168 Rookie Posted March 14 Report Share Posted March 14 (edited) Rough weather in northern IL today but I've been on this 3-day weather pattern the last couple weeks (fishing the 3rd day of warm day/warmish night trend) and today is the target day. I decided to send this Gantarel KO (it's a super-slow sink, not a floater) and got lucky with my new PB! Went 20.75" and 5.77lbs. Water's less than 2ft visibility, off-and-on drizzle with 10-20mph NNE winds. I was using a moderate retrieve with pauses every three handle turns or so (reel, reel, reel, pause...let it glide off to the side and stall a couple seconds, then reel, reel...) She hit it right when I started reeling after a pause. She didn't TANK it, but it was a good double-tap. Thanks for reading! God is great!!! Edited March 14 by 168 Rookie Chija, jonboatjake, Tony91723 and 22 others 25 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Splitshot Posted March 14 Report Share Posted March 14 Congratulations that’s the way to start the season! 168 Rookie 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mossyback Angler Posted March 14 Report Share Posted March 14 Hell yea brother. Them Gantarel’s are so underrated these days due to all the other available options anglers have in swimbaits these days. Congratulations on the PB. Great summary of events too. KeepinItReelFishing and 168 Rookie 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigpoppabass Posted March 14 Report Share Posted March 14 You should be stoked. Congrats. PS. Luv the gantarel just hate that well designed welded ring with a flat side. It is necessary but tricky to tie a knot so flat side sits against the bait 168 Rookie and Toker710 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim137a Posted March 15 Report Share Posted March 15 Thick healthy fish - congrats 168 Rookie 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassbass Posted March 15 Report Share Posted March 15 That is a fatty congrats 168 Rookie 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
168 Rookie Posted March 16 Author Report Share Posted March 16 On 3/14/2024 at 6:02 PM, Mossyback Angler said: Hell yea brother. Them Gantarel’s are so underrated these days due to all the other available options anglers have in swimbaits these days. Congratulations on the PB. Great summary of events too. Thanks! Not gonna lie, I've underrated it myself; I've had it for a couple seasons and only thrown it a handful of times. That's gonna change this season for sure. Mossyback Angler 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B_larkin3 Posted March 16 Report Share Posted March 16 Great fish gantarel is a great bait 168 Rookie 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Millerst12 Posted March 21 Report Share Posted March 21 Congrats - way to grind..awesome fish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Millerst12 Posted March 21 Report Share Posted March 21 Congrats - way to grind..awesome fish 168 Rookie 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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