06-04-2003, 01:19 AM
Well this is a 
and happy story all in one. Hit willard last night for three hours in the tube. Wind and all smashing me around i managed to have one of he best nights or evenings i have ever had there. Started off by a 3 lb smallie right out of the rocks first cast. Largest smallie i have caught there. Followed with 4 more little buggers not much bigger than my lure. Then the wind hit like a ton of bricks. The bite was less aggressive and i continued to miss about 15 more bites in a hours. Then went back to the rocks cast up and slammmmmm. Reeled the the new catch and release state record wiper. Heres the news, im by myself no picture so no registration. She will have to be caught by another lucky angler to do it, that is if it isnt kept in the process. wiper was 24 1/4 inches. and no kidding pushing 7 lbs. i think it would have been a weight record also. i weight her on my little cheapo scale said over 8lbs. i know the thing is whacked so i used a more reliable scale, my digital forearms and hands haha. well that was it for thirty minutes then wham 5 wipers five casts all well over 5 lbs all over 22 inches. I was so exhausted from fighting the waves in the tube and have the fish manhandle me in the water i had to leave and couldnt catch another one for the sake of my muscles. So thats that. The wipers are getting huge and boy were they hot last night.
[signature]
and happy story all in one. Hit willard last night for three hours in the tube. Wind and all smashing me around i managed to have one of he best nights or evenings i have ever had there. Started off by a 3 lb smallie right out of the rocks first cast. Largest smallie i have caught there. Followed with 4 more little buggers not much bigger than my lure. Then the wind hit like a ton of bricks. The bite was less aggressive and i continued to miss about 15 more bites in a hours. Then went back to the rocks cast up and slammmmmm. Reeled the the new catch and release state record wiper. Heres the news, im by myself no picture so no registration. She will have to be caught by another lucky angler to do it, that is if it isnt kept in the process. wiper was 24 1/4 inches. and no kidding pushing 7 lbs. i think it would have been a weight record also. i weight her on my little cheapo scale said over 8lbs. i know the thing is whacked so i used a more reliable scale, my digital forearms and hands haha. well that was it for thirty minutes then wham 5 wipers five casts all well over 5 lbs all over 22 inches. I was so exhausted from fighting the waves in the tube and have the fish manhandle me in the water i had to leave and couldnt catch another one for the sake of my muscles. So thats that. The wipers are getting huge and boy were they hot last night.[signature]