today's trip

crankybait · 08-31-06, 04:31 PM

Alright folks! finally, caught me some bass... 2. they were both around 8 inches. Was going to ake a picture, but of course my dad wanted the camera to take pics of my sister... dangit. Ok, well then i got a cat on the line. Reb, thanks a lo for the tip! unfortunately it decided it didn't want to be hooked anymore and somehoe got it out. Circle hooks don't set in very good. Well then i headed over to the picnic (my dad's company picnic). and a few of the guys there happened to be fishermen. And it also happens that this awesome guy, John, lives in hackettstown and knows the head biologist of fish in NJ... they're over his house every weekend. We will be fishing sometime soon. Then i met this guy Dave who lives up in washington (hey tom, don't you live there?) And he fishes Spruce run, and merril creek, but mainly saltwater... he caught a bunch of fish at the gulf of mexico! He got 9 different species. He says his neighbor freshwater fishes. Then another guy who decided he wanted to watch me fish. Which was terrible because whenever i thought i hada fish and set the hook it was nothing.... Wow, spinnerbaits feel jsut like a resisting fish. and when you et a bit of snot moss on it it feels like you got a hit. I made a video of me casting and retreiving a spinnerbait Just to be like Ratlnator, but I can't upload it.
Tried using a frog on this:

but of course the rip off walmart kind had no action and the knot fell out of the hook eye.

Kept casting under this tree with a yellow spinnerbait... Didn't catcha thing, and ended up getting snagged. I decided it was worth going through thorns and wading for. Only regret is that the bassthumb is barely visible...

ironman · 08-31-06, 04:37 PM

Sound's like it was really fun.

flbassman · 08-31-06, 05:03 PM

Nice job meeting those people, and nice job fishing! I don't like circles for that reason, I like to set the hook, and set it hard, and not worry about it.

crankybait · 08-31-06, 06:04 PM

yeah thanks. Was pretty fun... And now i can get to the hackettstown hatchery for free. Only reason i used the circles was because i was too busy bassin to actually be able to set the hook.

mack · 08-31-06, 06:26 PM

cool..what were the bass caught on?

08-31-06, 04:31 PM	#1
crankybait BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: marlboro, nj Posts: 3,250	today's trip Alright folks! finally, caught me some bass... 2. they were both around 8 inches. Was going to ake a picture, but of course my dad wanted the camera to take pics of my sister... dangit. Ok, well then i got a cat on the line. Reb, thanks a lo for the tip! unfortunately it decided it didn't want to be hooked anymore and somehoe got it out. Circle hooks don't set in very good. Well then i headed over to the picnic (my dad's company picnic). and a few of the guys there happened to be fishermen. And it also happens that this awesome guy, John, lives in hackettstown and knows the head biologist of fish in NJ... they're over his house every weekend. We will be fishing sometime soon. Then i met this guy Dave who lives up in washington (hey tom, don't you live there?) And he fishes Spruce run, and merril creek, but mainly saltwater... he caught a bunch of fish at the gulf of mexico! He got 9 different species. He says his neighbor freshwater fishes. Then another guy who decided he wanted to watch me fish. Which was terrible because whenever i thought i hada fish and set the hook it was nothing.... Wow, spinnerbaits feel jsut like a resisting fish. and when you et a bit of snot moss on it it feels like you got a hit. I made a video of me casting and retreiving a spinnerbait Just to be like Ratlnator, but I can't upload it. Tried using a frog on this: but of course the rip off walmart kind had no action and the knot fell out of the hook eye. Kept casting under this tree with a yellow spinnerbait... Didn't catcha thing, and ended up getting snagged. I decided it was worth going through thorns and wading for. Only regret is that the bassthumb is barely visible... __________________ www.fishinfanatics.com

08-31-06, 05:03 PM	#3
flbassman BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Jacksonville Florida Posts: 2,840	Nice job meeting those people, and nice job fishing! I don't like circles for that reason, I like to set the hook, and set it hard, and not worry about it. __________________ R.I.P. Zooker

08-31-06, 06:04 PM	#4
crankybait BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: marlboro, nj Posts: 3,250	yeah thanks. Was pretty fun... And now i can get to the hackettstown hatchery for free. Only reason i used the circles was because i was too busy bassin to actually be able to set the hook. __________________ www.fishinfanatics.com

08-31-06, 04:37 PM	#2
ironman BassFishin.Com Veteran Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: palm coast florida Posts: 879	Sound's like it was really fun.

08-31-06, 06:26 PM	#5
mack BassFishin.Com Veteran Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: nj Posts: 652	cool..what were the bass caught on?

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