Strange hit from bass

That counts. No fight but it counts...LOL!


Todd Copeland wrote:
Went fishing at the phosphate pits in Lakeland, FL this past Friday.
Great day... 81 degrees, sunshine and the water was quite warm at 75
degrees. Had the strangest day though. Was fishing with a crank bait
and last fish caught was a catfish. I was wondering why the fish was
so hard to pull up. But that was not the strangest thing. I threw the
crank bait up to shore and it nailed a fallen tree limb. You know the
kind... it hit the tree limb with a "thud" and did not move. It's a
sure bet it's not coming loose. my friend in the boat commented that
I was snagged good. The next thing I know.."wap"..... a bass actually
came up out of the water and grabbed the crank bait while it was
stuck on the limb! I could not believe it. The lure was a couple of
inches out of the water.

Here are the links to a couple of photos I took (they are rather
large... and direct links. Sorry):
http://toddcopeland.dyndns.org/MVC-626S.JPG
http://toddcopeland.dyndns.org/MVC-627S.JPG

I think maybe you are onto a new approach, albeit one difficult to
duplicate...

--
Tight lines,
Citizen Fisherman

On 6-Mar-2004, "SHRED©" wrote:

That counts. No fight but it counts...LOL!


Todd Copeland wrote:
Went fishing at the phosphate pits in Lakeland, FL this past Friday.
Great day... 81 degrees, sunshine and the water was quite warm at 75
degrees. Had the strangest day though. Was fishing with a crank bait
and last fish caught was a catfish. I was wondering why the fish was
so hard to pull up. But that was not the strangest thing. I threw the
crank bait up to shore and it nailed a fallen tree limb. You know the
kind... it hit the tree limb with a "thud" and did not move. It's a
sure bet it's not coming loose. my friend in the boat commented that
I was snagged good. The next thing I know.."wap"..... a bass actually
came up out of the water and grabbed the crank bait while it was
stuck on the limb! I could not believe it. The lure was a couple of
inches out of the water.

Here are the links to a couple of photos I took (they are rather
large... and direct links. Sorry):
http://toddcopeland.dyndns.org/MVC-626S.JPG
http://toddcopeland.dyndns.org/MVC-627S.JPG

......nothing new there at all, use this method in the large lily pads and
look out, deadly as deadly can be! "T" rigged, with a bead, floating tail 7"
worms or craws work well. Let the tail dangle, tap the weight with the line
while on top of the pad to make sound and rings in the water surface. No
line splashing. Use the pad stem as a telegraph wire. For the bigger fish
let it slip off of the pad and into the water and wait BAM! Ultra-deadly
;-))
Oh and this pad method is good post spawn 'till the water temp hits the high
seventies during the day and sometimes on the edges at dusk till midnight
anytime.
--
Stony

"The Citizen Fisherman" wrote in message
.. .
I think maybe you are onto a new approach, albeit one difficult to
duplicate...

--
Tight lines,
Citizen Fisherman

On 6-Mar-2004, "SHRED©" wrote:

That counts. No fight but it counts...LOL!


Todd Copeland wrote:
Went fishing at the phosphate pits in Lakeland, FL this past Friday.
Great day... 81 degrees, sunshine and the water was quite warm at 75
degrees. Had the strangest day though. Was fishing with a crank bait
and last fish caught was a catfish. I was wondering why the fish was
so hard to pull up. But that was not the strangest thing. I threw the
crank bait up to shore and it nailed a fallen tree limb. You know the
kind... it hit the tree limb with a "thud" and did not move. It's a
sure bet it's not coming loose. my friend in the boat commented that
I was snagged good. The next thing I know.."wap"..... a bass actually
came up out of the water and grabbed the crank bait while it was
stuck on the limb! I could not believe it. The lure was a couple of
inches out of the water.

Here are the links to a couple of photos I took (they are rather
large... and direct links. Sorry):
http://toddcopeland.dyndns.org/MVC-626S.JPG
http://toddcopeland.dyndns.org/MVC-627S.JPG


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