Super User Dwight Hottle Posted April 2, 2015 Super User Posted April 2, 2015 I get a call from a buddy about going up to Georgia for two days of fishing our most favorite pond. I jump on the chance because I have fished there before & know the potential for a new PB is looming. Besides it means fishing on my birthday a tradition I always try to maintain. We had a 6.5 hour drive to get there and didn't arrive until about 5:30 pm. We headed down to the back pond about 7 acres in size. Justin spread out to the right casting as he went. We all spread out as we started fishing. On Justin's fifth cast with a white spinnerbait he got bit. He yelled out I got a good one. Little did he know how really good it would turn out to be. We all headed over in his direction to see how big it was. Justin is a very accomplished fisherman in his thirties but has fished almost all his life. His biggest PB weighed was a big 9lb class fish until this trip. When he stepped off the bank with one foot to grab her he realized he had just caught a super pig. He put her on a digital scale that showed 14lbs-7oz. I weighed her on my digital and got 14-lbs-8.5ozs. She measured out at 25.75 inches long with a 24" girth. We finished the trip with a full day of fishing after that trophy day. We ended up with two fish over 8lbs, two over 7lbs and four over six with some fives. One unlucky angler lost a DD on a Hudd 68 when she wallowed at the bank. Shame on him. 20 Quote
Super User 00 mod Posted April 2, 2015 Super User Posted April 2, 2015 Trips like these are what dreams are made of! Congrats my friend and tell Justin I said the same thing! Jeff 1 Quote
Super User A-Jay Posted April 2, 2015 Super User Posted April 2, 2015 Really Nice ~ Big Bass & Huge Smiles. That what it's all about ~ Nice Job Congrats all around. And to the "Unlucky Angler" - here's to a little better luck with the Brown Bass. Happy belated Birthday btw. A-Jay 2 Quote
Mccallister25 Posted April 2, 2015 Posted April 2, 2015 awesome! Huge fish! Seemed like a great time. 1 Quote
Super User buzzed bait Posted April 2, 2015 Super User Posted April 2, 2015 Dwight, I'm in GA.... I didn't get a call..... NICE FISH! 1 Quote
fisherrw Posted April 2, 2015 Posted April 2, 2015 that is amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! great job!! im headed to fish this weekand will post a report 1 Quote
Super User .ghoti. Posted April 2, 2015 Super User Posted April 2, 2015 What an awesome way to celebrate a birthday. We all should be so lucky. 1 Quote
HookdUP Posted April 2, 2015 Posted April 2, 2015 That last picture is incredible ... Id have thoufhtbt was even bigger if you want to lie 1 Quote
KyAngler_1120 Posted April 2, 2015 Posted April 2, 2015 Looks like an awesome trip...congrats guys!!! 1 Quote
fishinphilly Posted April 2, 2015 Posted April 2, 2015 great trip and ever better fish! there fish of a lifetime right there 1 Quote
Super User Chris at Tech Posted April 2, 2015 Super User Posted April 2, 2015 Dwight, I'm in GA.... I didn't get a call..... NICE FISH! What he said! Where in GA where you? Drop me a PM if you prefer to keep it on the down-low. 1 Quote
Super User Dwight Hottle Posted April 2, 2015 Author Super User Posted April 2, 2015 What he said! Where in GA where you? Drop me a PM if you prefer to keep it on the down-low. Chris we were in the Cordele area of South Georgia. Quote
Super User Senko lover Posted April 2, 2015 Super User Posted April 2, 2015 That is so awesome! Bank fishing strikes again....... 1 Quote
BassObsessed Posted April 3, 2015 Posted April 3, 2015 That was worth the drive . Nice catches from everyone especially the football gut in the last pic. 1 Quote
paul. Posted April 3, 2015 Posted April 3, 2015 WOW!!! interesting that a couple of those fish show signs of spawning but the biggest one doesn't seem to. perhaps that lends credence to what i've heard all my life that the biggest fish tend to spawn later than the rest. either way all of those fish are amazing and the teen fish is absolutely ridiculous. bet all of y'all went home happy. 1 Quote
Global Moderator Bluebasser86 Posted April 3, 2015 Global Moderator Posted April 3, 2015 That is one of the fattest bass I've ever seen! 1 Quote
Super User Dwight Hottle Posted April 3, 2015 Author Super User Posted April 3, 2015 Video included below. 1 Quote
Super User A-Jay Posted April 3, 2015 Super User Posted April 3, 2015 Video included below. That is Such a TOAD of a Bass ~ ! A-Jay 2 Quote
EvanT123 Posted April 4, 2015 Posted April 4, 2015 Looks and sounds like a great birthday with friends, with a few great fish thrown in. Not much better than that. 1 Quote
Dead River Posted April 4, 2015 Posted April 4, 2015 just an amazing fish, megabass! a 17-7 was just caught in northwest Ga this past week. 1 Quote
Super User Dwight Hottle Posted April 5, 2015 Author Super User Posted April 5, 2015 just an amazing fish, megabass! a 17-7 was just caught in northwest Ga this past week.. We saw that on the drive back. They reported that fish as 33" long. 1/2" longer than George Perry's shared world record was reported. The 14-8 was held in the water 2-3 times between weighing & pictures and was very strong on the release. 2 Quote
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