mossyhorns300
Well-Known Member
What a day. I got off of work a little early and decided I had enough time to make the 2 hour drive to Pickwick to fish for the afternoon, especially after I saw they were pulling lots of current. I put in and went to my first spot and there was a boat near it, so I moved on to a ledge I like to fish and there was a boat trolling for crappie on it, so I went to my next spot about 1/2 mile down the lake. Nobody there! Now mind you, I don't have GPS on my electronics, so the offshore thing for me is frustrating sometimes because I have to do it the old fashioned way. I have to use land markers, such as certain trees, or a change in the contour of the bank to get my bearings and get somewhat close and then zig zag until I find the spot I'm looking for. Well, I found my trusty ol tree on the bank and thought I was just far enough out and sure enough, I pulled right up to it the first time. It's a ridge or ledge that runs out diagonally to the main river channel. It comes up sharply from 35 ft to 16 ft and then slopes back gradually to 25 ft. There's a sweet spot on this ledge where it makes a cut or a bend in it which isn't but about 2 boat lengths wide and has several submerged brush piles and trees on it. When I went over it, my graph just lit up like a Christmas tree and I said to myself, "Here we go..." Made the first cast with a 3/4 oz PB&J Football Jig w/ a Rage Tail Falcon Craw trailer and it had just gotten to the bottom. I hopped it a couple times and let it fall back to the bottom and hopped it again, only this time, the line stayed slack on the fall and I immediately dropped the rod, reeled the slack and swung for the fences and the fight was on! I never felt the fish hit, but knew from watching the line that something wasn't right. This fish pulled drag and never wanted to quit. Anyhow, I finally got her into the boat and measured her, weighed her, took a pic and released her. This fish ended up being 23.5 inches long and 17 inches in girth, and a little over 9 lbs. I ended up catching several more fish off of this spot throughout the afternoon. This is probably the biggest bass I have caught. I've had 3 that were between 8 and 8.5.
