TroutRinger Posted July 24, 2009 Posted July 24, 2009 I went to a friend of a friend's farm today and fished a creek that runs through his property. The area we were fishing was just downstream from a spring tributary so it was pretty deep and wide. There was this one deep hole with some current cutting through the middle of it. I was catching some nice but small spots and smallies out of there when 3 maybe 4 giant spots came swimming out from deep in the current and then back in. Needless to say I stayed there for about 30 minutes throwing an assortment of lures at them until I put on a brown 4 inch Zoom worm. On the third or fourth cast I hooked a monster. It pulled about 20-30 yards of line (4lb) and took about 10 minutes before I dragged him onto a sandbar with the help of my friend who scooped him on shore. My friend took a few pics on his cellphone (I'll post if he uploads them like he said he would) and measured it at 22 inches before releasing it. It gave me a nice tail splash on its way out, but I didn't mind. It was one of the biggest bass (definitely biggest spot) I have ever caught and for it to come from a creek was especially awesome! "Of all the liars among mankind, the fisherman is the most trustworthy." "There's a fine line between fishing and standing on the shore like an idiot."
RSBreth Posted July 24, 2009 Posted July 24, 2009 Cool. Nothing like catching a nice fish from small water.
FishinCricket Posted July 24, 2009 Posted July 24, 2009 Cool. Nothing like catching a nice fish from small water. So very true! Nice hook up, troutringer.. Now where's that photo? cricket.c21.com
TroutRinger Posted July 24, 2009 Author Posted July 24, 2009 Here we go...my friend put them up hours after he said he would just like with everything else he does. "Of all the liars among mankind, the fisherman is the most trustworthy." "There's a fine line between fishing and standing on the shore like an idiot."
mhall02 Posted July 24, 2009 Posted July 24, 2009 Very Nice!! But a Spotted bass? I'm thinking pure Largemouth, mouth is wayyy too big, spotted bass are built more like a Smallmouth. Once agin, very nice fish from such a small creek.
TroutRinger Posted July 24, 2009 Author Posted July 24, 2009 I thought for sure it had to be a largemouth to be that big, but it was definitely a spot. It had the rough patch on the toungue and the jaw extended only to the edge of the eye. I can always tell if it's a smallie or spot, but I usually have to do the jaw and toungue test for largemouth/spots. "Of all the liars among mankind, the fisherman is the most trustworthy." "There's a fine line between fishing and standing on the shore like an idiot."
Guest csfishinfool Posted July 25, 2009 Posted July 25, 2009 I thought for sure it had to be a largemouth to be that big, but it was definitely a spot. It had the rough patch on the toungue and the jaw extended only to the edge of the eye. I can always tell if it's a smallie or spot, but I usually have to do the jaw and toungue test for largemouth/spots. sorry buddy you have yourself a large mouth, and a huge one at that
KCRIVERRAT Posted July 25, 2009 Posted July 25, 2009 Largemouth. Very nice fish! HUMAN RELATIONS MANAGER @ OZARK FISHING EXPEDITIONS
RSBreth Posted July 26, 2009 Posted July 26, 2009 I've caught a few "Largies" w/ the rough patch, but they don't look anything like a Spot, they look alot like that fish, so.... I'll have to say Largemouth, too. Most Spots look more like this: Very "Football" shaped. Sorry about the logo, but it was the easiest to find and post.
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