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Fishing => Member Fishing Reports and Photos => Topic started by: WCFLA on July 25, 2014, 01:47:57 AM

Title: HAWG!! From the small pond!!
Post by: WCFLA on July 25, 2014, 01:47:57 AM
Team,

My wife and kids are in Florida for my sister-in-law's baby shower. That means that I can fish everyday after work without feeling guilty! Here are a few pics of today's big fish. I caught eight fish total today. Seven small (under a pound) and this mamma jamma. I don't have a scale, but I will get the measurements and post them later. Sorry for the bad quality pics. They were taken with my phone.

(http://i874.photobucket.com/albums/ab308/herperdan/IMG_4672.jpg) (http://s874.photobucket.com/user/herperdan/media/IMG_4672.jpg.html)

(http://i874.photobucket.com/albums/ab308/herperdan/IMG_4676.jpg) (http://s874.photobucket.com/user/herperdan/media/IMG_4676.jpg.html)

(http://i874.photobucket.com/albums/ab308/herperdan/IMG_4677.jpg) (http://s874.photobucket.com/user/herperdan/media/IMG_4677.jpg.html)


Regards,
Danny
Title: Re: HAWG!! From the small pond!!
Post by: johndtuttle on July 25, 2014, 02:13:27 AM
you're stoked!  ;)
Title: Re: HAWG!! From the small pond!!
Post by: Shark Hunter on July 25, 2014, 02:14:35 AM
Nice bass! ;)
Title: Re: HAWG!! From the small pond!!
Post by: WCFLA on July 25, 2014, 02:18:54 AM
I am stoked! and thanks, Shark Hunter! This fish made my day! The best part is that I get to go again tomorrow!

Regards,
Danny
Title: Re: HAWG!! From the small pond!!
Post by: WCFLA on July 26, 2014, 02:36:11 AM
Hey Guys,

Here is another fish that I caught today!

25 July, 2014
(http://i874.photobucket.com/albums/ab308/herperdan/IMG_4708.jpg) (http://s874.photobucket.com/user/herperdan/media/IMG_4708.jpg.html)

25 July, 2014
(http://i874.photobucket.com/albums/ab308/herperdan/IMG_4710.jpg) (http://s874.photobucket.com/user/herperdan/media/IMG_4710.jpg.html)

Regards,
Danny
Title: Re: HAWG!! From the small pond!!
Post by: Dominick on July 26, 2014, 09:25:16 PM
Wow!  There's Danny living large.  :) Dominick
Title: Re: HAWG!! From the small pond!!
Post by: Norcal Pescador on July 26, 2014, 09:40:48 PM
Very nice two days in a row!  :)   And tomorrow brings ......?
Title: Re: HAWG!! From the small pond!!
Post by: WCFLA on July 27, 2014, 02:11:57 AM
NorCal Pescador,
Hopefully another nice bass :)
Title: Re: HAWG!! From the small pond!!
Post by: ChileRelleno on July 27, 2014, 02:18:07 AM
Very nice, those will make for some tasty fillets.
Title: Re: HAWG!! From the small pond!!
Post by: WCFLA on July 27, 2014, 07:54:56 PM
Team,

I went to the water today during lunch with no real expectations of catching any real number of fish because the sun was high. Boy, was I wrong. I was able to sight cast to the two larger ones (#1 and #3), and the smaller one hit right as the worm landed! It's like he saw it coming! This place just keeps getting better. I caught about six fish, all in all. I have just identified a real need for a digital scale! I love my iphone to death, but the photos do not do these fish any justice as to how big they really are. And going alone doesn't allow me to get a photo of me holding the fish. Oh, well. Maybe I'll go back later today, but I might not be able to because I have an MRI appointment at 8:15pm >:(

Here are some pics of the first fish.
(http://i874.photobucket.com/albums/ab308/herperdan/IMG_4720.jpg) (http://s874.photobucket.com/user/herperdan/media/IMG_4720.jpg.html)

