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I hit the lake for almost five hours today hoping to land into some big girls looking for food. I started out throwing a 3/4 red eye shad. Worked one area and than moved into another opening. Probably the fourth cast in the new spot I feel something grab on and starts fighting like mad. The drag is peeling out and finally I get it to stop and am able to pull it in some. The fish takes another run and once again drag is peeling out and I am losing ground. again I start working the fish toward shore knowing it is a biggie and it is staying low and deep. I am keeping the rod tip high in fear it may go airborne. After three more drag runs and pull closer to shore I finally get a feel for how big the fish is. I could tell from swirl it looked over 30 inches and I was really sure I had exceeded the 10 pound goal.
Finally am able to get the fish closer and realize I have not hooked a big bass but a big *** carp
. This are size 14 EEEE shoes next to the fish. I tried to,weigh it but my scale only goes to 25 and my dogs weigh 25 pounds and this biggie felt a little bit more than them.
What a fight and way to beat a skunk. The rest of the day I tried jerk bait, flukes, spinner, chatters, senko, cranks lipped and lipless and even a silent red eye. Not a single bite rest of the day
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Finally am able to get the fish closer and realize I have not hooked a big bass but a big *** carp

What a fight and way to beat a skunk. The rest of the day I tried jerk bait, flukes, spinner, chatters, senko, cranks lipped and lipless and even a silent red eye. Not a single bite rest of the day
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