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18123, April 9, 2011 - McClure ABA
Posted by swimbait, Sat Apr-09-11 08:21 PM
Today was one of the magic days where it all falls in to place. Nico and I took 1st at the McClure ABA with 25.97 and big fish at 13.76. She was on a bed and bit my #40 5in Big Hammer after a 2 hour game of cat and mouse.
She was an ancient bass with a huge mouth. It felt cool to just to see her and hold her. We had her figured at about 9lbs but stayed way off and she turned out to be much bigger. Made my year. It's been a long time since I've caught a real big one.
Thanks to our friends at Big Hammer, Okuma, and Shimano for the help with equipment that make catches like this possible :) Yeah we're the corndogs who take pictures during tournaments :P
http://www.calfishing.com/dc/user_files/8517-edit.jpg
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18124, RE: April 9, 2011 - McClure ABA
Posted by Phil, Sat Apr-09-11 09:30 PM
Congrats to you guys! Cool to see you two displaying your skills like that in a tournament. Impressive.
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18125, RE: April 9, 2011 - McClure ABA
Posted by dAvE, Sat Apr-09-11 11:48 PM
Holy crap, Rob!... That's SWEET!!!... Good job to both you and Nico!... \(ºOº)/ ...
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18126, RE: April 9, 2011 - McClure ABA
Posted by dockboy, Sun Apr-10-11 12:44 AM
Nice fish Rob and congrats on the win! Nothin' makes the heart really thump like a massive bed fish.
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18127, RE: April 9, 2011 - McClure ABA
Posted by Bassin, Sun Apr-10-11 06:50 AM
Congrats to you guys..thats cool. Rob, what size Okuma rod are you using there with the 5in Bighammers?
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18128, RE: April 9, 2011 - McClure ABA
Posted by swimbait, Sun Apr-10-11 01:48 PM
Okuma C3 7'11" Heavy action. The C3 series is real nice. The fight lasted about 10 seconds :)
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18129, RE: April 9, 2011 - McClure ABA
Posted by Sacto John, Sun Apr-10-11 08:01 PM
That is an great limit anywhere and an un-real limit at Mclure. Great fish, great win, congrats to you and Nico
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18130, RE: April 9, 2011 - McClure ABA
Posted by TrouserTrout, Mon Apr-11-11 06:06 PM
Nice fish Rob!
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