5 Pounder At Busch Wildlife

[Thom]

My grandson TJ ,who will be 12 in February,was fishing Busch Wildlife a few days ago and before leaving he asked Dad to maybe take the camera.

Well the camera didn't get packed but TJ who is getting real good with a spinning rod and jiging caught a 5 pound 24 inch rainbow on the catch and release lake at Busch Wildlife. It is back in the lake and ready to challenge another angler. T. J. hit the grand slam at Dry run creek last summer Pics from that outing. mom brought the camera.He did very well jiging on the white at wildcat shoals.

Thom

[eric1978]

Cool beans. I heard a rumor a 9 pounder was caught there last week. The guy said he saw the picture of it but couldn't verify the weight. But he said it was BIG nonetheless. I'm guessing it's probably frozen over again right now but might be thawed out by Thursday. How deep was he fishing his jig?

[Thom]

Cool beans. I heard a rumor a 9 pounder was caught there last week. The guy said he saw the picture of it but couldn't verify the weight. But he said it was BIG nonetheless. I'm guessing it's probably frozen over again right now but might be thawed out by Thursday. How deep was he fishing his jig?

T.J. does a long 14 to 16 inch jig to get a drop at the end of each motion. I would say 3 to 4 feet deep and dropping nearly 2 foot on each take up of the reel. the strikes are coming on the drop when he takes up the slack before dropping again.

Eric look at the edited post at what he caught at dry run.

[Bman]

Congratulations to T.J.!

A memory, which will last a life time. Cameras are bad luck anyhow. Your grandson won’t need a pic to remember that one.

[eric1978]

Very cool!

[laker67]

Congratulations to T.J.!

A memory, which will last a life time. Cameras are bad luck anyhow. Your grandson won’t need a pic to remember that one.

This pretty much says it all. Congrats T.J. I'm glad to hear that you caught a good one.

[Wheatenheimer]

HOOOOORAAAAAY for TJ!!!!!!

[Gatorjet]

Congratulations TJ. The outdoor heritage of all of us will live on through wonderful young people like you!!!

[ness]

Wow -- TJ is a stud! And, a future tax-paying, license-buying, rule-following outdoorsman. Good for him and good for you and his dad for getting him out there!