A Big Bass Could Be Anywhere...

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One of my co-workers runs a local tournament and fishes several and he fished a tournament Sunday. It was held on a lake that isn't renown for big bass. He caught a 5 lb bass and it wasn't even close for big bass of the day. He laughingly said they didn't even tell him "good fish". Said they looked at it for 2 seconds and said "sorry that's not big enough" and didn't attempt to weigh it.

 

I think there were a couple that were 7+ lbs. He and I got a good laugh because any other day on that lake that would have been a superb fish. Makes me look differently at this lake now.

 

They can be anywhere...

[papajoe222]

That story sounds soooo familiar.  I fished a tournament on a small public lake in Indiana more years ago than I care to remember. Anyway, this like was only like 75 acres and there were fifteen guys in nine boats participating, not counting the locals that were out on the water and fishing from shore. I only boated two fish and my partner got skunked which was about par for most of the guys. My two fish totaled 10lb.9oz and I thought I had the money for both big fish and total weight. NOT  A new member of the group boated a limit and his big fish was over a pound heavier than my 6.1  The rest of his limit weren't dinks either.  I think his total was just under 20lb.  The locals couldn't believe that lake had fish like that in it.

Just goes to show you, you never know what size fish is behind that tap you just felt. Could be the new lake record, your personal best, or just possibly a record breaker...........HEY, This is MY fantasy. It's like winning the lottery. Somebody is going to do it, might as well be me........errrr.....you........whoever.

[Bankbeater]

I sometimes fish a lake like that.  I see everyone using ultra light tackle because they never catch anything over a pound.  Then one day I saw a guy using heavy tackle and I ask him what he was fishing for.  He told me that this was his favorite lake for big bass and that he had caught his PB out of it.  You just never know.