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My first spoonbill,
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Weighed a little over 23 lbs, fought like wild, snagged in tail, and man it took some drag!
Ohio River from KY side.
LMJ
Nice fish, surprised you landed that big spoony........
[quote=LittleMiamiJeff;296669]My first spoonbill,
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Weighed a little over 23 lbs, fought like wild, snagged in tail, and man it took some drag!
Ohio River from KY side.
LMJ[/quote]
Awesome! Is that a smallish-sized spinning rod I see on the ground that landed that monster? What pound test?
Ain't it fun to hook stuff like that, I know that was a good ride for sure, them spoonies can really fight especially foul hooked. Fishing that river can be fun, like ole Forrest said, " You never know what your gonna get".
that is a nice fish good catch
[quote=jcb;296697]Awesome! Is that a smallish-sized spinning rod I see on the ground that landed that monster? What pound test?[/quote]
Funny you say that, it's a 12 foot surf rod with a Shimano baitrunner reel, the small one if you will! ;) Picture is fuzzy because I had the camera in the front pocket of my cooler, didn't realize it would cool it off!
I had just respooled w/spiderwire, 14lb I think.
Hooked just in front of tail in the flesh, so it was able to run, and run, and run, well, you get the idea.
Hard to turn a fish when it's not hooked in the mouth.
Great time.
LMJ
nice fish!
Many years ago I thought that snagging just wasn't right...Then one year we got into a mess a spoons sauger fishin with light line...Well now I use 50# 60# test every year from Feb.1 threw may10th...what a blast...GOOD FISH!!
[quote=LittleMiamiJeff;296893]Funny you say that, it's a 12 foot surf rod with a Shimano baitrunner reel, the small one if you will! ;) Picture is fuzzy because I had the camera in the front pocket of my cooler, didn't realize it would cool it off! LMJ[/quote]
Even so, that's a great catch.
The handful of times in the last few years I've fished tailwaters or in the Gulf surf I've wished I had a surf rod...