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Went out last night to a pond by my home and right off the bat landed a 13 incher. he fought like crazy
. After that it was pretty sloow until about 8:40 i had what i think was a small crappie get off my hook. At about 9:00 i was trolling and felt a tug on my line i set the hook. I had a lot of line out so i fought the poor fish for a long ways. He put up barely any fight so i concluded that it was a crappie when i finally bought him to the shore i saw that it was no crappie. I am not sure what it is but i know it is a shoaling fish because when i picked him out of the water about 4 dark fish swam around my hand. Can you identify it? i posted pics below.
If i hadnt caught any more fish it would have been Ok but a half an hour later i was trolling on another part of the pond when i felt a massive tug. I set the hook but realized it was just a snag (i am positive it was a snag) I walked back to it when all of a sudden my rod wipped into a C shape.
The drag screamed and i saw my line cutting through the water it was going up, to jump! this was no blugeill or small bass, this was a [V]onster!
When it jumped i saw how big it was, this thing was a GIANT! The rod was bent when i heard a car behind me out of the corner of my eye i saw it was the campus police i kept fighting the fish but was thinking why on earth he was here! The pond was fine to fish at and i couldnt imagine what was wrong. He got out of his car and walked towards me. i was about to tell him that he could do whatever he wanted... after i brought the fish in! I landed the fish and turned around He had his camera phone and was smiling broadly he took a picture of me with my camera and asked if he could show the pictures to his friends. I measured the fish. as long as it was over 17 inches i would be happy. I scanned the numbers... 15... 16.... 17.... more to go....18... 18 and a half..... 19" It was 19 inches long the biggest largemouth i had ever caught! I weighed it, 1 pound, 2 pounds 3 pounds 3.34 pounds!!!!
I left after releasing him safely. He is still alive in there, know i just need to catch him on a fly rod!!!
Went out last night to a pond by my home and right off the bat landed a 13 incher. he fought like crazy
. After that it was pretty sloow until about 8:40 i had what i think was a small crappie get off my hook. At about 9:00 i was trolling and felt a tug on my line i set the hook. I had a lot of line out so i fought the poor fish for a long ways. He put up barely any fight so i concluded that it was a crappie when i finally bought him to the shore i saw that it was no crappie. I am not sure what it is but i know it is a shoaling fish because when i picked him out of the water about 4 dark fish swam around my hand. Can you identify it? i posted pics below. If i hadnt caught any more fish it would have been Ok but a half an hour later i was trolling on another part of the pond when i felt a massive tug. I set the hook but realized it was just a snag (i am positive it was a snag) I walked back to it when all of a sudden my rod wipped into a C shape.
The drag screamed and i saw my line cutting through the water it was going up, to jump! this was no blugeill or small bass, this was a [V]onster! When it jumped i saw how big it was, this thing was a GIANT! The rod was bent when i heard a car behind me out of the corner of my eye i saw it was the campus police i kept fighting the fish but was thinking why on earth he was here! The pond was fine to fish at and i couldnt imagine what was wrong. He got out of his car and walked towards me. i was about to tell him that he could do whatever he wanted... after i brought the fish in! I landed the fish and turned around He had his camera phone and was smiling broadly he took a picture of me with my camera and asked if he could show the pictures to his friends. I measured the fish. as long as it was over 17 inches i would be happy. I scanned the numbers... 15... 16.... 17.... more to go....18... 18 and a half..... 19" It was 19 inches long the biggest largemouth i had ever caught! I weighed it, 1 pound, 2 pounds 3 pounds 3.34 pounds!!!!
I left after releasing him safely. He is still alive in there, know i just need to catch him on a fly rod!!!
