Not often That East Coast of North Carolina Boat Ramps are Covered With Snow and Ice……1/22/2025
"Whoa! Now, you are in my Pennsylvania world!"
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PR'ed on Hybrids Today...Twice! WhooooHooo!
Well, it wasn't fast fishing, but after work I slipped over to my favorite hybrid sunfish pond and met the owner, a long time friend, and gave him and his wife a bag of bluegill fillets and some fotos of fish we have caught in his ponds.
Then I slipped down to the pond and on my second cast with a Carolina-rigged earthworm I caught 'Slashback', an amazing 11 1/2 in hybrid that has the remnants of a injury between its spiny and soft dorsal fins. My wife Linda had caught this fish about 3 weeks ago so we immediately were tied for the year on biggest sunnys.
Caught numerous small bass on the Swede # 3 but no hybrids. Then picked up 2 more hybrids on worms...one a beautiful heavy fish that also measured 11 1/2 inches and tied my new PR. Previous best was an 11.25 incher.
Did manage a 9 inch hybrid that, despite being a very fine fish by my own standards, looked strangely small compared to the big guys.
I am getting dangerously close to that 12 inch mark. Maybe next time....!
Then I slipped down to the pond and on my second cast with a Carolina-rigged earthworm I caught 'Slashback', an amazing 11 1/2 in hybrid that has the remnants of a injury between its spiny and soft dorsal fins. My wife Linda had caught this fish about 3 weeks ago so we immediately were tied for the year on biggest sunnys.
Caught numerous small bass on the Swede # 3 but no hybrids. Then picked up 2 more hybrids on worms...one a beautiful heavy fish that also measured 11 1/2 inches and tied my new PR. Previous best was an 11.25 incher.
Did manage a 9 inch hybrid that, despite being a very fine fish by my own standards, looked strangely small compared to the big guys.
I am getting dangerously close to that 12 inch mark. Maybe next time....!
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Permalink Reply by Bruce Condello on
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What an incredible story. That is awesome. The pictures rock!!!!!
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Permalink Reply by Patrick "Bullworm" Olson on
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WAY TO GO BIG JIM!!!! You know that the 12 is in there you just got to believe!! I'm pullin' for ya!
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Permalink Reply by Zack Thomasson on
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wow nice fish
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