Windy cold front conditions made the fishing slow and tedious for me... but sometimes that's the way I need it. Working each stop with meticulous detail to leave no fish untouched. My first stop that morning was actually a great warm up with relatively calm winds and the fish were chewin' big time on a Rage Lobster trailing a 1oz Strike King Hack Attack Jig both in Falcon Lake Craw color, but nothing over 7 after too many fish...

I had two bite depths patterned, one being in an average 10 to 12 ft range and the other being 23 to 25 ft. The first fish were on the shallower bite so I decided to ck a couple of deeper haunts for better size.

The first deep spot gave me lack luster results with only two smaller than average fish, so I blamed it on the heavy cross wind and moved on to the next.... This area was windy but the structure type was set up so that the wind and the direction was my FRIEND! Holding the boat in 40 ft and casting directly in a head wind to a 20 ft ledge then dragging the jig off the drop proved to be the ticket. On the 3rd or fourth cast I hit a nice 9 or so then a few casts later - PAYDIRT Big MAMA comes a CALLIN She ate the jig n Lobster at about 25 ft and we played "Stretch the String" for a little while, lol. What a pretty fish when she surfaced in the big waves beside the boat rollin her baby blues at me... I fell in love instantly! She was slightly bloated so I placed a couple of flip clips on her belly fins and gave her an hour or so in my livewell to adjust her air (I like this technique more than fizzing) Then I caught a couple of more healthy fish from that same area but this Gal was the "Singin Fat Lady" of the day... After the photo, I promised to visit her again and let her go back to the deep! I think God gives us FISHIN as a glimpse of HEAVEN...

And BTW, that's one of the St. Croix 7'11" Rage Rods that I call my HAWG BEATERS

Big O
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Nice report and great fish. I am planning on getting some flip clips soon, heard lots of good about them, plus being better for the fish.

Nice! What did she weigh?

Nice one Big O!!!

Looking good Steve-O ~ Nice report ~ those Falcon bass just love our Lobsters, as those crawdads look just like them ~

Debra

Very nice bass

Nice write-up and beautiful fish!

Hello Steve P....is that you? If so, Greetings from an OLD friend who grew up with you and your brothers in B-ville!
Hint: you and I worked together 40 years ago at Harrison Texaco when you had the cleanest 1971 blue Chevy Malibu! (Please Don't reveal my identity here on the TFF, I am hiding out...)

You still are the big bass master!!! Great shot of a great fish.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you and family!

How much did she weigh???

Yeh Deb, when the entire school of fish are attacking the hooked fish's face trying to steal it away... you're dialed in pretty good Huh!

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Very Nice

You know Steve-O with a opening thread like "HOTT MOMMA" you are going to get everyone to click on your thread ~ look how many views you have gotten just in four hours ~ pretty clever, did Taco tell you do that

Debra

Hey F.... Yeh it's me and good to hear your still alive friend Do I remember someone getting stuck in a Can??? Come see me and maybe we can slip out to the lake!

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Big-O....I wouldn't have ended up in that sink if you hadn't stuffed me in there and then turned on the water! Ha!...Good times for sure! Learned how to take care of a car from you....

Would love to spend a day on the water with you....maybe some of your BIG bass skills could rub off on me! You are the only TRUE trophy big game and Big bass hunter I have ever known!

Also want to say I really enjoyed the Strike King TV episode that featured you and the Rage Tail products.

Send me a PM here on the TFF sometime and I'll MAKE time to go fishing with you! I'm still out here in the Eagle Mtn. Lake area.

GOD Bless old friend!!! And give my very best to your family.

Beauty! Nice report!