swole_t Posted July 1, 2017 Report Share Posted July 1, 2017 Ive been doing really well on the deps 250 lately and now I caught this beast. I started fishing at 5 30 am while it was still dark. I've been doing well in the morning with my cl8bait possum. So I fished that this morning for a few hours, surprising to me I didn't get a bite on it. So about 8am I switched over to my deps 250. And drove over to a beach, fished the bouy line. Nothing there. Then started moving out to open water. They have a large submerged grass bed that extends about 150 yards out into the lake with the deep edge being about 30 feet deep. I started to work my way down this weed edge and my deps 250 got stopped. Set the hook, and this fish pulled hard, one of the few bass I've caught that actually pulled some line off the reel. Fight didn't last very long though and I netted it. Fish was 25" and 8lbs 4oz, I was super excited but the story didn't end well. The fish was hooked through the gill and bleeding. Unfortantly it did not survive. It pissed me off, not the first fish I've killed with the deps 250. That bait straight kills em, literally. 😡 yev14, Beau Carlile, Garrett and 22 others 25 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danthefisherman Posted July 1, 2017 Report Share Posted July 1, 2017 Nice fish! Sad to hear how it ended though... swole_t 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassbass Posted July 1, 2017 Report Share Posted July 1, 2017 Nice fish swole_t 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogervang Posted July 1, 2017 Report Share Posted July 1, 2017 Nice 250 fish. swole_t 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OkeechobeeJC Posted July 2, 2017 Report Share Posted July 2, 2017 Well done brother ! swole_t 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigpoppabass Posted July 3, 2017 Report Share Posted July 3, 2017 Stuff like that happens. Nice fish. swole_t 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YELOSUB Posted July 4, 2017 Report Share Posted July 4, 2017 Great fish, really makes the Deps look small... swole_t and Luke1046 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swole_t Posted July 4, 2017 Author Report Share Posted July 4, 2017 Thanks guys! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willluvstafish Posted July 4, 2017 Report Share Posted July 4, 2017 Giant! swole_t 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waynem Posted July 4, 2017 Report Share Posted July 4, 2017 Great fish, Tim. Its a shame when one dies, but I'll bet 99% of yours swim off to fish another day. swole_t 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hookedonbigbaits Posted July 5, 2017 Report Share Posted July 5, 2017 Solid fish! I hate that feeling when you can't get a big one back in the water. swole_t 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LUV-2-CATCH'EM Posted July 5, 2017 Report Share Posted July 5, 2017 Great looking fish! Sorry to hear she didn't make it...Hate when that happens- got it eat it so nothing goes to waste... swole_t 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swole_t Posted July 8, 2017 Author Report Share Posted July 8, 2017 Thanks guys, yeah it sucked that it died! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
10lbs Posted July 14, 2017 Report Share Posted July 14, 2017 I heard carbonated water, Mountain Dew help stop the gill bleeding. swole_t and kondan 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZNorris Posted July 14, 2017 Report Share Posted July 14, 2017 Biggin! Congrats swole_t 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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