This article appeared in Georgia Outdoor News first. Sherry Vann, of Valdosta, was one of the first anglers to drop in at the newly opened Tired Creek Lake in Grady County on May 26. Being there on the second day the lake opened to the public paid off with a monster catch, a 14-lb. largemouth.
Sherry and her boyfriend, JT Vickery, hit the lake around lunchtime in their Javelin bass boat and started fishing. The lake opened just the day before the pair went fishing. She went prepared with an Abu Garcia bait-caster with 12-lb. test line. She quickly reeled in a nice 4-pounder at the beginning of the trip, along with a few other decent-sized bass.
They eventually took the boat to another part of the lake that Sherry had been eying, and after going through a variety of different-colored Zoom worms, she decided it was time for a change. A Zoom bubblegum Trick Worm has proved its loyalty since an 8-pounder she caught on one when she was 6 years old, so Sherry threaded one on her hook.
“It’s the kind of worm that my dad and I used religiously whenever we bass fished,” said Sherry. “My boyfriend was picking at me saying, ‘You aren’t going to catch anything on a pink worm.’”
She tossed the pink worm out into some thick grass. As she began to work the worm back toward the boat, it got hung on something, or she thought so. That is when the line took off, and Sherry realized she had a massive fish on. The fish dove down into deep water, and Sherry worked to get it back toward the surface. It finally came back up and leaped out of the water.
“It was just amazing how pretty she was jumping out of the water,” said Sherry. “Something like you see on Bill Dance or those TV shows.”
At this point, JT reached for the dip net, which Sherry was extremely grateful he had decided to bring in the boat with them.
“We never take the dip net out on the water, but he took it out and said, ‘We are going to need this,’” said Sherry. “He was panicking, and I immediately just started shaking. It was just an indescribable feeling.” Continue reading >>> http://www.gon.com/news/monster-bass-caught-at-tired-creek-lake