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HA. I caught a 7 pounder once. My buddy still gives me shit for not mounting it.

Very nice looking mount!

runhunter said:

Isn't that how it always works? The guys who aren't totally vested in something, end up catching/killing the good ones??? I'm going to take the "looks like a deer" to me approach next year, see what happens haha

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HAHA. Pretty much.

I don't fish much and never have. One of my buddies is ate up with it and has some great places to fish. He took me to a ranch where he had permission to fish a couple 2-3 acre lakes and a farm pond one year around 4th of July. We started on the upper lake and were ripping 2-3 pounders on top water like it was nothing. Even my rookie ass was tearing it up and enjoying the bass thumb. We moved to the next lake and it was more of same. With a storm moving in, we moved down to the pond. He had caught a 7lbs. female out of that pond a week earlier and was mad he put her back. Said it was his biggest fish and should have mounted her. So I watched him fish for a few minutes before picking a spot near where he started. First cast with a Hula Popper produced a nice swirl from what I knew was a good fish. On the second cast, I got a made for TV hit as she lept from the water and tossed her head back and forth. My buddy saw the hit and yells: "Don't let her go!!!" as he took off running. Next thing I know, he's up to his knees in the pond, cowboy boots and all, scooping her up. We snapped a few pics and he headed to get a cooler when I slid her back in the water. He called me a few choice names and I laughed. Told him I didn't feel right mounting her (7lbs. 6 oz) and she'd be there for him another day.

A couple weeks later, he caught her again. She had a rip in her lip on each side. Once from him, once from me and he landed her on a rubber worm. She now hangs in his man cave is made an amazing mount.