Members hawghunter24 Posted August 4, 2010 Members Posted August 4, 2010 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'!
DaddyO Posted August 4, 2010 Posted August 4, 2010 Nice fish. Congrats! DaddyO We all make decisions; but, in the end, our decisions make us.
Stoneroller Posted August 4, 2010 Posted August 4, 2010 and you released it back in the water to grow bigger so someone else can catch it at a later date? Fish On Kayak Adventures, LLC. Supreme Commander 'The Dude' of Kayak fishing www.fishonkayakadventures.com fishonkayakadventures@yahoo.com
Trevor K Posted August 4, 2010 Posted August 4, 2010 and you released it back in the water to grow bigger so someone else can catch it at a later date? I was wondering how long it would take for somebody to say that...haha
Members hawghunter24 Posted August 4, 2010 Author Members Posted August 4, 2010 and you released it back in the water to grow bigger so someone else can catch it at a later date? I just kind of assumed that went without saying. He was released after about a minute of being out of the water.
Flyflinger Posted August 4, 2010 Posted August 4, 2010 Well done, nothing like a C&R lunker....Farm ponds are my favorite place to go for big largemouth. I used to have a place i called my Hog Pond. Every bass was 4+ Lbs, and I am not kidding. Durring the summer it would have so many tadpoles in it that the water was black with them. The bass would just have to sit there and open their mouths and the tadpoles would swim right in. Needless to say this made them as fat as can be. I miss that place, it was sold and I lost pemission to fish there. Oh well... There is no limit to what a man can do or how far he can go if he doesn't mind who gets the credit
flytyer57 Posted August 5, 2010 Posted August 5, 2010 I miss that place, it was sold and I lost pemission to fish there. Should have talked to the previous owner who sold it, to put it in the contract that you had permisssion to access that pond any time you wanted. There's a fine line between fishing and sitting there looking stupid.
Members waterback Posted August 8, 2010 Members Posted August 8, 2010 Great fish brother, I have an almost exact story as you from last Thursday except we'd fished the pond before but this time we were allowed to take their little flat bottom out on it. My buddy caught this within 20 minutes of tossing a worm around...9.2 lbs !! Wish I had more pics but its the biggest fish I have ever seen
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