Big Fluke Bass

Recon8541 · 03-21-07, 08:03 PM

Was out for a bit today, and caught this bute.

she went just a touch over 12. I have a postal scale here that goes up to 25 lbs, I set a small basket on it then zero it to weigh the fish. This one went 12lbs 4 oz. I also caught 7 more that were over the 5lb mark, with 2 more over 8.

What an unreal day! Ihateforwards, I gotta get you some flukes buddy lol!

Reon

texasbasser · 03-21-07, 08:13 PM

Awesome fish recon. Next time, take a paper and write "Recon8541" and "bassfishin.com" and enter it in the tourny. You could have a great chance with that hawg!!

Recon8541 · 03-21-07, 08:20 PM

Is it to late to do that? I may just enter her. Where do you enter at?

ihateforwards · 03-21-07, 08:24 PM

Uhh, go to the message board area, they have some stickies about the tourny. Oh and thanks for the stuff your giving me even though I don't know what. I'm sure it'll be really good stuff although!

texasbasser · 03-21-07, 08:36 PM

it is now, you gotta have it in the pic with the fish...

go here and look at others posts to see what to do, you could really win some great stuff.

http://www.bassfishin.com/bassfishin...ad.php?t=10664

if you see "wft 0607" on anyones paper, ignore it you dont need to have that in. just username and bassfishin.com

Recon8541 · 03-21-07, 08:54 PM

I still have the fish in the tank here, and was just getting ready to go release her. let me get some pics quick!

ihateforwards · 03-21-07, 08:56 PM

A tank? Or a basket? That'd be a big tank to hold a fish like that, while maintaining the oxygen level inside the tank. That's why I bought a prison basket (I like to call it my prison basket) that holds small fish nicely while i can let it sit in a lake.

Recon8541 · 03-21-07, 09:21 PM

I entered it, anyhow I have a tank. It used to be used by cisco foods to haul ice cream Until I converted it. It has a 1200gph pond pump and 3 different bubblers, plus a really good spray bar, it hold about 170 gallons of water, and I havent lost a fish in it yet. I also have a system rigged on it to cycle lake water through it to maintain the water temp with the lake. It works great for destressing big fish and releasing them with no harm. I generally do this because our lake has huge *** gators in it, and they ill tear into weakened fish, Ive seen it. So generally when i get a monster I keep her in a tank overnight to let her get her strength back up and they release very well.

ihateforwards · 03-21-07, 09:26 PM

What happens when someday you get a gator on your line?

Recon8541 · 03-21-07, 09:27 PM

you mean like this?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtWwGFOACqw

ihateforwards · 03-21-07, 09:31 PM

Oh wow, that's ummm, wow. That's all I'll say!

Recon8541 · 03-21-07, 09:37 PM

he was just a little guy, and I wasnt even tryint to catch him, just run him off. usually they just make a big splash and haul butt lol.

Rebbasser · 03-21-07, 10:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ihateforwards

What happens when someday you get a gator on your line?

You let the gator have whatever it wants

. I was fishing a stock tank with Nitro911 a ways back and had one grab a brush hog as I was reeling across weed mat. Fortunately he grabbed it by the tail rather than the hook so I just let him have the brush hog and reeled in an empty hook

Congrats on the beautiful fish, Recon!

lizardsrule · 03-21-07, 10:15 PM

SWEET BASS, very nice Hawg indeed. I wouldn't however keep that video up online too long, you aren't supposed to be fishing for Gators.

Lizards

Recon8541 · 03-21-07, 11:00 PM

I actually wasnt fishing for them, and besides I have a permit for out lake, its overrun, and there are alot of nuasance gators here. My best bud is the gw here, no worries, the gator was returned unharmed...this time.

thebus71h · 03-22-07, 08:33 PM

Wow. That's pretty damn amazing.

Good catch though!

flamez · 03-23-07, 02:12 AM

12 footers will give your drag a good workout big gators love cone bobbers dont need no hook they hold on just fine

Snake2715 · 03-23-07, 08:31 AM

Nice fish!

JRL · 03-23-07, 12:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Recon8541

I still have the fish in the tank here, and was just getting ready to go release her.

Big thumbs up from me. A 12 1/2 year old fish is hard to replace.

03-21-07, 08:03 PM	#1
Recon8541 BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Orlando, Florida Posts: 144	Big Fluke Bass Was out for a bit today, and caught this bute. she went just a touch over 12. I have a postal scale here that goes up to 25 lbs, I set a small basket on it then zero it to weigh the fish. This one went 12lbs 4 oz. I also caught 7 more that were over the 5lb mark, with 2 more over 8. What an unreal day! Ihateforwards, I gotta get you some flukes buddy lol! Reon __________________ My wife says "I swear what would you rather do fish or make love"....I said "well....depends on how the fish are biting!"

