Great day for a newbie

[Twinsprtsfan]

Well, Sunday afternoon/evening was a great day for me, by far my best day fishing in my short career. Went to a local pond with a friend to fish for some bass. I previously had only been able to catch them with a Texas rigged worm, but today finally landed 2 with a Rapala (I guess it is called a swim bait or crank bait) so I was happy about that. I lost 1 with it though.

Started using my worm again and had real good luck with it, caught and landed 7 Bass, and lost 2 due to my line breaking on both times! I was using 10 LB test, so I do not know if I had a couple of big fish or if my line just had some weak spots?? Both fish looked pretty big as I was able to get them to the shore and almost out of the water, and both broke my line down near the reel, and not at the hook/tip of the rod.

Most of them were medium size bass. Anywhere from 1 to 3 LBs or so. But this is the biggest one I caught, it was 22 inches long and 4 1/2 LBs! I was stoked as this is the biggest bass I have ever caught.


I am really starting to feel comfortable and confident in that Texas rigged worm. And the worm color....junebug, it seems to always work.

[JB]

Thats one nice bass there! wTG

[hackattack]

look at the head on that thing... nice job

[Twinsprtsfan]

Thanks guys, a lot of helpful tips and advice has helped a lot.

Yeah, I was able to put my fist in it's mouth. It did not have much of a belly, so we were thinking that maybe it just laid eggs??

[hackattack]

yup, or (this would be bad) there might be a virsu if it is way past the spawn and you catch fat ones also. Just a thought...

[Rebbasser]

WTG Twin! That's great! Looks like you have started to develop confidence in a few baits, too, which is a very good thing. Keep up the good work!

[noboatyet]

You kept him for a wall hanger right?
Nice fish!

[Twinsprtsfan]

No, I threw him back. When/if I hang an 8 or 10 LBer, I might hang em up.

Reb, I have a lot of confidence in the Texas rigged worm/lizard now. It is actually my favorite, and I think working a worm is the most fun. I have to force myself to try other things now so I can get better at those too.

[Super Fluke]

Nice fish.

[traphuntfish]

nice fish good job!

[cdubya]

Originally Posted by Twinsprtsfan

No, I threw him back. When/if I hang an 8 or 10 LBer, I might hang em up.

Good choice that you won't regret. Put 'em back and catch 'em when they're plump and when they've lived their life cycle keep one for a trophy. 1 to 3 lber's make a nice addition to a dinner plate on special occassion but 95-99% of the time let 'em live. Only time I don't release 'em is if the pond owner asks me to keep certain fish (ie. he's overstocked crappie and also wants me to rid it of snapper turtles).