(http://i874.photobucket.com/albums/ab308/herperdan/baf8c3eb-8f4b-4591-9633-076e99097676.jpg) (http://s874.photobucket.com/user/herperdan/media/baf8c3eb-8f4b-4591-9633-076e99097676.jpg.html)

(http://i874.photobucket.com/albums/ab308/herperdan/IMG_4727.jpg) (http://s874.photobucket.com/user/herperdan/media/IMG_4727.jpg.html)

The second fish.
(http://i874.photobucket.com/albums/ab308/herperdan/IMG_4731.jpg) (http://s874.photobucket.com/user/herperdan/media/IMG_4731.jpg.html)

(http://i874.photobucket.com/albums/ab308/herperdan/IMG_4734.jpg) (http://s874.photobucket.com/user/herperdan/media/IMG_4734.jpg.html)

Now, the third fish.
(http://i874.photobucket.com/albums/ab308/herperdan/IMG_4741.jpg) (http://s874.photobucket.com/user/herperdan/media/IMG_4741.jpg.html)

Regards,
Danny

Title: Re: HAWG!! From the small pond!!
Post by: Shark Hunter on July 28, 2014, 03:42:40 PM
Nice Bucket mouth! ;D
Title: Re: HAWG!! From the small pond!!
Post by: WCFLA on July 29, 2014, 01:15:59 AM
I finally bought a scale! Now I just have to catch some fish! Looks like I have to go fishing tomorrow lol

Regards,
Danny
Title: Re: HAWG!! From the small pond!!
Post by: WCFLA on July 30, 2014, 01:53:27 AM
Team,

Remember how I said that I got a scale? Well, I finally got to use it. What I want to do is post a photo of a fish so that you guys can guess the weight. The person who is closest will receive a virtual pat on the back from me when I post again. That's cool right lol?!?! I hope so. Here is one from today, the 29th of July.

How much do I weigh?
(http://i874.photobucket.com/albums/ab308/herperdan/IMG_4764.jpg) (http://s874.photobucket.com/user/herperdan/media/IMG_4764.jpg.html)

I'll post the photo of this fish on the scale tomorrow at about this time. That's if I don't forget, and if I do, I'll post it when I remember.


Regards,
Danny
Title: Re: HAWG!! From the small pond!!
Post by: Shark Hunter on July 30, 2014, 02:12:39 AM
3 and 3/4 lb.
Title: Re: HAWG!! From the small pond!!
Post by: WCFLA on July 31, 2014, 01:47:21 AM
And the winner is!! Drum-Roll, please!!!!

Shark Hunter! With the only guess at 3 and 3/4 lbs!! Here is your prize. You can't see me, but i'm doing the pat on the back gesture.

(http://i874.photobucket.com/albums/ab308/herperdan/IMG_4762.jpg) (http://s874.photobucket.com/user/herperdan/media/IMG_4762.jpg.html)

Regards,
Danny
Title: Re: HAWG!! From the small pond!!
Post by: WCFLA on July 31, 2014, 01:54:45 AM
The "Booyah Pad Crasher" was what was producing today. Here are the two that I landed.

Fish #1
(http://i874.photobucket.com/albums/ab308/herperdan/IMG_4769.jpg) (http://s874.photobucket.com/user/herperdan/media/IMG_4769.jpg.html)

(http://i874.photobucket.com/albums/ab308/herperdan/IMG_4771.jpg) (http://s874.photobucket.com/user/herperdan/media/IMG_4771.jpg.html)

Fish #2
(http://i874.photobucket.com/albums/ab308/herperdan/IMG_4772.jpg) (http://s874.photobucket.com/user/herperdan/media/IMG_4772.jpg.html)

(http://i874.photobucket.com/albums/ab308/herperdan/IMG_4774.jpg) (http://s874.photobucket.com/user/herperdan/media/IMG_4774.jpg.html)

(http://i874.photobucket.com/albums/ab308/herperdan/IMG_4777.jpg) (http://s874.photobucket.com/user/herperdan/media/IMG_4777.jpg.html)

(http://i874.photobucket.com/albums/ab308/herperdan/IMG_4779.jpg) (http://s874.photobucket.com/user/herperdan/media/IMG_4779.jpg.html)

Regards,
Danny

Title: Re: HAWG!! From the small pond!!
Post by: WCFLA on August 02, 2014, 01:26:15 AM
Happy August 1st! Y'all. Here are a few fish that I caught today from a different pond that I stumbled upon.

