New PB!!!

jcw1503 · 03-23-09, 08:40 AM

Around in my neck of the woods the biggest bass by word out of the local lake is 7 pounds and something and the biggest i ever saw out of there was 5 pounds...Anyways the average bass in my area is 2-3 pounds and anything over 3 is big...so i do not get much of a chance to catch anything over 3 pounds....The weekend started out saturday and the high was 45 so we did not get too many bites, but saturday it warmed up to the high 70's so we went fishing after church (me, and my two brother in laws)...We went to their grandma's pond (its about a 15 by 25 footer)...It has a log in there and there was this 4-5 pound (we could only guesstimate) and it would not bite anything you threw...We saw it a few times sunday but nothing it opened its mouth at my bait once and then decided no and went away...so my two brother in laws left and i stayed i was determined to get the fish.. THey told me it was impossible for me too catch if they couldn't...my personal best is 3 pounds 4 ounces...so i wanted it bad....It disappeared for the next 15 minutes so i took my tackle up the hill and put it in the truck...I was ready to leave so i went back down there to get my rods and i saw it again....I didn't have my tackle boxes and all the tackle i had was tied onto my rods..not much of a selection...but i knew the time to go up the hill could result in the fish disappearing again..so i threw every rod i had at it and nothing....so i figured nothing was working so i started walking away and saw my old beat up eaten up 8 inch lizard on the ground...i had a frog on a 5/0 Wide Gap weighted hook, it helps keep the head up...So i picked it up and turned around and the fish was gone....I didn't have the ideal hook for fishing the lizard but i decided to try it....I put the lizard on the frog hook and casted it to the other side and started working the bottom...about 5 feet in a felt a slight nick so reeled it up and it was still heavy so i set the hook like my life depended on it....and nothing no movement..so i started to reel it all the way up and my line takes off...the fish jumped about 9 times in 10 feet....I was just praying my line would hold up...I had 10 pound test, but you never know....So i got it in and it measured a little over 4 pounds..it wasn't a giant like some of yours but it was a big one around here...My new PB....

Gbassman · 03-23-09, 11:37 AM

thats a good fish. I got my biggest of the year two weekends ago. It was a big 5 pounder. I was using a spinning reel and 8 pound line. I was fishing a super fluke around boat piers. It was a good day, because I got to fish with bamabassman. He is a real good guy!

aikenyounggun · 03-23-09, 01:46 PM

yeah my fish was big and then a lot of other people have been gettin there PBs... you got one, i did, Gbassman did (welcome), and i cant remember caught that 9-15

yeah bein in SC too its hard to get a huge one..... Santee is the right place to do it tho

Bassboss · 03-23-09, 01:49 PM

Nice bass! Seems a lot of folk are getting pb's right now, you Aiken, Photog.. twice, and a few more that don't come to mind right now! I gotta get one soon!

bamabassman · 03-23-09, 06:53 PM

4 pound bass is a hawg in my opion pal. ya done good staying with it too. jumped 9 times? man, that was fun to watch wasn't it? don't ya just love to feel it fight ya all the way in? great catch man. fantastic fish.

MrPhotographer06 · 03-23-09, 08:51 PM

oh yeah.. i got my hawg yesterday..
congrats.. great feeling isnt it?

jcw1503 · 03-24-09, 08:17 AM

thanks...it was the most times i ever saw a fish jump it really didn't want to come in....

Culln5 · 03-24-09, 08:36 AM

Congrats! The nice thing about PB's is they are there to be broken again!

fishin spro · 03-24-09, 08:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jcw1503

thanks...it was the most times i ever saw a fish jump it really didn't want to come in....

im amazed he didnt throw the hook...normally if they jump enough they can throw the hook eventually.

congrats on the PB

jcw1503 · 03-24-09, 10:12 AM

No the hook was not coming out, i was the best hook set i ever had....It took me awhile to get the hook out myself....

