Your Pb Planned That Day?

[Squirmin Wormin]

we or i at least assume the day you caught your pb it was a very memorable time and probably never forget ,but that day when you caught your pb did you think or plan on it happening ? and when you caught your pb was it a planned lure or a random lure you just decided to put on and thought you'd catch fish but not your pb ? i myself didn't have it planned as far as the lure i chose that day to get my pb but it did . some of us when we get to a body of water, we like to take into consideration all factors when it comes to catching fish or that pb we caught, at least i do , and i think some lures work better than other's but not always . so when you gotten your pb did you plan that to happen and that lure,did you plan that as well to get your pb?

[Mainebass1984]

Every time I go fishing I plan on catching a personal best. I use lures that I have complete confidence in and that have caught big bass.

[tbone1993]

I had a feeling because I was told there were huge face in this small lake. It was rarely fished and only accessed through a locked gate. CAught a 7lber on a crankbait and nearly crapped myself. Good times. 

[Catch and Grease]

Who wakes up and says, "I don't wanna catch a PB today..."?

I'm pretty sure we all plan on catching a PB every trip, and why tie on a lure if you don't think it will catch the fish you are looking for?

[Brian6428]

Unlike the rest of you guys, I didn't really expect to catch my pb the day I did. I had only been fishing for about 6 months and I was just going to fish for a few hours at a new lake a friend showed me. About a half hour in something thumped my jig and I reeled in a 5lber.

[Jigfishn10]

Who wakes up and says, "I don't wanna catch a PB today..."?

I'm pretty sure we all plan on catching a PB every trip, and why tie on a lure if you don't think it will catch the fish you are looking for?

I'm pretty much the same as you Catch, except for 1 day:

 

I was field testing a spinnerbait I made with a zonker (rabbit) strip to see how the zonker strip reacted in the water. I had nothing with me, just my rod and phone. It was 7 days after ice out so I wasn't expecting to catch anything. After a couple of casts I started to experiment with different retrieves and can came thru some of last year's weeds and felt a snag. I pump my rod tip light to dislodge the bait threw back in again, Same thing, pump my rod tip slightly but this time the bait wasn't freeing up. I yanked up and the bait wasn't moving, until I felt a vibration. It was a fish swimming away with my bait. I'm like oh boy, this is a nice one! I finally got her to shore and unbuttoned her. I had no scale, but I was able to take measurements: 23 1/4" x 20" girth.

 

I can honestly say, that was one day I wasn't fishing for anything to bite let alone a PB.

[Jtrout]

I caught mine not to long after really getting into bass fishing about 2 years ago on a lure I never used a white chatterbait with the original trailer. It was a new pond I never been to before and it was back of a shopping center fishjng with my friend from work whom I've never been fishing with before and it was just about dark out and I seen a pile of down trees in the pond casted infront of them and few seconds later felt thump jerked it up let drop another thump then another set the hook and got her in it was 20 inches didn't weigh it it's the bass is In my profile pic.

[buzzed bait]

planned mine right down to the T man....

decided i wanted to catch it at 8:48AM, had already decided i wanted to catch it on a bass color pop-r.  after a little internal debate and a rather heated argument with my dog, i concluded i would catch it on the 151st cast that morning.  also, last minute decision had me opt for this one particular spot in between two bushes in about 7 feet of water much do the dog's dismay, but the rest is history....

[Todd2]

I'll tell you when I catch it.

[A-Jay]

Both my smb & lmb PB's were "Planned"

 

But I say that Every Trip . . . . . .

 

 

A-Jay

[F14A-B]

I just go Fish..

[geo g]

The answer is NO. I was at Loxahatchee Preserve, West Palm Beach. We went out expecting a good day. It was February and there is some bedding during this month, in South Florida. We fished all morning and with bright sunny skies, it was tough. It was noon, so to catch a few fish before leaving I put a weightless Zoom Fluke on my spinning rod with 10 pound test mono, my lightest rig. I saw some movement next to the bank and cast the Fluke into the mix. She took the bait in two feet of water, and the fight was on. I had to get her head up before she buried herself in the weeds. I knew right away it was a monster. She ran all over the place but I was able to get her to deeper water. She weighted 11.4 lbs, on my scale. I couldn't talk, or fish, for about 15 minutes. It was a special moment, I will never forget. Although I have caught a number of 8 and 9 pound fish, this one was special. I released her as soon as I could, and she was in perfect health, and swam away strong. That was 25 years ago, and it still feels like yesterday!

