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Gorilla hunter Jacob Bean caught this beautiful 11lb 4oz giant in southern Oregon.    "The females in Lake X were suspended under main lake docks to ambush trout. Its all about timing on this lake and the fish seemed to be on a glide bite because they would mimic the movement of the bait when they followed. You would get followers if you casted shallow and pulled the bait back out deep. Trout eaters are always looking out towards the main lake so to get one of the true giants to bite you had to position the boat shallow and cast way...

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#hirotrout, 10.5" Hiro, Big largemouth in washington, Giant northern strain bass, glidebait, hiroshima customs, Swimbait, trophy bass, Washington State big bass -

Day 2 with a new and bigger 10.5" Hiro tied on Roger Davis of Washington State set out to keep the rush going from the previous days 36lb limit. This giant 9lb northern gorilla kept that adrenalin flowing.  "I caught that fish off a swim dock.  It followed me back along with another giant and didn't take, so I left it alone and returned about 2 hours later.  Hit it from the perfect angle, into the wind and gave it a slow roll up until I got to the swim dock, then I gave it a fast erratic retrieve.  It...

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#hirotrout, 8.5" Hiro, Big largemouth in washington, Giant northern strain bass, glidebait, hiroshima customs, Swimbait, trophy bass, Washington State big bass -

Big congrats to Roger Davis and having an epic day on the water!   "Season trout opener today, a bunch of lakes opened in Western Washington, so I took my son out to my favorite big bass haunt and came up big. While he fished for trout I threw a Hiroshima 8.5" trout which got the two biggest, a 7-0 and a rare double digit nothern Largie that topped out at 10-3. I caught them both fishing wood around pad edges.  Slow roll with quick intermittent reel turns past cover. Also got them on a 7" wacky Senko, a jig,...

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