Pete Marino
01-20-2009, 11:11 PM
Went out to Vail today with Stewart and his Dad Jim.
It was a beautiful day on the lake, the weather was great, and the bass were chewing our offerings.
We caught bass from 2ft -26ft of water running two completely different patterns. We started the day throwing reaction baits and then when it slowed down so did we and we ran a finesse pattern in the late morning to afternoon. We caught around 16-18 bass. About 1/2 way thru the day I caught a bass that was about 13 inches and Jim laughed and said that I "just caught the smallest fish of the day". Stewart shot his dad a look as if to say "dont test him".. I simply said "yep thats the smallest so far but I'll fix that."
About an hour later I tell Stewart to cast into a small pocket so he makes 4 casts with no luck... He said.."no ones home".. and I said.. "lets just see about that" so I fired a cast into the small pocket.. I feel some slight presure, set the hook and an enormous mouth rises to the top of the water as I say..."Look at this Donkey!!!" I get the bass to go down and I bring it next to the boat and I lay on the deck and lip the biggest fish of the day.. ... 7 lber in the boat!!!! :Thumbs Up::Neener Neener::Neener Neener:
That 7 lber looked like it should have been a 9 lber. It was EXTREMELY SKINNY...EXTREMELY!!
Of our 16-18 bass our best 5 weighed between 20-21 lbs..
Stewart with a nice 4 lb Vail Bass
http://i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd134/TeamMarino/IMG_0088.jpg
Jim gets into the action with a feisty Vail Lake bass of his own..
http://i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd134/TeamMarino/IMG_0089.jpg
Jim is at it again with another Bass in the boat!!
http://i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd134/TeamMarino/IMG_0091.jpg
Heres Stewart with another feisty Vail Bass...
http://i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd134/TeamMarino/IMG_0092.jpg
This was my big fish of the day.. Notice how big its mouth is and how long this fish was but how skinny... UNREAL!!!
http://i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd134/TeamMarino/IMG_0093.jpg
It was a fun day on the lake.. Good job guys...
Hey Stewart thanks for saving that big one for me to catch!!! :ROFL:
Pete:Cool:
PeteMarinoGuideService .com
(909) 510-5679
It was a beautiful day on the lake, the weather was great, and the bass were chewing our offerings.
We caught bass from 2ft -26ft of water running two completely different patterns. We started the day throwing reaction baits and then when it slowed down so did we and we ran a finesse pattern in the late morning to afternoon. We caught around 16-18 bass. About 1/2 way thru the day I caught a bass that was about 13 inches and Jim laughed and said that I "just caught the smallest fish of the day". Stewart shot his dad a look as if to say "dont test him".. I simply said "yep thats the smallest so far but I'll fix that."
About an hour later I tell Stewart to cast into a small pocket so he makes 4 casts with no luck... He said.."no ones home".. and I said.. "lets just see about that" so I fired a cast into the small pocket.. I feel some slight presure, set the hook and an enormous mouth rises to the top of the water as I say..."Look at this Donkey!!!" I get the bass to go down and I bring it next to the boat and I lay on the deck and lip the biggest fish of the day.. ... 7 lber in the boat!!!! :Thumbs Up::Neener Neener::Neener Neener:
That 7 lber looked like it should have been a 9 lber. It was EXTREMELY SKINNY...EXTREMELY!!
Of our 16-18 bass our best 5 weighed between 20-21 lbs..
Stewart with a nice 4 lb Vail Bass
http://i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd134/TeamMarino/IMG_0088.jpg
Jim gets into the action with a feisty Vail Lake bass of his own..
http://i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd134/TeamMarino/IMG_0089.jpg
Jim is at it again with another Bass in the boat!!
http://i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd134/TeamMarino/IMG_0091.jpg
Heres Stewart with another feisty Vail Bass...
http://i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd134/TeamMarino/IMG_0092.jpg
This was my big fish of the day.. Notice how big its mouth is and how long this fish was but how skinny... UNREAL!!!
http://i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd134/TeamMarino/IMG_0093.jpg
It was a fun day on the lake.. Good job guys...
Hey Stewart thanks for saving that big one for me to catch!!! :ROFL:
Pete:Cool:
PeteMarinoGuideService .com
(909) 510-5679