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[Archived] What did you Catch Today?
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HenryDavid
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Local creeks here are blown out still, more rain coming
truecrimson
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I honor of Boot and fishing in the rain. In fairness, it was on and off showers. If it had been a torrential downpour I'd have stayed home too. Still too cold for yakking and I looked at my waders and laughed. I guess my days of getting in the water before it6warm enough for shorts are behind me. 
So it was back to some of my PK spots (pre kayak).
Caught 2, one threw the hook.
So it was back to some of my PK spots (pre kayak).Caught 2, one threw the hook.
truecrimson
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Just one today. Bit it was the first one on the baitcaster and on that, um, what is it, chatterbait? I've had that thing for years. Never caught anything on it with spinning gear. Sorry Don, the pickerel still aren't playing. Cold and windy today. Didn't see anything else.
troutspinner
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That's a Buzz Bait. Nice!
truecrimson
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Buzz, chatter what do I know? 
Don
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All I know is that it looks tasty. BTW the Pickerel are biting as they always do this time of year But they are out chasing bait and not near shore. See that Olive stuff that Melvin is making. Use the one with the cone head and jig hook, only white. Find bait or sunnies and you'll get Pickerel.
troutspinner
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So this is going to sound like a fish story but I promise, it is real.
I went to Blue Marsh today around 10am when the rain cleared. Water temperature was at 52 degrees and rose to even 55 by time I left. A couple more nights and that place is going to be prime. As usual this spring, I blanked on Bass but I caught a Flathead for the ages. I do not have an official measurement because I could not get him into the boat. I yelled to a couple of guys across the lake if they could help me out, asking if he had a net, mine was not big enough. When he seen the behemoth, he laughed and said that ain't going to fit in my net!
I tried to pick him up by his tail 3 times, my hands aren't small and I could not wrap my hand around the area before his tail so I used both hands and failed, twice. Maybe getting 24" of him out of the water. I then got "smart" lol and held on tight to the tail with one hand and slid my other hand into his gill and I still could not lift him into the boat. I'm no wimp, I've got some arms to me but leverage from a boat deck isn't easy. I then thought, I'm going to have to take the wounds and just grab with both hands in his mouth, until I got both of my hands in his mouth, no, no way! I could have got 4 of my hands in that mouth and I do not kid, my head could have fit into his mouth, he was that large. I just called it a fail at that point, held him with one hand and popped the 3.5" Keitech from his mouth and watched him swim to the depths.
I can't even guess on length or weight but I caught several 40"+ Stripers last year, he was bigger! For yucks, I just looked up the Pa State Flathead record, this one is probably right there with it. So now the womp, womp, womp to this story. The only picture I could get of him has no scale to it, it could be 12" LOL but it was all I could do to hold the rod with one hand and take a photo with another. You can see my shadow, Head, Hand and Rod. My head shadow is actually bigger than my head, it's just how shadows work and notice that it is about the same size as his head. Just an absolute monster. I hope I never catch another.
I went to Blue Marsh today around 10am when the rain cleared. Water temperature was at 52 degrees and rose to even 55 by time I left. A couple more nights and that place is going to be prime. As usual this spring, I blanked on Bass but I caught a Flathead for the ages. I do not have an official measurement because I could not get him into the boat. I yelled to a couple of guys across the lake if they could help me out, asking if he had a net, mine was not big enough. When he seen the behemoth, he laughed and said that ain't going to fit in my net!
I tried to pick him up by his tail 3 times, my hands aren't small and I could not wrap my hand around the area before his tail so I used both hands and failed, twice. Maybe getting 24" of him out of the water. I then got "smart" lol and held on tight to the tail with one hand and slid my other hand into his gill and I still could not lift him into the boat. I'm no wimp, I've got some arms to me but leverage from a boat deck isn't easy. I then thought, I'm going to have to take the wounds and just grab with both hands in his mouth, until I got both of my hands in his mouth, no, no way! I could have got 4 of my hands in that mouth and I do not kid, my head could have fit into his mouth, he was that large. I just called it a fail at that point, held him with one hand and popped the 3.5" Keitech from his mouth and watched him swim to the depths.
I can't even guess on length or weight but I caught several 40"+ Stripers last year, he was bigger! For yucks, I just looked up the Pa State Flathead record, this one is probably right there with it. So now the womp, womp, womp to this story. The only picture I could get of him has no scale to it, it could be 12" LOL but it was all I could do to hold the rod with one hand and take a photo with another. You can see my shadow, Head, Hand and Rod. My head shadow is actually bigger than my head, it's just how shadows work and notice that it is about the same size as his head. Just an absolute monster. I hope I never catch another.
troutspinner
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Nice!!! I'm guessing you weren't using your trout gear
Lol, nah, but wouldn’t you know, it was the smallest lightest rod on the boat with the lightest line, 10lbs. It always happens like that.
