Super User A-Jay Posted September 22, 2014 Super User Posted September 22, 2014 Judge for yourself. This fish was 25 1/2" long and had a 21 1/2" girth - weighed 10.7 lbs on the Accu Cull Digital Scale and had a Spanish Accent. A-Jay 4 Quote
Super User 00 mod Posted September 22, 2014 Super User Posted September 22, 2014 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: J, my PB of 10lb 14oz was only 24 1/4'' long by 18 1/8''. I have caught others that were longer, and others that were fatter, but never at the same time. Jeff Quote
Super User A-Jay Posted September 22, 2014 Super User Posted September 22, 2014 Judge for yourself. This fish was 25 1/2" long and had a 21 1/2" girth - weighed 10.7 lbs on the Accu Cull Digital Scale and had a Spanish Accent. A-Jay btw - when these measurements are placed in the "Fish Weight Calculator" it comes out to 13.70625 lbs. I WISH ~ ! A-Jay 1 Quote
Super User J Francho Posted September 22, 2014 Super User Posted September 22, 2014 Thanks for the measurements, Jeff. Quote
desmobob Posted September 23, 2014 Posted September 23, 2014 The NY record is 11-4 from Buckhorn Lake in Otsego County. in 1987. I figure there HAS to be a largemouth in Lake Champlain that will beat that (and the VT record). It is my intention to catch her. Eventually. Maybe. Tight lines, Bob 1 Quote
Mainebass1984 Posted September 23, 2014 Author Posted September 23, 2014 The NY record is 11-4 from Buckhorn Lake in Otsego County. in 1987. I figure there HAS to be a largemouth in Lake Champlain that will beat that (and the VT record). It is my intention to catch her. Eventually. Maybe. Tight lines, Bob That's the spirit ! Go get her ! You better be fishing the southern end of the lake. A friend of mine got an 8-5 on southern champlain last year. Quote
BassObsessed Posted September 23, 2014 Posted September 23, 2014 It's not as far north as you mentioned but even in Delaware a 10lber is rare. Our state record was broken a couple years ago and it was held for a few decades. 10lbs 10oz is our record. Wouldn't be surprised if a giant came out of New York. I got lucky and caught a 7lber my first time fishing the finger lakes. Quote
desmobob Posted September 23, 2014 Posted September 23, 2014 That's the spirit ! Go get her ! You better be fishing the southern end of the lake. A friend of mine got an 8-5 on southern champlain last year. That's exactly where I'm fishing. I live in Whitehall, NY, at the very southern end of the lake. I have my eye on the pickerel records, too. The NY record is 8 lbs. 1 oz., which is a long shot. But the VT record is just 6 lbs. 4 oz., which I honestly think I may have broken yesterday. I need to start weighing big pickerel I catch! Tight lines, Bob Quote
Mainebass1984 Posted September 23, 2014 Author Posted September 23, 2014 That's exactly where I'm fishing. I live in Whitehall, NY, at the very southern end of the lake. I have my eye on the pickerel records, too. The NY record is 8 lbs. 1 oz., which is a long shot. But the VT record is just 6 lbs. 4 oz., which I honestly think I may have broken yesterday. I need to start weighing big pickerel I catch! Tight lines, Bob There definitely is some huge pickerel in that end of the lake. Some big pike to as well as hybrid pickerel/pike. Quote
Global Moderator Bluebasser86 Posted September 23, 2014 Global Moderator Posted September 23, 2014 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 Got that right! The fish in my avatar was nearly 8 pounds but only 21.5 inches long. But she was 17 inches around! I feel the same way about 10s around here. They happen once in a very great while, but even 8 and 9 pound fish are very rare in KS, 10 seems almost impossible. Quote
Super User SPEEDBEAD. Posted September 23, 2014 Super User Posted September 23, 2014 I feel the same way about 10s around here. They happen once in a very great while, but even 8 and 9 pound fish are very rare in KS, 10 seems almost impossible. Everything is impossible before you get it done. 1 Quote
Global Moderator Bluebasser86 Posted September 23, 2014 Global Moderator Posted September 23, 2014 Everything is impossible before you get it done. Oh there's a few here, I just need to actually get a chance to fish the lakes they live in! Quote