[everythingthatswims]

I have been lucky enough to catch my PB 3 times since she lives right down the street. First time was planned, it was about 2 years ago and I hadn't started bass fishing yet, but that fish had always tried to eat my crappies and bluegill when I reeled them in, so I put a 5/0 circle through the nose of an 8" largemouth (I wouldn't do that now that I have started bass fishing), I got to watch the giant hunt it down and kill it about 2 feet from where I was standing, which was really cool. Second time was in the early spring, the pond has a flat that is about 2-3' deep with a silty/dead weed bottom, so I have to fish really shallow cranks to catch fish when they hold on it in the spring after warm spells, I even plant brush piles so I have something to deflect off of. Since 90% of the fish are 12" and smaller, I was throwing a rebel floater 2.5" minnow style crank, I have tried tons of other brands with similar baits, but something about that cadence triggers bites in cold water (I have caught them on it when the pond was half frozen in december). Anyways, I was fishing it on an ultralight with 6lb test, had a normal strike, swung and started reeling, then the fish turned around and peeled a ton of drag. She jumped 3 times but I got her in, I definitely didn't think that fish would hit a teeny tiny lure. 3rd time was when I had just started fishing swimbaits, I was just playing with my bait (6" BBZ floater) seeing what it could do, water was pretty muddy anyways and I didn't think I would get any bites. Then she slammed it and the battle was on (I have been hooked on swimbaits ever since). I could catch her when she is on a bed but my little brothers and I consider her off limits during the spawn so she can pass on the good genes. Needless to say I am very attached to that fish, if someone killed her I probably wouldn't speak to them for quite some time!

[Raul]

Planned, yes to a certain point, I made the plan of going to San Lorenzo to catch biguns, on that particular time of the year, late February because for that zone it's the pre-spawn, also, the lake is half full, in many aspects, yes, it comes as no surprise I caught my PB during those planned circumstances. As for the lure that caught it, you can say that is had more to do with several factors, not surprisingly, I'm a crankbaiter, from all the crankbaits my absolute personal favorite is Rapala's Shad Rap, I catch a lot of fish with it so it was the bait that caught my PB. So, planned and unplanned, I had no absolute certainty yet it happened, sadly it was the fight I enjoyed the least.

[Tuckahoe Joe]

Wasn't expecting my PB.  Wasn't really expecting any fish at all.  It was really early in the spring and I had a spinnerbait tied on cuz that's all I caught them on in early spring the year before.  We had fished for like 4 hours without so much as even seeing a ripple on the water.  Just as I was getting ready to call it a day I thought I got snagged on the rock ledge about 5 feet from shore.  Then the snag started to move and I knew I was into one heck of a fish.  Ended up weighing 5 lbs. even.  The reservoir that I caught that one in is known for it's big largemouth and I may have caught bigger since then but I consider that my PB cuz I actually got a weight on it.

[Paul Roberts]

we or i at least assume the day you caught your pb it was a very memorable time and probably never forget ,but that day when you caught your pb did you think or plan on it happening ? and when you caught your pb was it a planned lure or a random lure you just decided to put on and thought you'd catch fish but not your pb ? i myself didn't have it planned as far as the lure i chose that day to get my pb but it did . some of us when we get to a body of water, we like to take into consideration all factors when it comes to catching fish or that pb we caught, at least i do , and i think some lures work better than other's but not always . so when you gotten your pb did you plan that to happen and that lure,did you plan that as well to get your pb?

No. But my PB small-stream brown trout was an interesting event that had a premonition-like quality to it.

 

I was fishing a lot at the time, and really tuned into that particular stream. I was onto those fish: where they were, when they were there, and what they were feeding on. I was at a pool I knew well and running a big hellgrammite pattern into the basin and I had an… “anticipatory premonition” -imagining a submarine-sized weight loading my rod and moving away. I’d taken some big browns in the reach over the last week and so it wasn’t a stretch to imagine a weight I couldn’t move. And then it happened: my line tensed I set and a submarine-sized weight I couldn’t budge moved away up the pool. It took a while to bring to the fish to net, all 23” of it. It all felt so seamless. but, it as as much imagination -a day dream- in a situation I knew pretty well. Some luck there too, but much less so than if I'd lucked into such a fish on the first visit to that water.

 

Who wakes up and says, "I don't wanna catch a PB today..."?

I'm pretty sure we all plan on catching a PB every trip, and why tie on a lure if you don't think it will catch the fish you are looking for?

