Big freakin Red!

five-O · Post by **five-O** » Fri Dec 22, 2006 5:48 pm

Mrs. Five-0 and I hit the water at about 11:00 am this morning for a couple of hours of fishing. We saw a few other yakkers but didnt get close enough to talk to them. The morning started off kinda slow with several small trout for both of us. We havent fished this area much this year but I had reports of good trout and lots of them in the area. The good trout just wasnt there and the bite was very finicky. Beckie paddled off to fish some structure and I made a move to a little shallower water due to the sun warming the water. I quickly picked up some very small trout and was about to move again when all heck broke loose. I had just released a 12" trout and cast back to the same spot in about 3' of water. I twitched the lure and got slammed. I set the hook and the fish came to the top of the water just like a trout. It threw water everywhere and my heart just about jumped out of my chest. I just knew this was my trophy trout. Head shake and fast runs. I was shaking like a virgin on prom night. I was positive I saw a trout on the end of the line. I yell at Beckie to come over and get the camera. I was making sure not to horse the monster fish. After about 10 minutes I was pretty sure it wasnt my trophy trout after all so my nerves calmed. This fish pulled like I had hooked a greyhound bus. Beckie started shooting pics and got some great shots I will post later. When I finally land the beast it measured about 39" without the tail pinched. A huge beautiful bull red. I caught it on a pearl/chart Brown Lures prototype that I have been testing for awhile with great success. We took more pics and I took about 10 minutes to make sure it was good and strong and would survive the release. There was no way I was going to kill such a strong fishting fish. While removing the hook we discovered a very fresh hook in the fishes throat that he had obviously broke someone off. It looked to be off of a bait chunkers line. It was an awesome fish except for the first part when I was nervous as a schoolgirl cuz I thought it was my trophy trout. We have pics of the trout we caught but Im not posting those small dinks compared to this beast. I will post pics as soon as they finish uploading to photobucket.

Fubar · Post by **Fubar** » Fri Dec 22, 2006 5:52 pm

now, that's what I'm talking about. Awesome fish!

five-O · Post by **five-O** » Fri Dec 22, 2006 5:58 pm

Thanks. I will post better pics later. The photobucket isnt working right. My Shimano 50mg and AR Red Series combo sure got a workout on that fish and handled it better than I did.

Assault the Salt · Post by **Assault the Salt** » Fri Dec 22, 2006 6:03 pm

Nice Fish!!

five-O · Post by **five-O** » Fri Dec 22, 2006 6:09 pm

TrailShoe · Post by **TrailShoe** » Fri Dec 22, 2006 6:37 pm

That red fish is totally awesome. Good catch. Reminds me of BTB's.

CypressAg83 · Post by **CypressAg83** » Fri Dec 22, 2006 6:44 pm

Awesome pics! Especially the second one.
What kind of camera was used?

Birdsnest · Post by **Birdsnest** » Fri Dec 22, 2006 6:50 pm

Bueno!

blesker · Post by **blesker** » Fri Dec 22, 2006 6:57 pm

Birdsnest wrote:Bueno!

Muj even!

b

five-O · Post by **five-O** » Fri Dec 22, 2006 7:06 pm

Pentax Optio 6 megapix was used. Mrs. Five-0 was on camera duty during the fight. She got several more great shots but we cant get photobucket to upload very fast tonight.

Mythman · Post by **Mythman** » Fri Dec 22, 2006 7:30 pm

Great report and very nice red, congratulations.......is this a warm up for a BTB trip?

long shot · Post by **long shot** » Fri Dec 22, 2006 10:41 pm

Nice!!!

Fla-Fish · Post by **Fla-Fish** » Fri Dec 22, 2006 11:09 pm

Awesome fish Dude congrats.
" pulled like I had hooked a greyhound bus" what a rush aint it.
Great action shots Beckie. What a team, great job on the release.
Kudos for extra effort.

Night Wing · Post by **Night Wing** » Sat Dec 23, 2006 7:01 am

five-O wrote:I caught it on a pearl/chart Brown Lures prototype that I have been testing for awhile with great success.

If it is possible, could you post a picture of this lure?

TexasGringo · Post by **TexasGringo** » Sat Dec 23, 2006 7:22 am

Here ya go NW- http://www.coastalkayakangler.com/forum ... ght=#30610

Night Wing · Post by **Night Wing** » Sat Dec 23, 2006 7:26 am

Gringo,

Thanks.

From looking at the picture, it looks easy to rig this bait weedless.

Assault the Salt · Post by **Assault the Salt** » Sat Dec 23, 2006 10:05 am

Really good pics.

Chaz · Post by **Chaz** » Sun Dec 24, 2006 10:34 am

Nice Fish !

How do some of you manage to get your pictures into the message without the frame around the picture? Some folks can even put pictures in between the text.

TrailShoe · Post by **TrailShoe** » Sun Dec 24, 2006 11:38 am

Chaz,
You get pictures like that by posting pictures on a internet photo storage site. i.e. Photobucket, Shutterfly, etc. and then linking them to your post.
When you upload your pics to the service they need to be a maximum of 640 pixels wide. If they are wider than that, you create the Neelix effect (definition: very annoying) where you have to scoll back and forth to read the text in same post. There are several posts in forum offering advice on free resizing programs. Other options include Adobe PhotoShop, Corel Draw etc. One thing to remember about using an internet service for storage. If you decide to remove older pictures from your account (internet photo service) you break the link (definition: closing the worm hole) to TKF. Hope this helps.

TS

cajunfishin · Post by **cajunfishin** » Sun Dec 24, 2006 10:41 pm

THAT IS ONE NICE FISH. I AM HAPPY TO SEE YOU GETTING THAT KINDA ACTION. IT WOULD HAVE BEEN SWEET AS YOU KNOW WHAT IF IT WAS A TROUT. BUT REDS ARE NO PUNKS. GOOD CATCH

CANT WAIT TILL PARTY. POOR OLE LIVER

shortbus · Post by **shortbus** » Sun Dec 24, 2006 10:50 pm

major props to five-o, thats a nice fish and i am glad your wife was there to share it with us.

hookset4 · Post by **hookset4** » Mon Dec 25, 2006 12:24 am

Nice red five-O and great camera work Mrs. Five-O.

-hook

northpaw · Post by **northpaw** » Tue Dec 26, 2006 10:50 am

HI 5's to ya five-o! Great fish in the skinny water.

FISHMAN · Post by **FISHMAN** » Tue Dec 26, 2006 5:28 pm

Nice Fish love the photos!!

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Big freakin Red!

Big freakin Red!

Red Fish

Re: Big freakin Red!

Pictures without frames

HELL OF A FISH

nice fish