Had a blast today in the Soddy Daisy Basketball TX. My buddy who comes down every year for a fishing trip has been out with me for a couple days. He asked if there was any tournaments on the lake going on and I told him about this one. He wanted to fish it so we did. emoSmile I have been trying to put him on a big Chick Monster Bass for a couple years now. Issue was whenever we got a six, seven, eight or nine it was on my line. emoRolleyes It looked like this one was going to be another one of those. But today that all changed. Martin had never used a frog before. I kept calling him Quick Draw cause he kept setting the hook right when they hit and missing them. He finally got the hang of it yesterday and brought one in that was 3 lbs. First bass ever for him on a frog. This morning early he had a good one blow up on his frog and he did great. Hesitated just the right amount to get a good hook set. In came the best one so far for us at 4/5. I added a couple two's to the well and we were sitting on 8/8 knowing we needed to upgrade those two small ones. Bought several more, all short except one that did not help. At 1:00 o'clock we made one more move to another grass mat hoping still to cull. Caught another short and Martin made a cast out to a thick mat area. I just happen to look that way when he did, just in time to see the mat part and a beauty of a bass come completely out of the mat and crush his frog!!! emoEek He set the hook and she locked him down. He could not move her. I told him she was too big and just hang on and keep the line tight. Turned the motor on high and trolled into the jungle. Plowing grass on full speed I got to her and grabbed his line. She was still there! emoDance Netted her with about 30 lbs of grass. She was his best bass ever in his life and Martin is 70 years old. Tipped my scales at 9/4. emoApplause His third bass ever on a frog and his best bass of his life. emoToast
Out went a two for a cull up of seven lbs. emoBigsmile We were spent on that one and just kind of wasted the next thirty minutes waiting to run in. We had 15.64(?) I believe. I may be off a little there but that is close. His big girl on their scales was 9.24 lbs. Took some pictures of her, admired her one last time and she is back in our lake ready for someone else to tie into her.
Won the tournament and got big bass. He had a great time and made some great memories. He also got a trophy. emoThumbsup Here is a couple of the pictures. Jmax
Out went a two for a cull up of seven lbs. emoBigsmile We were spent on that one and just kind of wasted the next thirty minutes waiting to run in. We had 15.64(?) I believe. I may be off a little there but that is close. His big girl on their scales was 9.24 lbs. Took some pictures of her, admired her one last time and she is back in our lake ready for someone else to tie into her.
Won the tournament and got big bass. He had a great time and made some great memories. He also got a trophy. emoThumbsup Here is a couple of the pictures. Jmax
