Best smallie action of my life w/ a net busting triple

[Jbyrd]

Great story , That one looks a little stiff, the one with the flared gills

[colonelmeyer]

Sounds like somebody downed a gallon of Haterade and has developed a severe case of hate poisoning! **** fine work Gentlemen. **** fine.

[Dave Clark]

Hey,thanks everyone for the kind words. Soon they will be headed deep so the window is open for great action......

Great story , That one looks a little stiff, the one with the flared gills

It's alright Jaybird,I was waiting for that.Anytime you accomplish a once in a life time day of fishing there will always be doubters. When we pulled that 50 inch muskie out of Dale in March the people on muskies first were full of jealousy and hate.The moderators had to remove three quarters of the posts.It was kind of a rude awakening.If you look at the third picture under the triple,you can clearly see three lines coming from my net.If you think I put two fish in the live well still hooked in hopes of a third and if you think i could fake that smile full of excitement I just don't know what to say about that.I'm a fisherman not a politician.Six years ago we doubled up with2 22inchers and as they lay side by side in the net I promised myself that i would never fish w/ out a camera again.It's cool dude....Tight Lines Dave

[Tim_T]

Those are dang impressive. Congrats.

[Jbyrd]

ALL I am saying is I have caught thousands of smallmouth and never had one lay still in the net in the SAME position very long. Let alone long enough to take three or four pics. and the flared gills in the same position . Flared gills are the sign of a dead fish , next time you have one die in the livewell notice the position of the fish . Slight curl and flared gills .EVEN in the pic the guy is posed in the gills have the same flare.Might be my eyes but don't see any lines coming out of their mouths in the photo I was looking at. (the close up of the net hanging over the side)
Just look at all the photos you can see the difference in the photos . The one with the guy holding the two hogs, pretty healthy. The two photos of singles, the gills are flared 3-4 inches and are the same in every shot. Same with the net photos same posiotion. Also the one with the net over the side there is a good 2-3 feet before the bend ,but in the pic of the three guys and the broke net it is maybe 1 foot from the net ????????
I guess i watch too much CSI Miami lol.

With that said they are still super fish great day on the water !!!!!!!

[Jbyrd]

Okay saw the photo with the line . But where are the lines in the close up of the net between the down riggers and the one that shows a hand in the scene. Those photos looked staged. Was roland martin fishing with you? ha ha dude don't sweat it just ragging you ...
congrats on a great day.....

[jcb]

Thanks for the awesome pics, FishFinderGeneral.

Reading parts of this thread I'm reminded of Twain's famous quote, "It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt."

[lunkerbustin]

Thanks for the awesome pics, FishFinderGeneral.

Reading parts of this thread I'm reminded of Twain's famous quote, "It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt."

I agree jealousy is a hard thing for some to deal with. That would be an awesome experience for anybody. Great job.

[Jbyrd]

I agree jealousy is a hard thing for some to deal with. That would be an awesome experience for anybody. Great job.

Jealous , are you refering to my reply? Not at all . Just looking at the pics looks like they were using live bait. An old timer once told me anyone can feed a fish, but it takes a good fisherman to fool one with a lure.

[bigwormy]

who cares if its dead or not. them some nice fish right there. let the guy have his peace and fun!

[Jbyrd]

who cares if its dead or not. them some nice fish right there. let the guy have his peace and fun!

Well if it was dead I bet it was easy to net lol That was the point of the story all three at once and no baits in the mouth..........?????????