10 Lbers ?

[Mainebass1984]

 I was wondering if anyone on here has a picture of a largemouth bass over 10 lbs caught from New England.

[A-Jay]

I'd love to see one myself - DD fish from up there are a rare creature for sure and major accomplishment. 

 

I grew up in Mass.  The first 20 years or so of my angling adventures were all in New England.

After joining the service, we moved & fished all over but have always followed the fishing up in the north east.

 

 The current Record LMB catches in New England looks like this ~

 

Maine 11.6  Caught in 1968

NH      10.5  Caught in 1967

Conn   12.875  Caught in 1961

RI        10.3  Caught in 1991

Vermont  10.25  Caught in 1988 

and

Mass where the record is a whopping 15.5 lb freak of a bass caught in 1975.

 

So it's been at least 20 years since any of these state records have been broken.

None in this century - (that sounds weird . . . . .)

 

 But if anyone's been on the right kind of fish - It's been YOU.

 

 

A-Jay

 

 

 

[geo g]

There was one caught in up-state NY recently.  The picture is floating around somewhere on the site.

[RMcDuffee726]

I'm also very curious, I'm pumped when I pull a 5 lb. from Southern New Hampshire.  A DD most be incredible.

[SPEEDBEAD.]

There was one caught in up-state NY recently.  The picture is floating around somewhere on the site.

 

Think I saw that pic and if it's the one I'm thinking of....  

[J Francho]

The last big one I heard about was around a decade ago, caught in CT, and it was a little over 9.

[Mainebass1984]

I think every year there are 8s and even 9s caught but very very very few of them. I got a 9-1 last fall and that thing was huge. Last year there was a 9-2 caught in Sebago Lake in Maine. Weighed on a tournament scale. Back in 1998 there was a 9 lb 9 oz weighed in at a club tournament on Kezar Lake. A couple years ago there were 2 9 lbers weighed in during the same tournament on Long Lake. I couldn't imagine getting a 9 lber in a tourney and not getting lunker. I was hoping someone lurking on here had caught one over 10 in New England. I know they are out there....

[SPEEDBEAD.]

There are a few guys on the swimbait forums and others that remain relatively quiet that have caught fish around 8 or so. I've heard of a couple guys with 9's.

 

I know the fish are there too, I just don't believe there are many guys actually fishing for them.

[Dwight Hottle]

I know of a guy in PA who is fishing for them. Also a guy in VT.

[Mainebass1984]

8s and 9s are huge huge bass. 10 lbers though seem almost mythical. True 10 lbers, weighed, measured, no guestimation allowed.

[J Francho]

The biggest I've seen was an 8-5 weighted in at a tournament on Keuka.

[Djf3864]

I have seen some photos of 7's through 9's in MA and NH, but never heard of a 10+lber being caught anywhere in New England.

[Driftb]

I'd love to hear the measured length on all of these jumbo fish, along with weight. Weights will vary depending on conditions, but  an individual fish's length won't. A female fish is going to lose somewhat between 10 and 15% of her body weight  during the spawn and post-spawn period, but her length doesn't change. Tackle box scales are also notoriously inaccurate, and it's easy to cheat on weight.  A fish on a ruler is harder to fake. 

[J Francho]

 

A female fish is going to lose somewhat between 10 and 15% of her body weight  during the spawn and post-spawn period, but her length doesn't change.

 

If she spawns.  75% don't spawn at all.

[einscodek]

Heres one supposedly out of a lake right nearby ..

http://www.stripersonline.com/t/808531/i-think-i-just-released-the-state-record-largemouth-bass

At 25" and it looked like it had a girth enough for a 10 pounder..

 

I think in the NE anyone catching a 10 pounder, were prob gonna hear about it cause its a near state record fish

[Logan S]

In 2008 an 11-2 was caught in the spoils cove on the Potomac during a tournament...not really New England though.

Picture at link...

