Another PB Smallie and fishing with my dad...

WatterBoy · 08-03-09, 10:07 PM

I was lucky enough to be able to spend a bunch of vacation time up at our lake place for the past 9 days, the first 4 days with just my dad and me there fishing. Here are a few highlights.

I was fishing from our dock last Tuesday night with a Bone-colored Heddon Feather Dressed Super Spook Jr. and caught a PB smallie for the 4th time this season. This one weighed in at 4lb. 3oz. with an 18.5" length and a 13.5" girth. I thought for sure it was my first-ever 5+ lb bass when I got my first glimpse of him out of the water, but I guess that will still have to wait for another time.

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The best part of the trip was when my dad, who is 74 years old, caught the biggest fish of his life -- a 6lb 5oz, 30" Northern Pike. He caught it early Saturday morning while fishing from our dock with a buzz bait.

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The next afternoon, while fishing for panfish from the dock, he caught another nice pike - 4lb 8oz and 27.5". He was using a 1/64 oz jig tipped with a crappie minnow.

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He also landed this nice LM (2lb 14oz, 16.5") during one of the few times the weather allowed us out in the boat. He nailed it on a wacky-rigged 7" Watermelon-colored Yamasenko.

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Finally, I think I caught the same LM (again while dock-fishing) on Friday night and again on Saturday morning. Fishing the same wacky-rigged Yamasenko as mentioned above, I caught this one that I am calling "Spottie", sort of a 1/10 scale version of the recently-deceased "Dottie" of Dixon Lake.

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JerseyFisher · 08-03-09, 10:32 PM

Nice fish, that smallie looks like it could put up a nice fight. Looks like you had fun.

Bubba_Bruiser · 08-03-09, 11:46 PM

With a dock like that, who needs a boat. Nice haul WB.

woody · 08-04-09, 08:58 AM

Fishin' with your Dad--priceless!

~Mark

Bassboss · 08-04-09, 09:50 AM

Cool! Nice small mouth!! That's amazing you caught the same large mouth!

WaffleJaw · 08-04-09, 10:01 AM

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Originally Posted by woody

Fishin' with your Dad--priceless!

~Mark

my thoughts exactly......great looking fish!!....being there to see your dad catch his biggest yet must have been something.....my dad and i are hitting up a lake we havent fished together in years this sunday....I dont know why,but i always enjoy the trip more when he catches the monsters.

and if you catch that fish a third time,Im pretty sure he'll grant you wishes.

swimbaitkid · 08-04-09, 10:29 AM

Those are some good fish man!

Crank-Bait-Frank · 08-04-09, 11:43 AM

Nice fish, Watterboy!

nofearengineer · 08-04-09, 01:22 PM

Awesome, man. Some of my fondest memories of my Dad are when we got to go fishing together. You're just putting treasures in the vault, my friend.

Jim80 · 08-04-09, 05:32 PM

Nice fish man

jim

MallenManson · 08-04-09, 05:45 PM

Way to go, WatterBoy!

WTL · 08-04-09, 05:53 PM

See, that yankee smallie has a color thats more similar to what BB caught in kentucky. Would guessing that yall have very clear water be on target?

WatterBoy · 08-04-09, 06:01 PM

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Originally Posted by WTL

See, that yankee smallie has a color thats more similar to what BB caught in kentucky. Would guessing that yall have very clear water be on target?

Yep, I'd say so. In the last lake survey done, which was in August of 2007, the water clarity was 16 feet. It's just under a 1,200 acre lake with a max depth of 56 feet and an average depth of 10 feet.

WatterBoy · 08-04-09, 06:02 PM

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Originally Posted by woody

Fishin' with your Dad--priceless!

~Mark

Exactly! Not sure if he'll get back up here to MN, but I hope to get down to IA at least a couple more times yet this year to create some more priceless fishing memories with him!

BigBassin144 · 08-06-09, 08:15 PM

nice smallie man! Chunky and beautiful.

Haven't gotten out fishing much lately, working full time and all, but a buddy of ours wants to take us smallie fishing.

BB

bamabassman · 08-06-09, 08:27 PM

well done watterboy, well done my friend.

