ok... now that my mind has recoverd a bit...I am still in awe that I caught that beuty...
Herrington Lake.
Water temp was high 70s at the surface, up until 9ish there was a strong current were they were apparently pulling the lake pretty hard...
We ran to a couple of main lake points, found that the fish were holding tite to the botton in 20-22 feet of water. This particular area has been producing fairly good for us on our friday nite runs. We've actually slowed down so much we only fish this one area in about 6 hours.
Had multiple 12-14inch fish IF you could get your bait down to them for any lenght of time. This was almost a dream nite, even without that monster. Once they quit pulling the lake, and darkness set in, the fish moved up shallower. Barb and I both had had several hits just prior to the point, and caught a couple of 1-2 pounders.
This particular beuty was caught on a main lake point that is almost a flat... a very gradual grade.... If memory serves, she was in about 5 feet of water when she hit. It was about 11pm, the moon was up, the sky was clear and you could see Mars on the horizon. (Never thought I'd get to say that!)
Imagine this.... Cast, slow carolina rig style pulls on the bait, bumping over rocks... suddenly you feel as if your hung on a rock, except this time the rock starts swimming.... get the NET!
The bait was the new "Paca Craw" in the Cajun Crawdad color. T-Rigged with a 3/16th oz. Tungsten wieght, 12 pound RealLine and my 4 power Revolver Rod. That setup caught alot of fish that nite... guess the full moon helps after all!
Trep... the bait that worked for us today was a 5" Kut tail from Yamamoto, in the 157 or 208 color...basically a plastic "red wiggler". Barb had a 3# smallie hit her lil baby crankbait on her UL (4# line) rod! Took her 15 minutes to get it in, but boy, what a grin! She is definitely "Hooked on Smallies"!
I've also realized that September is a very good month... last year, on the 13th is when I joined the 5# club, this year the 8, next year??????
