goodfishin
05-11-2013, 03:16 PM
Spent the afternoon checking out a few new spots. After deciding I wasn't going to catch anything in the Dunkin Donuts-coffee-with-milk colored Passaic and wasn't in the mood to be ass-to-ass with a half-dozen other guys in the big pools on the Black River near where they stocked on Thurs, I hit up a little lake.
Missed a bunch of hits from dinks before hooking into this Fatty Arbuckle about 30-yards out from shore on an ultralight spinning rod. Had to wade out into marsh muck right up to my very boot-tops to get him out of the water and quickly back in and was so excited I dropped my phone (which, by the grace of the fishing gods, landed on a couple of reeds an inch above the water). Was worth it though...
Pic doesn't entirely do it justice but this slobasaurus was a solid 20+ inches and could have fit a softball in his gaping maw. Big enough that he could have eaten my previous personal best. :) Total thrill.
I'm clueless about what largemouth weigh. Any guesses on what this one might tip the scales at?
I'm only a year in but, man, this bass fishing this is a freakin' blast.
Mike
Missed a bunch of hits from dinks before hooking into this Fatty Arbuckle about 30-yards out from shore on an ultralight spinning rod. Had to wade out into marsh muck right up to my very boot-tops to get him out of the water and quickly back in and was so excited I dropped my phone (which, by the grace of the fishing gods, landed on a couple of reeds an inch above the water). Was worth it though...
Pic doesn't entirely do it justice but this slobasaurus was a solid 20+ inches and could have fit a softball in his gaping maw. Big enough that he could have eaten my previous personal best. :) Total thrill.
I'm clueless about what largemouth weigh. Any guesses on what this one might tip the scales at?
I'm only a year in but, man, this bass fishing this is a freakin' blast.
Mike