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5/9-Couple of Firsts at Murray
Posted: Thu May 09, 2024 3:51 pm
by VinnyBass
A couple recent trips to Murray resulted in a handful of small bass(McFish would be proud
as I gave in and used drop-shot) and a couple of nicer fish on reaction baits.
Anyway, I just wanted to share a few firsts of the year with you as today's trip produced my
first topwater bass of the year. Saw a swirl on the surface and on my second cast a healthy
3lb'er slammed my Sammy which was exciting.
Always fun to see
@Dannicus who was as usual putting on a bass fishing clinic with his BFS gear. Nice job buddy!
Then while tossing an underspin with a keitech trailer in deeper water, what at first I thought
was a very healthy bass, turned out to be a huge catfish. It was a heck of a fight and what
seemed like a half hour(probably only 10 minutes) it was in the boat.
Just a few pics......
Monday
Look McFish...using drop shots to catch tiny bass. A 6" worm....way too big for you to use///ha ha
Today
First Topwater bass of the Year
First catfish of the Year
(MEOW!)
Re: 5/9-Couple of Firsts at Murray
Posted: Thu May 09, 2024 4:20 pm
by Oh Da Shiz
that's a tanker of a cat right there and on an underspin to boot. Nice job!
Re: 5/9-Couple of Firsts at Murray
Posted: Thu May 09, 2024 4:45 pm
by VinnyBass
Probably about eight years ago… I caught a smaller catfish on an underspin casting towards the end of the boat dock as I have caught bass there in the past. I was really surprised of how high up in the water that fish was. Always a little bit disappointing catching a catfish when you are bass fishing….but boy do they sure put up a good fight, especially the one I caught this morning.
Re: 5/9-Couple of Firsts at Murray
Posted: Thu May 09, 2024 5:35 pm
by Early release
Wow Vinny, what a great day. You were hitting them above and below. Did you get a weight on the cat?
Re: 5/9-Couple of Firsts at Murray
Posted: Thu May 09, 2024 7:32 pm
by VinnyBass
Early release wrote: Thu May 09, 2024 5:35 pm
Wow Vinny, what a great day. You were hitting them above and below. Did you get a weight on the cat?
What was crazy is I just wanted to try to lift it up for a picture and the dang thing was pretty heavy and I was just guessing around 12 pounds. It might’ve been 15 to 18 or? The scale was hard to see while I was trying to hold him up, and of course, if it was a bass, I would’ve paid a lot more attention to the weight…..but it was a fat cat and gave one heck of a fight.
Re: 5/9-Couple of Firsts at Murray
Posted: Thu May 09, 2024 9:04 pm
by Mcfish
What a chunk...and so is the cat.....! Once again you're trying to tell us that 4" is really 6"....Robos that is.....! Nice start to the topwater season!!!
Re: 5/9-Couple of Firsts at Murray
Posted: Thu May 09, 2024 9:27 pm
by VinnyBass
Mcfish wrote: Thu May 09, 2024 9:04 pm
What a chunk...and so is the cat.....! Once again you're trying to tell us that 4" is really 6"....Robos that is.....! Nice start to the topwater season!!!
A six inch worm is usually the smallest worm I throw. That way, you could see how small that bass in the pic was..ha ha When you bite the head off your 4 inch Robo worm and make it 2 inches…it makes the bass look bigger. Not that there’s anything wrong with that.
Re: 5/9-Couple of Firsts at Murray
Posted: Fri May 10, 2024 6:58 am
by 1Fishdude
Some of my biggest bass were catfish.
Re: 5/9-Couple of Firsts at Murray
Posted: Fri May 10, 2024 7:11 am
by Big C
Time for a whopper plopper?
Re: 5/9-Couple of Firsts at Murray
Posted: Fri May 10, 2024 12:09 pm
by MaxZmus
Check out the meat on that catfish’s head! Wow!
Re: 5/9-Couple of Firsts at Murray
Posted: Fri May 10, 2024 2:13 pm
by Pourboy
Nice job and congrats on the firsts!
Re: 5/9-Couple of Firsts at Murray
Posted: Fri May 10, 2024 6:42 pm
by JWall
Correct me if I’m wrong but that cat was way bigger than 16-18! But then I have a problem with what’s 6 inches too
Re: 5/9-Couple of Firsts at Murray
Posted: Fri May 10, 2024 6:44 pm
by Mcfish
VinnyBass wrote: Thu May 09, 2024 3:51 pm
A couple recent trips to Murray resulted in a handful of small bass(McFish would be proud
as I gave in and used drop-shot) and a couple of nicer fish on reaction baits.
Anyway, I just wanted to share a few firsts of the year with you as today's trip produced my
first topwater bass of the year. Saw a swirl on the surface and on my second cast a healthy
3lb'er slammed my Sammy which was exciting.
Always fun to see @Dannicus who was as usual putting on a bass fishing clinic with his BFS gear. Nice job buddy!
Then while tossing an underspin with a keitech trailer in deeper water, what at first I thought
was a very healthy bass, turned out to be a huge catfish. It was a heck of a fight and what
seemed like a half hour(probably only 10 minutes) it was in the boat.
Just a few pics......
Monday
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Look McFish...using drop shots to catch tiny bass. A 6" worm....way too big for you to use///ha ha
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Today
First Topwater bass of the Year
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First catfish of the Year
(MEOW!)
Cat underspin.jpg
fat cat.jpg
Thought I saw you out there....
Re: 5/9-Couple of Firsts at Murray
Posted: Fri May 10, 2024 6:47 pm
by KillinTime
Nice blue cat!
Re: 5/9-Couple of Firsts at Murray
Posted: Sat May 11, 2024 8:16 am
by Moose
That’s a nice cat! Caught a few of those on cranks at El Cap. Great fight but kind of disappointing after a minute or so when you realize it’s not a huge bass on the end of your line
Re: 5/9-Couple of Firsts at Murray
Posted: Sat May 11, 2024 8:25 am
by Dannicus
It was fun watching you fight that thing! You da man as always. I caught a couple of fours this week and later that same day I finally tied into a 6.5 pound bass too! The bigger fish seem to be hanging around more up shallow which is great for me in a tube.
Still waiting for that invite out on your boat to learn how to fish metal lol!
Awesome job Vinny.
Re: 5/9-Couple of Firsts at Murray
Posted: Sat May 11, 2024 8:30 am
by Dannicus
This was my underspin cat at Murray last year. Pulled me around in the tube for a while!
Re: 5/9-Couple of Firsts at Murray
Posted: Sat May 11, 2024 8:37 am
by bendopolo 44+
Right with you guys, this has been quite a Spring bite. Lots of fat WhiskerBass included.
Re: 5/9-Couple of Firsts at Murray
Posted: Sat May 11, 2024 9:05 am
by VinnyBass
bendopolo 44+ wrote: Sat May 11, 2024 8:37 am
Right with you guys, this has been quite a Spring bite. Lots of fat WhiskerBass included.
“quite a spring bite”??????
That last pic looks like it’s from the
Spring of 1972.
Was that a drummer stool?
Just messing with you
Re: 5/9-Couple of Firsts at Murray
Posted: Sat May 11, 2024 10:14 pm
by bendopolo 44+
Bob loves that seat. You will get a good belly laugh when you see a pic of my seat. It works great. Function over style with stuff I have so didn’t have to buy…
