New PB registering just over 7 lbs on the scales.  Caught her on Lake Dora on a Spro Lil John MD in Chartreuse Fire Tiger.

 

As you can tell by my hat and shirt...the wind was howling.  

 

I actually caught her on the end of that dock you see to the left in the background, with the 1 x 4 boards lining it.  Caught a 4 lber off that pier the cast before...re positioned the boat and duplicated the cast and latched into this hog.  

What a great moment.

 

We did put her in the live well to make sure we could get the bleeding to stop and then successfully released her back into the lake unharmed.  

Nice fish, great to hear the bleeding stopped. Bet your still shaking.

3 minutes ago, SJex said:

Nice fish, great to hear the bleeding stopped. Bet your still shaking.

Hahaha, thanks.  It was a rush for sure. 

 

There's a small backstory to this: 

 

The week before we were fishing about 100 yards down the bank from this...where we found a honey hole.   We were catching largemouth pretty much back to back.  

 

I latched into a fish bigger than this one that broke my line and got away due to my drag being too tight....so catching this fish was not only exciting...it also brought with it a great feeling of redemption.  

 

 

Happy times! Congrats!

Sweet !

Congrats on the New Personal Best

A-Jay

Nice Hawg!  ?

Congrats on the new PB.

Great Job!!

 

 

 

Mike

Heck, you just may MY day.......on a side note, I have stated filling one well and putting in for that very reason

nice fish. Glad you were able to keep her alive.

Just think how much it would have weighed   if it had a big old belly .

Just now, scaleface said:

Just think how much it would have weighed   if it had a big old belly .

Yes sir, that thought did cross my mind.  Pre-spawn this was probably close to a 9 lber

NICE HAWG. Congrats on the PB!

Congrat on PB and glad the fish made it out okay.

4 hours ago, Hez said:

Hahaha, thanks.  It was a rush for sure. 

 

There's a small backstory to this: 

 

The week before we were fishing about 100 yards down the bank from this...where we found a honey hole.   We were catching largemouth pretty much back to back.  

 

I latched into a fish bigger than this one that broke my line and got away due to my drag being too tight....so catching this fish was not only exciting...it also brought with it a great feeling of redemption.   

 

 

I could tell by the smile on your face, well done!

Nice going!

That's a nice fish!  Congratulations on the PB!