Sad expensive day at DVL

So I went out an bought myself a new 8" huddleston yesterday to use today at dv. Got there an first cast I got hit on the drop but jus scraped the tail. start movin my way down the shore an get the hudd snagged in a tree never to be seen again. After pouting I made my way over to a road by the east dam throwin the gill sb. I managed to hook what I could sware was a dd lmb for sure. fought her for a bit got her to shore an just about to lip her "pop" the line broke.......... She swam off withe the matt gill bait in her mouth Again pouted for a coupple min then tied on a nother matt gill bait an worked my way to a cove. Met some other guys throwin big baits n started fishin with em. Bout 6-7 cast in the cove i feel a lil tick then a thump n set the hook. Another hog n still sketched out from the line break didnt set the hook enough an when the guy went to drop his rod to lip...... Thump she shook her big ol head n out came the gill After that I pretty much packed up an called it a day!!!!!



On a nother note messin with the lite tackle swimbaits I managed to land my first german brown an on a baby spro swimbait!!! She threw my for a loop never seen browns in DV before colors were awesome an didnt loose my lure



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Sux about your baits, wait till you lose about 60.00 worth in 1 shot..

Maybe a change to heavier line..? Anyways that brown looks cool. Better luck next time. Time to visit last chance..

well there it is a good and bad time good to be out and fishing bad to lose expensive baits but its all good keep up the hard work and have fun

That blows loosing your baits but that's a cool looking brown!

Thanks guys..... Yeah I have lost a high dollar bait n made me sick to my stomach I was usein 15 lb maxima mono leeder n 65 lb power pro I probly should have had the 20 instead lesson learned im goin back out fer some revenge friday I hope so well see how it goes........

Tubinferbass wrote:Thanks guys..... Yeah I have lost a high dollar bait n made me sick to my stomach I was usein 15 lb maxima mono leeder n 65 lb power pro I probly should have had the 20 instead lesson learned im goin back out fer some revenge friday I hope so well see how it goes........

Shoot, just go with 20 lb Yozuri coploy, I toss 9" baits with it, it's really strong, and very abrasion resistant. I gave up using leaders, after a couple of castoff's..

that sucks about your baits! I wanna try my hudd again some time soon! good luck on friday!

man that does suck about ur baits matt lures is in a spread on the field and stream magazine this month there talking about the new blue gill baits an how a guy on the bassmasters had a 100lb bag of LMB also the Alabama rig bags Bass too I'm thinking of doing the a-rig but the blue gill matt lures is one to have they said that they hit it out of aggression and works 85% of the time when nothing else is working sounds like a winner for L.P. oh and he won his tourny on the blue gill lure from matts lures they should be a sponsor for the F.T.F.F

I use 65lb braid . Then if I get snagged in a tree branch i just rip off the tree branch with my lure

wow they have brown trout there

Did that d.d. have a white crappie jig stuck on its mouth?

Wow sad lost on the fish and lures. Last year at lake san antonio I threw a new matt lure around 10 times when it got stuck and or a branch or tree. My GF thought I was crazy because I stripped down and swam out about 50 yards and pulled it off the tree about 6' down. Then I realized I need to buy more lures.

Hey Tubinferbass
Aside from the gear loss, ( yeah, 15 is a bit light.) I think you had a good day! Three good takes, Three good fish, Your pattern was working. Lot's to think about regarding your tackle approach and mechanics. all in all a good day if you ask me. Don't let yourself become "sketched out", I know the loss of the baits was expensive but if you let that intimidate you , you will not fish to your best ability. I think you had a very good day !!

bodfish

Yeah I got some confidence I got to rebuild the next fish should do it I usuly use 20 lb maxima just straight no braid but was castin on the light 6' rod n thats what what happins. Ill be prepaired tomorrow got a new gill an mindset so fingers crossed. Kona you got an awesome idea would be awesome fer matt to be a FTFF sponsor I just gotta catch some hogs on em n ill try to hit him up....... An yeah I never knew that there was gb in dv heard they stocked like 4000 lbs.

O man jus found out today if I would have turned in my german brown I could have had dvl lake record!!! An I took a pic n threw back I guess they never stocked gb an nobody else has caught one lol so close to have my pic on the wall n didnt even know it lol

Maybe that brown got put in with the bows on accident. wonder if there are any more in there.? not that I fish for trout, just curious.

I'll take a DVL lake record bass or striper though..

Great looking Brownie. Sux about the lost lure.

Yeah I would have felt bad havin that pic on the wall next to a 4.5 lb gill I was thinkin the same thing bout the mix up in the dfg stock truck.