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  • Roller
    Member
    • Feb 2010
    • 6975

    #1

    Small mouth

    First and only one I've ever caught. Returned to the lake after a good fight. On a little vacation at my son's house on lake Candlewood, CN. Great time and will be better equipped for possibly more next time. Roger will appreciate this for sure along with all you fishermen out there.
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  • enamel7
    Paid Member

    • Apr 2009
    • 4042

    #2
    That's one beautiful small mouth!

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    • makecents
      Paid Member

      • Jun 2017
      • 11037

      #3
      Holy cow, that's a nice one!! Looks to be about 24 inches.

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      • Petespockets55
        Paid Member

        • Dec 2014
        • 6882

        #4
        Very nice size for a small mouth. Congrats.
        Judging by your diving plug it he took, it must have been down in/near some rocks?

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        • VAB2013
          Forum Ambassador
          • Nov 2013
          • 12351

          #5
          Nice catch Roller! Did those treble hooks get him in the top and bottom lip? I'd say that one was not going to get away! Sounds like a fun trip with your son!

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          • Roller
            Member
            • Feb 2010
            • 6975

            #6
            Originally posted by Petespockets55
            Very nice size for a small mouth. Congrats.
            Judging by your diving plug it he took, it must have been down in/near some rocks?
            Yes, the lake is mostly rock structured. It is man made. They flooded the whole area in the 30s for a hydro electric project.

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            • Roller
              Member
              • Feb 2010
              • 6975

              #7
              Originally posted by VAB2013
              Nice catch Roller! Did those treble hooks get him in the top and bottom lip? I'd say that one was not going to get away! Sounds like a fun trip with your son!
              Thanks Viv. The hooks were lodged in the corner of its mouth (and later in my thumb, LOL).

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              • Roller
                Member
                • Feb 2010
                • 6975

                #8
                Originally posted by makecents
                Holy cow, that's a nice one!! Looks to be about 24 inches.
                It was a good size fish though I did/could not measure or weigh it since my son's pontoon boat is not well equipped for fishing (though that will change, rapidly). He did not even have pliers on board which is why one of the hooks wound up in my thumb as I was manually removing the treble.

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                • makecents
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                  • Jun 2017
                  • 11037

                  #9
                  Originally posted by Roller
                  It was a good size fish though I did/could not measure or weigh it since my son's pontoon boat is not well equipped for fishing (though that will change, rapidly). He did not even have pliers on board which is why one of the hooks wound up in my thumb as I was manually removing the treble.
                  Heh, heh. When I don't have my work truck, I am totally out of my comfort zone. I forget many people don't keep some of the simplest tools around. I even have a small set of basic tools in the wife's car. Very nice smallmouth though, I did a lot of river fishing in my early years and that was primarily what I fished for. They are a great sport fish! Yup, hafta upgrade the party barge.

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                  • VAB2013
                    Forum Ambassador
                    • Nov 2013
                    • 12351

                    #10
                    Originally posted by Roller
                    Thanks Viv. The hooks were lodged in the corner of its mouth (and later in my thumb, LOL).
                    Ouch Roller, seen that happen before! Not fun! We used to keep pliers and wire cutters on board because those treble hooks can be a real pain sometimes! I can remember releasing a few that looked stunned when they hit the water, and a few seconds later they quickly swam away

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                    • Petespockets55
                      Paid Member

                      • Dec 2014
                      • 6882

                      #11
                      Originally posted by Roller
                      Yes, the lake is mostly rock structured. It is man made. They flooded the whole area in the 30s for a hydro electric project.
                      Nice structure for small mouth.
                      Those small mouth can be very territorial. While swimming in a stream in CT. one time, a youngster in our party kept complaining of some thing in the water biting him. We thought he was joking because we couldn't see anything in the swirl of the river. Unbelievably about this time a fisherman's hand net came floating downstream! We grabbed it and were able to tease a momma to the surface by slowly touching a finger tip to the waters surface. She was a small mouth guarding her nest and we netted her. We let her go of course and relocated our swimming but we were able to satisfy our curiosity.

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                      • Roller
                        Member
                        • Feb 2010
                        • 6975

                        #12
                        Originally posted by makecents
                        Heh, heh. When I don't have my work truck, I am totally out of my comfort zone. I forget many people don't keep some of the simplest tools around. I even have a small set of basic tools in the wife's car. Very nice smallmouth though, I did a lot of river fishing in my early years and that was primarily what I fished for. They are a great sport fish! Yup, hafta upgrade the party barge.
                        I understand about the tools. There was a time when I had a whole kit on my boat and in my car/truck when traveling. Now I no longer have a boat and lease a new car every three years. I keep no tools at all in the car. Of course, there's little you could do with tools to fix a mechanical problem with a vehicle these days not having an analyzer and replacement parts (like whole components) handy. I don't think todays kids know what points are/is; maybe they would still recognize a spark plug. But probably not. Ah, PROGRESS. You've got to love it. All that aside, if you're going to fish or hunt you have to be equipped.

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                        • jfines69
                          Paid Member

                          • Jun 2010
                          • 28621

                          #13
                          Excellent catch... That small mouth is bigger than the large mouth I've caught Wish I could still hunt and fish... I loved it... I got more deer with a bow and arrow than I ever did with a rifle!!!
                          Jim
                          (A.K.A. Elmer Fudd) Be verwy verwy quiet... I'm hunting coins!!! Good Hunting!!!

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