Went out to my parents house yesturday to do some sanding on my 16 yr old brothers car and my other 13 yr old brother decided he was going to catch some fish out of the creek in the back yard. I ended up joining him and we decided since I caught a baby large mouth bass, we take some of the fish over to the pond so they dont get washed out in the creek. We kept a few creek chub and blue gill to use as bait to see if we could catch anything.
Well, we got a few good hits but didnt really catch anything. I thought my bait fish died because he wasnt pulling my bobber around anymore and as soon as I got up to reel my pole in, the bobber was gone!!!!!:biggrin: I set my hook and realized this wasnt a regular fish becuase he was tugging like a freight train. I yelled for my little brother, who was on the other side of the pond and he ran over to help me. We walked the fish 1/3 of the way around the pond in order to wear him out enough to bring him in. He pick up a tree branch along the way which he dragged with him. Then finally we pulled him in!! We didnt have a way to measure him so I laid him along my pole and marked on the pole how long he was. He was 19in long!!!! According to my brother, the record bass is 22in long so this guy was one hell of a fish!! I ended up catching another 12" bass but after the WHALE, he was not nearly as fun!!!!!!!!!!!!! What a great day!
Well, we got a few good hits but didnt really catch anything. I thought my bait fish died because he wasnt pulling my bobber around anymore and as soon as I got up to reel my pole in, the bobber was gone!!!!!:biggrin: I set my hook and realized this wasnt a regular fish becuase he was tugging like a freight train. I yelled for my little brother, who was on the other side of the pond and he ran over to help me. We walked the fish 1/3 of the way around the pond in order to wear him out enough to bring him in. He pick up a tree branch along the way which he dragged with him. Then finally we pulled him in!! We didnt have a way to measure him so I laid him along my pole and marked on the pole how long he was. He was 19in long!!!! According to my brother, the record bass is 22in long so this guy was one hell of a fish!! I ended up catching another 12" bass but after the WHALE, he was not nearly as fun!!!!!!!!!!!!! What a great day!