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We actually had a beautiful fall day in Washington today in the mid 60's. So I decided to head to Union after work to take a shot at what could be my last chance at Bass for the season. I started off throwing lipless, shallow, and deep diving cranks to see if I could trigger a reaction strike of any bass that may potentially be in the shallows and deeper water but that was a no go.
I switched to a drop shot and about 10 minutes into that I felt a few big bumps and I set the hook! It doesn't feel all that big but whatever it was felt dense and honestly I thought I had a dink smallmouth on. Boy was I wrong and in for the surprise of my life. I pulled out a Monster Sculpin. I am talking a straight up freak of nature freshwater Sculpin. Most of the annoying Sculpins that you catch range anywhere from an inch to maybe 2 or 3 at most. This Sculpin that I caught was just about 8 inches long. I didn't have a measuring tape but I know that the length from the tip of my middle finger to the start of my wrist is 8 inches. It was also very wide and thick. For a Sculpin it had massive girth and length, and was seriously a monster. I didn't even know that this particular species in fresh water could get that big.
A few minutes later, I get another bite and set the hook. I pulled in a dink Largemouth that was probably between 1/4 - 1/2 lb. But I was still happy just to catch a Largemouth because it could be my last one for the year.
I then switched spots and started off tossing a deep diving crank for a few minutes but quickly switched to a drop shot again. I fished for over an hour with no bites. As soon as the sun set, it got dark and super cold and the wind picked up. As I was about to reel in and call it a night, I get a huge bite and set the hook! Just judging by the fight, I immediately knew that it was a smallmouth. I didn't weigh it but I've caught enough to know that it was at least 3/4 lbs but just under 1 lb.
Neither the largemouth of smallmouth are really post worthy so the pictures are just of the Monster Sculpin. To be honest, I was happier catching that huge sculpin than I was catching the largemouth and smallmouth. I wish that I had a fish tank and could have legally kept it in there lol.
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