MTPanda Posted April 24, 2018 Report Share Posted April 24, 2018 Hey guys, I just had to come on and share my story. I restarted bass fishing last year after a long hiatus and got intrigued by the big swimbait phenomenon. I actually remember seeing the Castaic Trout Co lure as a child get inhaled in front of me at the Fred Hall Tackle Show bass tank many years ago but never thought I would toss a giant swimbait like that. Fast forward to last year where I started bass fishing again and decided to try tossing big swimbaits. It has definitely been a grind and very disheartening. My first two swimbait fish were caught at Lake Baccarac in Mexico and they were just some 3lbers. I ended up catching my PB of 9.81 off a jig while fishing Lake Baccarac on my last day. But I really wanted to catch a double digit and catch it stateside so I started fishing big swimbaits locally and only got one bite off my 8" hudd and one follower on my Swaver 200 for the past 6 months or so. So today I went out to my local lake, which is only 35 mins from my house, because they had a recent trout plant a few days ago and started tossing a 7.8" Keitech. I was slow rolling the 7.8" Keitech on a 10/0 Owner beast hook over a rock pile. She hit it right about 10 to 15 yards away from my boat rental. I sensed slight tick and paused for a sec and then felt a bigger tug and set the hook. At first I thought I snagged a rock, then the rock moved lolol. Sorry for the long post. Just wanted to share my story of my new personal best double digit bass caught on a giant swimbait!! Keitech FTW. Official weight from the boat dock, 12.2lbs Londonmitch, twil93, t8erbug and 7 others 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTPanda Posted April 24, 2018 Author Report Share Posted April 24, 2018 (edited) Oopes I forgot the pics! LOL. Edited April 24, 2018 by MTPanda bchalk22, Ipleadthefish2, sfla and 20 others 23 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danthefisherman Posted April 24, 2018 Report Share Posted April 24, 2018 Pig! Well done, Jason! MTPanda 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsbadbassin89 Posted April 24, 2018 Report Share Posted April 24, 2018 So rad! I was there saturday and lost my debs 250! Got snagged in the rocks. I'll be back there this week with some rago soft swimsuits. Good job bro! MTPanda 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mnunez42 Posted April 24, 2018 Report Share Posted April 24, 2018 So rad man! Stoked on the PB, thats a true trophy man! MTPanda 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTPanda Posted April 24, 2018 Author Report Share Posted April 24, 2018 3 hours ago, danthefisherman said: Pig! Well done, Jason! Oink oink! lol. Thanks! 1 hour ago, carlsbadbassin89 said: So rad! I was there saturday and lost my debs 250! Got snagged in the rocks. I'll be back there this week with some rago soft swimsuits. Good job bro! OH MY I would cry if i lost a deps 250 lol. I almost bought one but decided against it. Good luck! 1 hour ago, Mnunez42 said: So rad man! Stoked on the PB, thats a true trophy man! Thank you sir! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassbass Posted April 24, 2018 Report Share Posted April 24, 2018 Pig congratulations MTPanda 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsbadbassin89 Posted April 24, 2018 Report Share Posted April 24, 2018 5 hours ago, MTPanda said: OH MY I would cry if i lost a deps 250 lol. I almost bought one but decided against it. Good luck! I kind of did. It was gut wrenching. The only reason I was ok was because I ordered its replacement on my way home so it's coming from Japan this week haha MTPanda 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaineBassin Posted April 25, 2018 Report Share Posted April 25, 2018 Wow nice fish! MTPanda 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaunfishon Posted April 28, 2018 Report Share Posted April 28, 2018 TOAD! congrats MTPanda 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monsterpondbass Posted May 1, 2018 Report Share Posted May 1, 2018 Thats........ A Biggin MTPanda 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Primus Posted May 12, 2018 Report Share Posted May 12, 2018 What a fish, Congrats ! MTPanda 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hippofish Posted June 12, 2018 Report Share Posted June 12, 2018 Great fish! MTPanda 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshPerkins802 Posted June 13, 2018 Report Share Posted June 13, 2018 Hell of a catch. Nice job! MTPanda 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LUV-2-CATCH'EM Posted June 13, 2018 Report Share Posted June 13, 2018 Man that's is a HOG! Nice one brother! MTPanda 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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