More Bigguns From the Gravel Pitt

[ilinimud]

Well i put my boat in the biggest pitt today, these are the same pitts i caught my personal best a couple weeks ago. I posted some pics of it. I hadnt really fished the biggest one yet because i havent had a boat, but now i do. So i claim war!!

The first one was about 4lbs, the funny thing is my crankbait was fouled and it was spinning on top of the water, but making a lot of commotion. I dont know if this one was on a bed or what, but she killed it! My worse cast, and one of the best fish. LoL. I guess that shows to never give up on a cast. The skin was just hanging off this one, surely it wasnt from making a bed. I think maybe a Gar got ahold of it. Let me know what you think.

I realy shouldnt have caught this monster, she really just sucked it in. I felt a tick and thought it was the log i cast right next to, but then i though hey hooksets are free so i tugged, and went on a ride. Im assuming she was on a bed because of the huge gut. The water was only 56 degrees, and it has been getting into the 30's at night, so i was suprised to see all the big pregnant guts. It was in the 70's every day a couple weeks ago, and the water temp was low 60's. I think they started then, but we got a huge cold wave so i dont know what that does to them if them started thinking about spawing. Do they wait?

Anyway heres the pics.

 

[Jim]

PIGS! =D>

Looks like a Gar got that one.

 

[redbug]

nice fish.. the cold spell will send them back to deeper water and off the beds the water is still a bit cold at 55 for them to get busy..

 

[ilinimud]

Well they were all really shallow, in some places the temp was up to 58. I was shallow crankin all day, it was great!! I love it. Found some awesome cranks at Dicks on sale for 2.97. They are Manns C-4 Elite. I got a Bluegill, Baby Bass, Crawfish, and Yellow Black Back. They have real wide square bills and come through cover great.

I really like this shallow crankin, almost as much as lipless.

 

[slim357]

=D> those are some big fish, id pick up a swimbait. Looks like a sweet lake too judging from the last pic

 

[G3_Guy]

Great job! Those are some big fish!

 

[ilinimud]

=D> those are some big fish, id pick up a swimbait. Looks like a sweet lake too judging from the last pic

Yeah, i picked up some 5" swimbaits too, but i suck at rigging them. I tore the first one just practicing hooking em up. I think they are Reaction Strike, thats the brand name. I bought some weighted hooks for them. 6/0 size 3/8 weight. They have the weight up front, and screw on, so you dont have to pull the weight through the bait. Yet i still found a way to tear it. Does 3/8 sound too heavy?

I should have took some pics of the lake. That last pic is a part where two points come together. There is a channel just deep enough to bring the boat through. There in almost no cover in the lake, but it has a lot of islands. The little bit of cover it has is fallen trees off the islands.

 

[whj812]

Could still be bedding....last weeks full moon could still push the fish up regardless as long as it is within 6-7 degrees of the magic number!!!

 

[Captain Ahab]

Awesome fish Dude

My guess would be it is a wound from a bird - probably a heron. Those fish eating birds will take a swipe at anything - no matter how big

 

[Zum]

That looks to be a pretty big pond.
Has some pigs in it too,nice catching.

 

[Loggerhead Mike]

poor bass. looks like she's havin a bad day