DBSULLY Posted July 9, 2012 Posted July 9, 2012 Caught this morning in a local farm pond on an 8" blue/red glitter worm. While not my biggest bass to date, I decided I would like to get her mounted. It took a lot of back and forth thinking on whether to let her go or not, but I had no way to get pics or measurements for a replica, and the pond regularly produces bass of this size, so I dont feel too terrible about it. I want one good one to go on the wall, and I'll be happy with letting the rest I catch go. She scaled in at 9lbs 4oz. 25" in length, with a 17 1/2" girth, and put up a great fight. I'm one happy camper. Thanks for looking! Brandon Quote
logan9209 Posted July 9, 2012 Posted July 9, 2012 Your lake produces alot of bass that size? Do they put miracle grow in there? I haven't seen one like that since January. Great job! Quote
Basswhippa Posted July 9, 2012 Posted July 9, 2012 Wow. Have you measured lenght and girth yet? Congrats Also, I have no problem with anyone mounting a fish. I do have a question though. You said you have caught larger and your profile shows a 10-11 pound PB. Did you let that monster go? If I were in your shoes, I might have mounted the 10+ and let the 8 go. Curiousity just got the best of me.... Congrats again! Quote
Super User rockchalk06 Posted July 9, 2012 Super User Posted July 9, 2012 Now that's a die hard Tiger fan. Hell his rod is Tiger color! Buuuuuut.....ROCK CHALK!!! Good catch! Quote
DBSULLY Posted July 9, 2012 Author Posted July 9, 2012 Thanks for all the kind words fellas, it was a great day for me. Logan9209- There has been several caught over 10lb in the last two years, no miracle grow, just plenty of bluegill to feed on. Basswhippa- Didn't get a chance to measure the length and girth before wrapping her up and getting it on ice, but I told the taxidermist to get some measurements and weigh it on their certified scale today. Also, yes, my personal best is 10lb 7oz. caught at a pond where I was not allowed to keep it. I didnt even have a camera with me to get a picture, it kind of made me sick since the man who owned the pond was selling his place at auction the next week, and it wouldnt have mattered if I kept "his" fish or not. I caught several in the 7's this past year and said if I got one atleast 8lb that I would mount it. Thanks again, Brandon Quote
Super User AK-Jax86 Posted July 9, 2012 Super User Posted July 9, 2012 Nice fish man it'll look great on your wall Quote
Basswhippa Posted July 10, 2012 Posted July 10, 2012 DBSULLY, regarding the 10.7, and I know it won't matter much as you probably won't face the same owner situation again, but you can always measure the fishes legth and girth with a piece of fishing line, and then send it to Lake Fork Taxidermy and get a good replica. for that matter, they run a special on a 25" 11 lber that looks great, assuming your fish was real fat. It is less than $300. Nobody would know but you. I don't have a picture or measurements of the second largest fish I caught. It was in a pond and I released it and assumed I would catch it again. I never did. I wish I had a photo and some measurements. If hard pressed I would say is was 24" with an 18" girth, but I should used a piece of line to measure. Quote
DBSULLY Posted July 10, 2012 Author Posted July 10, 2012 Basswhippa- I'll have to keep that in mind incase the situation arises again. Thanks for the tip. Brandon Quote
DBSULLY Posted July 10, 2012 Author Posted July 10, 2012 **UPDATE** I just checked my answering machine, and my taxidermist measured the length, girth and weighed on a certified scale today. 25" in length, 17 1/2" in girth, and 9lbs 4oz in weight. The only thing I had to weigh with before was my digital bathroom scale, so I weighed myself, then weighed again holding the fish and it fluctuated and came up with an 8lb difference. Im glad to know she weighed more than 8, but I would have been just as thrilled if that was all. Brandon Quote
Super User Sam Posted July 10, 2012 Super User Posted July 10, 2012 Brandon, outstanding catch! Congrats. I was worried for a few seconds after reading your post's name. I thought you were going to talk about a Bamasux cheerleader! Quote
Basswhippa Posted July 10, 2012 Posted July 10, 2012 Sully, I edited my post this morning, regarding Lake Fork having a sale on one near to the size the 10.7. You might want to read it. Less than $300 is my memory. Good luck! PS, I though you fish looked a lot like a 9.5 I caught in December. Glad it was bigger. Congrats. Quote
DBSULLY Posted July 10, 2012 Author Posted July 10, 2012 Thanks for the kind words, yall. Brandon Quote
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