SDFish reported first: Poway’s Justin Hanold boated a massive 17 pound largemouth bass this morning, the biggest bass of the year caught so far in San Diego. Hanold, who we just interviewed last week on sdfish.com, caught the bass at Miramar Reservoir using a modified 8″ Huddleston swimbait. “It was just dumb luck,” he said. “I was approaching the dock where I had seen some monster bass last week, and I had a phone call from Gene [Estabrook] (manager at East County Bait and Tackle). I tossed the swimbait toward the dock and let it fall on slack line with one hand while I was messing with my phone in the other. I missed the call, called him back, got no answer, and then received a text from another angler that I was replying to. At this time, I had drifted closer to the dock, and looked down to see a giant bass gliding out to deep water under me. I noticed my line was also out in deeper water at this point, so I picked up the slack and felt a little resistance. Thinking I was stuck in some grass on the bottom, I gave it a little tug with one hand to pop it free and felt it tug back. Then a second later my rod was almost ripped out of my hand.”
“I don’t know if she ate it on the fall, or while it was just sitting on the bottom, but she choked it down. She had it folded in half in the back of her mouth when I landed her.” More picrues and the remainder of the story at this link:
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