I was using what I call the “no fail” Keitech. When things get tough, that Keitech often saves the day….it was just the wrong species.
truecrimson
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Nice lake monster!
Melvinp
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Waawhoo sweetSo this is going to sound like a fish story but I promise, it is real.
I went to Blue Marsh today around 10am when the rain cleared. Water temperature was at 52 degrees and rose to even 55 by time I left. A couple more nights and that place is going to be prime. As usual this spring, I blanked on Bass but I caught a Flathead for the ages. I do not have an official measurement because I could not get him into the boat. I yelled to a couple of guys across the lake if they could help me out, asking if he had a net, mine was not big enough. When he seen the behemoth, he laughed and said that ain't going to fit in my net!
I tried to pick him up by his tail 3 times, my hands aren't small and I could not wrap my hand around the area before his tail so I used both hands and failed, twice. Maybe getting 24" of him out of the water. I then got "smart" lol and held on tight to the tail with one hand and slid my other hand into his gill and I still could not lift him into the boat. I'm no wimp, I've got some arms to me but leverage from a boat deck isn't easy. I then thought, I'm going to have to take the wounds and just grab with both hands in his mouth, until I got both of my hands in his mouth, no, no way! I could have got 4 of my hands in that mouth and I do not kid, my head could have fit into his mouth, he was that large. I just called it a fail at that point, held him with one hand and popped the 3.5" Keitech from his mouth and watched him swim to the depths.
I can't even guess on length or weight but I caught several 40"+ Stripers last year, he was bigger! For yucks, I just looked up the Pa State Flathead record, this one is probably right there with it. So now the womp, womp, womp to this story. The only picture I could get of him has no scale to it, it could be 12" LOL but it was all I could do to hold the rod with one hand and take a photo with another. You can see my shadow, Head, Hand and Rod. My head shadow is actually bigger than my head, it's just how shadows work and notice that it is about the same size as his head. Just an absolute monster. I hope I never catch another.
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I can’t even explain how I backed into math and the last piece is perceptive so give or take 10-12%, 48-50” is what I calc. Est Lat/Long on NE PA, assuming 10:30 AM ish, assuming you have roughly an average head, aka aren’t freakishly out of proportion. That’s a lot of assumption and the last piece is using the head width to calculate length without software to validate. I’m in the ballpark though no idea how big flatheads get. Ive chased Blues approaching triple digits by hand and the occasional Channel by rod. Flatheads not so much.So this is going to sound like a fish story but I promise, it is real.
I went to Blue Marsh today around 10am when the rain cleared. Water temperature was at 52 degrees and rose to even 55 by time I left. A couple more nights and that place is going to be prime. As usual this spring, I blanked on Bass but I caught a Flathead for the ages. I do not have an official measurement because I could not get him into the boat. I yelled to a couple of guys across the lake if they could help me out, asking if he had a net, mine was not big enough. When he seen the behemoth, he laughed and said that ain't going to fit in my net!
I tried to pick him up by his tail 3 times, my hands aren't small and I could not wrap my hand around the area before his tail so I used both hands and failed, twice. Maybe getting 24" of him out of the water. I then got "smart" lol and held on tight to the tail with one hand and slid my other hand into his gill and I still could not lift him into the boat. I'm no wimp, I've got some arms to me but leverage from a boat deck isn't easy. I then thought, I'm going to have to take the wounds and just grab with both hands in his mouth, until I got both of my hands in his mouth, no, no way! I could have got 4 of my hands in that mouth and I do not kid, my head could have fit into his mouth, he was that large. I just called it a fail at that point, held him with one hand and popped the 3.5" Keitech from his mouth and watched him swim to the depths.
I can't even guess on length or weight but I caught several 40"+ Stripers last year, he was bigger! For yucks, I just looked up the Pa State Flathead record, this one is probably right there with it. So now the womp, womp, womp to this story. The only picture I could get of him has no scale to it, it could be 12" LOL but it was all I could do to hold the rod with one hand and take a photo with another. You can see my shadow, Head, Hand and Rod. My head shadow is actually bigger than my head, it's just how shadows work and notice that it is about the same size as his head. Just an absolute monster. I hope I never catch another.
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On my phone, at restaurant in GA, after little sleep, just finished gourging after no food all day, bear with my mental math a bit. If Albert Einstein 2.0 jumps on to show how it’s really 44.3768999999999999” I’d use their math, lol.
Showing my love checking in on group as first priority after stuffing my yap.
Showing my love checking in on group as first priority after stuffing my yap.
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