253caster Posted September 30, 2017 Report Share Posted September 30, 2017 Been grinding my new 8.5 soft tail for the last couple weeks since I got it and have been drawing quite a few fish, but have been struggling with getting them to eat it. Well we got nice couple days of hot weather here in my area this week so I figured they'd be chewing. Got out for a few hours the other day after work to fish a small acreage and very shallow lake local to me. Had just about fished the whole thing when I made it to a dock with a lay down next to it. Pitched my bait up shallow between the dock and lay down and turned my head away looking around for where to make my next cast and made two reel turns when the bait stuck. It felt like twig or rope at first so without even turning to look I popped the rod tip up once to try to free it and kept my head turned. When I finally looked over I saw the fish trying to shake it free and panic set in. I grinded her to the boat and noticed she was barely hooked so rather than reaching for the net I flipped it in my tiny boat and thankfully she sat still haha. She went 5.11 and was definitely one of the biggest fish in this tiny lake. Craig, LUV-2-CATCH'EM, Lurejerk and 12 others 15 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
253caster Posted September 30, 2017 Author Report Share Posted September 30, 2017 Sorry about the upside down pics. For some reason I can't get them to come out straight when I post them from my phone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YELOSUB Posted September 30, 2017 Report Share Posted September 30, 2017 Way to grind, nice fish... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassbass Posted September 30, 2017 Report Share Posted September 30, 2017 Nice fish, keep at it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danthefisherman Posted September 30, 2017 Report Share Posted September 30, 2017 Beautiful fish! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigSlant Posted October 4, 2017 Report Share Posted October 4, 2017 Been grinding my new 8.5 soft tail for the last couple weeks since I got it and have been drawing quite a few fish, but have been struggling with getting them to eat it. Well we got nice couple days of hot weather here in my area this week so I figured they'd be chewing. Got out for a few hours the other day after work to fish a small acreage and very shallow lake local to me. Had just about fished the whole thing when I made it to a dock with a lay down next to it. Pitched my bait up shallow between the dock and lay down and turned my head away looking around for where to make my next cast and made two reel turns when the bait stuck. It felt like twig or rope at first so without even turning to look I popped the rod tip up once to try to free it and kept my head turned. When I finally looked over I saw the fish trying to shake it free and panic set in. I grinded her to the boat and noticed she was barely hooked so rather than reaching for the net I flipped it in my tiny boat and thankfully she sat still haha. She went 5.11 and was definitely one of the biggest fish in this tiny lake. Screen shot and post the screen shots Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
253caster Posted October 9, 2017 Author Report Share Posted October 9, 2017 (edited) Thank you everybody and you too slant I appreciate it. I'll try that next time! Edited October 9, 2017 by 253caster Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Primus Posted October 11, 2017 Report Share Posted October 11, 2017 nice fish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LUV-2-CATCH'EM Posted October 13, 2017 Report Share Posted October 13, 2017 Good job man! killer bait Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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