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Monksbass Monksville Reservoir
This fish was 18" I didn't weigh her but don't feel like a liar when I say about 3 and 3/4 lbs. A thrill to be wading in the water up to my waist ,wearing old jeans and sneakers and having this encounter . Took a Philips, 'Crippled Killer' .Dual prop top water bait . 12# test ,Quantum Alliance Med.Heavy Spinning Rod ,Penn Silverado Reel .Handled the fish well .I got her inside the weedline parallel casting .
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Comment by John Sheehan on September 23, 2014 at 6:09am
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Thanks Sleepy!
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Comment by Mark Sleeper on September 22, 2014 at 9:08pm
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wow nice fish
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Well done Jim ! Yes ,wading lakes or rivers is just a special way to creep up on ,hook into and hopefully land fish !
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Comment by Jim Gronaw on September 8, 2014 at 12:24pm
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John...we actually wet-waded for largemouths this AM and got 14 fish altogether with several 16 to 19 inch fish. Used Stank X Stix ( like an Senko, only better) and manhandled them out of aquatic primrose on 20 lb braid. Our fish were lighter than your fine fish here.
Wading for them is so cool and challenging! Congrats!
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Comment by mike martinez on September 8, 2014 at 12:14pm
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NICE.......
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What? , I gotta call you when I want to go fishin?
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Comment by arthur cole on September 8, 2014 at 9:49am
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nice fish thanks for the call look out lots of snakes around there .Not bad for that place lol
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Thanks Dick and Mark ,felt lucky with 3 other fishermen around to be the one to catch .
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Comment by dick tabbert on August 23, 2014 at 5:50pm
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Congrats on a fine bass John.
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Comment by Mark Stine on August 23, 2014 at 4:37pm
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wow nice bass John! congrats!!
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