Y'all ain't gonna believe this S$%@!!

On the 11th of June, Heavy, his son Nick and his daughter Morgan came up and
went fishing with me. Morgan was the hot stick, landing the most, and
biggest bass of the day. Her biggest was very recognizable because it was
soooo dark, almost black in the water.

Saturday, I was guiding a guy and he caught a nice largemouth off the point
of an island where Kevin, the kids and I fished. We worked our way around
the island to the point where Morgan caught her fish. I was throwing a
wacky-rigged Senko and caught a very dark, almost black in the water
smallmouth in the same place Morgan caught hers. Looking at the jaw, I
could see a barely healed hook mark on it's jaw, it WAS Morgan's fish.

So here it is, Tuesday and I'm out with the new client. We fish the same
lake, starting at the same island. Coming to the point, I threw a
wacky-rigged Senko and felt a hit. I set the hook and a nice largemouth
came out of the water. Landing it, I noticed something peculiar, there was
PowerPro line coming from it's mouth. I told my client that this fish was
caught on Saturday and he asked how I knew. I pointed to the PowerPro and
then pointed into it's mouth. There, buried far too deeply to safely remove
was a green painted hook eye! So, I know for certain that at least a fish
will survive and actively feed four days later.

So, today we continued to work our way around the island, catching a smallie
here and there. We got out on "Morgan's Point" and I was letting the boat
drift with the breeze. I was dragging a tube as the client pulled fish from
the point with a wacky-rigged Senko. I felt a hit and set the hook. Flying
from the water came, a very dark, almost black in the water smallmouth bass!
I landed it and sure enough, there were two hook marks in it's jaw. I guess
some fish don't learn very well.

I'd like to know what the odds are on catching the same fish twice, and
better yet, three times! Pictures to be posted on ABPF.
--
Steve @ OutdoorFrontiers
http://www.outdoorfrontiers.com
G & S Guide Service and Custom Rods
http://www.herefishyfishy.com

Steve @ OutdoorFrontiers wrote:



I'd like to know what the odds are on catching the same fish twice, and
better yet, three times! Pictures to be posted on ABPF.

I have very little repeat catch data with SMB, but lots of it with LMB.
Two of the most memorable occurrences came when I was part of a tagging
study. One of the 1st fish I tagged came off a specific tree in a cove
on Lillinonah in June. By the end of the summer, I'd named that fish
Ralph, as I'd caught it 5 more times! 5 of the 6 captures came on the
same lure (9" violet fliptail worm) off the same tree. 3 of those times,
off the same exact spot on the tree, where the largest branch closest to
the bank broke away from the trunk. I caught the fish again in mid-fall,
on a smoke grub, about 75 yards away from the tree, out toward the main
lake, and one final time on a Rebel Humpback crankbait on the point at
the mouth of the cove the following spring. Some time later, the tag was
returned to the biologist in charge of the program, so apparently
someone else caught it at least once.

During the same project, I caught one 13" fish 3 times in the same day
at East Twin Lake.

Two springs ago, I caught a big fish from deep water in April, using a
smoke grub. 4th of July, I caught the same fish (more than a pound
lighter though!) from deep water on a smoke reaper on a drop shot rig.
It was about 75 feet from where I'd caught it 2-1/2 months earlier.
Didn't realize it was the same fish till I was resampling the photo
later. It had a split anal fin, and a unique blemish or disfigurement in
the scale pattern on one flank, and I just happened to hold it in pretty
much the same position for the photo.

http://www.richz.com/fishing/images/samefish.jpg

Y'all ain't gonna believe this S$%@!!

