Personal Best ..moved to 2nd place
 

I'm logging in for my son..after lunch I'll have the full story..for Matt.

8 .75 pounds

And I got me one too ....8 pounds even...both were caught on crankbaits...Cranking was Matt's idea..flipping produced only male dinks..well mostly..Story to come after lunch..

Dadgum! congrats to both of you, ya'll are really on top of the big girls now!

The Story..

6:45 AM Matt took off by himself at the sweet side of the park..and I took Kevin { Big Ben 7}
I drove backwards { Pitched and flipped } to give Kevin the best opportunity..He boated 4 bass ..biggest was only 2 3/4 pounds..I boated one on a 1/4 opunce jig..my only hit so far..

11:00 AM We ran into Matt who had already boated 7 dinks and lost a 5 plus flipping.However; his love is the crankbait.He tied on a Rapala 8 foot diver..andafter catching a small one his rod bent big time..He says out loud.."I got a good one." Short bass of 23 3/4 inches but chunky..I threw him the scales..He said,"Are these scales right?" I said yeah..what does it read?..He said almost 9 pounds..I pulled his boat over to mine and said,"Let me weight that fish." It was very heavy...sure enough nearly 9pounds ..a good 8 3/4 but actually closer to 9. up to this time his best was just last week at 6 3/4..Well I tied on my favorite crank..a 17 foot diving Black Back Chrome deep diving Norman..in which I quickly put 2 fish in the boat..one which I will post is a 4.0 ..gives you a good look at the bait...and a dink..We quickly drive to some of our favorite sandbars and casted our butts off. Wham!! my rod is straining and my 10 pound Trilene and Shimano Symetre is put to the test..1 minute later Kevin helps me net a nice 8 pound even fish..Matt ended up boating 9 bass.

Thank you Lord Jesus

This was a four pounder and my Norman deep diving crankbait..Matt taught me something today..I would have never fished a crankbait..I do now. { -;Yes sir Gangly ..the big girls have just goten started..{ -;

Here's another look.

Looks like a norman dd22. Great lure.

Just ordered 3 more from Bass Pro..They have a 5.00 on any shipping RIGHT NOW..I ordered my favorite..Black Back Chrome...I couldn't find the ID number on their web page.BUT I found it another place..so here it is if you want some.Great price..I think 4.89 each

Item number

38-269 820 01

This is the 5/8th ounce 3 inch model..goes 17 foot..I did not get the 22 foot model..I don't lioke the extra long bill..17 is good enough for me.

PS Matt was very fortunate...He was wondering why the fish wasn't pulling the drag.He was using 10 pound Trilene mono..reason..He had tightened the drag all the way..like you do when fishing braid..:s13::s14:

I have no idea how that fish didn't break off..My eight sure was pulling my drag.

He went out 2 more times...only dinks..Gangly went with me last year in the evening..we only got one dink each..As you can all tell from this year..they are in here..but they are either on or they are off...