Basswhippa Posted April 1, 2015 Posted April 1, 2015 20 minute battle. That fish is a tank! http://www.gon.com/article.php?id=4179&cid=158 5 Quote
Super User Darren. Posted April 1, 2015 Super User Posted April 1, 2015 Good grief that's a beast! 2 Quote
Basswhippa Posted April 1, 2015 Author Posted April 1, 2015 20 minute fight would likely kill it. Not an expert.... just guessing. Quote
Global Moderator Bluebasser86 Posted April 1, 2015 Global Moderator Posted April 1, 2015 I'm sure it felt like 20 minutes, can't imagine any bass actually fighting that long though. That thing is a monster for sure! 1 Quote
RSM789 Posted April 1, 2015 Posted April 1, 2015 I keep waiting for someone to ask if it is a state record... 3 Quote
Topwaterspook Posted April 1, 2015 Posted April 1, 2015 That's a once in a lifetime fish. Apparently he kept his head and played it perfectly. Congratulations to him. Quote
Weld's Largemouth Posted April 1, 2015 Posted April 1, 2015 I'm sure it felt like 20 minutes, can't imagine any bass actually fighting that long though. That thing is a monster for sure! Hook into a big striped bass from a kayak in the surf; you may experience a 20 minute fight from that bass Quote
Global Moderator Bluebasser86 Posted April 1, 2015 Global Moderator Posted April 1, 2015 Hook into a big striped bass from a kayak in the surf; you may experience a 20 minute fight from that bass For sure, even a world record class largemouth isn't going to give you but maybe 5 minutes, they just aren't built for distance, they're sprinters. 3 Quote
jbw252 Posted April 1, 2015 Posted April 1, 2015 Wow! And on his 51st birthday. Fish of a lifetime. 1 Quote
Super User Senko lover Posted April 1, 2015 Super User Posted April 1, 2015 Nice job, even for a Bulldog lover 1 Quote
Basswhippa Posted April 1, 2015 Author Posted April 1, 2015 Some folks doubt that the world record was really taken from GA. In my view, given the life span increase by moving into the northern range of it's habitat, and take away the millions of people who now live in the area that didn't almost 100 years ago, this 17.6 pounder indicates that a 22 pounder would have been very possible a century ago. Who knows, had this poor fellow not sucked in a Zoom, it might have been the next world record. LOL PS, it is being reported that this is a 4 year old fish, as it was a stocker 4 years ago, in a lake that had been drained 5 years ago. Chew on that implication. One fellow is suggesting they must have been stocked as adult bass by do gooders. I'd tend to agree. A great story. Quote
Super User A-Jay Posted April 1, 2015 Super User Posted April 1, 2015 Wow ~ Just Wow ! Slobasaurus Rex. Congrats to Mr. Watkins. A-Jay Quote
Super User SoFlaBassAddict Posted April 1, 2015 Super User Posted April 1, 2015 Freakin horse right there. Awesome fish. Quote
Crappiebasser Posted April 1, 2015 Posted April 1, 2015 Wonder if it was released alive? It looks like he took it out of a cooler in the picture. I doubt it could have made it alive from Coweta county to Villa Rica like that. Quote
Super User DogBone_384 Posted April 1, 2015 Super User Posted April 1, 2015 Happy Birthday and congratulations.... I don't think I've ever caught a Striper that heavy, and I live 300 yards from the ocean.... Awesome! Quote
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