Caught her tonight on Alvarado

[cde21]

Caught this hog tonight on Alvarado and won the working mans tournament. My personal best, she weighed in at 9.54.

[TeeShock]

Great looking fish. Did you release her?

[downshift_me]

That's a big ol' fish. Congrats!

[cde21]

Great looking fish. Did you release her?

Thanks, we tried for 30 minutes to get her goin. She was still alive but would never take off. Me and 5 other guys tried to get some oxygen in her, she would swim about 15 ft then just belly up. I was SO torn. I'm 100% catch and release. I wanted someone else to catch her in the spring when she was 13lbs but she would never go. I didn't want some joker coming and catching her in their cast nets since there were a few folks waiting for us to leave with nets in hand. So I just brought her with me and I'm going to the taxidermy in the morn. Believe me I was upset I couldn't let her go.

[Danny46]

Nice! What'd you catch her on? Im the same way with bass, they got a softspot in this chest cavity of mine lol. You did what you could though man no shame in that. congrats on the tourney

[cde21]

Thanks. I'm so excited/upset lol I caught her on a C-rig with about a 4 ft leader with a grande bass 8" watermelon worm with red flake. Last cast of the night with about 3 minutes left before weigh in.

[krazy kris]

very nice congrats that fish alone would have came pretty close to winning the tourney on Eagle Mountain Tuesday

[cde21]

very nice congrats that fish alone would have came pretty close to winning the tourney on Eagle Mountain Tuesday

Thanks, I won BB and 1st place. 2nd had 4 fish that went 8.30.

[krazy kris]

Thanks, I won BB and 1st place. 2nd had 4 fish that went 8.30.

do y'all do a side pot also

[cde21]

do y'all do a side pot also

Yep

[Jester]

Man, what a beautiful fish!!! congrats!!!

[cde21]

Man, what a beautiful fish!!! congrats!!!

Thanks man

[Jester]

Thanks man

Man, what a feeling. Few know it, but what a feeling. Such a big fish....a game fish....fighting you and the whole time you are praying that the fucking line doesnt break!

[cde21]

Man, what a feeling. Few know it, but what a feeling. Such a big fish....a game fish....fighting you and the whole time you are praying that the fucking line doesnt break!

I know, I thought it was a catfish but when she jumped it was amazing and my buddy couldn't get the net fast enough lol

[Jester]

I know, I thought it was a catfish but when she jumped it was amazing and my buddy couldn't get the net fast enough lol

Man I bet. Wish we could honestly get those moment s in a soft drink. Could you imagine? Take a drink of coke and HOLY FUCK!!!!!!!!!!!! Maybe it was like that back in the day when "coke"was a part of Coke. lol