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perfect hook set · Joined: 24 Feb 2008 Posts: 1069 Location: Danbury

I havnt posted many reports as of late BUT, since I was extremely excited and proud, I wanted to post this.

After meeting up with my son and his uncles at a local res, we fished for a short time with no luck.

Since I had cauht a couple fish over a weed covered pond the day before, I figured I ask them if they wanted to try some top water weed action.

We fished for a good 20 minutes +/- with only a couple of hits but, no takers.
( around the same area I fished the day before )

My son moves closer to me in a hard area to fish, tree limps left right and above.
I told him to move back where he was and keep trying.

I start to do my own thing casting my hollow body frog

My sons cast his rage tail frog 2 - 3 times when I hear his uncle yell thats a big one, I look left and see a huge swirl 10 - 15 yards out.
. My son's pulling is rod back as if he has a shark the drag screaming here and there.
He asks for help and tells us its too hard to reel ( we made him do it on his own =P )
Eventually he pulls this LMB through THICK weeds, trust me idk how he did it.
He put every bit of energy into getting this fish in..

5.4 His biggest fish ever.

I forgot to add.

I released the fish 10 feet to the right of where he caught it.
The water was deeper on shoer and I wanted to try to put some energy /oxygen back into the fish by moving it forward and back.

I released the lip of the bass and thought it swam out

So I continue to fish in the spot i released his bass at, caught nothing.

I move away and his uncle goes to the spot i was previoulsy in.
He bends down and says check out what I found, I figured maybe I looked passed a lure.
Nope, my sons fish swam between two rocks and I guess was just sitting there idle.

He scoops it up shows us the fish..
His uncle puts it back in the water and THIS time it swam away..
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pikePERSUADER1 · Joined: 07 Dec 2010 Posts: 521

Nice fish! good one!!! Cool

SAP284 · Joined: 07 Jun 2011 Posts: 655 Location: Central, CT

That's awesome. Glad you let him do it himself, probably a moment he won't ever forget.
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Steve

perfect hook set · Joined: 24 Feb 2008 Posts: 1069 Location: Danbury

I should have recorded him fighting it lol

I think he enjoyed / appreciated it 10x more than he would have if I fought it in and who knows I could have lost the fish on the way in.

I was as happy for him as I would if I caught the fish, i just kept talking about it forwarding the picture to everyone =P

His second largest was about 3lbs!

Now I could just get him to lip bass!

Maybe I'll bring a glove or some thing so that he wont worry about the teeth
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DirtyDawg10 · Joined: 27 May 2009 Posts: 2238 Location: Granby, CT

That's sweet man!! A great fish!

damage inc · Joined: 12 Feb 2011 Posts: 267 Location: New Fairfield

That is great! Can't wait for my daughter to be old enough to enjoy a moment like that! Good job man!
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Oh man... you got Onzo'd!

Johnno815 · Joined: 06 Jun 2011 Posts: 5

That's awsome!!!
Nice fish

Michael · Joined: 28 Jan 2012 Posts: 3823 Location: Bridgeport

Awesome catch! Congrats to your son!

Zach0208 · Joined: 10 Jun 2012 Posts: 75

Nice fish. You are such a good dad.

rmflint · Joined: 16 Mar 2012 Posts: 360 Location: Wallingford

That kids got game!
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You know it was a good day when your thumb is all scratched up.

perfect hook set · Joined: 24 Feb 2008 Posts: 1069 Location: Danbury

He's the only one to catch any thing too!
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jan g · Joined: 30 Jul 2012 Posts: 1 Location: Naugatuck CT

Thats a beauty.Nice job.

jjbassfishn · Joined: 17 Jun 2012 Posts: 209 Location: Northwestern CT.

Thats so cool, Great pics and a nice looking bass!
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PB LMB 9.3LBS Winchester Lake
PB SMB 5.8LBS Colebrook Res.
PB Pike 3.85LBS Winchester Lake

Can't catch em sittin on the sofa! Wink

hila2006 · Joined: 22 Jul 2011 Posts: 582 Location: Ellington

You're doing a good job dad, Steves right, he'll never forget this one. That's a good fish for anyone, excellent!!

perfect hook set · Joined: 24 Feb 2008 Posts: 1069 Location: Danbury

I forgot to add.

I released the fish 10 feet to the right of where he caught it.
The water was deeper on shoer and I wanted to try to put some energy /oxygen back into the fish by moving it forward and back.

I released the lip of the bass and thought it swam out

So I continue to fish in the spot i released his bass at, caught nothing.

I move away and his uncle goes to the spot i was previoulsy in.
He bends down and says check out what I found, I figured maybe I looked passed a lure.
Nope, my sons fish swam between two rocks and I guess was just sitting there idle.

He scoops it up shows us the fish..
His uncle puts it back in the water and THIS time it swam away..

We went back there and couldnt keep a bass on the line..
We missed 4 big largemouth 5lb +
Each one of those fish you could see at least half the body come out of the water!!!
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