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SkeeterJim · Joined: 08 May 2007 Posts: 2219 Location: Newington, CT

Took Friday afternoon off from work and decided to head to Batterson. Got there around 1:00. Sunny skies and 82°F water. Fished the pads in 1-2 fow using a black neon with red flakes tube. Got a couple of 1-1.5lb dinks that would explode on the tube as I dragged it across the top. Love that topwater strikes! Around 4-4:30 the clouds started to roll in and the bite pretty much died using the black. Figured I'd try my go to tube color of white and started to fish the riprap in 5-6 fow dragging the tube through the weeds painstakingly slow trying to feel for some lunker bites. Then it happened! I got this tug which I then put my rod low, reeled in the slack and set the hook. Instantly my rod doubled over into a u shaped form and I had what I knew was a nice pig! I nearly sh@t in my pants! My drag was screaming for a second as the fish made its way into the weeds further away from the boat. After what felt like 10 minutes I was able to get the fish withing sight of the boat but still out of reach. HOLY Sh@T I thought in my mind as I saw what appeared to be a pig that was easily 8.5-9lbs. Every time it got close enough and I'd reached for the fish it would dive back down into the weeds again. As it did this several times the total weight of the fish and the weeds got heavier and heavier. Finally my rod snapped 6 inches from the top. Damn! Now I'm thinking I'd better land this fish before something else breaks. As I thought of my line snapping, it did just that. My fish was gone. All I could do was sit there for 5 minutes reliving the battle that just occurred and realized that since it was almost time for me to go get my daughter anyways that I might as well leave now considering nothing was going to top that fish today. My personal best that almost was. Sorry people, had I landed it I would have had a nice pics for you folks.
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chuckc · Forum Police Joined: 06 May 2007 Posts: 1440

There are some pigs in there. Just hard to catch at times. If you put your time in there you will get your new P.B. Very Happy

Just4fun · Joined: 08 May 2007 Posts: 1389 Location: Saybrook

You're just saving the new PB so you can catch it this Sat. at Mansfield instead!! Wink

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SkeeterJim · Joined: 08 May 2007 Posts: 2219 Location: Newington, CT

That will work!! Very Happy

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Eat, Sleep, Fish......I Love my SKEETER ZX225!!!
If I didn't have to work for a living....I'd be fishing.
If I'm not in my Skeeter then I'm in my Hobie!

next level · Joined: 08 May 2007 Posts: 223 Location: coventry,ct

you'll get that sucker next time jim! congrats on just hooking a bass that big. sorry to hear about your rod breaking too. does that mean you'll be down a rod this weekend? Laughing

SkeeterJim · Joined: 08 May 2007 Posts: 2219 Location: Newington, CT

Yeah Next level, I'll only have 25 to choose from instead of 26! Very Happy

I'll be going light (4-5 rods) as I will be in my partner's boat for Mansfield. Thanks in advance for the CTFishTalk decals, they look great.
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Eat, Sleep, Fish......I Love my SKEETER ZX225!!!
If I didn't have to work for a living....I'd be fishing.
If I'm not in my Skeeter then I'm in my Hobie!

admin · Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2007 8:07 am Post subject:

Wow! that sounds like a BIG one! Next time!!!
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snakebite · Joined: 18 Jul 2007 Posts: 63 Location: Norwich, CT

Thats a bummer man, there is nothing worse than losing a fish of a life time Sad

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