ncstatefisher Posted July 31, 2017 Report Share Posted July 31, 2017 Haven't put a report up on here in a while (nor have I had a lot of time to fish) since I moved back to NC. But this one couldn't be left out! I moved to an apartment with a 50 acre sand pit that's well over 30' deep in spots, it's more or less a lake. Over the course of the past month or so I'd occasionally see fish busting and schooling out towards the middle or out of range, usually on days I was playing with a fly rod where I had no chance of getting anywhere close to them. Well, Saturday I finally was in the right place and the right time.The water in this pond is stained but extremely clear so I get a lot of followers but not a ton of commitment (though it is summer, this fall could get ugly when they start wanting to fatten up!!)I made a long cast out over a deep hole and before my bait hit the water, the surface erupted. My swimbait landed in the middle of fish busting so hard that 4-5lb fish were going completely airborn after bait. My eyes about popped out of my head and I started a quick retrieve and maybe 3 cranks in I got absolutely smashed. The fish swam right at me so I figured it was just a really fiesty little 3lber or so. Negative ghost rider, the fish turned and went airborn before I got it to the bank. Pretty sure she'd been ordering off the dollar menu too much, needed to find a treadmill. Took a quick pic and she swam off. The fish had gone back down but I knew they couldn't have gotten far, so I threw it back out. WHACK! I see my bait fly out of the water several feet.. I get about two more cranks in, the hooks had fouled up so it was up on top and the monster fish rolled on it again and missed. Heartbreaker as it was an easy 8+. Another couple casts produced nothing and I'm thinking well, that was fun but they took off. Nope.About 50 yards to the right they were at it again, I ran over and casted out and stuck a nice 4.5-5lb range fish, shook it off with my pliers still in the water and casted again and hooked up with a submarine. Never saw the fish but gave me a better fight than the first one that I caught, I got her about 15 yards off the bank and she dug down in to the grass and hung me up. I took my phone out of my pocket and started wading in to get a better angle but she shook off right before I pulled the bait free. Tough telling on size but she had some serious shoulders. Two more casts two more fish one around 4lbs one around 4.5. At this point adrenaline has me all kinds of amped up but the fish went down and didn't come back up again. In a 10 minute span I had landed 4 nice fish, missed a monster, and had another monster pull off. I was fully content but something told me to walk back to the deep hole where I had started. I made a cast started working a fast retrieve to where I could see the bait beneath the surface and about 15 feet from shore one flashed and I was hooked up again! Since the craziness was over this one got a photo as well even though it was easily the smallest of the 5 landed.I've been fortunate enough to catch a lot of bass in my life, but this may be impossible for me to beat. Easy 20lb+ bag in 15 minutes, all on a big swimbait in my backyard. Sometimes it's better to be lucky than good Setup is a Loomis IMX 7'7, Daiwa Luna 253 and a Duel Hardcore Ninja Glide in Gizzard shad Hhunn, jrdbrmr, zsneezes and 11 others 14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porkmeatballs Posted July 31, 2017 Report Share Posted July 31, 2017 Nice write up! Sounds like fun! ncstatefisher 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FishDr Posted July 31, 2017 Report Share Posted July 31, 2017 Great write-up! Sounds like an epic time and I'm sure you'll get to repeat it (the fly rod may not see the water again, LOL)! ncstatefisher 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassbass Posted July 31, 2017 Report Share Posted July 31, 2017 Love the write up and great fish ncstatefisher 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FishDr Posted August 1, 2017 Report Share Posted August 1, 2017 I've been fortunate enough to catch a lot of bass in my life, but this may be impossible for me to beat. You never know - try throwing your bigger wake baits at night in the areas you see the fish blowing up. Things might get downright medieval. IsaacM619 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monsterpondbass Posted August 1, 2017 Report Share Posted August 1, 2017 #NinjaGlidnBeast ncstatefisher 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogervang Posted August 1, 2017 Report Share Posted August 1, 2017 That's an epic session! Congrats of a good bag. ncstatefisher 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mountainryan Posted August 1, 2017 Report Share Posted August 1, 2017 That's sick! Have you had problems loosing that many fish in a session? Hate to see it happen maybe hooks need a change? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmayer88 Posted August 1, 2017 Report Share Posted August 1, 2017 definitely unforgetable. ncstatefisher 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danthefisherman Posted August 1, 2017 Report Share Posted August 1, 2017 What I would give to have a day like this... well done! ncstatefisher 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ncstatefisher Posted August 1, 2017 Author Report Share Posted August 1, 2017 Thanks for the love guys! I'm still amped up 3 days later @fishdr I haven't gone out and tried to fish at night at all yet, shame on me - but it's on my short list of things to do @mountainryan at this point I hadn't had much issue with hookup ratio, of the 2 fish that didn't make it in the first never actually got the hook while she was knocking it out of the water best I can tell and the one that got off was completely my fault for letting her get in to the weeds - I should have put more pressure on her but didn't want to pull the hooks! Of course the past 2 days I have pulled off two solid (but not giant) fish shortly after the hookset, I think they were just swiping at it though because I got a couple scales back on both fish. I'll probably swap out the hooks here soon if I lose anymore. I've got a couple of the new trapper trebles I want to try out! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigpoppabass Posted August 2, 2017 Report Share Posted August 2, 2017 Memorize the conditions you see in the background. It looks like a class prefrontal feeding binge. ncstatefisher 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IsaacM619 Posted August 2, 2017 Report Share Posted August 2, 2017 That girl has a big ol gut...great read man and congrats. ncstatefisher 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BASS_SWINGER Posted August 2, 2017 Report Share Posted August 2, 2017 Some healthy piggys oink oink ncstatefisher 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LUV-2-CATCH'EM Posted August 7, 2017 Report Share Posted August 7, 2017 Your on a roll! The fish look like they are eating good ncstatefisher 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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