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Lax101
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 Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2012 5:37 pm Post subject: highlad lake 6/10 |
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i really dont remember the exact places we fished that day, but i caught a nice mother largemouth in the first bay, it was my first time fishing highland this year, i am coming back for a bigger fish next time
she was caught on a black jelly worm
she weighed in at around 3.5 lbs and 18 inches long
i had to cut the line because the hook was really deep, but at least she wasn't bleeding |
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Michael
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| Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2012 9:34 pm Post subject: |
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rxpxtx
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| Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2012 11:01 pm Post subject: |
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Nice fish! I've had such a great spring with 3-4+ pounders. Now that the water temp is about to come up drastically we'll see what summer has in store. Time to change gears.
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Fishin'Fireman
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| Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2012 9:50 am Post subject: |
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Nice catch. By the looks of its tail it was making a bed for spawning no? Unless something bit it.
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PECo
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| Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2012 10:37 am Post subject: |
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No, the spawn ended a long time ago. At 18 inches long and 3-1/2 pounds, that fish is probably a female that got bitten by another fish, maybe a chain pickerel. Here's the tail of an actively bedding male from 05/17:
It's amazing how they rub the bottoms of their tails clean off while fanning eggs on the bed.
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Fishin'Fireman
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| Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2012 12:30 pm Post subject: |
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| PECo wrote: | No, the spawn ended a long time ago. At 18 inches long and 3-1/2 pounds, that fish is probably a female that got bitten by another fish, maybe a chain pickerel. Here's the tail of an actively bedding male from 05/17:
It's amazing how they rub the bottoms of their tails clean off while fanning eggs on the bed. |
I thought it was way too late for a spawn tail like that. That is pretty crazy how they rub it right off.
I bet it was a pickerel that made a snack out of his tail.
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colburn
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| Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2012 12:52 pm Post subject: |
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| i pulled a 3/4lb off a bed last weekend so.... it might depend. |
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hila2006
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| Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2012 1:22 pm Post subject: |
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| It is true, they can spawn thru the end of June sometimes. But you never know. |
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colburn
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| Posted: Fri Jun 22, 2012 10:30 am Post subject: |
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| o that is a 3 or 4 lber not a 3/4 lber heh |
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rxpxtx
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| Posted: Fri Jun 22, 2012 12:50 pm Post subject: |
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She'd be sweeping her own damn nest. I'm not busting MY tail for some broad that's never home!
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pikePERSUADER1
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| Posted: Fri Jun 22, 2012 3:47 pm Post subject: |
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could have def been from the spawn, I was catching fish on beds less than 2 weeks ago, and Highland is big, deep, and in a cooler part of the state, Im going with a spawn tail IMO  it could have gotten infected or something? |
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