April Fool's Flatty & more

Another memorable day on the river. Pretty much the perfect setup weather wise and I anticipated the fish would be biting. They were and I was real fortunate to land some real nice fish. I lost count of the largemouth, the largest was 22". I caught several nice drum, a small blue cat, a few spotted bass, a 16" smallmouth, and the 41" flathead. I was really lucky to land the flathead. I've been having them break me off, straighten hooks, or just come off. It was real touch and go with this one several times as he would dive under boulders and logs jammed against them. I don't know how my rod survived. Several times the fish would lunge and since I had the drag pretty snug it would get pinned on the gunnel and bend at a scary arc. The pics aren't very good, but I wasn't wanting to take the time to get them perfect.

Awesome

Wow!! Not a bad way to start the month!!! Congrats!!!

Now that's an awesome day!

Dang nice flatty!

those are some great fish there! what river were you fishing, i'd like to go catch some smallmouth

I think you may have outdone yourself!

That's awesome you don't hear, very often in freshwater, of people catch 5 different species in one day. Congrats.

The Brazos, but if your looking for smallies I'm thinking you'll be disappointed. I'm certainly no expert on them, but I've not found them to be very common. While I do catch small 10"-12" ones here and there, I've not caught many much larger with any consistency. They are there, but IME they are few and far between.

That cat is a fatty!

Very nice. Was on the river Saturday but was much slower for me. The middle Brazos has some what of a reputation for smallies but I've caught more on the upper. You can still find some nice ones on occasion but its not what it once was.

Unbelievable amazing job there sir!

WOW!!! What a haul!

Shiver me timbers...
Now that's a flatty!!!
CONGRATS LUSCA! Rrrr.

I think you have the Brazos down pretty good Lusca! Nice!

Nice Flatty! I bet that was fun.

I wish I knew what it felt like to have a day of fishing like that one. "I lost count of the largemouth." I never have that problem... it's easy when you can count them on one finger.

What a day!

U..N..R..E..A..L!!!!!

Lusca, you are seriously like some epic, mythological character.

Unbelievable.

Really great work, as always.

lusca has this brazos figured out. I don't think I've ever seen one of his reports without some awesome fish. that yella cat is
a sho nuff monster!

Hehe, google "Lusca" if you get bored.

Thanks for all the kudos fellas, but that's mostly just good timing and a fair amount of luck on a great river.

Awesome I really like the smallie

Nice! Hoping for a good day down there myself at the end of the week. Congrats on a great day on the river!

What you catch that Yellow on?

Abu 6500c, medium heavy rod, 20# test mono.

Awesome sir!! Very impressive

Good lawd!!! WTG on all those! I'm having my bachelor party down there this weekend, spending one night on the water. I hope we get into some good fish, looks like we will have good weather.

Oh... Did any of the bass show signs of the spawn in progress? Red tails or anything?

Very Impressive!

Nice!!!!

Nice

Greatness! How long did the flathead fight last?

I saw a few small buck bass on beds, but no females. I didn't catch any with bloody tails that I noticed. The fight with the flathead was probably less than 10 minutes, but seemed much longer. It pretty much owned me until the very end when I finally could steer it clear of the rocks and wood and get it off the bottom.

Holy Flatty!

Show off Good job as usual amigo