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| The Ten Pounder | |||
| The photo I sent you yesterday of that 10
pound bass, was caught on a Bass Assassin Shad Assassin
soft plastic jerk bait. The client and I were fishing on
Millwood Lake upriver between Mud Lake oxbow and McGuire
Lake oxbow in a small slough immediately off of Little
River. Per your request, here is the story: Starting at daybreak, a slight cool front had passed through the area the night before, and a light fog had developed over the lake. Water temperatures ranged in the low to mid-80º range. The morning started out quite well with numerous bass above the 16" minimum length requirement for a "keeper" size bass. By 9:00 we had already boated between 8-10 keepers, and many "dinks" below the 16" minimum length; all on the Bass Assassin Shad jerk baits and buzz baits which I build for my own, and client's use. The bite had just practically "shut down" in the area we had begun fishing in, around 9-9:15am. I decided to make a move further up river. We idled out of the location above, on the river, and ran approximately 20 minutes at full throttle up Little River. We shut down and idled into another slough within 50 yards of the river to began our plan B assault. Trolling motor humming, we graciously greeted a man and wife Crappie fishing in the area and quietly eased passed them as to not disturb their Crappie hole. The man in the boat asked me, "Did you throw by that rock over there?". I responded, "No sir, but I have certainly caught some good bass back in here over the years, we are just trying to get out of your way." About 20 minutes later, around 10am, all hell broke loose. We were fishing the Bass Assassin Shads around coontail moss, hydrilla, and lily pads, when I felt the boat rock to one side. I turned around to see what was up, and Gary Moore, the client from east Texas was setting the hook hard. Looking at his medium heavy rod, it was doubled over. I immediately looked at his line where it entered the water, and drag was singing off his reel to the tune of "Mr Big headed for 30 feet deep" of the river. Gary shouts, "GET THE NET!" and in an instant, I was on my hands and knees with the net in one hand, and my other hand on the trolling motor turning the nose of the boat toward the fish. The bass ran into a wad of lily pad stems and swirled round and round. Gary says, "I cant feel him!" I said "lighten up on him just a hair". When he did, the fish pulled him further into the pad stems. I began immediately to pull lily pad tops back to find the fish. All I could see was the 4" thick back and tail of this monster bass with his head and face rooting downward in the lily pad stems. As I pulled the pads apart, the fish made a run back to the river again. Gary says, "He's loose, he's running!" I said you best tighten that drag, or he is gona wrap you up on a stump out on the edge of the river in 15-20 feet and we will never see him!" As he tightened his drag, he turned the fish again, and i could see a huge flash as the pig rolled on her side, turning back down into the lily pad stems again. I said, "Dang she is huge, looks like the side of a BARN! This fish is well over 8 pounds, and maybe bigger!"  As she rooted in the lily pad stems again, I grabbed my pliers off my belt, and began lifting the pad tops and cutting them and throwing them to the side. Gary says, "you look like a weedeater down there!" I said whatever it takes! As I pulled the last pad top back I could see the back and tail of the monster again. I lunged at her with the net and missed, she was deeper than I had thought. I made one last swoop of the net with the handle fully extended out to 6 feet and when we looked as I brought up the net, she was in it. Not only was she IN the net, she took up the ENTIRE net! By this time, the old man and woman crappie fishin were just intently watching all the commotion going on 40 yards away. When we got her in the boat, we both yelled out WOW WHAT A HOG! I said, Gary this fish is well over 8 or 9 pounds, she maybe over 10. Taking her out of the net, Gary commented "man you could put a softball in her mouth!" He was holding the fish with both hands like a pair of vice grips, as I worked the Owner hook out of the cartlidge in roof of her mouth. Gary says "look at her gullet! You could put a hot dog down her throat its so big!" We got the digital scales out and weighed her, the digital read out flashed in pounds and ounces 9 lb 14-15 ounces, back and forth. I said shes as close to 10 pounds as you are going to get. We put her in the livewell to calm her down, put "Please Release Me" in the livewell, and ran the aerator continually for about 45 minutes. A collegue guide of mine comes flying down the river about 30 minutes later and I flagged him down. We get his digital scales out, and reading in pounds and tenths of pounds, it flashed 9.9-10.0-10.1. So there was no doubt. Gary had landed the 10 pound bass he had came after for so many years. Gary has been coming to Millwood Lake fishing with me and my guides for over 7 years, and he finally caught the hawg he had so desparately pursued. We snapped a few more photos of the pig, took her measurements, said our fond farewells, and turned her loose to fight again. The woman crappie fishin' says, "lookie there, they are turning that big fish loose!" The huge bass blasted off to the side of the boat, in the lake with a vengence, throwing a mighty shower of water in our face with her tail, as if to say "Thank you for letting me go", as we said, "Thank YOU for the pictures, and truly the fight of a lifetime! |
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