RE: Your favorite fishing pic,
supermat,
Sep 15th 2005, #1
RE: Your favorite fishing pic,
Urban,
Sep 15th 2005, #2
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supermat,
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RE: Nuff said,
Urban,
Sep 21st 2005, #10
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woodchucker,
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RE: Your favorite fishing pic,
Urban,
Sep 28th 2005, #19
RE: Your favorite fishing pic,
Matt Peters,
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Lightninrod,
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swimbait,
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Matt Peters,
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RE: Your favorite fishing pic/story,
Bassin,
Sep 29th 2005, #24
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Fishtricks,
Sep 30th 2005, #25
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Banana_Clip,
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PHISHnutS,
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CV,
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Urban | Thu Sep-15-05 11:18 PM |
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#3378, "RE: Your favorite fishing pic"
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Ive been staring at huge Cali swimbait fish since I was 7 (Ill never forget Ray Easleys fish on the cover of BASS, that made a significant impact on me). The whole thing seemed like another world, something out of my reach. Well, I moved to Cali in 1996, but was not in a location to pursue big fish. When I moved a few years ago, all of a sudden the trophy potential was all around me. So, I got stubborn and decided I was going to commit to swimbaits, learn everything about them, no matter what the consequences. And believe me there were consequences (many lonely fishless days, nobody wants to fish with me cause they think Im nuts, etc, etc.).
Id been throwing big baits for several months with no love, but I knew what the fish were doing, and the stage of spawn they were in. The physical conditions came together one thursday morning. I sat in my office all day watching the weather, and I knew everything was lining up perfect. At 5 pm I announced I would be taking one of my vaction days on the next day, Friday.
Friday comes, Im on the lake. A co-worker was meeting me at 3 pm. Not much was going on, I was looking for bed fish. At 2:30 a front blew in, and I started throwing the big bait. First cast, bam 4 pounder, next cast bam 3 pounder. Sometimes when fish bite you just know you have the best bait, and the best presentation, and you just know you are gonna catch fish. I knew I was going to stick something good, there were no doubts.
Buddy arrives, I announce to him that they are on swimbaits, and off we go. 30 minutes go by, I stick a few more, none over 4. Then I make a very long cast, the bait gets 2 feet and a train hits it (topwater presentation). I knew it was a good fish, but when I saw its tail stick out of the water, I knew it was real good. I didnt have the right gear, and quite frankly Im amazed I got it to the boat. However, at the boat it surged and hung in deep, thick weeds. I really didnt think the fish was coming out, and I was using 65lb braid! 5 minutes go by, and Ive been right on top of the fish, and the whole mass of weeds dislodges. When the mess comes to the surface, I ask no questions, I just bear hug the weed clump and get it in the boat, fish intact. Goes 11.5, post spawn (how come all my big fish are post spawn?).
Ill never forget this fish for many reasons. It was my first over 10, it confirmed many uncertainties I had about swimbaits, it gave me the confidence to continue learning more about swimbaits, and it was a dream come true for a 7 year old kid daydreaming about a strange place where huge bass eat huge baits. For the first time I realized that the sky was the limit, with perserverence and an open mind. Ive caught bigger fish since, but they arent the same, not quite the same level of amazement or excitement. Ill never be able to recapture the emotions associated with this fish, never.
BTW, the guy I was fishing with was from Vermont, he lived on Lake Champlain and was a smallmouth nut. He used to laugh at me for throwing big baits, he had no idea that we were playing with fire. Two weeks prior, we took a pic for somebody of a gorgeous 11.5. Afer I caught this fish, I think he was more excited than me, and the only thing I remember him saying was "what the **** is up with this place". My response was I dont know, but I wish more lakes had the problem! To this day he says that I sat there holding the fish and the only thing was I was saying was "I cant believe it, I did it, I cant believe it, I did it".
Sorry for the long post.
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Urban | Wed Sep-21-05 10:41 PM |
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#3392, "RE: Nuff said"
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Well, you know I know what you are saying. For example, the day I caught the above fish, right after I got that fish, my trolling motor died. The bite was on and I could do nothing but sit there. Mixed emotions, i was greedy, I just knew I could get another tank, but I knew I should be happy with what I got. I sat there anchored for 2 or so hours before 2 float tubers were kind enough to tow me back to the ramp. I was torn up, why would my motor die when the perfect conditions were present? What could I have done to prevent that? What could I have caught had my motor not died?
And of course, theres the night we had that was epic, but could have been the mother of all mothers had we not screwed up. But did we screw up? Should we just be happy with what we actually got in the boat? I know Ive beat myself up over the two fish I farmed. Mixed emotions, greed vs just being thankful for a night I know Ill never forget.
Nah, we screwed up dude, we could have had a 5 fish bag that neither one of us will ever beat:P
But then again we are both still young!:P
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lionkiller | Mon Sep-19-05 03:39 PM |
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#3384, "RE: Your favorite fishing pic"
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Mon Sep-19-05 03:40 PM by lionkiller
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http://www.calfishing.com/dc/user_files/4090-samstrophy.jpg
50 lb Dorado taken out of Ft. Pierce FL. Caught after I landed a 26 & the wife stuck a 24.
