riverbound
6/21/2013 6:28:00 PMThat's AWESOME, Oneshot! Congrats! Where you near the ship canal? I fished there once and was surprised to catch a few in a hour. Not the same as a steelhead, but pretty freak'n awesome considering it was so close to home. Let's hit the river soon!
Amx
6/21/2013 7:06:00 PMCongrats! Now you are REALLY hooked. Just wait until you catch your first Largie, they fight different. Smallies run around but Largies just PUUUULLLLLL.
oneshot
6/21/2013 8:22:00 PMI've caught a few largemouth in Washington, and a bunch as a kid in Texas. I just haven't concentrated much on bass here until now, so it feels good to get rewarded finally for my efforts last couple weeks.. never a smallmouth though.. good fight, it was fun watching him chase the bait down and hit it..
riverbound, get at me early september.. \m/
riverbound, get at me early september.. \m/
oneshot
6/21/2013 8:32:00 PM#4 FishingFool says:
nicely done. How'd it taste?
I don't know anyone that eats bass.. but I did taste victory and it tasted great!!
nicely done. How'd it taste?
I don't know anyone that eats bass.. but I did taste victory and it tasted great!!
MotoBoat
6/21/2013 10:01:00 PMHaving caught large mouth in Texas, and what appears to be a decent sized smally in the ship canal . Which do you feel fights harder? I thought, smalliies fight longer and harder than a same size largemouth. The endurance of a small mouth is far superior.
oneshot
6/21/2013 10:24:00 PMman.. i can't remember back when i was 12 and 13 how good the fights were in Texas, only that we would catch them in small ponds in Bastrop.. i had to take a trip down memory lane.. we lived on piney ridge dr..zoom in on this map and any pond you see with in like a few square miles i fished and i remember a couple of them had lots of fish. even ones on peoples property we would hit up cuz most land owners were real nice and we were just little kids. https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Bastrop,+Texas&hl=en&ll=30.127442,-97.299879&spn=0.013975,0.027981&sll=47.613028,-122.342064&sspn=0.348555,0.895386&oq=bastrop+texas&t=h&hnear=Bastrop,+Texas&z=16
N E 1 FISSION
6/21/2013 10:43:00 PMProps on the fish!! Smallmouth to me are the better fighters, wait til your boy gets his first, fishing buddy for life, nice going!!
SammamishYak
6/22/2013 4:04:00 PMBig congrats. My first smallie was about that size, but fought like it was 8 times as big! It's been a passion ever since. Nice work. Looking forward to the next one.