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Don't Overlook City Ponds #3886733 09/02/09 12:15 AM
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A little background story first.

On Friday nights I take my 7 year old daughter out for some night catfishing and we normally just fish the small city ponds and have a good time catching the dinks and spending time together. Well about a month or so ago I had told my daughter I would take her out to Grapevine and when we get there the wind was so bad that it would not have been any fun. She was upset so we decided to go to a little city pond where we have only caught dinks and bullheads. We get to the pond and the only bait we have is bluegill since we were going to fish Grapevine. I was not expecting to catch anything but not five minutes after putting the first line out the clicker starts going off. We ended up catching several bluecats in the 5-6 pound range. The kicker was we lost one that was a beast.

Well ever since we have been going to this pond every friday to catch the "big one".
Well it paid off this past Friday. We where there for a few hours and had only caught one blue when I baited up one the rods with the head of an 8 inch shad. I told my daughter, more as a joke than anything that big bait will catch big fish. About 20 minutes later the bait runner goes off like it was hooked to a car. I set the hook and about 15 minutes later landed a 40+ pound blue. I say 40+because my cheap scales bounced between 45 and 48 so I am not sure the exact weight. For reference I am 6'2 and about 220lbs

Never under estimate the small city ponds. banana

Note: If you know where this pond is please release the big catfish as this pond is a fantasic place for kids to have a chance to catch some good size cats and even a trophy.







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Re: Don't Overlook City Ponds [Re: Tim T] #3886748 09/02/09 12:19 AM
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dang!!!! awesome fish! thanks for sharing, and releasing!

Re: Don't Overlook City Ponds [Re: where's my bobber?] #3886823 09/02/09 12:48 AM
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Nice job Tim...... woot Daughter looks happy to be with you.... cheers I for one agree, some of the best fishing is in places no-one would think of fishing.... thumb



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Re: Don't Overlook City Ponds [Re: Frank I] #3886834 09/02/09 12:51 AM
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Good fish my man!!! flehan


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Re: Don't Overlook City Ponds [Re: Stax] #3886852 09/02/09 12:54 AM
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awesome fish! its awesome to find a trophy where no one would expect it to be



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Re: Don't Overlook City Ponds [Re: live_n_fast] #3886875 09/02/09 01:01 AM
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Great job, dad. Some day she'll show her young kids these photos, and they'll be as impressed as we are. Congrats to you and your daughter.

Re: Don't Overlook City Ponds [Re: B_Rod] #3887034 09/02/09 01:40 AM
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yep, some of the largest carp I have caught in the metro have been from CFL's awesome little overlooked venues


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Re: Don't Overlook City Ponds [Re: LoneStarCarper] #3887150 09/02/09 02:04 AM
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Re: Don't Overlook City Ponds [Re: Raiderland] #3887206 09/02/09 02:19 AM
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that is gigantic!


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Re: Don't Overlook City Ponds [Re: Pondbass] #3887211 09/02/09 02:19 AM
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wow!

Re: Don't Overlook City Ponds [Re: Chris Garcia] #3887348 09/02/09 02:52 AM
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dang thats a big cat man, super sweet, congrats!

Re: Don't Overlook City Ponds [Re: mev002] #3887864 09/02/09 06:23 AM
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Nice catch for sure! Like to see the catch and release in effect in this situation!


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Re: Don't Overlook City Ponds [Re: Crago Jr] #3888297 09/02/09 01:30 PM
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Congrats to you Both!


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Re: Don't Overlook City Ponds [Re: Roddy69r] #3888435 09/02/09 02:01 PM
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Great job dad!! She looks happy.

Re: Don't Overlook City Ponds [Re: FishFinder Frank] #3888487 09/02/09 02:13 PM
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Nice pics but please resize. Difficult to view them.


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