Big smallie

I was fishing in my friends pond in his backyard today for some bluegill. The Bite was on! They were just crushing the tiny spoon i was using. I ended up catching a 9 incher that weighed 7 oz, not to mention tons of others.

I ended up catching a small one though. Andy laughed and said, “Looks like u caught bait.” I thought it was a good idea so i clipped it’s tail and threw it out on a hook and bobber. The little fella had been pulling my bobber around for a while so i didn’t pay much attention. After a while i looked over and asked Andy where my bobber was. Just then i saw my line start running and my pole (i was still bluegill fishing) sliding through the grass tward the pond. I dropped my bluegill rod and grabbed the pole. I set the hook and pulled in this massive smallmouth. It was 20 inches and weighed 3 lbs. 14 oz. They had wanted that pig out of the pond for years because it kept eating their baby trout. They said just throw it in the weeds but i couldn’t kill a bass, especially not one that big. So we filled up a bucket of water and took the bass down to the bridge in Goose Island. I put it in the water and she swam off slowly. I really hope she lives and spawns next spring, because that would be good genetics on the system. I’ll post pics when i get the film developed.

sweet. That fish is a good fish. I caught him around 5 times before, lol but its fun catching them each time. I’ll probably get down there soon to get a shot on that largemouth..andy wanted me to get that out of there sometime too.

don’t bother. We’re taking her out today…. hopefully.

Z-Hog1- check your PM’s.

well did you get it? I still strongly disagree that the bass are ruining the trout population in that pond, i believe its more like the lack of care for the trout. Theres no forage besides some bugs that land on the surface. They’re supposed to be fed pellets. I think whats killing them is the environment. Sure that smallie ate a trout a long time ago, when my friend and i caught it a few years ago, but thats going to happen. Every year even the bluegills will eat some of the spawn, i garuntee it. I just hope if you are going after that largemouth that you use artificial bait and be respectful of the fish. Its easy enough just that its in a pond. why use live bait? if you haven’t already and you do catch it, call me right away. I’d like to see the fish before it goes in, i haven’t fished there in like 2 years and it would be cool to see how big it is now.

Nice job Bill Dance! just kidding. Congrats on the nice fish glad she got released into the wild

ya fishing in that pond is a Bill Danse thing. And Cade, It was in the river like 20 minutes after i caught it. So sorry, but i got some pics that i’ll post later. And i’ll post the pic of the 9 inch gill.

Ya know…..You guys should get together and have a little tournament!

Take some pics and post up the results. Maybe we could even make some bets on who will catch what and what will happen?

yeah thats what i have been trying to do but Nick refuses to fish it because he thinks he’s that much better that he doesn’t want to. I always post pics so don’t worry about it.
Hey max, i wasn’t trying to make you mad, but just saying if you call me to see it, if i don’t get there right away, just let it go cuz too much time out is a bad thing and coul kill the fish.

ya and we think that was the big one anyway

well you boys have fun im not interested… for reasons that i have discused privatley with cade. no interest thanks for the offer