Pdunna191 Posted October 10, 2016 Report Share Posted October 10, 2016 Fishing with my friend Darren about a week ago, throwing my 9 inch slammer I see something swirl twice behind the bait and just as I say "what is that" I get bit. Set the hook and didn't feel like anything crazy, all the sudden the fish took off and started peeling line. No fish ever peels line off my reel so I knew something was up. The fish was fighting well and turned the boat around for a few seconds. As I started to pull it up I saw the color and thought it was a huge salmon or something (we don't have fresh water stripers here like in Cali) at this point we see what it is and my friend and I are in shock and freaking out, he attempted to net it but it was too big so he 2 hand lipped it and dragged it into the crawdad. New PB striper including salt water haha. Never thought this is how it would go down. Thank you to the bucket biologist who put it in the pond and my buddy Darren for getting it in the boat. Caught on an LDC workshop XXH white label , calcutta 401, 25# Big game and a 9 inch cranking slammer with 1/0 quads. Dsouth, fishnchips35, johnnnydukess and 12 others 15 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FishDr Posted October 10, 2016 Report Share Posted October 10, 2016 That striper is a beast! Did you get a weight on her? That's the sort of fish that becomes a legend among pond anglers - the monster that breaks tackle and never gets landed...until you went and dropped a Slammer in her path! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassbass Posted October 10, 2016 Report Share Posted October 10, 2016 That is a crazy fish, congratulations Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigpoppabass Posted October 10, 2016 Report Share Posted October 10, 2016 Wow! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassing305 Posted October 10, 2016 Report Share Posted October 10, 2016 Very nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
largemouth Posted October 10, 2016 Report Share Posted October 10, 2016 Wow toad.Nice job sweet it was on topwater too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkH024 Posted October 10, 2016 Report Share Posted October 10, 2016 Thats incredible. Congrats! fishnchips35 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danthefisherman Posted October 10, 2016 Report Share Posted October 10, 2016 Beast of a fish! Awesome job! fishnchips35 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBadExample Posted October 10, 2016 Report Share Posted October 10, 2016 That would be an awesome fish if you landed it off the beach.....but out of a small pond!?! Just unreal! That's absolutely awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishstix024 Posted October 10, 2016 Report Share Posted October 10, 2016 That's a TOAD in any state! If I had to take a guess...Looks like upper 20's...26-28lbs. We're on the brink of our fall striper run on the CA Delta. We had some giant swirls on Top Water this week, just no takers. Hoping for a few fish like that in the coming weeks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tybo jones Posted October 10, 2016 Report Share Posted October 10, 2016 Crazy good stuff there. That is way beyond awesome. Congrats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YELOSUB Posted October 11, 2016 Report Share Posted October 11, 2016 Freaking awesome man! Great story, thanks for sharing... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pickle Posted October 11, 2016 Report Share Posted October 11, 2016 Nice fish bud! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEMassBass Posted October 11, 2016 Report Share Posted October 11, 2016 Wow! Great catch! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G3bassin Posted October 11, 2016 Report Share Posted October 11, 2016 Awesome fish! I love catching those beasts they'll definitely test your equipment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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