Well, my buddy Mitchell got his new PB today. This kid just got started fishing last year, and has got the bug big time. He was fishing a lot of spinners for a long while using a spincaster. He told me he had an old Daiwa baitcaster that his grandpa bought right before he died and left to Mitch that he didn't really know how to use. I told him to bring it out today, and we spooled it up yesterday with some 50# braid. He paired it with a 5'6 Wright and McGill rod that is in very good shape.

I told him a couple months ago when he asked me how I catch "huge" 4-5 pounders a lot, and I replied: "man, you need to get a couple packs of Rage Tails."

Caught this big girl on a Baby Thumper, t-rigged in about three feet of water. I was more pumped than he was! 4 pounds 10 ounces, but this fish should have been pushing 6 easy!

On a side note - I'm starting to worry about this pond, and you can see why. It's like 2-3 inches deep in some spots and the bass can't get to the gills to eat them. I see a lot of the bigger fish cahsing the smaller ones in deep water.

That one looks pretty skinny. At some point imagine it was a 6lber or so. Have you noticed the water level dropping? Seems like that may play a role especially in the heat of summer if there is less baitfish in the water.

Congrats to your buddie! Beautiful fish.

That one looks pretty skinny. At some point imagine it was a 6lber or so. Have you noticed the water level dropping? Seems like that may play a role especially in the heat of summer if there is less baitfish in the water.

Yep, the water is about five inches low.

Hey G,

Congrats to you and your friend! Besides being malnourished, she appears to be old and on her way down... Smaller bodies of water that have few, if any live creeks to feed them have problems keeping enough forage for the larger predators. If the majority of the other fish in the pond are fat and healthy, she's just an OLE gal trying to make one more season

Big O

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WOO-HOO!

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