08-18-2005, 05:34 PM
I took 15 minutes before work this morning to hit Spring Lake just for kicks. I was fishing with a 1/16 oz. green tube jig below a bobber trying for some of the numerous green sunfish in there. Wham! I got a hit from a largemouth bass!!! It's the biggest bass I've caught all year!!!!
It was all of 3 inches long (the ONLY bucketmouth I've caught this year, lol). Since it wasn't quite keeper size of course I released it unharmed. There are plenty more of these baby largemouth in there, so hopefully in the next year or two the largemouth fishery here will take off again. The other day I saw some 10-12 inch largies cruising around being followed by schools of green sunfish.
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It was all of 3 inches long (the ONLY bucketmouth I've caught this year, lol). Since it wasn't quite keeper size of course I released it unharmed. There are plenty more of these baby largemouth in there, so hopefully in the next year or two the largemouth fishery here will take off again. The other day I saw some 10-12 inch largies cruising around being followed by schools of green sunfish.
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