And here's a cool video of one I released. It changed colors from dark to almost a chart/green ..yellow as it swam away, starting with its head....I swear if it was night it would have glown in the dark...pretty cool
gorgeous fish... i have yet to hook into a smally that big. then again i think i've only hooked into a few dozen in my life. but i've never targeted ponds/lakes known for them. usually saved them as a NH delight. not enough clean water in these parts.
There he stands, draped in more equipment than a telephone lineman, trying to outwit an organism with a brain no bigger than a breadcrumb, and getting licked in the process. ~Paul O'Neil, 1965
I remember my first smallie. Using ultra light tackle targeting small trout in a little stream upstate NY. This first smallie hit my Mepps and I thought I was snagged on the ledge. Then the ledge pulled drag. He was about a 13 inch fish and one of the coolest fights I have had.
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