Fishing Rods

Hello all,
Just wished to share this with you all.
Please excuse my english, it's not as good as it used to be...
However this post is a must!
Last saturday I got back from a fishing trip to Calderon lake in central Mexico. I visit the lake at least four or five times every year, because I've seen reallly large bass and previoulsly landed there a 10-pounder (not from a kayak).
So, yesterday was my dream day. I looked for a dropoff adjacent to deeper water, because I knew there would be big bass moving up to start spawning. I chose a good spot and concentrated on fishing the area with big fish lures (swimbaits, large senkos and big jigs). At around 2:30 PM, I felt a very subtle difference in the weight of the lure (I was fishing a 7-in wacky-rigged watermelon red stick bait), and immediately set the hook. I was rewarded with a huge response and the bass started to strip the line right away. I always check my drag to be smooth and not so tight so I was sure this was a big fish! I started to work the bass very carefully, and after a few minutes I could see the bass some 10 yards away from me, just breaking the surface. I plunged the rod in the water to prevent the bass from jumping and shaking the hook off, and net in hand, I worked the bass all the way to the kayak, not before several runs and carefully working the fish...
The sensitivity of my rod was what allowed me to detect that very subtle pickup (Kistler Helium LTA He70HC), using 15-lb fluorocarbon line.
The bass was a healthy big female, and weighted at the scales 14 pounds and 10 ounces!!!! That'a a whooping 6.8 kilograms!!!
My record was 5.3 kilograms (around 11 pounds) so I am very very happy.
Fortunately, a boat was close so I asked them to help me to take pictures and release the bass. Everything is also recorded on video.
Back home I started to look into the figures of kayak-caught largemouth bass, and it is likely that this will be the next world record for largemouth bass from a kayak! (the actual record was caught in Florida, a 13-pounder)...
I am still shaking! The fight was very strange; I had caught two double-digit bass before, but they both felt like pulling a sack of sand and only close to the boat they would run. This one felt more like a sailfish, running and stripping line from the moment the hook was set!
Only now I really appreciate how important invest ing in good equipment is, I can't really say enough about my Kistler LTA, it is just superb, also the blank kind of "loaded up" to sustain the fight... and quite strangely I was enjoying every moment of the fight, perhaps because it was a looong fight, I played with the drag so I wouldn't break the line so I really enjoyed that huge fish! And more important, she is still there, perhaps in the future someone else will catch it again and hopefully release it!
Now i can only dream of about the Z-Bone... maybe one day I'll have the chance of fishing with one!
By the way this technique has produced some nice fish, dead-sticking a 7-in wacky-rigged senko in rocky bottoms, and a twitch every now and then... you got to have patience but it has payed off! in clear water I use watermelon seed, in stained water I choose watermelon red, and for murky or deep water black blue flake... these three colors are what have worked for me.
I have improved my fishing techniques a lot using Kistler rods, I won 2nd place in the Central Mexican Qualifier (a total of 70 teams showed up) and a couple of months before won 4th place in a Kistler-sponsored event (I took home a Carbon Steel rod)...

Thanks for a great product!

Review and pics:
http://pescandoconyai.com/?p=376#more-376
http://www.dondepescar.com/dondepescar/661-lobinonononon_desde_kayak!!!!

Here goes the video:
(sorry about the quality but it was taken with a cell phone -nobody was expecting that lunker!)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7pGzw0i2_g
release:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-Y0ztbH3L0

AWESOME!!!!!!!!

Congratulations !

Not determined yet but around 75.00 to 100.00 per team.The tournament will be out of Perry no offical weigh in spots yet but will be able to fish anywhere of your choice.

creech wrote:What would the registration fee be and where would the tournament be based out of?
by the way...