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I just experienced the most ridiculous bass fishery I have ever seen or heard of. I am not afraid to tell you about it cause you can't go unless you are a big swinging you no what in Atlanta. My buddy H-dog has a little you know what but somehow finagled his way into this private club called the Piedmont Driving Club. This place has a beautiful golf course that is surrounding this 150(?) acre lake. They have a covered dock that houses about 20 boats all of which are rigged with trolling motors. Last Thursday Diddy and I got up at about 5 and were on the water at about quarter to six. I have been hearing about this place for a while but I am not a very optimistic person when it comes to places like this that have been hyped up because I carry a hex with me that makes most places suck when I make a big effort to get there. In this instance however my expectations were exceeded, and from what I am told we had a mediocre day at best when you consider the hogs that come out of this place every week.
Regardless of what normally happens I was totally blown away. I also quickly learned that every bass I have ever caught in my life was 2lbs lighter than I thought. We had a scale with us and with the first 3 or 4 fish we were throwing out 4-5 lb guesstimates for fish that actually weighed 2-3. I started out fishing with a white fluke while Diddy fished a 9" pumpkin seed worm with a slider. Neither really seemed to have much of an advantage over the other as we were both catching fish pretty steadily. Not to toot my own horn but one of the first moments we wish we got on tape was when I threw my fluke as far as I could right up against the 17th hole bulk head and a nice fish picked it up as soon as it hit the water. I gave this fish the definition of a red neck heave because it was a long distance hook set and I knew I needed to put a little extra ass in it. As soon as I set the hook it felt like a big fish and right as I start exclaiming, "it feels like a lunker" this thing comes all the way out of the water and throws the fluke about 4 feet up my line. Shortly after this Diddy hooked into a fish that is shown in the pics that totally dwarfed the fish I just caught. We ended up landing about 14 nice fish only two of which broke the 4lb mark.
About 7:30 I witnessed something that has changed my life forever. Right off of the 18th hole I hooked into a relatively small fish, maybe 1 lb tops. As I was rushing this fish into get it off my line I noticed some movement behind the fish. As I got the fish right up to the boat and squinted my eyes to see what was approaching from the depths, moby dick hit the gas and inhaled the bass that I was about to land. I almost fell out of the other side of the boat as it appeared an alligator had just attacked my fish. I immediately flipped the bail and let the monster run with my fish. I gave the fish about 30 seconds to run and in hindsight I should have given it at least a minute. I flipped the bail and put a little tension on the line it felt steady and heavy like I was hooked on a log as opposed to hooked up with a little fish. I preceded to reel down on this fish and give it another red neck heave only to rip the lips off of the little fish that had not yet been completely inhaled. I know people always talk about how big the one that got away was but I almost started crying. This fish's head was as big as mine and that is saying something. I can't even begin to guess what it weighed but it had to be in the double digits.
Anyway it was a great trip, and I can't wait to come back and visit.
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