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Well, I got out for some Top-Water fun at a friends pond in Barrington. I never fished it before and was totally suprised on the action and the size of the bass in there. I also threw a texas rig, but it was so weedy, I went back to top-water, although we did pick up a few fish on a texas rigged 7" Pink and brown Powerbait worm. As well as a texas Rigged Craw in black n blue. The ticket was barely crawling them but just holding tension and shaking them. :wink: But once I went back to top-water, I could not stop getting strikes. I must have hit 20 bass in 20-30 minutes on top-water, it was every casts! I will be hanging with her this coming 4th of july, so we will see if I can sneak in a night bite again :mrgreen:

BTW, My hot bait was a Black and Red Chug-Bug as shown in the pic. Also once it got pitch dark out, the bite stopped... :x I have seen that happen with the top-water bite before this year and it started to pick back up around 11:00pm after it slowed down. Hope this can help some people in the near future. I have been keeping a log book and its going well :D

All in all, it was a great couple hours by the water, I will be back out there this coming weekend :p

Heres a couple pics...
 

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Man that bass looks like it was on an olson twin diet and then had an eating binge. Its probably gunna go throw up later to maintain its figure.

I have never seen a bass so thin that had put such a belly on, its belly is gigantic but not weight on the tail.
 
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I have never seen a bass so thin that had put such a belly on, its belly is gigantic but not weight on the tail.
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ToothDoc had a smallie from Canada that looked like it was ready to explode. The funny thing is this bass jumped like four times before I got her in. She still didn't pop on the jumps, They were not head shakes either, she came out like a bullet all 4 times. I must have casted 50-60 yards out and she hit on the 2nd or 3rd pause after the pop. I barely saw an explosion, I felt it more than anything. :lol:

The calcutta 200 can launch a Chug-Bug like no other on a 7' rod :wink: It's my favorite top-water reel for heavy baits. :p

SpecialEd, LOL a Pool-Boy, haha!!! I can't wait to hit the ice out there :wink:

Matt, It's a Keeper! :lol:
 
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Hoffman said:
Do I know Heather? That pond looks familiar. hmmmm :wink:
LOL, I hope not, although it is a small world. :lol:

BTW Fishin D, her house is actually to the right of my shoulder, I didn't even have to leave her back yard to catch fish! :D But yes it's a rich girls mansion, only 5 or 6 houses on the pond. Haha, you think I wanna get married after hearing about you guys shopping at BPS and having the wife complain! :lol:

Thanks for the comments all!
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