AtitAgain07
06-16-2008, 06:16 PM
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Congratulations to Rock_Strongo A.K.A. Mike, to the 5# bass club! I am going to let him give the details but I wanted to tell the story from a spectator's view. So here it is........ Father's Day..... After we had spent time w/ the Family, filled to the gut I might add, I called up Mike to see if he wanted to go out for couple hours of fishing. After conformation....I packed up 2 beers and headed over to pick Rock up. We pulled up to our spot and we made a lil Father's Day toast....Mike has 2 kids of his own also. We finished the beers and set up for some evening fishing. I eventually ended up a good hundred yards away but could still see Rock. (For setting the pic, imagine this lake as a triangle). About 30 mins into our lil adventure...I looked up to see a huge splash coming from Mike's spot. I really didnt think much else until....I saw this good size fish start floppin down the bank!!!! Then came Mike. He was flopping about as much as the fish! If I had a video Mike and I might be 10k richer. So he gets down to the water while the fish is desperately trying to escape and ends up slipping one foot into the pond. (At this point I was about to bust my gut, laughing so hard.) I was relieved to see that Mike had gotten the fish under control and started to head over for a pic. He started to yell for me so I started to pic up the pace to a nice jog. When I turned the corner to see Mike holding up a nice fish(I thought maybe 3-4#) I went into a dash....as soon as I got to Mike I saw the real size of the fish! I told Mike that it could be a 6# fish. We weighed it making sure to keep the hook of the scale away from the gills....it was a SOLID 5# fish!!!! Congratulations Mike!!!! That Father's Day will be a memorable trip for years to come. I will be posting a pic for Mike's side of the story under Illinois-Local Ponds posts. Mike, you are an official member to the "Mass Bastard Club".
Congratulations to Rock_Strongo A.K.A. Mike, to the 5# bass club! I am going to let him give the details but I wanted to tell the story from a spectator's view. So here it is........ Father's Day..... After we had spent time w/ the Family, filled to the gut I might add, I called up Mike to see if he wanted to go out for couple hours of fishing. After conformation....I packed up 2 beers and headed over to pick Rock up. We pulled up to our spot and we made a lil Father's Day toast....Mike has 2 kids of his own also. We finished the beers and set up for some evening fishing. I eventually ended up a good hundred yards away but could still see Rock. (For setting the pic, imagine this lake as a triangle). About 30 mins into our lil adventure...I looked up to see a huge splash coming from Mike's spot. I really didnt think much else until....I saw this good size fish start floppin down the bank!!!! Then came Mike. He was flopping about as much as the fish! If I had a video Mike and I might be 10k richer. So he gets down to the water while the fish is desperately trying to escape and ends up slipping one foot into the pond. (At this point I was about to bust my gut, laughing so hard.) I was relieved to see that Mike had gotten the fish under control and started to head over for a pic. He started to yell for me so I started to pic up the pace to a nice jog. When I turned the corner to see Mike holding up a nice fish(I thought maybe 3-4#) I went into a dash....as soon as I got to Mike I saw the real size of the fish! I told Mike that it could be a 6# fish. We weighed it making sure to keep the hook of the scale away from the gills....it was a SOLID 5# fish!!!! Congratulations Mike!!!! That Father's Day will be a memorable trip for years to come. I will be posting a pic for Mike's side of the story under Illinois-Local Ponds posts. Mike, you are an official member to the "Mass Bastard Club".