my03 Posted November 1, 2006 Share Posted November 1, 2006 (edited) over the last few days ive gone down to my local river (1 min ride from my house) and usually, i get the bream on small hyabusa hooks on bread. today i was cheering from the fact i finished all uni crap and the year was coming to an end, decided to trat myself to a river2sea Baby vibe in frog now im pretty new to plastics and lures so yeah, havent really caught anything on them decent yet. so first i use the gulp fry 3" in pumkinseed and crack! something takes, it winding it is it's bloody tiny- its a taylor, but shit this fish was jumping like a billie!!! so after a while plastics obviously not working, couldnt be bothered going to powerbait minnow 3" so i said lets crack this baby open, tie the little baby on the line and bang hook up my first fish on the lure, another tailor, then i walked around the area with nothing, so i decided to go upstream freshwater and i cast around, then on the opposite bank i see a huge rock overhang and though- if i was a bass i would definatly be chilling there! so i walk across, and on the edge of the rock overhanging the water about 2 m above the surface, and i cast and retrieve when suddenly the drag goes ballistic!!!!!!!! while fighting this fish im constantly thinking "where the #$%^ am i gonna land this?!?! im 2 meters above the water with no access to the shore, this baby took me under the weeds and everywhere!!! but i didnt get busted!! i managed to land him on a bed of reeds where i slowly wrenched her up!! whatta beauty she was!!! the first bass of the season and a good size too!!! first decent fish on lure as well!! then i unhooked her and bolted down to the weir to release her, off she goes, at that point im making cheering noises with people around me thinking im on crack. i go back to the spot, and tyry a few more spots, none, so i head back to the weir for a few casts, after a few whack!!! another big hit!! shit!! this baby is taking more line than the one before!! she feels stronger too!!! had a 30second battle with her and the hook came out %#$%#$% andway it ried in vein for another 20 mins no luck. so here are the pics of the bass, and the bream for the last 2 days on bream. i only take fish of the legal ones so that'll give u an idea of the size, the reel is a rico marina metalium 4000, rod is a steve starling bass/bream 7footer, 6lb fireline, 6lb yamatoyo leader. Edited November 1, 2006 by my03 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crystalliser Posted November 2, 2006 Share Posted November 2, 2006 Well done on your 1st bass there. That's a nice reel it looks very 'Daiwa' to me. But why did it classify it as 4000 size? Doesn't look that big to me. I love the knob on the handle, very 'Bassart'. Btw, u should chuck this in the Lure Fishing Report section I reckon. Very nice pics, thanks! Cheers, Ronald Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
my03 Posted November 2, 2006 Author Share Posted November 2, 2006 Well done on your 1st bass there. That's a nice reel it looks very 'Daiwa' to me. But why did it classify it as 4000 size? Doesn't look that big to me. I love the knob on the handle, very 'Bassart'. Btw, u should chuck this in the Lure Fishing Report section I reckon. Very nice pics, thanks! Cheers, Ronald hey there! its actually a rico marina metalium 4000 i guess its a less know brand but for the under 200 mark, it weas the choice for me, i could have forked out a 30 bucks more for daiwa but the daiwa has less bearings and didnt have the fat line guide thing (sorry bout the lack of termanology) i was a bit iffy aboutt he 4000 thing but apparently its the brand thing eg- shimano 2500, daiwa 2000, etc the whole setup including line and a pack of jigheads and plastics only cost me about 300 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie51 Posted November 9, 2006 Share Posted November 9, 2006 hey there! its actually a rico marina metalium 4000 i guess its a less know brand but for the under 200 mark, it weas the choice for me, i could have forked out a 30 bucks more for daiwa but the daiwa has less bearings and didnt have the fat line guide thing (sorry bout the lack of termanology) i was a bit iffy aboutt he 4000 thing but apparently its the brand thing eg- shimano 2500, daiwa 2000, etc the whole setup including line and a pack of jigheads and plastics only cost me about 300 Well done mate good fish, great getting your first fish on a lure and a bass as well, good stuff. Yeah the reel sizes can get confusing at times Okuma 30 = Diawa = 2500 = Shimano = 2000. but it looks like a 2500 or 2000 to me, a 4000 in diawa or shimano would be overkill. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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