Denea

Another monster, and another great read... thanks!

Awesome fish, beautiful colors!

Awesome fish, nice story.

Congrats on the Monster 10!!

Thanks!! They hit hard and are a blast to fight on an ultra light. The bass have been up since late April, and will stay here until late August, early September. Season starts 3rd week in June I believe, but smallies 20" and bigger opened up May 1st. Just got back from my 2nd trip down to the creek today and had an even better outing as I hit a new PB smallie at 19" 3.5lbs (top 2 photos).. went down with a couple buddies, who usually fish with spinners. I tossed them a couple frogs and they were very surprised on how well they were hitting pretty much as soon as they hit the water. Caught 7 more, and lost 2. A couple of the photos with me in it are pretty bright, but the fish had some amazing markings.

Had a little less than a half hour to fish earlier this morning in the Cattaraugus Creek, while my daughter was at school. Received in a new order from Brent at www.*.com and decided to try out some of the new 4" Strokin' Toad - Green Pumpkin Pearl Belly I purchased on a 3/0 hook. Caught a total of 8 smallies with the following 4 being the biggest of the 8. Biggest was 2.5lbs (16") and smallest was 1.5lbs (12") all were caught on the Strokin' Toad with the biggest hitting as soon as the frog hit the water. The depth is between 10" - 2' deep, and is at its prime with the current depth. I plan on doing a little more fishing today after 3PM and hope to hit up a few other holes I just found and the creek is at one of its lowest.

I have been playing a lot of GTA IV, and was on a COD4 kick... but haven't played that in a while. I try to get on when I can, which has been pretty limited lately with me working over nights for the next month and half. If you guys wanna play some COD or GTA... send me an invite. My gamertag is the same as my forum name. Also, if any of you guys like playing sports games, and you play sim (no cheese play)... check out www.xboxlivesportsleagues.com and tell them Denea sent ya... We are currently running leagues in MLB2K8, NCAA08, Madden08, NBA2K8, NHL2K8, FIFA - Thanks

I have always had success with Rapala floaters (perch)... they were hammering them

That is an aMAYzing collection! Great pics

Awesome day brother! Nice pics, those are definitely some monsters

Nice catch... 15" is a great catch in the river my friend.

Very nice fish! I feel like my right leg is about a foot shorter than the left ;D

Same forum, just about 5-6 threads down

Great fish, and awesome pics!

Definitely a blast. Creek was up a little, and a bit murky, so I decided to head back to the pond to attempt to get the big girl. Had an awesome outing hitting 7 largemouth on 4" Strokin' Toad - Green Pumpkin Pearl Belly from http://www.*.com. My personal best at 18" 3.8lbs... and this one was swimming with the big girl. Saw her first swimming around some downed trees and tossed the toad landing just before the log about 3-5 feet in front of her. Gave it a little jerk when it hit the water and watched her looked at it. She began to swim past so I decided to give it a little pop, and BAM! this one came from the other side and just destroyed it. Maybe one of these days the big girl will finally decide to hit, and hopefully I can not lose her this time ;D

Had a blast this past Tuesday as I finally hit a nice Large in the pond behind the house (1st 2 pic's)... the monster I have been trying to land (hooked Monday evening... stupid 4lb and a 4'8" Ugly stick didn't help), but wasn't ready to catch her as I took my daughter down for some pans. Met up with Davis later in the day to do some fishing in lucky stretch of the Catt Creek (photos below) - Thanks Brett for a new stretch to fish this summer! Fishing with Davis Davis' Hole

Fav's at the moment; Killian's Yuenling's Black & Tan Saranac Black & Tan I love lagers!

Nice basser too... I want the Pens to win the cup, but the Pool I am in I have Detroit ( :-X ) winning the cup and a chance to win some money for some tackle...

Awesome catch and great pic... has my PB crushed! ;D

HOLY CRAP-PIE! - Nice catch, biggest one I have seen... any shots of the musky?

Awesome fish, I just wish they were that big around here!! I need to go pond hunting... I know of a spot, but its a no go :'(

Congrats on your 1st bass and see you had a very successful day. Its a blast helping kids fish, and my daughter is constantly begging me to go fishing... even in severe thunderstorms. Its a great feeling as I know I have a fishing buddy for life. I hope you have continued success, as I have only caught 3 large mouths as I mainly fish for smallies in the creek. Only LM I can find on ponders, which are a blast to fight.

I watched him for the first time this evening. The only reason I watched it was because 'Seabass' (Cam Neely) was on the show hammering the panfish. He kind of reminds me of a buddy growing up who I used to fish, except my buddy (11 at the time) would roll up paper bags and smoke them and took Ritalin!

Nice fish, and sorry to hear about your pole.

I didn't either, but she's a bute! What kind of bait did you use and what was the fight like?