Fishin at Toledo two years ago. It was in early March and we'd just had a cold front come through and it was 27 degrees when we launched that mornin.

It was slow fishin, but I'd caught three bass, the smallest about 3 pounds. I was slow Rollin a spinnerbait in 5-8 ft of water. I kept the boat in the depth I wanted, and was casting straight in front of me and reeling back.

I felt two solid bumps on the spinnerbait and set the hook. Rod bowed a little and it took off straight to the boat. The wind was blowin pretty good and was blowin me straight towards the fish, and I was reelin as fast as I could just to keep tension on the line.

It finally got to the boat, and when it came up it took my breath away! I just stammered "get the net" to my buddy, and he said "Holy shite!" I led her around the left side of the boat, and she was just swimming right on top right to my buddy. She was almost to him and she turned her head straight up and opened her mouth, spinnerbait shot out, he dove at her with the net and got about a foot of her arse in and she flipped out and swam straight under the boat.

It still haunts me, because I know that bass was AT LEAST 10 pounds, but probable closer to 12. My buddy always says she looks like she had swallowed a beach ball.

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Posted by Chris4x4gill2

North Alabama

Member since Nov 2008

3092 posts

Posted on 6/17/14 at 7:08 am to rballa19

I caught a nice 7-8 lb catfish last weekend. Placed it in the fish basket and tied it off to the dock. That evening, my Dad was going t oclean the fish for supper. He was transitioning the fish to a 5 gal bucket. Catfish flopps as he is taking it out of the basket right back into the lake. Me and my brother had fun giving him a hard time.

My real heartbreaker - Tarpon fishing in Tampa Bay, hooked into a tarpon for the first time, fought him for a little bit and then he spit the hook out - That is the first, last, and only time I have had a tarpon on the line.

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Posted by AlxTgr

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Member since Oct 2003

81744 posts

Posted on 6/17/14 at 9:15 am to rballa19

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I have two stories from TB like that. Both involved truly huge fish. Only one is interesting.

Fishing the big bass tourney so it makes it even more painful. At siepe fishing a high spot in the boat lane with a rig. I get hung in some brush. The brush stats giving way and I'm dragging it with my weight. using a really long leader.

After dragging the top for about 10 yards, I start feeling a tug. It then becomes obvious that a fish has found my lizard as I was dragging the top.

Fish eventually breaks free and I'm fighting it for a bit. We both decide it's a huge goo. When I get the fish close by, I still need it to be netted. Partener is at the side of the boat looking down. Fish pulls off right at the boat. Partner looks up at me with eyes as big as golf balls. "It was a bass". Bitch was huge.

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