03-23-09, 08:40 AM	#1
jcw1503 BassFishin.Com Veteran Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: South Carolina Posts: 617	New PB!!! Around in my neck of the woods the biggest bass by word out of the local lake is 7 pounds and something and the biggest i ever saw out of there was 5 pounds...Anyways the average bass in my area is 2-3 pounds and anything over 3 is big...so i do not get much of a chance to catch anything over 3 pounds....The weekend started out saturday and the high was 45 so we did not get too many bites, but saturday it warmed up to the high 70's so we went fishing after church (me, and my two brother in laws)...We went to their grandma's pond (its about a 15 by 25 footer)...It has a log in there and there was this 4-5 pound (we could only guesstimate) and it would not bite anything you threw...We saw it a few times sunday but nothing it opened its mouth at my bait once and then decided no and went away...so my two brother in laws left and i stayed i was determined to get the fish.. THey told me it was impossible for me too catch if they couldn't...my personal best is 3 pounds 4 ounces...so i wanted it bad....It disappeared for the next 15 minutes so i took my tackle up the hill and put it in the truck...I was ready to leave so i went back down there to get my rods and i saw it again....I didn't have my tackle boxes and all the tackle i had was tied onto my rods..not much of a selection...but i knew the time to go up the hill could result in the fish disappearing again..so i threw every rod i had at it and nothing....so i figured nothing was working so i started walking away and saw my old beat up eaten up 8 inch lizard on the ground...i had a frog on a 5/0 Wide Gap weighted hook, it helps keep the head up...So i picked it up and turned around and the fish was gone....I didn't have the ideal hook for fishing the lizard but i decided to try it....I put the lizard on the frog hook and casted it to the other side and started working the bottom...about 5 feet in a felt a slight nick so reeled it up and it was still heavy so i set the hook like my life depended on it....and nothing no movement..so i started to reel it all the way up and my line takes off...the fish jumped about 9 times in 10 feet....I was just praying my line would hold up...I had 10 pound test, but you never know....So i got it in and it measured a little over 4 pounds..it wasn't a giant like some of yours but it was a big one around here...My new PB.... Attached Thumbnails __________________ The charm of fishing is that it is the pursuit of what is elusive yet attainable, a perpetual series of occasions for hope....

03-23-09, 11:37 AM	#2
Gbassman BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: scottsboro Al Posts: 155	a thats a good fish. I got my biggest of the year two weekends ago. It was a big 5 pounder. I was using a spinning reel and 8 pound line. I was fishing a super fluke around boat piers. It was a good day, because I got to fish with bamabassman. He is a real good guy! __________________ when god created Lake Guntersville, he created perfection(mark zona)

03-23-09, 01:46 PM	#3
aikenyounggun BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: aiken, SC Posts: 2,051	yeah my fish was big and then a lot of other people have been gettin there PBs... you got one, i did, Gbassman did (welcome), and i cant remember caught that 9-15 yeah bein in SC too its hard to get a huge one..... Santee is the right place to do it tho __________________ <>< Rather be Fishing ><>

03-23-09, 01:49 PM	#4
Bassboss BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Shawano, WI Posts: 7,761	Nice bass! Seems a lot of folk are getting pb's right now, you Aiken, Photog.. twice, and a few more that don't come to mind right now! I gotta get one soon! __________________ If you can't fix it with heavy squats or fish oil, you're probably going to die.

03-23-09, 06:53 PM	#5
bamabassman BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: cedar bluff, alabama Posts: 15,292	4 pound bass is a hawg in my opion pal. ya done good staying with it too. jumped 9 times? man, that was fun to watch wasn't it? don't ya just love to feel it fight ya all the way in? great catch man. fantastic fish. __________________ so many lures, so little time.

03-23-09, 08:51 PM	#6
MrPhotographer06 BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Fort Bragg, NC Posts: 2,096	oh yeah.. i got my hawg yesterday.. congrats.. great feeling isnt it? __________________ For Those I Love, I will Sacrifice: US Army since 2012

03-24-09, 08:17 AM	#7
jcw1503 BassFishin.Com Veteran Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: South Carolina Posts: 617	thanks...it was the most times i ever saw a fish jump it really didn't want to come in.... __________________ The charm of fishing is that it is the pursuit of what is elusive yet attainable, a perpetual series of occasions for hope....

03-24-09, 08:36 AM	#8
Culln5 BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Raleigh, NC Posts: 139	Congrats! The nice thing about PB's is they are there to be broken again! __________________ George - GEO Industries

03-24-09, 10:12 AM	#10
jcw1503 BassFishin.Com Veteran Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: South Carolina Posts: 617	No the hook was not coming out, i was the best hook set i ever had....It took me awhile to get the hook out myself.... __________________ The charm of fishing is that it is the pursuit of what is elusive yet attainable, a perpetual series of occasions for hope....

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