I don't. I'm not a big fish guy. More interested in how things work -how conditions and circumstances affect bass and other critters too. I target mature bass, make observations and look for patterns. Some day I may go back to big fish chasing -have done it in the past.

[Catch and Grease]

No. But my PB small-stream brown trout was an interesting event that had a premonition-like quality to it.

 

I was fishing a lot at the time, and really tuned into that particular stream. I was onto those fish: where they were, when they were there, and what they were feeding on. I was at a pool I knew well and running a big hellgrammite pattern into the basin and I had an… “anticipatory premonition” -imagining a submarine-sized weight loading my rod and moving away. I’d taken some big browns in the reach over the last week and so it wasn’t a stretch to imagine a weight I couldn’t move. And then it happened: my line tensed I set and a submarine-sized weight I couldn’t budge moved away up the pool. It took a while to bring to the fish to net, all 23” of it. It all felt so seamless. but, it as as much imagination -a day dream- in a situation I knew pretty well. Some luck there too, but much less so than if I'd lucked into such a fish on the first visit to that water.

 

I don't. I'm not a big fish guy. More interested in how things work -how conditions and circumstances affect bass and other critters too. I target mature bass, make observations and look for patterns. Some day I may go back to big fish chasing -have done it in the past.

 

Okay maybe we don't all plan on catching a PB, but wouldn't you be okay with catching one any day of the year? haha

[PersicoTrotaVA]

No I didn't plan on it.  I knew they were up shallow and spawning and some were already done but I didn't think the females were cruising.  I figured they were already down in deeper water.  They were cruising that day and my PB was caught about 10 casts into the trip.  My brother then caught one almost as big and later that day caught one to match my PB and caught his PB.  Lets just say it wasn't just a memorable moment, it was a memorable day.

[Squirmin Wormin]

I was curious about if the day you did catch your pb, if you had that mind set, or determination to get that pb, by whatever you chose and decided to use as far as gear /tackle goes. Simply saying (I'm gonna go out today and catch that pb)and did just that ! 

Or was it on a normal day fishing not expecting it and caught it then? I believe if you have that mind set that your gonna get a pb, you can do just that ! not always ,but sometimes or pretty close . I also think after fishing for awhile your chances improve more so as far as the techniques,patterns,gear,and tackle we've learned and chose to get that pb on that day we caught it, My pb wasn't expected the day i did catch it, and I did have a notion i was gonna catch a bass of decent size ,but not like that ! it was totally unexpected. so anyways did you plan the day you went out fishing for a pb and accomplished just that, or not expecting a pb but caught it? your op!

[Catch and Grease]

http://www.bassresource.com/bass-fishing-forums/topic/144890-did-you-think-it-would-that-day/?fromsearch=1

Look familiar?

[A-Jay]

CRS ~ Strikes again.

 

 

A-Jay

[J Francho]

http://www.bassresource.com/bass-fishing-forums/topic/144890-did-you-think-it-would-that-day/?fromsearch=1

Look familiar?

 

Yep.  Topics merged.

[slimshad]

Every spring I go down to Guntersville and I "plan" on catching my PB every year.  Two years ago a friend caught a 12lber and I was amazed at that fish.  I will be planning on it again in Feb.  Planning on a DD in 2015.

[Bassun]

I generally try to fish the moon in May looking for a big hawg...but inevitably come up short each year.  My PB's always seem to come in the heat of the day, mid summer.  So definately unplanned.  I would have bested myself a few years ago with the biggest bass I've ever seen in the water.  I was playing around with a tiny grub catching some gills off this tree when this behemoth just appears from nowhere and opens up to inhale the little grub.

 

I experienced a case of premature hookset.  I don't think she had even closed her mouth before I tried to set the hook... I guess its better sometimes NOT to see whats going on, lol.

 

** Info on moon phase fishing in VA

Some reseach I did a few years ago found that of the 28 state records, 14 were caught within 3 days of a new of full moon in May (or April 30th, and June 1st for two records so technically 12). 

 

Specifically in May (including April 30 and June 1):

New Moon Record Fish:  5
Full Moon Record Fish:  1

Fish caught within the +/- 3 days of full / new moon:  14

Days (1,2,3,-1,-2,-3) of new moon:  4

Days (1,2,3,-1,-2,-3) of full moon:  4

 

So I always try for a long day on the water during that new moon of May

[J Francho]

 

I generally try to fish the moon in May looking for a big hawg...

 

Try the Earth in May.