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A 5 lb'er |
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Nice 5 lb Bass ... this is the current MOAB on record |
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Whoa Nelly ! |
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That might be the world's biggest smallmouth ! |
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The start of the witching hour |
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A nice bass to start the day. |
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Finally caught one |
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Thought I was only going to be Blaine's photographer for the day! |
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Hey there little fella ! |
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Hope you catch him again in 4-5 years. |
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There's a nice one ! |
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Not a MOAB but a nice fish |
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Very nice ! |
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This is what it's all about ! |
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Another bass ? |
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This is getting addicting ! |
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Hey its a ####### pickerel ! |
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The first of many ! |
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Whoa ! |
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Keep your fingers away from that one ! |
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What do I do with this ? |
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Should I throw it back...or bite its head off ! |
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Ugh ! Another pickerel ! |
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That face says it all. |
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...and another ! |
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sure are a lot of these.. |
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...ok...that's enough ! |
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... they are starting to get annoying ! |
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first of many |
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one of the 6 bass Blaine caught Sat morning |
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what a struggle |
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took quite an effort to bring in this bass...at least you didn't break your rod |
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... a rod breaking bass |
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... tell us again ... how much do you love that rod ? |
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different rod |
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amazing |
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I thought you said we wouldn't catch anything in that wind ?? |
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early morning |
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...bass like this make getting up at 5 AM almost worth the trouble |
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...trolling home |
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...caught this one on our way home |
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... and TWINS ! |
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Paul & Keith ... proving that all these photos are not of the same fish. |
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you have a great bass |
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Paul ...has anyone told you ... you have a great bass |
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Even in the Rain ! |
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bass fishing is good ...even in the rain |
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sunday night fishing |
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not as fun as monday night fishing ... but the results are the same |
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under the docks |
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great fishing under the docks ... lots of cover for the bass |
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A little guy |
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at least you didn't break another pole |
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that's a nice fish |
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that bass had a lot of fight |
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photo worthy |
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Blaine... glad to see the camera is still working |
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Al Guari |
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With his first smallmouth of the 2006 Bass Season |
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Ed Lupyak |
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Ed gets into the action with his first Newton Lake Bass of 2006 |
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a great start |
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the 2006 bass season is officially under way |
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hello big guy |
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night fishing under the docks... you never know what's lurking |
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... I told you so... |
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I knew where those big bass were hiding |
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Great Pic ! |
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a great day of fishing ... can't beat it ! |
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like glass ! |
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perfect morning for bass fishing |
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a fighting smallmouth |
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that fish put up one heck of a fight |
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save some fish the rest of us |
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Blaine is catching everything in sight today |
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glad I changed bait |
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the green zoomers were the pick of the day |
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always catch one here |
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this spot always has a fish |
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not slowing down |
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bass still active |
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that's a keeper...err |
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it would be a keeper if it wasn't catch and release |
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one more |
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wait Shannon don't have the baby yet..there are more fish to catch |
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Rain, rain & more rain |
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Lake rose over 2 ft. This boat didn't fair well. Neither did the dock. |
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Slammer ! |
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4 lb 20 inch bass ... and nobody around to get their pictures with it :( |
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The perfect cast ... |
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... landed this big ass bass ! |
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...back to the mud pond |
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17 inch bass taken out of the mud pond ... nice to get back into the swing of things |
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Brad Virbitsky getting into the act ! |
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Brad's first trip fishing at Newton Lake ! |
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Nice Bass ! |
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A good fight ... a great night for fishing ! |
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Don't say I didn't tell you ! |
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I told you this water was too shallow, there aren't any bass here ! |
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a Labor Day Bass |
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not bad for 5:15 am on a Monday morning |
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Still biting ! |
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September and the bass are still biting ! |
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This is a waste of time ! |
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I never catch any bass under this dock! |
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Live Bait ! |
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This fish would look like a minnow if Blaine was holding it |
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You call that a smallie ? |
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Nice big smallmouth |
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Back to the Mudpond |
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... another 4 lb bass... and again ... no one there to take my picture :( |
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I'm done fishing for the year ! |
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Wait ... one more stop ...ahh what do we have here. |
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OK ... we're done |
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no wait ... what's this ... 2 bass in 3 casts ... not bad |
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Cut the tangled line ! |
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Not too bad considering I caught this by hand. Line tangled |
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