I took my float tube out today for the first time and let me tell you, IT WAS AWESOME! So much better than shore fishing! In the morning, I started exploring some new areas that I couldn't reach from shore, but didn't catch any fish at these new areas. I was tubing the East side after that for a while and then saw Butch and talked to him for a while. He told me a good spot and gave me a couple lures that I used before to catch a BUNCH of fish. I went to the spot he told me and started fishing. I hooked into a fish about 5 minutes after being there and it was a nice 3 or 4 lb fish. I was happy to catch my first float tube bass and wanted another bass! I hooked into a MONSTER (at least for me, lol) after that and I was fighting it for a long time. It was pulling me around in my tube! My reel buckled under the pressure or something and I was SURE that I was going to lose the fish because of it, but it was still on! I was still fighting and it started to pull my rod almost all the way into the water. It was fighting so much, but I was still able to land it! Once I got it in my tube, I saw how big it was! I instantly knew that it was the biggest bass I had ever caught!! I weighed it on the little scale I had and it was just over 6 lbs! All in all, it was an awesome day with my new tube!

The pictures I got were not very good. I had to take them from my tube all alone, lol. It was a lot harder to take the pictures that I thought it was going to be!

First float tube bass!




New personal best, 6 lb bass!!



I tried taking a picture of me AND the bass, but it didn't work too well.

nice bass fireball

i wish i could fish but i had a parade

That sucks. You should have skipped the parade! Lol.

way to go...that's one nasty wound on that fish.

Very Nice, Good size Bass. Water looks a little rough and I really liked the picture of you and your PB...so you see how difficult it is to take a pic on a tube!

Congrats on your first float tube bass... out east that bass would be considered a real trophy catch...

You can tell from the picture that it really was a personal best.

BC

Very nice bass Fire Ball. Way to go on the new tube. Congrats on the new PB.

I know! I think it was from the fish laying on a rock or something.


The water got pretty rough later in the day. I caught both bass around 2:00. I couldn't say in the same place for more than a couple seconds without kicking. Earlier in the day it was nice though. I really need to get an anchor for days like these. It was so hard to take the pictures! My friend is going to get a tube soon, so he can take pictures for me and I can take pictures for him soon.


Too bad this is California where we always get huge bass! Lol. Its head was as big as mine!


Thanks Geo.

Congrats on the new PB buddy

when are you gonna get yours robo bass
i have my canoe and he has a tube