Caught a 6 footer over the weekend!

tkoglin · 08-29-06, 07:19 PM

I was using a diving Fat Rap shad. When the lure reached the bottom It felt like it hung up on something but I was still able to bring it in.

I figured I would have a lure full of milfoil when it reached the surface but to my surprise I snagged a 6' fishing pole with a closed face Zebco reel.

The rod was no longer any good since it had been down there a long time. Most of the eyelets were loose and the foam handle part was just nasty.

I was able to take apart the reel and clean it up and re-grease it. I'm going to put the reel on an older rod I have laying around and let me young Nephew use it when he goes fishing with me.

flamez · 08-29-06, 11:17 PM

i was about to say only a 6 footer i catch alligators twice that size all the time O_o

Vabass22 · 08-30-06, 07:08 AM

LOL, Falmez, don't make him feel bad about his catch! I would like to catch one, but sometimes, if you go to yard sales, they'll give them to you.

keithdog · 08-31-06, 07:01 AM

After reading your story I had to tell you mine, LOL. My dad went on a fishing trip to Canada when I was 7 years old and he too snaged a rod and reel combo with a 5 1/2 foot rod and a Zebco 33 reel. That became my first fishing outfit!!! Was in decent shape, so it obviously hadn't been under the water too long.

geno · 09-06-06, 07:46 PM

come to McGee creek in Okla an ill show you where I lost a loomis with a Johnny Morris on it. maybe you can catch it, tried for bout a hr and never could snag it. boat was getting clos to a cedar, layed it on the deck pushed away from the cedar turned to pick up rod to watch it go outa site. for got and left jig in water. see there no mater how old you are ya learn something new ever day.

pretjah · 09-15-06, 02:59 PM

i lost an abu garcia spinning outfit at a tournament a couple months ago...

went to grab another rod laying o the boat and it hooked hte abu setup and overboard she went and of course(if you know anyhting aobut my fishing) of course it came unhooked before i could get it back in the boat!!

08-29-06, 07:19 PM	#1
tkoglin BassFishin.Com Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: SouthEast Michigan Posts: 62	Caught a 6 footer over the weekend! I was using a diving Fat Rap shad. When the lure reached the bottom It felt like it hung up on something but I was still able to bring it in. I figured I would have a lure full of milfoil when it reached the surface but to my surprise I snagged a 6' fishing pole with a closed face Zebco reel. The rod was no longer any good since it had been down there a long time. Most of the eyelets were loose and the foam handle part was just nasty. I was able to take apart the reel and clean it up and re-grease it. I'm going to put the reel on an older rod I have laying around and let me young Nephew use it when he goes fishing with me.

08-29-06, 11:17 PM	#2
flamez BassFishin.Com Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: St.Cloud Central Florida Posts: 910	i was about to say only a 6 footer i catch alligators twice that size all the time O_o __________________ "You got that right flamez, only one other bait more fun to throw than a buzzbait, and thats a sand minnow!" - Trap

08-30-06, 07:08 AM	#3
Vabass22 BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Northern Va Posts: 1,120	LOL, Falmez, don't make him feel bad about his catch! I would like to catch one, but sometimes, if you go to yard sales, they'll give them to you.

08-31-06, 07:01 AM	#4
keithdog BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: IN Posts: 8,308	After reading your story I had to tell you mine, LOL. My dad went on a fishing trip to Canada when I was 7 years old and he too snaged a rod and reel combo with a 5 1/2 foot rod and a Zebco 33 reel. That became my first fishing outfit!!! Was in decent shape, so it obviously hadn't been under the water too long.

09-06-06, 07:46 PM	#5
geno BassFishin.Com Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: noble okla Posts: 33	come to McGee creek in Okla an ill show you where I lost a loomis with a Johnny Morris on it. maybe you can catch it, tried for bout a hr and never could snag it. boat was getting clos to a cedar, layed it on the deck pushed away from the cedar turned to pick up rod to watch it go outa site. for got and left jig in water. see there no mater how old you are ya learn something new ever day.

09-15-06, 02:59 PM	#6
pretjah BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 140	i lost an abu garcia spinning outfit at a tournament a couple months ago... went to grab another rod laying o the boat and it hooked hte abu setup and overboard she went and of course(if you know anyhting aobut my fishing) of course it came unhooked before i could get it back in the boat!!

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