16.3 PB at Clearlake deets
Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2016 9:41 am
Hey guys,
Appreciate all the congrats on what I was told is one of the biggest to come out of Clearlake in over 20yrs. I still cant believe it.
Here's some details and yes I caught it off a new prototype Bobby D's 1/2oz "Livewire" spinnerbait with the vibrating blade attached in Delta Craw. He says they will be out soon.
Caught her off a big boulder in about 8ft on a rockpile in the south end on Saturday around 9:15am right as the wind started to really pick-up. Casted 20ft past the sweetspot and let sink to the bottom then slow rolled back and when she inhaled it I thought for about 2 sec I was for sure hung on the boulder. Then the boulder started moving towards deep water and that's when I started praying it wasn't a catfish. Once I turned her she came to the surface and wallowed then me and my buddy Jacob Swain shat our pants screaming stuff like "biggest donk I ever seen!!" "where's the f'in net!!", "i dint bring the f'in net!!!" " please dont f'in lose that fish!!" etc, etc.. she then dug under the boat and I finally was able to get her up to the side where Jacob could pin her then lip her and haul her in with one hand under her massive girth. Ensuing screams of joy could then be heard all over the south end! We knew right away she was a teener but of course I didn't have a scale so we pulled the boat out and drove to Limit Out where Ed Legan was extremely helpful along with two local bass fisherman Vinny and Jackoma who all got me scales so we could get an accurate weight and record some video. We then used that G-Juice stuff to make sure she was in good shape in the livewell, took some more pics and video and released her at the ramp later that day. She swam straight for deep water to hopefully grow to lake record size and be caught again by another super lucky bass fanatic like me. Thanks so much to those guys for helping make the fish of my lifetime an experience I will never forget!
See many of you onda water over the next week at Clearlake. I suggest you all come up for the Chamber Team and the Won California Open. The water is clearing fast and the bite is going wide open again with this stable weather. Tons of 3-5's caught yesterday and the big girls will be caught in mass any day now. Everything is lining up so the next 8 days will be epic. No doubt!!
Charley
Appreciate all the congrats on what I was told is one of the biggest to come out of Clearlake in over 20yrs. I still cant believe it.
Here's some details and yes I caught it off a new prototype Bobby D's 1/2oz "Livewire" spinnerbait with the vibrating blade attached in Delta Craw. He says they will be out soon.
Caught her off a big boulder in about 8ft on a rockpile in the south end on Saturday around 9:15am right as the wind started to really pick-up. Casted 20ft past the sweetspot and let sink to the bottom then slow rolled back and when she inhaled it I thought for about 2 sec I was for sure hung on the boulder. Then the boulder started moving towards deep water and that's when I started praying it wasn't a catfish. Once I turned her she came to the surface and wallowed then me and my buddy Jacob Swain shat our pants screaming stuff like "biggest donk I ever seen!!" "where's the f'in net!!", "i dint bring the f'in net!!!" " please dont f'in lose that fish!!" etc, etc.. she then dug under the boat and I finally was able to get her up to the side where Jacob could pin her then lip her and haul her in with one hand under her massive girth. Ensuing screams of joy could then be heard all over the south end! We knew right away she was a teener but of course I didn't have a scale so we pulled the boat out and drove to Limit Out where Ed Legan was extremely helpful along with two local bass fisherman Vinny and Jackoma who all got me scales so we could get an accurate weight and record some video. We then used that G-Juice stuff to make sure she was in good shape in the livewell, took some more pics and video and released her at the ramp later that day. She swam straight for deep water to hopefully grow to lake record size and be caught again by another super lucky bass fanatic like me. Thanks so much to those guys for helping make the fish of my lifetime an experience I will never forget!
See many of you onda water over the next week at Clearlake. I suggest you all come up for the Chamber Team and the Won California Open. The water is clearing fast and the bite is going wide open again with this stable weather. Tons of 3-5's caught yesterday and the big girls will be caught in mass any day now. Everything is lining up so the next 8 days will be epic. No doubt!!
Charley