;D"NEVER SAID IT WAS A BASS" ;D

Here in KS we have a Mr.Bass tourney where the top fellow from each club across the state gets to fish for a spot on the state team and braggin rights. We had ours at El Dorado July 22nd weather was hot and the lake was up 10 feet. It was tough fishing i ended up 2nd with 2 bass. Also I hooked up with this BIG BAD KITTY caught him on a crainkbait took about 20 minutes to get in.

Bass or not, its still a nice fish.  What did you catch him on? I like cutbait, and now your making me want to go catfishin.

Bet you had a MONSTER bass on!

Bass or not, its still a nice fish. What did you catch him on? I like cutbait, and now your making me want to go catfishin.

Crankbait.

HUGEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!

whats the size of that thing?

just of curiosity , why would u waste 20 min in a tournament 2 land that fish?

just of curiosity , why would u waste 20 min in a tournament 2 land that fish?

Tournament or not, there is still a child in all of us.  Remember that he hooked it on a crankbait so he could have only "thought" is wasn't a bass until he saw it.

If you hooked a fish that you didn't "think" was a bass, would you cut the line?  I doubt it.  He probably never saw it until it was almost in... by then I bet 99% of the people would go ahead and land it.

HUGEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!

whats the size of that thing?

just of curiosity , why would u waste 20 min in a tournament 2 land that fish?

Or,

"Why would you waste 20 minutes in a tournament?"

Ah, ah, ah...Don't get mad, I'm just kidding....

why would u waste 20 min in a tournament 2 land that fish

I hooked the cat around noon and the tournament lasted till 2, the fishing was tough I got 2nd with 2 fish :-/ I was near a boat launching area fishing flooded rock piles and you should have seen the bikinis on the dock cheering me on  ;D

whats the size of that thing?

I am 6'5" 190 pounds me and my observer were guessing 45-50 pounds.

I don't believe you about the bikinis.  I need to see pictures .

just of curiosity , why would u waste 20 min in a tournament 2 land that fish?

I don't know what I would of done in this situation. I understand its a big waste of time but I probably will never have a chance to catch one that big again since I don't fish for catfish.

What type of line were you using?  Some type of braid I am guessing.  

What type of line were you using?  Some type of braid I am guessing.

Guess Again I had Berkley Trilene 17 pound test the reel was a Quantum Accurist AC500CX.

Gotcha, The crankbait led me to believe it was some type of braid because of the high strength low diameter.  Once again, nice fish!    

i wonder how big of a bass you thought you had on when you were reeling that in

I don't believe you about the bikinis.  I need to see pictures .

i concur  ;D

Next time find them and have them hold up your fish like these two 'spectators'.  

Nice.... uhhh.... Shark ! :-)

Hey KS, that was an AWESOME kitty you got there ! Did you keep it ? Nothing better than fresh fried Flathead :-) ......course that one was pretty darn big. A nice 10 to 15 lb'er would probably be better eating.

Peace,

Fish

Did you keep it ?

We returned the fish back into the water if it had been 10-15 lbs then it would have been in the pan. A fish that big i'm guessing would be 15-20 years old i'm just pleased to have caught and released him.  ;D