Super User slonezp Posted May 18, 2013 Super User Posted May 18, 2013 8.45 big bass for day 1. What a beast!!! Quote
Super User 00 mod Posted May 18, 2013 Super User Posted May 18, 2013 That is a fish dreams are made for. He is barely smiling. Think it is the strain from lifting that girl? Jeff 1 Quote
Super User A-Jay Posted May 18, 2013 Super User Posted May 18, 2013 Crazy ~ ! I hope there is / will be a few more photos of that Trophy Bass somewhere. A-Jay Quote
Super User slonezp Posted May 18, 2013 Author Super User Posted May 18, 2013 Give it a couple days AJ. Day 2 is happening as we type. The SBOT website is experiencing technical difficulties. I heard Day 1 leader is 36lbs (6 fish) Not too shabby. Quote
Super User Dwight Hottle Posted May 18, 2013 Super User Posted May 18, 2013 Looks like a short fish maybe 21" Beauty for sure. Quote
Crookedneck Posted May 19, 2013 Posted May 19, 2013 They have been pounding the smallies over in Sturgeon bay the last week or so. Last Sunday a buddy of mine had 31 lbs with his biggest 5. But that one in the picture sure is a toad...whaa! Quote
NEjitterbugger Posted May 19, 2013 Posted May 19, 2013 Minus the smallie pattern it looks like a sunfish on steroids!!!! Quote
pbrussell Posted May 19, 2013 Posted May 19, 2013 I've tried coming up with a clever response to that picture, but all I've done for the past 5 minutes is stare at it and shake my head. 1 Quote
Super User tomustang Posted May 19, 2013 Super User Posted May 19, 2013 He needs the water bottle to balance himself 1 Quote
Super User slonezp Posted May 20, 2013 Author Super User Posted May 20, 2013 Their site is kind of working. That's the only pic I see right now. What's equally impressive is 1600 bass weighing 6600lbs were weighed in over 2 days If my math is correct that's over a 4lb average. http://www.sbobt.org/page/live-leaderboard/ Quote
Swamp Johnny Posted May 20, 2013 Posted May 20, 2013 I've tried coming up with a clever response to that picture, but all I've done for the past 5 minutes is stare at it and shake my head. Yeah, I agree. That is a pig. Just......well......yeah..... Quote
Swamp Johnny Posted May 20, 2013 Posted May 20, 2013 8.45 big bass for day 1. What a beast!!! TODAY in THE NEWS: At a local Bass fishing tournament, a babys head and 3 license plates were found inside the body of a giant Smallmouth Bass. Apparently, the angler who caught the fish got a hernia on the hook-set.......(LOL) Quote
Super User MarkH024 Posted May 20, 2013 Super User Posted May 20, 2013 Man, if that was on a ML drop shot rod I can only imagine the fight. Anyone know how it was caught? That fish is incredible, I saw it on Facebook the day of. That thing is 2 times the size of my PB smallie which is just unreal to me. Quote
Zach Dunham Posted May 20, 2013 Posted May 20, 2013 Those weights are disgusting. Friday leader averaged over 6 lbs per smallmouth. Quote
plumworm Posted May 20, 2013 Posted May 20, 2013 took 66lb. to win. That's 12 fish over 2 days. 5.5 avg. no culling allowed. Quote
TNBassin' Posted May 22, 2013 Posted May 22, 2013 They should nickname that fish "Kim Karbassian". What a fatty! 2 Quote
Zach Dunham Posted May 22, 2013 Posted May 22, 2013 No culling allowed? That makes this whole thing even more amazing. EDIT: I just check the rules for the Sturgeon Bay Open on their website and I see nothing that says you cannot cull. You cannot cull dead fish just like any other tournament, but I see nothing else about culling. Where did you hear that from? Quote
plumworm Posted May 22, 2013 Posted May 22, 2013 unless they applied for and received an "exception" from the Wis. DNR, there is a no culling rule in Wis. BASS was given an "exception" for the 2 Tourneys they held last year. However, most tourneys do not get that. Quote
Zach Dunham Posted May 23, 2013 Posted May 23, 2013 unless they applied for and received an "exception" from the Wis. DNR, there is a no culling rule in Wis. BASS was given an "exception" for the 2 Tourneys they held last year. However, most tourneys do not get that. Man, the WI DNR seems to be a pain in the ass. Wouldn't that rule lead to people just purposely not landing the fish if it wasn't big enough? Or cutting lines if it was too small (which is probably worse for the fish than culling)? Quote
Super User slonezp Posted May 23, 2013 Author Super User Posted May 23, 2013 Man, the WI DNR seems to be a pain in the ass. Wouldn't that rule lead to people just purposely not landing the fish if it wasn't big enough? Or cutting lines if it was too small (which is probably worse for the fish than culling)? Pain that they are and what they charge for a out of state license is robbery, the state of Wisconsin has an incredible fishery which they take care of. Their tourist industry depends on it for billions of dollars annually. I wish IL would do the same. Quote
Super User MarkH024 Posted May 23, 2013 Super User Posted May 23, 2013 Pain that they are and what they charge for a out of state license is robbery, the state of Wisconsin has an incredible fishery which they take care of. Their tourist industry depends on it for billions of dollars annually. I wish IL would do the same. FIB's fund probably 2/3 of that annual income. I can't say that I agree with all the DNR decisions in Wisconsin, as I have my gripes about certain things. IL management is a joke though. Quote
Zach Dunham Posted May 23, 2013 Posted May 23, 2013 Pain that they are and what they charge for a out of state license is robbery, the state of Wisconsin has an incredible fishery which they take care of. Their tourist industry depends on it for billions of dollars annually. I wish IL would do the same. I don't know how IL is, but I'm not really comparing the two either. There are reasonable measures you can take based on actual science, and then there are assinine and unnecessary measures, that are not based on any sense, and I feel like the WI DNR is in that range some of the time. Quote
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