riverside_angler
04-14-2011, 12:16 AM
Headed to DVL in hopes of getting a piece of the so-called "WFO" bass bite. Well what a day it was!!!!
Started the morning throwing a 8" Swimbait. And that was the best decision of the day. For you skeptics reading this, feel free to jump ahead a few paragraphs because I'm sure you are not going to believe the fish that inhaled this bait.
After about a dozen casts, I was slow rolling the bait when I was hit by a freight train. This fish hit so hard I almost fell into the water. I get to fight this thing for about 20 seconds until this easily 10lb Largie went airborne and shook my bait. I could not believe that I could not capitalize on this once in a lifetime opportunity...catching a HUGE Largemouth on the swim. This miss seemed to have just as big of an impact on the rest of the day. Here are the bullet points.
- 3 casts after the miss, my swimbait gets caught under a rock. the line breaks after 20 minutes trying to get it out. $25 down the drain.
- my little bro loses a 5lber at the boat
- my little bro's shimano compre breaks in half, fishing 4lb test
- Lunker Punker snaps my braid...good thing it floats
- BBZ snaps braid...this one sinks! (another $25)
-rental boat has a defective trolling motor; it does not collapse when stowing away; dvl rep had to force it down...they didn't give me any discount, nor another boat, and told me to have a good day
- get a phone call from mom while fishing...she is in ER with chest pains (tests were clear thank GOD)
- heard that friend of mine has cancer (remaining hopeful...caught it very early)
- when we got home, my neighbor knocked on my door and said she just crashed into my lil bro's car that was parked in front of my house (are you kidding me?...NOPE!) Front quarter panel...done!
-Finally....caught about 10 largemouth; all about the size of MY HAND.....WTF?
I swear that this post is 100% accurate. Surely it could have been worse, but all in all, a pretty tough day.
Started the morning throwing a 8" Swimbait. And that was the best decision of the day. For you skeptics reading this, feel free to jump ahead a few paragraphs because I'm sure you are not going to believe the fish that inhaled this bait.
After about a dozen casts, I was slow rolling the bait when I was hit by a freight train. This fish hit so hard I almost fell into the water. I get to fight this thing for about 20 seconds until this easily 10lb Largie went airborne and shook my bait. I could not believe that I could not capitalize on this once in a lifetime opportunity...catching a HUGE Largemouth on the swim. This miss seemed to have just as big of an impact on the rest of the day. Here are the bullet points.
- 3 casts after the miss, my swimbait gets caught under a rock. the line breaks after 20 minutes trying to get it out. $25 down the drain.
- my little bro loses a 5lber at the boat
- my little bro's shimano compre breaks in half, fishing 4lb test
- Lunker Punker snaps my braid...good thing it floats
- BBZ snaps braid...this one sinks! (another $25)
-rental boat has a defective trolling motor; it does not collapse when stowing away; dvl rep had to force it down...they didn't give me any discount, nor another boat, and told me to have a good day
- get a phone call from mom while fishing...she is in ER with chest pains (tests were clear thank GOD)
- heard that friend of mine has cancer (remaining hopeful...caught it very early)
- when we got home, my neighbor knocked on my door and said she just crashed into my lil bro's car that was parked in front of my house (are you kidding me?...NOPE!) Front quarter panel...done!
-Finally....caught about 10 largemouth; all about the size of MY HAND.....WTF?
I swear that this post is 100% accurate. Surely it could have been worse, but all in all, a pretty tough day.