Here's the first fatty. It clobbered the Booyah Pad Crasher on the thrid cast!
(http://i874.photobucket.com/albums/ab308/herperdan/IMG_4793.jpg) (http://s874.photobucket.com/user/herperdan/media/IMG_4793.jpg.html)

And here is the first fish on the scale.
(http://i874.photobucket.com/albums/ab308/herperdan/IMG_4797.jpg) (http://s874.photobucket.com/user/herperdan/media/IMG_4797.jpg.html)

The second fish was my personal best Pickerel. I forgot to weigh it! :P I guess that I'll just have to catch it again!
(http://i874.photobucket.com/albums/ab308/herperdan/IMG_4801.jpg) (http://s874.photobucket.com/user/herperdan/media/IMG_4801.jpg.html)

(http://i874.photobucket.com/albums/ab308/herperdan/IMG_4802.jpg) (http://s874.photobucket.com/user/herperdan/media/IMG_4802.jpg.html)

(http://i874.photobucket.com/albums/ab308/herperdan/IMG_4804.jpg) (http://s874.photobucket.com/user/herperdan/media/IMG_4804.jpg.html)

Here is the third fish. It was a fatty! She nailed the Rapala Clack'n minnow and put up a nice fight.
(http://i874.photobucket.com/albums/ab308/herperdan/IMG_4812.jpg) (http://s874.photobucket.com/user/herperdan/media/IMG_4812.jpg.html)

(http://i874.photobucket.com/albums/ab308/herperdan/IMG_4813.jpg) (http://s874.photobucket.com/user/herperdan/media/IMG_4813.jpg.html)

Here's a short video of the third fish.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ysQgt4iaaA&list=UUhpfrqDNy2mgVjyhO2NNNgA

Regards,
Danny
Title: Re: HAWG!! From the small pond!!
Post by: WCFLA on August 03, 2014, 06:43:50 PM
Here are a few recent pics in no particular order.

(http://i874.photobucket.com/albums/ab308/herperdan/IMG_4863.jpg) (http://s874.photobucket.com/user/herperdan/media/IMG_4863.jpg.html)

(http://i874.photobucket.com/albums/ab308/herperdan/IMG_4856.jpg) (http://s874.photobucket.com/user/herperdan/media/IMG_4856.jpg.html)

(http://i874.photobucket.com/albums/ab308/herperdan/IMG_4858.jpg) (http://s874.photobucket.com/user/herperdan/media/IMG_4858.jpg.html)

(http://i874.photobucket.com/albums/ab308/herperdan/IMG_4836.jpg) (http://s874.photobucket.com/user/herperdan/media/IMG_4836.jpg.html)

(http://i874.photobucket.com/albums/ab308/herperdan/IMG_4837.jpg) (http://s874.photobucket.com/user/herperdan/media/IMG_4837.jpg.html)

Regards,
Danny
Title: Re: HAWG!! From the small pond!!
Post by: Shark Hunter on August 04, 2014, 03:55:50 AM
Danny,
You are slaying them Brother!
Title: Re: HAWG!! From the small pond!!
Post by: Alto Mare on August 04, 2014, 04:21:11 AM
Danny, it's nice to get to fish everyday, but don't forget, you also need to work a little ;D
Title: Re: HAWG!! From the small pond!!
Post by: WCFLA on August 04, 2014, 11:17:34 AM
Alto,
I don't skip work. I just don't eat lol. Just kidding. The ponds are only a mile or so from my house, so its super convenient! The "Green Weenie" makes it hard to have any free time, and since the family is on vacation, I'm gonna take advantage of every chance I get.

Regards,
Danny