Made it to the water yesterday looking to try out my new jig and worming rod, a Daiwa Tatula XT 7'6" Heavy Fast toting a Daiwa Tatula 100 7.3:1.  She's spun up with 50# Berkley X9 and 17# Berkley Trilene 100% Fluorocarbon.  With my BOSS Gary Klein Original Flipping Jig and YUM Craw Chunks, I was able to boat a lot of bass.  My best 5 were 18.75", 19.50", 19.75", 20.25" and 21".  Best big bass day I've ever had, and I wanted to share the pictures with you guys!

 

 

  

A day to remember ?

Epic day!!

That’s awesome 

Sweet! 

Wow!  Great day.  Thanks for sharing.

Way to go man

Those are some nice ones.

That's a good bag!

Really Nice ~ 

Bet that was fun

Congrats

A-Jay

Just now, A-Jay said:

Really Nice ~ 

Bet that was fun

Congrats

A-Jay

Man, I turned so many fish toward me with that heavy rod that most went on a high speed run right at my boat!  I spent a lot of time catching up to them and lost quite a few on the jump.  Adjusting from a slew of Medium Heavy and Medium sticks to a powerful heavy is going to be a big adjustment.

 

My left wrist is still hurting from catching fish and shaking a jig.

I thought this was going to be about casting 100 yds., but I'd rather do what you did anytime. WTG! 

27 minutes ago, kayaking_kev said:

I thought this was going to be about casting 100 yds., but I'd rather do what you did anytime. WTG! 

I wish I could cast 100 yards.  It seems whatever I tie on with whatever rod and reel travels the same distance.  I definitely have a capped casting distance. 

Awesome day bruh! 

9 hours ago, Hook2Jaw said:

I wish I could cast 100 yards.  It seems whatever I tie on with whatever rod and reel travels the same distance.  I definitely have a capped casting distance. 

I’ll tell ya what they say in golf “drive for show, putt for dough”

That's an awesome day man..those don't come around very often at least for me. Had one a few years back in a small pond early fall in a rainy really day. Was throwing a buzzbait around weed edges that were dying back. I caught probably 10 bass...all quality...had around a 25lb bag...had a 6, 3 5s and a 4 for my best 5..unreal for where I live on public waters

Excellent! But you can do better. I'd go again.?

Just now, GreenPig said:

Excellent! But you can do better. I'd go again.?

I went again yesterday, fished for three hours and my largest fish ended up being on a drop shotted ZOOM Fluke on a size 1 Lunkerhunt Dropshot Hook(fantastic, by the way, a diamond in the rough).

 

The fish weren't very active and I got one on the jig.  The rest came off a weightless Fluke or the aforementioned drop shot.

On 4/11/2020 at 10:01 AM, Hook2Jaw said:

Made it to the water yesterday looking to try out my new jig and worming rod, a Daiwa Tatula XT 7'6" Heavy Fast toting a Daiwa Tatula 100 7.3:1.  She's spun up with 50# Berkley X9 and 17# Berkley Trilene 100% Fluorocarbon.  With my BOSS Gary Klein Original Flipping Jig and YUM Craw Chunks, I was able to boat a lot of bass.  My best 5 were 18.75", 19.50", 19.75", 20.25" and 21".  Best big bass day I've ever had, and I wanted to share the pictures with you guys!

 

 

  

I see you got the XT, nice rod??  Nice catches!!!  I wish I could fish period, WA is shut down for fishing.

Just now, Tizi said:

I see you got the XT, nice rod??  Nice catches!!!  I wish I could fish period, WA is shut down for fishing.

I've got three now!  Two 7' Medium spinning rods and the one 7'6" Heavy Fast.  I'll tell you it's not the greatest rod to do a lot of shaking bottom baits with due to the heft, especially sitting on our kayaks, but it's awesome for dragging jigs and plastics and giving them some shake, wiggle, and roll while standing when more body can be used.

 

All three are reporting even the softest of bites and I'm going to add a Medium heavy for lighter Texas rigs and my finesse jigs.  Thanks for the recommendation, brother, the heavy has changed how I fish.  I have discovered some dense shoreline cover bass in some of my local spots and I've literally hauled several over bushes.

 

Sorry Washington is shut down. 

3 minutes ago, Hook2Jaw said:

I've got three now!  Two 7' Medium spinning rods and the one 7'6" Heavy Fast.  I'll tell you it's not the greatest rod to do a lot of shaking bottom baits with due to the heft, especially sitting on our kayaks, but it's awesome for dragging jigs and plastics and giving them some shake, wiggle, and roll while standing when more body can be used.

 

All three are reporting even the softest of bites and I'm going to add a Medium heavy for lighter Texas rigs and my finesse jigs.  Thanks for the recommendation, brother, the heavy has changed how I fish.  I have discovered some dense shoreline cover bass in some of my local spots and I've literally hauled several over bushes.

 

Sorry Washington is shut down. 

Fantastic.  I like the Tatula rods a little better, but not by much.  I have the 7’1” Tatula Heavy I use for jigs, great rod, very light and sensitive.  The 7’6” XT HF I use for flipping and punching for the most part.

14 minutes ago, Tizi said:

Fantastic.  I like the Tatula rods a little better, but not by much.  I have the 7’1” Tatula Heavy I use for jigs, great rod, very light and sensitive.  The 7’6” XT HF I use for flipping and punching for the most part.

I'm a huge fan of casting my jigs at distance and also being able to absolutely wallop them on the set.  When I hit a fish with the 7'6", they're definitely headed right at the boat.  It has driven hooks through the side of the mouth and back in for me.  It is a sensitive cudgel. 

Awesome. One of those days that sticks in your head and convinces you to get up and get on the water regardless of the reasons not to! 

Super!

 

Congrats on a great day.

 

May you have many more.