New State Record!!!-------- well, sorta!

[kopper_bass]

Guys,
Take a look at what i caught this weekend up on Trinity Lake. Yes, i said caught this; as this thing hit my line just like a fish and was fighting me to the boat. Even got caught up in the trolling motor.

I swung it in the boat without looking and said - "what is that"?
My non-boater, without hesitation and in all seriousness says " dude, i think you caught a lobster!"


This has got to be a state record, right? It was bigger than my hand, and don't even think of putting your finger near those pinchers. ouch!
The colors on this thing are just beautiful.

If you think you're throwing too big a bait, think again!!!

Kopper_Bass

ps - yes, this was also a catch & release!


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[Skeeterman]

Looks like he,s been eating some bass.

[mac (Doyle McEwen)]

For all you jig fishermen, note the brown/blue/orange/red and green all over that big boy..Cooch needs to chime in on this one, being the jig king..Just about every color we associate with summer time jig fishing could be found on this craw..It is kinda funny, we were discussing forage in Trinity the evening before the tournament and even on the day of the tournament and everyone kept saying there were no "dads" in Trinity..Obviously that was in error..I think the main forage base there is probably small kokanee and maybe rainbows..

mac

[BassManDan]

IMPRESSIVE!!! Makes ya think twice about them 1/4 oz jigs with a 3" dt trailer on it....Go big or go home!

Just out of curiosity, what did you catch it on?

A fine catch,
BassManDan

[mac (Doyle McEwen)]

He caught it on a beaver..

mac

[Greg_Cornish]

GOOD GRIEF! That's put a dent on your toe!

[ash]

That is awesome and beutiful, note the teal highlights...now thats WADDA DAD!

[g-man]

Brown/blue jig!

[Dan Stahlman]

That one reminds me of the one we caught on a pond at Cascade Ranch in San Mateo county a number of years back. It was 15 inches long and the Fishery Biologist said it was the biggest one he had ever seen. I was afraid to pick it up but my Daughter did and sad to say, he was delicious.

[BassManDan]

When you're gettin CLAW meat out of a crawdad, you know something is going good!

Crazy craw "eating" a craw imitator bait, too cool!

BassManDan

[jacob]

that thing is huge! Dean chime in on this crawdad talk,dig up them old articles from the NCTH club days. I found it very interesting to know how many different types of dads we have around our area and what they all look like.

[g-man]

NCTH..that was a fun group of guys!!

[green_monster]

Does someone want to fill most of us in on what NCTH stands for?

National Conference on Tobacco or Health

National Clearinghouse on Tobacco and Health

Northern College of Therapeutic Hypnosis

National Corporation of Tourism & Hotels

North Country Trail Hikers

anyone?


......almost forgot......
Justin VonSpreckelsen

[g-man]

northern california trophy hunters....bass club!

[green_monster]

Ahhhh.......second time in a few short weeks I've heard of the old club....now back to your regular scheduled program.....

GIANT CRAWDADS!!!

INCREDIBLE!!!!

Time for someone to make a 6 to 9 inch crawdad jig. Could you imagine a huddlebug that was as big as that dad? (wadda bomb?)

jv

[gt5bass]

Dang Nabbit...

Dar goes anudder of me c crets...da c cret of da Montah Jig is out

G
The Scourge

[Guy Kelley]

can any one say 4"& 6" Huddelbugs HMMMMMM????

all ya need is a lobster size mold ?

or a pot of boiling water, garlic and a loaf of french bread with a little melted butter and cold beer.!!!!

[bpm2000]

wish they made the huddlebug bigger anyways!

[Skunkedagain]

That's either a small lobster or large crawfish lol.

[snapitoff2002]

Believe it or not, that is just an average sized one at Baum Lake up by Cassel... They are giant over there!

[Rbaker]

Thats a dink crawdad compared to the ones we got up here in Lake Washington. They are about 8-12" long.

Thats some good eatin right thar.

Russ

[Riverdawg]

15 more and you would of had a tasty Dinner!

[ThaRoosta]

HuddleLobster Deluxe 8"

ROF 12

[SVBasser]

I have been exploring the infamous Trinity tailings (that are usaually underwater) since last fall. I have found several swimbaits, Duh spoons (thanks John) and big a## crawdad parts. I was shocked the first time I saw the photo from this posting. But since then, I've seen countless clones to that one under rocks along the shore. I saw parts on a stump on the edge of the bank where something tore one apart. The tail was almost the width of my wrist. Must be something in Trinity's water.

[DAN]

Can I get a couple dozen boiled and pass the Tabasco!

[Guy Williams]

I've caught a few as big in Big Bear Lake down here in SoCal, they latch on some dead carp and Bonaparte!! They are cool for sure that size!!!
Guy Williams

[L Dub]

SVBasser,

Have you been scuba diving in the lake? How have you been 'exploring'? I've always wanted to scuba some lakes around here to get a better idea of what I'm fishing. If'n that's what you were doing, I'm VERY jealous right now.

[Nor Cal Bassman]

Thats one huge craw-mac- daddy!!!

I think it would be cool to do a lil "HOOK-N-LOOK" on the lakes in cali!! That would be schweeet!

[Terry Smith]

I ate about 10 pounds of them bad boys when I was back in Shreveport La. for the Classic. MMMMMMMMM GOOD STUFF right there. I wish we had some places out here that would cook'em up for us.

[mac (Doyle McEwen)]

Head for Isleton, there are several places there that serve up the edible bugs..I also believe they have a "dad" festival every year..

mac

[SVBasser]

L Dub,
No scuba gear required since the lake is 100' down. The north end where the tailings are is pretty much a big flat where the town of trinity center used to be. There are old foundations and roads. Right now you can actually drive on the old roads and park at the tailings. Its pretty weird to walk through tailing piles that are 80 feet under water when the lake is full. Although I admit scuba diving my favorite fishin hole would be awesome, except I would be worrying about the loch-ness lobster.

[TomAtkeson]

The Pace the Black Dog guys and I went in Shreveport had some great dads, even met up with some of the JVD (KVDs nephew) and his friends there. Good times!