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Goose52 reply :

So I'm out in the canoe today with my trusty grub rod, tossing a Zoom Fat Albert 5" grub at some clumps of emergent grass. On splashdown, a huge swirl and I think I've spooked a big grass carp...then, I feel a little tick from the bait...then, I see the line move sideways. HOOKSET. ZrrrrrrZrrrrrrZrrrrrrr drag singing on the little spinning reel. I'm not anchored so every time the drag quits slipping I'm getting towed by something BIG. I'm thinking - I can't believe that grass carp sucked up that grub. THEN, I see the line coming up...the fish is gonna jump...then OUT of the water in a great tail-walk, head-shaking jump is a pig of a bass! Serious time now - this is not a carp. She keeps pulling drag, tows the boat some more, I make progress on line recovery, then get her close to the boat, then in the net. PHEW.

Down the hatch - you can see the Fat Albert WAY down there:

So much for a 21 inch bumpboard - have to get out the tape measure. She goes 24" and weighs 7.4 lb.

Hard to get a good photo when you're fishing alone but this was a VERY nice bass for my neck of the woods. Biggest grub fish I've caught so far.

This 'ole girl must have thought that she was TOO fat and was on a diet to go for that little 5" grub...

Happy camper today...

Code54 reply :

Sweet - that sure is a nice one

OroBass reply :

Sweet bass

MCS reply :

Great fish, cool story. Love the sound of drag being stripped.

A-Jay reply :

Congrats Goose52 ~ You Were Due ~ !

So maybe the Bad Winter triggered a Good Fishing Season . . . . . . .

Nice Job

A-Jay

Alonerankin2 reply :

That's a thick fish, with a somewhat small mouth, but thick bodied, nice fish for sure, it's amazing the difference in LMB from different parts of the country. Great fish and nice story!

Mccallister25 reply :

Now thats freakin sweet! PB?

Goose52 reply :

Thanks everyone!

On 6/30/2014 at 4:04 AM, A-Jay said:

Congrats Goose52 ~ You Were Due ~ !

So maybe the Bad Winter triggered a Good Fishing Season . . . . . . .

Nice Job

A-Jay

Thanks A-Jay. Yeah - I usually catch most of my big fish in the winter...but not last winter... It's been a long dry spell for a fish this big - it's the biggest of the year so far.

On 6/30/2014 at 4:54 AM, BigBlock496 said:
Now thats freakin sweet! PB?

Thanks but it's only a PB for a 5" grub My overall PB LMB is 9.5.

Dwight Hottle reply :

WTG Goose! I guess it's time for the magnum bump board version. And by the way I glad you didn't photograph it on the grass.

Goose52 reply :

On 6/30/2014 at 7:57 AM, Dwight Hottle said:
WTG Goose! I guess it's time for the magnum bump board version. And by the way I glad you didn't photograph it on the grass.

Thanks Dwight! Yeah - I have to shop for one of those "Hawg Troughs" - they go up to 30" - plenty long enough to measure what would be a TN state record...

Re the grass - if you fish alone from the bank, and want to get a length and a photo, you gotta go with the grass...

Dwight Hottle reply :

On 6/30/2014 at 8:16 AM, Goose52 said:

Thanks Dwight! Yeah - I have to shop for one of those "Hawg Troughs" - they go up to 30" - plenty long enough to measure what would be a TN state record...

Re the grass - if you fish alone from the bank, and want to get a length and a photo, you gotta go with the grass...

Yes I agree. My reference was to the other thread.

MarkH024 reply :

Nice goose! That's a slob for sure. Way to go!

Hi Salenity reply :

Great fish!!! I'm jealous.

jbw252 reply :

Nice fish. Congrats on a great day.

notevenanibble reply :

good day for us canoe guys.

Captain Shane Procell reply :

Great catch a photos!

Goose52 reply :

Thanks again guys!

On 6/30/2014 at 9:51 AM, notevenanibble said:
good day for us canoe guys.

Yup - another score for the "Attack Canoe"...

notevenanibble reply :

holy crap! i need to get to work on mine it looks like.

Bankbeater reply :

NIce going, and a good looking bass! I like the kill flags on the side of the canoe.

Gotfishyfingers? reply :

Nice Catch and cool canoe!!!!

notevenanibble reply :

On 6/30/2014 at 6:49 PM, Bankbeater said:
NIce going, and a good looking bass! I like the kill flags on the side of the canoe.

that was my favorite part

Goose52 reply :

On 6/30/2014 at 6:49 PM, Bankbeater said:
NIce going, and a good looking bass! I like the kill flags on the side of the canoe.

On 7/1/2014 at 12:21 AM, notevenanibble said:
that was my favorite part

Each one of those LMB silhouettes represent 100 bass caught from that canoe. As of yesterday I'm at about 2,700 - I'm getting my money's worth out of the boat...

geo g reply :

Goose that's a nice one for sure. Just goes to show small baits catch big fish. If it is there, they are going to eat it. Congrats brother!

richg99 reply :

Nice story, well told. I've had a couple of ten lb catfish (who hit a bass lure) tow me around in a kayak in years past in Houston TX.

I just bought a place on the plateau. Nice to know that there are some good fish up here.

Thanks for sharing.

richg99

Fish_Whisperer reply :

Hell yeah! Think that bass didn't want that grub?!?

5 Dollar Fishing Game reply :

Beauty!!!

- kayak angler

Goose52 reply :

Thanks again guys! It was a fun fish for sure. I went back to that lake yesterday looking for that 'ole gal and all I found was her little sister...who was NOT on a diet and wanted a Deep Little N crankbait...

senile1 reply :

Goose, I've been away awhile but it sounds like you've been nailing them! What was that you said in my thread about only catching dinks? I beg your pardon sir!!! Nice pigs all around.

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