02-25-2007, 08:54 PM
[size 1]Well it was light out when I took hold of him and I held on well in to the dark as you can see in the photo...
I was using two pound test line. Micro ice by trilean. "good stuff"
I reeled him in a dozen times but never got a look at him. I was impressed with the back bone of that little rod. and the little sinergy reel was doing its job. couldnt ask for any better performance.
after about 45 minutes of give and take he finaly broke loose. "not taking my moon glo jig" that makes it twice as nice.
so this morning I took a tipup to put in the hole I was fishing in last night. dropped down a 8 inch sucker. It wasnt long before the flag went up.... It couldnt have been up long cauz I had just reset my crappie line and tossed my crappie in to the pile and chatted with my fishing buddy for only a couple minutes when I turne around and saw the flag up.
I gave my famos hollar "FISH ON!" woke up the neighborhood early this sunday morning. my buddy turned around and the little pin wheel at the top of my tipup started wizzing.. we pulled our lines up cauz you know what happen when you dont,
I said come over here, you are going to half to hep me with this one, I handed him my gaft, and said I have a club in the back of the quad if we need it...
he chuckled and said, "YOU WISH" we both got a chuckle.... we walked up to it and I said should I wait for another run? he said he ran with it... and I said ya your right, the flag was up when I turned around to look at it, then it took off, so I pick up the tip up, felt some weight on the line, then set the hook.
it was an easy pull up when you concider it was only a 3 maybe 4 pound fish on braided line... and 12 pound mono... a number 4/0 hook and a stinger.... I couldnt hardly miss...
now I am not saying this is the same fish I had a hold of last night, but he sure fits the bill, and I caught him out of the same hole....[crazy] so you tell me?
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I am headed back out again this afternoon. I had to come in early today because of the freezing rain, it froze up my fishing gear, reels and line coated with frozen rain.... so I had to give it up for a bit.... I am going back out with stick and string method... every thing is still wet.
I will give an afternoon report when I get back.... [/size]
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I was using two pound test line. Micro ice by trilean. "good stuff"
I reeled him in a dozen times but never got a look at him. I was impressed with the back bone of that little rod. and the little sinergy reel was doing its job. couldnt ask for any better performance.
after about 45 minutes of give and take he finaly broke loose. "not taking my moon glo jig" that makes it twice as nice.
so this morning I took a tipup to put in the hole I was fishing in last night. dropped down a 8 inch sucker. It wasnt long before the flag went up.... It couldnt have been up long cauz I had just reset my crappie line and tossed my crappie in to the pile and chatted with my fishing buddy for only a couple minutes when I turne around and saw the flag up.
I gave my famos hollar "FISH ON!" woke up the neighborhood early this sunday morning. my buddy turned around and the little pin wheel at the top of my tipup started wizzing.. we pulled our lines up cauz you know what happen when you dont,
I said come over here, you are going to half to hep me with this one, I handed him my gaft, and said I have a club in the back of the quad if we need it...
he chuckled and said, "YOU WISH" we both got a chuckle.... we walked up to it and I said should I wait for another run? he said he ran with it... and I said ya your right, the flag was up when I turned around to look at it, then it took off, so I pick up the tip up, felt some weight on the line, then set the hook.
it was an easy pull up when you concider it was only a 3 maybe 4 pound fish on braided line... and 12 pound mono... a number 4/0 hook and a stinger.... I couldnt hardly miss...
now I am not saying this is the same fish I had a hold of last night, but he sure fits the bill, and I caught him out of the same hole....[crazy] so you tell me?
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[/url][size 1]I am headed back out again this afternoon. I had to come in early today because of the freezing rain, it froze up my fishing gear, reels and line coated with frozen rain.... so I had to give it up for a bit.... I am going back out with stick and string method... every thing is still wet.
I will give an afternoon report when I get back.... [/size]
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