Super User Jar11591 Posted June 7, 2014 Super User Posted June 7, 2014 After a fish like that, I'd be hunting for a NYS record! 1 Quote
Super User everythingthatswims Posted June 7, 2014 Super User Posted June 7, 2014 Lol I just picked up a ton of inline spinners/rooster tails. I'll look into Gulp Minnows. Gulp minnows are expensive but it's worth it, 1" gulp are good for fish 15" and under, 3" are good for fish over 15". However, my brother caught a 9" brown on a super fluke so the little guys will definitely eat big baits. Drifting worms, minnows, and salmon eggs works well too. If you can find berkley power eggs, GET THEM. I just go with a #10-#14 light wire hook, and as few split shot as I can to keep the baits down but still drift on the bottom. Spinners are like reaction baits for trout, so they do catch them, but to catch numbers of trout you have to slow down and use other baits. Quote
Super User everythingthatswims Posted June 7, 2014 Super User Posted June 7, 2014 That is a great bass. I can understand trying your hand at something else, once I moved to Florida my interest in freshwater fishing waned considerably. I still bass fish and enjoy it but the passion isn't what it used to be. My passion fishing for other species has greatly increased. If I could saltwater fish, that's all I would do, saltwater fish make smallies look like they don't fight very hard! Problem is that I live too far away from the salt to fish it very often. 1 Quote
LMB KING Posted June 8, 2014 Posted June 8, 2014 If I could saltwater fish, that's all I would do, saltwater fish make smallies look like they don't fight very hard! Problem is that I live too far away from the salt to fish it very often. do you live in Virginia beach? 1 Quote
Super User everythingthatswims Posted June 8, 2014 Super User Posted June 8, 2014 No I'm about 3 hours from Virginia beach, but I fish the Chesapeake bay from time to time. Most of my saltwater fishing is when I'm on vacation in the outer banks (NC) 1 Quote
Super User SirSnookalot Posted June 8, 2014 Super User Posted June 8, 2014 If I could saltwater fish, that's all I would do, saltwater fish make smallies look like they don't fight very hard! Problem is that I live too far away from the salt to fish it very often. Can't wait to read the responses on this one. Fishing Lake St Clair for 50 years and now fishing saltwater every day for the last 10, I don't have enough experience to give a credible answer. 1 Quote
MichaelE Posted June 8, 2014 Posted June 8, 2014 What a hawg!! Trout fishing is pretty fun, get some on the fly! 1 Quote
Super User everythingthatswims Posted June 8, 2014 Super User Posted June 8, 2014 Can't wait to read the responses on this one. Fishing Lake St Clair for 50 years and now fishing saltwater every day for the last 10, I don't have enough experience to give a credible answer. Keep in mind that I have never caught any of those football shaped giant smallmouth, but I have caught them in rivers around here up to 4lbs. But I know a 4lb bluefish, spanish mackerel, striper, red drum, and many others, can pull much harder than a 4lb smallmouth. Quote
HeavyFisher Posted June 8, 2014 Author Posted June 8, 2014 A 4lb Jack will put up a hell of a fight! Quote
gripnrip Posted June 8, 2014 Posted June 8, 2014 In my life it has come in spurts. To me it is an adventure that will never leave me now. In my younger years it was all about how big. Now it's about control, alt, delete, and REBOOT! It clears my mind and I enjoy being outdoors. More of a stop and smell the roses ya know? 2 Quote
HeavyFisher Posted June 9, 2014 Author Posted June 9, 2014 Welp, long story short I brought a digital scale with me and the night before we got rained out and my scale shorted on me. So as far as an exact weight I'm not sure. My previous PB was about 8lbs and this was significantly bigger than that fish. I could have had the state record for all I know. It really really bothered me at first since I refused to take it's life to get a weight on it. To me it's hands down the largest LMB I ever caught and that's all that really matters to me. Quote
tholmes Posted June 9, 2014 Posted June 9, 2014 Monster bass! Good luck with your new pursuits, but be careful chasing those smallies. They are addictive! Tom 1 Quote
gripnrip Posted June 10, 2014 Posted June 10, 2014 Welp, long story short I brought a digital scale with me and the night before we got rained out and my scale shorted on me. So as far as an exact weight I'm not sure. My previous PB was about 8lbs and this was significantly bigger than that fish. I could have had the state record for all I know. It really really bothered me at first since I refused to take it's life to get a weight on it. To me it's hands down the largest LMB I ever caught and that's all that really matters to me. A picture is worth a thousand words! 1 Quote
Super User bigbill Posted June 10, 2014 Super User Posted June 10, 2014 Stay fishing it's your first one. You should be motivated more to look for a bigger bass. Don't let where your located stop you. Do not let this one big bass limit you on having even bigger success. I caught many probably many hundreds of 3# to 6# bass. I was relaxing, enjoying nature when my of 10# hit. It has changed my life. Now I want to break my PB and possibly break the state record. I'm more serious when I fish now. The game has changed my drive has increased. Now I want the bigger ones. 1 Quote
Super User SirSnookalot Posted June 10, 2014 Super User Posted June 10, 2014 I agree about keeping fishing, I've never stopped. For me it's all about what kind of regional fish are available to me. Bass are one of my local species, I enjoy it and do it nearly every day but is not my main focus anymore, it's my relaxation time. I fish at the ocean every morning, I'm there for the biggest, hardest, fighting fish that I hope are going to show up, sometimes nothing shows up. I would be happier catching only quality fish than 10 5 pounders. 1 Quote
LMB KING Posted June 10, 2014 Posted June 10, 2014 Its very important to have a good quality scale like berkley digital scale. 1 Quote
CDMeyer Posted June 10, 2014 Posted June 10, 2014 Congratulations bud, it will be on the back burner for awhile, then you will want to top what you just did with that bass and that is what makes this an addiction..... beating your PB over and over 1 Quote
Super User J Francho Posted June 11, 2014 Super User Posted June 11, 2014 If you're ever up this way in the fall, I can take you for some serious German brown trout. Good luck. 1 Quote
Avalonjohn44 Posted June 11, 2014 Posted June 11, 2014 My largemouth addiction is finally over, Yeah, right. It is only on a lull. It will come back twice as strong. Signed, A fellow addict. 1 Quote
Super User SirSnookalot Posted June 11, 2014 Super User Posted June 11, 2014 If you're ever up this way in the fall, I can take you for some serious German brown trout. Good luck. That's a nice fish to catch. Quote
HeavyFisher Posted June 14, 2014 Author Posted June 14, 2014 Hey guys just thought I'd give ya'll a little update. Yesterday I played hooky from work, picked up a set of waders from Dick's and headed over to Wappingers Creek. I had one hell of a day! I caught my first smallmouth bass(5), rainbow trout(1), and brown trout(1) all caught with an inline spinner. Quote
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