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Hooligan · 05-23-2008, 07:45 PM

I was 12 fishing the WI River for smallmouth, had a fish come out of nowhere and slam the fat rap I was fishing. There wasn't even time for a hookset, just the instant bend of the rod, and then nothing.
That got me started, and it was almost 6 years before I would actually catch one.
The first fish I landed was on Cass, she ate a Ghosttail burned over the tops of a cabbage bed adjacent to a little saddle. I can picture that very moment like it was yesterday, and I've caught a fish on that same spot many times since the first.
Pretty sure it was junkie that introduced me to a particular jerkbait that boated me my first 50" on Cass, too. Not only my first 50" but my biggest Cass fish, and one of the fattest fish I've ever caught.

05-23-2008, 07:45 PM	#4 (permalink)
Hooligan Hooligan is just biding his time. Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 1,378 Thanks: 98 Thanked 555 Times in 330 Posts	I was 12 fishing the WI River for smallmouth, had a fish come out of nowhere and slam the fat rap I was fishing. There wasn't even time for a hookset, just the instant bend of the rod, and then nothing. That got me started, and it was almost 6 years before I would actually catch one. The first fish I landed was on Cass, she ate a Ghosttail burned over the tops of a cabbage bed adjacent to a little saddle. I can picture that very moment like it was yesterday, and I've caught a fish on that same spot many times since the first. Pretty sure it was junkie that introduced me to a particular jerkbait that boated me my first 50" on Cass, too. Not only my first 50" but my biggest Cass fish, and one of the fattest fish I've ever caught.