Matt Peters | Mon Dec-03-01 06:49 AM |
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#309, "San Vicente Swimbait Fish"
Mon Dec-03-01 03:16 AM by swimbait
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OK,
Now about fishing with the Eagle swimbait. I went out Saturday and fished the Eagle all day. No fish. I had probably 20 fish between 5-10lbs follow my bait. I tried different retrieves and scents and whatevers, but couldn't get them to eat. The bright, high pressure day, along with the full moon probably wasn't helping.
Unfazed, I went back on Sunday. My dad came with me. We probably were the funniest looking two on the water. My dad is a hard core fly fisherman, and he's fly fishing for bass out the back, and I'm chucking a 9" Eagle out the front! Pretty funny.
Anyway, I thought the storms would hit Sunday, but in reality yesterday was a pretty decent day. Bright and sunny. In the afternoon a few clouds moved in, fewer anglers where on the water, and things got right.
I threw right in the middle of a small cut, and wham! I got bit. The fish came right at me, I caught up to her and swung. She immediately came out of the water and then down for some surging. She looked like a 9lber to me, but later only weighed out to 7.2lbs! She was sort of skinny, definitely had the length. I was throwing the bait on 20lb P-line CXX. My line was extremely tore up and nicked. I was close to losing that fish. She was hooked deep, and the line was right on her teeth.
I missed two other strikes in the following 2 hours after that fish... the fish just didn't eat the bait. They tried, but didn't get it.
I am very pleased after all the work and commitment I've put into fishing big baits. Also, I caught my first fish on the 8' rod I built to throw the big baits on!
Check out the pics below.
http://www.calfishing.com/images/buddies/matt_peters_7-2_sanv.gif
southernswimbait.com BigBait Fishing in the South
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| San Vicente Swimbait Fish
[View all] , Matt Peters, Mon Dec-03-01 06:49 AM
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swimbait,
Dec 03rd 2001, #1
RE: San Vicente Swimbait Fish,
brian,
Dec 03rd 2001, #2
RE: San Vicente Swimbait Fish,
Matt Peters,
Dec 03rd 2001, #4
RE: San Vicente Swimbait Fish,
brian,
Dec 03rd 2001, #5
RE: San Vicente Swimbait Fish,
Phil,
Nov 15th 2002, #8
RE: San Vicente Swimbait Fish,
brian,
Dec 03rd 2001, #6
RE: San Vicente Swimbait Fish,
Phil,
Dec 04th 2001, #7
RE: San Vicente Swimbait Fish,
Matt Peters,
Dec 03rd 2001, #3
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