07-06-2013, 09:00 AM
Old Bent Rod lived up to his name sakes today. We were Walleye fishing but we both suck at that. But, Rick did manage to land this nice 5 to 6 lb Cherokee bass (Hybrid) and a keeper largemouth while I was landing both a hybrid and a yellow bass, and each was under 10 lbs. emoPoke emoBig
Actually, my lure was as big as both of the fish that I landed, but I did have a thrill when a big fish, probably a Cherokee bass slammed my lure with about 15 feet of line out, knocked my hand off the reel, hurt my thumb, and pulled off, almost in the same motion. emoBang <br /><br />We fished shallow and deep and somewhere in between and it didn&#39;t make any difference. The day started off with just a little rain, not much, just a slow drizzle and after an hour to hour and 1/2, it quit and we saw some sun before we stopped fishing. Water looked like a mirror and it was sort of clear. Cool temps, but the water temp was over 80 degrees. I brought the hybrid and the largemouth home with me. They have a date with Crisco and coconut. emoBig <br /><br />Thanks for inviting me over this morning, Rick. I had a great time even though the fish were some other place. That&#39;s fishing. This is definitely my last report for about a week. emoBig emoGeezer
Actually, my lure was as big as both of the fish that I landed, but I did have a thrill when a big fish, probably a Cherokee bass slammed my lure with about 15 feet of line out, knocked my hand off the reel, hurt my thumb, and pulled off, almost in the same motion. emoBang <br /><br />We fished shallow and deep and somewhere in between and it didn&#39;t make any difference. The day started off with just a little rain, not much, just a slow drizzle and after an hour to hour and 1/2, it quit and we saw some sun before we stopped fishing. Water looked like a mirror and it was sort of clear. Cool temps, but the water temp was over 80 degrees. I brought the hybrid and the largemouth home with me. They have a date with Crisco and coconut. emoBig <br /><br />Thanks for inviting me over this morning, Rick. I had a great time even though the fish were some other place. That&#39;s fishing. This is definitely my last report for about a week. emoBig emoGeezer