried to swing him with his 10# Vanish and I was like OH NO! So I held his rod whiled he lipped it. Hook out and all, he was a 13 lber. After that we basically screamed like little girls causing the only other fisherman there to look. After that he basically said "I'm done." So we took 3 pics in the terrible lighting, and walked foot deep into the water so it was deep enough we could get some water in her. After that we say the biggest fish ever seen slowly swim away, to be caught again cool.gif

Now why does it matter that I caught a humongous fish that got away? I think I may have had a shot at the fish first. How often is there more than one 10+ lbers with in 10 feet of each other? Well, besides the BPS tank wink.gif It felt so good to see him catch a 10+ fish(Which I've never done, and His PB before today was a 6 or so) on a bait he first for the first time ever, especially on my recommendation. Which I know if he didn't catch a fish within the first 30 minutes of using that senko, he would've changed up and probably never used it again. Now it's his absolute favorite lure. "Senko's, not just for dinks anymore." So now it's time to show you the pictures, and to submit them to Bassmaster's Lunker Club.

Im sure my dad will love to see your reactions and what you all have to say.

Also, he's holding the fish close to his body. Not way out like alot of people, me included, do. So that why it looks a bit smaller.

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Also, this outing spawned a new JuJu rule for whenever we fish. Nobody goes to grab a scale until you landed the fish and it in your hands. Or as we now call it "Counting your lb's before you catch em'". As soon as I was semi-fighting what I think to be the same fish, my dad immediately went to get a scale and the fish spit it when he went to go get it. So now it's a JuJu rule.

  • Super User
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A 10 pounder woulda yanked your scrawny ars in the water and a 13 pounder woulda eaten ya. :lol:

Tell your dad nice fish, but I don't think she'll go 13. Did you weigh her? None the less, she's nice.

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A 10 pounder woulda yanked your scrawny ars in the water and a 13 pounder woulda eaten ya. :lol:

Tell your dad nice fish.

Hhahaa

But yea Bassclary nice fish your dad got there.

  • Super User
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A 10 pounder woulda yanked your scrawny ars in the water and a 13 pounder woulda eaten ya. :lol:

Tell your dad nice fish, but I don't think she'll go 13. Did you weigh her? None the less, she's nice.

LOL. Im a big dude, 5'11 and 210 lbs. No bass in gonna yank me in let alone eat me wink.gif

Yep. Weighed her twice with two different scales and got 12.9 and 13.1. Also toke the measurements and the fish calculator here confirmed. 26 in length 20 in girth. The pics make it look small. Shoulda got a Belly shot to show how wide she was.

But then again, because you don't think it 13 im kinda skeptical now. Your in my like, top 4 people to fish with.

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LOL. Im a big dude, 5'11 and 210 lbs. No bass in gonna yank me in let alone eat me wink.gif

Yep. Weighed her twice with two different scales and got 12.9 and 13.1. Also toke the measurements and the fish calculator here confirmed. 26 in length 20 in girth. The pics make it look small. Shoulda got a Belly shot to show how wide she was.

But then again, because you don't think it 13 im kinda skeptical now. Your in my like, top 4 people to fish with.

5'11 :D I was 5'11 in second grade, LOL.

I'll give him seven or eight tops, but a heck of a fish!

  • Super User
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No one can argue with the scale and mweasurements. She'a a beauty and I'm glad you and your dad were able to share some time and catch a few.

  • Global Moderator
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Nice fish and a good story not matter what she weighed! She beat his PB for sure too!

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13 pounds....... :rolleyes: Great fish regardless of weight and awesome father son trip, but a 13 pounder looks more like thisBarnett_135_LMB_021107SM.jpg

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That is a nice one. But I have to agree with these other guys, she's 8lbs or so. And by the way 10# vanish would snap very quickly under 15lbs of drag.......

  • Like 3
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Nice 1! Two scales don't lie, BC wouldn't put the pic. up if he wasn't telling the truth. Bet you're gonna get your Dad some new fishing stuff come Christmas, some new line at least cheapy! Do you ever use circle hooks when wacky worming?

  • Like 1
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Take a 10 # weight from your weight set and hang it from your scales, if it reads ten then you could try a 15 as well to be sure. But if it reads right then your dad got him a 13# fish. Pictures can be decieving, as it does look around 8 pounds.

NGaHB

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I just notice how far his hand goes up on the belly of that fish, and how small the tail section is. Also a 13# is always fat, and that fish looks like a typical summer skinny fish.

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  • Super User
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Unit conversion trouble strikes again?

Maybe the scale read 6 lbs, instead of 6 kgs?

Nice fish regardless, and cool write-up.

EDIT:

Totally unrelated, but just saw a cool post from Butch Brown over at the SBNation forum. All three photos are of the same 2 lb bass :P

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  • Super User
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Thanks guys! He really appreciates it.

And deep, just before the trip we noticed so we sharpied out the kg numbers.

We also made sure the scale was right by checking it with a 10 lb bench press weight. it read 10 lbs.

It looks alot smaller in the pictures. He's not holding it anywhere away from his chest, its right next to it. Im sure if he held it out like Hookingem's photo it would look similar, a bit skinnier and longer though.

You guys can call it an 8 but I know it was a 13 cool.gif

  • Super User
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Don't worry about it BC. These guys just want to pee in your Cheerios. When you look at the lunker pics in Bassmaster Mag. many of those don't look over 10lbs.

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Don't worry about it BC. These guys just want to pee in your Cheerios. When you look at the lunker pics in Bassmaster Mag. many of those don't look over 10lbs.

exactly, but get your dad some good line, will ya : )

  • Super User
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exactly, but get your dad some good line, will ya : )

I immediately picked up some 20 # Power Pro for him at Wally World today, lol.

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Thanks guys! He really appreciates it.

And deep, just before the trip we noticed so we sharpied out the kg numbers.

We also made sure the scale was right by checking it with a 10 lb bench press weight. it read 10 lbs.

It looks alot smaller in the pictures. He's not holding it anywhere away from his chest, its right next to it. Im sure if he held it out like Hookingem's photo it would look similar, a bit skinnier and longer though.

You guys can call it an 8 but I know it was a 13 cool.gif

Dude, I commend you for calling out my boy. That's one of the funniest posts I've ever seen. That's a really, really nice fish man. I bet you guys both went ape!

  • Super User
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B-Dozer: Yeah, I got him a Daiwa Exceler a while ago. It was the reel he caught it on, and he loves it. Im trying to get him to upgrade to a decent rod now. He's still using $35 dollar Gander rods, So I want to get him something better. Maybe a Veritas, even though I dont like those rods, he will be stoked with it. Im trying to get him to try out a casting outfit too. He wont try em' cause he thinks he's just gonna backlash all the time.

And Fat-G: Thanks man, we we're freaking out and shouting, the only other angler there was in shock. It's actually really funny because what I forgot to mention in the story was that there was a wedding there about 200 feet away. Needless to say we distracted them for a good 5 minutes biggrin.gif

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