Biggest Fish of MY LIFE!!!!!
Post By: bloatedbass 
Posted: 11/5/2009 6:27:58 PM
Points: 249
Spent a couple hours tubing at prospect park and thought I'd hooked into a monster bass until I realized it was much bigger than a monster bass! This thing occupied the rest of the evening until I finally beached it on the shore. I had a 10 lb test leader with 15 lb braid, so easy does it. I've always wanted to catch a carp over 20, but never thought I'd do it while bass fishing! I put it back so it could surprise someone else. 25lb 3oz. about 36 inches long! My arm hurts...
Thanks to the guy that stopped & took the pics.
Reply by: Show me da fishy 
Posted: 11/5/2009 6:30:50 PM
Points: 1167
Nice catch! Shoulda cut the friggin head off and tossed it in a ditch where it belongs! Egg eating SOB's! But sweeeeeeeeeeeet catch! Congrats! Looks like a master angler size?!?! Bet it was a fun fight huh!
Reply by: Two Ponies Posted: 11/5/2009 6:34:02 PM
Points: 1123
Outstanding. . . Great catch.
Two Ponies
Reply by: Mark403 
Posted: 11/5/2009 6:38:02 PM
Points: 4802
Nice catch, sounds like a lot of fun!
Reply by: bluecreek Posted: 11/5/2009 6:41:55 PM
Points: 235
What a pig.Nice, fun fight for sure! I heard from a friend of mine that lives near there,..he said that from that crazy hailstorm a few months back, that not only the squirrels and birds that were killed that night, but a lot of bass in those ponds, that were up near the surface feeding, were found dead.
Reply by: ??????R Posted: 11/5/2009 7:43:46 PM
Points: 129
i was up there earlier this year and had the same experience. Set the hook and thought "oh hell yeah, big bucketmouth." About a 8 pound carp. Great fight, though. Nice job gettin' it in with that set-up.
Reply by: HeavyC Posted: 11/5/2009 8:19:33 PM
Points: 2846
Way cool! They are the bomb to hook up with ain't they?
HC Out!
Reply by: fishexaminer Posted: 11/5/2009 8:46:40 PM
Points: 292
Thats a huge Bi***!!
I like that park, we fished West lake alot this year for some bass action...never caught anything too big in it, some over 14 inches.
What are you using if you don't mind?
By the way, I got surprised at Tabor Lake there by a 14 inch rainbow...the last thing I expected back in July.
Reply by: fyraxe Posted: 11/5/2009 9:08:58 PM
Points: 10
There are lots of suprising fish in the lakes in that end of town. I saw an older ( 75 plus ) Korean guy snaggin at garrison and he managed a shad ( I think ) that was huge 18 - 19 inches.
Reply by: bloatedbass Posted: 11/5/2009 9:20:51 PM
Points: 249
This was at Tabor. My first time ever fishing there, so I don't have a usual set up. I got the carp on a bitsy bug jig with a 3" power craw trailer. My line started moving off quickly after I pitched it to a tree limb & when I set the hook, I somehow buried it in the fish's side and it took forever to get that thing in! I noticed a lot of small & young of the year bass cruising the lake a few months back, so I decided to give it a try.
Reply by: FISHRANGLER Posted: 11/5/2009 9:39:16 PM
Points: 3901
Right on man
Im happy for you!!!! Sounded like it was a good time...
FISHRANGLER
Reply by: pbs Posted: 11/5/2009 10:24:18 PM
Points: 1427
Bloatedbass, that's some monster meat ! Way to go.
Reply by: eholm Posted: 11/6/2009 1:14:30 AM
Points: 312
wow that's a hog. Easily qualifies for master angler!
Reply by: fish Posted: 11/6/2009 2:56:41 AM
Points: 3500
congrats on your catch. there are a blast to catch. fish
Reply by: JIMMYX2X2 Posted: 11/7/2009 2:51:02 AM
Points: 86
I LOVE WHEN THERE OVER 20LBS. GREAT FIGHT HUH. BUT I ONLY KNOW ONE PERSON THAT WILL EAT THEM ,SO I TOSS-EM BACK.
