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Offline SpokaneSlayer

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More success on Medical Lake largemouth
« on: August 02, 2010, 10:49:05 PM »
I've had a bit of a run of bad luck losing fish at one of my local lakes.  This lake is barbless hooks only and I just haven't been able to keep fish on.  Well, that changed tonight.  Fisrt spot I went to, I was basically standing on a huge boulder that mad a 5-6 foot drop off before the bottom flattened out again.  I was about ready to move, but I made one more cast with a SK Ocho in junebug.  Meanwhile, a man with his daughter showed up and were about to throw some nightcrawlers and a bobber.  This is a no-no on this lake.  So while I was explaining this to him, I felt a solid bump.  I told him to hold on a sec, and proceeded to set the hook on and land a decent largemouth.  Even a guy in a float tube gave me the thumbs up.  I thought the whole situation was amusing.



I decided to move to a spot where I usually get at least strikes.  I was walking along the sidewalk that goes along the bank throwing a frog and after thoroughly working that lure, switched to the Ocho.  A couple dudes were just walking up on me when I get a strike.  I thought I had missed it, and probably had, so I lowered my rod tip when the fish struck again.  After a short battle, I landed this fat, healthy largemouth.



Not bad for about 2 1/2 hours of fishing.  Every bass I catch now is bittersweet.  I'm moving to bassless Alaska in 2 weeks, and each bass could be my last for a long time.




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Re: More success on Medical Lake largemouth
« Reply #1 on: August 04, 2010, 10:17:16 AM »
I've never caught a bass on the road before, that's odd nice find though  :P

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Re: More success on Medical Lake largemouth
« Reply #2 on: August 04, 2010, 11:41:55 AM »
I've never caught a bass on the road before, that's odd nice find though  :P

 :chuckle:  You can't see the lake in the pic.  The bank is to steep to get right down to the water, so I have to fish pretty much from the sidewalk.  I do go down to the water to land fish.




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Re: More success on Medical Lake largemouth
« Reply #3 on: August 04, 2010, 11:45:10 AM »
Well done SS
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