Evergreen 12-13 Sept

[Dug]

I haven't had a great bass year this year, but finally hit the lake on a good day.  Sat I fished later in the day from about 430pm to sun down.   The shad were jumping so something was feeding.  Through a lipless crankbait, specifically a Yozuri hardcore drum in painted shad.  I fad out from right to left, and wouldn't you know it, nothing until I made the cast right off the edge of the riprap to my left.  I thought I had hung up on a rock, and then on the third jerk of my rod, the rock moved.  It wasn't a great fight, but it was a fight... after all I was cranking on a ML Avid custom rod with 50lb braid and a newly acquired (traded for) Quantum AC500PTS.  Got the fish up to within 10 inches of my hand and this was a monster!! I heard myself doing a Shaw Grigsby impression I was so excited.  I reached down to lip it, and ..................................................... a final shake of it's massive head and it was gone.  I was easily bigger than my PB 5lbr and fought a lot like the weight of 8 lb catfish I have caught before... It's mouth was big enough to fit my two fists held together..  I can tell you I nearly had tears in my eyes, after the rush of seeing this fish jump a few times and being able to maintain it all the way to my feet.......  I through and cranked for another hour after than and not a single hit.

   Sunday I figured I would go out and try again.    The same exact spot I got hit again, this time a nice 2-3lb fish   which sadly is my best bass of the year.    I will be hitting the lake as much as possible during this feeding frenzy and hopefully will catch that beast!! 

Dug

[ranger188pro]

Maybe you should invest in a NET!!!!!

Good luck.

[Dug]

Maybe you should invest in a NET!!!!!

Good luck.

Reaching for a net would have amounted to the same thing, what I should have done, was lift that puppy out of the water instead of reaching for my lipper tool.

Dug

[Lipripper]

All right Dug and keep on cranking you will get that beast on again 

[Dug]

Was at the same spot again this morning trying to find that beast again.  No luck with the monster bass but I did catch a 2 lbr and solid 3.5 lbr on a crankbait and a 4 lbr on a blue shimmer cotton candy vibrashock, it was a great day. 

dug

[Klowne]

Niuce fishign dug.     Is that lake  a motor limit or electric only lake?    Just kinda curious not sure how many more times the boat will go out this year.   Granted wish in all honesty I could go to the IL rally lol , but doubt it will happen. 

[Dug]

The lake is a 10HP motor lake, I wish they would make it a no wake lake instead, but..... as it is, the buddy that has the boat, has a 70hp on it so these were off the bank....

Dug

[Lipripper]

All right Dug