hey y'all.  caught the first good 'un of '08 this afternoon.  7-5.  always nice to get that first one out of the way.  hope y'all are catchin' some too.

Nice bass!  

Interesting colors.

That is an amazing fish. Those colors are beautiful.

I wish I could catch some like that.

WTG! Great looking fish.

No!

We're not.    

Great fish, great pic!

8-)

Way To Go!!  

but we want details...watcha catch it on?

Great job.  Looks like she came out of some very clear/clean water.

That is such a nice fish man. I'm jealous brotha! They just don't look that purty down here! Now the women down here look the best. You see, we're even!  ;D

As my uncle would say:

THE THREE B's:

BEER

B*TCHES

and BASS!!!

I wouldnt say that of course...

Paul,  Didn't take ya long to catch another Hawg bro.

Congrates.

Sure is a lengthy Hawg..What did she measure 25" 26" ?

H.B.A.

thanks y'all.  yep, she did have some pretty colors.  i'll try to answer some questions.

What did she measure 25" 26" ?

probably closer to 24+". i don't think it was anywhere close to 26.

didn't measure it though.

Looks like she came out of some very clear/clean water.

you are correct!  you obviously know your bass from a hole in the ground. ;D ;D  ;D  just messin' with ya buddy.  you are absolutely right man.  there is about 2 ft+ visibility.  clever of ya to pick up on that.  i love bein' on a forum with guys who know their fishin'.

watcha catch it on?

caught it on a cotton candy colored tube t-rigged with spinning tackle so there was some drag pullin' goin' on.  i tried a suspending jerkbait and shallow crank too, but blanked on those.

as far as the other details go,  i caught this out of a small lake/big pond below our house.  it was around 3:30 - 4:00.  i have tried to keep this lake fairly well stocked, but i was set back last summer when we lost some good fish in the drought.  nice to know there might be a few good ones still in there though.  like BB said, it is usually very clean/clear.  there is some grass and mussels in there and that's why.  i even saw some small bass swimming around in the shallows.  hopin' for another one like her (or bigger) soon.  y'all keep your fingers crossed.    

Great fish, congrats! 8-)

nice fish! that picture makes it look bigger than 7-5

She's a beauty

No!

We're not.    

Great fish, great pic!

8-)

You can sat THAT again!!! ;D

 Awsome fish man! Keep the posts coming.

  and for the record, I ain't caught nothing yet this year! LOL

Awesome! Way to get the year started off right!

way to go on catching that beautiful lunker paul!

didnt take ya long now did it? : ;D

Congrats on the lunker! Thanks for sharing the pic with us.

Cheers!

 WAY TO GO ! Off and running for '08! Thanks for answering all the questions before I even saw the post ;D...

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