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hammer4reel
06-22-2013, 09:02 AM
Made a bunch of moves fishing different lumps, when finally Brad gets a good run off. He sets the hook and his rod doubles over and the drag is SCREAMING , he looks at me and says this fish is going to spool me I cant stop him. Told him to bump up his drag slowly on his Talaca, and he justs looks at the line still flying off the reel.
Finally the fish swirls way off the boat and we see its a good one. few minutes later I tell him to put some as into it and get that little bass to the boat. He laughs as the bass once again makes a hard run. Finally as the bass comes boatside I can see its a REAL good one.
I slip the net under the fish up in the bow of the boat, telling him its a dink as he cant see it. He looks over the side and sees the bass barely fits in the net. And he helps me lift it over the side.
On the deck I know before it even hits the scale he has just caught a 50 plus pound bass.
it pulls down the Rapala Digital scale to 51 pounds 12 ounces.

Sorry for the crappy pictures, but as anyone who actually has had a LEGIT 50 they are very hard to handle and get a good pic as they just want to fall all over the place. And it was a struggle to even get these pics as he couldnt hold onto the bass

and Brads biggest concern was getting this beauty back into the water to swim another day.

After these quick few pics, we swam her along side the boat for a few minutes, until see ripped away from my hand , slapping me with that great broom tail as she swam away from the boat.
The next few minutes you would have thought he had just scored a touch down at the super bowl as he fist pumped and jumped around on the deck that he had just released a super bass.

CONGRATS BRAD ON GETTING IT DONE !!!

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tropics
06-22-2013, 09:37 AM
Dan nice job on the release great looking fish..

Tuna Tales
06-22-2013, 11:06 AM
Nice catch and release Dan!

Congrats



Joe T.

surfishgirl
06-22-2013, 11:49 AM
Nice catch. :)

Tim B
06-22-2013, 12:37 PM
Way to go Dan and congrats to Brad on his 50

VinoGuy
06-22-2013, 12:39 PM
Awesome fish and even better job on the release :) :) :)

RnK
06-22-2013, 03:02 PM
Congrats :) FANATASTIC!!

Art Berkman
06-22-2013, 03:49 PM
Good stuff !

Congrats !!!

Blackfish Doug
06-22-2013, 05:51 PM
Nice picture & release now I know it's out there so it can be done again.

tautog
06-22-2013, 06:35 PM
Congrats. It is hard to get a good pic of a lively fish. I have many jumbo 14lb plus blackfish pics that look like 8lers because I didn't take the time to properly present the fish because I was concerned with getting it back in the water.

MikeinNJ
06-22-2013, 06:54 PM
congrats on a beautiful fish

AndyS
06-22-2013, 08:47 PM
WTG on the release !!!

njfisherman1975
06-22-2013, 09:01 PM
First...congrats on the fish...and secondly...and more importantly...way to go on the release!!! I hope u catch that fish again after she gains another twenty pounds!!!

Fish Head
06-23-2013, 06:32 AM
Congrats and Well done!!

GDubya07
06-23-2013, 06:59 AM
WOW - great catching and beautiful fishy and I dont even like stryped carp

Kudos and awesome Karma on the release

Great smile with the fishy

GDubs-:cool:

SplitShot
06-23-2013, 07:10 AM
OUTSTANDING!!! Definitely cause to Celebrate!!! And the Bass certainly thanks you for putting him back home!! Whoooppeeeee!!!!:D

Type R Teggy
06-23-2013, 10:20 AM
What i would do to catch a bass like that.... The bass gods will bless you for the catch and release of that hog!! Lol

hammer4reel
06-23-2013, 10:44 AM
What i would do to catch a bass like that.... The bass gods will bless you for the catch and release of that hog!! Lol


Brad has been releasing big bass caught with me for the last 5 years. He has left many over 40 go , as well as a 47 . so he did finally get bless with the Bigger one. Hoping he gets to see her again even biger

jswany04
06-23-2013, 11:54 AM
Nice fish and considering how this June has suck it's definitely a well earned fish. Did you guys have any other bass?

RBC67
06-23-2013, 11:55 AM
Congratulation

chef bet
06-23-2013, 08:46 PM
nice pics cograts

Dino
06-24-2013, 06:58 AM
pic is just beautiful. great fish nice release !

Gerry Zagorski
06-24-2013, 09:13 PM
Wow... Nice fish there:eek: :eek:

gnuisance
06-28-2013, 04:14 PM
Brad has been releasing big bass caught with me for the last 5 years. He has left many over 40 go , as well as a 47 . so he did finally get bless with the Bigger one. Hoping he gets to see her again even biger

What goes around comes around. Great fish