| Title: | Fishing Notes- Archived |
| Notice: | See note 555.1 for a keyword directory of this conference |
| Moderator: | DONMAC::MACINTYRE |
| Created: | Fri Feb 14 1986 |
| Last Modified: | Fri Sep 20 1991 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 1660 |
| Total number of notes: | 20970 |
Well...I'm back from Cajun Country...and still in one piece! Ole Phideaux
and me didn't get along too well at first, but Coonass gave him a swift
kick in the rump to straighten him out. I did get worried at first when
he started to drool and lick his chomps, but I just kept my distance.
Boy...it was an experience to remember. Coonass has got himself a basser's
paradise! Everyone of those cypress trees in the water has the potential
for a HAWG...and there's THOUSANDS of trees...and stumps...and brush piles...
and weeds...and more weeds!!!
OK...OK...y'awl wanna know how it was??
I GOT ME A HAWG!!! (Well...in my book it was!) A 7.5 pound cajun largemouth!
It was almost dark, the water was like glass with an occasional water
moccassin slithering by, and I cast my favorite surface plug (Crazy Crawler)
up next to a large cypress tree with big roots coming out everywhere. I
let the ripples clear and then just gave it a little twitch and then...
KABOOM...THE WATER JUST ERUPTED and this HAWG sucked down that plug and
headed for the roots. Fortunately, I had enough foresight to change from
the 6lb. test line to 12lb. test a little earlier, because I would never
have been able to horse him out. I must have played him for about 5 minutes
or so before I boated him. He was well hooked and I sure would have liked
to play him longer but I was afraid that I'd lose him in the weeds so I
hauled him in as fast as I dared. But did he JUMP!! I swear he must have
cleared the water by 3 feet!
Unfortunately I had left my camera in Coonass's other boat as we had some
trouble with his electric motor, so we were forced to switch boats just
before going out Saturday night...but it registered about 7.5 lbs on the
scales and was 26.5" long. I let out a shout that must have carried a
mile through the swamp...and I damn near swamped the boat!
Overall...fishing was great...no...it was FANTASTIC! I caught a number of
2-4 pounders while Coonass caught a several that went 4+ lbs. !!!
It was an experience that I'll never forget! Hey Coonass...again...
many thanks for your hospitality. I can't remember when I've had so much
fun. Even if we didn't catch anything...I would have still enjoyed it!!
For the rest of you out there...especially us New Englanders...you haven't
experienced bassin until you've fished the south!
... to be continued ...
-Joe-
| T.R | Title | User | Personal Name | Date | Lines |
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| 111.1 | TORCH::MACINTYRE | Life's great, then u live forever. | Tue May 06 1986 10:33 | 3 | |
all right Joe!
sounds like you had a REAL good time! don mac
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| 111.2 | Laissez le bon temp roullez!!! | USHS01::BEAZLEY | Thu May 08 1986 01:46 | 13 | |
An Jo, if chew kin fin a lady-fran fo Phideaux, yo kin hab de pik ob
de litter!!
OOO Boy, kin dat nawthiner fish!!! Wen we cut open dat seben an
a hav pounder he had a five pound SHAD in him!!
He from op dere in de Nawth, eben above Awkinsas, WAY op dere!!
We hab a gud tim tho, not too chockay on bass, tho. I tink mebbe
I go bak this weekin fo more...Mebbe de wind change an de lake stop
fallin, de moon gonna be rite..I'll let chew know
Coonass Bob
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