Pre-Bat Fight, Ultra-Light Practice (3/11)

[Latimeria]

Donfish was set to arrive around noon, and I only have a few more days before I have to start my new job... i.e, no more vacation.  Santee Lakes had their final stocking and they usually put in some quality fish, so I headed out early to do a little pre-Bat Fight soak... only with 2# test.  One of the stocked lakes was packed...  The other was totally empty, so I went to the empty one.

It was a great morning and I missed a couple of bites early.  I was getting bummed, when i saw my rod load up and just start SCREAMING OUT!  It was pretty damn big and I was sure I had my trophy trout for the year, especially since it hit powerbait!  Basically fighting a big fish on 2# is just trying not to have your line break the entire time over actually fighting them..  LOL

To my surprise, and a little dismay, a super long cat came up!  It weighed 6.94 on the scale.  Not bad for 2#!





Not long later and I get another hit on the powerbait rod, but this one felt like a bigger trout this time!  Sure enough it was!



4.82#



I then get another on the next cast, but this one was so small compared to the first trout that I thought they may have stocked this size just to feed the bass.

Best news was when I fileted it, the meat was beautiful and orange!




Well, I called it quits and ran home to meet up with Donfish.  I have to say it was a great way to start the weekend and now I have some filets for the smoker!!

Thanks for reading!

[vdisney]

Gorgeous color meat, glad you made the best of your time off

[jrodda]

Couple of real nice fish there to start your weekend. Pretty fillets too.

[Tim524]

Looks like great smoker meat, Scooby snacks for next week

[KogaHead]

that cat had to be a blast