Official TOO Catch Thread

[TinyTucky]

It was extremely foggy and David’s son Brandon saw way off in the distance one boat in the dense heavy fog. Brandon told his dad, wouldn’t that be crazy if that was Mark? David said, as big as this lake is no way, what would be the odds?!?! Sure as shit, as they drifted closer Brandon said, Dad!!!! I see Z-Train written on the side!!!! Lol
They met him a month or so earlier than this at the Bass pro in Fairfield at a met and greet and knew he loved fishing LSC and David’s wife shared some pics of fish the two have caught on Marks FB page. During the above encounter Mark found out it was their fish shared on his FB page. Lol
David wish he would have thought to show Marks friend the 35 year old Shimano rod/reel combo he still fishes with but being so in awe of the meeting he forgot. Lol
TOO GOOD moment for sure

I remember meeting mark at Rossford Bass Pro when I worked there years ago. Super nice guy and very “real”. That’s a great story!!

 

[5Cent]

I look forward to crossing paths with Zona some day, KVD, eh....

We got Jimmy to setup our equipment tourney morning on Table Rock Lake. That was a bucket list check for my childhood fishing greats!

 

[TinyTucky]

@5Cent that is TOO cool! He is certainly a legend!

I will say, KVD didn’t really impress me the couple times I met him, I’m sure he’s a decent guy but wasn’t near as friendly as Zona was.

 

["J"]

Jimmy Houston, Hank Parker, and most of the old timers who came up from the beginning of BASS were always good about hanging with the kids and giving back.

 

[TinyTucky]

A friend and I floated a local Erie trib that gets a reasonable amount of bank pressure, but little to no kayak traffic this time of year. We were after smallmouth. We floated/ fished 9.89 miles in 8ish hours. Stopped once for 30 minutes to eat lunch, and wasted some more time portaging since the river was so low, and shallow most of the time. We estimated we caught 70-80 smallmouth between the 2 of us, and all but 5 came on topwater which was tits. Biggest fish was just shy of 3 lbs. This is the first time I’ve ever float fished this river, and I’d for sure do it again.

 

["J"]

That’s a great day on the water right there!!!! Congrats

 

[OhioWhiteTails]

You're always doing the cool shit during the week when the rest of us work. Fuggin firemen....

 

[giles]

For a gay guy, you are alright.

 

[TinyTucky]

@giles guy?

 

[Redhunter1012]

I hot Indian Lake up this morning. I have to learn this lake all over. I fished a shallow, weedy bay. Trolled crankbaits about 12 foot back. Constantly removing weeds but only took 2 hours to get my 6 fish limit of keepers. Some pretty nice fish in there too. 4 around 18" and 2 that barely made 15"

 

[Redhunter1012]

Sorry for the shitty pics. These are from yesterday at Indian Lake. Left with our 12 saugeye. Nicest stringers I've ever had from there. Caught around 20 legal fish over 15" and close to 70 total by my math. Most 14" or better. All within 200 yards of the ramp. Didn't get any pics today, but Left with our limit again, with quite a few big fish. Took a bit longer today, maybe half as many total fish. Trolling flicker shad 10-25 foot back in 4' of water

 

[brock ratcliff]

Great catch, Ryan!

 

[brock ratcliff]

Are you running boards or straight back?

 

[Redhunter1012]

Are you running boards or straight back?

2 spinning rods out the back and 8.5 footers out the sides

 

[steveOh]

A mixed box of walleye, crappie & bass...

 

[steveOh]

 

[GoetsTalon]

Full moon in June means it's bluegill time! Pics of catch tomorrow hopefully lol. Checked some areas earlier in the week and didn't see any beds yet. Hot week had to get the water temp in spawning range.

 

["J"]

Productive few days out on Erie.

 

[TinyTucky]

Now that my kayak is registered after being expired for 3 years, I’ve been using it a fair bit. Found some new water, quality fish and good numbers. Post spawn largemouth munching bluegills. Half the fish I’ve caught have had a bluegill tail sticking out of their throat. A bluegill colored swim jig and a white hollow body frog has been the deal.

 

["J"]

Awesome job buddy!!