Super User J Francho Posted September 23, 2014 Super User Posted September 23, 2014 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 That's what NYDEC biologists stated when anglers were pushing for elimination of the black bass off season from Dec. through late June. What it meant to us, that if we weren't targeting beds, then there were still many catchable fish. Remember, this is NY, not Florida, so everyine's mileage may vary. Quote
einscodek Posted September 23, 2014 Posted September 23, 2014 Well this is the best time of the year to try for the fat ones and it'll be the fat ones which get you yer record the same 20"+ fish are packin on the poundage I notice their rounder bellies when I catch em If you can reland that 25" bass in November.. you may have a chance Quote
Super User Dwight Hottle Posted September 23, 2014 Super User Posted September 23, 2014 It's not as far north as you mentioned but even in Delaware a 10lber is rare. Our state record was broken a couple years ago and it was held for a few decades. 10lbs 10oz is our record. Wouldn't be surprised if a giant came out of New York. I got lucky and caught a 7lber my first time fishing the finger lakes. I don't think it was all luck based on your recent Florida vacation experience. You had two dd bass & several 7's, 6's & 5's. You know how to find them. Quote
Super User iabass8 Posted September 23, 2014 Super User Posted September 23, 2014 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: Id rather catch that 9# brown than a 10#bads. I bet that trout fight was epic. Browns are a riot. Quote
Super User J Francho Posted September 23, 2014 Super User Posted September 23, 2014 Sorry for going off topic...They are my third favorite species, after SMB and LMB. They are the bass of the trout and salmon world: thugs. The fight on that brown was pretty good, I use a 12' UL/slow rod and a centrepin - no gear ratio, me and the fish, with 6# mono separating us. This brown was not weighed, but probably around 14-16. It was a hell of a fight on my light cranker rod in open water. 1 Quote
Super User SPEEDBEAD. Posted September 23, 2014 Super User Posted September 23, 2014 Trout Resource presents.... 3 Quote
Super User J Francho Posted September 23, 2014 Super User Posted September 23, 2014 LOL, I know, I know....I got brown trout on the brain. Just a couple more weeks, and they'll be on the spawning run. 1 Quote
Super User Dwight Hottle Posted September 23, 2014 Super User Posted September 23, 2014 LOL, I know, I know....I got brown trout on the brain. Just a couple more weeks, and they'll be on the spawning run. J those big lakers will be also. Quote
Super User J Francho Posted September 23, 2014 Super User Posted September 23, 2014 I don't get into the lakers too much. I think the last one I caught was through the ice. Quote
Mainebass1984 Posted September 23, 2014 Author Posted September 23, 2014 The fall BASS bite is getting pretty d**n good. Water temps are cooling down. Bass are packing on weight and feeding well. Quote
TC235 <*))))>< Posted September 23, 2014 Posted September 23, 2014 Theres a few ponds on the south shore an cape that had 9s and 10s pulled out. One place in particular supposedly had a decect population of 7-10lb back in the 80s... Quote
Super User J Francho Posted September 23, 2014 Super User Posted September 23, 2014 I wish I had a dollar for every one of those rumors that is actually true. I'd still be penniless. At least that's how it is around here. Every pond you go to, someone knows someone that pulled a 10 out of there last [insert day, week, year]. 1 Quote
einscodek Posted September 23, 2014 Posted September 23, 2014 I wish I had a dollar for every one of those rumors that is actually true. I'd still be penniless. At least that's how it is around here. Every pond you go to, someone knows someone that pulled a 10 out of there last [insert day, week, year]. Haha very true.. I spoke to one the other day.. Quote
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