Group: rec.outdoors.fishing.bass Date: Tue, Jun 20, 2006, 8:26pm From:
(Steve*@*OutdoorFrontiers)
On the 11th of June, Heavy, his son Nick and his daughter Morgan came up
and went fishing with me. Morgan was the hot stick, landing the most,
and biggest bass of the day. Her biggest was very recognizable because
it was soooo dark, almost black in the water.
Saturday, I was guiding a guy and he caught a nice largemouth off the
point of an island where Kevin, the kids and I fished. We worked our way
around the island to the point where Morgan caught her fish. I was
throwing a wacky-rigged Senko and caught a very dark, almost black in
the water smallmouth in the same place Morgan caught hers. Looking at
the jaw, I could see a barely healed hook mark on it's jaw, it WAS
Morgan's fish.
So here it is, Tuesday and I'm out with the new client. We fish the same
lake, starting at the same island. Coming to the point, I threw a
wacky-rigged Senko and felt a hit. I set the hook and a nice largemouth
came out of the water. Landing it, I noticed something peculiar, there
was PowerPro line coming from it's mouth. I told my client that this
fish was caught on Saturday and he asked how I knew. I pointed to the
PowerPro and then pointed into it's mouth. There, buried far too deeply
to safely remove was a green painted hook eye! So, I know for certain
that at least a fish will survive and actively feed four days later.
So, today we continued to work our way around the island, catching a
smallie here and there. We got out on "Morgan's Point" and I was letting
the boat drift with the breeze. I was dragging a tube as the client
pulled fish from the point with a wacky-rigged Senko. I felt a hit and
set the hook. Flying from the water came, a very dark, almost black in
the water smallmouth bass! I landed it and sure enough, there were two
hook marks in it's jaw. I guess some fish don't learn very well.
I'd like to know what the odds are on catching the same fish twice, and
better yet, three times! Pictures to be posted on ABPF.
--
Steve @ OutdoorFrontiers
http://www.outdoorfrontiers.com
G & S Guide Service and Custom Rods
http://www.herefishyfishy.com
========
Steve, neat experience! But I believe ya....hell, out in California,
they have household names for the individual big bass in the lakes out
there! grin

JK

Steve @ OutdoorFrontiers wrote:
On the 11th of June, Heavy, his son Nick and his daughter Morgan came up and
went fishing with me. Morgan was the hot stick, landing the most, and
snip

I'd like to know what the odds are on catching the same fish twice, and
better yet, three times! Pictures to be posted on ABPF.

Does catching yourself twice count?

Long story short (really long and complicated), I got hooked in the
head, got the lure cut off and went back fishing with the hook still in
my head and planning on going to the ER later on after I was done
fishing.

Here's the lure in the head:

http://i5.tinypic.com/1552of7.jpg

Back out on the water I got the same lure caught in my thumb with no
chance of self-removal and finally had to go to the ER to get both
hooks removed.

Here's the same lure in my thumb:

http://i6.tinypic.com/1552q1h.jpg

Try explaining that to the ER people. Replaced the 2 trebles that were
cut off and have since caught about 32 more fish with that Rapala, it's
both my favorite and least favorite lure.

On 21 Jun 2006 06:29:28 -0700, "Sees-koo-wee-hah-nay"
wrote:


Steve @ OutdoorFrontiers wrote:
On the 11th of June, Heavy, his son Nick and his daughter Morgan came up and
went fishing with me. Morgan was the hot stick, landing the most, and
snip

I'd like to know what the odds are on catching the same fish twice, and
better yet, three times! Pictures to be posted on ABPF.

Does catching yourself twice count?

Long story short (really long and complicated), I got hooked in the
head, got the lure cut off and went back fishing with the hook still in
my head and planning on going to the ER later on after I was done
fishing.

Here's the lure in the head:

http://i5.tinypic.com/1552of7.jpg

Back out on the water I got the same lure caught in my thumb with no
chance of self-removal and finally had to go to the ER to get both
hooks removed.

Here's the same lure in my thumb:

http://i6.tinypic.com/1552q1h.jpg

Try explaining that to the ER people. Replaced the 2 trebles that were
cut off and have since caught about 32 more fish with that Rapala, it's
both my favorite and least favorite lure.


MMMmmm...I don't think you should spend to much money playing the
lottery :}


I've learned that I don't suffer from insanity, I enjoy it!

Remove the x for e-mail reply
Amateur radio enthusiast, N9JBF
Bass fishing Aficionado!
www.outdoorfrontiers.com
www.SecretWeaponLures.com
A proud charter member of "PETAF", People for Eating Tasty Animals and Fish!!!

We have a fish here that is always back for more. His name is Rufus.
Last year I believe the fish was caught at least 6 times that I know of
maybe more. I have yet to catch the fish this year