5-24-09 outing/pics

[crankybait]

Well it's been a while since i been bassing (first fish of 09 were trout, then catfish, then bluegills) but I finally went bassing. I hit Turkey Swamp Park's lake, which is pretty nice if anybody lives in the central NJ area. Fishing started off slow, but then we got into this nice little cove-like area and it was on. I was fishing with a wacky rigged bearpaw hippie stick (senko type thing, I just love these) slathered in Crossbow's Hawg Sauce, fished the way that I had learned off Mac's post a few years ago... still my favorite technique ever, i pretty much always start out with this rig. Anyhow, that was fished on a Mustad offset red hook with 8 lb Cajun Redcast. Rod: St. Croix Avid Medium, 6'6 Reel: Agu Garcia Cardinal 103 (love these reels too. Think I may get a third one). Caught 4 fish (including a crappie) and lost 3, which really shouldn't be happening... Had a sharp hook and all, just lost one on a jump and some massive fish i let slack because I thought it was a rock or something, then it started moving any my line was already slacked up...
Regardless, here are the day's pics

there's the first one... most of the fish i caught today were small, but hey, better than the skunk. still kicking myself for letting my line go slack on the big one

2nd fish was a crappie... I'm surprised, I didn't know they hit senkos...

There's number 3

and the last, also the smallest