Sometimes Its the Fish You Don't Catch
Sometimes its the fish you don't catch that are the most memorable.
Sunday afternoon I took Mike Hellum out on one of my favorite backwaters. The bite was not on fire, but we both caught fish. In one little pocket early I played with my little crappie twisters catching small bass, when I saw a huge carp swimming towards the boat. I pitched the 8 pound test drop shot rig in front of it and said out loud laughing, "I wonder if I can get that carp to bite." It ate it. No kidding. Looked to be about a 15-20 pound carp and it slurped down one of my little crappie grubs like candy. It was fun for only a few minutes though. I tried to hold it from going in the brush and it turned. Not towards the boat, but it kept out of the brush. Like an idiot that made me think I could hold that fish. LOL. Not a chance. I played with it for another half minute and then it kicked its tail once hard and the line parted like tissue paper. A little later I flipped one decent bass, but I was really just enjoying being out. We hit another area, and started getting bit. Mike got half a dozen bites atleast and stuck 3-4 keepers while I played with the bluegill and readears in one largish bay. I did stick a nice ½ - ¾ pound redear that came home for dinner. I rarely ever bring home any fish, but this one begged for it. As the shadows slowly ate up the last of the sunlight on the water I started throwing a popper while Mike continued to get bites on a senko. I got two solid bites on the popper. Both fairly explosive on bare do nothing banks. One I got to play for a little bit before he jumped and blew out my bait. The other came off pretty quick. Both hooked up for a little bit. It was really nice to finally have a couple fish commit to a topwater bite. Its not "on", but its not far off. Bob La Londe www.YumaBassMan.com Tournament Director www.YumaProAm.com |
Sometimes Its the Fish You Don't Catch
Now that is a fun day!
"Bob La Londe" wrote in message ... Sometimes its the fish you don't catch that are the most memorable. Sunday afternoon I took Mike Hellum out on one of my favorite backwaters. The bite was not on fire, but we both caught fish. In one little pocket early I played with my little crappie twisters catching small bass, when I saw a huge carp swimming towards the boat. I pitched the 8 pound test drop shot rig in front of it and said out loud laughing, "I wonder if I can get that carp to bite." It ate it. No kidding. Looked to be about a 15-20 pound carp and it slurped down one of my little crappie grubs like candy. It was fun for only a few minutes though. I tried to hold it from going in the brush and it turned. Not towards the boat, but it kept out of the brush. Like an idiot that made me think I could hold that fish. LOL. Not a chance. I played with it for another half minute and then it kicked its tail once hard and the line parted like tissue paper. A little later I flipped one decent bass, but I was really just enjoying being out. We hit another area, and started getting bit. Mike got half a dozen bites atleast and stuck 3-4 keepers while I played with the bluegill and readears in one largish bay. I did stick a nice ½ - ¾ pound redear that came home for dinner. I rarely ever bring home any fish, but this one begged for it. As the shadows slowly ate up the last of the sunlight on the water I started throwing a popper while Mike continued to get bites on a senko. I got two solid bites on the popper. Both fairly explosive on bare do nothing banks. One I got to play for a little bit before he jumped and blew out my bait. The other came off pretty quick. Both hooked up for a little bit. It was really nice to finally have a couple fish commit to a topwater bite. Its not "on", but its not far off. Bob La Londe www.YumaBassMan.com Tournament Director www.YumaProAm.com |
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