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A Bass-tacular Afternoon

Posted on June 19, 2007January 10, 2012 by Andi

On Saturday my brother and his girlfriend came over and we went on the boat a while. We played on the jet ski and then went fishing for a bit. I was on a roll. I never catch many fish when we are out, let alone ones to keep! I caught 2 keepers and threw the last one back. I *WAS* fishing with live bait, but well, it needed to be used! 🙂

My first one, I caught it on my second cast. He's about 1 1/2 pounds.

Andi's Bass 1

This was the second one. He's just barely over a pound, but good eating size.

Andi's Bass 2

This was the third one. He was really tiny. We didn't even weigh him, but I was still happy to catch three!

Andi's Bass 3

This was the one Chuck caught. It was really nice. About 1 3/4 pounds. He was fishing with fake bait, so his is worth more on the scoring scale!

Chuck's Bass

Now I know I am the only person that calls it this, (because the people standing on a dock I told looked at my crazy, then went inside) but this is a picture of “Bass Thumb”. I call it this (for those of you that don't know) because when you hold a bass by it's mouth, their teeth are like rough sand paper. Nothing real sharp, but can tear up your thumb a bit. So I get really happy when it's fishing season and I get to have “Bass Thumb” again….assuming I catch some to hold!

Bass Thumb

We ended up giving the fish to Chuck's mom and step-dad. They always say, “if you catch some extra fish, bring us some. We would love it.” So we brought all of it to them since we got home pretty late from fishing and we were going to be gone all Sunday. *Note* She sent us an email to tell us it was really good!

Surprisingly, we didn't catch any pan fish. Katie and I were fishing with live bait (leeches and worms) and Chuck and Adam were using various fake baits. We caught all but the first one trolling near docks. It was lots of fun! I have tried the fake bait method and I don't have the patience. I need to perfect the technique a bit more and then I bet I could catch more that way. Moral of the story, I like fishing with live bait! 🙂

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