Catalina CaliTOADs & WON Cover!

[reckless_m@]

My dads been killin it lately at the islands. Heres his report off senortuna. Low and behold pops is WON coverboy this week!

http://www.calfishing.com/dc/user_files/6404-Catalina_12_07_R5_calfishing.jpg

9 Pounder caught on the backside of Catalina last Monday. Fishing with Dick Schaffer of Purefield's Tackle in Santa Monica.

Fish caught on a 5.5" Big Hammer in the "Red Rum" #100 pattern on a 1.5 oz. red Hammerhead, straight 65 pound Power Pro, 76H Shimano Calcutta Rod, Shimano Calcutta 300 TE reel. Fish was in 4 feet of water!

We saw Lal and Kman launching that morning!

Ben Florentino

[christainmetalhead909]

niceeeeeeeeeeeeeee

[BIGRED KILLA]

Now thats a TOAD :thumb: thanks for the report and pics





Bigred

[Fisher-of-Men]

You are the Man! That's a beautiful Calico! :thumb:

Thanks for sharing!

Merry Christmas!

Fisher-of-Men

[Ricky-Ray]

That's SAAAAWWWWWWWEEEETTTTT!!!!!!!

[sansou]

Yikes!

Looking forward to reading the WON article.

[one_leg]

No wonder he made the cover, that is one honkin' bass!

Kelp bass taste great.

One_Leg

[JapanRon]

Hi reckless_m@,

Hummm gotta go back and see the original post. Missed it !!

thanks,

JapanRon

[reckless_m@]

No wonder he made the cover, that is one honkin' bass!

Kelp bass taste great.

One_Leg

Yup the lil 12-15" whipper-snappers taste excellent. I would be heartbroken if one of these homeguard mamas would end up tacos tho. We CPR 100% of the bass we catch on our boat. :mrgreen:

[one_leg]

That is so very true. I didn't mean to make it sound as though I'd ever eat a huge calico like those in your pics.

They are very prolific breeders compared to the smaller models.

O_L

[Oz]

monster bassssssssssssssssssss!!!!!!!! 8) sweet 8)

[CoffeaRobusta]

That bass could eat our dog. Right on right on!

[troutdog]

What a beauty of a fish right there.....and to know it was released to make more fish is :thumb:

Congrats to your Dad for making the cover of WON, that is a great photo. My little girl saw that picture and wants to know when I am taking her calico fishing! :lol:


TD

[jbacsaf]

That is absolutely impressive! Great job!!!

[Rambogottafish]

Release those toads!!! :banana: I am in a saltwater fishing club and we target these big bass at SCI. Club record is a bit over 12. What we do is net, measure, release and calc. the weight for the record and trophy at the end of the season picnic. Saw one hooked, by a lesser talented fisherman, last season that even made the Amigo's captain, Mike Thompson, remark "is that a bass"? Ichiro remarked yea, looks to be near 18 pounds. Hooked on a sardine in 2 feet of water on the beach in the rocks. Needless to say the fish smoked this guy as we all watched in amazement :shock: . The tail looked to be 8-10 inches wide. We like the big baits like greenies and spanish. Great catch on the plastics :wink: !
RGF

[Stay^Bent_524]

Niiice cali bro...




,stay^bent

[rocklee]

congrats on the WON cover! :banana: