Good fishing at Thomson Ranch: 10.4 pounder!

Apr 01 2013

Bruce Bernard

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2013
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A friend and I had a good afternoon fishing at Thomson Ranch.  We fished from the bank and had a lot of fun and the fishing was good as well. 

We fished for a little over 4 hours and caught 16 fish between us.

I caught one large fish that (according to bass resources fish weight calculator would weigh 10.4 lbs.). ( 24.5 inches long and 17 3/4 inches in girth.)  This would be my personal best if I am doing the conversion right!

Four fish over 14 inches and 11 fish less than 14 inches that we harvested.

Most of the fish were caught on a floating rattle traps.

We tried worms, lizards and craw fish as well.

The big fish was caught on a worm

The smaller fish were really hugging the bank within one foot of the shore whereas the larger fish were a little further out.

Water was a bit milky, I suppose from wave action but this didn’t seem to deter the fish.

-bruce

Posted By: Bruce Bernard

Apr 02 2013

Steve Alexander

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This was Bruce’s first trip out on a PWF lake. Nice start uh? Your calculations are correct. Nice fish!!

Apr 02 2013

Jon Frank

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2007
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that’s a beast! congrats!

Apr 02 2013

Paul Bryan

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2011
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great fish Bruce, that’s what we all are looking for!

Apr 08 2013

Thomas Blailock

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2013
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Headed there this Saturday to do some fly fishing - maybe I will run into a large relative of this fish…:)