Love seeing that shadow as it passes through those lights.
Congrats!
Congrats!
LA PB 7/22
I know this is a dink compared to what many of you often catch, but I caught my personal best last night around 11:20 on Lake Austin. Wow! That was a blast. I've never caught anything before that spooled out everything I reeled in right at the edge of the boat, and twice at that!
My son was not there to help me so I had to land the thing on my own, without a net. In the end the hook on my lure was destroyed (bent to the point it broke on removal). I was using a gold colored kast master type spoon near the green underwater lights above 360.
So here is a picture, it is not great. It was dark and I only had my cell phone. You can't see the marking on the ruler but it was 21 inches and the weight was 4 lbs 7 to 10 ounces.
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Now I just need to step up to a double digit!
For me it was a bit slow last night. I also caught one white/hybrid (hard to tell sometimes but when I get them on LA I assume they are hybrid) that was chunky but only 16 inches. Right after the one in the picture I caught a 14" LMB (same lure, new hook) and there were a few others that were smaller. I was there from sunset until 1 AM. (My son would have been bored, right up until 11:20!) I bumped into some ABF lurkers at the ramp on the way back that said they also caught personal bests last night. I think I heard 5.1 for one of them.
Thanks to all for the tips that led to this. That was fun! Interestingly, I couldn't get bites on anything but spoons last night.
My son was not there to help me so I had to land the thing on my own, without a net. In the end the hook on my lure was destroyed (bent to the point it broke on removal). I was using a gold colored kast master type spoon near the green underwater lights above 360.
So here is a picture, it is not great. It was dark and I only had my cell phone. You can't see the marking on the ruler but it was 21 inches and the weight was 4 lbs 7 to 10 ounces.
Now I just need to step up to a double digit!
For me it was a bit slow last night. I also caught one white/hybrid (hard to tell sometimes but when I get them on LA I assume they are hybrid) that was chunky but only 16 inches. Right after the one in the picture I caught a 14" LMB (same lure, new hook) and there were a few others that were smaller. I was there from sunset until 1 AM. (My son would have been bored, right up until 11:20!) I bumped into some ABF lurkers at the ramp on the way back that said they also caught personal bests last night. I think I heard 5.1 for one of them.
Thanks to all for the tips that led to this. That was fun! Interestingly, I couldn't get bites on anything but spoons last night.
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Humbug! I guess we left too early 
We got out there about 6:30, stayed til 10:30 when i used my herculean strength to pull the lifting cord off of my trolling motor. Ended up having to undo the front mounting clamp and pull the motor off the boat with the hinge still locked in place.
We caught 3 between the two us, but all dinks with the biggest being 14". All caught before dark in and around trees and hydrilla with rattletrap and beetlespin. I got some nibbles and a couple big hits on my rattlesnake and swimbait, but couldnt get anything to take it (plus i need more practice on setting the hook).
Ah well, hopefully ill get some practice this weekend at the Dodge Mega Tourney out at Sam Rayburn.
~BE
We got out there about 6:30, stayed til 10:30 when i used my herculean strength to pull the lifting cord off of my trolling motor. Ended up having to undo the front mounting clamp and pull the motor off the boat with the hinge still locked in place.
We caught 3 between the two us, but all dinks with the biggest being 14". All caught before dark in and around trees and hydrilla with rattletrap and beetlespin. I got some nibbles and a couple big hits on my rattlesnake and swimbait, but couldnt get anything to take it (plus i need more practice on setting the hook).
Ah well, hopefully ill get some practice this weekend at the Dodge Mega Tourney out at Sam Rayburn.
~BE
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