Ozarks Chillbilly Posted October 21, 2017 Share Posted October 21, 2017 Headed down to the dam around 8PM. Slight wind and a handful of cars in the lot, nothing out of the ordinary for a Friday night. Fished leech patterns exclusively, and it turned out to be a very interesting night!! 1. Fishing a size 6 black leech I caught this ultra BIZARRE MUTANT fish.. Aside from its looks it seems quite healthy and swam pretty similar to any other. Caught a couple others 'normal' rainbows. 2. Switched up to another size 6 leech, this one in brown. Caught a few rainbows and then to my surprise a (white?) bass! Terrible pictures I know. (SEE SECOND POST FOR PIC) 3. To conclude the night I hooked up with what seemed to be a brick. Got it in my net and was wide-eyes to say the least. Hooked smack-dab in the middle upper lip. I was too focused on keeping the fish in the water and released and really didn't get any good pictures. The fish swam away on its own accord which was good to see. Was my personal best - topping the one I caught last week by quite some weight. JestersHK and Johnsfolly 2 Live count (10/19/17) : Streamers lost to Taneycomo's Giant Squid = 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozarks Chillbilly Posted October 21, 2017 Author Share Posted October 21, 2017 Here is the bass and another view of the fat ol' bow Johnsfolly 1 Live count (10/19/17) : Streamers lost to Taneycomo's Giant Squid = 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JestersHK Posted October 21, 2017 Share Posted October 21, 2017 Man! Congrats on your PB. That is a big old bow right there! That's the one thing about fishing at night... hard to take pics, especially if you're by yourself. Ozarks Chillbilly 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haris122 Posted October 22, 2017 Share Posted October 22, 2017 How long did that big rainbow take to bring in? And how long are you thinking it was? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozarks Chillbilly Posted October 22, 2017 Author Share Posted October 22, 2017 2 hours ago, Haris122 said: How long did that big rainbow take to bring in? And how long are you thinking it was? Only took about 2 1/2 minutes. He only really fought when I got him up close and pulled drag a couple times. Seemed like a fat, happy (before I caught him) Rainbow. If I had to guess, it was all of 20-25 inches. He was fat. I have a short video I filmed with a GoPro in my mouth... while it is also out of frame is some parts it gives a better representation of the size and length. Not sure how to upload that one. Haris122 and JestersHK 2 Live count (10/19/17) : Streamers lost to Taneycomo's Giant Squid = 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnsfolly Posted October 22, 2017 Share Posted October 22, 2017 Great job on a nice night of bows and a white! Got to love catching a trout that hardly fits in your net☺! That was a real nice PB rainbow! My plans changed this weekend and I won't be out at Taney tonight. So seeing fish like yours ratchets that yearning to net a nice trout to a much higher level. Ozarks Chillbilly 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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