Two 14lb Lunkers In One Day

On December 28, Dalton Smith and his friend Cole Logsdon decided to reveal in an epic day of fishing at O.H. Ivie Lake in central Texas.

The last-minute trip came about after a previously planned Arkansas duck hunting trip had been canceled.

During an interview, Smith revealed that the two had driven 15 hours straight from Kentucky before arriving on the lake. The next day turned out to be very fruitful for Logsdon who managed to catch a bass weighing 11 pounds and 11 ounces.

It wasn’t until December 30, however, that the fishing would become even better. While fishing was hot in the morning, Smith and Logsdon weren’t catching anything bigger than five pounds.

They decided to go to a spot in the middle of the lake—and immediately caught bigger fish. A 3/8-ounce jighead and a 2.7 Pro Shad Divine Swimbait by Sixth Sense were used by Smith to catch fish.

“We were using forward-facing sonar, and I missed a fish that we guessed was over 10 pounds, he says. “I never felt it bite, but I felt it spit the bait out. So, the next time I thought I might have one on, I just decided I would set the hook.”

That’s what he did on the bass of a lifetime. “She kept trying to get into a big tree we saw on the livescope. I couldn’t stop her; She was just so powerful.”

He was using a 20-pound braid mainline with an 8-pound fluorocarbon leader. The big bass got snagged in the submerged tree.

In the livescope, Smith and Logsdon saw a bass rising toward the surface. They then looked into the water and saw her white belly. Logsdon netted the fish and cut the line.

“I was freaking out,” Smith said.

At Elm Creek R.V. and Campground’s bait and tackle shop, the duo weighed the fish, which weighed 14.69 pounds .

Then they returned to the lake and released the big bass before making a couple more casts. It wasn’t long before fortune struck again.

Smith hooked into another massive bass. This time, he battled it and caught it quickly.

The second bass weighed 14.27 pounds. Toyota ShareLunker recognized both of these bass.

Both Lunkers together weight more than the world record bass that was broken last year.

To celebrate the New Year, Smith and Logsdon drove home to Kentucky. Those fish proved to be life-changing for Smith.

A few days later, Smith, who had previously guided on Dale Hollow Reservoir, packed up his gear and moved down to O.H. Ivie to guide.

“I’ve never experienced adrenaline like that before in my life,” he says of the outing. “It honestly took a week to feel normal again. My appetite was messed up. My stomach was messed up. Reality finally sank in and Lord willing, I will have a day like that again, but I know it just doesn’t happen very often.”

“I’ve gotten to fish some of the bass fishing lakes in the country, but there is nowhere in the country where you can cast to as many 10-pounders as you can at O.H. Ivie,” he adds. “It was pretty surreal how everything worked out. I just want to note that the Lord has been good to me.”

 

Sources: Fieldandstream