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Well, I have to say that 2007 is off to a good start for me, fishing wise. My Dad and I went out today, to Sloppy Floyd State Park, and nearly froze off something that we could have used later..................but in the process, he got to see me fight the biggest bass that I have pulled from Sloppy Floyd, on my new CastAway Rod.
We got there, and the wind was blowing so that when I tried to cast to my rock "table" that I fish, it wasn't getting all the way there. So, being the ever-thinking angler that I try to appear to be, I decided to make a cast into open water, and to bring the lure across a rock pile that is adjacent to the pier.
I felt the Smithwick Rogue hit a rock, and I immediately raised the rod to get it away. When I did, a fish swiped at the lure, and I set the hook. The rod bent over double, and my Dad asked what it was. To begin with, I thought that it was a catfish, cause it didn't want to come up at all. It just kept bulldogging. I finally got the chance to see what it was, and it was a decent bass. I was trying to work it to the boat ramp, cause I saw that I only had 1 hook of 1 treble in the fish. Somehow, it managed to get me tangled into a brushpile that is in 2 ft. of water. I thought it had come off, when it bulldogged into the pile more, and came back out.
I finally got it up on the ramp, and took a look at my catch. Then, I took a look down her throat!
Now, mind you, Sloppy Floyd does not have any shad in it, which I thought that this was. After my Dad took a look down the throat of this beauty, he said that it was a fingerling catfish!!! After looking at it, I came to the same conclusion.
I did manage to catch 3 more bass, all between 10-12", before we decided to call it an evening and get warm at the house. All the bass I caught were actively feeding.
We got there, and the wind was blowing so that when I tried to cast to my rock "table" that I fish, it wasn't getting all the way there. So, being the ever-thinking angler that I try to appear to be, I decided to make a cast into open water, and to bring the lure across a rock pile that is adjacent to the pier.
I felt the Smithwick Rogue hit a rock, and I immediately raised the rod to get it away. When I did, a fish swiped at the lure, and I set the hook. The rod bent over double, and my Dad asked what it was. To begin with, I thought that it was a catfish, cause it didn't want to come up at all. It just kept bulldogging. I finally got the chance to see what it was, and it was a decent bass. I was trying to work it to the boat ramp, cause I saw that I only had 1 hook of 1 treble in the fish. Somehow, it managed to get me tangled into a brushpile that is in 2 ft. of water. I thought it had come off, when it bulldogged into the pile more, and came back out.
I finally got it up on the ramp, and took a look at my catch. Then, I took a look down her throat!
Now, mind you, Sloppy Floyd does not have any shad in it, which I thought that this was. After my Dad took a look down the throat of this beauty, he said that it was a fingerling catfish!!! After looking at it, I came to the same conclusion.
I did manage to catch 3 more bass, all between 10-12", before we decided to call it an evening and get warm at the house. All the bass I caught were actively feeding.
