February 08, 2005
A cool story about Mather Lake from a tackle box?
I came across this great fishing story "Memoirs of a Vintage Tackle Box" on the ProBass website, written by Pro Fishing Guide Mark McManaway of Texas.
It's written from the perspective of the tackle box, a 1948 Plano box, that passes from one owner to another.
The story mentions the catch of a 7 lbs largemouth Bass at Mather Lake:
I was with him when he through that #7 black and gold rapala and jerked it at Mather lake in Sacramento, Cali. Man, you should have seen his face when he casted and twitched that jerkbait. The fish hit and jerked his rod so hard that he screamed and ran backwards. All the time he was backing up he was dragging what I swear was a 7 pound largemouth. He kicked me over that day but as luck would have it my latch was closed [wink].
I'll be asking ProBass and Mark McManaway if I can reprint the entire story here.
Read the full story at:
http://www.probass.com/protips/mark/m8.php
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