Ceaser Posted May 19, 2013 Report Share Posted May 19, 2013 PIGS! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aesoprocks247 Posted May 19, 2013 Report Share Posted May 19, 2013 Yeah buddy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcanaday495 Posted May 20, 2013 Report Share Posted May 20, 2013 Those are some awesome northern fish. Congrats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnMarino Posted May 20, 2013 Report Share Posted May 20, 2013 Nice fish speed! What gill bait where they lookin for!? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrodgers762 Posted May 20, 2013 Report Share Posted May 20, 2013 Absolute Toads! Nice work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dsouth Posted May 20, 2013 Report Share Posted May 20, 2013 PA PIGS.Congrats. That Gill bait has been good to you this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SPEEDBEAD Posted May 20, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 20, 2013 Nice fish speed! What gill bait where they lookin for!? OG Mattlures Hardgill. I've had that sumbitch for about 5 years now, fishes better than ever. LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huddslinger Posted May 20, 2013 Report Share Posted May 20, 2013 Very nice Bass Speed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FishDr Posted May 21, 2013 Report Share Posted May 21, 2013 Awesome fish, Speed! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigwilliestyle Posted May 21, 2013 Report Share Posted May 21, 2013 Great Job Speed. Let me know when you make it down to the Potomac so we can hook up and try to slay a few together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CombatWombat Posted May 21, 2013 Report Share Posted May 21, 2013 Way to go Wayne!!!!! So sick! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SPEEDBEAD Posted May 22, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 22, 2013 Those fish appear bigger, but maybe it was cause the beard was dwarfing them!! Or your smile Beautiful ways to get your season started.Whenever I get a fish and think my scale is off, I weigh a gallon of water, but it always says the same thing! 8.34. Easy way to your calibrate scale anyways. I weighed a gallon of purified water (keep it for my batteries) and the scale actually weighed it just a bit over your numbers. So, I guess it's working (unfortunately). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T Dot Posted May 22, 2013 Report Share Posted May 22, 2013 great catches! by chance were these fish head hooked, or were they tail biters? i use to think due to the size of the bait the head hook was the only hooked needed. so for a short period of time (i believe a 1/2 season), i experimented with different head hook sizes and did not us a tail hook. well my hookup ratio quickly declined. shortly after, i put back both hooks (st56 #2) and my hookups have increased. even though the bait is small, and they are able to engulf the whole bait - moral of the story is that the back hook is often the hook that brings them in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SPEEDBEAD Posted May 22, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 22, 2013 IIRC, the 7.09 last week was caught by the front hook on the outside of mouth at the 10 o'clock position. The smaller of the two in this post had the bait completely sideways w/ both hooks in its face (T-boned it) The bigger of the two in this post was a back hook, bottom jaw at 6 o'clock (tailing it). So, all over the place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T Dot Posted May 22, 2013 Report Share Posted May 22, 2013 ...oh i forgot to mention that a big female that was lightly head hooked got me quickly to put back on the tail hook. ive had smb strike the bait, and flip it out of the water. it was way to far to see how they hit it without being hooked. needless to say, i caught it on the very next cast. i dont like 360'ing it, as the hooks are not pinned and the line gets fouled on the hooks. killing it for those followers often gets them to bite. hope to see more of these catches!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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