Posted By: texcajun
God smiled on me this morning! - 03/11/15 08:07 PM
All my typical white bass spots have been inundated with either cold, or runoff or cold runoff. The Sabine was a bust 2 weeks ago and my timing for the local creeks has been terrible. All that being said I had to give it a shot one more time this morning. I went to a bank spot I hadn't tried in years and found it to be completely overgrown. I mean even the feral hogs didn't want to go in there, but I muscled my way through. I found the water moving but really murky from the recent rains. Made several casts where I could but nothing biting. Fished for 1.5 hours with nary a bite. Was just about to call it quits when I found an old Shyster lure in my vest pocket so I tied it on. Cast to an open spot in the creek with the little ultralight and it was game on! Drag was peeling on that little rod and try as I might I couldn't turn the fish away from some roots on the opposite bank of the little creek. I could feel it shaking it's head in there so I just kept steady pressure on it and low and behold it popped out of there. It finally surfaced and I immediately recognized it as my biggest hybrid to date. It made several more runs in the only open stretch of creek available and I eventually forced it over to the steep bank I was standing on. No net and no way I could lift it with the line so I just laid down in the grass and reached down and lipped it out there. There is no way in heck I should have landed that fish! It should've broken me off at least twice, but there I was holding it! The only bite and the only danged fish I caught this morning. Went 6.3lbs on my digital scale.
Now I know a lot of you have caught much bigger hybrids, but not many can say they've pulled 'em out of a tiny creek on 4lb test. What a hoot!
That's a 52qt ice chest she's in!
Now I know a lot of you have caught much bigger hybrids, but not many can say they've pulled 'em out of a tiny creek on 4lb test. What a hoot!
That's a 52qt ice chest she's in!
