Fishing was still brutal tough on my favorite lake.

Only caught 2 fish all day. The first was a nice 3 lb Smallie, on the micro-light and a crawler. Fight was fantastic

Anyway, check this out....

Right after I get on the water, I approach one of my hot spots, and about 75ft down past my spot, were two shore / trout fishermen. All of the sudden, I hear the one guy tell the other, "Its got your whole trout in its mouth" ! Instantly I'm all ears So the one guy is telling the other one, "You got it hooked... just pull it in"..... But I'm thinking, "Uhhhh, no. That bass is going to see you, and spit that trout in your face ! The hook is not in the bass, its in the trout !

A few seconds later, "Ahhhhh... it spit it out"

So of course I'm thinking, I'd sure like to chuck a Hud over there right now ! But I figure, I'll just wait until the trout guys are gone. But darn ! Those guys were pretty hard core. They fished until 4pm.

So I slip in at about 5pm Made one long diagonal cast with my boat practically beached . Started a steady retrieve..... when all of the sudden........mushhhhh.... Just felt like the biggest blob of weeds

So I drop my rod tip and start cranking, and the blob of weeds yanks back ! WTH ?!?!

Ends up being a very healthy 7.3 Northern Largemouth > almost certainly the one that tried to eat that guys trout. Oh, of course I threw the Hud 15 more X's.... not a hit or a follow.

Peace,

Fish

Awesome story, sound like my recent outings to a tee. I'm glad to see that color hudd will catch a fish, Ive got one of the same and I've yet to get any confidence in it.

I also like your rigging, I run my treble farther back similar to yours.

keep up the good work!

NGaHB

Good story and picture.Awesome fish.WTG Chris.

WTG Chris. I knew we would be hearing from you soon. Can't keep a good man down!

Thanks guys It was certainly nice to get the skunk off the boat. Not to mention, I can't imagine it getting any worse, before it gets better

North Ga, although I usually don't worry about color very much, I likle throwing this color at this lake, as this place is slam full of Kokanee. Read > trout, without spots.

Peace,

Fish

Cool story Chris.

That bass is sure is purdy - looks like she has been on a steady diet of Kokanee.

WTG.

A-Jay

btw - you're looking pretty Jacked Bud - keep it up.

Thank you A-Jay Lord knows I'm trying

Took this shot this morning after my workout > LOOONNGG ways to go.... but on the other hand, I've come a long ways in the last 30 months

Peace,

Fish

Cool story Chris.

That bass is sure is purdy - looks like she has been on a steady diet of Kokanee.

WTG.

A-Jay

btw - you're looking pretty Jacked Bud - keep it up.

What ROF do you like on your Huds? I have a 5rof but you have to reel it sooooo slow. Do you fish them on a 5.1 reel ?

Btw, Nice guns ...........& fish!

Hi Salinity, I use both 5's and 12's..... but most of the time, 12's, reason being, I can fish a 12 high enough, if I try, but I can barely fish a 5 deep enough, without slowing to a crawl.

Oh, as for reels, I'm the goof ball that uses spinning gear for swimbaits But yes, I believe they are 5:1... or 4.8:1 ?

Peace,

Fish

Thanks man, I'm going to have to get me a couple of 12s. Do you like the 68s?

Havn't throw them. Have you ? Anybody ? What's the scoop on 68's ?

Fish

I've fished a 68 for a while. They kick hard, so much that they make the entire bait wag. I think they are a good enough bait, but anywhere I was confident there were 7# bass or larger I wonldnt touch the 68 and opt for an 8". Looking back I should have sold the two 68s I had before I snagged them and bought 4 8" hudds.

NGaHB