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/31/AR2008013103260.html

[J Francho]

Are bass more dense than other species?  I'm serious....the pics of some large bass always look smaller than other species of fish with similar weights.  Shouldn't a 10# bass be at least 25"?   

 

Here's what I mean...

 

Here's a 14 lb (33"). rainbow, a 13 lb. pike (37"), and a 9# (28") lb. brown:

 

 

 

[Mainebass1984]

In 2008 an 11-2 was caught in the spoils cove on the Potomac during a tournament...not really New England though.

Picture at link...

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/31/AR2008013103260.html

 That thing is huge. I wouldn't mind catching that fish. Not really New England though. One heck of a north east bass. Fish of a lifetime.

[Mainebass1984]

Heres one supposedly out of a lake right nearby ..

http://www.stripersonline.com/t/808531/i-think-i-just-released-the-state-record-largemouth-bass

At 25" and it looked like it had a girth enough for a 10 pounder..

 

I think in the NE anyone catching a 10 pounder, were prob gonna hear about it cause its a near state record fish

 

Looks like that thing has some girth.

[Mainebass1984]

Are bass more dense than other species?  I'm serious....the pics of some large bass always look smaller than other species of fish with similar weights.  Shouldn't a 10# bass be at least 25"?   

 

Here's what I mean...

 

Here's a 14 lb (33"). rainbow, a 13 lb. pike (37"), and a 9# (28") lb. brown:

 

 

 

 

Some very nice looking fish. I think with bass and weight it is all about the girth.

 

The longest bass I have caught  was 25 1/4 inches. It was very very skinny and weighed in at 8 lbs 10 oz. I wish it had some girth.

 

Usually when I get a 23 inch fish it is right around 7 lbs. Earlier this year I got a 23 1/2 inch bass that was so thin. I am sure it was sick. It weighed 5 lbs 4 oz.  Last fall the 9 lb 1 oz fish I caught was 23 3/4 inches with a 19 1/2 girth.

 

 Its all about the girth

[einscodek]

Looks like that thing has some girth.

Are you feelin like you've hit that 10 lb wall?  You look at the state records in the NE and there seems to be an asymptote near the 10 mark so its gonna be a bit of effort..

I would guess that by the size of the fish youve been pulllin out in that lake you frequent, there must be an apex bass in there somewhere over 10..

[TBO]

In Mass.anything over 7lb is a pin fish. so you would be hearing of ecstatic people with bass over 7lbs.  weights are at bottom 

 

http://www.mass.gov/eea/agencies/dfg/dfw/hunting-fishing-wildlife-watching/fishing/minimum-weight-requirements.html

[Mainebass1984]

Are you feelin like you've hit that 10 lb wall?  You look at the state records in the NE and there seems to be an asymptote near the 10 mark so its gonna be a bit of effort..

I would guess that by the size of the fish youve been pulllin out in that lake you frequent, there must be an apex bass in there somewhere over 10..

 

I am putting in the effort. I have 100 % confidence in the lures I fish. I have locations figured out where the biggest bass of the lake hang out. I have been broken off way to many times in the lunker lakes I frequent in Maine. Way to many in the exact same spots I have caught 8 plus pounders. I have hooked into fish that the only thing I could do was hold on and lost them. Peeling drag like a tarpon. Broken line. Wrapped in a log 10 feet down seems to be the one that gets me the most. I am sure there are 10 lbers in those lakes. Who knows maybe I have hooked one and lost it ? Perhaps that 10 lber was on that spot I was fishing but didn't want to bite that day ? The more I go the better my chances are of getting one. I will fish those lakes until the day I die in pursuit of a 10 lb plus bass form Maine. State records get broken from time to time.  Why not on the very next cast ?

[J Francho]

BTW, some of the big fish linked to in this thread are pretty amazing.

[Catch and Grease]

If she spawns. 75% don't spawn at all.

Really? Wow I did not know that, I knew some didn't spawn but I didn't think it was that many... That explains why I only saw a handful of bass spawning in my pond this season