405z06 Posted April 21, 2018 Posted April 21, 2018 Hit the Meramec today. The last 3 weekends have been blown out due to high water, but before that - back in March, - we were really putting a hurt on 'em, numbers-wise. Which usually isn't the case this early in the Spring - at least for me and the people I fish with. With the weather decent, the river level and flow back to near normal, my buddy and were chomping at the bit to see if they were still in their haunts and active. Well, they weren't. We only caught 6 fish the entire day, but one of them was the freak below. I've been Ozark Smallie fishing for about 10 years and have never caught anything close to this, nor have I personally ever seen a another fish this size. 5.51 lbs on the Rapala digital scale. Didn't have a way to measure her length, so I am not going to take a guess. Beautiful, healthy, fat fish. She didn't have a mark on her, except on the top of her tail. Not sure what that could have been from. I could probably fish these rivers for the next 50 years and never catch another fish this big, so it was a very special moment! This post has been promoted to an article Born to Fish, timinmo, Seth and 23 others 26
snagged in outlet 3 Posted April 21, 2018 Posted April 21, 2018 What did you catch it on that's a beauty
BilletHead Posted April 21, 2018 Posted April 21, 2018 Outstanding man! BilletHead "We have met the enemy and it is us", Pogo If you compete with your fellow anglers, you become their competitor, If you help them you become their friend" Lefty Kreh " Never display your knowledge, you only share it" Lefty Kreh "Eat more bass and there will be more room for walleye to grow!" BilletHead " One thing in life is for sure. If you are careful you can straddle the barbed wire fence but make one mistake and you will be hurting" BilletHead P.S. "May your fences be short or hope you have long legs" BilletHead
moguy1973 Posted April 22, 2018 Posted April 22, 2018 Wow. That looks like something that would come out of Minnesota. Total football. -- JimIf people concentrated on the really important things in life, there'd be a shortage of fishing poles. -- Doug Larson
Al Agnew Posted April 22, 2018 Posted April 22, 2018 I'm glad you realize what a special fish that is. As you say, you may never catch another that big from an Ozark stream the rest of your life. (And I recognize that spot in the photos--I've fished that hole religiously for 40 years and have never caught one there that made four pounds, let alone more than 5!)
405z06 Posted April 22, 2018 Author Posted April 22, 2018 Yeah, the spot is pretty obvious. This thing was such a statistical fluke that i didn't think it was worth trying to hide the location. I caught a decent one there in March before the high water.
MOsmallies Posted April 23, 2018 Posted April 23, 2018 WOW! That is a freak of a smallie! Congratulations! I don't think there is any denying that is a 5 lb fish! Born to Fish 1
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