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Old 09-15-14, 06:46 AM   #1
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Default Caught a Hawg!

Haven't been able to catch anything with much size this year, that is until Saturday. I started working a black/blue jig with a black/blue Strike King Rage Chunk trailer into a large laydown and this brute engulfed it. Heck of a fight ensued, in which my reel actually popped off my rod. Talk about controlled panic! Got the reel back on the rod while keeping the line tight, and then landed her. Felt good to get a good one again. Scale said she was just a hair under 6 pounds. Looked and felt larger to me though.
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Old 09-15-14, 08:05 AM   #2
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Default generally does feel larger

In cover they often do feel larger as also pulling against the cover,it is a hawg.Inquiring minds do want to know rattle or no rattle,stain?
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Old 09-15-14, 09:39 AM   #3
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6 pounds is plenty when you're fighting and putting your rod/reel together at the same time.
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Old 09-15-14, 04:47 PM   #4
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Solid bass, as far as I am concerned any bass over 5 up north is a pig.
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Old 09-15-14, 08:40 PM   #5
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Nice chunk of a LGMouth.

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Old 09-15-14, 10:42 PM   #6
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In cover they often do feel larger as also pulling against the cover,it is a hawg.Inquiring minds do want to know rattle or no rattle,stain?
No rattle, and the water was a bit stained. About 16 inches visibility I'd say.
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Old 09-16-14, 06:50 AM   #7
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nice one always fun when reels come off when fighting a fish.
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That must of been a sight! Talk about being LUCKY.


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Old 09-17-14, 06:16 PM   #9
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Woody, I thought she was gone for sure! haha
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Nice one Keith!
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Nice Catch!
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Old 09-20-14, 03:08 PM   #12
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