Now to get that 10+ Cali bass...
Oh, that fish is on my wall now
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Lightninrod | Thu Sep-22-05 08:24 AM |
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#3394, "RE: Your favorite fishing pic"
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What a great thread idea! Thank's Rob and all the others too.
This month 2 years ago, I was fishing for the first time with my brand new, 7' Kistler Medium Helium rod and I was throwing a 1/2 oz Vision's Honeybuzz buzzbait with it. The Bass were turned on and on a topwater bite. I hooked and landed 8 or 9 Bass that afternoon and missed another 9 or 10.
http://www.f150online.com/galleries/pictureview.cfm?pnum=70607&anum=3723
You can see from my expression that I was having a ball all by myself; both from the almost non-stop strikes to the satisfaction I was having in using my new Helium. I'd ordered that first one sight-unseen after having read a review on one over at Tackle Tour. It became the first of seven. It is a light-weight(under 4ozs) powerhouse but not for swimbaits.
Dan "Drill Here, Drill Now, Pay Less"
Deo Vindice
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ChabotPro | Wed Sep-28-05 11:25 AM |
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#3410, "RE: Your favorite fishing pic"
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Well, There are a few to choose from, but this is one of my most recent favorites. As some of you may know, I moved up to a small little town in the mountains about 2 and half years ago, and the only bass fishing near me is a trout lake with northern strain bass in a lake above 5000 feet. It has definately been a big change from trophy fishing in the bay area lakes. For my first year, i tried to get to know the lake using the conventional techniques. It panned out fish but nothing big. Then came my first winter up here. I spent the hole snowed in time thinkin bout how to get the fish. I kept thinkin, bass+trout=big bass. Even though they were northern strain bass, it still seemed like an equation for success. As soon as i got word of ice off there i cruised up and tried some big baits, and sure enough it paid off. This fish came later on in my second year, but it was special because it was my first really good fish. Prior to this one they were mostly 3-7lbs. This went 9.0 and would start off the 2005 year which i have now caught an 8.8, 9.0 and a 10.7 from this lake. http://www.calfishing.com/albums/album26/aaa.sized.jpg
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Matt Peters | Wed Sep-28-05 12:55 PM |
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#3412, "RE: Your favorite fishing pic"
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Great idea for a topic:
Here goes....The below picture might look familiar if you've seen my photo gallery. This picture however, is a taken at the right moment of complete, utter stoke about the situation. The smile on my face is pretty much as happy as I can get.
Background: I caught this fish from lake Hodges in August 1999. At the time, I was going to school in San Luis Obispo, and decided to get back home for a few days of fishing and surfing. My friend Cameron took me out to lake Hodges, where he'd been whacking them recently. We caught about 40 solid 2-4 pounders all day off the SAME rockpile. It was getting toward the evening, and I set the hook and man, I just got my butt kicked. Line was getting peeled off and this fish took me for a ride. I was seriously lucky to boat this thing. Cameron stoked me by taking a bunch of pictures and just letting me enjoy the moment.
When I got back to SLO, I swung by my friend Rob Belloni's place, and showed him the pics. Rob was like, "whoa dude, what's it like to catch an 11 pounder?" If that doesn't beat all!!! I actually had a bigger fish than Rob Belloni! That didn't last long, and now I'm constantly pinging Rob for help and feedback on how to better catch big fish. Overall, this pic is probably my one favorite....the fact that I was in college at SLO and came home on a fluke and caught her out of Hodges, from my buddy Cameron's boat, and then having Belloni be impressed by the fish----shoots. That is STILL my big fish!
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Lightninrod | Wed Sep-28-05 01:20 PM |
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#3413, "RE: Your favorite fishing pic"
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What a GREAT story Matt!!!
Hope you beat it way down here 'Gawja" soon,
Dan "Drill Here, Drill Now, Pay Less"
Deo Vindice
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Matt Peters | Wed Sep-28-05 05:47 PM |
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#3415, "RE: Your favorite fishing pic"
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Totally man.
I was looking at a bunch of pre-digital camera day photo albums this afternoon. I need to scan some of those early older school pics and get them on the web, just for my own historical sakes, if nothing else.
I came across some Rob/Matt Santa Margarita adventures, and have a hard copy photo of the Big Hammer/Deep Little N double up. Good stuff. Your jon boat was a sweet setup.
Yeah, it is really funny to look back at times when you thought you were on top of your game, and be like, holy smokes did I suck back then. Cal Poly was a great time, and man, some great fishing days. I miss doing the WON BASS ProAms and being all in the bigger West Coast tournament scene. That was fun times.
Well, no need for too much nostalgia...we got plenty of good times ahead and history to make! And this ole boy, well damn, I gotta get a new PB while I'm down South here!
MP
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Banana_Clip | Thu Oct-13-05 11:02 PM |
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#3433, "RE: Your favorite fishing pic"
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Thu Oct-13-05 11:04 PM by Banana_Clip
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13.5 a personal best out of lake chabot april 05 using a initation wallmart senko toobad i had only a poliroid camera
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