I caught a hawg! I love fishing top water, and I’m fortunate that my parents have a nice pond with lots of vegetation and fish in it. Everything came together on 6/13 for this pig to get hauled in. I didn’t have a scale, and I didn’t measure it, but I’m guessing it’s in the 6-7 pound range and about 22 inches. She was really long, but not too thick since it’s after the spawn. Cocoa the dog was not harmed in the fishing expedition, but she loves to get a close up look when a fish is landed.
I caught this puppy on my favorite lure – the Scum Frog. I caught it on the color shown here, but I’m convinced the bass don’t care what color it is. I’ve caught keepers on chartruese, black, orange, green, and the white. I’m not saying you should go out and buy one, but I’m saying they catch fish. They’re totally weedless (as close to “totally” as possible), so I like to drag them across the pads kinda slow, then let it stop when I hit an opening. It’s fun to see the 12-14 inch bass come up and whack it, but the real beauty is when a big one takes it. It’s a slurp and a swirl. Count: 1-one-thousand, 2-one-thousand; then BLAM-O set the hook. Good times, good times.
i am gabe
I love web development and I specialize in front-end development. If you think that means "just HTML" you can go play some place else on the internet, that's fine. While I'm neither an artsy designer nor an über-technical programmer, I am comfortable in both worlds. I work at the intersection of design and server-side programming with proficiency in HTML/CSS, JavaScript/Ajax (thumbs up for jQuery), ASP.NET, php (including Wordpress and CodeIgniter), Photoshop, and Illustrator.
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