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Crazy day - migrod - 03-23-2009 Caught this weird looking Oscar cichlid, and a bunch of bluegills and shellcrackers. My son hooked a 3/4 pound African Spotted tilapia and reeling it in a MONSTER bass hit it hard!!! My kid was screaming at me to help as his reel started to sing. Bass aren't known for long runs and taking a lot of line, so I knew this was a monster. I got the rod and fought the biggun for around 25 minutes. I set the drag very light as to not pull the smaller hooks from his mouth. Right as I got a glimpse of this beast it spat the tilapia right out and swam away. If i would've had bigger hooks I would've landed it. It was huge, double digit huge, maybe over 15 pounds. The Tilapia was 10 inches wide, this bass swallowed it with no problem. It's a monster, I felt so depressed of being so lucky to even see a monster like that let alone fight it with my rod. Loosing it right there not 5 feet from me is hard on my heart to say the least. There is always next time.[frown] [signature] Re: [migrod] Crazy day - bigpikeguy - 03-24-2009 WOW awesome!!! I have had that happen with pike before but never had a bass to that! She must have been a beast!![mad] [signature] Re: [bigpikeguy] Crazy day - migrod - 03-24-2009 I love watching shows of pike and musky fishing. I get an adrenaline pump from seeing those monsters strike on T.V. Well this big fish gave me that pump, I never thought a Bass could hit so hard and literally make me freeze in awe!! Tilapias have big hard scales, it was spat out dead and almost completely descaled. It's eyes were bulged out as if compressed by heavy weights. This is one big mean monster bass. It was a beautiful specimen too, wide, huge head, and very detailed markings for such a brute. Can't wait to one day catch and release her, so far she has me beat by (bass- 1 Man -0.)[mad] I'll have my vengeance soon enough. I've caught my fair share of nice sized bass up to 10 pounds or so, but this beast is a trophy of a life time. [signature] Re: [migrod] Crazy day - tubeN2 - 03-24-2009 Hey Bro. Where are you fishing at that you get all of these exotics?? Many of those I have only seen in Florida, Hawaii, Brazil and South Africa. I guess you have a nice playground in your neighborhood. he he [cool] [signature] Re: [tubeN2] Crazy day - migrod - 03-25-2009 Yeah Tube South Florida I call it the peninsula that time forgot We have apart from a great Largemouth and native species population, we also have so many exotics it's hard to tell what country I'm in. We have monitors, Iguanas, Pythons, Wild Boars, snakeheads, and many, many more different exotic species. It's as bad as it can get here. check out my site migrod.citymax.com [signature] Re: [migrod] Crazy day - tubeN2 - 03-25-2009 That is cool. haha. I have been in your area. That is why I noticed some of the exotics. It is nice to have that in your backyard. Cool.[cool] [signature]