08-03-09, 10:07 PM	#1
WatterBoy BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Owatonna, MN Posts: 2,280	Another PB Smallie and fishing with my dad... I was lucky enough to be able to spend a bunch of vacation time up at our lake place for the past 9 days, the first 4 days with just my dad and me there fishing. Here are a few highlights. I was fishing from our dock last Tuesday night with a Bone-colored Heddon Feather Dressed Super Spook Jr. and caught a PB smallie for the 4th time this season. This one weighed in at 4lb. 3oz. with an 18.5" length and a 13.5" girth. I thought for sure it was my first-ever 5+ lb bass when I got my first glimpse of him out of the water, but I guess that will still have to wait for another time. The best part of the trip was when my dad, who is 74 years old, caught the biggest fish of his life -- a 6lb 5oz, 30" Northern Pike. He caught it early Saturday morning while fishing from our dock with a buzz bait. The next afternoon, while fishing for panfish from the dock, he caught another nice pike - 4lb 8oz and 27.5". He was using a 1/64 oz jig tipped with a crappie minnow. He also landed this nice LM (2lb 14oz, 16.5") during one of the few times the weather allowed us out in the boat. He nailed it on a wacky-rigged 7" Watermelon-colored Yamasenko. Finally, I think I caught the same LM (again while dock-fishing) on Friday night and again on Saturday morning. Fishing the same wacky-rigged Yamasenko as mentioned above, I caught this one that I am calling "Spottie", sort of a 1/10 scale version of the recently-deceased "Dottie" of Dixon Lake. (If you right click on each picture and choose "Open Link in New Window, you can see a bigger version of the pictures to compare.)

08-03-09, 11:46 PM	#3
Bubba_Bruiser BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: South MS Posts: 3,659	With a dock like that, who needs a boat. Nice haul WB. __________________ \,,,,/ ROCK ON! HRN4L!

08-04-09, 09:50 AM	#5
Bassboss BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Shawano, WI Posts: 7,761	Cool! Nice small mouth!! That's amazing you caught the same large mouth! __________________ If you can't fix it with heavy squats or fish oil, you're probably going to die.

08-04-09, 11:43 AM	#8
Crank-Bait-Frank BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Long Wood, FL Posts: 329	Nice fish, Watterboy! __________________ CBF

08-04-09, 01:22 PM	#9
nofearengineer BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Southwest IN Posts: 5,630	Awesome, man. Some of my fondest memories of my Dad are when we got to go fishing together. You're just putting treasures in the vault, my friend. __________________ Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing it is not fish they are after.

08-03-09, 10:32 PM	#2
JerseyFisher BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: New York, NY Posts: 156	Nice fish, that smallie looks like it could put up a nice fight. Looks like you had fun.

08-04-09, 08:58 AM	#4
woody BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Jonesville, Indiana Posts: 3,597	Fishin' with your Dad--priceless! ~Mark

08-04-09, 10:29 AM	#7
swimbaitkid BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 352	Those are some good fish man!

08-04-09, 05:32 PM	#10
Jim80 BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Thomaston CT Posts: 3,862	Nice fish man jim __________________ In memory of Zooker 1/11/73-7/2/2010. You will be sorely missed and never forgotten.

08-04-09, 05:45 PM	#11
MallenManson BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Beulah, Michigan Posts: 6,431	Way to go, WatterBoy! __________________ Bass fear me. Women pepperspray me.....

08-04-09, 05:53 PM	#12
WTL BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Huntsville, Al Posts: 7,466	See, that yankee smallie has a color thats more similar to what BB caught in kentucky. Would guessing that yall have very clear water be on target? __________________ Selling live waterdogs for less since 2005.

08-06-09, 08:15 PM	#15
BigBassin144 BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Toledo, Ohio Posts: 9,463	nice smallie man! Chunky and beautiful. Haven't gotten out fishing much lately, working full time and all, but a buddy of ours wants to take us smallie fishing. BB __________________ As of June 14, 2014 the members of the BF.com forum have moved to basschat.yuku.com!

08-06-09, 08:27 PM	#16
bamabassman BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: cedar bluff, alabama Posts: 15,292	well done watterboy, well done my friend. __________________ so many lures, so little time.

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