A Couple Winter Pigs 2024
Bluebasser86 reply :
Well today was certainly not a numbers day but after catching lots of fish last week Chris and I decided to hit to La Cygne again today. We had rain off an on for the first half of the day and then pretty steady rain the second half of the day, at least the temps were in the 40's most of the day and wind wasn't terrible. The plant was not generating when we got there. No generation equals no action on power plant lakes. It took us almost 3 hours to get a bite and the first half dozen were serious dinks, only one would have even topped a pound. We came around the point and noticed the visibility had dropped to a couple hundred yards so we knew they'd started generating and the warm water running into the lake was creating steam so we figured we'd get to the outlet again because those fish react first. Not much going on other than one dink and one missed bite. I was fishing a Series 5 on a sand/gravel ledge where the current runs along when my bait got crushed. I wasn't sure it was a bass at first until she came up and wallowed. She was hooked good until she wallowed next to the boat again and the front hook popped out. She pulled like crazy and I thought for sure she'd come off but Chris finally got the net under her. I was shaking so bad I couldn't hardly get her on the scale. 24" long and 15" around and 7.51 pounds.
We probably didn't catch another half dozen the rest of the day and it was raining pretty hard and starting to get dark so we headed to the ramp but decided to fish around the ramp for a minute before we left. I was fishing a Bandit 100 in mistake color off a rock pier when it got stopped. We both thought it was around 3 pounds when it first came up and wallowed around. Once it got to the boat and dove down it was obvious we'd underestimated her. She was barely hooked on the back hook but she stayed stuck and we got her in the net. Not quite as big as the first but at 21.5" and 13.25" and 5.88 pounds she was certainly a great way to end the day!
Broke bass fisherman reply :
Nice fish.
kylek reply :
Nice fish Clayton! Sounds like I need to get out there soon!
Tuckahoe Joe reply :
Good looking fish...Congrats!
A-Jay reply :
You're a Wild Man ~ !
WTG - Really nice Bass.
A-Jay
ClackerBuzz reply :
now thats some winter bass fishin. nice!!!
G_money reply :
Nice catch Clayton. I'll be going tomorrow, hopefully I can get a couple pigs like that in the boat.
Hi Salenity reply :
What a great day!
DBSULLY reply :
Good looking fish man.
Brandon
Big-O reply :
FINE Fish, and WTG 
MCS reply :
Nice fish.
tugsandpulls reply :
jealous i have no open water here
roadwarrior reply :
WOW!
Nice fish.
Darren. reply :
Awesome fish!
Teal reply :
Nice dude! I would have been shaking too. You,think after doing this for a while that we wouldn't get so excited when that fish comes up and you see a mouth so big that you fit a volley ball in, but that what makes it fun! I'm glad the soggy weather paid off big time.
Bankbeater reply :
You have done good.
Lake Forest Bassin reply :
Great fish and story thanks for sharing. Congrats! 
shimmy reply :
Awesome!!!
Will Wetline reply :
Two fine fish and a well written account. Congrats and thanks.
Big Bassman reply :
Great way to start off the season. Congrats BB!
Siebert Outdoors reply :
Very nice fish!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Congrats.
bkohlman reply :
Nice work Clayton!
SGT Rico reply :
Great duo! Way to tough it out.
Comfortably Numb reply :
Winter fish???? You cheated 
Nice fish. Sure looks bigger than 7#
Bluebasser86 reply :
On 1/21/2013 at 12:50 PM, Comfortably Numb said:Winter fish???? You cheated
Nice fish. Sure looks bigger than 7#
I thought for sure she was over 8 when I caught her. I know the warm water is kind of cheating but that isn't going to stop me from going. 
bowhunter63 reply :
Really nice fish,Congrats
K_Mac reply :
On 1/21/2013 at 2:15 PM, Bluebasser86 said:I thought for sure she was over 8 when I caught her. I know the warm water is kind of cheating but that isn't going to stop me from going.
40 degrees and rain, hot water lake or not, is not cheating. Most folks are not going in that kind of weather. You earned those fish my friend. Well done.
Bluebasser86 reply :
On 1/26/2013 at 4:50 AM, K_Mac said:40 degrees and rain, hot water lake or not, is not cheating. Most folks are not going in that kind of weather. You earned those fish my friend. Well done.
You got that right and I love it! Most people get excited when they see a nice day coming up on a day they're going fishing. I get excited when it's going to be nasty because I know I'll most likely be the only guy crazy enough to be out there 
It's easy to forget about being cold and wet when you're putting fish like that in the boat
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