We saw a ton of fish from 5-9 lbs swimming in shallow water but they were to gun shy to catch. .
Congrats to Barr/Werner team for cashing.
I have fished the Holes for over 20 years and yes there are fish that big in that lake. We saw 3 in the 9lb class and 5-6 in the 7-8 lb class and probably 20 + in the 5-6lb class. The fish in the holes are very healthy. These fish are hard to catch in the spring due to being real gun shy when your site fishing. Threw everything but the kitchen sink to get them to go but just wasnt happening. Had several come up to my plastics nose down on it, getting in an attack posture and just swim away.
We backed off these fish we thru to bushes they were heading for but couldnt get them to commit.
Go figure.
Yeah I was thinking the same thing Chad. 5-6 lb is believable. 7,8,9 lbers????? Russ.....
Chad Eidson said:Really in Potholes? You sure that Phoniex didnt jump the dike into Moses??
Russ Baker said:We saw a ton of fish from 5-9 lbs swimming in shallow water but they were to gun shy to catch. .
Congrats to Barr/Werner team for cashing.
I have been around the eastside lakes all my life also! I know that the two lakes meet but for some reason the fish in Moses lake this time of year are better quality than Potholes. If you look at the results of the Nixons Open vs the Potholes Open you will see a massive difference in weights and the Nixons is only a five fish limit. I dont care how long you guys have been fishing the Potholes, its not routine to go out and see fish of that caliber cruising. Im not saying that their not out there, their just few and far between. Just go back and look at all the results for NWB and ABA and tell me how many fish of that caliber were brought to the scales. If there were an abundance of fish like that you would see more weighed in.
Shawn O'Connell said:I have to stick up for Russ on this one. (I can't believe I just said that) I believe big fish day one was approximately a 7.5 largie. There were also a lot of fish in the high five to low six range. Everyone was seeing pigs and if you think that there is not continuity between Moses and the Potholes you are smoking dope.
David Ohl said:Yeah I was thinking the same thing Chad. 5-6 lb is believable. 7,8,9 lbers????? Russ.....
Chad Eidson said:Really in Potholes? You sure that Phoniex didnt jump the dike into Moses??
Russ Baker said:We saw a ton of fish from 5-9 lbs swimming in shallow water but they were to gun shy to catch. .
Congrats to Barr/Werner team for cashing.
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