;D

went out to DNP today. its an old boy scout camp. really beautiful park. last couple times i went out i was skunked. i went back again this morning and cought two in 4 hours. first one was around 8:30ish by some swimming docks. cought her on a perch shad rap (sr5)

a few hours later , after i walked around the take and the smaller pond , i landed this monster by the boat dock on a 3/16 shakey head and a 5" gulp wacky crawler , key lime pie in color. i was hopping it along the bottom when the came out from underneath and grabbed it

my first jig fish! not really much of a fight , but it was still rewarding.

i still threw more casts with a bucktail jig and a 3.5" beaver but got nothing. i did come across this -

at the time i was throwing both the bucktail and the shaky head but with a 4" lizard. all i got was a short strike that didnt amount to anything. what would you guys of done here?

anyways , all in all , it wasnt too bad of a morning. it was warming up from the coldfront we had , so the weather was great and i have built up some confidence in the shaky.  8-)

also , it was my first outing with my new shimano clarus which cought me both. feels great with my abu 801 on it and is plenty sensitive to feel the bottom. cant really say much else about it , but i can tell it does have enough backbone to bring in some decent sized fish.

definitely a great rod for the money  8-)

Way to catch em Sqhertz. Keep up the good work and your going to steal Burley's Dinkmaster title.

Way to catch em Sqhertz. Keep up the good work and your going to steal Burley's Dinkmaster title.

;D

i was thinking that to myself while i was bringin em in.

Way to catch em Sqhertz. Keep up the good work and your going to steal Burley's Dinkmaster title.

;D

i was thinking that to myself while i was bringin em in.

Just remember........baby steps, baby steps You'll get the bigun if you keep trying. Never give up!

Way to go fellow North Carolinian!

thanks guys!

Way to go fellow North Carolinian!

thanks. i have a friend from miami who moved to boone.  hmm.. :-?

dude,

your haulin' some massive fish lately!!

....hey, good work on catchin' any..... i myself haven't been fishing in about 2 or 3 weeks due to the many hassles of life......

..and im gettin more and more agitated by the day, soon enough i'll get back out

dude,

your haulin' some massive fish lately!!

....hey, good work on catchin' any..... i myself haven't been fishing in about 2 or 3 weeks due to the many hassles of life......

..and im gettin more and more agitated by the day, soon enough i'll get back out

;D thanks.

bringing in anything is much better than nothing.

Nice pics.Small Bass are better than no Bass.