(if you're here for photography, better move on to the previous/next post)
I took a break from taking photos and had sometime to do my other hobby. Fishing. I have fished in the ocean and in rivers before but never in a lake. And since I was in the land of 10,000 lakes, I figured, I should get some time to try it out.
Now, if you know me from college, you'd know that one of my goals in life was to catch a large mouth bass(or any freshwater bass for that matter. I've been fascinated about this fish for years now. I never seen a live one outside of those on TV. It has been a dream of mine since then....until last Sunday.
So we went to a lake outside the city. I've been lookig forward to my first cast on the lake. This will be my first time using fake baits, too. I was feeling something biting the bait but was impatient for the first couple of times and lost my fish. On my third cast, I just let the fish nibble the bait, and when it finally took it, I hooked her up and started reeling her in.
It gave a good fight for around 5 minutes. And it tried to hide underneath the grass. My patience prevailed and finally landed it. It was a very nice Largemouth Bass. Nice catch for my first fish here, huh?
It was a good sized fish. It was about 1 1/2 lb and about 15in long. I also got a smaller one a few minutes later.
It was a good day of fishing, and a welcome change from taking pictures.
