splashhopper Posted September 8, 2009 Report Share Posted September 8, 2009 (edited) Had a great long weekend.... up in "spinnerbaitking country"... was amazing when i arrived Saturday morning to this >>> Not a soul to be found.. amazing ! Not too long in to my morning I got into the first of many bass,, ,smallies and largies with a beautiful sunfish in the mix... and and and and and and You get the idea... about every 3-4 casts, with a Berkley watermelon coloured sink worm (wacky-rigged with a weedless hook) and wham.. FISH ON... It was nuts.... and the morning was only 2 hours old... I decided to troll down to the other end of the lake where I had watched others cris-crossing from side to side on previous visits while I was shore-fishing The lake was like glass most of the morning and no one else showed up for about two hours. While trolling with my, " new to me from Kijiji", electric motor I ran right into a weedbed... wasn't looking for one in THE MIDDLE OF THE LAKE geesh... I thought my motor conked out.... but then it sputtered and as I looked down at it... a big chunk of weeds was wrapped around it... Being new to this whole trolling thing... I just put it in reverse and blew those buggers right back to where they came from.. Not sure if that is the right way to do that... but it sure worked fine this time I headed closer to shore where I could see some great submerged cover,,,, tossed my sinking worm back in and quickly got this beautiful sunfish Truly amazing colours on it.. A couple more casts, with a different brand of worm that was the same colour but had a red tip on it... I was in to them again..... holy smokes... it was truly the best morning of my short bass fishing career. and and Well.... U don't need to see anymore than those examples... because..... On a cast that went " a little further than planned" I thought I was snagged on a log or something... I was gently tightening the line to see if it would pull off and it was only getting tighter.. But then... the line went limp.... I gave it a BIG HOOK SET... and WHAMMO.... The fight was on! It took two "sky dives" ... pulled line like crazy... till i tightened the drag down a notch or two and then it came charging at the canoe.... I was reeling like crazy trying to keep up with it on my cheap 5:1 gear ratio ...lol all the time I am hearing my daughter, Botbot, voice saying : "don't lose it daddy"... lol ( I was wishing she was with me, but alas,,, she is at Disneyland for a week with her god-parents) The fish bent my medium-stiff rod in half like a pretzel and tore under the canoe like it was heading to a smorgasbord of baby sunfish on a green weedbed platter... nothing was stopping this fish from going under the canoe... I was just hoping it wouldn't get caught up in the motor.... I finally got it landed and took a couple of shots immediately... it was huuuge.... and Wanting to get a better picture of it... I quickly filled my bailing bucket with water( thank goodness it was a big pail) and hooked the fish through the bottom lip with my chain, put it in the bucket and then hooked the chain to the bar on the canoe... "just in case"...lol I put my little motor in high gear and headed back to the launch where a young family was fishing... Man I coulda swam there with that fish... my adrenalin was so pumped...lol A few of the photographers on the this site gave me a a couple of pointers about taking some pics to give the fish some perspective of size,,, so I grabbed the first thing I could think of when I got on shore and took this.... lol The father had an old weigh scale in his tackle box and we weighed it... it said.... SIX POUNDS ! Holy crap... I blew right thru "the nickle".... I have been catching lots of 3-4 lbers recently and was just hoping for my " first knickle" ... lol We grabbed the chain and quickly counted the links ( an inch long) it for some length and girth measurements... Length - 22" Girth - 15 "... a real football... I checked the O.F.A.H site for their Estimated weight calculator and put the numbers in... their calculator says >>>> 6.1875lbs ! woohooo.. I will call it 6lbs for myself,, just in case I get any grief from someone on here.... A couple more shots of my Personal Best ( weight wise) small-mouth bass for the OFC board and this one with my favorite t-shirt prominently displayed... That fish went back in the water and swam off like nothing ever happened to it... I went back out.... caught a few more and came back in to shore.... Had a nice nap in the van.... and went back out for the evening fish,,.,, the action was nothing like the morning.... but I did get to see this view on the way back in on this quiet lake ALL BY MYSELF at the end of a perfect day of fishing Splashhopper This beauty Edited September 8, 2009 by splashhopper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Musky or Specks Posted September 8, 2009 Report Share Posted September 8, 2009 Vary nice fish cingrats on the nickle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
splashhopper Posted September 8, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 8, 2009 Vary nice fish cingrats on the nickle Thanks.... it ain't no muskie... Because I haven't tried for them yet .. maybe next season... gotta be getting on the water for salmon and trout now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cudz Posted September 8, 2009 Report Share Posted September 8, 2009 22" smallie is big. Can't really get a grasp on the weight when you are holding it but 22" is big no matter which way you slice it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigugli Posted September 8, 2009 Report Share Posted September 8, 2009 Gotta love when the fishing is on fire. Congrats on the PB smallie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kemper Posted September 8, 2009 Report Share Posted September 8, 2009 weird how weights vary so much on fish of the same general size. My dad caught a 22.75 incher on buckhorn and we were all thinking it was at least 5.5..came out at only 4lb 12 oz! Sweet fish dude Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCTFisher9120 Posted September 8, 2009 Report Share Posted September 8, 2009 Nice smallmouth and wow congrads on all of those quality bass u caught! Thanks for sharing, MTBF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey Posted September 8, 2009 Report Share Posted September 8, 2009 Great report and nice smallie, woohoo. Joey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitespinnerbait Posted September 8, 2009 Report Share Posted September 8, 2009 Nice looking heavy fish.... Congrats,,,, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twocoda Posted September 8, 2009 Report Share Posted September 8, 2009 give yourself a pat on the back .....one heck of a report!!!!! as far as: bass go ....good ones scenery goes....excellent t shirt goes.......awsome i really do think there should be monthly awards for some of the reports that get posted on here...( hint hint ) http://www.ofncommunity.com/forums/index.p...hl=concept+idea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tightline Posted September 8, 2009 Report Share Posted September 8, 2009 What an awsome trip and a HUGE congrats on the smallie....My cousin and I (me being the net man on that one) got a 221/2 inch 6 1/4 pounder at Wasdell falls a few years back...I know exactly how you feel when you land a Monster!!! Great pics....I'm jealous!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corvette1 Posted September 8, 2009 Report Share Posted September 8, 2009 nice day bassin congrats Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LucG Posted September 8, 2009 Report Share Posted September 8, 2009 Sweet catch man! Seems like you had a damn good time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spinnerbaitking Posted September 8, 2009 Report Share Posted September 8, 2009 Nice Report hopefully we can get together some time & share my boat for a day on the water Richard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaydub Posted September 9, 2009 Report Share Posted September 9, 2009 Great report, lots of fun to read! That was one perfect day of bassin! Contrats on the PB ... that's gonna be a tough one to beat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
splashhopper Posted September 9, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 9, 2009 Great report, lots of fun to read! That was one perfect day of bassin! Contrats on the PB ... that's gonna be a tough one to beat. That's interesting you mentioned " tough one to beat".... After I caught that one... the next ones just seemed so,,,, bland! lol It was even harder to get pumped up for fishing on Labour day.... oh well... the trout will be coming in soon enough.. btw... that bass in your photo looks huge too... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danbouck Posted September 9, 2009 Report Share Posted September 9, 2009 Great Report! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leecher Posted September 9, 2009 Report Share Posted September 9, 2009 Right on splashhopper Congrats on your PB That is a fat smallie for sure Great job and thanks for sharing Leechman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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