Toothy Fish

[Bender]

Went fishing yesterday on Upper Saranac. Decided to try to catch some other fish and tried trolling for lake trout or landlocked salmon. No luck, I think I need some dipsy divers or something to get down there, long-lining wasn't getting it done.

Decided to try some new areas for bass, and started catching a few perch on an X-Rap. Decided to keep a few and threw a Mepps #2 to try to get some on purpose. Should taste good:



Funny, but the perch just shut off and quit biting even though they were still there. I moved on looking for bass and started throwing a Pointer 100 when I got HAMMERED! This fish was pulling hard and had my 6'6" MH rod doubled over, in this case I think the spiral wrapped guides helped keep the rod from turning. I reeled and fought the fish for a few minutes and he finally came to the boat. The lure was completely gone and all I could see was the 10# fluoro going into his mouth, made me very worried about losing the lure. He made several move runs from the boat as I was trying to net him. He didn't really fit into the net, but I managed to get him into the boat. Got my lure back (carefully) but it is pretty much destroyed. I weighed him on handheld scale at 12# and best guess from where he was on the deck is about 38".



Moved on and found a school of smallies on a rock pile in 35'. Caught 8-10 of them including 5 on back to back casts but they were all 10-12". Hit a couple other spots and got only a few more smallies, no big ones. After 10 hours on the water I decided to head in but hit my one spot for big ones by the ramp. Threw the drop shot back down on some fish I marked and after a few nibbles hooked into one. Got it up to the boat and it was a catfish! Add in the sucker I caught with the perch and it was quite a well rounded day.