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Heavy Hooksetter

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    will sling a plug for an entire tide after the wonderful striped wizard,,gators too,,,,
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    Bass fishing/motorcycling,Deathmetal/blackmetal,guitars,firearms,sport shooting and RedHeads.
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    Anodising

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  1. That was great,,, you used an amount of knowledge to fool that fish and it worked. You had enough wisdom to know what you needed to do and you got it! Great job, great story. HH
  2. Okay, now someone else has to share a similar outcome from their past. HH
  3. again I've been lucky in that department, didn't make any better but def not worse. HH
  4. that can be arranged! we'll talk,,,,,,,I'm sure we can make some kinda deal. HH
  5. well, I guess you'll be warmer than me. I've been lucky on that dept, after 300+plugs made I only had 9 duds with a handful needing tweaking and or keel lead, some do, some do not. HH
  6. well now, ty kind sir. you do good and it seems to come natural to you, keep on truckin' HH
  7. It's November the 10th day of that particular fall month, in my hand, is a 10 and a half foot heavy power casting rod, sitting on top of that is a Shimano Calcutta 700b loaded with 25 lb mono, such a monster of a reel holds almost a mile of line, I am hunting for the big 1. On the end of my line is one of my custom lures built by me of my own design called a super hound dog, 9 1/2 in, 5 oz in weight. I sling it out across the rips and let out 170 yards of line, I allowed a line to straighten out due to the tides pull and remove all slack, I begin my slow dead crawling retrieve, waiting and wishing for that big heavy thump on the line. a day and a half previous that area was choked with adult bunkers with a few fish on them. And do to my knowledge and experience I knew that there were still stragglers of that big pot of bunkers they got separated from the main School the backwater area we're also filtering out one, too, three at a time,,,,,,,,, I also knew that they were a few fish laying in weight and these fish were large staged in the shallow River waiting for an easy meal to approach them. So, knowing that and imitating a large meal I continue to cast and retrieve the long distance back to shore. I knew that has the tide dropped and the currents changed that the fish was shift position and one hopefully more would eventually find my big hound dog waggling out there and attack it. By now it has been 2 hours without a touch but yet, I continue casting and I am in automatic mode that heavy wood out there over and over with one retrieve taking as long as 6 to 7 minutes to complete. There is a slight chill in the air since it is November but the wind is absolutely zero mph. There's nobody inside in this fall darkness on the dark figure standing there casting, me. With my eyes half closed my mind half asleep I carry on casting and cranking, I am conserving energy in this state I'm in at the moment, I guess it's something that happens to an angler in the know from years of experience. At any rate, as dull as it sounds I am enjoying myself for tranquility, no people around only the sounds of the rips as they whisper to me and I desirable words, kind of like two or three radios playing different stations at the same time in the distance, you hear the voices but you cannot me on any of the words. Still in all I continue throwing wood and loving every second of it. When I see that the currents are changing I get refreshed as that means the fish that are there the few, will change their positions and that probably would bring one into my zone. So I continue, cast after cast I stand on my rock cranking and cranking,,,,,, Now my mind is thinking about having a wonderful hot country breakfast, crispy bacon, 4 eggs over easy some country sausage and a quart of extra stiff grits, that thought gives me a bit more energy, puts me in a more positive mood as food is known to do to many. Getting back to a warm home also gives me a boost, that particular thought made me grin. I begin to think that maybe my efforts are in vain when I feel something thump my line heavy, I swing hard and crank that reel like I stole it, I apply heavy pressure in the 700 B's carbon drag is putting enormous pressure on the fish don't see any activity on the surface but it is there attempting to take all my line off the reel but of course it cannot. The fish head to the right crossing all the current and being on the far side of the river with me on the left side it will wear itself out quicker by staying in that current keeping its head down throbbing, shaking his big old head but I never let up, I keep pressing on him because I know he will give and then considered a ride to this up a little I bear down on them and now he starts to head to the left and I can see on the surface a dark wake meaning he's getting tired. It continues having left to where the current is very light and that's where I bare down even more which I definitely do and I can see him coming closer and closer. It's at this point that I realize this is a super fine fish I like to see it's sides and how bright the scales are is a very wide fish. As it gets close enough to see very well I can see my super hound dog front in trouble outside of his mouth and from the neck back the middle of is the one that's got them in the corner of the jaw and it's sticking out like he's smoking a damn thing. The front travel hook is not even anything it's dangling and I pull my lip around I get it around the lower jaw and I just hold on and the fish starts thrashing around I just hold on I'm not trying to control the fish just holding on to it. The fish was 46 in and somewhere around 44 lb. It was a truly wonderful outing one hit one fish and it was a damn good fish, that's what makes it all worth it, applying your experiences from the past using your knowledge and skill is what produced that fish for me. The story is true, and may you do the very same thing I did using your wisdom and insight,,,,,, on my birthday,,, HH
  8. You do nice wirk 1-3,I love what you've done so far❗ HH
  9. very sharp❗. love the orange sunset , looks very fishy. HH
  10. That stout fellow should cast very well, compact design. HH
  11. Very good man,,,,,, I'm hoping my hidden joke was not overlooked,,,, about the fringe benefits lol. Good to see you getting action! HH
  12. I'm not a needle guy but, a fuzzy needle can have fringe benefits! Love the stout fellow at the bottom,,,, nice werk HH
  13. Such a thing could indeed work esp if it's filled with foam. Doesn't seem crazy to me at all HH
  14. okay guys you know the drill, ready,,,, Fire❗ HH
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