May 21 fishing

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Hey everybody! I can't say the action was good at Hopewell today but I had fun! Got there about 7am and powerfished the shoreline and islands. I picked up two - 14" bass in about and hour. Then the action slowed way down! The fish were not in shallow at all. I consider myself lucky I caught two. After about two more hours I headed to the shallow cove to the left of the islands. I slowed way down with my fishing and after about 10 minutes with a Texas rigged tube bait I thought I got stuck. The boat was moving so I figured the line coming off the reel was because the boat didn't come to a complete stop yet. All the sudden my line started moving and after about 5 minutes of fighting I landed a 6 lb 4 oz bass! I think I let out a yell that the whole lake heard. After that I caught two more around 12". I finally left the lake around 1130 only to find out I left my lights on and the car battery was dead. Thanks to the friendly passerby for giving me a jump! Hey Aaron, was that you that left the boat ramp without your fishing rods in the boat? I was wearing the red Yum sweatshirt. So overall, I have had days where I have caught more bass at Hopwell, but that's by far the biggest bass I have ever caught there. After a very brief photoshoot she was quickly returned to the water.

[GordonsOwner]

Lets see some pics!! Sounds like a good morning. Finally got a break in the weather thats been much anticipated.

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I'll post the pics tomorrow when I get on a computer, I am on my smartphone now and it won't let me post them from here!

[aaronjeffries]

Awesome! That's a great size bass for Hopewell. Yeah...that was me running back to my car to get my rods. They are usually on my boat but I thought it might rain that night so I kept them in the car.

I tried to find you on the lake to warn you about your lights...but it sounds like it worked out ok. I'd take a dead battery and monster bass any day!

[tommyp]

Good for you Frogman! Nice to hear you landed a big guy.

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How do I add images to a post? I wanted to show a pic of the bass I caught but I cannot figure out how to do it : (

[arizonaangler]

frogman...the easiest way to post a pic is to go to a hosting site like tinypic or photobucket and upload your pic and then copy the URL for mrssage boards and then paste it in the body of your text.

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Finally; here is the pick of the 6'4 I caught on 5/21. I was in the boat by myself so I did as good as I could with the pic.



I sure do hope to catch more of these : )

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Heres one more.....she was all spawned out; I am sure she would have gone another pound or so a few weeks earlier.

[GordonsOwner]

Nice fish, always hard to get that money shot when your fishing by yourself!!

[aaronjeffries]

Right on!

[fletchnd1]

Do you spend any time on Scotts Run?

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About the only time I go to Scotts Run is if I want a change of pace. Scotts run is always good for some pickeral fishing. I have had some very good success there last year. I would always head to the the shallow end and look for weed patches; once I spotted those with the poloroids then all I would do is cast out a white buzzbait. I only ever caught one Largemouth Bass at Scotts run and it was a dink. They say the State Record Smallmouth came out of there but I have never heard of anyone else catching a smallmouth in that place. I have targeted bass in there a time or two but always ended up cathching pickeral.