jsmith | Tue Mar-05-02 09:03 AM |
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#890, "New member in the 'double-digit' club!"
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Finally got'er! A nice, fat *11.5-lb* sow out of Coyote Reservoir in Gilroy -- my first double-digit bass, ever! It happened Saturday, at about 1:30 in the afternoon, on a BEAUTIFUL clear day, with only light breezes blowing throughout the day.
I had thought that seeing that *bald eagle* earlier in the morning might be a good omen! That, and taking a photo of another guy's 9-lb., 7-oz'er at the ramp just as I got there at around 10 am!
Caught mine on a split-shot ('brass-n-glass') 6" Aaron's Magic Zipper worm, on 8-lb. test line (had my bead pegged about a foot-&-a-half up the line). It was right off the bank, in no more than 6-8 feet of water, where the wake-wash had muddied things up a bit. She surfaced a half-dozen times on me, thrashing pretty severely each time, but that Owner J-hook was stuck solidly through her upper lip (thank God!!!)! Woo-HOO! The 5-minute-or-so battle was pretty exhilerating! As much as I enjoy flippin' big fish outta the timber, there's something to be said for 'lightening up' sometimes! There was no horsing THIS baby in!
Nice, healthy-looking fish -- take a look!:
http://www.calfishing.com/dcforum/User_files/3c83b2a50ca476a5.jpg
- jeff
----------------------- Every day Congress convenes, we lose a little more of our LIBERTY!!!
(-- Mark Levin, radio-show host/KSFO 3-6pm)
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| New member in the 'double-digit' club!
[View all] , jsmith, Tue Mar-05-02 09:03 AM
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SJ,
Mar 05th 2002, #1
RE: New member in the 'double-digit' club!,
CJ,
Mar 05th 2002, #2
decimal - *11.5*, per the Berkley scale (nm),
jsmith,
Mar 05th 2002, #3
Great time to have 'TrophyBassOnly' go down...,
jsmith,
Mar 05th 2002, #4
RE: Great time to have 'TrophyBassOnly' go down...,
swimbait,
Mar 05th 2002, #5
RE: New member in the 'double-digit' club!,
Scot in SJ,
Mar 05th 2002, #6
Hey, no problem! Want me to send you yours?,
jsmith,
Mar 06th 2002, #7
Scot - here's your photo, for all to see...,
jsmith,
Nov 15th 2002, #8
RE: Scot - here's your photo, for all to see...,
Rfish,
Mar 08th 2002, #9
Good job Jeff...you were way over due (nm),
Lake,
Mar 08th 2002, #10
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