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acabtp · #1 08-25-2011, 08:57 AM

I caught this at one of the town park ponds here in Denville the other day. Lure was a #4 Panther Martin gold spinner dressed with red/orange hair. 10# stealth braid line with 6# fluorocarbon leader... no idea how he didn't slice it off. 25.5" with an 11" girth, beats my old personal best chain by 3.5" of length. Caught, released. Qualification for chains for C&R angler awards is 24" so I sent it in... how much bigger have people caught them around here?

Sorry, I was by myself, so no "look-at-me-with-this-big-fish" picture

bunker dunker · #2 08-25-2011, 09:00 AM

NICE!!!! that a 2 part lake??

AJFISH13 · #3 08-25-2011, 09:01 AM

NICE CHAINSIDE

. I would say around 5 lbs.. Were you targeting toothy critters cause that looks like excellant pickeral water.

Wilson · #4 08-25-2011, 09:17 AM

Nice catch out of the salad.
Here's one from this spring. About 5 lbs

dboyd101 · #5 08-25-2011, 09:43 AM

Nice fish!

acabtp · #6 08-25-2011, 02:44 PM

thanks guys, it sure was fun

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Originally Posted by bunker dunker

NICE!!!! that a 2 part lake??

yeah

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Originally Posted by AJFISH13

NICE CHAINSIDE

. I would say around 5 lbs.. Were you targeting toothy critters cause that looks like excellant pickeral water.

yeah, i lost my scale somewhere in the past couple weeks so i didn't get a weight on it. my guesstimate was 4 ~ 5#.

I caught this early on my first trip to this pond, so I was just poking around to see what was in there. Afterwards, I lost two panther martins, both bit cleanly off... found out the hard way that chains have taken the top predator spot. Since then trip, I have gone back a few times (with wire leaders on) and targeted the slime darts. Lots of fun on spinners or tossing medium shiners under a slip bobber.

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Originally Posted by Wilson

Nice catch out of the salad.
Here's one from this spring. About 5 lbs

Thanks. That's also a nice one.