07-08-06, 11:53 AM | #1 |
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Caught my first REAL bass..and review of frogs!
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i have only been fishing for bass about a month and since i am still looking for a small enough boat to get in these vacated sand pits, i have been exploring the banks for places to fish.. as you will notice, i ONLY bought topwater stuff because the water is shallow around the banks (2-6 feet) and HEAVY hydrilla with very defined clear pockets.. spinners, cranks and even buzz baits come back covered in weeds and are useless..tried worms with a little success but just casting it out about 30 yards and letting it sing, just didn't work..anyway on to the fishing.. thursday evening, after getting my shipment in from tackle warehouse, i headed for the pits to try some of this stuff out..i bought the following: jerry rado generic mouse ($30..CRAZY, i know but, it looked SO COOL) swamp donkey (bull frog) bronze eye frog (black bull frog) sumo frog (bull frog) bully wa (bull frog) Basirisky Frog (bull frog) bobbys perfect frog (bull frog i fished these various frogs for about 3 hours, changing them out looking at their action and "sitting" style..quickly, ONLY TWO of these stood out as being "worth" their cost....they, didn't fill with water, ALWAYS landed on their tummy, sat properly in the water (eyes a litle above the water line) and caused a WIDE v-wave when reeling them across open water..these two are the swamp donkey and bronze eye...the others NEVER produced a single strike! the swamp donkey and bronze eye each produced about a half dozen vicious hits and well, ONLY the bronze eye allowed me to catch the fish..i lost EVERY ONE on the swamp donkey as it did not allow a good hook up so, i am a bronze eye man..PERIOD...these fish were all about 20 inches and 2 PLUS pounds..i was on cloud nine! after doing this and finding my new "go-to" lure, i was about to leave when i remembered i had the mouse so, i said what the heck and tied it on and threw it up the shore line..i was SHOCKED how real and cool this thing was..its tail wagged slowly as it came up the shore line..suddenly, there was a huge explosion on the water that looked like a blasting cap going off and to be honest, it scared me so bad, i dropped my rod! all of a sudden my rod started to move and i grabbed it and the fight was on..this thing jumped out the water and i was like oh my gosh...it was huge! i had NEVER seen anything like this..only on TV! here i was fishing shallow water from the bank and i had a monster..well, after about 10 minutes and 4 jumps, i got it to the bank through all the hydrilla (which actually helped because it matted around him and weighed him down) and out the water..it was near the length of my arm and at home weighed over 9 1/2 lbs! went back yesterday and threw the mouse and caught three more in shallow water in different places all 3 plus pound each...INCREDIBLE! this mouse is everything i had heard it was and is an absolute monster slayer..i am so glad i bought it and ordered two more to make sure i always have one! anyone else try one of these? Last edited by promeetheeus; 07-08-06 at 10:32 PM. |
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nice fish! keep up the good work!
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Good post Pro', and nice fish. Which mouse is it?
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FYI, 20 inches, will more likely be in the 3.5-4.5 lb range. even a female fully spawned out, 20 inches will be 3+ usually..
NICE fish.. good work., |
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That's a pretty nice chunk of money for a lure but I am usually willing to try anything once. (to do with fishing of course)
Did you order that exact one? The black one? Just seems like a weird color to order first becasue I've never seen a black mouse I don't think. Then again, if they were wet they might look black. How long did it take you to get your order? |
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Congrats, nice Hawg there. Hope you got some pics to post. Mousercise it is then LOL.
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mymomisbecky,
if you read my post, i said that the 20 inch ones WERE in the 2 plus pounds..and were caught on the frog.. i never said the 9 1/2 pound one was 20 inches..how do i know it was 9 1/2 pounds, you ask? that was the weight the taxidermist told me when i took him the fish and $175..lol vagabond, i agree..but, i was curious and wanted to try it as i knew i need top water stuff where i am fishing and besides the frogs, did not know many other choices....no it was the brown mouse and it came to me in three days.. how do i post a picture? |
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photobucket.com !
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ok..
not the best as it was on my camera phone..but here goes.. |
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WOW nice fish!!!
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That my friend is a "TOAD" in any part of the country. Very nice.
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Nice fish. I gotta get me a mouse now.
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07-08-06, 11:33 PM | #14 |
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Good Job man.!!!!!
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wow great fish. maybe i should try making a mouse bait...
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Man that is a great fish! I am tempted to buy one of those rat critters...Too bad they cost so much!
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nice fish!!!i believe that's a 9-8!!!the picture proves that out.congratulations dude!!!!
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Nice fish man good job!!
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nice fish pro. how do you fish them mice?
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ahhh, thats only 3-4lbs
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Yea Rob, looks about 2 1/2, 3 pounds to me. Good fish.
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wtg~ and very nice bass..excellent, exceptional, great, impressive, magnificent, meritorious, momentous, numero uno, phenome standout, stellar, super, world class....
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I just bought three of the mice...a tan, brown and grey. I did have one question about them though. I read somewhere that the tails start getting ripped off of them. Have you had this problem?
I also read that you can replace them with a small plastic worm. That it is better to pull the original tale out and glue a spring in there. Them twist new tails on as you lose them. Not sure if this even makes sence because I haven't even seen one live. I guess I'll see in about three days. Thanks for showing the picture. By the way, who's the funny looking guy in the picture behind the fish? Just kidding. Aaron |
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Great fish Rodman, and Vagabond you bought 3? If I had $90 I would buy a new combo.
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