tckwilson Posted November 30, 2016 Report Share Posted November 30, 2016 I am new to the swimabait game. Before the other day I had only caught swimbait fish on an S-waver 120. I snuck off Thanksgiving afternoon where I had caught some big fish before. I decided that I was going to dedicate the afternoon to fishing the Hudd. I wasn't confident enough to throw the full 8 inch Hudd so I went with the 68 special in Rainbow trout. The pond was really low due to drought in the area. I started working an old creek channel. I was using a retrieve that I had seen in a Matt Allen video just as slow as I could work it, just enough to get the tail to kick. I started catching fish almost right away and after a couple hours had 5 anywhere from 1 1/2 pounds to 4 max. I decided to work a little deeper water close to the dam. I made a long cast and the bait seemed to not sink as fast as usual. I took up the slack felt the weight and set the hook hard. I started grinding the fish as quick as possible keeping my rod low to keep her from jumping. When I first saw color on the fish I knew she was close to my PB. I didn't have a scale or measuring tape. I used fishing line to get length and girth to measure later. I just want everyone to know that the fish in this pond have never seen a trout and also it is a small body of water less than 5 acres. So if you don't think fish in a non trout fishery will eat a trout imitating swimbait I am here to tell you they will. Also I was throwing the 68 on a Lexa with 25b flouro and a 6 foot ugly stick. So get what gear you can afford and just throw swimsuits they will pay off. I have an Okuma rod in the mail right now because my gear was definitely not optimal. Back to the fish. She measured 26 inches in length and 19 in girth. I am gonna try and attach a pic. It isn't good because I had to prop my phone up and take a video. The lighting was terrible so I clipped out one still photo. Thanks for everyone's post on the video that have help me learn what I have so far. ATFISHING1234, Craig, twil93 and 6 others 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yev14 Posted November 30, 2016 Report Share Posted November 30, 2016 Can't see the picture but 26" long is a very nice bass. Congrats! tckwilson 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tckwilson Posted November 30, 2016 Author Report Share Posted November 30, 2016 Hhunn, yev14, jhoozie1 and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danthefisherman Posted December 1, 2016 Report Share Posted December 1, 2016 Sounds like a blast! Nice report, Tim! tckwilson 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigpoppabass Posted December 1, 2016 Report Share Posted December 1, 2016 Great report. Can't wait to see pic. tckwilson 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tckwilson Posted December 1, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 1, 2016 I posted the pic yesterday but it seems to have disappeared. Here it goes again ATFISHING1234, ETBA, Nateraz and 7 others 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noreaster603 Posted December 1, 2016 Report Share Posted December 1, 2016 that thing is a tank congrats man! great report tckwilson 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YELOSUB Posted December 2, 2016 Report Share Posted December 2, 2016 That my friend is a pig! Congrats... tckwilson 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azfisher Posted December 2, 2016 Report Share Posted December 2, 2016 Congrats, nice fish!!! tckwilson 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassing305 Posted December 2, 2016 Report Share Posted December 2, 2016 Congratulations tckwilson 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jpratt Posted December 2, 2016 Report Share Posted December 2, 2016 good fish! tckwilson 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timcauliffe Posted December 2, 2016 Report Share Posted December 2, 2016 You can you online calculators to give you a rough estimate from your measurements. A bunch of giving varied estimated weights from 10-12.5lbs. Either way, that's a heck of a fish. Nice work! tckwilson 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigpoppabass Posted December 2, 2016 Report Share Posted December 2, 2016 Cow. tckwilson 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurejerk Posted December 2, 2016 Report Share Posted December 2, 2016 Congrats really nice! tckwilson 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jace D Posted December 3, 2016 Report Share Posted December 3, 2016 Toad. For real. Toad. tckwilson 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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