Tightline Posted June 27, 2008 Posted June 27, 2008 Four of us fished at Warsaw last night (6/26)and had a pretty slow night of it.I suspected it might be tough after they had dropped the water level almost 4 feet the night before. One of my old time fishing buddys and co-workers broke the boredom when he hooked and landed a 30 lb Flathead,using 4 lb test and an ultralight.He kept saying he had something big and we all just kinda ignored him thinking he could handle it.Well when he finnally got it to the bank he said( guys I need some help ) in a very serious tone.Harper went and helped him and we all couldn't believe it when he lifted it out of the water. Kudos to Leonard for landing that monster with light weight equipment. He was using a purple beetle on a 1/16 ou head,and yes it was hooked in the mouth. We fished the north bank.
oneshot Posted June 28, 2008 Posted June 28, 2008 DANG! DOUBLE DANG!!!! Thats a nice fish on Light Tackle. oneshot
bclift65706 Posted June 29, 2008 Posted June 29, 2008 my brother hooked one just like that last weekend and couldent land it on 30#test line . GOOD JOB!!
Whack'emGood Posted June 29, 2008 Posted June 29, 2008 I congratulated Leonard at church this morning when he showed me the picture... but I figured he also deserved a posted remark also. Way to go Leonard!!! It really is an amazing feat to have landed that fish on ultralight with that light line. That fish couldn't have eaten the lure of a nicer guy too! Congrats! Whack'em (Lance Knight) "Success builds confidence, and you have to learn to trust your instincts and forget about fishing the way a tournament is supposed to be won. I'm going to fish my style and make it work for me." -KEVIN VANDAM "Confidence is the best lure in your tackle box." -GERALD SWINDLE "A-Rig? Thanks, but no thanks. If I can't catch them on the conventional tackle that I already use, then I guess I just can't catch them." -LK (WHACK'EM)
Tightline Posted June 30, 2008 Author Posted June 30, 2008 Whack em, he is indeed a pretty good guy, and the more I think about him getting that fish in the more I realize what a huge task he accomplished. I'll bet his ( Leonards) head is as big as a basketball with all this praise he's getting.
Whack'emGood Posted June 30, 2008 Posted June 30, 2008 Yeah. Let's make sure his head doesn't get too big!! We may never hear the end of it!!!!! "Success builds confidence, and you have to learn to trust your instincts and forget about fishing the way a tournament is supposed to be won. I'm going to fish my style and make it work for me." -KEVIN VANDAM "Confidence is the best lure in your tackle box." -GERALD SWINDLE "A-Rig? Thanks, but no thanks. If I can't catch them on the conventional tackle that I already use, then I guess I just can't catch them." -LK (WHACK'EM)
slider Posted July 1, 2008 Posted July 1, 2008 whackem i had leonard look at the picture and posts last night after church when they came by the house. when i showed him what you said about him being a nice guy i think his head swelled bigger then than when he caught the fish!!!!!! slider DONT EVER GIVE UP MOSES WAS A BASKET CASE ONCE!
Whack'emGood Posted July 1, 2008 Posted July 1, 2008 Oh no!!! We need to make sure and knock him down a notch the next chance we get!! Can't let this get out of hand!! "Success builds confidence, and you have to learn to trust your instincts and forget about fishing the way a tournament is supposed to be won. I'm going to fish my style and make it work for me." -KEVIN VANDAM "Confidence is the best lure in your tackle box." -GERALD SWINDLE "A-Rig? Thanks, but no thanks. If I can't catch them on the conventional tackle that I already use, then I guess I just can't catch them." -LK (WHACK'EM)
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