smallfry419

i use the digital scale from wal-mart. i believe its a Berkley one. and costs about 20$. i get a 3lb weight and measure it once a month to make sure its holding its accuracy. its been a year now with no problems what so ever. i don't know what the scale maxes out on. probably 20 lbs which is fine for me because if i caught anything near that id get so excited id probably have a heart attack before i weighed her.

i started with a lefty reel and i cant use a righty reel to save my life. i just like having that expensive fishing equipment in my dominant hand just in case i get the fish of my life on the other end. i'd really hate to lose my grip and have it all go in the lake lol. the only thing i regret is the new reels for the most part only come in RH models to begin with then the LH models start coming out months after its released.

thank you guys for your replies. i appreciate all the replies

thank you very much guys. i was thinking about the swim bladder but i got to thinking about it i dont think was a problem because this pond is maybe 14ft deep and to be honest i live about hour and half north from kansas city in a hick town and no one even here release the bass. when i mention i catch and release i actually get mocked for it. thats a good point. it was a male

Hey everyone, I'm new here. even though i been reading topics for almost a year on this forum. Most of my questions have been answered by searching the foums. however i went fishing earlier today at a local pond. the first thing i noticed was what looked like a grass carp swimming on the surface. I'm a curious person an never actually seen one up close so i decided to throw a lure at it an see if i could catch it. i figured id spook it but the first 3 casts i came close to the fish and 2 of the cast my lure actually touched it. well neither of the casts spooked the fish so i tied a hedon spook on so it gave me 3 treble hooks so i could snag the fish (not humane but i was very curious). anyways the first cast with the spook i actually snagged the fish, it didnt fight at all, i just reeled it in. well i got it on the bank and it suprised me that it was a 4 lb largemouth bass, the bass was actually swimming belly up in a 5 diameter circle, so i unhooked it and threw him back. well when i released him he went belly up again, this time not moving his gills or anything. i felt bad and grabbed him again inspecting him even further, what i found was a 9 inch perch in his throat, half digested. i went ahead pulled the fish out and tried releasing him again. he still looked dead, so i threw him on the stringer hoping maybe the fish gods would give him some life but nothing. i went ahead took him home to fillet him so at least he wasnt just thrown back to the pond to decay. so my question is what would have caused him being belly up swimming in circles? my lures hitting the water within inches of him didnt even spook him. i would like to think i witnessed a bass dying of old age and just enjoyed a big meal before he knew his time was up... also only one hook hooked him in the stomach and the barb wasnt even through his stomach so i dont think i actaully pierced his scales so much to actaully harm him. nothing else seemed to be out of the ordinary.