more outings and a new pb again

[miller]

made it out friday before work for a half hour and luckily managed two browns.

 

 

 

had the day off today and made the best of it. went chucking spoons into the wind. at the end of a cast i reeled my spoon in and let it drop a bit as i was talking to a buddy when a monster brown smashed it. ended up beating my old pb of 19lbs 1oz with this beast at 22lbs even.

 

 

afternoon went float fishing on a river i havn't tried before and managed to hook into a couple fish, got one shaker, one nice bow, lost another, and landed a sucker too. the bow i landed had some deep cuts on one side and scratch marks on the opposing side so it looks as if a eagle or something tried to grab it.

 

 

[manitoubass2]

Congrats, what superb catch!!!!!!!!

[davey buoy]

Nice fish:thumbsup_anim:,but those holes are nasty.

[Bassnbows]

Congrats on your PB. Very sweet looking Brown.

[tb4me]

Nice fishin! Thanks for sharing..

[northernpike56]

could those holes be the work of a great blue heron?

 

 

[Christopheraaron]

could those holes be the work of a great blue heron?

 

 

 

I don't think herons go after fish that big, and usually they only take one strike. Nice fish all around!

[rocheleauc]

Wow, what a monster! Very nice!

[Ralph Field]

My bet would be that those holes were the result of a sea gull attack in shallow water.

[Joeytier]

Wow, amazing brown. Definitely an excellent week of fishing for you, sir!

[lovetofish]

Nice Brown!

[dave524]

Lived a 5 minute walk from that pier for 28 years and that is the best brown I've seen taken from there. The marks on that bow, I'd say you are correct, talons from a Eagle or Osprey, probaby too big for it to make off with but sure left a mark

[Gregoire]

Wow that is a huge brown, congrats!

[fisherman7]

Those bites are the mark of a vam-pike! (vampire pike)

[solopaddler]

Wow what a slob of a brown! I fished that pier twice this spring with my son and caught squat LOL!

[Live2fish85]

Josh that was awesome being there to help with that. The pictures don't do justice.

[Grimace]

Great Brown. That is insane. Congrats!

[vinnimon]

Josh that was awesome being there to help with that. The pictures don't do justice.

 

 

I was told that you ended up in the drink trying to net it Chris Just kiddin around, nice haul

[miller]

Wow what a slob of a brown! I fished that pier twice this spring with my son and caught squat LOL!

 

quite often i go down and get skunked. definatly hit or miss but when they are in it sure can be great

[atvaholic]

quite often i go down and get skunked. definatly hit or miss but when they are in it sure can be great

Nice Fish! I think the one was attacked by a vampire though...

[craigdritchie]

Beauty brown, congrats! That's a real horse!

 

Marks on the rainbow look like they were made by a frog spear, or possibly even part of a pitchfork. I've seen native guys spear pike with a frog spear up north and the dual holes from the barbed spear look exactly like the marks on that 'bow.

[mike rousseau]

I don't think herons go after fish that big, and usually they only take one strike. Nice fish all around!

 

 

They eat big fish if the opportunity presents itself... We had a cage in the river when I was younger for keeping minnows... Well one day we got a bunch of smallies... So we tossed em in the cage to clean later.... Later never came... The blue herons emptied the cage... 12-15 smallies up to 3.5-4 pounds...

[young_one]

What size and style of spoon do you use for Browns? A little smaller than the ones used for Salmon in the fall?

[spincast]

Wow - that is a tank of a brownie. Congrats!

[fishindevil]

awesome browns !!!! i think someone was using a huge treble hook and snagging !!!!