Garfisher Posted July 22, 2012 Report Share Posted July 22, 2012 (edited) So I decided this evening to try a spot on the Scugog River that I hadn't fished yet this summer for some bass (some nice bluegills in there in the spring). Considering I hadn't caught any bass bigger than 1.3lbs (and that's the biggest I've gotten on the river, still figuring things out), I figured this would be the spot to improve that mark. Decided to take my "muskie" combo (7' heavy action spinning combo with 30lb fireline braid) since the water I was fishing was going to be weedy and had some pads, and anything lighter would be begging for trouble with the pads. Got there around 6:20ish after a short bike ride, and started fishing. Nothing immediately, although when I was trying to pull off some line because the line was sitting funny on the reel, a plant managed to create quite the mess of a tangle with the slack line, which took about 15 minutes of patience to get undone . Fished one part of the spot and it was fruitless, so I decided to fish closer to the actual river channel. About an hour of nothing and a family walked by, with one of the little girls remarking "we're gonna fish a better spot" after her younger brother wondered if they were going to fish where I was. The nerve, I should show them where the better spot actually is . About 30 minutes after that, while fishing a weedless spoon, something goes at my bait but misses, looked like a bass. About 5 minutes later, it made a big wake at the bait. Muskie? It didn't hit after that, so I switched to a BBZ Shad (floating). About 3 casts after the switch while twitching it along, it goes after it again and misses. YOU GOTTA BE KIDDING ME!!!! It didn't chase the bait a 2nd time, so I switched to a Skitter Pop in the largest size. A couple casts in, when I was starting to think it wasn't around, *slurp*. I set the hook and there's some decent weight on the line, however I'm worried about the lily pads between me and it. I kept it's head up long enough and got it in. This thing is BIG!!! Approximately 20.5" long, 5.3lbs, new PB (old was the reciprocal of that), 4 times bigger than the previous biggest of the year. Edited July 22, 2012 by Garfisher Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cudz Posted July 22, 2012 Report Share Posted July 22, 2012 nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bushart Posted July 22, 2012 Report Share Posted July 22, 2012 Beauty fish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leecher Posted July 22, 2012 Report Share Posted July 22, 2012 Chunky bass Congrats Garfisher Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spincast Posted July 22, 2012 Report Share Posted July 22, 2012 nice fish - well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod Caster Posted July 22, 2012 Report Share Posted July 22, 2012 I wonder how that "better spot" worked out for that family haha. Great catch and a good read. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercman Posted July 22, 2012 Report Share Posted July 22, 2012 Now thats a bucket Hawg !!!. Congrats !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRT8 smoker craft Posted July 22, 2012 Report Share Posted July 22, 2012 Nice largey I haven't been able to find a nickle in a while hopefully on rondeau in a couple weeks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garfisher Posted July 22, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 22, 2012 I wonder how that "better spot" worked out for that family haha. Great catch and a good read. Thanks They got what they were looking for, plenty of sunfish to entertain them for the evening Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garfisher Posted July 22, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 22, 2012 Maybe I did mean 0.19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbayboy Posted July 22, 2012 Report Share Posted July 22, 2012 Great fish and great job sticking with it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCTFisher9120 Posted July 23, 2012 Report Share Posted July 23, 2012 Nice Largemouth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyb Posted July 23, 2012 Report Share Posted July 23, 2012 Great bass...gotta love the game of cat and mouse...even better when you end up sinking the hooks in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spinnerbaitking Posted July 23, 2012 Report Share Posted July 23, 2012 Congrats on your PB Hawg Tight Lines SBK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asdve23rveavwa Posted July 23, 2012 Report Share Posted July 23, 2012 Very nice hawg! Congrats on the PB! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davis Posted July 23, 2012 Report Share Posted July 23, 2012 sweet fish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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