mcaetano2905 Posted July 15, 2016 Report Share Posted July 15, 2016 (edited) Hi everyone! Today I caught my first bass on a glide bait. It was 4.96lb and it's the largest bass I caught in 14 years! Not a trophy for most of you who fish for florida strain bass, but here in Portugal bass are northern strain and it's difficult to find big bass because 99% of the anglers keep all the bass they catch. My PB is 5.07lb. So, today is a very special day for me! I caught the bass on a S-Waver 168 in a bluegill color. I fsh only from the bank. I fished a 7" Slammer and a Spro King Daddy frog with no bites or followers. Then, I started fishing the S-Waver and I was fishing in the rocky dam of this very small lake... I made a cast to a place far from the bank and retrieved the lure along an "iron rod" with some small concrete pillars, that go under water. There were some weeds in this area too. I was fishing at a medium speed, with some twitches. When the lure was about 8ft from the bank I saw a big fish following it (by the way, I've had BY FAR more big followers on the S-Waver, just fishing it 4 or 5 days than I've had on any other lure). I don't know if it came from deeper water or from under a weed mat just 8ft from the bank. The fish looked at the lure. Then I twitched it. The fish only hit on the stop. It didn't seem to show much interest in the lure and moved and hit slowly. It didn't hit the hooks! I was frustrated. But I didn't gave up! The fish stayed in the shadow of the weed mat. I made another cast and made the lure swim in the same place as before. The same thing happened! It hit on the stop but no hookup! Then I made a 3rd cast. This time I retrieved the lure so it swimmed right into the shadow where the fish was. The fish looked at the lure. I twitched. Nothing. Then, on the stop she hits again slowly and this time I hooked it! The bass looked as if it was tired or not very active. Maybe a late spawner?! She gave almost no fight. Well, I'll admit it: until I took the fish out of the water I thought it was just a 2 lber! LOL Now I want my new PB!!! Hope you enjoy my detailed report and the picture. Edited July 15, 2016 by mcaetano2905 sfla, YELOSUB, ATFISHING1234 and 7 others 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wallyc Posted July 15, 2016 Report Share Posted July 15, 2016 That's a nice bass Marco, we have confidence here, that you will have a new PB soon...Keep us posted. johnnnydukess and mcaetano2905 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DuranSD Posted July 15, 2016 Report Share Posted July 15, 2016 Thats a nice solid northern strain! Nicely done Marco. mcaetano2905 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnnydukess Posted July 15, 2016 Report Share Posted July 15, 2016 Nice work Marco! Congrats on the bass and the Euro 2016 victory. Força Portugal! mcaetano2905 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pickle Posted July 15, 2016 Report Share Posted July 15, 2016 Right on man mcaetano2905 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northeast Bassin Posted July 15, 2016 Report Share Posted July 15, 2016 Congrats! mcaetano2905 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassbass Posted July 15, 2016 Report Share Posted July 15, 2016 Nice fish and congratulations mcaetano2905 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YELOSUB Posted July 15, 2016 Report Share Posted July 15, 2016 Nice one and excellent write up... mcaetano2905 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danthefisherman Posted July 15, 2016 Report Share Posted July 15, 2016 Persistence pays of...especially in the swimbait game. Nice work! mcaetano2905 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfla Posted July 15, 2016 Report Share Posted July 15, 2016 Congratulations!!!! mcaetano2905 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkH024 Posted July 15, 2016 Report Share Posted July 15, 2016 Congrats! Nice solid bass right there mcaetano2905 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monsterpondbass Posted July 15, 2016 Report Share Posted July 15, 2016 #Piggin mcaetano2905 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BAITBANDITS Posted July 16, 2016 Report Share Posted July 16, 2016 NICE WORK mcaetano2905 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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