evans_usmc69 Posted April 29, 2016 Report Share Posted April 29, 2016 Hit the lake yesterday and wasn't expecting much since I couldn't get on the water until about 1130. Started out with a 5 and 3 on a deps in the first cove I came to and thought this might be a decent day. Then the deps bite died so I picked up a Toxic rat. Few casts in I get the fish in the picture, 6lbs 2oz, 23 inches long, all head no body. Kept on fishing the same cove and hooked what looked and felt like a 7 or 8, but it never made it to the boat. Added another 5 on the rat and called it a day. They wanted the rat thrown under the overhanging trees in the shade, but they didn't want it to move much. Twitch here, twitch there, long pause. The fish bit weird too. No explosion or anything like that, almost mouthing it and seeing what happens. The fish I lost was definitely because of this. Twitch, twitch pause, then started slowly waking it out and the bait was running sideways, not straight, took me a second to process that it was a fish lol monsterpondbass, Lurejerk, LUV-2-CATCH'EM and 14 others 17 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
northeast_trev Posted April 29, 2016 Report Share Posted April 29, 2016 thats a nice one. sounds like a tough bite but way to adapt evans_usmc69 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LUV-2-CATCH'EM Posted April 29, 2016 Report Share Posted April 29, 2016 Nice day! you will have to go back and get her... evans_usmc69 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wallyc Posted April 30, 2016 Report Share Posted April 30, 2016 Sounds like one of those days that they were really on. Nice work Travis, now go back and get that biggy that tossed you aside. evans_usmc69 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceGhost Posted April 30, 2016 Report Share Posted April 30, 2016 Killin em softly evans_usmc69 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassbass Posted April 30, 2016 Report Share Posted April 30, 2016 Nice rat fish evans_usmc69 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YELOSUB Posted April 30, 2016 Report Share Posted April 30, 2016 Great report Travis...That's an awesome day on the water right there, nice job... evans_usmc69 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ceaser Posted April 30, 2016 Report Share Posted April 30, 2016 Bingo Bango! evans_usmc69 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danthefisherman Posted April 30, 2016 Report Share Posted April 30, 2016 Sounds awesome! Nothing beats the topwater bite! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waynem Posted May 1, 2016 Report Share Posted May 1, 2016 Let's see: on a half-day trip you get a couple of fives, a six, and get to briefly play with a big mamma. Thats a fun day! Thanks for sharing. evans_usmc69 and Ceaser 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logjammer13 Posted May 1, 2016 Report Share Posted May 1, 2016 Sounds like a good day to me. Hopefully you get another chance to hook that monster. evans_usmc69 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kilog Posted May 2, 2016 Report Share Posted May 2, 2016 way to go Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triv Posted May 3, 2016 Report Share Posted May 3, 2016 Very cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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