hawghunter24

What year is your Evinrude?

I've been thinking this very thing for quite a while now.

Nice fish man! Its crazy, Dad and I went there the other night and he caught a 6.25 pounder. So we've both set new PB's out of the same pond in the same week. Awesome!

I just kind of assumed that went without saying. He was released after about a minute of being out of the water.

Sorry for the double post!

The other day I finally went and asked permission to fish a good sized pond that's about 1/2 a mile from my house. I've lived by it for nearly all my life, driven by it everyday, and somehow it had never occurred to me I should ask permission to fish it. It's gotten more secluded over the years, making it almost impossible to see from the road during the summertime; that alone making it 100x better. Anyways I asked the lady for permission, and was basically told no at first. Thankfully I stuck around and smalltalked with her for a while and she agreed to let me fish it. Perfect. My brother and I started out fishing around 6:30 last night, the sun was hot but the much needed breeze brought a lot of relief. After a few little nibbles on my 10" iguana, I caught a dink that was pushing the length of my lizard. A few casts later, the fight was on. I didn't realize at first the size of her, but when she breached and looked like she could swallow me whole, it certainly got my attention. After yelling for my brother to get the net, I realize that I of course left it at home. Thank God it wasn't needed, as He really wanted me to have this fish. She measured 22" and weighed in at 7lbs 1oz. After that fish all I seemed to catch were little dinks usually the same size as my lizard. On a side note, I highly recommend anyone who hasn't tried Strike King's 3X Iguana to give it a shot. It's far and away the most durable soft plastic I've ever used. I caught probably 12-15 fish on one and it's still perfectly fine. On a lot of those little fish they'd only have the tail in their mouth, and when I set the hook it almost felt like I had them at first, then I'd see the lizard come out of the water and the tail stretch almost 2 feet before they'd let go. This of course added extra excitement, as when the fish let go it would slingshot the whole thing right at me. If you haven't used them and you fish soft plastics, buy some. My brother finally hooked a big one right before dark, and it barely went 4lbs. Those were the only two keepers we caught, but I'd trade a month's worth of fish to catch that biggun'!

Does the handle spin backwards too? And how much backspin are you talking?

If a guide was capable of regularly putting his clientele on 6 pound fish, he'd be a professional bass fisherman, and a very good one at that. He sure wouldn't be taking people out on guide trips. Maybe those of your research have too high of expectations?

Just want to say that I've fished with Bob a few times now and have had a ton of fun doing so. There is never a dull moment on his boat to say the least. If you're having trouble figuring out the lake hire him and it will help you out a ton and you'll get to have a lot of fun in the process. -Tucker

Will this still be going on tomorrow?

Yeah most of the ones we caught were just a tad bigger than this one. I'm beginning to think it may be a great pond for bait for bass.

There's no bass in this pond and nothing flowing into it, but I wasn't the one to stock it so I can't say whether or not they were originally put in there.

Thanks for the quick responses guys. I thought there was only bluegill in that pond.

My girlfriend and I went out fishing today in my pond and she caught this unusual looking fish. It was shaped like a bass and had a mouth much larger than a regular bluegill of its size. It was probably between 4-5" long and as you can see I've easily got my thumb in its mouth. I've never heard of a cross between a LM and a bluegill...

The History channel is currently doing a Monster Quest on piranhas in Lake of the Ozarks. Anybody heard of this before?