My Bait Can Probably Eat Your Honor Student
Posted by Pete Robbins on Nov 12th 2019
Every second or third trip to Mexico we seem to happen upon two star-crossed lovers who died in a forbidden embrace – aka, a big ol’ bass that tried to swaller a tilapia that was a bit too big. As mom always said, you’ve got to chew your food before you take the next bite, otherwise you may choke to death.
Sometimes we get there in the nick of time and free one (usually the tilapia) or both and send them back to their respective corners, but typically they both end up dying for the cause.
We didn’t see that situation during our most recent trip to Picachos, but on our first afternoon Hanna had a solid fish grab her lipless crank right under the boat with the ferocity of a Coosa River spot. It turned out not to be a bass at all, but rather the biggest tilapia I’ve ever seen up close. I’d guesstimate that sucker at somewhere north of 3 pounds, and even though I’ve been known to big-eye a fish or three, I’m pretty confident of that assessment.
I thought it was truly a mega until my Texan friend Dale Steele told me he’s heard of some eights and nines. Nevertheless, I want to catch the bass that thinks it has a shot of inhaling a mere 3- or 4-pounder. I know they live there.
