Beau Carlile Posted June 1, 2017 Report Share Posted June 1, 2017 (edited) Got this big girl this past saturday on the Gillrilla. But first, rewind to the previous weekend when I took the bait out for the first time, I lost two fish and on my second to last cast before going home I get a rats nest and cast it off... I strip down and jump in, 30 minutes of searching with no luck. I go back the next day with a pair of goggles and find it almost immediately and go straight home. Now back to this past Saturday I go back to the same lake with the recovered bait, get there around 7. At 10am I make a long cast and when the bait is 10 feet from shore a nice 5 comes out of nowhere and brushes up against the bait (Lake is 15ft+ visibility). I give it a couple hard pops with the reel and she slams it, I only got 1 quatro treble in her and she came off mid-flip. Super bummed I keep fishing, making my way down the bank when I pull up on two good ones at about 11:30. They are sitting in 3 feet of water on sand with no structure looking towards shore with the weed line 10-15 feet behind them so I back up trying not to spook them and bomb a cast way in front and past them. Let it sink a couple feet and start a slow retrieve. Once the bait is about to pass the weed line the bigger of the two starts swimming head on towards my bait while the other leaves and gets out of her way. After the bait passes the weed line she gets right behind it and I pop that bait as hard as I could without loosing control of the glide and I’ve never seen a fish so hot and aggressive she was directly beneath the bait practically touching it and was so locked on to the baits head wherever it glided, she immediately changed her head the same direction looking for a headhsot and right before the bait ran into the shore and she destroyed it. I swung on her hard and she took drag instantly, at this point she’s right in front of me and I only made a couple cranks and flip her. She pops off and starts flopping back into the water but I jump in and bear hug that b!ch. She was PIST I put her back in the water immedielty to let her breath before some pictures and she almost shook free 3 or 4 times. She was 23.5 x 16.5. My scale was dead and got anywhere from 7-9 on some fish calculators, I’m calling her 8, any opinions? Edited June 1, 2017 by Beau Carlile jrdbrmr, Hhunn, gznuts and 11 others 14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony91723 Posted June 1, 2017 Report Share Posted June 1, 2017 Nice fish! Beau Carlile 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norcalbigbaits9 Posted June 1, 2017 Report Share Posted June 1, 2017 regardless that a nice fish sir! Where in California are you fishing? I am from California and have not had a lake with 15ft visibility yet! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigpoppabass Posted June 1, 2017 Report Share Posted June 1, 2017 Nice to see some good luck mixed in with the bad luck. Beau Carlile 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monsterpondbass Posted June 1, 2017 Report Share Posted June 1, 2017 Plump belly! Beau Carlile 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrhodesBassin Posted June 1, 2017 Report Share Posted June 1, 2017 Hawg! Beau Carlile 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassbass Posted June 1, 2017 Report Share Posted June 1, 2017 Nice one Beau Carlile 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willluvstafish Posted June 1, 2017 Report Share Posted June 1, 2017 That's one hell of a story and an even better bass! Hhunn 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YELOSUB Posted June 1, 2017 Report Share Posted June 1, 2017 Great story, I'm calling it an awesome fish... Beau Carlile 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porkmeatballs Posted June 1, 2017 Report Share Posted June 1, 2017 Gotta love the swimbait game! Nice fish! Beau Carlile 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zigtherat Posted June 1, 2017 Report Share Posted June 1, 2017 What a story! Helluva fish to match the story! Nice job! Beau Carlile 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danthefisherman Posted June 2, 2017 Report Share Posted June 2, 2017 Nice report and nice fish! Beau Carlile 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patch Ellis Posted June 2, 2017 Report Share Posted June 2, 2017 Hell yeah brother Beau Carlile 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurejerk Posted June 3, 2017 Report Share Posted June 3, 2017 Good job buddy! Beau Carlile 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassing305 Posted June 8, 2017 Report Share Posted June 8, 2017 Nice one Beau Carlile 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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