Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Birthday Gift from God

Around 5:20~7:20 pm, September, 28, 2009
That was a very windy day in the afternoon. Anchang and I went to that unknown lake for testing his new bait-casting reel: Abu Garcia Revo Premier. It is a very nice reel actually. Hearing the sound while Anchang cast his lure out, I know it’s very smooth and quiet.
Well, I tried my bait-casting reel several times with 3-joint swim-bait and 6-inch senko, but I could not get many bites. So I just changed my strategy to spinning rod and drop-shot (with 4 inch curly-tail worm: motor oil with red flakes). Soon I got one small bass about 20 centimeters. I thought bass might still wander around but tend to stay in deeper areas because of the strong wind. Therefore, I cast a little farther, let the bait sink there, and I started to twitch it slightly. Just after about 10-second twitching, I sensed a subtle bite so that I raised the rod tip. Wow…Wow…Wow…immediately, my rod bended down almost 90 degrees and I felt there must be something out there. Seeing the splash of water, Anchang and I both screamed out: oh, this must be a huge baby!!!

See…..How big her mouth is!!!!!!!!!

Yes…Yes…Yes….it’s a 59-centimeter bass.

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh……….

It’s a dog…..hahahhahahaha!!!!!

Rig: Drop shot (3/16 bell weight with GAMAKATSU #1 drop shot hook

Lure: 4" Motor oil/ red flakes, curly-tail worm
Hahahahaha....she's so heavy...!!!!!
This is the best birthday gift ever..... ^_^
God.....Thank you very much!

2 comments:

dan liu said...

Very nice catch. After reading your blog, I also decided to use drop shot for bass fishing. But I failed.:( Just wonder what size drop shot sinker you used when you caught the monster bass and Did u use palormar knot to tie your hook to the line?

「不為無益之事,何以悦有涯之生」 said...

I used 1/16 oz sinker since the lure was small. And the hook as #1 gamakatsu drop/split shot hook.
And yes, I used palormar knot to tie the hook. If I remember correctly, I rigged the lure in the middle that day (a little like wacky style).

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