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Comment by Walt Foreman on October 15, 2012 at 8:51am

Thanks, David!  No, I haven't made one of my coppernose special rods yet for myself, haven't had the dough, though I plan on doing so eventually.  I did catch it on a rod I made myself, though.  My main bluegill rod is an 8' spinning rod made on a 5-weight Lamiglas fly rod blank.  I fish a lot with live bait, and this rod allows me to cast a country mile with nothing but a Gapen panfish float and a red wriggler with no weight; or, if I'm fishing on the bottom with a slip float and a 1/16 oz. slip sinker, I can cast halfway to Kentucky.

Comment by David Dillman on October 15, 2012 at 3:24am

Walt

Did you catch this monster on one of those wooden tennessee handle rods?  What a fish!!!!

Dilly

Comment by Greg McWilliams on October 5, 2012 at 4:20pm

LOOKS like it ready for the SPAWNING BEDS!!!!!! What a PIG!!!!!!

Comment by DAVID L EITUTIS on October 5, 2012 at 4:10pm

I CAN ONLY IMAGINE THE WORK YOU  DID ON THAT POND and whoever owns it is lucky to have you managing it for them!

Comment by Walt Foreman on October 5, 2012 at 3:49pm

Thanks, Tooty!  Lots of hard work and more money than the average joe would spend on property owned by someone else, went into these big ones.   I am very thankful to have had the opportunity to work with the ponds, though right now the gamble I took three years ago to manage intensively several different ponds that were in bad shape, with the goal of establishing a guide service, appears to have been foolish unfortunately.   Oh well.

Comment by DAVID L EITUTIS on October 5, 2012 at 10:07am

CCCCCCCCCCCONGRATS ON A REALLY BIG UN!!!!!!!!! MOST folks only dream of catching a gill or red ear like this one and you are blessed! 

Comment by Walt Foreman on October 5, 2012 at 9:53am

Thanks, Federico!  

Comment by federico del toro on October 5, 2012 at 5:50am

Man that is one amazing fish! congratulations

Comment by Walt Foreman on October 4, 2012 at 8:38pm

Thanks guys!  For the first half of the fight, until I saw her, I thought I had a catfish or bass.

Comment by dick tabbert on October 4, 2012 at 8:09pm

Now  that's a chubby fish I know he's eating good. Nice one.

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