03-21-07, 08:20 PM	#3
Recon8541 BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Orlando, Florida Posts: 144	Is it to late to do that? I may just enter her. Where do you enter at? __________________ My wife says "I swear what would you rather do fish or make love"....I said "well....depends on how the fish are biting!"

03-21-07, 08:54 PM	#6
Recon8541 BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Orlando, Florida Posts: 144	I still have the fish in the tank here, and was just getting ready to go release her. let me get some pics quick! __________________ My wife says "I swear what would you rather do fish or make love"....I said "well....depends on how the fish are biting!"

03-21-07, 09:21 PM	#8
Recon8541 BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Orlando, Florida Posts: 144	I entered it, anyhow I have a tank. It used to be used by cisco foods to haul ice cream Until I converted it. It has a 1200gph pond pump and 3 different bubblers, plus a really good spray bar, it hold about 170 gallons of water, and I havent lost a fish in it yet. I also have a system rigged on it to cycle lake water through it to maintain the water temp with the lake. It works great for destressing big fish and releasing them with no harm. I generally do this because our lake has huge *** gators in it, and they ill tear into weakened fish, Ive seen it. So generally when i get a monster I keep her in a tank overnight to let her get her strength back up and they release very well. __________________ My wife says "I swear what would you rather do fish or make love"....I said "well....depends on how the fish are biting!"

03-21-07, 09:27 PM	#10
Recon8541 BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Orlando, Florida Posts: 144	you mean like this? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtWwGFOACqw __________________ My wife says "I swear what would you rather do fish or make love"....I said "well....depends on how the fish are biting!"

03-21-07, 08:13 PM	#2
texasbasser BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: San Antonio, Tx Posts: 2,301	Awesome fish recon. Next time, take a paper and write "Recon8541" and "bassfishin.com" and enter it in the tourny. You could have a great chance with that hawg!!

03-21-07, 08:24 PM	#4
ihateforwards BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: A pond, Somewhere in Carmel, Indiana Posts: 164	Uhh, go to the message board area, they have some stickies about the tourny. Oh and thanks for the stuff your giving me even though I don't know what. I'm sure it'll be really good stuff although!

03-21-07, 08:36 PM	#5
texasbasser BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: San Antonio, Tx Posts: 2,301	it is now, you gotta have it in the pic with the fish... go here and look at others posts to see what to do, you could really win some great stuff. http://www.bassfishin.com/bassfishin...ad.php?t=10664 if you see "wft 0607" on anyones paper, ignore it you dont need to have that in. just username and bassfishin.com

03-21-07, 08:56 PM	#7
ihateforwards BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: A pond, Somewhere in Carmel, Indiana Posts: 164	A tank? Or a basket? That'd be a big tank to hold a fish like that, while maintaining the oxygen level inside the tank. That's why I bought a prison basket (I like to call it my prison basket) that holds small fish nicely while i can let it sit in a lake.

03-21-07, 09:26 PM	#9
ihateforwards BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: A pond, Somewhere in Carmel, Indiana Posts: 164	What happens when someday you get a gator on your line?

03-21-07, 09:31 PM	#11
ihateforwards BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: A pond, Somewhere in Carmel, Indiana Posts: 164	Oh wow, that's ummm, wow. That's all I'll say!

03-21-07, 09:37 PM	#12
Recon8541 BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Orlando, Florida Posts: 144	he was just a little guy, and I wasnt even tryint to catch him, just run him off. usually they just make a big splash and haul butt lol. __________________ My wife says "I swear what would you rather do fish or make love"....I said "well....depends on how the fish are biting!"

03-21-07, 10:15 PM	#14
lizardsrule BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Saint Augustine, FL Posts: 7,374	SWEET BASS, very nice Hawg indeed. I wouldn't however keep that video up online too long, you aren't supposed to be fishing for Gators. Lizards __________________ There are three types of Snakes I hate 1. Live Snakes 2. Dead Snakes 3. Sticks that look like Snakes. And Gators too!

03-21-07, 11:00 PM	#15
Recon8541 BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Orlando, Florida Posts: 144	I actually wasnt fishing for them, and besides I have a permit for out lake, its overrun, and there are alot of nuasance gators here. My best bud is the gw here, no worries, the gator was returned unharmed...this time. __________________ My wife says "I swear what would you rather do fish or make love"....I said "well....depends on how the fish are biting!"

03-22-07, 08:33 PM	#16
thebus71h BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Liberty, IN Posts: 135	Wow. That's pretty damn amazing. Good catch though! __________________ Billy Rowlee #71h

03-23-07, 02:12 AM	#17
flamez BassFishin.Com Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: St.Cloud Central Florida Posts: 910	12 footers will give your drag a good workout big gators love cone bobbers dont need no hook they hold on just fine __________________ "You got that right flamez, only one other bait more fun to throw than a buzzbait, and thats a sand minnow!" - Trap

03-23-07, 08:31 AM	#18
Snake2715 BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Mid Michigan Posts: 249	Nice fish! __________________ -Josh

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